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LONDON (AP) — The women's semifinals are underway at Wimbledon. Garbine Muguruza is facing Magdalena Rybarikova for a spot in Saturday's final. Muguruza reached the final at the All England Club in 2015 and won the French Open in 2016...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Palm Beach Gardens police say tennis star Venus Williams caused a car crash that led to the death of a passenger in another vehicle. Police say witnesses told investigators that Williams ran a red light, causing a June 9 wreck that injured 79-year-old Jerome Barson, who died two weeks later...

Getty Images  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Roger Federer has rallied to reach the final of the Australian Open, beating Stan Wawrinka 7-5, 6-3, 1-6, 4-6, 6-3 in just over three hours. The sold-out crowd in Rod Laver Arena roared when Wawrinka double-faulted to give Federer the critical service break at 4-2 in the fifth set. The 3...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Venus Williams has become the oldest woman of the Open era to advance to the Australian Open semifinals. The 36-year-old Williams won the last six points of a tiebreaker to complete a 6-4, 7-6 win over No...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Quarterfinal play is taking place this evening at the Australian Open. On the men's side of things, fourth-seed Stan Wawrinka is facing No. 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, while 17th-seed Roger Federer goes against Mischa Zverev, the man who eliminated top-seed Andy Murray. ...

The Latest on the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Two days before the opening ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the sporting action has begun in the spiritual home of soccer with Brazil's national sport being played. A women's soccer game between Sweden and South Africa started in front of a sparse crowd at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro...

LONDON (AP) — Serena Williams barely got in a workout in a 6-2, 6-love win over Elena Vesnina in the Wimbledon semifinals. The dominant victory took just 48 minutes for the top seed and six-time champ, who won 28 of 31 points on her serve, including the last 17...

Tennis’s top venue said an early goodbye to one of its most familiar faces on Monday when Venus Williams lost in consecutive sets in the first round at Wimbledon. Williams has five Wimbledon titles under her belt, but that wasn’t enough to intimidate her opponent Elena Vesnina who cruised 6-1, 6-3 against one of the sport’s best. How does Vesnina’s upset stack up against other impressive wins in t