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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Diamond Miller scored 20 points, Faith Masonius and Shyanne Sellers each added 14 and No. 14 Maryland beat Towson 81-70 at the Fort Myers Tip-Off. Miller gave Maryland its first double-digit lead on the first basket of the fourth quarter to make it 59-49. Towson got as close as eight

By The Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Led by Tyler Nelson’s 18 points, the Navy Midshipmen defeated the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers 75-59 on Saturday. The Midshipmen are now 5-1 with the victory and the Mountaineers fell to 3-4.

NICEVILLE, Fla. — Led by Chris Kuzemka’s 12 points, the Loyola (MD) Greyhounds defeated the UL Monroe Warhawks 65-64 on Saturday. The Greyhounds are now 3-4 on the season, while the Warhawks dropped to 2-5.

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — France advanced, and Kylian Mbappe got them there. The French became the first defending champions to reach the round of 16 at the World Cup since Brazil in 2006, beating Denmark 2-1 Saturday with Mbappe scoring both goals. “Kylian is an extraordinary player. He has

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The sight of Japanese fans at a World Cup bagging trash after a match — win or lose — always surprises non-Japanese. Japanese players are famous for doing the same in their team dressing room: hanging up towels, cleaning the floor, and even leaving a

LONDON — Led by Josh Roberts’ 17 points, the Manhattan Jaspers defeated the Army Black Knights 72-71 on Saturday. The Jaspers moved to 2-3 with the win and the Black Knights fell to 2-5.

CLEVELAND (AP) — An attorney is vowing an appeal for a woman found liable by a civil jury for malicious prosecution in a rape allegation she made against a former Ohio State football standout more than five years ago. Attorney Patrick Thomas said his client “deserves justice and patiently waited for her day in court”

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Dan Bradbury has maintained his one-shot lead after Sami Valimaki of Finland double-bogeyed the 18th hole at the Joburg Open. The Englishman’s 4-under 67 at Houghton Golf Club kept him in the lead for a third straight day as he seeks a wire-to-wire victory and his first European tour title. Valimaki looked

KILLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Defending Olympic champion Sara Hector leads after the first run of the first World Cup giant slalom of the season as she looks set to continue her fantastic form in that discipline. The Swedish skier has a lead of 0.38 seconds over Norway’s Ragnhild Mowinckel. Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland is 0.43

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer After six straight losing seasons and more than 20 years removed from its 1990s heyday, Nebraska is turning to Matt Rhule to rebuild its football program and make it competitive in the Big Ten Conference. Rhule signed an eight-year contract to be the Cornhuskers’ next coach and will

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — FIFA has charged the Serbian soccer federation in a disciplinary case about a political banner. A flag about neighboring independent state Kosovo was hung in the locker room before Serbia played Brazil on Thursday. It showed a map of Serbia that included the territory of its former province and the slogan

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Nebraska has signed Matt Rhule to an eight-year contract to be the Cornhuskers’ next football coach. The school said Rhule would be introduced at a Monday news conference and terms of the contract would be announced then. The 47-year-old Rhule has been out of work less than two

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Robert Lewandowski finally scored at the World Cup. The 34-year-old striker helped Poland beat Saudi Arabia 2-0 and boost his team’s chances of reaching the knockout stages. Lewandowski shed tears after scoring in the 82nd minute. It was his first World Cup goal in

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Landon Donovan and DaMarcus Beasley have been elected to the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame and will be inducted May 6 along with Lauren Cheney Holiday. The 40-year-old Donovan was a midfielder and forward who scored 57 goals in 157 international appearances from 2000 through 2014. He is tied with

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Far from Doha’s luxury hotels and sprawling new World Cup stadiums, scores of South Asian workers poured into a cricket ground in the city’s sandy outskirts to enjoy the tournament they helped create. Unlike the official FIFA fan zone near Doha’s pristine corniche, this one has

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — More crosses creating more goals. Winning penalties with “total genius” like Cristiano Ronaldo. Pressing opponents to get the ball back quickly. FIFA’s expert analysts picked their World Cup trends Saturday from the first 16 games. The Technical Study Group saw more and better crosses creating

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer AL WAKRAH, Qatar (AP) — Australia beat Tunisia 1-0 to revive its chances of advancing from the group stage at the World Cup. Mitchell Duke scored the winning goal midway through the first half with a header. It was Australia’s first win at soccer’s biggest event since a victory

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Iran is celebrating the prospect of its first ever trip to the knockout stage at the World Cup following a disastrous loss and persistent questions about the civil unrest back home. But Team Melli has one more hurdle in the United States national team.

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Canada coach John Herdman attempted to inspire his players after a 1-0 loss to Belgium in his nation’s first World Cup match in 36 years. His televised comments may have served to provoke Croatia, the losing finalist in 2018. Croatia’s 24 Sata (24 Hours) tabloid