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LONDON (AP) — West Ham has celebrated a first away win since August in the English Premier League thanks to a Fulham own goal. The Hammers were thrashed by Newcastle 5-1 midweek but recovered to win 1-0 at Craven Cottage in a low-quality affair settled by Harrison Reed’s unfortunate first-half moment. Victory lifted West Ham

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Brooks Koepka had the easiest time at the Masters on Saturday morning. He didn’t have to play in the cold and rain because he was already done with his second round. And he still has the lead. Jon Rahm did remarkably well to complete nine

LONDON (AP) — Harry Kane has scored his 23rd English Premier League goal to earn Tottenham a 2-1 win over top-four rival Brighton in a match that saw both managers sent off after a touchline scuffle. Tottenham’s Cristian Stellini and Brighton’s Roberto De Zerbi were dismissed from the dugouts and escorted down the tunnel by

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils have signed defenseman Luke Hughes — the younger brother of star center Jack Hughes — to a three-year, entry-level contract starting this season. General manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the deal on Saturday, a day after Luke Hughes’ Michigan team had its season ended by Quinnipiac in the

LEICESTER, England (AP) — Leicester has slid deeper into relegation trouble after losing to Bournemouth 1-0 amid reports that Jesse Marsch is set to take over as manager of the English Premier League club. Philip Billing capitalized on a poor backpass by James Maddison and easily scored past goalkeeper Daniel Iversen in the 40th minute.

WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Frank Lampard made a disappointing start to his second spell in charge of Chelsea as they lost at relegation-threatened Wolverhampton 1-0 in the English Premier League. Matheus Nunes’ spectacular angled strike in the 31st minute earned Wolves a win at Molineux that pushed them four points clear of the bottom three.

FREIBURG, Germany (AP) — Bayern Munich has partly avenged its elimination from the German Cup by Freiburg midweek by winning their Bundesliga match 1-0 to keep the lead. Matthijs de Ligt’s speculative and powerful shot from distance deflected in. Bayern stays two points clear of Borussia Dortmund ahead of a Champions League quarterfinal with Manchester

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods can thank good friend Justin Thomas for helping the five-time champion extend his streak of consecutive cuts made at the Masters to a record-tying 23 on Saturday. Woods was in danger of missing it for the first time as a professional when he

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Live updates from Saturday’s second and third rounds of the Masters (all times local): 11:15 a.m. LIV star Brooks Koepka holds a two-shot lead at the Masters over Jon Rahm at 12 under following the conclusion of the weather-delayed second round. Despite a steady rain, the third round will get underway

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods has backed into more history at the Masters. On a cold, rainy morning, Woods made his 23rd consecutive cut at the Masters despite closing the weather-delayed second round with back-to-back bogeys. He ties the record shared by Gary Player and Fred Couples. Woods has never missed the Masters cut

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Augusta National crews made quick work disposing of the three towering pine trees that fell near the 17th tee late Friday during the second round of Masters, forcing the postponement of play. All that remained Saturday morning from the uprooted trees were three separate 10-by-10 foot roped off areas and some

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods is in danger of missing the Masters cut for the first time in his professional career. Woods closed out his weather-delayed second round with back-to-back bogeys for a 1-over 73. That left him with a 3-over 147 at the midway point of the tournament. At the moment, that is

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Louisville’s Hailey Van Lith has entered the transfer portal. The star guard, who finished 12th all-time in scoring at the school with 1,553 points, will graduate in May, earning her degree in finance in three years. She has two years of eligibility left because of the COVID year. “We

By DAVE SKRETTA and STEVE REED AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The second round of the Masters resumed at Augusta National on Saturday, and there was little evidence that three towering pine trees had fallen near patrons a day earlier during storms that resulted in the suspension of play. Nobody was hurt by

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Scott McTominay has kept up his unlikely run of scoring to help Manchester United beat Everton 2-0 in the Premier League and solidify the team’s spot in the Champions League qualification positions. A late injury to Marcus Rashford took the gloss off a comfortable win for United at Old Trafford. The

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Marcus Rashford has hobbled off with an apparent groin injury late in Manchester United’s 2-0 win over Everton in the Premier League. The England forward gestured to United’s bench that he needed to come off and was feeling the groin area in his right leg as he left the field in

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — It appears that Fred Couples will be playing the rest of the weekend at the Masters. The 1992 champion finished his second round with a bogey Saturday, leaving him at 1 over for the championship and inside the projected cut line. That would make the 63-year-old Couples the oldest player to

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The second round of the Masters resumed Saturday after storms brought down three pine trees the previous day and ground it to a halt. Brooks Koepka has the clubhouse lead at 12 under with Jon Rahm among those giving chase. Tiger Woods has seven holes left in his second round and

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Kyle Walker is set to have only limited game time at Manchester City for the rest of the season because manager Pep Guardiola said the England right back is ill-equipped to play in the team’s new system. Guardiola has been playing a three-man defense with one of the full backs in

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — DeAngelo Russell scored 24 points, Austin Reaves had 22 and Malik Beasley 21 as the Los Angeles Lakers kept their hopes alive of avoiding a spot in the play-in tournament with a 121-107 victory over the resting Phoenix Suns on Friday night. LeBron James had