CHICAGO (AP) — Yaxel Lendeborg scored 27 points, Elliot Cadeau had 10 assists and Michigan rolled...

CHICAGO (AP) — Yaxel Lendeborg scored 27 points, Elliot Cadeau had 10 assists and Michigan rolled into the Final Four, overwhelming Tennessee for a 95-62 victory in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday.Morez Johnson Jr. added 12 points for top-seeded Michigan, which posted its 11th victory this season by at least 30 points. Aday Mara had 11 points and blocked two shots in the Midwest Region final.Making the most of its size and athleticism on both sides of the court, Michigan (35-3) advanced to its first <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness">Final Four</a> since 2018 and ninth overall. Next up is a compelling national semifinal against <a href="https://apnews.com/article/march-madness-purdue-arizona-score-fb1d7ba88d91fc3530f2aacb4605b5ec">Arizona</a> on Saturday.<div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div>Under second-year coach Dusty May — who took Florida Atlantic to the Final Four in 2023 — the Wolverines became the first school to win at least four games in an NCAA tourney by double digits while scoring at least 90 points in each.Lendeborg, who was named the region’s Most Outstanding Player, was 10 for 19 from the field. He became the first Michigan player to score at least 23 points in three consecutive NCAA Tournament games since Juwan Howard did it in four straight in 1994.<figure class="article-segment--embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
A standing ovation for <a href="https://twitter.com/umichbball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UMichbball</a> star Yaxel Lendeborg ‼️ 27 PTS 10-19 FG 7 REB 4 AST <a href="https://t.co/3oGUmWZVeH">pic.twitter.com/3oGUmWZVeH</a>— CBS Sports College Basketball 🏀 (@CBSSportsCBB) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSSportsCBB/status/2038352954978177144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 29, 2026</a>
</blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></figure>Ja’Kobi Gillespie scored 21 points on 8-of-22 shooting for Tennessee (25-12), which lost in the Elite Eight for the third straight year under Rick Barnes. The 71-year-old coach reached his only Final Four in 2003 with Texas.Felix Okpara finished with 10 points and seven rebounds for the Volunteers, who shot just 32% (24 of 76) from the field. Each team had 42 rebounds — a major problem for a Tennessee team that usually enjoys an advantage on the glass.Michigan grabbed control with a 21-0 run in the first half, going from a 16-14 deficit with 11:22 left to a 35-16 lead with 6:10 remaining.Once again, Lendeborg was the conductor of an offensive show for the Wolverines. The 6-foot-9 forward switched hands on a slick reverse layup, then made a no-look pass to Roddy Gayle Jr. for a 3-pointer on a fast break. Then he set up a 3 by Cadeau with 7:52 to go.After Tennessee made a push to get back in the game, Lendeborg scored on a fast break and found Trey McKenney for a 3 at the end of a 7-0 run that made it 48-26 at halftime.It was more of the same in the second half. Mara, a 7-foot-3 center, stepped outside for one of the Wolverines’ 10 3-pointers. The Michigan portion of the United Center crowd cheered wildly when seldom-used reserves Charlie May — the coach’s son — and Oscar Goodman entered for the final few minutes.Goodman scored with 2:32 left and May made a 3 with 1:02 remaining for Michigan’s final basket.___AP March Madness bracket: <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/ncaa-mens-bracket">https://apnews.com/hub/ncaa-mens-bracket</a> and coverage: <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness">https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness</a>

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MARCH 29: Yaxel Lendeborg #23 of the Michigan Wolverines reacts against the Tennessee Volunteers during the second half in the Elite Eight of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at the United Center on March 29, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Munetaka Murakami of the Chicago White Sox and <a href="https://apnews.com/article/guardians-delauter-home-run-f09a071a41db4f51c0e8ff0124f6674d">Chase DeLauter</a> of the Cleveland Guardians have accomplished something in the last week that had been done only twice before.The two rookies homered in each of their first three major-league games. According to Sportradar, the only other players to hit home runs in at least their first three Major League Baseball games were Trevor Story with the Colorado Rockies in 2016 and Kyle Lewis with the Seattle Mariners in 2019.Story owns the MLB record with homers in his first four career games. DeLauter will try to match that when the Guardians play at Seattle on Sunday night.<div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div>Murakami, 26, added his name to the club Sunday by sending a 3-2 pitch from Milwaukee's Brandon Sproat <a href="https://x.com/MLB/status/2038327263196770467">over the wall</a> in right-center and into the White Sox bullpen in the second inning. The Japanese slugger homered off Jake Woodford in the ninth inning <a href="https://apnews.com/article/munetaka-murakami-white-sox-a09fee3178fc72eb292d2adfe8763032">of his debut</a> Thursday and went deep against Chad Patrick in the fourth inning <a href="https://apnews.com/article/white-sox-brewers-score-munetaka-makami-92961d31d3b3c96ea759f617a39c6ac0">Saturday.</a><figure class="article-segment--embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
THREE MLB GAMES THREE HOME RUNS Munetaka Murakami is blasting baseballs to start his MLB career 😤 <a href="https://t.co/Gnprk793bO">pic.twitter.com/Gnprk793bO</a>— MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/2038327263196770467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 29, 2026</a>
</blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></figure>This is <a href="https://apnews.com/article/white-sox-murakami-1d6498489753c4ad3dc118d35e270a5d">Murakami's</a> first series in the majors since signing a two-year, $34-million <a href="https://apnews.com/article/white-sox-murakami-b8c8ccd00b97b2d5a6f7eedb11df70d6">contract</a> with the White Sox in December. Murakami hit 246 homers over eight seasons with the Yakult Swallows of Japan’s Central League — including a 56-homer season in 2022.DeLauter, 24, has four homers in his first three games.The outfielder went deep twice in his MLB debut on Thursday and became the fifth player in the Guardians' 126-year history to homer in his <a href="https://apnews.com/article/guardians-delauter-home-run-1cf0635d5a152d3338c975060085b4d8">first career regular-season at bat</a>. He added a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/guardians-mariners-score-54285069e98fb117d1b6637de8340f88">solo shot</a> off Seattle's George Kirby on Friday and then hit a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/guardians-mariners-score-9d75eeb929e609c2db5fb1fd3ea56c61">two-run blast</a> off Andrés Muñoz in the 10th inning Saturday.___AP MLB: <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/mlb">https://apnews.com/hub/MLB</a>

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - MARCH 28: Munetaka Murakami #5 of the Chicago White Sox watches a solo home run off the bat in the fourth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on March 28, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania coach Mircea Lucescu was hospitalized Sunday before a scheduled training session for the national team.The Romanian soccer federation said the 80-year-old Lucescu was undergoing heart arrhythmia tests and was in stable condition when he arrived at the hospital.The coach fell ill before the team’s last training session ahead of its trip to play a friendly at Slovakia on Tuesday.<div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div>Romania won’t be at the World Cup after losing to Turkey on Thursday.Team doctors first attended to Lucescu until paramedics arrived. The federation said training was canceled and that it had also unsuccessfully tried to cancel the match against Slovakia.The team will be led by assistant coach and former international Ionel Gane, the federation said.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

Mircea Lucescu, head coach of Romania, reacts during the FIFA World Cup 2026 European Qualifiers knockout play-offs game between Turkiye and Romania in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 26, 2026.

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Still dealing with the fallout from a contentious Africa Cup of Nations final, African soccer’s governing body has announced a raft of “changes and improvements” to its statutes and regulations.The structural, legal and administrative reforms will help the Confederation of African Football regain trust in its impartiality and ensure that the scenes from the final in January are never repeated, CAF president Patrice Motsepe said after a meeting of its executive committee in Cairo on Sunday.“I can stand here and say we’ve got the best referees, they are independent, they’re impartial. But if the ordinary football spectators on the continent and elsewhere think they are not so impartial, it’s not good for African football,” Motsepe said.<div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div>The outcome of the final is still in dispute after CAF stripped Senegal of the title two months after the match and awarded it to host nation Morocco. Senegal has appealed to the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport and both countries claim to be African champion pending the outcome. The Senegal team paraded the trophy in Paris on Saturday.“We have to move away also from the perception that somehow our problems in Africa and our weaknesses in Africa are greater, bigger, more embarrassing, more extreme than the problems that happen in other parts of the world,” Motsepe said.The South African businessman said CAF was working with FIFA to provide training for referees and VAR operators, and that it was imperative to pay them well to ensure integrity.<h3>General secretary steps down</h3>Earlier, Véron Mosengo-Omba announced he was stepping down after five years as CAF general secretary “to devote myself to more personal projects.”The Swiss-Congolese official is a university friend of FIFA president Gianni Infantino and followed him from UEFA to FIFA in 2016. Mosengo-Omba left FIFA to take over as CAF general secretary in 2021.CAF announced in January 2025 that the Swiss Public Prosecutor’s Office had decided to stop investigations against Mosengo-Omba “as they found no facts or legal basis to initiate legal proceedings” after he faced allegations of financial wrongdoing.“Now that I have been able to dispel the suspicions that some people have gone to great lengths to cast on me, I can retire with peace of mind and without constraint, leaving the CAF more prosperous than ever,” Mosengo-Omba said Sunday.Mosengo-Omba had been a contentious figure at CAF, with British newspaper The Guardian reporting claims of a “toxic culture of fear” for employees even after he was cleared of alleged governance breaches by an internal probe. The 66-year-old also worked past the body’s mandatory retirement age of 63, but Motsepe denied any impropriety, saying “we followed what the proper issue was in relation to the agreement we had with him.”Samson Adamu from the Nigerian Football Federation was taking over as acting general secretary and sat to Motsepe’s left during their press conference.“The vice presidents will lead the process and will report to me on the identification of a permanent general secretary,” Motsepe said. “And I’ve told Samson, whether he likes it or not, I’m going to put pressure on him also to apply for the position to be permanent.”<h3>Morocco hosting WAFCON</h3>Motsepe confirmed that the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations will go ahead in Morocco as initially planned. The tournament had been scheduled to take place in the kingdom from March 17 to April 3 but was pushed back at short notice to July 25-Aug. 16.“There were circumstances that we had not foreseen,” Motsepe said after being pressed for the reasons for the postponement. On Feb 13. he had said it would not be postponed.<h3>Preparations for 2027 Africa Cup, 28 teams</h3>Motsepe said he will visit Kenya in May to see how preparations are going for the men’s 2027 Africa Cup, which Kenya is due to co-host with Tanzania and Uganda. He dismissed suggestions the “Pamoja” tournament could be moved to another country.Motsepe also announced the expansion of the Africa Cup to include 28 teams, up from 24 at the 2025 edition.Motsepe already announced in December that the Africa Cup will be held every four years from 2028.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

Sadio Mane of Senegal Patrice Motsepe gestures during the AFCON final between Morocco and Senegal at Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah, Rabat, Morocco on January 19, 2026.

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ATLANTA (AP) — Belgium gave a dressing down to a U.S. team with big World Cup dreams.The Americans allowed five straight goals in a deflating <a href="https://apnews.com/article/united-states-belgium-score-804333332c86d6edace4183c6bd7c938">5-2 loss to the Red Devils</a> in a friendly on Saturday night. The U.S. had not lost by three in a home game in which it scored the opening goal since an 8-1 defeat to England in 1959, according to Opta.“We cannot arrive with the wrong idea of that we are so good, we are so handsome, we are so well dressed and we are Americans,” said U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino, a former Argentina defender. “Always after the games when the team wins, (it’s) because we fight, we were aggressive, we were intense, yes? When we drop in that intensity — we saw today.”<div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div>Preparing to host the World Cup this summer, the U.S. entered with a five-game unbeaten streak and Pochettino’s message to players had been they can win soccer’s top title for the first time.Weston McKennie’s 39th-minute goal from Antonee Robinson’s corner kick put the 15th-ranked U.S. ahead of the world’s No. 9 team. But then the U.S. level lagged.“We didn’t defend our box well enough,” said Matt Turner, who returned to the U.S. goal for the first time since June. “That’s something that we cannot have. We can’t accept that we didn’t lay everything on the line to keep the ball out of the back of the net because that’s when our tails should be up the most.”Dodi Lukébakio scored two goals for Belgium and Zeno Debast, Amadou Onana and Charles De Ketelaere had one each. Patrick Agyemang got an 87th-minute goal for the U.S., which has lost seven straight games to European opponents while getting outscored 20-6.Christian Pulisic, the top American player, failed to convert several good scoring chances. He entered scoreless in his last 12 games with AC Milan and extended his U.S. goal drought to seven games since November 2024.“Of course I’m disappointed. I have to finish my chances,” Pulisic said. “They aren’t easy chances, but at certain moments — that I expect to do better, for sure.”Last fall’s unbeaten streak included wins over Japan (currently No. 18), Australia (27), Paraguay (38) and Uruguay (17) plus a draw vs. Ecuador (23). The U.S. plays No. 5 Portugal on Tuesday in its last game before Pochettino announces his World Cup roster on May 26.“We have to beat teams like this if we want to have a chance to go far in the tournament,” Pulisic said.Turner said the match reminded him of the 3-1 loss to the Netherlands that eliminated the U.S. from the 2022 World Cup in the round of 16. Belgium withstood U.S. pressure early, then raised its aggressiveness to a level the Americans couldn’t withstand.“They’re great reminders for us of what the level is going to be like and then our minimum standard of what we should expect from ourselves.” Turner said. “Credit to Belgium, but all that went wrong tonight wasn’t just on how good they were. We were also pretty poor in certain areas.”Both teams missed several regulars because of injuries and fitness: the Americans missed Tyler Adams, Sergiño Dest and Chris Richards, and Belgium was without Romelu Lukaku, Leandro Trossard, Hans Vanaken and Thibaut Courtois.“This team is better than the result,” Belgium coach Rudi Garcia said. “We started bad, but also because the USA was more aggressive than us.”With Richards sidelined, the U.S. started 38-year-old Tim Ream in central defense along with Mark McKenzie.There was no American defender within 5 yards when Debast scored the equalizer from about 30 yards in the 45th minute after Turner parried Jérémy Doku’s initial attempt. Onana put Belgium ahead in the 53rd with a shot through the center of the penalty area after a layback from Alexis Saelemaekers.De Ketelaere converted a penalty kick in the 59th after Thomas Meunier’s shot glanced off Ream’s left arm. Lukebakio spun around Max Arfsten to score in the 68th and then had an open shot after Timothy Castagne’s cross deflected off a foot of Sebastian Berhalter in the 82nd.An exasperated Ream stared upward, hands on hips.“In too many actions that we were in place, we have superiority, but we were not aggressive enough.” Pochettino said. “It’s a good check, reality for us, because now is the moment to feel this type of situation, to improve.”___AP soccer: <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/soccer">https://apnews.com/hub/soccer</a>

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - MARCH 28: United States head coach Mauricio Pochettino talks with the team during the first half against Belgium during an international friendly at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on March 28, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico and Portugal played to a scoreless draw on Saturday night in a warmup m...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico and Portugal played to a scoreless draw on Saturday night in a warmup match that marked the reopening of the Azteca Stadium after nearly two years of renovations for the 2026 World Cup.Goncalo Ramos had the best scoring chance in the match when he rattled the goalpost in the 26th minute.The iconic Azteca Stadium, which hosted the finals of the 1970 and 1986 World Cup tournaments, has been closed since May 2024 for renovations for the upcoming World Cup, where it will host five matches: three in the first-round and two in the knockout stages.<div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div>“Individually, everyone, or almost everyone, responded well,” said Mexico coach Javier Aguirre. “Yes, there are some inconsistencies, which is normal, but I’m happy with the performance.”“Obviously, I don’t want to ignore the fact that some players are out injured. As I said, there are 12 players who are missing, players who helped us win the Nations League and the Gold Cup,” Aguirre added.The Portuguese also faced the match with absences, most notably those of forwards Cristiano Ronaldo and Rafael Leão.Mexico plays South Africa at the Azteca in the June 11 tournament opener.“For us it is important to face these types of rivals, who are among the best in the world because it shows us what level we are at,” said midfielder Erik Sanchez. “Now we have to think about doing things well against Belgium.”The Mexicans will play against Belgium next Tuesday at Soldier Field in Chicago, while Portugal face the United States at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.Portugal will make its debut in the World Cup on June 17 against the winner of the intercontinental playoffs match between Jamaica and Congo.Fan dies in fallSecurity authorities said a fan in the VIP box area of the reopened stadium fell from the second level and died shortly before the match commenced.“An intoxicated fan attempted to climb from the second to the first level by jumping over the outside, causing him to fall to the ground floor,” local police said. “He was attended to by medical personnel, but unfortunately, he lost his life”.Protest before the matchBefore the match, groups of mothers searching for missing family members staged protests outside the stadium, bypassing city government controls that restricted access to ticket holders only.Mexico’s government said in a new report Friday that it had identified signs of life for a third of the country’s 130,000 registered missing people, an announcement that was quickly criticized by a number of search groups who called it another attempt to undermine the depth of Mexico’s disappearance crisis.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - MARCH 28: Erik Lira of Mexico and Bruno Fernandes of Portugal compete for the ball during an international friendly between Mexico and Portugal at Banorte Stadium on March 28, 2026 in Mexico City, Mexico.

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SUZUKA, Japan (AP) — Italian 19-year-old Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes won his second consecutive Fo...

SUZUKA, Japan (AP) — Italian 19-year-old Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes won his second consecutive Formula 1 race, taking Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix ahead of Oscar Piastri of McLaren. Antonelli finished a comfortable 13.7 seconds ahead of the Australian.Charles Leclerc of Ferrari was third with George Russell of Mercedes in fourth. McLaren's Lando Norris was fifth with Lewis Hamilton of Ferrari in sixth at the Suzuka circuit in central Japan on a clear, sunny spring afternoon.Antonelli won the first F1 race of his career two weeks ago in China, the second-youngest winner in history. The youngest was Max Verstappen in 2016 at 18. Antonelli also won from pole position in China.<div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div>Antonelli has 72 points from three races and now becomes the youngest to lead the season drivers' standings."It's too early to think about the championship, but we're in a good way," Antonelli said. "I got a terrible start, I just need to check what happened."Definitely, it's been (the starts) a weak point this year and I need to improve that because you can easily win or lose races with that."Mercedes continues to dominateRussell was second in China two weeks ago and won the season-opening race in Australia, which means Mercedes has victories in the first three races of 2026.In Japan, Antonelli started from pole with Russell alongside him, but neither got a great start with Piastri beating both to the first turn and holding the early lead.But Antonelli and Mercedes again showed that they have mastered the 2026 car configuration, which features a 50-50 split between internal combustion and electrical-battery power.The cars are also lighter, narrower and shorter than last season, with many drivers complaining about the new regulations, the most radical changes in a decade.Antonelli's good fortunePiastri got a great start. Antonelli didn't and wound up in sixth after the first lap but clawed his way back. He had the lead on the 22nd lap when Hass driver Oliver Bearman lost control and hit a tire barrier, triggering the safety car.Bearman limped out of the car but was reported later to be in good shape by medical officials.Antonelli said he got a bit "lucky" with the deployment of the safety car."I don't know what would have happened, what the outcome would have been without the safely car," Antonelli said. "But that definitely made life a lot easier."McLaren much, much betterPiastri also wondered what might have been, but acknowledged Mercedes probably had too much pace."It's a shame we never got to see what would have happened, but for us at this point to be disappointed about finishing second — is a pretty good place to be.”Piastri did not even start the season's first two races. He crashed on a warm-up lap prior to his home race in Australia, and both McLaren cars failed to start in China due to electrical faults."I think this weekend we just did a really good job of optimizing what we had," Piastri said. "We just nailed everything. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite enough for the win. But at the moment a result like today is as good as a win."Hamilton went all last season without a podium driving for Ferrari, but managed third place in China. He was close to another podium in Japan, showing the Ferrari is much more competitive."I've not lost what I had," Hamilton said this week in Japan.Long hiatusFormula 1 now takes a five-week break with races scheduled for April in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia called off because of the war in Iran. The next race is May 3 in Miami.

SUZUKA, JAPAN - MARCH 29: Andre Kimi Antonelli (12) of Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team wins the F1 Grand Prix of Japan on March 29, 2026, at Suzuka international Circuit, in Suzuka city, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Oscar Piastri (81) of McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 Team finishes second and Charles Leclerc (16) of Scuderia Ferrari HP, finishes third.

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Turns out the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao fight Sept. 19 in Las Vegas won't count after all.And it might not even be at the Sphere, the immersive arena near the Strip that has attracted people from all over the world because of its massive high-resolution video backdrop."As of right now, we don't know exactly where the fight is going to be at," Mayweather said Saturday in a video captured by Vegas Sports Today in an interview session with select media. "The Sphere is one of the places that they've talked about, so we don't know if it’s 100% going to be there."<div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div>Wherever the location, this fight comes 11 years after their first meeting, which didn't live up to the enormous hype between the two most notable boxers of that time. Both were past their prime when Mayweather beat Pacquiao by decision in what promoters said was the most profitable fight in history and set pay-per-view records.The 49-year-old Mayweather downplayed the significance of his rematch with the 47-year-old Pacquiao being an exhibition and not a bout that will count on the two boxers’ record. Mayweather pointed out he also has an exhibition with former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson coming up and one in Greece against kickboxer Mike Zambidis."If I'm just sitting at home and I'm working out every day and spending time with my grandson and spending time with my children, I said why not go out and have little fun and entertain the public with some exhibitions?" Mayweather said.

US boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. gestures during an open to public training session for his upcoming exhibition fight against John Gutti III in Mexico City on August 22, 2024. Mayweather Jr. and Gotti III will face each other on an exhibition fight next August 24 in Mexico City.

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ATLANTA (AP) — Christian Pulisic couldn't figure out teammates from opposing Belgians in a friendly with kit confusion."That can't happen. It was a bit strange," the U.S. star said after Saturday's 5-2 loss to Belgium.The U.S. wore its new Nike jerseys with red and white horizontal stripes that resemble a waving flag, an apparent homage to American jerseys at the 1994 World Cup with vertical red-and-white stripes.<div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div>Belgium had on its new Adidas road jerseys with a background of a light color called Frozen Blue mixed with pink and black trim, a tribute to surrealist artist René Magritte."It definitely was a little bit difficult whenever you do like a quick glance to tell which was which. It was almost like a 50-50 thing," American midfielder Weston McKennie said. "So you definitely have to maybe take a little more time on the ball before you made a decision or play one touch to a player."Both teams exchanged uniform plans well ahead of the match, according to the U.S. Soccer Federation, and the outfits were cleared before the game by the match officials.Belgium's home jersey in a solid red while the U.S.'s other is dark blue with a subtle star pattern and red trim, which it plans to wear for Tuesday's friendly against Portugal.While the flawed fashions became apparent during the first half, neither team had different sets of jerseys on site they could switch to at the break. Decisions could depend on shorts — the U.S. wore blue and Belgium white. The Americans had white socks and the Belgians blue.Players hadn't been concerned about the game's sartorial aspects."I didn't know until we took off the pre-match, whatever, shirts and then saw it and I was like — everyone was a bit shocked," Pulisic said. "A lot of times you get the ball, you look up, you can't really lock in on something. You only can base it off the color of the shirt. That's how it works. And when it's very similar, it's difficult."

ATLANTA, GA - MARCH 28: Jeremy Doku #11 of Belgium battles Cristian Roldan #4 of the United States during the second half of the match at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on March 28, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. Belgium won the match 5-2.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Arizona is headed back to the Final Four for the first time in 25 years a...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Arizona is headed back to <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness">the Final Four</a> for the first time in 25 years after the top-seeded Wildcats got 20 points from freshman Koa Peat to beat Purdue 79-64 in the NCAA Tournament’s West Region final on Saturday night.After years of disappointment in March, coach Tommy Lloyd has gotten Arizona (36-2) back to being a championship contender thanks to a talented freshman class led by Peat to go along with veterans like Big 12 Player of the Year Jaden Bradley.“Just being a kid from Arizona, to take this team to a Final Four, man, it’s a blessing,” said Peat, who was named the region’s Most Outstanding Player. “I’m proud of these guys. We worked for this. We’re not done yet.”<div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div>The Wildcats showed they can win in almost any style. They used a nearly flawless performance on offense to beat Arkansas in the Sweet 16 and then shut down one of the nation’s most efficient offenses against second-seeded Purdue (30-9).Arizona frustrated the NCAA record-holder in assists, Braden Smith, and prevented his fellow four-year seniors Trey Kaufman-Renn and Fletcher Loyer from getting into a rhythm. Purdue was held to its second-lowest point total of the season and shot just 38% from the field.Arizona used an 16-3 run early in the second half to erase a seven-point halftime deficit and take a six-point lead on a 3-pointer from Anthony Dell’Orso. The Wildcats stayed in control from there. Brayden Burries hit a 3-pointer, and after a turnover by Smith, Ivan Kharchenkov made a layup for an 11-point lead.Peat put the exclamation point on the win with dunk that made it 68-55 with less than six minutes remaining, sending the Wildcats to Indianapolis next week on a 13-game winning streak.“We had a little bad stretch at the end of the first half,” Lloyd said. “These guys, winning’s in their DNA. Like I always say, they’re way better players than I am a coach. I’m so proud of them.”The trip to the Final Four is a long-awaited one for the Wildcats, who last made it to that stage in 2001 when they lost the title game to Duke under Lute Olson. They had lost five straight times in the Elite Eight since — tied for the second-longest skid ever in that round — under the three coaches who followed Olson after he retired in 2007.Lloyd replaced Sean Miller in 2021, and this year’s Wildcats have set the school’s single-season record for wins en route to the Final Four.“There’s a good-looking guy with white hair looking down at us right now that’s happy,” Lloyd said.Kharchenkov scored 18 points for Arizona, while Bradley and Burries each scored 14.Purdue withstood an early push from Arizona and quieted the large contingent of Wildcats fans with a strong finish to the first half. Smith returned from a rare five-minute stint on the bench to hit his third 3-pointer of the half. He set up C.J. Cox for a 3 and then drew an offensive foul before firing up the Boilermakers fans. Purdue led 38-31 to match Arizona’s largest halftime deficit of the season.But the Boilermakers wilted in the second half as the senior trio that began their careers losing in the opening round as a No. 1 seed <a href="https://apnews.com/article/march-madness-fairleigh-dickinson-purdue-16-seed-715e3e361344928ea10880dd9a9d8a58">to Fairleigh Dickinson</a> in 2023 and lost the title game the following year to UConn couldn’t get back to the Final Four.Smith scored 13 points, Kaufman-Renn had 10 and Loyer just eight. The three combined to shoot 12 for 38 from the field.Up nextArizona will take on the winner of Sunday’s game between <a href="https://apnews.com/article/michigan-tennessee-preview-elite-eight-60def3f4d90cf1fb283964c907e79845">Michigan and Tennessee</a> in the national semifinals Saturday.___AP March Madness bracket: <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/ncaa-mens-bracket">https://apnews.com/hub/ncaa-mens-bracket</a> and coverage: <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness">https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness</a>

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 28: The Arizona Wildcats celebrate after defeating the Purdue Boilermakers 79-64 in the Elite Eight of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at SAP Center on March 28, 2026 in San Jose, California.

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HOUSTON (AP) — Freshman Keaton Wagler scored 25 points and Illinois ended Iowa’s underdog March M...

HOUSTON (AP) — Freshman Keaton Wagler scored 25 points and Illinois ended Iowa’s underdog <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness">March Madness</a> run by dominating in the frontcourt, beating the Hawkeyes 71-59 on Saturday to advance to the Final Four for the first time since 2005.This will be the sixth trip to the Final Four for Illinois, which has never won a national title. The Fighting Illini will face either Duke or UConn next weekend in Indianapolis.The much taller Illini (28-8) outrebounded Iowa 38-21 in the South Region final. David Mirkovic led the way with 12 rebounds.<div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div>Coach Brad Underwood’s <a href="https://apnews.com/article/illinois-european-players-march-madness-iowa-014ebc6aeeacfaac26f3f86f2a440ef3">emphasis on recruiting in Eastern Europe</a> has paid off in this tournament. Tomislav Ivisic of Croatia, who stands 7-foot-1, and his 7-2 twin brother Zvonimir have shined in March.Andrej Stojakovic, who was born in Greece but whose father is Serbian three-time NBA All-Star Peja Stojakovic, scored 17 points for third-seeded Illinois. His famous father watched proudly as his son punched his ticket to the Final Four, and Wagler’s parents — who met when they played basketball at a junior college in Kansas — cheered wildly throughout for their son, who was named MVP of the region.Bennett Stirtz scored 24 points for the ninth-seeded Hawkeyes (24-13), who knocked off top-seeded Florida in the second round as part of an impressive run under first-year coach Ben McCollum, a four-time Division II national champion at Northwest Missouri State. Stirtz played for McCollum there, then followed him to Drake and finally Iowa.The Illini went on an 8-0 run, with four points from Tomislav Ivisic, to take a 58-51 lead with less than five minutes remaining.Isaia Howard made one of two free throws for Iowa after that, but an alley-oop dunk by Zvonimir Ivisic pushed the lead to 60-52 with about four minutes to go.Sage Tate hit four consecutive free throws for Iowa to get the Hawkeyes within four with two minutes to go. But Stojakovic added a layup for Illinois before Wagler made two free throws to make it 67-59.It was the second meeting this season for these Big Ten rivals. Illinois won 75-69 on Jan. 11.Illinois never led in the first half but took its first lead just after halftime. There were a dozen lead changes before the Illini pulled away.___AP March Madness bracket: <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/ncaa-mens-bracket">https://apnews.com/hub/ncaa-mens-bracket</a> and coverage: <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness">https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness</a>

HOUSTON, TEXAS - MARCH 28: Head coach Brad Underwood of the Illinois Fighting Illini celebrates cutting down the net after defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Elite Eight of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Toyota Center on March 28, 2026 in Houston, Texas.

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TORONTO (AP) — Jonathan David scored twice from the penalty spot in the second half before Tajon ...

TORONTO (AP) — Jonathan David scored twice from the penalty spot in the second half before Tajon Buchanan was shown a red card as Canada battled back from a 2-0 deficit to salvage a 2-2 draw with Iceland in an international men’s soccer friendly on Saturday.Buchanan was sent off in the 80th minute for an elbow to the head of Iceland midfielder Mikael Egill Ellertsson as the ball was rolling out of play.(Available to view in Canada only)<div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div><figure class="article-segment--embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
Tajon Buchanan is shown a straight red card.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CANMNT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CANMNT</a> <a href="https://t.co/eoXMJSeyJA">pic.twitter.com/eoXMJSeyJA</a>— TSN (@TSN_Sports) <a href="https://twitter.com/TSN_Sports/status/2037968371241673083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2026</a>
</blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></figure>The sequence marked the third straight game, and fourth time in the last eight, Canada has seen red.“We’re physical, we play hard, but we’re not a dirty team,” said Canada coach Jesse Marsch, who disagreed with Buchanan’s dismissal. “I’m not worried about developing a reputation, but certainly cards like that can change momentum in tournaments.”Orri Steinn Oskarsson had both goals for Iceland.The 29th-ranked Canadians are preparing to co-host this summer’s World Cup with the United States and Mexico, while Iceland — No. 74 when FIFA’s last official list was released in mid-January — failed to qualify.Oskarsson took advantage of a bad pass from Canadian centre back Kamal Miller before moving in alone and beating goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair in the ninth minute for a 1-0 lead.The striker for Spanish club Real Sociedad doubled the advantage in the 21st after Ellertsson beat right back Niko Sigur to a ball in midfield. Oskarsson took a quick feed on the run and steadied himself before another nice finish.Canada got one back in the 67th minute when David coolly buried a penalty after Buchanan was fouled by Ellertsson. The striker for Italian giants Juventus added his second of the afternoon from the spot in the 76th when substitute Daniel Jebbison was also taken down in the area before Buchanan was sent off.(Available to view in Canada only)<figure class="article-segment--embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
SAME SPOT, SAME SUCCESS 👀 JONATHAN DAVID HAS TIED THE GAME! <a href="https://t.co/Syri1dRCUV">pic.twitter.com/Syri1dRCUV</a>— TSN (@TSN_Sports) <a href="https://twitter.com/TSN_Sports/status/2037966961292783945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2026</a>
</blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></figure>Canada now turns its attention to Tuesday’s match against No. 47 Tunisia in another exhibition game with plenty on the line for players looking to secure roster spots or impress with the World Cup some 75 days away.Canada opens its tournament June 12 in Toronto against the winner of a European playoff set for Tuesday between No. 13 Italy and No. 66 Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Canadians will then travel west to face Qatar on June 18 and Switzerland on June 24 at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver.“Every moment we’re together right now is an opportunity to make a continued impression, a lasting impression,” Marsch said. “But I don’t want them to feel so much pressure on them. I want them to just continue to try to put to practice the things that we want to see.”

TORONTO, ON - MARCH 28: Jonathan David #7 of Canada scores his first goal from the penalty spot during an International Friendly against Iceland at BMO Field on March 28, 2026 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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The expansion Denver Summit's match against the Washington Spirit on Saturday broke the National ...

The expansion Denver Summit's match against the Washington Spirit on Saturday broke the National Women's Soccer League record for attendance with its announced crowd of 63,004.Fans at the Denver Broncos' home stadium broke the previous NWSL record of 40,091 who attended Bay FC's match against the Spirit last season at Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants.In 2024, the Chicago Stars drew 35,038 to a game against Bay FC that was played at Wrigley Field, home to the Cubs.<div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div>"This is a big deal, and it's very important," fan Karmryn Eversole said. "And I think it's a huge milestone for women's sports to prove that we want more women's sports. And this is what we want, and we're here supporting it, and we want to show it."The match was the Summit's first at home in Colorado. The team played its first three on the road, going 1-1-1. The game against the Spirit on Saturday ended in a scoreless draw.Denver was awarded the 16th NWSL franchise in January 2025 for a reported expansion fee of $110 million. The Summit started play this season along with the Boston Legacy."I mean, I think it means everything," fan Nicole DeLue said. "If you look at the amount of Denver women's players that have gone to the World Cup, made the national team. We've always been a strong feeder. So to finally have a home base here is just incredible."After the opener at Mile High, the Summit will play home games at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, home of the Colorado Rapids in MLS. In July, the team will move to the temporary 12,000-seat Centennial Stadium while a women's soccer stadium is built in downtown Denver.The Summit announced earlier this week they had closed on land at Santa Fe Yards for the future stadium, which the club hopes will be complete by the 2028 season.

DENVER, COLORADO - MARCH 28: The LED board shows the Record of attendance message during the NWSL match between Denver Summit FC and Washington Spirit at Empower Field At Mile High on March 28, 2026 in Denver, Colorado.

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ATLANTA (AP) — Belgium blew out the United States 5-2 on Saturday in a World Cup warmup that expo...

ATLANTA (AP) — Belgium blew out the United States 5-2 on Saturday in a World Cup warmup that exposed the Americans’ defensive difficulties, rallying from a late first-half deficit on two goals by Dodi Lukébakio and one each from Zeno Debast, Amadou Onana and Charles De Ketelaere.Weston McKennie put the U.S. ahead in the 39th minute with his 12th international goal, his first in three years, but Debast and Onana began Belgium’s rally with their first international goals on a frustrating afternoon for Matt Turner, the former No. 1 American goalkeeper who made his first appearance since last June.Debast scored in the 45th, Onana put the Red Devils ahead in the 53rd and De Ketelaere converted a penalty kick in the 59th after a hand ball by U.S. captain Tim Ream.<div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div>Lukébakio entered in the 62nd minute and beat Turner from long range in the 68th and 82nd minutes to build a 5-1 lead before a disappointed largely pro-American crowd of 66,867 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, site of a World Cup semifinal in July.Patrick Agyemang scored for the U.S. in the 87th after Ricardo Pepi took advantage of defensive misplay.The U.S. lost a home game by three goals in which it scored the opening goal for the first time since an 8-1 defeat to England in 1959, according to Opta.Belgium extended its unbeaten streak to 10 games and has won six straight against the U.S. since losing to the Americans at the initial World Cup in 1930.The U.S. had entered with a five-game unbeaten streak that created optimism but was missing several injured regulars.McKennie put the Americans ahead when he took advantage of Johnny Cardoso’s pick to cut in front of Nicolas Raskin and volley Antonee Robinson’s corner kick past Senne Lammens.American players debuted jerseys with red and white stripes that resemble a waving flag.With the roof closed in an air-conditioned stadium, fans booed the water breaks in the middle of each half — which will take place at each World Cup match.Belgium was missing striker Romelu Lukaku, midfielders Leandro Trossard and Hans Vanaken and goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois because of injuries and fitness issues. The Red Devils play Mexico in Chicago on Tuesday.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - MARCH 28: Patrick Agyemang #25 of the United States retrieves the ball from the net after scoring during the second half against Belgium during an international friendly at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on March 28, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s best performances at the World Cup came during the two occasions it h...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s best performances at the World Cup came during the two occasions it hosted the tournament. Now that the country will be hosting for the third time — with the United States and Canada — fans want history to repeat itself. And maybe more.To ensure optimal preparation, the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) invested 400 million pesos (around $22 million) in renovating their training center known as Centro de Alto Rendimiento (CAR), or High Performance Center, which was officially reopened on Saturday.As a player, current Mexico coach Javier Aguirre was part of the national team that reached the quarterfinals in 1986, matching the country’s performance in the 1970 World Cup. Aguirre, with the revamped training center, will try to match at least that as a coach.<div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div>Mexico begins training at the High Performance Center on May 6, with players from the domestic league. Its first match in the World Cup is the tournament opener on June 11 against South Africa.<h3>'Building a foundation'</h3>“This investment reflects our responsibility for the 2026 World Cup. We have built a facility that will provide the national team with the best possible conditions for preparation that are on a par with the world’s leading football powers,” said FMF president Mikel Arriola. “Hosting a World Cup demands that we raise all our standards, both on and off the field”.The site has been the training headquarters for Mexico’s national teams since 2003, during which time it gradually grew, but it had never previously had an update like this one.“This project is also intended as a legacy. It’s not just about 2026, but about building a foundation that will impact the development of our national teams in the coming years,” Arriola said.The senior team accommodation has been expanded from 20 to 45 rooms, in addition to entertainment areas. There is also a 29-room area for youth national teams.The biggest change was the construction of a new building to house a new gym, which grew from 1,200 to 6,000 square meters. This building is also home to the medical area, locker rooms, coaches’ offices, a sports intelligence area, and physiotherapy and hydrotherapy facilities.“There used to be a small gym with a medical area, but all of that was demolished to build this new building,” said Daniel García, FMF real estate manager. “Everything here now, apart from two machines in the gym, is new.”The dining room capacity has also increased from 70 to 210 people.“The most complicated thing was coordinating all the areas because they all asked for a lot of things wanting to have the best in the world and that doesn’t always go with the budget, but I think we achieved a great result,” García said.The training center already had five playing fields, three regulation size and two smaller ones. One of the fields has state-of-the-art hybrid technology like the one recently installed at the Azteca Stadium, which was renovated for the World Cup.“We’ve had visits from FIFA staff who told us that this is the field in all of Mexico, and that’s why people from Azteca Stadium came to get some advice,” Garcia said. “After all, we’re colleagues and brothers.”___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

A view of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Mexico City logo taken during the unveiling of the countdown clock for the 2026 World Cup in Mexico City, on June 11, 2025.

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Tiger Woods got out of jail and into the passenger seat of a dark SUV, his face as vacant as his ...

Tiger Woods got out of jail and into the passenger seat of a dark SUV, his face as vacant as his mug shot as he was driven away to a future again filled with so much uncertainty.The next step legally is facing charges of driving while intoxicated, damage to property, and refusal to submit to a urine test, which led to him spending eight hours Friday in the Martin County jail, some 15 miles from his home on Jupiter Island, Florida.His manager at Excel Sports, Mark Steinberg, did not respond to a request for comment Saturday on Woods’ arrest.<div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div>As for golf, this comes at a bad time for the sport’s most influential player.Woods had said earlier in the week he was trying to get in shape for the Masters on April 9-12, though that was looking unlikely. He turned 50 at the end of last year. “This body, it doesn’t recover like it did when it was 24, 25,” Woods said earlier this week.He was also days away from a decision on whether to be the next U.S. Ryder Cup captain for the 2027 matches in Ireland. Two officials from the PGA of America did not immediately return phone calls from The Associated Press seeking comment.And on April 5, he is scheduled to be in Augusta, Georgia, with Masters chairman Fred Ridley to celebrate a project at “The Patch,” the nickname of a municipal golf course where Woods’ design team created a short course to go along with a major upgrade to the public course.Woods is also the central figure as chairman of the Future Competition Committee that is reshaping the PGA Tour model of tournaments. Tour CEO Brian Rolapp predicted meaningful progress this summer.The PGA Tour declined to comment on Woods’ arrest.Now everything is on hold while Woods sorts through his second arrest in the last nine years, and his fourth car crash dating to 2009.Woods waited until the summer of 2024 before deciding against being Ryder Cup captain for the 2025 matches in New York. The Associated Press reported in February the PGA of America had a soft deadline of the end of March for him to decide this time.The PGA of America already is under scrutiny because of the unruly fan behavior at Bethpage Park last September, and this is not a time for another misstep. One person with knowledge of the process said the PGA of America has a backup plan of four potential candidates for the Ryder Cup committee to review if Woods declines — or if the PGA of America moves on.Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said Woods’ Land Rover was going at a “high speed” when it clipped the trailer of a pressure cleaning truck and flipped on its side. Woods was not hurt and climbed out through the passenger window. The driver of the truck was not injured, either.“Had there been somebody moving in the opposite direction, we would not be having a conversation saying there were no injuries,” Budensiek said. “This could’ve been a lot worse.”Budensiek said investigators on the scene believe Woods had taken some kind of medication or drug. He described Woods as lethargic and said the golfer agreed to a breath test that showed “triple zeroes” — no sign of alcohol. By declining the urine test, the sheriff said, officials will never get “definitive results” about what caused the impairment.That was consistent with his 2017 arrest on a DUI charge in Florida, when Woods was found asleep behind the wheel of a car with the engine running, the right blinker on, two flat tires, and light damage to the driver’s side.Woods said it was a bad mix of medication. Toxicology reports later revealed the active ingredient for marijuana, two painkillers, a sleep drug, and an anti-anxiety drug. There was no alcohol.The pain medication has been standard fare for golf’s most celebrated — and wounded — player.After four knee surgeries — the last one a week after he won the U.S. Open with shredded knee ligaments and two stress fractures — Woods had four back surgeries in four years (2014 through 2017) only to return to win the Masters in 2019 in one of golf’s most astonishing comebacks.And then came the most serious crash of all, in February 2021. His SUV was going 84 to 87 mph (135 to 140 kph) in an area with a speed limit of 45 mph (72 kph) when it veered off a coastal road in the Los Angeles suburbs, rolled down a hill, and smacked into a tree.He was not cited, and Los Angeles authorities did not seek a warrant for blood samples. The injuries to his right leg and ankle were extensive — Woods later said amputation was considered — and it was remarkable he even returned to playing.Woods has never been the same as a golfer since that accident. He has played 11 tournaments in the five years since that crash. Of the four times he finished 72 holes, he hasn’t been closer than 16 shots of the winner. He shares the PGA Tour’s all-time record with 82 wins.But he remains a huge draw. Woods decided to compete Tuesday night in the finals of his indoor TGL league, and viewership spiked to nearly 1 million, the second-highest rating behind Woods making his TGL debut.He made his public debut at age 2 on “The Mike Douglas Show” and has been in the spotlight ever since, setting records that are likely never to be broken. He remains a central figure in golf to this day, and the scrutiny is as great as ever with so much on his plate.___AP golf: <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/golf">https://apnews.com/hub/golf</a>

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA - MARCH 24: Tiger Woods of Jupiter Links Golf Club looks on after the match against the Los Angeles Golf Club at SoFi Center on March 24, 2026 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

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Brad Keselowski will make his 600th career start on Sunday in the Cup Series, a tribute to the adaptability of a 42-year-old who became NASCAR's first millennial champion in 2012."It's a number I never dreamed of," Keselowski said before practice and qualifying at Martinsville Speedway, the 0.526-mile oval in Southwest Virginia where he will try to join Richard Petty as the second driver to win in his 600th start.Longevity is nice, but the co-owner of Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing knows there's only one statistic that truly determines his value.<div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div>"To be judged as successful in this sport, you have to win and be a contender to win regularly," Keselowski said. "I sense we're not far off, but we're also not there. So we're somewhere in this ambiguous spot. I'm hopeful that we can push through with some sort of stellar performance and assert ourselves."After a winless 2025, Keselowski's team opened this year <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nascar-clash-bowman-gray-snow-12266adf8ed523e262adf128a6f46951">with Ryan Preece winning The Clash exhibition event</a> – kicking off a season that's delivered its fair share of surprises.Tyler Reddick, also winless last season, has four victories in the first six races to build a massive points lead with the No. 45 Toyota of 23XI Racing, the team <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nascar-reddick-hamlin-jordan-5ce041fda08587d2dcc83368dc9d3fce">co-owned by Denny Hamlin and NBA great Michael Jordan</a>.Before Reddick <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nascar-darlington-reddick-jordan-3593fdb98d270c2e8b66d69e8a4fe23a">took the checkered flag at Darlington Raceway</a>, the RFK Racing trio of Keselowski, Chris Buescher and Preece ran 1-2-3 for a stretch last week at what's been dubbed "The Track Too Tough to Tame." Keselowski led a race-high 142 laps for his sixth runner-up finish <a href="https://apnews.com/article/darlington-nascar-hamlin-reddick-larson-byron-459b7e802deed1a98d591327b615f4b8">since his most recent win nearly two years ago</a>, but he still felt inferior to Reddick, who won easily despite dropping deep in the field <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nascar-darlington-reddick-jordan-3593fdb98d270c2e8b66d69e8a4fe23a">with an alternator problem</a>."We were close last week, and this will be another of those opportunities that I feel really good about," said Keselowski, who has 18 top 10s in 32 starts at Martinsville, more than any other track. "We want to have that blinding speed like the 45 car had last week. We've had close moments but haven't fully experienced it. If we can bring that, it'll make my day feel really special. There's a lot of talk about Tyler, but they won with flat-out speed that's rare in the Next Gen car era. The car was intentionally designed with some level of parity, so to see a group that wins on blazing speed, it’s notable."The struggles of some title contenders also have been striking. Three-time Cup champion Joey Logano is coming off a season-worst 33rd at Darlington (as Penske teammates Ryan Blaney and Austin Cindric finished in the top five). Defending series champion Kyle Larson (32nd at Darlington) has only one top five, and Trackhouse Racing has only three top 10s among its three drivers.A few variables (increased horsepower, lower downforce, a new Chevrolet body) have contributed to the results shuffle. The Next Gen car, which is in its fifth season, is also known for sensitivity to adjustments, and its common chassis can make it easier to miss the setup."It speaks to how easy it is to be off in the Cup Series, and by 'off,' I don't mean having a bad day, but the cars themselves," Cindric said. "Everything is really sensitive, so the smallest piece or part or a decision can be how things fell. We're talking about tenths of a pound of air pressure making swings. Nothing really surprises me anymore. I've been in that situation enough times to not jump to any conclusions over one race or one performance."Sunday's 400 laps at Martinsville — a tough short track that favors experience — could be a regression to the mean."At some point, everybody's going to get really close again because they have all the same parts and pieces," said Carson Hocevar, who drives for upstart Spire Motorsports. "It's just being able to put it together."Hendrick Motorsports, the winningest team in NASCAR history, usually hits the right combination at Martinsville. Its drivers have a record 30 wins at the track and 11,455 laps led (the only team with more than 10,000 laps led at a single track).Keselowski believes his team's "supercompetitive" cars could end a victory lane drought in points races that dates to Buescher's win <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nascar-cup-watkins-glen-ed43f33a36c73a2bdac40294af7e46e5">at Watkins Glen International on Sept. 15, 2024</a>."It's disappointing to not push through in the category that means the most,' Keselowski said. "Off the track, last year was the best we ever had at RFK. On track, it wasn't that remarkable. We have to perform well as a business and on the racetrack. This year, we're poised to do that at the highest level since I've been here."Spire's successHocevar has finished an average of 8.2 spots better than last season through six races. He credits Spire's improvement in part to the arrival of Daniel Suarez, who came from Trackhouse Racing to replace Justin Haley in the No. 7 Chevrolet."When a car struggles, it tends to be a distraction at times," Hocevar said. "They've got to deviate from setups and ideas and just really halts the direction of the three cars' forward progress and sends them on an island. Daniel is running well and doing a good job, and that's eliminated the distraction that's kind of been there the last two years with the 7 car."<remove></remove>___AP auto racing: <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing">https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing</a>

AUSTIN, TX - MARCH 01: Brad Keselowski (#6 RFK Racing Graza Ford) wavies to fans during driver introductions ahead of the NASCAR Cup Series DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix on March 1, 2026, at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — India great Ravichandran Ashwin signed a contract to play for the San Francisco Unicorns in Major League Cricket, the team announced Saturday.Modeled on the hugely popular <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ipl-takeovers-american-investors-cricket-34500a7918876c0e6c0bb9f7a4de45e0">Indian Premier League</a>, MLC is an annual Twenty20 tournament that launched three years ago in a bid to tap into the U.S. market.The 39-year-old allrounder <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ashwin-india-cricket-retires-1285d604513bb5dadf81db85eda083fa">retired from international cricket</a> in December 2024 after having played 106 tests for India, taking 537 wickets and hitting six test hundreds.<div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div>The Unicorns' announcement said Ashwin will become the first-ever India-capped player to compete in the league, a monthlong tournament that starts June 18.A spinner, Ashwin made 65 appearances in T20 international matches.In the IPL, he played for his hometown Chennai Super Kings and several other franchises."Signed for his world-class spin bowling and strong tactical acumen, Ashwin brings the Unicorns a significant leadership asset on and off the pitch, as well as being a household name set to thrill Major League Cricket and resonate strongly with the Bay Area's large South Asian community, further strengthening the franchise's connection to one of cricket's most passionate fan bases," the Unicorns said in their announcement.Ashwin added: "My absolute focus is to help this franchise win games and push for its first championship, while also putting on a spectacular brand of cricket for the Bay Area fans."The league is comprised of six teams — the Unicorns, Los Angeles Knight Riders, Seattle Orcas, Texas Super Kings, MI New York and Washington Freedom. Games, however, are played in just three locations: Grand Prairie Stadium near Dallas; the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/rangers-athletics-coliseum-farewell-c835255943091f9f544768a6939f8ac8">Oakland Coliseum</a>; and Knight Riders Cricket Field in Pomona, California.Several of the MLC teams have IPL ownership links. There's interest in the other direction, too, as <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ipl-takeovers-american-investors-cricket-34500a7918876c0e6c0bb9f7a4de45e0">American investors are buying stakes in two IPL teams</a>.Cricket has been <a href="https://apnews.com/article/cricket-olympics-los-angeles-28c382bd90363eef344f9dad0a9b7e60">added to the Olympic program</a> for the 2028 Los Angeles Games.___AP cricket: <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/cricket">https://apnews.com/hub/cricket</a>

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin participates in the practice session ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, India, on May 5, 2025.

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PARIS (AP) — Senegal players paraded the Africa Cup of Nations trophy in front of thousands of fans on Saturday, despite the Confederation of African Football’s decision to strip the country of the title and award it to Morocco.Ahead of a friendly match against Peru at Stade de France, Senegal players led by captain Kalidou Koulibaly took to the pitch with the trophy as part of pre-game celebrations.The Senegalese Football Association had announced it would present the Africa Cup trophy to its fans before the game. Paris has a significant Senegalese community.<div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div>Earlier this week in the French capital, Senegalese FA president Abdoulaye Fall said Senegal was the victim of “the most grossly unfair administrative robbery” in the history of soccer and pledged that the country would defend its players’ “honor” at the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport.Senegal is challenging CAF’s surprise ruling last week to strip the team of the title won in a chaotic final in January and give it to host nation Morocco.Senegal’s legal team said the country still considers itself the champion of Africa. The CAF’s appeals board ruled that Senegal is “declared to have forfeited the final” and its 1-0 win in extra time became a 3-0 default win for Morocco. The rationale was that Senegal players led by their coach had left the field in protest when Morocco was awarded a penalty, leading to a 15-minute stoppage.Senegal’s appeal to be reinstated as champion was registered this week by CAS, which set no timetable for a likely long process toward a verdict. The appeal was promised by the Senegalese government, which also called for an international investigation “into suspected corruption” within CAF.An appeal to CAS can typically take months to schedule a hearing then weeks or months more to announce a verdict. Senegal’s lawyers, however, will ask CAS to open an expedited procedure and hope the Moroccan federation and the CAF agree so that the case can be dealt with within two months.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

TOPSHOT - Senegalese musician Youssou N'Dour (C) holds The African Cup of Nations Trophy as Senegal's players gather around him ahead of the international friendly football match between Senegal and Peru at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris on March 28, 2026.

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PRAGUE (AP) — Ilia Malinin is back on the top step of the podium.Six weeks after a disastrous free skate knocked the Olympic gold-medal favorite off the podium, the "quad god" reeled off one huge jump after another, and a backflip for good measure, to retain his world championship title on Saturday for the third year running.Malinin shouted and punched the air with relief after finishing a skate that showed he had achieved his desire to “move on” from the Olympics after days tormented by his mistakes.<div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div>He praised the crowd’s support, saying: “It was really challenging, really hard but with you guys I was able to make it through.” His aim, he added, had simply been to get through the free skate “in one piece.”Skating last after leading the short program, just as he did in Milan, Malinin landed five high-scoring quadruple jumps but not his pioneering quad axel, a jump he didn’t attempt at the Olympics.Pressure off for MalininMalinin said that he came to the worlds with a fresh mindset after all the pressure from the Olympics was over. His goal was to “enjoy every moment on the ice and just have fun out there.”“Going here I felt like there was almost no pressure at all,” he said. “I just completely blocked out all the expectations, all the pressure that people put on me and was really here to escape for myself and enjoy every moment of these world championships.”Malinin scored 218.11 in the free skate for a total 329.40, far ahead of silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama of Japan on 306.67. Another Japanese skater, Shun Sato, was third on 288.54.Kagiyama beat his personal-best free skate score but still had to make do with a fourth career world championship silver in a career which includes four Olympic silvers and five total worlds medals, but no gold from either event. He still embraced Malinin after his skate and they jumped together in celebration.Being second again was not a big deal for Kagiyama.After a disappointing performance at the free skate at the Olympics, he said “I came here solely focused on finishing the event with a satisfying performance,” adding that “I’m relieved that I was finally able to achieve that goal.”In a showcase of top-level skating, there was no podium spot for France’s Adam Siao Him Fa, who had been in second after the short program but dropped to fifth overall after a fall. Estonia’s Aleksandr Selevko also fell dropped from third to sixth.Malinin had no rematch with Mikhail Shaidorov, the skater from Kazakhstan who won the Olympic gold, because he opted against competing again this season.That’s relatively common in figure skating for gold medal winners who face a rush of media and commercial opportunities after a grueling four-year Olympic buildup.Malinin becomes the first skater to win three consecutive men’s world titles since fellow American Nathan Chen, who achieved the feat in 2018, 2019 and 2021 after the 2020 event was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.The last competition of the championships is the free dance portion of the ice dance event later Saturday. France’s Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron are in the lead after Friday’s rhythm dance.

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - MARCH 28: Ilia Malinin of United States poses in the Men's medal ceremony during the ISU World Figure Skating Championships at O2 Arena on March 28, 2026 in Prague, Czech Republic.

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