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By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Hertha Berlin defender Marton Dárdai has scored on his 21st birthday in a morale-boosting 4-1 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach to help the team’s bid for Bundesliga survival. Hertha had only scored one goal in its previous four games this year. They were all defeats. But the

MONTPELLIER, France (AP) — Jannik Sinner of Italy won his seventh singles title and first of the season by beating American Maxime Cressy 7-6 (3), 6-3 in the Open Sud de France final. The second-seeded Italian did not lose a set on his way to winning the tournament. No. 51-ranked Cressy was bothered by an

LEEDS, England (AP) — Marcus Rashford has scored his 21st goal of the season in Manchester United’s 2-0 win against Leeds in the Premier League. Substitute Alejandro Garnacho also struck as Erik ten Hag’s team moved to within five points of leader Arsenal. United had its title hopes hit by Leeds in a 2-2 draw

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer Brentford striker Ivan Toney was the victim of racist abuse after his team’s 1-1 draw with Arsenal. Brentford says he was targeted on social media following his goal in the Premier League game at Etihad Stadium on Saturday. Arsenal immediately offered its support to Toney and said it was

By ANDREW DAMPF and ERIC WILLEMSEN Associated Press COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — Swiss skier Marco Odermatt won gold in the men’s downhill for his first career medal at a world championships. Odermatt had a flawless run on the demanding L’Eclipse course to beat Aleksander Aamodt Kilde by 0.48 seconds as the Norwegian added to his

TOULOUSE, France (AP) — Toulouse proved lethal in transition to stun fifth-place Rennes 3-1 in the French league. Rennes has now lost three of its last four league games to lose ground in the race for Champions League spots while Toulouse moved into the middle of the table. The 23rd round ends later Sunday with

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer PHOENIX (AP) — From Super Bowl opening night to the night before the big game, the party was on all week long. The frenzy was back in full force this year after COVID-19 restrictions limited the wild, zany atmosphere that surrounds the most-anticipated and most-hyped week on the

By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tyler Herro scored 23 points, Jimmy Butler added 22, Gabe Vincent had 20 and the Miami Heat rallied to beat the Orlando Magic 107-103 in overtime. Vincent opened the OT with a 3-pointer, Herro scored twice from the lane and the Magic never caught up. Markelle

WINTERBERG, Germany (AP) — USA Luge’s Emily Sweeney picked up her team-best fifth medal of the World Cup season, a bronze in a women’s singles race. Julia Taubitz of Germany won the race in 1 minute, 51.683 seconds. Anna Berreiter of Germany was second in 1:51.891 and Sweeney was third in 1:52.038. It was Sweeney’s

COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — Swiss skier Marco Odermatt won gold in the men’s downhill for his first career medal at a world championships. Odermatt had a flawless run on the demanding L’Eclipse course to beat Aleksander Aamodt Kilde by 0.48 seconds as the Norwegian added to his silver from Thursday’s super-G. Cameron Alexander finished 0.89

By ANDREW DAMPF and GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writers COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach says the organization is not on the wrong side of history by aiming to help Russians and Belarusians qualify for the 2024 Paris Games. Bach insists sports must respect human rights of all athletes and not

SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Southampton has fired manager Nathan Jones after a 2-1 loss to Wolverhampton that left his team in last place in the Premier League. Fans called for Jones to be sacked as Southampton conceded two late goals against an opponent playing with 10 men for more than an hour. The announcement comes

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — There aren’t many occasions anymore when one can say Sidney Crosby did something in a game for the first time. Saturday night, though, he accomplished a first he hoped to avoid. The Pittsburgh Penguins’ superstar received a game misconduct for the first time in his