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By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona has kept its title-chasing momentum by beating Valencia 1-0 and increasing its lead over Real Madrid in the Spanish league. Raphinha scored a first-half winner for Barcelona. The Catalan club missed a penalty from Ferran Torres early in the second half and then saw defender

SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Max Verstappen won the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix from pole position by leading almost the entire race as he opened the defense of his back-to-back Formula One titles. Red Bull clinched a 1-2 with Sergio Perez second while 41-year-old Fernando Alonso took a brilliant third place. He claimed a 99th career

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Hertha Berlin’s hopes of edging away from the Bundesliga’s relegation zone have been wrecked in a 4-1 loss at Bayer Leverkusen. Moussa Diaby, Florian Wirtz and Jeremie Frimpong starred for Leverkusen as it bounced back from two league games without a win with a convincing display

PARIS (AP) — Wissam Ben Yedder has scored twice in the French league but could not prevent Monaco from drawing 2-2 at struggling Troyes and losing points in the race for the Champions League. Monaco is currently fighting with second-place Marseille for the runner-up spot behind PSG. Monaco remained in third place and one point

KVITFJELL, Norway (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin finished seventh at a World Cup super-G affected by changing weather conditions as the American skier missed out on a record-tying 86th career victory. Shiffrin was among the early starters when low clouds caused flat light and snowfall slowed most racers. Later starters benefited from improved conditions when skies

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Corentin Jean scored a first-half goal and Drake Callender made it stand up as Inter Miami blanked the Philadelphia Union 2-0. Inter Miami (2-0-0) earned its first home win over Philadelphia (1-1-0) after entering play with an 0-2-1 record against the Union. Jean put Inter Miami ahead for good with

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Eduard Lowen scored the go-ahead goal on a penalty kick in the fifth minute of first-half stoppage time and St. Louis City became the fourth expansion team to win its first two matches with a 3-1 victory over Charlotte. Playing its first home game, St. Louis joined Chicago (1998), Seattle (2009)

KVITFJELL, Norway (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin finished in seventh position at a World Cup super-G affected by changing weather conditions as the American skier missed out on a record-tying 86th career victory. Shiffrin was among the early starters when low clouds caused flat light and snowfall slowed most racers. Later starters benefited from improved conditions

KVITFJELL, Norway (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin was in third place after the top 20 starters at a World Cup super-G and the American skier missed out on a record-tying 86th career victory. Shiffrin trailed leader Sofia Goggia of Italy by 0.29 seconds. Jasmine Flury of Switzerland was 0.10 seconds back in second. Low clouds caused

By The Associated Press PARADISE, Nev. — Khalil Shabazz scored 38 points and Tyrell Roberts added four points in double as the San Francisco Dons beat the Santa Clara Broncos 93-87 in the quarterfinals of the West Coast Conference Tournament.

SINGAPORE (AP) — Defending champion Jin Young Ko of South Korea has closed with a 3-under 69 to win the LPGA’s Women’s World Championship by two shots. Overnight leader Ko had a 72-hole total of 17-under 271 to finish two clear of American Nelly Korda with a group of three players tied for third place

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jon Jones ended a three-year sabbatical from the UFC, moved up to its highest weight class and then left no doubt Saturday night about his place in the sport’s history. Already widely considered the greatest UFC fighter, the 35-year-old Jones took Ciryl Gane to the

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Boogie Ellis scored 17 of his 28 points in the second half, Tre White added nine of his 13 after halftime and Southern California beat Arizona State 68-65. USC has won seven straight in its series with the Sun Devils and closed the regular season with wins in five of its

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joonas Korpisalo made 24 saves in his Kings debut and Gabe Vilardi had a power-play goal to help Los Angeles to a 4-2 win over the St. Louis Blues. Kevin Fiala, Adrian Kempe and Carl Grundstrom also had goals, and the Kings won their third straight