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Early upsets abound in opening round in Dubai
For Amanda Anisimova and Jelena Ostapenko, the letdown was real in the United Arab Emirates.,After the two stormed through the Qatar TotalEnergies Open last week, with Anisimova beating Ostapenko in the final of the WTA 1000 event on Saturday, they were bounced Monday in the first round of the Dubai...
Avidity put together sweep in NA Stage 1 action
Avidity rolled to a 3-0 victory over Shikigami on Sunday in NA Stage 1 action of the Overwatch Champions Series.,With wins on Nepal (2-0), Esperanca (1-0) and Dorado (2-1), Avidity improved to 3-2 in the standings and bounced back from a 3-0 loss to NTMR on Friday.,The $100,000 tournament, played on...
Surge edge Cloud9 in back-and-forth battle in Stage 2 Major qualifying
The Vancouver Surge outlasted Cloud9 New York 3-2 on Sunday in qualifying action for the Call of Duty League's Stage 2 Major.,Vancouver grabbed an early lead by prevailing 250-181 on Vault Hardpoint, but it could never pull away from New York. Cloud9 took two of the next three maps to set up a winne...
Jayson Tatum, Stephen Curry lead Team Shaq's All-Star clincher
Jayson Tatum scored 15 points and Stephen Curry added 12 on four 3-pointers as Team Shaq posted a 41-25 victory over Team Chuck on Sunday night to win the All-Star Game tournament in San Francisco.,Tatum made 6 of 7 shots and converted the decisive dunk to end the easy victory for Team Shaq, coached...
Louisville knocks off Notre Dame, reaches 20-win mark
Chucky Hepburn poured in 16 points and dished out six assists as Louisville hit the 20-win mark for the first time in five seasons by beating Notre Dame 75-60 in an Atlantic Coast Conference battle on Sunday night in South Bend, Ind.,Four other scorers finished in double figures for the Cardinals (2...
Team Liquid reach semis at Championship of The Americas Cross-Conference
Team Liquid shut down a potential rally to edge Isurus Estral 2-1 on Sunday in the quarterfinals of the Championship of The Americas 2025 Cross-Conference event in Sao Paulo, Brazil.,After prevailing in 39 minutes on red and falling in 42 minutes on red, Team Liquid picked up a 33-minute victory on ...
Damian Lillard calls game, Team Shaq tops Team Candace
Damian Lillard scored nine points on three 3-pointers, including the game-ending one, as Team Shaq produced a 42-35 victory over Team Candace in a semifinal contest on Sunday night as part of the NBA All-Star Game in San Francisco.,Team Shaq advances to face Team Chuck in the upcoming championship g...
OT crash clears way for William Byron's repeat win at Daytona
William Byron made a late run with a melee unfolding in front of him in a two-lap overtime dash on Sunday night, stunning NASCAR Cup Series fans and also recording his second straight season-opening Daytona 500 victory in Daytona Beach, Fla.,Running ninth as the overtime started at high-banked Dayto...
Trio of teams perfect in Group A to start DreamLeague Season 25
HEROIC, Shopify Rebellion and Tundra Esports each earned a pair of 2-0 sweeps in Group A on Sunday to open DreamLeague Season 25.,Sixteen teams divided into two round-robin groups of eight are competing in Group Stage 1, with each match consisting of two games. The top four squads from Group A and t...
FaZe Clan, MongolZ clinch playoff spots at PGL Cluj-Napoca
FaZe Clan and The MongolZ were the first two teams to advance out of the group stage at the $1.25 million PGL Cluj-Napoca event when they won their Round 3 high matches on Sunday in Romania.,FaZe took down MOUZ 2-0 and The MongolZ outlasted paiN Gaming 2-1. The losing teams will have another chance ...
Late run gets Team Chuck past Team Kenny as part of All-Star Game
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 12 points on 5-of-5 shooting to lead Team Chuck to a 41-32 victory over Team Kenny in a semifinal contest on Sunday night as part of the NBA All-Star Game in San Francisco.,Gilgeous-Alexander drove for a dunk for the game-ending points as Team Chuck prevailed by being ...
Oregon pulls away from fading Rutgers
Jackson Shelstad's 19 points led Oregon to a 75-57 win over Rutgers on Sunday afternoon in Eugene, Ore.,Shelstad, the Ducks' leading scorer this season, made three of his team's season high 13 3-pointers as Oregon (18-8, 7-8 Big Ten) won its second straight game after five consecutive losses.,Center...
No. 25 Maryland storms away in second half, beats Iowa 101-75
Ja'Kobi Gillespie scored 26 points and dished out seven assists Sunday as No. 25 Maryland overcame a halftime deficit to annihilate visiting Iowa 101-75 in a Big Ten Conference matchup in College Park, Md.,All five Terrapin starters scored in double figures for the second straight game and the fifth...
Ludvig Aberg captures signature win at Genesis Invitational
SAN DIEGO -- Ludvig Aberg is feeling a lot better about San Diego than the last time he was here.,The world's sixth-ranked golfer, who was so sick three weeks ago during the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course that he lost nearly 10 pounds, made four birdies in the final six holes Sun...
Justin Leonard nabs Chubb Classic for first Champions win
Justin Leonard found the finishing push he needed by birdieing five of his last seven holes to win the Chubb Classic on Sunday at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla.,Leonard, who entered the day with a one-stroke lead, polished off a 4-under-par 68 to finish the tournament at 15-under 201, four ahead ...
No. 9 St. John's downs No. 24 Creighton for 2-game Big East lead
Zuby Ejiofor and Kadary Richmond combined to score 10 unanswered points during the decisive second-half run Sunday afternoon, and No. 9 St. John's took a commanding lead in the Big East with a 79-73 win over No. 24 Creighton in New York.,RJ Luis Jr. posted a double-double with 23 points and a career...
Nebraska erases 20-point deficit to stun Northwestern
Brice Williams converted 7 of 8 free throws in the final 1:33 as Nebraska rallied from a 20-point second-half deficit to claim a 68-64 Big Ten victory over Northwestern Sunday afternoon in Evanston, Ill., ,Williams finished with 21 points -- his sixth straight 20-point effort -- as the Cornhuskers (...
No. 20 Michigan holds off Ohio State to extend Big Ten lead
Danny Wolf scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half and grabbed 11 rebounds as No. 20 Michigan ran its winning streak to six games with an 86-83 victory over Ohio State on Sunday in Columbus, Ohio.,Wolf, the only player in the Big Ten to average a double-double (12.8 points, 10.0 rebounds per g...
Wichita State upsets No. 14 Memphis in OT
Quincy Ballard scored 19 points, Corey Washington added a double-double and host Wichita State upset No. 14 Memphis 84-79 in overtime on Sunday in an American Athletic Conference matchup.,Washington finished with 18 points and 15 rebounds for the Shockers (15-10, 5-7 AAC), hitting both ends of a one...
Spain's Paula Badosa takes 'home'-court win at opener in Dubai
No. 9 Paula Badosa of Spain held her "home" court on Sunday to win her opening match at the Dubai Tennis Championships in the United Arab Emirates.,Badosa posted a 6-3, 6-4 triumph over Lulu Sun of New Zealand, winning 87 percent of the points on her first serve. For Badosa, it was her first win in ...