AP Top Sports News at 5:03 p.m. EDT

Argentina star Lionel Messi retires from international soccer with World Cup title and 125 goalsCarlos Alcaraz returns to the US Open with a victory, Aryna Sabalenka also wins her first matchQuestions abound for Novak Djokovic after US Open loss and 3 years without a Grand Slam titleNo. 11 LSU enters game week vs. Clemson with an ex-NFL player practicing and maybe more to comeSeattle's biggest obstacle to repeating starts in a tough NFC West with the stacked RamsA decade after Colin Kaepernick took a knee that led to his exile, the ripple effects continueAs NASCAR begins another title Chase, a look at the contenders and pretenders in the 16-man fieldNew York Liberty lead the WNBA with 7 players headed to the FIBA World CupWalk-ons are on the decline. The ones remaining lament lost opportun