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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Brooks Koepka is 18 holes away from winning his fifth major championship and striking a blow for LIV golf. The 32-year-old Koepka holds a two-stroke lead over Spain’s Jon Rahm entering the final round of the weather-delayed Masters. Koepka shot 73 for the third round and is a 11 under for

MÖNCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) — Wolfsburg’s chances of qualifying for European competition next season have taken a blow in a 2-0 loss to Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga. Nathan Ngoumou gave Gladbach the lead with his first Bundesliga goal after signing in August. Marcus Thuram was left unmarked to head in the second. Wolfsburg had the

ROUBAIX, France (AP) — Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel has won the grueling Paris-Roubaix one-day classic for the first time to clinch his second “monument race” victory of the season after Milan-San Remo. The 28-year-old Van der Poel profited from a puncture to his main rival Wout van Aert of Belgium about 15 kilometers

LEEDS, England (AP) — Crystal Palace routed Leeds 5-1 to secure a second straight win under new manager Roy Hodgson and boost its chances of Premier League survival. Hodgson was tempted out of retirement last month as Palace turned to its former manager in a bid to avoid relegation. And he has had an immediate

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Norway’s Viktor Hovland has climbed back into contention at the Masters. The world’s No. 9 player was able to string together five straight birdies on the back nine to climb to 8 under for the tournament, just four shots back of leader Brooks Koepka. Hovland became just the third player since

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler’s bid to repeat at the Masters is in serious jeopardy. The world’s No. 1 player finished his third round with a 71, leaving him tied for 18th place and 10 shots behind leader Brooks Koepka, who is still on the course. The largest final round comeback at the Masters

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — It didn’t take long for things to get interesting on Sunday at the Masters. Jon Rahm is applying some early pressure on leader Brooks Koepka and now trails by just two shots with 10 holes completed in the third round. Koepka led by four strokes when play resumed Sunday morning with

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Get set for a long day at Augusta National. Players are back on the course at the weather-plagued Masters for the completion of the third round, with Brooks Koepka holding a four-stroke lead over Jon Rahm.  One player who won’t face the grueling day is Tiger Woods. He withdrew Sunday morning.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Five-time champion Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the Masters due to injury. Woods was in last place among the golfers who had made the cut. He was injured in a car accident in 2021 that nearly cost him his leg, and he spent this week at times limping around the course.

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods withdrew from the Masters before the resumption of the third round because of an injury Sunday, ending his streak of completing all 72 holes of every tournament he has played at Augusta National as a professional. The tournament announced about 90 minutes before

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Andrei Kuzmenko scored in the shootout and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Calgary Flames 3-2. Elias Pettersson and Cole McWard — with his first NHL point — scored for the Canucks. Thatcher Demko made 41 saves. Elias Lindholm and Nazem Kadri put away third-period goals for the Flames to force

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Denis Malgin scored twice and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 on Saturday night for their fourth straight victory. Brad Hunt and Alex Newhook also scored, Alexandar Georgiev made 37 saves and the Avalanche kept pace with Dallas for first place in the

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Brian White scored in the second half and the Vancouver Whitecaps edged the Portland Timbers 1-0. White broke a scoreless tie when he took a pass from Julian Gressel and scored in the 74th minute. The Whitecaps’ Simon Belcher was held without a goal. He was trying to become the

By MARK MOSCHETTI Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Jordan Eberle, Jared McCann and Daniel Sprong each had a goal and an assist and the Seattle Kraken beat the Chicago Blackhawks 7-3 on Saturday night for their fourth straight victory. The second-year Kraken, who clinched their first Stanley Cup playoff spot Thursday, also got goals from

By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Israel Adesanya won his middleweight championship rematch against Alex Pereira with a knockout at 4:21 in the second round of UFC 287 in Miami. Pereira (7-2) landed a knee that pushed Adesanya (24-2) into the cage in the second round. Adesanya came off the cage with

HOUSTON (AP) — Amine Bassi became the first player in MLS history to score on a penalty kick in four straight matches, helping the Houston Dynamo defeat the LA Galaxy 3-0. Bassi’s goal came in the 65th minute and gave Houston (3-3-0) a 2-0 lead. Bassi has needed just six matches to pull within one

SEATTLE (AP) — Joshua Atencio and Raúl Ruidíaz scored second-half goals to spark the Seattle Sounders to a 3-0 victory over St. Louis City. The Sounders (5-1-1) improved to 6-1-4 all-time against expansion teams at home. Seattle’s only loss against first-year teams came against LAFC in 2018. Seattle handed St. Louis City (5-2-0) its second