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FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Stars have acquired Evgenii Dadonov from the Montreal Canadiens for Denis Gurianov in a swap of Russian forwards. Montreal is retaining half of Dadonov’s salary for the rest of the season as part of the trade completed Sunday. Stars general manager Jim Nill called Dadonov a skilled forward who

LONDON (AP) — Chelsea’s troubles have deepened with a 2-0 loss to fierce London rival Tottenham in the Premier League. Oliver Skipp and Harry Kane scored to pile the misery on Chelsea manager Graham Potter at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Fourth-place Spurs strengthened their bid for a Champions League qualifying spot by moving four points

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres will have to continue their late-season playoff push without top-line forward Alex Tuch. He is out indefinitely after being placed on injured reserve. Tuch sustained what the team called a lower-body injury in the third period of a 3-1 win at the

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Tayyab Tahir made an impressive debut in the Pakistan Super League with a half-century that lifted Karachi Kings to a 66-run victory over table-toppers Multan Sultans. Tayyab’s brilliant 65 off 46 balls propelled Karachi to 167-3 as he shared a 109-run stand with Matthew Wade, who made a nearly run-a-ball 46.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Marcel Siem ended his long wait for a fifth European tour title with victory at the Hero Indian Open by a single shot on Sunday. The German’s last win on the tour came eight years and 116 days ago at the 2014 BMW Masters but a closing 68 saw him edge

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Sofia Goggia has raced toward another World Cup downhill title with a fifth win in her dominating season. Goggia raced through lightly falling snow at Crans-Montana in the Swiss Alps to finish 0.15 seconds ahead of Federica Brignone. Brignone started after Goggia when snow had stopped falling and sunshine broke through.

PATTAYA, Thailand (AP) — American Lilia Vu has claimed her maiden LPGA crown with a one-shot victory over home favorite Natthakritta Vongtaveelap at the LPGA Thailand. Trailing the local rookie by six strokes at the start of the day, 25-year-old Vu unleashed eight impressive birdies, including five straight from the eighth hole to end her

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Iran has clinched Asia’s final qualifying spot for the basketball World Cup despite losing its final playoff game 86-74 to China. Going into the final round of playoff matches, Iran and Kazakhstan were the last teams left with hopes of qualifying for the World Cup from Group F, which contained already-qualified

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jason Robertson and Roope Hintz scored in a shootout to give Dallas Stars a 3-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights in a potential Western Conference final preview. Wyatt Johnston and Hintz scored in regulation for Dallas, and Jamie Benn had two assists. Jake Oettinger

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Petr Mrazek had 45 saves and stopped all three shootout attempts to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to their fifth straight win with a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks. Philipp Kurashev scored in the first round of the shootout for the only goal,

By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon had a goal to extend his points streak to seven games, Alexandar Georgiev stopped 28 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Saturday night for their fifth straight victory. Mikko Rantanen, Alex Newhook and Denis Malgin also scored for Colorado. The

By GLEN ROSALES Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Lamont Butler’s 3-pointer at the buzzer gave No. 22 San Diego State a 73-71 win over New Mexico. After Jaelen House’s steal and end-to-end run for a layup with 5.6 seconds left gave New Mexico a 71-70 lead, Butler unhurriedly brought the ball up court before

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Damir Kreilach scored the deciding goal in a 2-1 win for Real Salt Lake over the Vancouver Whitecaps on in the season opener for both teams. Real Salt Lake is unbeaten in its last 14 openers — the longest streak of its kind in MLS history — despite 13 of

HONOLULU — Led by JoVon McClanahan’s 27 points, the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors defeated the UC Irvine Anteaters 72-67. The Rainbow Warriors moved to 21-9 with the win and the Anteaters dropped to 20-10.

EDINBURG, Texas — The UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros defeated the Tarleton State Texans 99-95 in overtime on Saturday led by Will Johnston’s 36 points. The Vaqueros improved to 15-15 with the win and the Texans fell to 15-15.

SAN DIEGO — Led by Miles Norris’ 25 points, the UCSB Gauchos defeated the UCSD Tritons 87-71. The Gauchos moved to 22-7 with the victory and the Tritons fell to 10-20.

MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Panthers defeated the Cleveland State Vikings 81-72 led by BJ Freeman’s 31 points. The Panthers are now 20-10 on the season, while the Vikings fell to 19-12.

MALIBU, Calif. — The Loyola Marymount Lions defeated the Pepperdine Waves 75-67 led by Cameron Shelton’s 32 points. The Lions improved to 19-11 with the win and the Waves fell to 9-21.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Angela Bassett won entertainer of the year at Saturday’s NAACP Image Awards on a night that also saw her take home an acting trophy for the television series “9-1-1.” The Bassett-led Marvel superhero sequel “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” won best motion picture at the ceremony, which was broadcast live on BET

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Drake Callender saved all six shots he faced while Sergey Krivtsov scored in his first MLS appearance as Inter Miami earned a 2-0 win over Montreal in the season opener for both teams. Miami never trailed after Krivtsov made it a 1-0 game in the 41st minute. Gregore got an