Olympics leader Bach talks up working with President-elect Trump toward 2028 Los Angeles Games GENEVA (AP) IOC president Thomas Bach says Olympic leaders are very confident and relaxed about working with the incoming Trump administration ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games.
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President-elect Donald Trump has talked up his own role helping get the games for LA in 2017 but a White House meeting during that campaign with an Olympic delegation including Bach was not a success.
The two men could meet again Saturday in the 2024 Olympics host city Paris.
They should attend the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral.
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federal support is needed for securing the LA Olympics and issuing visas.
The draw for FIFAs revamped Club World Cup is coming up.
Heres what to know GENEVA (AP) Soccers biggest ever global club tournament comes to the United States next year and the 32-team group stage is drawn Thursday.
FIFA relaunched the Club World Cup to be played every four years.
A new generation of stars plays in the 11 U.S.
cities from June 15 to July 13.
One year later they plan to return for the 2026 World Cup.
Real Madrid has Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior and Jude Bellingham.
Manchester City has Erling Haaland.
Missing out are superstars Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski because Al-Nassr and Barcelona failed to qualify.
FIFA ensured an entry for Lionel Messi's Inter Miami.
George Russell accuses Max Verstappen of bullying and threatening behavior as F1 feud deepens ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Mercedes driver George Russell has accused Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen of bullying and threatening behavior as a dispute between the two at last weeks race in Qatar deepened.
Russell says that someone needs to stand up to a bully like this in comments broadcast by Sky Sports.
Verstappen said Sunday he had lost all respect for Russell over an incident in qualifying for last week's Qatar Grand Prix that saw the Red Bull driver dropped behind Russell on the grid.
Total number of Texas fans caught and punished for throwing bottles in Georgia game: Zero AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Texas officials say their investigation into the bottle-throwing incident that disrupted the Texas-Georgia game in October could not identify anyone responsible and that no one has been caught or punished.
The disruption drew a harsh rebuke and a fine from the Southeastern Conference, which also ordered the school to find and punish the culprits.
But Texas' report back to the SEC said it reviewed all available video and other information and could not identify anyone involved.
Texas and Georgia meet again Saturday in the SEC championship game in Atlanta.
LPGA and USGA to require players to be assigned female at birth or transition before male puberty The LPGA and the USGA have updated gender policies that will require players to be assigned female at birth or to have transitioned to female before going through male puberty.
The policies begin in 2025 and follow more than a year of study.
The groups concluded that going through male puberty allows for competitive advantages in golf.
The USGA has seven championships for females next year.
The new policies rule out eligibility for Hailey Davidson.
She missed U.S.
Women's Open qualifying by one shot this year and tried LPGA Q-school.
Davidson began hormone treatments when she was in her early 20s in 2015 and in 2021 underwent gender-affirming surgery, which was required under the LPGAs previous gender policy.
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24 Army tries to end 1st season in the AAC with a championship by beating Tulane Army can finish off a smashing debut in the American Athletic Conference by winning the conference title game over Tulane on its home field in West Point, New York.
Army went 8-0 in its first season in the AAC and is playing for a conference title Friday night for the first time.
The Black Knights played in Conference USA from 1998-2004 and otherwise had been an independent since their program began in 1890.
Tulane is playing in its third straight AAC title game.
The Green Wave enter off a 34-24 home loss to Memphis on Thanksgiving that ended their 17-game winning streak in conference games.
Loyd requests trade from Seattle after investigation into Storm shows no bullying, AP Source says Jewell Loyd wants out of Seattle.
The six-time WNBA All-Star requested a trade, according to a person familiar with the situation.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they werent allowed to speak publicly on the matter.
Loyds request for a trade came hours after the Storm completed an investigation into internal allegations of workplace policy violations.
The Storm hired outside counsel to investigate the allegations upon receiving notice of the complaints.
The trade request and investigation was first reported by the Chicago Sun-Times.
Loyd is from Chicago.
SEC and Big Ten powers lead the way on signing day as prospects finalize their college selections Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Oregon and Ohio State are bringing in the nation's top recruiting class as high school prospects across the country finalize their college plans.
The identity of the No.
1 class according to composite rankings of recruiting sites compiled by 247Sports may not be determined until Friday because of the uncertainty surrounding a couple of top-10 prospects.
But most top recruits already committed to a school well before the signing period arrived Wednesday.
The CFP rankings and 'data points' have left Miami, Ole Miss and South Carolina puzzled CORAL GABLES, Fla.
(AP) Miami wants things reconsidered.
So does South Carolina.
The Big 12 is puzzled.
And Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin turned toward social media to ask the College Football Playoff committee a question.
You guys actually meet for days and come up with these rankings?? Kiffin wrote.
The fallout and, for some, anger stemming from the release of the latest CFP ranking one that almost certainly means Miami (10-2), South Carolina (9-3) and Ole Miss (9-3) all have no chance of getting into the 12-team field continued Wednesday as the schools on the outside looking in continued making their case, even though all hope for them seems to be gone.
Creighton makes it 2 wins in less than a year against No.
1s, with Jayhawks latest to lose in Omaha OMAHA, Neb.
(AP) Creighton has played eight No.
1 teams in its programs history, and the first six of those games werent close.
All were losses.
The last two were Bluejay blowouts at the CHI Health Center.
Creighton took down top-ranked Kansas 76-63 in a game in which the Bluejays never trailed and led by as many as 17 points.
Ten months ago they upset a No.
1 Connecticut 85-66.
That was UConns last loss before they won 13 in a row on its way to a second straight national title.
Five of the Creighton players on the court against KU played against UConn..
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