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LAHORE, Pakistan, March 8 (Xinhua) -- The 2023 Pakistan Derby Horse Race kicked off on Sunday at the Lahore Race Club amidst thundering hooves in the racecourse.

The Pakistan Derby is the premier horse racing event of the country,

Auston Matthews scored a power-play goal at 17:07 of the third period and the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs came back to defeat the New Jersey Devils 4-3 Tuesday night. Mitchell Marner added a goal and an assist and Calle Jarnkrok and Michael Bunting each had a goal for the Maple Leafs, who finished a 3-2-0 trip. William Nylander added two assists. Ilya Samsonov made 30 saves. Erik Haula had two goals and an assist and O

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 8 (ANI): Bengaluru FC head coach Simon Grayson reiterated that his side hasn't achieved anything and expects a tough game in the second leg after Mumbai City FC lost 0-1 to Bengaluru FC in the first leg of the Indian Super League (ISL) 2022-23 at the Mumbai Football Arena, in Mumbai on Tuesday. With this win, Grayson and his Bengaluru FC side continue their red-hot form in 2023 as they

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 8 (ANI): Bengaluru FC nabbed a narrow 1-0 win and secured a crucial advantage in the first leg of the Indian Super League (ISL) semi-final against Mumbai City FC at the Mumbai Football Arena on Tuesday. Sunil Chhetri came on as a substitute and found the back of the net in the 78th minute to give the Blues a vital advantage ahead of the second leg in Bengaluru on Sunday. As they have al

Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves as the Florida Panthers knocked off the red-hot Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 on Tuesday night in Sunrise, Fla. Ryan Lomberg and Aleksander Barkov scored for the Panthers. Barkov has one goal and two assists in his last two games after he had missed the previous three with a hand injury. Shea Theodore scored the lone goal for the Golden Knights. Goalie Adin Hill made 40 saves just two nights af

Marques Warrick scored 18 points and Sam Vinson added 16 as Northern Kentucky edged Cleveland State 63-61 to win the Horizon League championship game on Tuesday in Indianapolis. The Norse (22-12) are headed to the NCAA Tournament for the third time in seven years. They also won the Horizon title in 2020, but the NCAA tourney was canceled that year due to the pandemic. Northern Kentucky went up by seven with 16 seconds l

Brook Lopez scored 26 points to lead six players in double figures as the Milwaukee Bucks extended their road winning streak to nine games with a 134-123 victory over the host Orlando Magic on Tuesday. Khris Middleton had 24 points and 11 assists, Jevon Carter added 24 points and Bobby Portis Jr. had 16 points and 11 rebounds for Milwaukee, which played without starters Giannis Antetokounmpo (non-COVID-19 illness) and Jr

BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- China's aerials specialist Xu Mengtao has revealed that she is bidding to make her fifth Winter Olympics appearance at Milano-Cortina 2026.

Seventh-seeded North Carolina will make a final push to land in its 12th straight NCAA Tournament when it faces 10th-seeded Boston College in the second round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament on Wednesday in Greensboro, N.C. The Tar Heels, who opened the season atop the AP poll, were inconsistent throughout the regular season, which they ended with a 62-57 loss to visiting Duke on Saturday. North Carolina (19

While getting Russell Westbrook into the flow was the priority for the Los Angeles Clippers, a renewed commitment on the defensive end appears to be the team's focus now. A solid opportunity to work on defensive principles arrives Wednesday when the Clippers play host to the Toronto Raptors. While Los Angeles ranked just 22nd in the NBA through Monday with an average of 112.7 points scored per game, Toronto was 23rd at 1

Josh Berry will remain Hendricks Motorsports' primary fill-in for Chase Elliott in the No. 9 Chevrolet on the NASCAR Cup Series, the team announced Tuesday. Berry will be behind the wheel for five of the next six races: Sunday at Phoenix; March 19 at Atlanta; April 2 at Richmond, Va.; April 9 on the Bristol, Tenn., dirt track; and April 16 at Martinsville, Va. Jordan Taylor will get a start at Circuit of The Americas in

MADRID, March 7 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona President Joan Laporta went on the attack on Tuesday over the ongoing scandal regarding payments to former referee and Vice-President of the Spanish Referees Technical Committee, Jose Maria Negreira.

Rory McIlroy called it "a slap in the face" for James Hahn to miss Tuesday's player meeting after Hahn had strongly criticized the PGA Tour's new format of play announced for 2024. "Like, you say all this (expletive) and you're not even in the meeting?" the star from Northern Ireland said to reporters after his news conference Tuesday at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., where both McIlroy and Hahn are competing a

Arizona State's hopes for an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament took a hit with two losses last week, but coach Bobby Hurley remains confident in his squad. The sixth-seeded Sun Devils aim for a fresh start on Wednesday when they face No. 11 seed Oregon State in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament in Las Vegas. Arizona State (20-11, 11-9 Pac-12) closed the regular season with three road games, beating then-No. 7 A

BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- With roughly six months to go until the 19th Asian Games open in Hangzhou, China's athletes across a wide range of sports from table tennis to break dancing are seizing every second in their preparations amid hopes of shining at the quadrennial Games.

GENEVA, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The official poster of the Women's World Cup 2023 was unveiled in outdoor gallery installations in Australia and New Zealand, the hosts for the event, FIFA announced on Tuesday.

Miche-Naider Chery scored two first-half goals and Violette AC of Haiti cruised to a 3-0 win over Austin FC on Tuesday in the first leg of a CONCACAF Champions League round of 16 match at Santiago De Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. Austin FC, the runner-up in Major League Soccer's Western Conference standings during the 2022 regular season, capped the scoring on an own goal by Amro Tarek in the 47th minute. Violette

A five-game losing streak ended any lingering hopes Utah had of claiming an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. The seventh-seeded Utes will need to win the Pac-12 tournament to go dancing, and their journey will begin on Wednesday when they face 10th-seeded Stanford in Las Vegas. Underdog teams making a run through the Pac-12 tournament is not unprecedented. Oregon State did it in 2021 and used that as a launching pad

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Both Oklahoma and Oklahoma State have plenty on the line when the Bedlam rivals face off in the opening round of the Big 12 tournament on Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo. For seventh-seeded Oklahoma State (17-14, 8-10 Big 12), it's a chance to work itself to the right side of the NCAA Tournament bubble after a five-game losing streak late in the regular season moved the Cowboys to the wrong side of things. But Saturday's v

With inclement weather forecast to hit the Santa Barbara area on Friday, the womens tennis match between UC Santa Barbara and TCU that day has been cancelled.

Philadelphia 76ers star James Harden will miss Tuesday night's game at the Minnesota Timberwolves due to soreness in his left foot. Harden provided 14 points, 20 assists and nine rebounds Monday night in Philadelphia's 147-143 win over the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis. Harden is second on the team in scoring (21.9 points per game) and rebounding (6.3) behind MVP candidate Joel Embiid and leads the league with 10.8 ass

Atlanta Braves right-hander Kyle Wright is slated to make his spring training debut next week with the team still feeling the 21-game winner last season will be ready by Opening Day. Wright, 27, has been dealing with soreness in his pitching shoulder since January and received a cortisone shot shortly after reporting the injury. He threw a bullpen session on Tuesday and is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Frid

The Chicago Bulls have lost two straight and nine of their last 12 games but are still in the hunt for the play-in tournament in the Eastern Conference. They get a chance to improve their position when they travel to Denver to face the surging Nuggets, who own the best home record (30-4) in the NBA. Chicago is coming off a 125-122 loss at home to Indiana, which put a dent in its postseason drive. The Bulls couldn't beat

Andre Lipcius went 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBIs and two runs as the host Detroit Tigers dominated the St. Louis Cardinals 16-3 in a spring training game Tuesday in Lakeland, Fla. Brendon Davis went 2-for-2 with a three-run double and Nick Maton batted 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run as the Tigers piled up 19 hits. Andrew Knapp added two RBIs. Nolan Gorman and Dylan Carlson homered for the Cardinals. Twins 7, Oriol