Alex Morgan retires from professional soccer and is expecting her second child Two-time Womens World Cup champion Alex Morgan has announced she is pregnant with her second child and is retiring from professional soccer.
The 35-year-old Morgan will play her final match with her club team, the San Diego Wave of the National Womens Soccer League, on Sunday at Snapdragon Stadium.
In addition to World Cup titles in 2015 and 2019, Morgan also won a gold medal with the United States at the 2012 London Olympics.
She first joined the national team in 2009.
Ugandan Olympic athlete dies after being severely burned by her partner NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated for burns over 80% of her body from an attack by her partner.
She was 33.
A hospital official confirmed her death on Thursday.
Police say Cheptegeis partner, Dickson Ndiema, bought a can of gasoline, poured it on her and set her ablaze during a disagreement Sunday.
A report filed by the local chief said the couple was heard fighting over the land where her house was built before the fire started.
Cheptegei competed in the womens marathon at the Paris Olympics less than a month before the attack.
She finished in 44th place.
Imane Khelif's Olympic gold inspires Algerian girls to take up boxing AIN TAYA, Algeria (AP) In the weeks since Algerias Imane Khelif won an Olympic gold medal in womens boxing, athletes and coaches in the North African nation say national enthusiasm is inspiring newfound interest in the sport, particularly among women.
Signs of Khelifmania are practically everywhere.
The welterweights success in Paris has vaulted her to national hero status, especially after Algerians rallied behind her in the face of uninformed speculation about her gender and eligibility to compete.
The head of the Algerian Boxing League expects a huge spike in registration among young women at the start of this school year.
Federal judge asked to give preliminary OK to $2.78 billion settlement of NCAA antitrust claims A key step has arrived for the proposed $2.78 billion settlement of three antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA and major college sports conferences.
U.S.
District Judge Claudia Wilken in California has a hearing Thursday to hear a request for preliminary approval of the plan that would dramatically change college sports.
It calls for the NCAA to foot the bill for nearly $3 billion in damages paid to former and current college athletes.
It also would clear the way for schools to share millions of dollars in revenue with athletes.
Blue Jackets fans and players remember the Gaudreau brothers at a candlelight vigil in Columbus COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Fans and Columbus Blue Jackets players gathered for an emotional candlelight vigil outside the teams arena to remember Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew.
The siblings died last week when they were struck by a suspected drunken driver while riding bicycles in their home state, New Jersey.
The crowd of roughly 1,000 lit their candles at 7:49 p.m.
Wednesday, and for the next 13:21 minutes for Johnnys No.
13 jersey and Matthews No.
21 they stood in silence watching a slideshow of photos of the brothers from childhood, through their teenage years, into college hockey, the pros and other important life events.
Would Florida fire coach Billy Napier in the first month of the season? GAINESVILLE, Fla.
(AP) No one should be surprised if Florida fires coach Billy Napier during the opening month of the season.
Theres plenty of recent precedent.
Five coaches were let go in the first five weeks of the 2022 season: Scott Frost at Nebraska, Herm Edwards at Arizona State, Geoff Collins at Georgia Tech, Paul Chryst at Wisconsin and Karl Dorrell at Colorado.
There was a common thread: the coaches had reached the point of no return.
Boosters threatened to stop contributing financially.
Fans vowed to stop showing up for games.
Administrators had little choice but to turn the page.
It feels like Napier is close, if not already there.
Fashion is slowly embracing the needs of disabled people.
Its happening for some Paralympians, too Slowly but surely, the fashion world at large is beginning to respond to the needs of disabled people.
Its beginning to happen at the Paralympics, too.
For one athlete, Canadas Alison Levine, things have vastly improved since three years ago, when she had to find her own trousers for the opening ceremony that would be suitable in her wheelchair.
Now, the apparel company Lululemon has used her guidance in designing uniforms that work for both seated and standing athletes and have magnetic closures and pull-on loops.
Theres even a seated pant named after Levine, with pockets at the shins so someone in a wheelchair can access them.
Olympian Brianna Decker headlines the US Hockey Hall of Fame class of 2024 Hockey star Brianna Decker, former NHL players Kevin Stevens and Matt Cullen, late Chicago Blackhawks founder Frederic McLaughlin and the 2002 Olympic gold medal-winning paralympic sled hockey team are being inducted into the U.S.
Hockey Hall of Fame.
USA Hockey revealed the class on Thursday for enshrinement at a ceremony Dec.
4 in Pittsburgh.
Decker helped the U.S.
win Olympic gold in South Korea in 2018 and was part of silver medal teams in 2014 and 2022 before a broken leg and torn ligaments in her ankle knocked her out of the tournament in Beijing.
What to watch at the Paris Paralympics on Friday PARIS (AP) The finish line is getting closer at the Paralympics Games with only three days of competition left.
But sports fans can still feast until Sunday.
Medals are on offer in 10 Paralympic sports on Friday, including plenty in track and field at Stade de France.
There are mens and womens titles in cycling road racing in nearby Clichy-sous-Bois and the womens wheelchair final takes place at Roland Garros, home to the French Open.
Iran is favorite to retain its title in the mens sitting volleyball final at North Paris Arena.
Heres a closer look at some of whats coming up..
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