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By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer Teenage striker Evan Ferguson isn’t getting carried away after scoring his first goal for his national team. The rest of Ireland will gladly do that for him. The 18-year-old Ferguson is having a breakout season with Premier League club Brighton and now for Ireland which hosts France on Monday

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Cincinnati has hired former Memphis coach Katrina Merriweather as its new women’s basketball coach. She starred for the Bearcats from 1997 to 2001, when she helped them reach four consecutive postseason tournaments. Merriweather resigned as Memphis’ coach on Friday after the team was knocked out of the WNIT tournament.

By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Retired Formula One champion Nelson Piquet has been ordered by a Brazilian court to pay $950,000 in “moral damages” for making racist and homophobic comments about Lewis Hamilton. The 70-year-old Brazilian had referred to seven-time champion Hamilton as “neguinho,” a racially offensive term which means

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico State has hired longtime Sam Houston coach Jason Hooten to try to restore a program that was shut down in the middle of the season after one player was involved in a fatal shooting and another accused teammates of hazing. Aggies athletic director Mario Moccia says Hooten is

SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Shoma Uno prevailed in a quad showdown in the free skate to become the first Japanese man to defend his title at the figure skating world championships. Uno attempted five quadruple jumps at Saitama Super Arena. He landed all of them except the quad salchow which he under-rotated for a total

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Mexico has declared its desire to host the Summer Olympics in 2036 or 2040 and says it already has most of the sports infrastructure required. Interest in hosting the 2036 Olympics had earlier been expressed by officials in countries including Egypt, England, India, Indonesia, Qatar and South Korea. Mexico City hosted

MUNICH (AP) — New Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel has acknowledged he faces a challenging start to his new job after his surprise hiring Friday to replace Julian Nagelsmann. Tuchel’s first game in charge is against German title rival Borussia Dortmund on April 1. Dortmund is Tuchel’s old club and he says “the challenge can’t

SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States have won their first ice dance title at the figure skating world championships. First after the rhythm dance, Chock and Bates finished first in the free dance at Saitama Super Arena with 134.07 points for a total of 226.1. Reigning European champions

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tyrese Hunter scored 19 points and second-seeded Texas rolled to an 83-71 victory over third-seeded Xavier to reach the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 15 years. The highest seed left in the tourney will play No. 5 seed

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jordan Poole scored 33 points and swished a key 3-pointer with 1:18 to play off a pretty pass by Draymond Green, Stephen Curry added 29 points and eight rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors rallied past Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers 120-112.Embiid checked back

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Hailey Van Lith put on a show in her home state to get Louisville back to a familiar place — the Elite Eight. Van Lith scored 21 points to help the fifth-seeded Cardinals beat No. 8 seed Mississippi 72-62 on Friday night and advance to the

By CAMERON SALERNO Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Kevin Huerter led all scores with 29 points and the Sacramento Kings beat the Phoenix Suns 135-127. Huerter added nine rebounds and five assists for the Kings (44-29). Domantas Sabonis finished with 27 points, nine rebounds and nine assists De’Aaron Fox exited the game with 7:16

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 116-111. Anthony Davis had 37 points and 14 rebounds, and Dennis Schröder added 21 points. Lonnie Walker scored 20 points in an impressive return to the rotation for the Lakers, who have won three straight to