AP-National-Sports

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Deja Kelly scored 18 points, North Carolina built a 26-point lead in the first quarter, and the No. 24 Tar Heels walloped…

By JOHN KEKIS AP Sports Writer SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Liz Dixon scored a season-high 18 points and Kianna Smith had 16, helping No. 4 Louisville…

By PATRICK STEVENS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jared Bynum scored a career-high 32 points and No. 15 Providence won its seventh in a row,…

MONTPELLIER, France (AP) — Alexander Bublik upset the odds by beating third-ranked Alexander Zverev 6-4, 6-3 in the Open Sud de France final for…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Freshman Azzi Fudd scored a career-high 25 points in her first start to help No. 10…

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Lionel Messi had one of his best games for Paris Saint-Germain as the runaway leader profited from…

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Dušan Vlahović has made a dream debut for Juventus. He scored the opening goal in a 2-0 win over Verona in the Italian…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer Trent Taylor missed the Super Bowl in Miami with San Francisco with a foot injury that cost him the entire…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona has beaten Atlético Madrid 4-2 in the Spanish league despite playing more than 20 minutes…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — China came from two goals down to defeat South Korea 3-2 on Sunday and win the Women’s Asian Cup for a record ninth…

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Dortmund has been outclassed and outgunned in a humiliating 5-2 loss at home to Bayer…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Miami is hiring Michigan offensive coordinator Josh Gattis to run new coach Mario Cristobal’s…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Hilary Knight scored two first-period goals, Alex Cavallini stopped 12 shots, and the United States…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — At the Tetonia Club in Alta, Wyoming, they clung to one simple phrase as their…

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer Leicester’s FA Cup defense has been ended by Nottingham Forest after the second-tier side won 4-1. It…

KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Overnight leader Harold Varner III has eagled the par-5 last when he sank a long putt to overtake…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Johannes Ludwig let all his rivals know back in November that he would be the one to beat at the…

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Jakara Anthony of Australia made it look almost easy as she breezed through the bumps as…

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Turkish ski jumper Fatih Arda İpcioğlu has declined to say if the crescent and star on his blue skis the day before the…

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan won the Olympic ski jumping gold medal on the normal hill.…

By ISIFU WIRFENGLA Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — The late Cameroon and Manchester City soccer star Marc-Vivien Foé had a dream to…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Sven Kramer’s best chances at adding to his pile of nine Olympic medals are still ahead of him in…