BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Australian Canoeing says London Olympics kayak gold medalist Tate Smith has been provisionally suspended pending an investigation by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority.
GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) — Fiji edged Samoa 31-24 in an all-Pacific final in the opening round of the rugby sevens world series Sunday, taking first honors on the road to the Rio Olympics.
SHANGHAI (AP) — Mirza Teletovic sank a 3-pointer with less than a minute remaining to lift the Brooklyn Nets to a 97-95 preseason win over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday in the first of two NBA exhibition games to be played in China this year.
CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Felix Borja headed in Akira Kaji's cross in the 85th minute for the go-ahead goal in Chivas USA's 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night.
DENVER (AP) — Darcy Kuemper stopped 30 shots for his second straight shutout of high-scoring Colorado and Jason Zucker scored his first goal since January, helping the Minnesota Wild beat the Avalanche 3-0 on Saturday night.
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FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Top-ranked, unbeaten North Dakota State broke away with three scores after halftime to defeat Southern Illinois 38-10 on Saturday, extending its Division I-best win streak to 30 games.
PRAGUE (AP) — Pavel Landovsky, a Czech actor, anti-communist dissident and a friend of late president and playwright Vaclav Havel, has died.
VILAMOURA, Portugal (AP) — Alexander Levy will start the final day of the Portugal Masters with a three-shot lead after the rest of the field failed to catch the Frenchman while finishing a rain-hit second round.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State will use an independent official in the student code of conduct hearing of quarterback Jameis (JAY'-mihs) Winston. No hearing date has been set. A female student has accused Winston of rape stemming from a December 2012 encounter.
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