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SOC--RONALDO-RAPE LAWSUIT
ROME — Juventus president Andrea Agnelli is standing by Cristiano Ronaldo as the soccer superstar faces an accusation of rape in the United States. By Andrew Dampf. SENT: 346 words, photos.
SOC--EUROPA LEAGUE ROUNDUP
Ruben Loftus-Cheek became the first England player in 47 years to score a hat trick in European competition for Chelsea as the London club beat BATE Borisov 3-1 in the Europa League on Thursday. By Karel Janicek. SENT: 852 words, photos.
NEW/DEVELOPING STORY
TEN--WTA FINALS--WOZNIACKI ARTHRITIS
SINGAPORE — Caroline Wozniacki was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis before the U.S. Open, the Danish tennis player revealed at the WTA Finals on Thursday. By Sandra Harwitt. SENT: 511 words, photos
OTHER STORIES
TEN--SWISS INDOORS
BASEL, Switzerland — Roger Federer made it 17 wins in a row at the Swiss Indoors when he defeated Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday to march into the quarterfinals. SENT: 281 words, photos.
SOC--TEN-WTA FINALS
SINGAPORE — Karolina Pliskova won the first set to eliminate Petra Kvitova, and then won the second set to advance to the semifinals at the WTA Finals. By Sandra Harwitt. SENT: 526 words, photos.
SKI--WCUP-WOMEN'S SEASON PREVIEW
SOELDEN, Austria — The spotlight will again be on American duo Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin in the 53rd women's Alpine skiing World Cup season — but for very different reasons. By Eric Willemsen. SENT: 716 words.
SOC--UEFA-AEK
NYON, Switzerland — UEFA has charged AEK Athens for crowd misbehavior in Tuesday's Champions League game against Bayern Munich. SENT: 118 words.
OLY--WADA-LABORATORY
MONTREAL — The World Anti-Doping Agency says Portugal's only anti-doping laboratory has lost its right to perform tests after failing short of international standards. SENT: 146 words.
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