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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

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Darrion Williams hit two free throws with 23 seconds left to allow Nevada to hold off Fresno State, 60-56. Nevada took a nine-point lead on Jarod Lucas’ jumper with seven minutes left, 55-46, but Fresno State answered with a 10-2 run to make it 57-56 when Jordan Campbell dunked with 3:30

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker scored 25 points, Chris Paul added 16 and the Phoenix Suns beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 124-115 on Friday night. Surging Phoenix has won 12 of 16 as it waits for superstar Kevin Durant to return from a knee injury to make his Suns

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Klay Thompson scored 42 points and matched his season high with 12 3-pointers, leading the undermanned Golden State Warriors past the Houston Rockets 116-101. Donte DiVincenzo added 15 points as the Warriors hung tough in the second game of a road-home back-to-back following a 124-111

By The Associated Press LAFAYETTE, La. — Led by Jordan Brown’s 28 points, the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns defeated the South Alabama Jaguars 74-64. The Ragin’ Cajuns improved to 23-7 with the victory and the Jaguars fell to 16-15.

By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — EJ Harkless put back an offensive rebound with a second left to lift the UNLV Rebels past the Air Force Falcons 54-53. The Rebels are now 17-11 on the season, while the Falcons fell to 14-16.

By The Associated Press PHOENIX — Led by Cameron Tyson’s 22 points, the Seattle U Redhawks defeated the Grand Canyon Antelopes 65-54. The Redhawks are now 19-10 on the season, while the Antelopes fell to 18-11.

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — LaMelo Ball had 32 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists and the dagger 3-pointer down the stretch to lead the Charlotte Hornets past the Minnesota Timberwolves, 121-113 on Friday night. Gordon Hayward added a season-high 27 points and 13 rebounds and P.J. Washington had in 20 points