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By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Former South African boxer and WBA heavyweight champion Gerrie Coetzee has died. He was 67. His former manager says Coetzee died on Thursday. His death comes just over a week after he was diagnosed with lung cancer. Coetzee defied some of his country’s

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue is giving up his four bantamweight belts and plans to fight as a super bantamweight. The undefeated Inoue holds the title belts for the WBA, WBO, IBF and WBA. He made the announcement at a news conference in Yokohama. Inoue says “The real battle starts from here.”

Paula Badosa has withdrawn from her Adelaide International semifinal with a thigh injury, handing fifth-seeded Daria Kasatkina a walkover into the final. Veronika Kudermetova then followed suit, opting not to play against Belinda Bencic because of a left hip injury. It means Kasatkina will play Bencic in the tournament final on Saturday. Badosa, who is

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Coco Gauff acknowledges she tends to be in a bit of a hurry as she moves through life. The 18-year-old American doesn’t stick around in a city after a tennis tournament ends. She doesn’t like to linger at a restaurant after dinner. Her philosophy, in

HOBART, Australia (AP) — Former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin was beaten in the semifinals of the Hobart International by Elisabetta Cocciaretto 7-5, 4-6, 6-1. Kenin won the Australian Open in 2020. The Hobart WTA tournament is a major warm-up for the opening next week of the Australian Open. Cocciaretto will face Lauren Davis in

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — William Carrier snapped a tie with 2:36 left, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Florida Panthers 4-2. The Panthers challenged Carrier’s goal for goaltender interference. Officials ruled he was pushed into Florida goalie Sergei Bobrovsky by the Panthers’ Brandon Montour, allowing the goal to

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Luka Doncic hit tying 3-pointers in the final seconds of regulation and the first overtime before finishing with 35 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists in the Dallas Mavericks’ 119-115 double-overtime victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. Doncic highlighted his 56th career triple-double with a

By GARY HOROWITZ Associated Press CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Pac-12 scoring leader Azuolas Tubelis had 25 points to help No. 9 Arizona beat Oregon State 86-74. The Wildcats (15-2, 4-2 Pac-12) were coming off a 74-61 loss to Washington State that snapped Arizona’s 28-game home winning streak. Tubelis got the team back in the win

By The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Led by Tyler Robertson’s 23 points, the Portland Pilots defeated the San Francisco Dons 92-87. The Pilots are now 9-10 with the win and the Dons dropped to 12-8.

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tyger Campbell scored 17 points, Adem Bona added 15, and No. 7 UCLA rolled past Utah 68-49 for the Bruins’ 12th consecutive victory. The Bruins improved to 15-2 overall and 6-0 in the Pac-12. UCLA is riding its longest winning streak since opening the 2016-17

SEATTLE (AP) — Braxton Meah threw down eight dunks en route to 21 points and grabbed nine rebounds to help Washington power past Stanford, 86-69 to snap a five-game losing skid. The Huskies used a high-energy attack in the first half, closing the period by hitting eight of their final nine shots to take an

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points and Ricky Rubio played in his first game since a knee injury more than a year ago and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 119-113. Damian Lillard had a season-high 50

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Cameron Norrie will play in the final of the ASB Classic for the second time in four years after beating American Jenson Brooksby 6-3, 6-4 in a semifinal. Norrie also was a finalist in 2019 when he lost the championship match to American Tennys Sandgren. He hasn’t been able to

SEATTLE — Led by Riley Grigsby’s 27 points, the Seattle U Redhawks defeated the New Mexico State Aggies 69-66. Alex Schumacher made a pair of free throws for Seattle with 11 seconds left to cap the scoring. Marchelus Avery missed a 3-pointer for New Mexico State to end it. The Redhawks moved to 13-4 with

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Led by Gianni Hunt’s 16 points, the Sacramento State Hornets defeated the Northern Colorado Bears 72-64. The Hornets are now 10-7 on the season, while the Bears dropped to 5-12.

MONTREAL (AP) — Cole Caufield scored two power-play goals and the Montreal Canadiens held off the Nashville Predators 4-3 on Thursday night after honoring former defenseman P.K. Subban in a pregame ceremony. Kirby Dach added a goal and an assist for Montreal, Jake Evans also scored and Jonathan Drouin had three assists. Samuel Montembeault stopped

JOHN COON Associated Press PROVO, Utah (AP) — Julian Strawther hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 9.8 seconds left to lift No. 8 Gonzaga to a 75-74 victory over BYU. Drew Timme had 19 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Bulldogs. Anton Watson added 18 points and Strawther finished with 11 _ including the game-winner.