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(Photo credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports) Josh Hart posted his third triple-double of the season Sunday night for the visiting New York Knicks, who lost Jalen Brunson in the opening minute before outlasting the Cleveland Cavaliers 107-98 in a battle of undermanned Eastern Conference contenders. Brunson didn't return after suffering a left knee injury while hoisting his only shot barely 30 seconds after the opening t

by Oliver Trust and Liu Yang

BERLIN, March 3 (Xinhua) -- For Rouven Kasper, who celebrated his son's first birthday on Chinese soil and welcomed his daughter into the world in Shanghai, overseeing VfB Stuttgart's marketing and sales as a board member carries personal significance.

His affinity for Chinese culture and sports has persisted, making the hosting of China's under-16 national football team unde

(Photo credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports) Veteran infielder Elvis Andrus signed a minor league deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday. The contract includes an invitation to spring training. Andrus, 35, is a two-time All-Star with 2,091 career hits over 15 major league seasons. He has been a shortstop most of his career but did play 63 games (60 starts) at second base last season for the Chicago White Sox

(Photo credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports) RJ Barrett scored 23 points and the Toronto Raptors defeated the visiting Charlotte Hornets 111-106 Sunday night. Immanuel Quickley added 22 points and 11 assists for the Raptors, who had lost their two previous games. Ochai Agbaji had 13 points and career-best nine rebounds and added two blocked shots. Gary Trent Jr. contributed 17 points. Jordan Nwora and Gradey Dick each s

BERLIN, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Bayer Leverkusen benefitted from Bayern Munich's draw and established a 10-point lead atop the standings after moving 2-0 past 10-man Cologne at the curtain closer of the Bundesliga 24th round on Sunday.

MADRID, March 3 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona missed a chance to move to second place in La Liga and narrow the gap with leaders Real Madrid when they were held to a 0-0 draw away to Athletic Bilbao on Sunday night.

(Photo credit: Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports) Houston Rockets forward Tari Eason will undergo season-ending surgery on his left leg on Monday. Rockets coach Ime Udoka said Eason developed a benign growth on his shin earlier this season and attempted to play through the pain. But he hasn't played since Jan. 1 due to the injury. "We thought rest and rehab, he could get over it that way, but every time he ramped up, the p

(Photo credit: Mike Watters-USA TODAY Sports) Paolo Banchero piled up 29 points, eight rebounds and five assists and the Orlando Magic pulled away from the visiting Detroit Pistons 113-91 on Sunday night. Wendell Carter Jr. had 19 points and eight rebounds and Markelle Fultz made all eight of his shots for 16 points. Franz Wagner added 13 points and Jalen Suggs chipped in 11 as the Magic completed a four-game sweep of th

(Photo credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports) A dominant first half allowed the Boston Celtics to extend their winning streak to 11 games by beating the visiting Golden State Warriors 140-88 on Sunday. Boston made 15 of 24 3-point attempts in the first two quarters and led 82-38 at halftime. Boston's 44-point halftime lead was the largest in the franchise's history. The Celtics shot 60 percent from the field in the firs

(Photo credit: Brett Holmes-USA TODAY Sports) The Seattle Kraken and the host Calgary Flames are in the same situation heading into Monday's meeting at the Saddledome. With 22 games remaining this season, this distance between themselves and a playoff position is not insurmountable, but the margin for error is razor-thin, which puts even more on the line in their fourth and final meeting between the Pacific Division riva

SAO PAULO, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Two people died and 40 others were injured Sunday when a tour bus overturned in Pelotas, a city in southern Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state, the Federal Highway Police said.

WASHINGTON, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Following is the final result on Sunday in the WTA hardcourt tournament in Austin, Texas (prefix denotes seeding):

(Photo credit: NATHAN J. FISH/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK) The Oklahoma Sooners' NCAA-record 71-game winning streak came to an end Sunday in an eight-inning, 7-5 loss to Louisiana in Norman, Okla. The No. 1 Sooners (18-1) went more than a calendar year without a loss, last losing at Baylor 4-3 on Feb. 19, 2023. It had been much longer, four years, since the Sooners last lost at home, a 4-3 decision to North Texas

(Photo credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports) The two games this month between the Florida Panthers and New York Rangers might be a preview of a playoff duel almost 30 years in the making. The Rangers and Panthers had their lone playoff clash in the spring of 1997, when New York eliminated Florida -- the defending Eastern Conference champion-- in a five-game first-round series. Now, two of the NHL's hottest teams will

(Photo credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports) Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell is missing Sunday night's game against the New York Knicks due to a left knee injury. The missed contest is the second straight for Mitchell. He also sat out Friday night's 110-100 victory over the Detroit Pistons. This is the 13th game Mitchell has missed this season. He is averaging 28 points, 6.2 assists and 5.4 rebounds. Fello

(Photo credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports) Ausin Eckroat will go to sleep with a one-stroke lead at the Cognizant Classic as the final round was suspended due to darkness following a 3 1/2-hour weather delay Sunday in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Eckroat, one of three 54-hole co-leaders, only teed off after the delay had ended at 4:20 local time. He went 2 under through his first seven holes at PGA National's Champion c

(Photo credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports) After absorbing their second four-goal road loss in the past month, the Colorado Avalanche will aim to build upon their NHL-best home record on Monday when they take on the Chicago Blackhawks in Denver. Colorado is 23-6-0 at Ball Arena compared to 14-14-5 anywhere else. Poor puck movement and lack of possession added up during Saturday's 5-1 loss in Nashville, the

(Photo credit: Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports) Inter Miami CF is trading U.S. men's national team defender DeAndre Yedlin to FC Cincinnati for $172,000 in general allocation money, the Cincinnati Enquirer and The Athletic reported Sunday. Yedlin, 30, had joined Miami in 2022 after playing abroad for eight years. Cincinnati will mark his third MLS club after he broke into the league with his hometown Seattle Sounders. Yedl

(Photo credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports) Phillip Danault registered his second career hat trick and scored his first goals on home ice this season as the Los Angeles Kings overcame an early deficit and cruised to a 5-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday afternoon. Los Angeles improved to 8-4-0 under interim coach Jim Hillier and posted its second straight lopsided win to pull even with the Nashville P

(Photo credit: Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports) Kawhi Leonard scored 32 points on 12-for-26 shooting and the Los Angeles Clippers outlasted the Minnesota Timberwolves for an 89-88 win on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis. Norman Powell added 24 points on 9-for-13 shooting, including a 6-for-8 showing from beyond the arc, for the Clippers. Paul George finished with 15 points as Los Angeles overcame a rough game from James Harde

(Photo credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports) Ed Ott, catcher and clubhouse leader for the World Series-winning Pittsburgh Pirates in 1979, died in Danville, Pa., the team announced Sunday. He was 72. No cause of death was given. Ott, a native of Muncy, Pa., played eight seasons in the majors, the first seven with the Pirates and the last with the then-California Angels in 1981. He finished with a .259 career batting ave

(Photo credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports) A dominant first half allowed the Boston Celtics to extend their winning streak to 11 games by beating the visiting Golden State Warriors 140-88 Sunday. Boston made 15 of 24 3-point attempts in the first two quarters and led 82-38 at halftime. Boston's 44-point halftime lead is the largest in the franchise's history. The Celtics shot 60 percent from the field in the first ha

(Photo credit: Phil Didion/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK) Cincinnati Bengals star quarterback Joe Burrow has his sights set on a full return to football activities by mid-May, ESPN reported Sunday. Burrow, whose season began with a right calf injury and ended with a torn wrist ligament in Week 11, expects his return to come as the team begins organized team activities. That would include full throwing sessions. "I th

(Photo credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports) The Toronto Maple Leafs host the struggling Boston Bruins Monday night with a chance to tighten the race in the Atlantic Division. The Maple Leafs drew within six points -- with two games in hand -- of the second-place Bruins in the division with a home 4-3 shootout win over the New York Rangerson Saturday night. The Bruins, meanwhile, lost 5-1 on the road to the New York Is

(Photo credit: REUTERS/Mike Segar) Chris Mortensen, an award-winning NFL reporter who spent the bulk of his decorated career with ESPN, died on Sunday, the network announced. He was 72. Mortensen, affectionately known by his colleagues as "Mort," announced last September that he had stepped away from ESPN following that April's NFL draft to "focus on (his) health, family and faith." "Mort was widely respected as an indu