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South Korea's Ko Jin-young becomes the first player to retain the HSBC Women's World Championship with a two-shot win.

Rory McIlroy misses out on victory by one shot at the Arnold Palmer Invitational as Kurt Kitayama keeps his composure to secure victory.

Rory McIlroy admits the emergence of the Saudi-funded LIV Golf is "benefiting everyone that plays professional golf at a high level".

The top three players in the world are grouped together for the opening two rounds of this week's Players Championship at Sawgrass in Florida.

German 16-year-old Chiara Noja breaks the course record with a 10-under opening round of 62 at the South African Women's Open.

Kawhi Leonard scored 24 points with 12 rebounds against his former team and Paul George added 23 points as the Los Angeles Clippers used improved defense to rally from a slow start and earn a 108-100 victory Wednesday over the visiting Toronto Raptors. Ivica Zubac scored 17 points for the Clippers, who won their second consecutive game following a five-game losing streak. Terance Mann scored 14 points for Los Angeles, wh

A day after a trio of MLS clubs failed to pick up a win, Vancouver FC broke through on Wednesday, scoring four times in the second half to defeat visiting Real Espana 5-0 in their opening match of the CONCACAF Champions League. On the first day of the tournament on Tuesday, Austin FC, Philadelphia and Orlando City went a combined 0-1-2. After scoring once in the first half, the Whitecaps overwhelmed Real Espana in the se

The final week of AFL pre-season hit-outs has come and gone, with clubs now setting themselves for Round 1 and the long campaign ahead.

New Adelaide skipper Jordan Dawson has revealed it was definitely never his goal to captain the club when he first arrived 12 months ago, but is now determined to lead the Crows in his own unique way.

Terquavion Smith scored 30 points as sixth-seeded North Carolina State beat 11th-seeded Virginia Tech 97-77 in the second round of the ACC tournament on Wednesday night in Greensboro, N.C. It was NC State's most points against an ACC opponent this season, and the Wolfpack will play in the quarterfinals for the first time since 2019. They would have in 2020, but the game was canceled because of the pandemic. NC State (23

Caleb Asberry scored 15 points to lead Oklahoma State to a 57-49 win over Oklahoma in the opening round of the Big 12 tournament on Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo. The seventh-seeded Cowboys (18-14), who saw their NCAA Tournament hopes take a hit when they endured a five-game losing streak late in the season, will oppose second-seeded Texas on Thursday in the quarterfinals. Oklahoma State was swept by the Longhorns (23-8)

Devin Booker scored 44 points on 17-of-23 shooting to help the Phoenix Suns roll to a 132-101 victory over the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday. Kevin Durant was scheduled to make his home debut for Phoenix but slipped and injured his left ankle in pregame warmups. Booker made up for Durant's absence, sinking six 3-pointers while scoring 35 or more points for the fourth consecutive game. Terrence Ross came o

Zach LaVine scored 29 points, Nikola Vucevic had 25 points and 15 rebounds and the visiting Chicago Bulls beat the Denver Nuggets 117-96 on Wednesday night. Patrick Williams scored 18 points and DeMar DeRozan added 17 for the Bulls, who snapped a two-game losing streak. Nikola Jokic had 18 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists, Aaron Gordon scored 17 points, Michael Porter Jr. added 12 and Jamal Murray finished with 11

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], March 9 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, on Thursday arrived at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad to watch the first day of the final Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023. PM Modi welcomed his Australian counterpart at the venue, the largest stadium in the world. Albanese will watch the first hour's play between India and Australia in the company of Prime Minist

Essendon assistant coach Dale Tapping has been diagnosed with blood cancer, but will continue to perform his role at the club while undergoing treatment.

Texas Tech head basketball coach Mark Adams resigned on Wednesday, three days after the university suspended him for making a comment toward a player the university described as "inappropriate, unacceptable and racially insensitive." Texas Tech announced the move shortly after the Red Raiders lost 78-62 to West Virginia in the first round of the Big 12 tournament in Kansas City, Mo. According to the news release by the

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], March 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad to watch the first day of the final Test match of Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023, with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, state's Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi, BCCI president Roger Binny and BCCI secretary Jay Shah receive

Six-time NBA All-Star Shawn Kemp, one of the most iconic players in Seattle SuperSonics history, reportedly was arrested in Tacoma, Wash., on Wednesday and charged with a drive-by shooting. The Tacoma Police Department tweeted that a 53-year-old man was "booked for Drive-By Shooting" after shots were fired following an altercation between occupants of two cars in a parking lot at 1:58 p.m. PT. Pierce County inmate recor

Darius Garland scored 25 points and dished a game-high seven assists to lead the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers to a 104-100 win over the Miami Heat on Wednesday night. Donovan Mitchell, despite making just 1-of-7 on 3-pointers, added 18 points as Cleveland won its third straight game. Teammate Jarrett Allen had 15 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. Jimmy Butler led the Heat with 28 points, five rebounds and five assists

by sportswriters Cao Yibo, Su Bin and Wang Qinou

BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Making the move from player to head coach in women's basketball is no easy feat, to say nothing of making it to the final of a World Cup as both a player and a head coach.

So Zheng Wei has many reasons to be proud of herself.

The current head coach of China's women's basketball team steered her squad to second place at th

Dominik Kubalik scored the game-winning goal with 4:07 remaining to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-3 home win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday. Kubalik broke a 3-3 tie when he slapped a low shot from the right faceoff circle that got by Chicago goaltender Alex Stalock. Chicago pulled Stalock with more than two minutes left, but couldn't get the equalizer. Jake Walman, Dylan Larkin and Lucas Raymond also scor

The Minnesota Wild extended their points streak to 11 games as they defeated the host Winnipeg Jets 4-2 on Wednesday. Minnesota got multi-point efforts from Marcus Foligno, who had a goal and an assist, and Oskar Sundqvist and Jake Middleton, who each registered a pair of helpers. Frederick Gaudreau, Ryan Hartman and Mason Shaw were the other goal-scorers for the Wild, who are on a 9-0-2 surge. Marc-Andre Fleury made 46

CJ McCollum scored 13 of his game-high 32 points in the final four minutes as the host New Orleans Pelicans held off the Dallas Mavericks 113-106 on Wednesday night. McCollum finished 6 of 8 on 3-pointers and made three straight during his late-game blitz to stem the Mavericks' rally from a 19-point deficit. Trey Murphy III added 16 points, Herbert Jones Jr. and Jaxson Hayes scored 14 each, and Brandon Ingram had 12 bef

Jayson Tatum tossed in 30 points in 31 minutes as the Boston Celtics broke a three-game losing streak by beating the visiting Portland Trail Blazers 115-93 Wednesday night. Tatum, who didn't make the trip to Cleveland for Boston's 118-114 loss to the Cavaliers on Monday because of a sore knee, made 11 of his 17 field-goal attempts. He was 6 of 10 on 3-point attempts, and also had seven rebounds. Portland shot 36.6 perce

Tucker Richardson recorded a triple-double as Colgate cruised to a 79-61 home win over Lafayette in the Patriot League tournament final on Wednesday at Hamilton, N.Y. Richardson registered 14 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists to become the first Raiders player to produce a triple-double since Adonal Foyle in 1997. Keegan Records added 21 points and five blocked shots to help Colgate (26-8) qualify for the NCAA Tournamen