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Big Ten Big O’s Football
FILE - Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith runs the ball against Miami during the second half of the Cotton Bowl College Football Playoff quarterfinal game, Dec. 31, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson, File)

College Football

Texas puts 4 players on preseason AP All-America team; 14 of the 27 first-team picks are from SEC

AUG. 18, 2026

Big Ten Big O’s Football
FILE - Oregon quarterback Dante Moore (5) works against Indiana during the second half of the Peach Bowl NCAA college football playoff semifinal, Jan. 9, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

College Football

Ohio State and Oregon are 1-2 in the AP preseason Top 25, SEC leads conferences with 9 ranked teams

AUG. 17, 2026

Germany Flag Football Worlds
Loryn Goodwin, Ashlea Klam, Laneah Bryan and Isabella Geraci of the USA women's team jump with a United States flag during the media day ahead of the Flag Football World Championships, the sports first Olympic qualifier for LA28, in Duesseldorf, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Football

How flag football is key to the NFL’s plans to further global reach

AUG. 13, 2026

Soccer FIFA Infantino Critics
FILE - FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during a news conference at the stadium in Mexico City, Wednesday, June 10, 2026, a day before the opening FIFA World Cup match between Mexico and South Africa. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Soccer

Senior FIFA official turns to AP to speak out against Infantino’s World Cup plan

AUG. 7, 2026

WPBL Making History Baseball
FILE - Mo'ne Davis watches her hit during a Women's Pro Baseball League exhibition game, Thursday, March 19, 2026, in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Baseball

A new league marks another major moment in a scattered history for women’s pro baseball

JULY 29, 2026

APTOPIX Argentina Spain WCup Soccer
Spain's Ferran Torres celebrates with the trophy after winning the World Cup final soccer match between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Live coverage

AP’s World Cup team delivers unmatched all-formats coverage of the world’s biggest sporting event

JULY 24, 2026

LeBron’s Decision What to Know Basketball
FILE - Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James throws chalk in the air before an NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Basketball

LeBron James picks his final NBA challenge, and Philadelphia was his ultimate answer

JULY 24, 2026

WNBA Commissioner Engelbert Basketball
FILE - WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert speaks prior to Game 1 of a WNBA basketball final playoff series between the Las Vegas Aces and the Phoenix Mercury, Oct. 3, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Sports

WNBA enjoys ‘hypergrowth’ under Commissioner Cathy Engelbert amid strained relationship with players

JULY 21, 2026

British Open Golf Championship
Ryan Fox of New Zealand poses with the Claret Jug trophy in front of the club house, after winning the British Open Golf championships at Royal Birkdale golf club, in Southport, England, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Golf

Ryan Fox wins the British Open with a birdie on the final hole

JULY 19, 2026

WCup Soccer Photo Gallery
South Africa's Sphephelo Sithole and Canada's Jonathan David (10) go for a header during a World Cup round of 32 soccer match in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Sunday, June 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Football

This year’s World Cup has generated countless images. AP photographers pick their favorites

JULY 17, 2026

Italy WC Trophy Design
Giorgio Gazzaniga, son of the late sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga, gestures as he speak to the Associated Press explaining the original drawing of World Cup trophy at a warehouse in Pioltello, Saturday, July 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Italy

How an Italian sculptor created the World Cup trophy that became an icon

JULY 16, 2026

Spain France WCup Soccer
France's Kylian Mbappe (10) and Spain goalkeeper Unai Simon (23) shake hands after the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Spain in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

France

Kylian Mbappé-led France falls flat in World Cup loss to Spain when hopes for a title were high

JULY 15, 2026

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