Month: February 2022

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Tammy Abraham scored a penalty deep into stoppage time to end Roma’s winless run as the capital side scraped a 1-0 victory at 10-man Spezia in Serie A. Abraham’s penalty came in the ninth minute of injury time after Roma had hit the woodwork four times.

By BOBBY BANCROFT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — R.J. Cole scored 18 points and No. 21 UConn excelled from behind the arc to beat Georgetown 86-77. It was the school-record 18th straight loss for the Hoyas. Connecticut shot 11 of 20 on 3-pointers and improved to 21-7 overall. UConn matched its longest winning streak of

By The Associated Press American midfielder Luca de la Torre scored his first goal of the season to help Heracles beat Zwolle 2-0 in the Dutch Eredivisie. A 23-year-old from San Diego, de la Torre put Heracles ahead in the 19th minute when he chipped the ball over goalkeeper Kostas Lamprou from 23 yards. De

LONDON (AP) — Liverpool has won its first domestic final in a decade after beating Chelsea 11-10 on penalties to clinch the League Cup. All 10 penalties had been scored before it was down to the goalkeepers to take their turn and Kepa Arrizabalaga missed after Liverpool counterpart Caoimhin Kelleher had netted. The game ended

GAINSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Hayley Frank scored 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Missouri to a 78-73 upset of No. 15 Florida to close the regular season. Izzy Higginbottom added 15 off the bench for the for the Tigers and Mama Dembele scored 13. The Tigers scored their last 12 points from the

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Sevilla beat Real Betis 2-1 in the Seville derby to stay within range of Spanish league leader Real Madrid. The result kept Sevilla six points from Madrid and moved it eight points ahead of third-place Real Betis. It was their first meeting since the previous derby

BOSTON — Tosan Evbuomwan registered 18 points, including the game-winning layup with 4.8 seconds left, and eight rebounds as Princeton edged past Harvard 74-73. Evbuomwan took an inbounds pass at the top of the key with nine seconds to play and drove down the left side of the lane to give the Tigers two wins

By JOHN FINERAN Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Kianna Smith and Hailey Van Lith each scored 20 points and No. 4 Louisville raced to a huge lead and routed No. 14 Notre Dame 86-64 in a testy matchup. The Cardinals led 41-3 early in the second quarter and beat the Irish for the

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Marseille missed the chance to move three points clear in second place in the French league after conceding a last-minute equalizer in a 1-1 draw at struggling Troyes. Striker Yoann Touzghar profited from poor Marseille defending to slide in the equalizer after playmaker Dimitri Payet’s penalty

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — FIFA has backed away from immediately expelling Russia from World Cup qualifying but said it remained an option, deciding instead the squad can play using the “RFU” acronym for the country’s football federation. The ruling from the FIFA Bureau, featuring the six regional football confederation