The countdown to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup began when the U.S. women's national team defeated New Zealand 4-0 in Wellington, New Zealand, on Tuesday behind a pair of second-half goals by Mallory Swanson. She scored in the 52nd and 63rd minutes surrounding an Alex Morgan goal in the 60th. Lynn Williams scored in the 74th with a 12-yard contested header in the Americans' first match of the year. Trinity Rodman's fir
The Philadelphia Flyers held Pride Night on Tuesday ahead of their home game against the Anaheim Ducks, with the players wearing warmup jerseys that featured their names and uniform numbers in rainbow colors and sticks wrapped in rainbow tape. Defenseman Ivan Provorov was absent from the warmup, though, and he later acknowledged that he refused to wear the rainbow-themed top for religious reasons. Provorov, who is Russi
Nick Schmaltz and Nick Bjugstad scored during a shootout as the Arizona Coyotes snapped a nine-game losing streak by defeating the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Tuesday night in Tempe, Ariz. Bjugstad also had a goal and an assist during regulation. Travis Boyd and Dylan Guenther scored third-period goals after the Red Wings took a 3-1 lead. Lawson Crouse assisted on all of the goals for Arizona, while Connor Ingram made 37 sa
Melbourne [Australia], January 18 (ANI): World No.1 Iga Swiatek overpowered 84th-ranked Camila Osorio to advance into the third round of the ongoing Australian Open 2023 here at Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday. Swiatek prevailed under the closed roof defeating 84th-ranked Camila Osorio 6-2, 6-3 in a match that lasted one hour and 24 minutes. Osorio was able to compete with the World No. 1 in several tight games because of he
Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) [India], January 18 (ANI): Bengaluru FC head coach Simon Grayson wants to build on consecutive wins and get a hat-trick as his side kicks-off Matchweek 16 of the Indian Super League (ISL) 2022-23 against Jamshedpur FC at the JRD Tata Sports Complex, in Jamshedpur, on Wednesday. The Blues edged past the Red Miners with an early goal in the reverse fixture. Since then, Bengaluru FC have lost two and w
Connor McDavid scored his NHL-leading 38th goal of the season as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the visiting Seattle Kraken 5-2 Tuesday night. Derek Ryan, Zach Hyman, Warren Foegele and Ryan McLeod also tallied for the Oilers, who extended their winning streak to four games. Goaltender Jack Campbell made 28 saves. Daniel Sprong and Vince Dunn scored for Seattle, which lost its second straight following an eight-game winni
Nikola Jokic had 36 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists for his NBA-leading 13th triple-double of the season as the host Denver Nuggets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 122-113 on Tuesday for their seventh consecutive win. Michael Porter Jr. scored 23 points, Jamal Murray contributed 17, Bruce Brown had 12 and Aaron Gordon added 11 points and a season-high eight assists for the Nuggets, who have won 14 straight home games.
Seth Jones scored the tying goal in the last minute of regulation, then netted the winner in overtime as the Chicago Blackhawks rallied for a 4-3 win against the visiting Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday. Jones, who earlier had an assist, finished off a two-on-one feed from Tyler Johnson at 2:24 of overtime. He forced the extra session when he scored from the blue line with 56 seconds left in the third period. Buffalo challeng
LIV Golf is close to completing a television rights agreement with The CW, Golf.com reported on Tuesday. The Saudi-funded circuit was without a U.S. television deal in its initial season in 2022, streaming events on its website and on YouTube. As a result, the breakaway league struggled to reach mainstream audiences. The deal with The CW would be unorthodox primarily because the network would be new to the sports world,
New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): Retired Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF) Pankaj Kumar Singh has been appointed as the Deputy National Security Adviser in National Security Council Secretariat for a period of two years. As per a National Security Council of Secretariat order issued on January 15, Singh a 1988-batch Indian Police Service officer of the Rajasthan cadre has been appointed on a re-emplo
Harare [Zimbabwe], January 18 (ANI): Zimbabwe's T20 World Cup star Sikandar Raza will return to international cricket for the upcoming One Day International series against Ireland. The all-rounder missed his side's T20 series win over Ireland in order to fulfil some of his franchise commitments but is back in the set-up for the ODI series. For his efforts in August of last year, the 36-year-old became the first Zimbabwean
Kevin Lankinen made 39 saves and Cody Glass and Yakov Trenin scored second-period goals as the Nashville Predators held on for a 2-1 win over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night. Backing up Juuse Saros in his first season with Nashville, Lankinen was stout nearly the entire contest while making his 10th start of the season to help his new club win consecutive home games for the first time since Nov. 21 an
Keldon Johnson scored a career-high 36 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the host San Antonio Spurs did just enough to beat the short-handed Brooklyn Nets 106-98 on Tuesday. Jeremy Sochan scored 16 points, all in the first half, for San Antonio, which snapped a five-game losing streak. Tre Jones added 13 points while Jakob Poeltl had 12 points and eight rebounds in the win. T.J. Warren led the Nets with 19 points, who p
William Nylander scored his second goal of the game at 1:53 of overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting Florida Panthers 5-4 on Tuesday night. Nylander scored the game winner, his 24th goal of the season, on a nifty effort after carrying the puck deep into the Florida's zone. Nylander tied the game with the only goal in the third period and added an assist on Auston Matthews' power-play goal just before
William Nylander scored his second goal of the game at 1:53 of overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting Florida Panthers 5-4 on Tuesday night. Nylander scored the game winner, his 24th goal of the season, on a nifty effort after carrying the puck deep into the Florida's zone. Nylander tied the game with the only goal in the third period and added an assist on Auston Matthews' power-play goal just before
Jrue Holiday surpassed the season high he set a day earlier, scoring 37 points, and the Milwaukee Bucks downed the visiting Toronto Raptors 130-122 on Tuesday. Bobby Portis recorded his 27th double-double of the campaign with 12 points and 12 rebounds for Milwaukee, which played its fourth consecutive game without Giannis Antetokounmpo (knee). Holiday -- coming off a 35-point performance in the Bucks' Monday matinee win
Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) [India], January 18 (ANI): Jamshedpur FC head coach Aidy Boothroyd believes his team has been shaping up right after their win in the last match and wants his players to push themselves in the upcoming games. His side locks horns with Bengaluru FC in matchweek 16 of the Indian Super League (ISL) 2022-23 at the JRD Tata Sports Complex, in Jamshedpur, on Wednesday. Placed tenth in the league standings
St Johns [Antigua], January 18 (ANI): West Indies have recalled an experienced trio of pacer Shannon Gabriel and left-arm spin duo Gudakesh Motie and Jomel Warrican in a 15-player squad for next month's two-match Test series against Zimbabwe. West Indies will look to bounce back from a disappointing performance in their recent Test series in Australia. Pace duo Jayden Seales and Anderson Phillip miss out on the tour due t
After handing the Vegas Golden Knights their first shutout loss of the season, the Dallas Stars continue their Western road trip against the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday. Monday's 4-0 blanking of the Golden Knights in Las Vegas snapped a two-game losing streak for the Central Division co-leaders,who enter Wednesday's action tied with Winnipeg with a Western Conference-best 59 points. Goalie Jake Oettinger made 27 saves
Jared Spurgeon scored two goals, Connor Dewar had two assists and Filip Gustavsson made 34 saves as the Minnesota Wild recorded a 4-2 road win over the Washington Capitals on Tuesday. Jonas Brodin and Joel Eriksson Ek also scored for the Wild, who have won three consecutive games. Spurgeon's sixth and seventh goals of the season marked the veteran blue-liner's seventh multi-goal game of his 13-year NHL career. Martin F
Kevin Hayes registered his first career hat trick to lift the host Philadelphia Flyers past the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 on Tuesday. Hayes, who logged his 10th career multigoal game, scored his third goal of the night into an empty net with 43.9 seconds remaining. Rasmus Ristolainen had a goal and an assist and Morgan Frost contributed a goal for the Flyers, who have won eight of their past 10 games. Travis Konecny, Scott Laug
Evgenii Dadonov scored twice and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the visiting Winnipeg Jets 4-1 on Tuesday. Sam Montembault made 25 saves, while Mike Hoffman and Josh Anderson also scored for Montreal. Montembault was making his fifth straight start for Montreal and has shored up the goaltending position, giving the Canadiens a .925 save percentage or better in each of those starts. This was also the first start during
Surging while on a four-game winning streak, the Sacramento Kings will visit Los Angeles on Wednesday to meet the Lakers with some payback in mind. The Kings have won their last four games, including a 132-119 road victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday in a streak that started after a homedefeat to the Lakers on Jan. 7. That 136-134 loss came despite 34 points and nine assists from De'Aaron Fox and 25 points and 1
Bad news for the NHL: The defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche appear to be back on track. The Avalanche, buoyed by a stream of players returning from injury, head into Wednesday's road clash with the Calgary Flames having won two straight, combining for 13 goals over the course of their modest winning streak. It could represent a much-anticipated turnaround for the team, which currently sits outside a play
Riding the high of four consecutive wins, the Tampa Bay Lightning look to continue their longstanding success in Vancouver when they visit the Canucks on Wednesday. Despite the wide geographical gap between Tampa Bay and Vancouver, the Canucks' arena has been a home away from home for the Lightning for over a decade. Dating back to the 2010-11 season, the Lightning are 7-1-0 in their last eight road games against the Can