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By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Anthony Volpe grew up watching Derek Jeter star at shortstop for the New York Yankees. Now, the 21-year-old is getting the chance to be the Yankees’ opening day shortstop Thursday against the San Francisco Giants. The Yankees announced after a 6-2 win over Toronto that Volpe

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Kings League in Spain says that more than 92,000 fans turned out at Camp Nou to watch its “final four” games to determine the champion of the new seven-a-side soccer competition. The tournament was launched by former Barcelona player Gerard Piqué in January. His former club agreed to allow him

LONDON (AP) — England player Phil Foden was ruled out of the European Championship qualifier against Ukraine after having his appendix removed hours before kickoff. The Football Association said the Manchester City forward underwent surgery on Sunday morning. England went on to win 2-0. Harry Kane scored a record-extending 55th goal for his national team

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico State’s new coach says his focus is on rebuilding the culture for a program that was shut down in midseason after back-to-back scandals. At his introductory news conference, Jason Hooten said the decision to leave Sam Houston after 13 years and 261 wins was difficult. It was certainly

By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin scored a power-play goal in the third period and had the only goal in the shootout and the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Arizona Coyotes 4-3. Nichushkin was the 14th player in the shootout and was the only one to score, poking the puck past

By JAMES ROBSON AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Antonio Conte has left his position as Tottenham manager by mutual agreement. The Premier League club has announced the Italian’s departure and appointed his assistant Cristian Stellini as acting head coach for the rest of the season. The announcement comes just over a week after Conte

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James scored 19 points off the bench in his return from a monthlong injury absence, but Zach LaVine scored 32 points to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 118-108 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. DeMar DeRozan added 17 points for the Bulls, who

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer England and Portugal have made it two wins out of two at the start of European Championship qualifying as their star players continued their record-breaking streaks. Harry Kane struck a record-extending 55th goal for his country to help England beat Ukraine 2-0 at Wembley. Cristiano Ronaldo netted twice in

BOSTON (AP) — Celtics star forward Jayson Tatum is out for Boston’s game against the San Antonio Spurs with a left hip contusion. The 25-year-old MVP candidate is averaging a team-leading 30.1 points per game, 8.9 rebounds and 4.7 assists. It’s just the sixth game he has missed this season. In a victory over Indiana

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic (AP) — Matt Wallace has four wins on the European tour. And now he has his first one on the PGA Tour. Wallace made four birdies down the stretch in the Corales Puntacana Championship in the Dominican Republic. He shot a 66 and won by one shot over Nicolai Hojgaard of

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Everyone’s heard of UConn. All these other guys? They’ll need name tags at the Final Four. When they travel to Houston next week to play for the national title, Florida Atlantic, San Diego State and Miami will be making their first appearances at college basketball’s grand finale, the first

LUXEMBOURG (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo has scored twice to lead Portugal’s 6-0 rout of Luxembourg in European Championship qualifying. Ronaldo’s double took his career tally for Portugal to 122 goals in the 198th game for his country. Both are men’s international records. The 38-year-old Ronaldo opened the scoring and netted his team’s fourth goal just

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte Hornets overcame a 40-point outing from Luka Doncic to defeat Dallas for the second time in three days, 110-104. It was another blow to the Mavericks’ playoff hopes. Gordon Hayward scored 22 points and P.J. Washington had 21 points and 12 rebounds for

TA’ QALI, Malta (AP) — Argentina-born striker Mateo Retegui is fast becoming the center forward Italy has been sorely lacking. Retegui scored again in Italy’s 2-0 win over Malta on Sunday to make it two goals in as many matches as the defending champion recorded its first win in European Championship qualifying. The 23-year-old Retegui

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Darrion Trammell had shot enough free throws in practice to believe at least one would fall when it mattered. San Diego State’s 5-foot-10 senior guard was fouled by Creighton’s Ryan Nembhard when he put up a floater near the free-throw line with 1.2 seconds

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Texas forward Dylan Disu has been ruled out of the Longhorns’ game against Miami for a spot in the Final Four on Sunday with a left foot injury. The 6-foot-9 Disu was the MVP of the Longhorns’ run to the Big 12 Tournament title

NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — The Atlanta Braves will open the season with two rookie left-handers in their rotation while giving right-hander Kyle Wright more time to prepare for his first start. Wright was told he would start the season on the 15-day injured list. The only 20-game winner in the majors last season got

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte Hornets overcame a 40-point outing from Luka Doncic to defeat Dallas for the second time in three days 110-104. It also is another costly blow to the Mavericks’ playoff hopes. Gordon Hayward scored 22 points and P.J. Washington added 21 points and 12

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy looked certain to meet in the final of the Dell Match Play. Sam Burns and Cameron Young had the final say. Young rallied from 2 down with three holes to play and beat McIlroy on the 19th hole to reach