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Women's World Cup coming to U.S. in 2031, UK in 2035
The United States will be the host nation for the 2031 Women's World Cup, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Thursday.,Infantino also announced that the 2035 global soccer competition will take place in the United Kingdom.,The U.S. submitted the only bid for 2031, while the joint bid from Engla...
Hailey Van Lith’s big second half carries No. 2 TCU past No. 3 Notre Dame into Elite Eight
Hailey Van Lith poured in 26 points, 18 of them in the second half, as No. 2 TCU came from behind to beat No. 3 Notre Dame 71-62 on Saturday afternoon in an NCAA Women's Championship regional semifinal in Birmingham, Alabama.,The Horned Frogs (34-3) advance to the Elite Eight to square off on Monday...
Birmingham Region 3: Texas, Tennessee primed for rematch of SEC bout
The first-ever Southeastern Conference matchup between new league counterparts Tennessee and Texas went down to the wire. The two will meet again on Saturday in Birmingham Region 3, in the first NCAA Tournament pairing of the programs.,No. 1 seed Texas (33-3) held off fifth-seeded Tennessee 80-76 wh...
Women's NCAA Birmingham roundup: No. 4 Maryland tops No. 5 Alabama in 2 OTs
Sarah Te-Biasu scored 26 points and made a steal in the final seconds to lift No. 4 seed Maryland to a 111-108 double-overtime win over No. 5 seed Alabama on Monday evening in College Park, Md., ,Shyanne Sellers finished with a team-high 28 points for Maryland (25-7), which advanced to the Sweet 16 ...
Women's NCAA Birmingham roundup: No.1 Texas cruises past No. 8 Illinois
Madison Booker scored a game-high 20 points and reserve Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda added 19 Monday as top-seeded Texas cruised past eighth-seeded Illinois 65-48 in a second-round matchup of the NCAA Women's Tournament in Austin, Texas.,Taylor Jones chipped in 12 points for the Longhorns (33-3), which a...
Women's NCAA Birmingham 3 roundup: No.1 Texas cruises past No. 8 Illinois
Madison Booker scored a game-high 20 points and reserve Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda added 19 Monday as top-seeded Texas cruised past eighth-seeded Illinois 65-48 in a second-round matchup of the NCAA Women's Tournament in Austin, Texas.,Taylor Jones chipped in 12 points for the Longhorns (33-3), which a...
Short-handed due to injuries, Illinois eliminates Creighton
Limited to six players due to injuries, No. 8 seed Illinois secured its first NCAA Tournament win since 2000, defeating No. 9 Creighton 66-57 in the first round of the Birmingham 3 Region at Austin, Texas, on Saturday. ,Illinois (22-9) was led by Genesis Bryant's 17 points and four assists and Kenda...
Team Liquid topple Tundra Esports to win PGL Wallachia Season 3
Team Liquid recorded a 3-1 win over Tundra Esports on Sunday to win the grand final of the PGL Wallachia Season 3 in Bucharest, Romania.,Liquid got off to a fast start by posting a 54-minute victory on green and a 37-minute triumph on red before Tundra Esports responded with a 33-minute win on red. ...
Team Liquid to play for title at PGL Wallachia 3
Team Liquid waited for its opponent to be determined - either Team Falcons or Tundra Esports -- after advancing on Saturday to the Grand Final of the PGL Wallachia Season 3 in Bucharest, Romania.,The $1 million Dota 2 tournament began last weekend and runs through Sunday. All matches in the double-e...
Liquid, Falcons move on to upper-bracket final at PGL Wallachia 3
Team Liquid and Team Falcons advanced to the upper-bracket final at PGL Wallachia Season 3 by winning their respective semifinals on Friday in Bucharest, Romania.,Liquid swept Xtreme Gaming 2-0, and Falcons came from behind for a 2-1 victory over Tundra Esports.,The lower bracket of the playoff stag...
Liquid, Tundra eke out playoff wins at PGL Wallachia 3
Team Liquid and Tundra Esports came from behind to win their upper-bracket quarterfinal matches on Thursday at PGL Wallachia 3 in Bucharest, Romania.,Liquid overtook Aurora Gaming 2-1, and Tundra edged Gaimin Gladiators 2-1.,In the other upper-bracket quarterfinals, Xtreme Gaming swept Team Tideboun...
Playoff bracket finalized at PGL Wallachia 3
Tundra Esports, Team Falcons and Aurora Gaming punched their playoff tickets with wins Wednesday as the group stage concluded at PGL Wallachia 3 in Bucharest, Romania.,All three winners improved to 3-2 to join previous qualifiers Team Liquid, Team Spirit, Gaimin Gladiators, Team Tidebound and Xtreme...
Tidebound, Gaimin, Xtreme move on at PGL Wallachia 3
Team Tidebound, Gaimin Gladiators and Xtreme Gaming earned victories on Tuesday to clinch berths in the playoffs of PGL Wallachia 3 at Bucharest, Romania.,All three victors improved to 3-1 in the event's group stage. Team Liquid and Team Spirit previously wrapped up playoff berths by winning all thr...
Spirit, Liquid first to advance at PGL Wallachia Season 3
Team Spirit and Team Liquid became the first two teams to advance out of the group stage at Dota PGL Wallachia Season 3 by notching their third straight wins Monday in Bucharest, Romania.,In the Round 3 matches pitting 2-0 teams, Team Spirit swept Team Falcons 2-0 and Team Liquid did the same to Tun...
Team Spirit, HEROIC register sweeps on Day 2 of PGL Wallachia Season 3
There weren't many blowouts in Round 2 on Sunday, unlike the opening day with six sweeps in the group stage of the Dota PGL Wallachia Season 3 in Bucharest.,The second day featured sweeps by Team Spirit and HEROIC. That was it as 16 teams competed in eight best-of-three matches and six went to a thi...
Sweeps dominate Day 1 of PGL Wallachia Season 3
Day 1 of the group stage of the Dota PGL Wallachia Season 3 on Saturday was noteworthy more for its blowouts than its competitiveness.,Playing in Bucharest, 16 teams opened play with eight best-of-three matches. Only one of the matches went to a third map.,The $1 million Defense of the Ancients tour...
Magomed Ankalaev takes down Alex Pereira at UFC 313
LAS VEGAS -- Magomed Ankalaev claimed the UFC light heavyweight title with a convincing unanimous decision victory over Alex Pereira at UFC 313 on Saturday night, defeating the defending champion 49-46, 48-47, 48-47.,Anklaev (20-1-1) took the highly partisan crowd out of the fight early with a domin...
UFC 313: Alex Pereira defends title vs. No. 1 contender Magomed Ankalaev
Alex "Poatan" Pereira will put his light heavyweight title on the line against Magomed Ankalaev in the main event of UFC 313 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night.,Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) has been dominant in winning his first five fights in the division, including three title defense...
Alex Pereira takes aim at 4th title defense at UFC 313
LAS VEGAS -- Alex Pereira will seek his fourth UFC light heavyweight title defense in under a calendar year on Saturday night when he takes on Magomed Ankalaev in the main event of UFC 313.,Pereira (12-2, 10 knockouts) closed 2024 with his third successful title defense, beating Khalil Rountree Jr. ...
NASCAR sues Jordan's 23XI, Front Row; calls teams 'illegal cartel'
The dispute between NASCAR and a pair of racing teams is getting uglier, with NASCAR filing a countersuit against Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports.,The teams sued NASCAR in October, accusing the governing body of restraining fair competition and violating the Sherman Antitrust ...