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GQEBERHA, South Africa (AP) — Bangladesh has lost the key wickets of Mushfiqur Rahim and Yasir Ali and is struggling at 210-7 in the second test against South Africa. Mushfiqur gave his wicket away two balls after reaching his half-century when he was bowled trying a reverse sweep in spinner Simon Harmer’s first over of

By COURTNEY WALSH Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Charles Leclerc has completed a dominant weekend in his Ferrari after converting pole position into a comprehensive triumph at the Australian Grand Prix. The 24-year-old Leclerc extended his lead in the drivers’ championship when claiming his second victory of the season after also winning the season-opening

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon scored the shootout winner after having Colorado’s lone goal in regulation, leading the Avalanche to their sixth straight victory with a 2-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers. Darcy Kuemper made 49 saves for the Avalanche, who are 11-1-1 in their last 13 games and tied a franchise record with

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul George scored 23 points, Ivica Zubac had 15 points and 12 rebounds and the Los Angeles Clippers won their fourth straight, beating the Sacramento Kings 117-98 on Saturday night. Norman Powell added 20 points off the bench for the Clippers, who will face Minnesota

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brayden McNabb scored one goal and assisted on two others and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Arizona Coyotes 6-1. With the win, the Knights moved within two points of third-place Los Angeles in the Pacific Division. Both Vegas and the Kings have nine games remaining.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Dairon Asprilla scored on a first-half penalty kick and Jaroslaw Niezgoda and Yimi Chara connected in the second half in the Portland Timbers’ 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night. Aljaz Ivacic made five saves for Portland. Cristian Dajome and Ryan Gauld scored for Vancouver.

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Noah Syndergaard pitched two-hit ball into the sixth inning in a strong Angels debut, narrowly outdueling fellow Tommy John surgery returnee Justin Verlander in Los Angeles’ 2-0 victory over the Houston Astros. Mike Trout and Jared Walsh homered in the Angels’ first victory of the

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Ryan Barrow and Mike Benning scored less than three minutes apart to give Denver the lead and the Pioneers awakened with five goals in the third period to rally past Minnesota State 5-1 and claim their record-tying ninth college hockey title. Denver joined Michigan as the

By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — William Byron took the lead on pit road after Stage 2 pit stops and held it pretty much the rest of the way at Martinsville Speedway to become the first repeat winner this season in NASCAR’s Cup Series. Byron needed to hold off a

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul George scored 23 points, Ivica Zubac had 15 points and 12 rebounds and the Los Angeles Clippers won their fourth straight, beating the Sacramento Kings 117-98 on Saturday night. Norman Powell added 20 points off the bench for the Clippers, who will face Minnesota

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Connor Joe drove in two runs, including a go-ahead solo homer in the eighth inning, and closer Daniel Bard struck out the side in the ninth to help the Colorado Rockies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2. Joe lined a cutter from reliever Blake Treinen into

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Alonso hit his first career grand slam, Chris Bassitt won his Mets debut and New York beat the Washington Nationals 5-0. Alonso’s homer came in the fifth inning off starting pitcher Joan Adon. Bassitt allowed three singles in six scoreless innings. New York acquired him

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trevor Zegras scored two goals to lead the Anaheim Ducks to a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night.Sonny Milano, Zach Aston-Reese and Derek Grant also scored for the Ducks. They opened a four-game trip by winning for just the second time in the last

By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Jonathan Kuminga and Jordan Poole each had 18 points and the Golden State Warriors won their fourth straight, beating the San Antonio Spurs 100-94 on Saturday night to strengthen their hopes for a top-three seed. Golden State is a game ahead of Dallas in the Western

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Jesus Ferreira scored a pair of first-half goals to spark FC Dallas to a 3-1 victory over the Colorado Rapids in MLS action. Ferreira took a pass from Marco Farfan and scored in the 51st minute to give Dallas (3-1-2) a 2-1 lead. Ferreira capped the scoring in the 89th minute