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Bryson DeChambeau wins LIV Singapore in playoff
Bryson DeChambeau forced a playoff with a birdie on No. 18, then saved par on the first playoff hole to win LIV Golf Singapore on Sunday. ,But DeChambeau's joy was Richard T. Lee's heartbreak.,Lee, a LIV wild card who qualified for the league by winning LIV Golf Promotions in January, missed a 2-foo...

Wild entertaining changes ahead of game vs. Leafs
Some changes could be on the way for the Minnesota Wild.,The past week has included only one victory in four games (1-1-2) for Minnesota. The team will try to get back on track Sunday evening when the Wild face off against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Saint Paul, Minn.,Wild coach John Hynes hinted tha...

Natus Vincere, Aurora set to fight for title at ESL Pro League Season 23
Neither took the easy route, but Aurora Gaming and Natus Vincere are the last two teams standing at the ESL Pro League Season 23 Main Event at Stockholm.,Natus Vincere opened Saturday's semifinals with a 2-1 win over FUT Esports, with Aurora following with its own 2-1 win, against Astralis.,The eigh...

Team Yandex advances to grand final of PGL Wallachia Season 7
Team Yandex swept BetBoom Team in the upper-bracket final on Saturday to advance to grand final of the PGL Wallachia Season 7 at Bucharest, Romania.,BetBoom team dropped into Sunday's lower-bracket final against Team Liquid, with the winner taking on Team Yandex later in the day in the double-elimin...

Bobby McMann collects 3 points in delayed debut, Kraken beat Canucks
Bobby McMann scored twice and had an assist in his debut for his new team as the Seattle Kraken snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory against the host Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.,Matty Beniers had a goal and two assists and Jordan Eberle added three assists with McMann on the...

Bobby McMann scores 3 points in delayed Kraken debut defeat of Canucks
Bobby McMann scored twice and had an assist in his debut for his new team as the Seattle Kraken snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory against the host Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.,Matty Beniers had a goal and two assists and Jordan Eberle added three assists with McMann on the...

Paolo Banchero, Magic stay hot, cool off rival Heat
Paolo Banchero posted 27 points, eight rebounds and seven assists as the visiting Orlando Magic defeated the Miami Heat for the fifth straight time 121-117 on Saturday night.,Orlando led by as many as 22 but needed two Wendell Carter Jr. free throws with 11 seconds left to help put Miami away. Banch...

Sabres post shootout win in chippy affair with Maple Leafs
Alex Tuch scored the decisive goal of a shootout Saturday night and the Buffalo Sabres defeated the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-2.,The Sabres made two of their three shots in the shootout and the Maple Leafs misfired on both attempts.,Owen Power and Jack Quinn scored for the Sabres in regulation...

Orlando gets first win in first match with Martin Perelman as manager
Martin Ojeda scored the decisive goal in the 31st minute and Orlando City SC defeated visiting CF Montreal on Saturday night in Orlando's first match since the departure of manager Oscar Pareja.,Duncan McGuire also scored early for Orlando (1-3-0, 3 points), which broke through three days after Pare...

Report: Three asylum seekers choose to leave Australia, return to Iran
Three of the five players from the Iran women's soccer team, who had attempted to seek asylum earlier this week while the team was in Australia, have elected to return home, The Australian newspaper reported Saturday.,The Iranian team was in Australia for the Women's Asian Cup when the war between I...

Quakes, Sounders clash while off to sterling starts
The San Jose Earthquakes try to continue their perfect start Sunday when they host a Seattle Sounders side coming off an impressive result in CONCACAF play.,After finishing 10th in the Western Conference last season, the Earthquakes (3-0-0, 9 points) are one of four West teams yet to drop points aft...

Team USA, Paul Skenes face prolific Dominican Republic in WBC semifinal
MIAMI - It will be power arm against power bats when Team USA takes on the Dominican Republic in a World Baseball Classic in a high stakes semifinal on Sunday night.,Pittsburgh Pirates ace and reigning National League Cy Young winner Paul Skenes will be tasked with trying to slow down the Dominican ...

Joaquin Niemann, Lee Westwood take lead at LIV Golf Singapore
Defending champion Joaquin Niemann shot a 66 to surge into a third-round tie for the lead at LIV Golf Singapore on Saturday.,The Chilean mixed seven birdies and two bogeys to tie Lee Westwood of England atop the leaderboard at 10-under-par 203 for the tournament, one stroke ahead of second-round lea...

Real Salt Lake gets another chance to prove hot start is no fluke
Real Salt Lake looks to win three straight games in MLS play for the first time since last July on Saturday when it hosts an Austin FC side that has struggled in its previous trips to Utah.,Salt Lake (2-1-0, 6 points) has made a strong start on the shoulders of a youthful attack, with all four of it...

FUT Esports squeeze into ESL Pro League Season 23 semis
FUT Esports eked out a 2-1 win over MOUZ on Friday in the quarterfinals of the ESL Pro League Season 23 at Stockholm.,In other action on the event's opening day, Astralis swept Team Spirit 2-0, Aurora Gaming downed Legacy 2-1, and Natus Vincere toppled Legacy 2-0.,The eight-team Counter-Strike: Glob...

Orlando City hopes to stop downward spiral vs. CF Montreal
Orlando City SC will begin life without manager Oscar Pareja on Saturday when they host a CF Montreal side coming off a surprising victory in New York.,Pareja and the club mutually parted ways on Wednesday after Orlando (0-3-0, 0 points) began the 2026 season in the same bad form in which it ended 2...

Dominican Republic mercy-rules South Korea 10-0 in WBC quarterfinal
The Dominican Republic quickly turned its World Baseball Classic quarterfinal into a blowout, routing South Korea 10-0 on Friday night in Miami, with the mercy rule ending the game in the bottom of the seventh inning.,The Dominicans piled up 10 runs on nine hits, building a lead so quickly that Sout...

Ducks D Radko Gudas suspended 5 games for kneeing Auston Matthews
Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas was handed a five-game suspension for his knee-on-knee hit Thursday night that injured Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews.,The NHL Department of Player Safety announced the decision Friday after a phone hearing with Gudas. Five games was the maximum suspens...

Seahawks GM: Washington's new millionaire's tax will 'sting' in recruitment
The Seattle Seahawks were admired by many for their team building through the draft and free agency, which helped them win Super Bowl LX in February. However, Washington state's new "millionaire's tax" could hinder their roster development and player recruitment in the future.,On Wednesday, the Wash...

Heat, Magic collide in battle of streaking teams
The Miami Heat have won seven straight games, their longest streak since November of 2023.,Miami, which will host the Orlando Magic on Saturday night, is winning with its depth. Three of the Heat's top-four scorers have been out lately -- Tyler Herro (quadriceps injury) has missed two straight games...