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PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — The San Diego Padres have acquired left-hander Sean Manaea in a trade with the Oakland Athletics. San Diego got the 30-year-old Manaea and minor league right-hander Aaron Holiday from Oakland for pitching prospect Adrian Martinez and minor league infielder Euribiel Angeles. Manaea went 11-10 with a 3.91 ERA in 32 starts

NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s baseball teams have swapped relievers, with the Mets sending right-hander Miguel Castro to the Yankees for left-hander Joely Rodriguez. The 27-year-old Castro had a 3.45 ERA over a career-best 69 appearances last season, going 3-4 with 77 strikeouts in 70 1/3 innings. He’ll make $2.62 million this season after

OUDENAARDE, Belgium (AP) — Dutchman rider Mathieu van der Poel has come out of a four-man sprint to win the Tour of Flanders cobbled classic for the second time on Sunday. Two-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar blew his chances in the race’s finale. Local favorite Wout van Aert of Belgium did not compete

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — American center back Cameron Carter-Vickers scored the winner as Celtic beat Rangers 2-1 in a typically spicy Old Firm derby to take a six-point lead over its fierce Glasgow rival in the Scottish Premiership with six games remaining. The game at Ibrox was delayed at the start of the second half

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Thad Matta is returning to Butler, hired to coach the Bulldogs almost five years after he cited his health while stepping down at Ohio State. The 54-year-old Matta led Butler to a 24-8 record and an appearance in the 2001 NCAA Tournament during his only season as the head coach at his

OUDENAARDE, Belgium (AP) — Dutchm rider Mathieu van der Poel has come out of a four-man sprint to win the Tour of Flanders cobbled classic for the second time on Sunday. Two-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar blew his chances in the race’s finale. Local favorite Wout van Aert of Belgium did not compete

PARIS (AP) — Marseille has consolidated second place in the French league by rallying past relegation-threatened Saint-Etienne 4-2 in a game full of blunders. Gabon striker Denis Bouanga gave Saint-Etienne the lead in the ninth minute by shooting past goalkeeper Pau Lopez, who made an embarrassing handling mistake. Saint-Etienne then self-destructed by conceding two penalties

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Augsburg has boosted its chances of Bundesliga survival with a 3-0 win over Wolfsburg. Goals from Iago, Florian Niederlechner and Mads Pedersen were enough to lift Augsburg three points above Arminia Bielefeld and Hertha Berlin in the relegation zone and two points above Stuttgart having played

LONDON (AP) — Oxford brought an end to Cambridge’s recent supremacy in the men’s Boat Race between England’s two leading universities as one of the country’s oldest sporting events made its return to the River Thames. Oxford halted its rival’s run of three straight wins in the men’s race. It was the first Boat Race

LONDON (AP) — Everton remains in deep trouble in the Premier League after losing 2-1 at West Ham. Defender Michael Keane’s second-half red card capped another disappointing away performance by Frank Lampard’s team. Jarrod Bowen marked his comeback from injury by scoring the winning goal in the 58th minute. Aaron Cresswell gave West Ham the

LONDON (AP) — The owners of the Chicago Cubs have laid out their vision for Chelsea should they succeed in their bid to buy the English club. It includes a pledge to never participate in a European Super League. The Ricketts family has released an eight-point plan for Chelsea’s future and described it as a

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Strasbourg has emerged as a surprising contender in the race for European spots after edging Lens 1-0 on Sunday to climb up to fourth place in the French league. Ludovic Ajorque converted a penalty in the 67th minute that was given after Frederic Guilbert’s cross hit the arm of Lens wingback

PARIS (AP) — Judith Jeptum of Kenya broke the Paris marathon record while Deso Gelmisa of Ethiopia won the men’s race on Sunday. Jeptum finished the 42.2-kilometer (26.2-mile) race in 2 hours, 19 minutes and 48 seconds in chilly conditions with a temperature of 2 degrees Celsius (36 degrees Fahrenheit) at the start of the

WASHINGTON (AP) — Marcelino Moreno scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time to help Atlanta United beat D.C. United 1-0. Brooks Lennon played a corner kick to the far post and Moreno was there for a header that trickled into the net for Atlanta (3-1-1). Atlanta outshot D.C. United (2-3-0) 14-10 overall and 3-2

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — New England Revolution coach Bruce Arena says goalkeeper Matt Turner suffered frostbite during the U.S. national team’s World Cup qualifier in Minnesota but is sidelined with an unrelated injury. Turner tweeted that the United States’ Feb. 2 World Cup qualifier in frigid weather at St. Paul has nothing to do with