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Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Thursday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EDT:- LONDON -- Six-time champion Serena Williams makes the Wimbledon final by routing Elena Vesnina 6-2, 6-0. Sister Venus Williams, however, cant get there, losing her semifinal to Angelique Kerber 6-4, 6-4.- World Cup champion Germany and host France play in the semifinals of the European Championship, with the winner to face Portugal for the title on Sunday. Game starts 3 p.m.- OAKLAND, Calif. -- Kevin Durant formally joins the Golden State Warriors, ready to help Stephen Curry & Co. return to the NBA Finals and win the title after squandering a 3-1 lead to the Cleveland Cavaliers.- MIAMI -- Dwyane Wade, in a guest host appearance on Live With Kelly, says his decision to leave the Miami Heat and return to his Chicago hometown still feels surreal.- EUGENE, Ore. -- Justin Gatlin, widely considered the top challenger to Usain Bolt, begins his bid to add the 200 meters to his Olympic schedule in a preliminary round at the U.S. track and field trials.- SAN JOSE -- Martha Karolyi has her five-woman U.S. womens Olympic gymnastics team already in mind heading into this weekends Olympic trials.- AMSTERDAM -- Track and field chief Sebastian Coe says whistleblower Yulia Stepanova has set an example for athletes. More than a year ago, she helped expose the Russian doping scandal.- RIO DE JANEIRO -- A human rights group says a pattern of covering up police killings has thwarted efforts to curb violence in Rio de Janeiros slums leading to the Olympics.- SAN MARTIN, Calif. -- The two best women golfers in the world will be part of the same group when Lydia Ko and Brooke Henderson highlight the opening round of the U.S. Womens Open.- With the baseball season at a halfway point, Ian Desmond, Daniel Murphy and Johnny Cueto are among the acquisitions to have paid immediate dividends for their new teams.- NEW YORK -- The first-place Washington Nationals begin a four-game series against a New York Mets team that has won six of seven and is four games back in the NL East. Game starts 7:10 p.m.- MONTAUBAN, France -- British sprinter Mark Cavendish easily wins the sixth stage of the Tour de France. Belgiums Greg van Avermaet keeps the yellow jersey a day before the race enters the Pyrenees.- ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Notre Dame and Michigan agree to resume their football rivalry, the AP is told. The Fighting Irish will host the Wolverines in 2018, with the series shifting to Michigan Stadium in 2019.- LAS VEGAS -- Jon Jones addresses the apparent doping violation that has thrown his UFC career into turmoil again. The longtime light heavyweight champion has been removed from the main event of UFC 200.- SPARTA, Ky. -- The Kentucky Speedway has new pavement for Saturday nights Sprint Cup race. Drivers seem to like the fact that this will be a less bumpy ride than before. Greg Monroe Jersey . The Americans, skipped by John Shuster, seized the advantage in the eighth end by scoring five points for a 7-3 lead. The Czechs pulled two back in the ninth, but Shusters team of third Jeff Isaacson, second Jared Zezel and lead John Landsteiner ended with another point to secure the last Olympic berth on offer. Detroit Pistons Gear . Manuel was offered a position the day he was fired. He accepted earlier this week and the team made the announcement Friday. https://www.cheappistonsonline.com/1276y-joe-smith-jersey-pistons.html . There are surprises among the Vezina candidates, but most of the others are standard top-tier performers, even if the two Hart Trophy runners-ups have never been quite as good as they have been through the first half of the season. Luke Kennard Jersey .C. -- Calgarys Kevin Koe did it the hard way again. Jerry Stackhouse Jersey . Irving scored 23 points, Tristan Thompson had 20 points and 10 rebounds and the Cavaliers beat the Denver Nuggets 117-109 on Friday night. CINCINNATI -- The Bengals released safety Jimmy Wilson on Friday, a day before the NFLs mandatory roster cutdown.The sixth-year veteran signed with Cincinnati on July 28 and got a chance to win a backup role. He was on the field for 71 percent of the Bengals defensive plays against Indianapolis on Thursday night and had one tackle. The Colts won 13-10.Wilson played four seeasons with Miami, appearing in 60 games, including 21 starts.dddddddddddd He was with San Diego last season and played in 13 games, starting six of them.---Online: AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '