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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 ...

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 ...

Canadiens look at home on road entering Game 2

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Montreal Canadiens have shown neither fear nor hesitation when playing on the road in the NHL playoffs. That approach carried a young, skilled team through a pair of Game 7 road wins to reach the Eastern Conference Final. Then it had them get the jump on a Carolina Hurricanes team coming off a long layoff after sweeping through the first two postseason rounds to open the third round. Montreal is 7-2 on the road in the postseason entering Saturday night’s Game 2, defying the gravity that typically comes with playing in front of hostile crowds and facing against ...