Month: January 2022

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Shakira Austin finished with 24 points and eight rebounds and Mississippi knocked off No. 23 Kentucky 63-54. Austin sank 10 of 18 shots from the floor and all four of her free throws for the Rebels (17-2, 5-1 Southeastern Conference). Snudda Collins scored 12 off the bench on 4-of-9 shooting from

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich has outclassed Hertha Berlin to restore its six-point lead in the Bundesliga with a 4-1 win. The visitors should have won by even more as Bayern had a host of missed chances. It also had two goals rightly ruled out through VAR. Corentin Tolisso

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay All-Pro right tackle Tristan Wirfs is inactive for Sunday’s NFC divisional playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams with an ankle injury. Wirfs was hurt during the previous week’s wild-card victory over Philadelphia and had been listed as questionable. Pro Bowler Ryan Jensen also injured an ankle against the

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Hakim Ziyech’s curling, dipping strike and Thiago Silva’s header gave Chelsea a 2-0 win over Tottenham to end a four-match winless run in the Premier League. Chelsea stayed a point behind second-place Liverpool, which won 3-1 at Crystal Palace. Manchester City’s lead was cut to

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer Sofia Goggia is going to need to recover in a hurry from a series of injuries following another crash if she’s going to be able to defend her Olympic downhill title next month. Goggia sprained her left knee and partially tore a cruciate ligament and suffered a “minor fracture”

LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic (AP) — Aaron Jarvis is the Latin America Amateur Championship winner and it will be a first at Augusta National in April. No one from the Cayman Islands has ever played in the Masters. Jarvis earned his spot with a birdie on the final hole for a 69 and a one-shot

By The Associated Press The ECHL has suspended Jacob Panetta after the brother of longtime NHL defenseman P.K. Subban accused the Jacksonville defenseman of making “monkey gestures” in his direction. The ECHL said the indefinite suspension is pending a hearing under its collective bargaining agreement with its players. But Jacksonville announced it had to decided

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona finally got things going its way by scoring late in a 1-0 victory against relegation-threatened Alavés in the Spanish league. The win snapped the team’s three-match winless streak in all competitions. It moved the Catalan club one point behind fourth-place Atlético Madrid in the final

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Tournament host India is to withdraw from the women’s Asian Cup currently taking place in the country after a COVID-19 outbreak in the squad prevented the team from playing its Group A game against Taiwan. The Asian Football Confederation says “Following several positive cases of COVID-19, India failed to name

By The Associated Press American defender Bryan Reynolds was loaned by Roma to Belgium’s Kortrijk for the rest of the season on Sunday after he played sparingly under coach Jose Mourinho. The 20-year-old joined Roma from Major League Soccer’s Dallas at the end of last winter’s transfer window and made five Serie A appearances during

LEICESTER, England (AP) — Danny Welbeck recovered a point for Brighton as Leicester threw away another lead. The striker’s downward header in the 82nd minute sealed a 1-1 draw, canceling out Patson Daka’s close-range goal from a minute into the second half. Days after conceding two stoppage-time goals to lose 3-2 to Tottenham, Leicester needed

LONDON (AP) — Burnley returned to Premier League action for the first time in three weeks and held Arsenal 0-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday. The Clarets have seen games postponed this month due to not having enough players available due to injuries and coronavirus cases and fell to last place as their rivals

LONDON (AP) — Liverpool reduced the gap at the top of the Premier League to nine points after a 3-1 win at Crystal Palace. Virgil Van Dijk and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored in the first half but Patrick Vieira’s side reduced the deficit through Odsonne Edouard’s goal after the break. Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker impressed with

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Cha Jun-hwan has overcome a fall at the start of his free skate to become the first South Korean man to win gold at the Four Continents figure skating championships. Cha took a tumble on his opening quadruple toeloop but recovered to score 174.26 in his free skate. That extended his

By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — AC Milan lost more ground on league leader Inter Milan and also lost another important player ahead of the derby as it drew 0-0 against Juventus at San Siro. Key forward Zlatan Ibrahimović limped off in the 28th minute with an apparent Achilles tendon problem. Milan slipped

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer Qualifying for the Netherlands’ Olympic speedskating team is brutal. The talent level is so high because many skaters began honing their skills as children skating on the country’s frozen lakes and canals. At last month’s trials, three Olympic champions failed to qualify and won’t be in Beijing. Sven Kramer

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Nordic combined is the only Olympic sport without gender equity. The International Olympic Committee rejected an application in 2018 for women to participate in the sport that combines ski jumping and cross-country skiing in Beijing in February. American Annika Malacinski is an Olympic hopeful,

MADRID (AP) — Virginia Torrecilla has made a return to soccer after battling cancer for nearly two years. The Spain and Atlético Madrid player came on as substitute in the 85th minute of Atlético’s 7-0 loss to Barcelona in the final of the Spanish Super Cup. Fans chanted her name and players from both teams

PARIS (AP) — Amine Gouiri scored with a Panenka penalty kick and delivered an assist for Nice to beat Metz 2-0 and return to second place in the French league. Runaway leader Paris Saint-Germain welcomed back Lionel Messi as it routed Reims 4-0. PSG got off to a slow start at the Parc des Princes

KITZBÜHEL, Austria (AP) — Beat Feuz has won a men’s World Cup downhill on the feared Streif course at Kitzbuhel, Austria. It showed Feuz is again the man to beat in downhill heading to the Beijing Olympics. Feuz was 0.21 seconds ahead of his Swiss teammate Marco Odermatt in the last speed race before the

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Germany’s Natalie Geisenberger is a World Cup winner once again, just in time for the Olympics. Geisenberger got her first win of the season and 52nd singles victory of her career, holding off Madeleine Egle of Austria and Elina Vitola of Latvia in the final women’s race on the World

MONTE CARLO, Monaco (AP) — Frenchman Sebastien Loeb became the oldest driver to win a world championship rally as he claimed his 80th overall win, the eighth in Monte Carlo. Loeb will turn 48 next month. He won ahead of another French driver, bitter rival Sebastien Ogier, who suffered a puncture near the end of

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Thomas Pieters has claimed the sixth and biggest European tour title of his career by winning the Abu Dhabi Championship by one shot after a turbulent final round on Sunday. The Belgian shot an even par 72 in the final round for a total of 278 to edge

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Authorities in Cameroon say at least 17 people have died and seven others are seriously injured after a fire broke out at a nightclub and spread to an area where cooking gas was stored. A government statement Sunday says a series of loud explosions erupted