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Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Saturday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EDT:- LONDON -- Serena Williams beats Angelique Kerber 7-5, 6-3 to win Wimbledon for her 22nd major title, equaling the Open era record set by Steffi Graf. Margaret Court holds the all-time mark of 24.- LONDON -- The mens Wimbledon final Sunday pits outstanding server Milos Raonic against excellent returner Andy Murray.- SAINT-DENIS, France -- Eight months after the deadly terror attacks in Paris, France on Sunday plays a Portugal team led by Cristiano Ronaldo in the European Championship final.- SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Gabby Douglas thought her comeback would be easy, and for a time it seemed she was right. Now, the Olympic gymnastics champion is struggling heading into the final night of the trials.- DALLAS -- U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson withdraws from the Rio Games because of concerns over the Zika virus, costing golf three of the worlds top four players for its return to the Olympics.- SAN MARTIN, Calif. -- Sung Hyun Park takes a two-stroke lead into the third round at the U.S. Womens Open, with top-ranked Lydia Ko among those chasing her.- SPARTA, Ky. -- Points leader Kevin Harvick leads the field in a 400-mile NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Kentucky Speedway. Brad Keselowski will start next him. Race starts 7:30 p.m.- The prospect of a smaller strike zone to bulk up offense is proving no hit with pitchers. Says Boston pitcher Wade Miley: I dont know why they just cant leave the game alone.- NEW YORK -- With Matt Harvey needing surgery and done for the year, Logan Verrett starts in his place when the Mets face Max Scherzer and the NL East-leading Washington Nationals. Game starts 7:15 p.m.- LAS VEGAS -- Miesha Tates bantamweight title defense against Amanda Nunes highlights UFCs jam-packed landmark show. Main card starts about 10:30 p.m.- BAGNERES-DE-LUCHON, France -- Defending champion Chris Froome wins the eighth stage of the Tour de France with a daring downhill attack in the Pyrenees and takes the yellow jersey.- LAS VEGAS -- The top picks in last months NBA draft meet for the first time as pros when Ben Simmons and the 76ers face Brandon Ingram and the Lakers in summer league play. Game starts 8:30 p.m.- MIAMI -- Dwyane Wade hasnt left Miami yet. The 12-time All-Star meets with kids attending a camp that bears his name and explains why hes joining the Chicago Bulls. Nike Off White Vapormax Nz .Y. -- Knicks coach Mike Woodson said Wednesday that J. Air Vapormax Nz http://www.airvapormaxnz.com/ . The International Olympic Committee released the official list of bid cities on Friday after the deadline for applications had passed. The candidates -- all previously announced in their own countries -- are: Almaty, Kazakhstan; Beijing; Krakow, Poland; Lviv, Ukraine; Oslo, Norway; and Stockholm. Nike Vapormax Plus Nz . One game after a miserable showing in Oklahoma City, Gay tied a career high with 41 points and the Sacramento Kings cruised to a 114-97 victory at the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night. Air Vapormax 97 Womens .C. - The Carolina Hurricanes have placed backup goalie Anton Khudobin on injured reserve with an unspecified lower-body injury. England will be without their leading wicket-taker, James Anderson, for the first Test against India next month.Anderson has already been ruled out of the tour to Bangladesh due to a stress fracture in his left shoulder and now England captain, Alastair Cook, has revealed he will not be ready for the opening match in Nagpur which starts on November 9.He wont be ready for the first Test match, Cook said ahead of the opening Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong. He might be ready to do some training, but he wont be ready for the first Test. A decision will be made on when he comes out over the next week or so.With little more than a week between the end of the Bangladesh series and the start of the one in India, England had planned for Anderson to join the squad in Bangladesh. That decision will now be reviewed, with Cook non-committal about when Anderson could return.I spoke to him last night and he is training well and in good shape physically, Cook said. But he hasnt yet bowled and that has been the problem in the past. However physically well hes been in the rest of his body, its when he starts bowling [that the problem occurs].While Andersons long-term injury record is excellent - he did not miss a Test through injury from 2011 (he was rested from dead-rubber Test against West Indies at Edgbaston inn 2012) to the middle of 2015 - there will be a concern that, aged 34 and with 119 Tests behind him, the miles on the clock are starting to show.ddddddddddddEven before the first Test in India, Anderson will have missed six of Englands most recent 18 Tests in less than 18-months (two against Australia with a side strain, two against Bangladesh with this shoulder problem and one each against Pakistan - also shoulder related - and South Africa with a calf strain). It was also noticeable in South Africa that it took him a little longer to regain full pace than had been the case previously.England would still dearly love to have him available in India. He was described as the difference between the sides by MS Dhoni after England won in India in 2012 and showed in the UAE a year ago - when he averaged 15.61 and conceded 1.87 runs per over - that he retains the skills and control to be an asset to his side whatever the conditions.But they will not risk rushing him back. While the selectors were criticised in some quarters for delaying Andersons return in the Pakistan series, it now seems he returned a little early: he first felt pain from the shoulder during the Sri Lanka series. ' ' '