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TENNIS
SERENA RETURNS this week
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Serena Williams plans to return to competition with an exhibition match Saturday in Abu Dhabi against French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko.
This is the first year women will compete in the Mubadala World Tennis Championship.
Williams, 36, has not competed since winning the Australian Open in January while she was pregnant. She gave birth to a girl on Sept. 1.
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nba: Get your fill of food, drink and basketball today, with Cavaliers at Warriors at 3 on ABC highlighting five games on TV. Kevin Durant has said that LeBron James has passed the mantle to him. James will be quite eager to prove otherwise today. The other games: 76ers at Knicks, noon, ESPN; Wizards at Celtics, 5:30, ABC; Rockets at Thunder, 8, ABC ;and Timberwolves at Lakers, 10:30, TNT.
SOCCER: Southampton’s Charlie Austin will miss three games after accepting a Football Association punishment for violent conduct. During an English Premier League draw Saturday, he kicked Huddersfield goalkeeper Jonas Lossl, resulting in a bloodied face and a suspected broken nose.
Times wires