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By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — What else can Manchester United achieve in a season that is shaping up nicely for manager Erik ten Hag? United’s four-pronged challenge is still on after beating Newcastle 2-0 in the League Cup final on Sunday. A team that had become all too accustomed to failure

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Kobe Bufkin scored 28 points, Hunter Dickinson had 23, including a buzzer-beating 3-pointer that sent the game into overtime, and Michigan outlasted Wisconsin 87-79 on Sunday.The Badgers kept chipping away at a 35-27 halftime deficit and eventually took a 61-59 lead on a driving layup by Max Klesmit with 3:06

MADISON, Wisc. (AP) — Julie  Pospisilova scored 25 points and Wisconsin made 12 of 14 free throws in the final two minutes to upset No. 12 Michigan 78-70 to close the Big Ten regular season. Maty Wilke added 15 points for the Badgers, who secured the No. 10 seed for the league tournament and avoided

NORMAL, Ill. — Seneca Knight had 26 points in Illinois State’s 72-53 win over Evansville. Knight also contributed five rebounds for the Redbirds. Darius Burford added 15 points. Kendall Lewis had 13 points and 11 rebounds. The Redbirds broke a six-game slide. The Purple Aces were led by Kenny Strawbridge, who recorded 12 points and

PITTSBURGH — Led by Grant Huffman’s 16 points, the Davidson Wildcats defeated the Duquesne Dukes 71-67 on Sunday. The Wildcats are now 14-14 with the victory and the Dukes dropped to 19-10.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Led by Kendle Moore’s 22 points, the Missouri State Bears defeated the Indiana State Sycamores 66-62 on Sunday. The Bears improved to 16-14 with the victory and the Sycamores fell to 20-11.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Ja’Kobi Gillespie helped lead Belmont past Northern Iowa on Sunday with 24 points off of the bench in an 83-75 victory. Gillespie added three steals for the Bruins (21-10, 14-6 Missouri Valley Conference). Keishawn Davidson added 17 points while going 4 of 11 from the floor, including 1 for 4

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona has lost at Almeria 1-0 in the Spanish league in another setback just days after exiting European competition. Barcelona headed to southern Spain after second-place Real Madrid was held 1-1 by Atletico Madrid on Saturday and had the chance to add to its seven-point lead

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Shaheen Shah Afridi took five wickets and Lahore Qalandars’ top-order scored heavily as the defending champions beat Peshawar Zalmi by 40 runs in cricket’s Pakistan Super League. Tayyab Tahir earlier made an impressive debut in the PSL with a half century that lifted Karachi Kings to a 66-run victory over first-place

By BOBBY BANCROFT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ed Croswell scored a career-high 25 points and No. 20 Providence easily dispatched last-place Georgetown 88-68 despite leading scorer Bryce Hopkins matching his season low with six points. The Friars got double-digit performances from Jared Bynum, who had 18 points, and Noah Locke and Devin Carter, who

OLEAN, N.Y. — Daryl Banks III scored 36 points, leading St. Bonaventure over Saint Joseph’s 89-76. Banks shot 10 for 18 and 12 of 15 from the free throw line for the Bonnies. Chad Venning scored 13 points and added six rebounds. Yann Farell shot 4 for 8, including 3 for 6 from beyond the

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Bruce Thornton scored 20 points, fellow freshman Brice Sensabaugh scored 14, senior Justice Sueing contributed a double-double, and Ohio State defeated Illinois 72-60, snapping a nine-game losing streak. The Buckeyes had lost 14 of their past 15 games coming in but have showed signs of improvement since starting four true freshmen

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Three players scored nine points and No. 22 North Carolina went 9 of 9 from the foul line in the fourth quarter to deny No. 11 Duke a share of the ACC championship with a 45-41 win, the lowest scoring game in the 105 meetings of these bitter rivals. Combined with

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Sonia Citron scored 27 points, including four key free throws in the final 1:20, and No. 10 Notre Dame overcame the loss to star guard Olivia Miles to a knee injury to beat Louisville 68-65 on Sunday and clinch the Atlantic Coast Conference regular

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Former Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo scored four goals as titleholder Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia advanced to the final of the Asian Champions League with a 7-0 rout of Qatar’s Al-Duhail. The four-time continental champion will meet Urawa Reds of Japan in the two-legged final in April and May. Al-Duhail had

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Jahmir Young scored 18 points and Don Carey added 13 to help Maryland wrap up an undefeated home season in Big Ten play with a 75-59 win over No. 21 Northwestern. The Terrapins finished 16-1 overall at home in Kevin Willard’s first season as

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Aliyah Boston had 25 points and 11 rebounds and Zia Cooke added 12 points as No. 1 South Carolina completed a perfect Southeastern Conference championship season with a 73-63 victory over Georgia on Sunday. Boston and Cooke were part of the Gamecocks’ top-ranked recruiting class

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Georgia lost, and then celebrated. Iceland won, and was devastated. One of the last Basketball World Cup spots went to Georgia on Sunday — even though it lost to Iceland 80-77 in the final Europe Region qualifying game for both teams. Iceland needed to win by four points or

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich top-scorer Jamal Musiala has struck again on his birthday to help the team reclaim first place in the Bundesliga with a 3-0 win over surprise challenger Union Berlin. Musiala marked his 20th birthday with his 11th league goal of the season just before the

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Notre Dame star guard Olivia Miles left Sunday’s ACC game at Louisville with a right knee injury sustained while diving for a loose ball under the Irish basket late in the second quarter. Miles, who leads the No. 10 Irish with 14.7 points, 7.4