Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has been carried off on a stretcher in the 14th minute of the match against Liverpool in the English League Cup semifinals after falling to the ground at a corner.

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The NHL postponed the Los Angeles Kings’ home game against the Calgary Flames on Wednesday with several massive wildfires still burning across the greater Los Angeles area.

The U.S. government did not pay the more than $3.6 million due to the World Anti-Doping Agency in 2024, making good on a long-running threat anchored in unhappiness with the global watchdog’s handling of cases involving Chinese swimmers and others.

Texas quarterback and Texas native Quinn Ewers once played for Ohio State.

The Houston Rockets decided to send rookie guard Reed Sheppard to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, their G League affiliate team. In his first game, he reminded everyone why he was the No. 3 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft.

The Big Ten plays nine conference games in football.

When Penn State moved a different linebacker into what had been Tyler Elsdon’s starting spot, Elsdon made a choice that doesn’t really fit into the storyline college football has been selling these days.

One of the brothers sued by the wife of late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler for control of the team says her allegations of wrongdoing are untrue.

UCLA coach Mick Cronin ripped into his players following the 22nd-ranked Bruins’ third loss in four games, saying they don’t give enough effort and lack toughness.

Former major league left-hander Brian Matusz has died.

Joaquin Niemann is headed back to the Masters.

Heisman Trophy runner-up Ashton Jeanty has announced he is leaving Boise State to enter the NFL draft.

If it seems as though the 2025 professional tennis year started pretty much immediately right after 2024 ended, that’s because that’s exactly what happens in a sport where the offseason really does not leave players much time to be “off.”.

Formula 1 has extended its contract with the Belgian Grand Prix but one of the sport’s most established races is set to be dropped from the schedule in 2028 and 2030.

Didier Deschamps says he won’t continue as France coach after the next World Cup.

The Golden State Warriors are soul searching after another embarrassing defeat at home, this time to the Miami Heat two days after a 30-point pounding from the Sacramento Kings.

Javon Small was the best player on mediocre teams during his first three college seasons.

The impressive feats from the 2024 rookie quarterback class will carry over into the postseason.

Trae Young hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from beyond the halfcourt line to give the Atlanta Hawks a 124-121 victory over the Utah Jazz.

Tennessee coach Rick Barnes believes losing at Florida will be good for his team.

Duke star freshman Cooper Flagg had a highlight-reel moment with a coast-to-coast dunk while being fouled Tuesday against Pittsburgh.

Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick says members of his family were among those in Southern California forced to evacuate their homes due to a wildfire that was being whipped by strong winds around Los Angeles.

Ludvig Aberg will be the answer to a trivia question: He made the first birdie in TGL history.

Three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic was sidelined for Denver’s clash with Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night because of an illness.

Alijah Martin scored 18 points, Denzel Aberdeen added 16 and No. 8 Florida thumped top-ranked Tennessee 73-43 to knock off the last unbeaten in Division I basketball.

Justin Verlander and the San Francisco Giants have agreed to a $15 million, one-year contract, according to a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations.

Justin Verlander’s second stint in Houston has reportedly come to an end.

Lawyers for two election workers who are owed $148 million in damages from Rudy Giuliani say the evidence proves their clients are entitled to three World Series rings that the former New York City mayor says he gave to his son.

In an era that is now long gone, a trip to the Orange Bowl meant a break from the rough weather up north and the capper to a successful season that might even end with a championship trophy in the case.

Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores says he will accept each head coach interview request that comes to him.

The late Grayson Murray was remembered during a solemn celebration of life at the Sony Open in Honolulu.

The Las Vegas Raiders have fired Antonio Pierce after just one season as their full-time coach.

The Houston Texans will be welcoming back their career leader in total touchdowns ahead of their opening playoff game.

The Miami Dolphins don’t appear to have any immediate plans to trade Tyreek Hill.

Dating back to their first playoff-qualifying season in 2011, the Texans have made eight total trips to the postseason, with each run starting in the Wild Card round. While any playoff run is typically something to celebrate, a disturbing pattern has emerged from Texans playoff football, and it might be the signal of a deep-seated conspiracy to hide Texans football from the public.

Rex Ryan has returned to the New York Jets for an interview.

UConn guard Paige Bueckers has a left knee sprain, avoiding a serious injury.

In college basketball, the scene of an African-American coach cutting down nets to celebrate a national title is nothing new.

Elon Musk’s father says his billionaire son has expressed interest in buying English soccer club Liverpool.

The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, as they cycled on a rural New Jersey road has pleaded not guilty after turning down a proposed plea agreement.

The Tennessee Titans fired general manager Ran Carthon after just two seasons on the job and a 9-25 record.

The expansion of the College Football Playoff has led to an evolution in how The Associated Press puts together its all-bowl team.

Play in the year’s first Grand Slam tennis tournament is scheduled to begin at the Australian Open on Sunday.

The overlap of the NFL playoffs and coaching search season will have many of the league’s top assistants pulling double duty this month.

The San Francisco 49ers fired special teams coach Brian Schneider following a season when repeated blunders in the kicking contributed to a losing season, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press.

Bradley Beal made the most of the unfamiliar role of substitute for the Phoenix Suns.

The Los Angeles Chargers are planning to sign running back Ezekiel Elliott to their practice squad pending a physical.

Cam Miller ran for two touchdowns and threw for two more to lead North Dakota State to its record 10th Football Championship Subdivision title.

Dallas guard Kyrie Irving is expected to miss one to two weeks with a bulging disk in his back, and Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said a timeline for his return was not immediately known.

Scottie Scheffler will be skipping another tournament to let his injured right hand heal.

Smothering defenses have carried the last four teams still in the hunt for the national championship.

Sheel Seidler, the wife of late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler, has sued two of her brothers-in-law in an attempt to prevent a third Seidler brother from taking control of the team rather than her.

President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill that transfers the land that includes the old RFK Stadium from the federal government to city control.

When Robert Kraft hired Jerod Mayo a year ago, he felt he’d identified the right person to follow Bill Belichick.

Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves will attempt to make his NASCAR debut in next month’s Daytona 500 with Trackhouse Racing.

One victory over Texas in the College Football Playoff semifinals would more than make up for years of frustration for Ohio State quarterback Will Howard.

David Wright’s No. 5 will be retired by the New York Mets before a July 19 game against Cincinnati.

Tennessee picked up four more first-place votes and remains at No. 1 for the fifth consecutive week in the AP Top 25 college basketball poll.

New England’s Jerod Mayo and Jacksonville’s Doug Pederson are two NFL coaches out of a job while New York Giants coach Brian Daboll is among those who look like they will be back next fall.

Four-time Grand Slam tennis champion Naomi Osaka says she and her partner, rapper Cordae, are no longer in a relationship.

Novak Djokovic says he still feels a bit of trauma when he travels to Australia.

The Big Ten and Southeastern Conference each has seven teams ranked in the AP top 25 women’s basketball poll, including four apiece in the first 10.

On Sunday, the Houston Texans took down the Tennessee Titans as their archrivals wore their Houston-themed throwbacks.

The New York Giants are sticking with general manager Joe Schoen and coach Brian Daboll.

Doug Pederson is out as Jacksonville’s head coach after the franchise’s “best team assembled” won just four games.

The Jacksonville Jaguars are home after spending seven hours waiting through a winter storm on the tarmac at Indianapolis International Airport.

Pat Riley turns 80 in a couple of months.

Jahmyr Gibbs scored three of his franchise-record tying four touchdowns in the second half, and the Detroit Lions beat the Minnesota Vikings 31-9 to win their second straight NFC North title and earn home-field advantage until the Super Bowl.

Tyreek Hill could be on his way out of Miami.

Jalen Green had 33 points and Fred VanVleet grabbed a key steal late to allow the Houston Rockets to hold on for a 119-115 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night.

A woman who worked as a hairstylist for Fox Sports alleges in a lawsuit that former on-air host Skip Bayless offered her $1.5 million to have sex with him.

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay intends to bring back longtime general manager Chris Ballard and coach Shane Steichen for another season.

Hideki Matsuyama is off to a record-breaking start to the new PGA Tour season.

Here’s what teams you should keep an eye on as we look ahead to Black Monday.

The Denver Broncos are back in the playoffs for the first time since winning Super Bowl 50 following the 2015 season.

Mike McCarthy says he absolutely wants to return as the coach of the Dallas Cowboys.

The road to the Super Bowl in the NFC will go through Motown.

The New England Patriots have fired coach Jerod Mayo after one season, beginning another reboot for the franchise just a year after it parted with longtime coach Bill Belichick.

The New York Jets gave their frustrated fans one more embarrassing moment before the season finale against the Miami Dolphins.

Baker Mayfield used his legs and arm to help the Tampa Bay Buccaneers clinch their fourth straight NFC South title while putting Mike Evans over 1,000 yards receiving.

Marcus Mariota threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Terry McLaurin with 3 seconds left, lifting Washington to a 23-19 victory over the Dallas Cowboys and clinching the sixth seed in the NFC playoffs for the Commanders.

Caleb Williams drove Chicago to Cairo Santos’ 51-yard field goal as time expired and the Bears snapped a 10-game skid with a 24-22 victory over the playoff-bound Green Bay Packers.

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Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love says he lost feeling in his throwing hand before leaving the team's regular-season finale against the Chicago Bears.

U.S. rugby star Ilona Maher has made her debut for the Bristol Bears women’s team in front of a record home crowd of 9,240.

Amad Diallo’s late equalizer has secured a 2-2 draw for Manchester United against Premier League leader Liverpool.

The Cleveland Browns fired offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey and offensive line coach Andy Dickerson following their 3-14 season.

Joe Burrow passed for 277 yards and a touchdown, and the Cincinnati Bengals kept their slim playoff hopes alive with a 19-17 win over the floundering Pittsburgh Steelers.

Montana State quarterback Tommy Mellott won the Walter Payton Award as the Football Championship Subdivision offensive player of the year Saturday night, two days before the top-ranked Bobcats face North Dakota State in the title game.

After what Kawhi Leonard has gone through the past nine months, returning to the court for the Los Angeles Clippers was the easy part.

Hideki Matsuyama and Collin Morikawa put on quite the show at Kapalua.

Lamar Jackson threw two touchdown passes, and the Baltimore Ravens won the AFC North for the second straight season, clinching the division with a 35-10 victory over the Cleveland Browns.

The Kansas City Chiefs were stranded at Kansas City International Airport as an ice storm shut down operations, preventing their chartered jet from departing for their game against the Broncos on Sunday in Denver.

Lamar Jackson capped a sensational regular season with a rather ordinary performance.

Chaz Lanier scored 29 points to lead No. 1 Tennessee over No. 23 Arkansas 76-52 and tie for the best start to a season in program history.

For the 119th time since Jimmy Butler joined Miami, the Heat played a game without him.

The Chicago Bulls plan to retire Derrick Rose’s jersey next season.

Penn State coach James Franklin thinks there's a chance defensive star Abdul Carter will be back for College Football Playoff semifinals against Notre Dame.

Koby Brea scored 23 points and hit seven 3-pointers off the bench to lead No. 10 Kentucky over No. 6 Florida 106-100, handing the Gators their first loss of the season.