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Bronx, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Detroit Tigers shortstop Eugenio Suarez left Monday night’s game against the Yankees with a sprained left knee, the team said. Suarez was hurt sliding into second base on a successful steal in the fifth inning. He hit the bag hard with his right foot but grimaced …

Curitiba, Brazil (SportsNetwork.com) – Enner Valencia continued his scoring tear on Friday, bagging a brace to help Ecuador rebound in Group E play with a 2-1 defeat of Honduras at the Arena da Baixada. Ecuador suffered a last-gasp defeat to Switzerland last time out, and things appeared to be heading …

MILWAUKEE – The prospect with that impressive 40-yard dash time might look good in green and gold. He may not be the best fit in a certain round for the Green Bay Packers. In those instances, general manager Ted Thompson has plenty of voices in the room on draft day …

PRINCETON, N.J. – Washington won the varsity eight grand final Sunday and took the men’s heavyweight national championship in the Intercollegiate Rowing Association regatta. The Huskies finished in 5 minutes, 37.113 seconds. Brown was second in 5:39.626. Cornell won the men’s lightweight national title and Harvard-Radcliffe took the women’s lightweight …

BRUSSELS – The European Union has approved new rules that clamps down on the use of flimsy plastic bags that are hazardous for the environment. The 28 member nations on Monday gave final approval to the rules that mean consumers may be obliged to use sturdier, re-usable bags or face …

HELSINKI – Thousands of passengers have been stranded across Scandinavia as a strike by pilots of Norwegian Air Shuttle continued for a fifth day. Norwegian CEO Bjoern Kjos says it’s “terribly tragic” that 35,000 air travelers were being hit by the strike after several rounds of talks with pilots’ representatives …

BEIRUT – Al-Qaida’s Syrian affiliate is confirming that its top field commander has been killed in an airstrike. A spokesman for the Nusra Front was quoted on a prominent militant website Friday as saying the group’s “military commander” Abu Hommam al-Shami was killed a day earlier when an airstrike targeted …

MADRID – A Barcelona judge has issued a landmark ruling that three sex workers should have been hired full-time by a brothel owner. The judge ordered the brothel owner to make payments to the government so the prostitutes will be eligible for Spanish national health care, disability insurance, government pensions …

LONDON – A report led by the Great Manchester Police has criticized its own officers for failing to recognize the scale of child sex abuse in a northern town and putting too much emphasis on the credibility of the victims. The report Friday looked into how officers handled the abuse …

BUCHAREST, Romania – Authorities say a 4.6-magnitude earthquake has shaken eastern Romania, and was felt in the capital. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The National Earth Physics Institute director Constantin Ionescu said the quake occurred Monday at 5:49 p.m. (1549 GMT) in the region of Vrancea, …