AP National Sports

By ANDREW LOGUE Associated Press AMES, Iowa (AP) — Jacob Groves led Oklahoma with 16 points as the Sooners knocked off No. 23 Iowa State 61-50 on Saturday. The Sooners (14-15, 4-12 Big 12) had lost nine of their previous 11 games — and six in a row on the road — but erased an

By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — Ben Burnham scored 25 points off of the bench to lead the Charleston Cougars in a romp past the Stony Brook Seawolves 92-52. The Cougars improved to 28-3 with the victory and the Seawolves fell to 10-21.

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — A 2-0 win at Empoli means just as much as recent wins over Juventus, Roma and other big Serie A clubs for Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti. That’s because Spalletti still regrets how Napoli squandered a two-goal advantage in a 3-2 loss at Empoli toward the end

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Daniil Medvedev has won the Qatar Open on debut after defeating Andy Murray 6-4, 6-4 in a final matchup of former No. 1s. Medvedev converted fast starts in each set. He reached 4-1 in the first and 3-1 in the second. Murray fought but was too far back and Medvedev won

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek has been upset by Barbora Krejcikova 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the Dubai Championships. Krejcikova closed the tournament by beating the top three players in the WTA rankings: No. 3 Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals, No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals, then Swiatek. No.

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Authorities in Cameroon say at least 19 people were injured in an explosion at a sports event in southwest Cameroon. Nine athletes competing in the Mount Cameroon Race of Hope in Buea town were injured as well as 10 civilians including a baby. The annual

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Ollie Watkins scored for the fifth successive match as Aston Villa beat Everton 2-0 to end Sean Dyche’s 100% home record and drop his team back into the English Premier League relegation zone. Watkins’ 63rd-minute penalty saw him become Villa’s first player to score in five straight games in the top-flight

FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — NASCAR has canceled practice and qualifying sessions for the weekend races at Fontana because of ongoing heavy rains. Both the Cup Series and Xfinity Series drivers will race without practice on the track east of Los Angeles. The starting orders will determined by the metric used to set the qualifying order.

LEEDS, England (AP) — Junior Firpo scored the only goal as new manager Javi Gracia launched his Leeds reign in style with a win over fellow struggler Southampton in the English Premier League. The Elland Road club’s first win since Dec. 26 enabled the team to climb out of the bottom three. Scoring chances were

LEICESTER, England (AP) — Arsenal has maintained its place atop the English Premier League by beating Leicester 1-0 thanks to Gabriel Martinelli’s goal early in the second half. Leandro Trossard slipped in Martinelli and the Brazil winger cut in from the left to poke a low finish just inside the far post in the 46th

SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Red Bull driver Sergio Perez moved up the leaderboard as the sun went down to lead the third and final day of Formula One testing. It underlined how strong Red Bull looks heading into next weekend’s season-opening race on the same Sakhir desert circuit in Bahrain. Defending world champion Max Verstappen

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Julian Brandt scored with his back and Borussia Dortmund held on to move to the top of the Bundesliga after beating Hoffenheim 1-0. It was Dortmund’s ninth win from nine games across all competitions this year and enough for the team to move three points clear

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Russell Westbrook not only switched locker rooms at Crypto.com Arena. He went from being on the bench to a return to the starting lineup. Los Angeles Clippers coach Tyronn Lue didn’t waste much time seeing how well Westbrook would mesh with his new team. The

SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has clocked the fastest time ahead of Mercedes driver George Russell in the first session of the third and final day of Formula One testing in Bahrain. Leclerc completed 67 laps and was .42 seconds quicker on soft tires than Russell who did 83 laps on mediums.

PATTAYA, Thailand (AP) — Thai rookie Natthakritta Vongtaveelap has shot a bogey-free 64 to grab a four-stroke lead over fellow countrywoman Atthaya Thitikul after round three of the US$1.7 million LPGA Thailand in Pattaya. The 20-year-old Vongtaveelap began with an eagle and went on to notch six birdies to finish on 20-under-par-196 in front of

LONDON (AP) — Chelsea manager Graham Potter says he and his family have received death threats in the wake of the team’s poor form. Potter says he has been targeted by an anonymous email account. Potter says “I’ve had some not particularly nice emails come through, that want me to die and want my kids

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Malik Monk scored a career-high 45 points, De’Aaron Fox had the go-ahead basket and finished with 42 and the Sacramento Kings beat the Los Angeles Clippers 176-175 in double overtime in the second-highest scoring game in NBA history. Detroit beat Denver 186-184 in triple overtime