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TOLEDO, Ohio — Ryan Rollins had 24 points as Toledo beat Miami (Ohio) 88-73. Dae Dae Grant led the RedHawks on Saturday with 24 points, seven assists and six rebounds.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Phlandrous Fleming Jr. scored a season-high 27 points, Tyree Appleby added 21 and Florida hit 14 3-pointers in beating Georgia 81-69. Fleming, from Athens, Georgia, was 11-of-18 shooting with four 3-pointers in his homecoming. Appleby had five 3s and seven assists. Myreon Jones added 13 points and Colin Castleton 10 points,

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Scott McLaughlin circled qualifying as the area he had to improve upon in his second season of IndyCar. He nailed it in his first session of the year. McLaughlin beat Team Penske teammate Will Power to win the pole Saturday for the season-opening

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich suddenly handed over the “stewardship and care” of the Premier League club to its charitable foundation trustees. The move came after a member of the British parliament called for the Russian billionaire to hand over the club in the wake of

PARIS (AP) — Nice goalkeeper Walter Benitez made several saves to earn his 10-man team a 0-0 draw at close rival Strasbourg and second place in the French league. Nice is level on points with Marseille in the race for second spot and automatic Champions League entry but is ahead on goal difference. Marseille can

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Emblem Road rallied with a wide, sweeping move on the outside to win the $20 million Saudi Cup at 99-1 odds. Country Grammar finished second by a half-length for embattled trainer Bob Baffert in the world’s richest horse race. Emblem Road ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.52 at King Abdulaziz

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Andrey Rublev has won his second singles title in less than a week — and 10th overall — when he beat Czech qualifier Jiri Vesely 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the Dubai Championships. The seventh-ranked Russian won the Open 13 tournament last Sunday in Marseille, where he also

LONDON (AP) — Newcastle climbed four points clear of the Premier League relegation zone and moved above Brentford by winning their encounter 2-0 on a day when Christian Eriksen made his long-awaited return to action after a cardiac arrest. Newcastle gained a man advantage when Josh Dasilva sent off for a reckless challenge on Matt

BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Matty Cash sent a message of support to a Poland teammate stranded in Ukraine after scoring the opening goal in Aston Villa’s 2-0 win at Brighton in the Premier League. The Villa right back scored with a low shot from outside the area in the 17th minute and took off his

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Christian Eriksen has returned to competitive football as a second-half substitute for Brentford against Newcastle, 259 days after a cardiac arrest during a European Championship game for Denmark. The stadium in west London united in applauding Eriksen’s entry to the Premier League in the 52nd

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Locked-out players are meeting with Major League Baseball for the sixth straight day as management’s end-of-Monday deadline approaches for a labor deal that would salvage opening day and a 162-game schedule. Mets pitcher Max Scherzer and shortstop Francisco Lindor, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole and free

LONDON Crystal Palace has allowed an early second-half own-goal in a 1-1 draw with Burnley in the Premier League. Jeffrey Schlupp put Palace ahead after nine minutes but Luka Milivojevic’s own-goal just 40 seconds after the break kept the south London club winless in its past four home games in the league. Midtable Palace’s last

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo hit the post and his Manchester United teammates wasted a slew of other great chances in a 0-0 draw with Watford in the Premier League. United stayed in fourth place but gave renewed hope to its rivals for the final Champion League qualification spot by failing to beat a

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Wolfsburg and Borussia Mönchengladbach have played a dramatic 2-2 draw in the Bundesliga as the league’s players and fans showed solidarity with Ukraine following the Russian invasion. The German soccer league urged clubs to observe a minute’s silence before their games. Union Berlin bounced back from

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Christian Eriksen has returned to competitive football as a second-half substitute for Brentford against Newcastle, 259 days after a cardiac arrest during a European Championship game for Denmark. The stadium in west London united in applauding Eriksen’s entry to the Premier League in the 52nd

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s refusal to play its World Cup qualifier against Russia next month in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine gained wider support when Sweden followed with its own plans to protest to FIFA. Polish soccer federation president Cezary Kulesza announced Poland’s decision and said it was talking with other federations to

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Caught in lockout limbo, Yankees star Aaron Judge, Red Sox ace Chris Sale, Braves slugger Adam Duvall and other players are doing their best to stay loose. So instead of playing on perfect diamonds in spring training games that had been set to start this weekend,

GENEVA (AP) — Russian skiers are not welcome to compete in Norway. The Nordic country’s ski federation call was made Saturday citing Russian “violations of international law and attacks on the Ukrainian people.” Norway’s view directly contradicts International Ski Federation policy announced late Friday to let Russian athletes continue to compete. Norway has just topped

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Henrik Kristoffersen has won his first men’s World Cup slalom in more than a year. The Norwegian skier benefited from a mistake by first-run leader Tanguy Nef. The unheralded Swiss skier led a World Cup race for the first time. Nef had been 0.07 faster than Kristoffersen in the first leg