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By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Vinícius Júnior and Karim Benzema are proving to be the ideal attacking partners for Real Madrid with their mixture of youth and experience. And their love of goals. They’ve each scored 18 so far this season. The duo came up big again in Madrid’s comeback in

By SAVANNAH HERNANDEZ Associated Press Brazilian forward Marta is back from a year-long injury, and her availability for this summer’s Women’s World Cup, potentially her last, boosts Brazil’s outlook. The 37-year-old, who has played in five World Cups, is regarded as one of the greatest female football players of all time. Marta is the all-time

By SAVANNAH HERNANDEZ Associated Press Brazilian forward Marta is back from a year-long injury, and her availability for this summer’s Women’s World Cup, potentially her last, boosts Brazil’s outlook. The 37-year-old, who has played in five World Cups, is regarded as one of the greatest female football players of all time. Marta is the all-time

NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — Australia has defeated Jamaica 3-0 to finish the Cup of Nations women’s soccer tournament unbeaten in three matches to clinch the trophy. Katrina Gorry gave the Matildas a 1-0 lead in the 28th minute before Alex Chidiac and Caitlan Foord finished the scoring. The hosts scored 10 goals in their three

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona will be without some of its regular starters for the return match against Manchester United in the Europa League. Playmaker Pedri and forward Ousmane Dembélé are out because of leg muscle injuries. Coach Xavi also won’t be able to count on suspended midfielder Gavi. The teams drew 2-2 in Barcelona

ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) — A weightlifter from Kazakhstan who won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 has been banned for eight years for doping. The Weightlifting Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan says Igor Son was among six weightlifters from the country to receive doping bans. He won the bronze in the

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Haiti and Portugal have qualified for the FIFA Women’s World Cup finals for the first time after winning playoff matches in New Zealand. Diana Silva scored a 94th-minute clincher as Portugal’s 2-1 win over the Cameroon “Lionesses” who have reached the round of 16 at the last two World Cups.

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Miles Bridges says he may be back in the NBA soon, returning to play for the Charlotte Hornets. Bridges tells The Associated Press it has been a long process and he might be playing in March. Bridges attended Michigan State’s home game against No.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid reached 800 career points and scored his 43rd and 44th goals in the third period to give the Edmonton Oilers a 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night. McDavid also assisted on Leon Draisaitl’s tying goal early in the third, with McDavid picking up his 800th point

By The Associated Press RENO, Nev. — Led by Will Baker’s 18 points, the Nevada Wolf Pack defeated the San Jose State Spartans 66-51 on Tuesday. The Wolf Pack are now 21-7 on the season, while the Spartans fell to 16-12.

By MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Tyler Johnson scored the lone goal in a shootout to give the Chicago Blackhawks their third straight victory, 3-2 over the Vegas Golden Knights. Johnson beat Laurent Brossoit with a low shot in the third round of the tiebreaker after scoring a power-play goal with 55 seconds

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tyler Kolek’s short jump shot gave No. 10 Marquette the lead with 29 seconds left, and the Golden Eagles took a huge step toward the Big East regular-season title with a 73-71 win over No. 19 Creighton. The Golden Eagles saw a 10-point lead with

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Matt Duchene scored the only goal in the shootout as the Nashville Predators held off the Vancouver Canucks 5-4 on Tuesday night. Vancouver tied it twice when trailing by two goals, the last with two goals about 50 seconds apart in the final 1:06

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Haiti has beaten Chile 2-1 to qualify for the first time for the FIFA Women’s World Cup, bringing joy and “a breath of fresh air” to a strife-torn homeland. Melchie Dumornay scored twice to ensure 55th-ranked Haiti will return to the southern hemisphere in July to play in Group D