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Guardiola leaving Manchester City

MANCHESTER, England — Pep Guardiola is leaving Manchester City at the end of the season. It will bring to a close a trophy-laden, 10-year spell in which he established City as a forces in Europe while changing the face of English soccer. Guardiola has one year left on his City contract but he will take charge of his final game on Sunday against Aston Villa in the Premier League. City said Guardiola will become a global ambassador and it is naming its newly developed stand at Etihad Stadium after him. Since joining City in the summer of 2016 Guardiola has led the Abu Dhabi-owned team ...

Sinner to open vs. wild card

PARIS — Jannik Sinner won’t have the crowd on his side when he starts his quest for a career Grand Slam at the French Open. Sinner was on Thursday drawn a French opponent in the first round — Clement Tabur, ranked a career-high 165th. Tabur received the wild card vacated by former champion Stan Wawrinka, who gained a late automatic entry. With two-time reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz out injured, Sinner is the overwhelming men’s favorite when play starts on Sunday. He is unbeaten in three months. He’s won 29 straight matches and dropped just three sets. The French Open is ...

A final dance for retiring Stan Wawrinka, Gael Monfils

PARIS — Their legs don’t move as fast on the red clay. They recover more slowly. But the French public still loves them just as much. Stan Wawrinka and Gael Monfils have been involved in some of the most memorable matches in recent Roland Garros history. The two veterans are back at the French Open for a final dance at the Grand Slam tournament after announcing they will retire at the end of the season. Both players have slipped down the rankings. A three-time Grand Slam champion, the 41-year-old Wawrinka won the title in 2015 and is now ranked No. 119. Aged 39, Monfils reached the ...

Kyle Busch short of breath before death

CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR driver Kyle Busch experienced shortness of breath, felt he was overheating and was coughing up blood the day before his death, according to a 911 call obtained Friday by The Associated Press. Busch died Thursday at age 41. No cause of death has been given, though his ...

O’Ward looking to overtake Palou in Indy

INDIANAPOLIS — Pato O’Ward smiles as he walks through Gasoline Alley, seeing the Arrow McLaren No. 5 shirts. Sure, he’s popular, but O’Ward wants something more — to be called an Indianapolis 500 champion. After three near misses in his past four races on the Brickyard’s iconic ...

Russell hoping to recapture Formula 1 momentum in Canada

An upgraded car and a “painful” reminder not to lose sight of the Formula 1 fundamentals could be George Russell’s path back to the front of the field at the Canadian Grand Prix. Russell’s fourth place at the last race in Miami gave his Mercedes teammate Kimi Antonelli a yawning ...