By Jill Martin, CNN After being eliminated from the World Baseball Classic by the US team in Miami on Sunday, the Cuban team landed in Havana on Monday without one of its players. Ivan Prieto Gonzalez, a 26-year-old catcher, has defected from his home nation, Major League Baseball officials confirmed to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale.
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN The Miami Dolphins officially exercised quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s fifth-year option on his rookie contract on Monday. The 24-year-old is now contracted with the team through the 2024 season. He will be guaranteed $23.2 million for the 2024 season, according to the NFL. Tagovailoa was the NFL’s highest-rated passer last season with
Continue Reading By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — A second round of bids to buy Manchester United are due to be placed after a series of high level meetings last week. Representatives of Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani toured Old Trafford and the club’s training ground and met with United executives. Jim
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN Tennis great Rafael Nadal has slipped out of the ATP top 10 for the first time since 2005 as he continues to regain his fitness. The Spaniard has not played competitively since the Australian Open and was forced to skip Indian Wells last week as he continues to recover from a
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Jorge Sampaoli’s second stint as Sevilla coach is over. Sevilla has fired the Argentine coach two days after a 2-0 loss at relegation-threatened Getafe in the Spanish league. Former Eibar and Alaves coach José Luis Mendilibar has been hired as Sampaoli’s replacement. Sampaoli leaves with Sevilla
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN First, it was the Stanford Cardinals — then, it was the Indiana Hoosiers. March Madness is certainly living up to its name as Indiana became the second No. 1 seed to be knocked out of the women’s NCAA basketball tournament in successive days after losing 70-68 to the No. 9 seed
Continue Reading By Ben Church, Darren Lewis, Zayn Nabbi, CNN Premier League player Yoane Wissa has told CNN that he restricts the amount of time he spends on social media due to amount of abuse soccer stars receive online. The Brentford FC forward says that while social media platforms can help him communicate with his fans, they
Continue Reading By Ben Church, Darren Lewis, Zayn Nabbi, CNN Premier League player Yoane Wissa has told CNN that he restricts the amount of time he spends on social media due to amount of abuse soccer stars receive online. The Brentford FC forward says that while social media platforms can help him communicate with his fans, they
Continue Reading EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) — A soccer hooligan serving two months in prison for running onto the field at PSV Eindhoven’s stadium and attacking a player during a Europa League match has also been handed a 40-year ban by the Dutch club. PSV says the 20-year-old man will not be allowed inside the Philips Stadium during
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Organizers of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris are launching a drive this week to recruit tens of thousands of volunteers who are willing to work without pay at the world’s biggest sports event. And they want that group to include at least 3,000 people with disabilities, as Paris aims to stage
Continue Reading By Thomas Schlachter, CNN Talk regarding an Aaron Rodgers trade has dominated the NFL off-season, but the Green Bay Packers president has remained coy on the future of the quarterback. Packers President Mark Murphy was speaking at the annual Wisconsin Tech Summit at Lambeau Field in Green Bay on Monday and was asked about free
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The NHL is changing jerseys again. Fanatics is taking over as the league’s on-ice jersey provider next year. The change comes after Adidas made NHL jerseys for the past seven years. Before that it was Reebok from 2005-17. The new agreement with Fanatics begins with the
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Former Japan captain Makoto Hasebe is not done yet. The veteran defender has extended his playing contract at The veteran defender has extended his contract at Eintracht Frankfurt by another season, meaning he plans to keep playing until he’s 40. Frankfurt says the 39-year-old Hasebe has a new playing contract with
Continue Reading OSLO, Norway (AP) — Erling Haaland has left Norway’s training camp because of a groin injury and will miss the team’s upcoming European Championship qualifying games. The Norwegian soccer federation says he will return to Manchester City for treatment. Haaland felt pain in his groin after playing in the FA Cup quarterfinals against Burnley on
Continue Reading By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Jahvon Quinerly’s knee injury that helped doom Alabama’s NCAA Tournament chances a year ago is hardly the start of his college basketball saga. It’s probably not even the low point. The Crimson Tide point guard, who has re-emerged as one of the top players on one of the nation’s
Continue Reading By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Ryan Nembhard was injured and watched from the bench during Creighton’s two-game stay in last year’s NCAA Tournament. The point guard is front and center for the sixth-seeded Bluejays this year after having just played the game of his life to lead them into the
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Roy Hodgson is back in the Premier League at the age of 75. Crystal Palace has turned to the former England coach to keep the team in the lucrative top division. Palace has announced his return to the club as the replacement for the fired Patrick Vieira. Hodgson’s deal only runs until
Continue Reading By Matias Grez, CNN Dutch football club PSV Eindhoven has imposed a 40-year stadium ban on a fan who invaded the pitch and attacked an opposition player. During PSV’s Europa League home leg against Sevilla in February, a spectator ran on the field and punched the Spanish club’s goalkeeper Marko Dmitrović. Footage showed the supporter
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Roy Hodgson has been named manager of Crystal Palace until the end of the Premier League season. The team says the 75-year-old former England manager will return to Selhurst Park as a replacement for Patrick Vieira, who was fired on Friday. Hodgson was in charge of the Eagles between 2017 and 2021.
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The Sweet 16 features a new format and a bit of history when it begins later this week. The NCAA changed its setup for the women’s tournament this season, trimming the traditional four regional sites to two. Seattle and Greenville — a city of 71,000 in South Carolina about
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