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ESTORIL, Portugal (AP) — Top-seeded Casper Ruud will play for his 10th ATP title against Serbian friend Miomir Kecmanovic in the final of the Estoril Open on Sunday. They had contrasting semifinals. Ruud barely beat Quentin Halys of France 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 after more than two hours. Halys served 16 aces and there were no

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Live updates from Saturday’s second and third rounds of the Masters (all times local): 3:25 p.m. Play has been halted for the day at the Masters because of nasty weather. A steady rain only got heavier after the third round began shortly before lunchtime, with those making the cut going off

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tage Thompson scored the go-ahead goal 6:15 into the third period, Rasmus Dahlin had a goal, two assists and a key blocked shot and the Buffalo Sabres kept their slim playoff hopes alive with a 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes. Casey Mittelstadt scored twice

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The NBA has opened an investigation into Dallas’ decision to rest several players while the team still had a mathematical chance of making the play-in tournament. The league made the announcement Saturday, one day after the Mavericks held out Kyrie Irving for the full game, Luka Doncic for most

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — Roberto Carballes Baena has knocked out his third seeded opponent at the Grand Prix Hassan II after overcoming Dan Evans 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the semifinals. Carballes Baena won his only previous ATP final in 2018 at Quito. The Spaniard will face Alexandre Muller of France, who is through to his

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Erling Haaland’s flying scissor-kick was the highlight of Manchester City’s 4-1 win at Southampton that kept the pressure on Arsenal in the English Premier League title race. It was one of two goals by Haaland as he moved onto 30 league goals for the season and 44 in all

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils have signed defenseman Luke Hughes — the younger brother of star center Jack Hughes — to a three-year, entry-level contract starting this season. General manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the deal two days after Luke Hughes’ Michigan team’s season ended in a Frozen Four loss to Quinnipiac. Luke

The Associated Press Michigan freshman forward Adam Fantilli has been named the recipient of the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, recognizing the top player in college hockey. The Minnesota-based Hobey Baker Memorial Committee announced the award Friday. Fantilli, of Nobleton, Ontario, helped the Wolverines reach the Frozen Four this weekend in Tampa, Florida, where they lost

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Driver Cody Ware won’t run at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend so he can focus on a personal matter, according to a statement from his NASCAR team on Saturday. Rick Ware Racing is owned by Cody’s father. The team’s statement asked for privacy for the Ware family. The 27-year-old Cody Ware

PARIS (AP) — Rock-bottom Angers has beaten Lille 1-0 at home to win for the first time in 22 French league games. Defender Halid Sabanovic struck the winner in off the post in the 84th minute for Angers, which had not won since Sept. 17.

LONDON (AP) — Alexander Isak has kept Newcastle’s Champions League charge on track with the winner in a 2-1 victory at Brentford in the English Premier League. The Sweden striker hit his eighth goal in 13 league appearances as the Magpies came from a goal down to make it five wins in a row and

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Atalanta’s hopes of qualifying for next season’s Champions League took a blow after it lost at home to Bologna 2-0 in Serie A. Nicola Sansone and Riccardo Orsolini scored in the second half to lift Bologna up to eighth. Atalanta remained three points outside the top

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Aston Villa put on a show for its royal visitors in a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest that lifted the team into sixth place in the English Premier League. Prince William, who is known to be a Villa fan, attended the game with his oldest child, Prince George. They saw Ollie

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Aliyah Boston headlines the WNBA draft class and is expected to be taken first by Indiana. Boston had the chance to return to South Carolina for her COVID season, but opted to enter Monday night’s draft instead. She will be joined in New York by

LONDON (AP) — West Ham has celebrated a first away win since August in the English Premier League thanks to a Fulham own goal. The Hammers were thrashed by Newcastle 5-1 midweek but recovered to win 1-0 at Craven Cottage in a low-quality affair settled by Harrison Reed’s unfortunate first-half moment. Victory lifted West Ham

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Brooks Koepka had the easiest time at the Masters on Saturday morning. He didn’t have to play in the cold and rain because he was already done with his second round. And he still has the lead. Jon Rahm did remarkably well to complete nine

LONDON (AP) — Harry Kane has scored his 23rd English Premier League goal to earn Tottenham a 2-1 win over top-four rival Brighton in a match that saw both managers sent off after a touchline scuffle. Tottenham’s Cristian Stellini and Brighton’s Roberto De Zerbi were dismissed from the dugouts and escorted down the tunnel by

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils have signed defenseman Luke Hughes — the younger brother of star center Jack Hughes — to a three-year, entry-level contract starting this season. General manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the deal on Saturday, a day after Luke Hughes’ Michigan team had its season ended by Quinnipiac in the

LEICESTER, England (AP) — Leicester has slid deeper into relegation trouble after losing to Bournemouth 1-0 amid reports that Jesse Marsch is set to take over as manager of the English Premier League club. Philip Billing capitalized on a poor backpass by James Maddison and easily scored past goalkeeper Daniel Iversen in the 40th minute.