HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong soccer fans and government expressed their disappointment on Sunday as Lionel Messi stayed on the bench for the full 90 minutes while Inter Miami defeated a Hong Kong XI 4-1 in the latest stop on the MLS team’s preseason Asian tour. The Argentine has a hamstring strain and did not play as fans, who …

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — No. 1 South Carolina had to do without top scorer and rebounder Kamilla Cardoso for much of the first half against Mississippi. The Gamecocks …

MONTPELLIER, France (AP) — Alexander Bublik again lost the first set before rallying to beat Borna Coric 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 and win the Open Sud de France on Sunday for his fourth career title. The second-seeded Kazakh dropped the first set in every match he played at the indoor tournament in Montpellier. The ATP website said he is the first …

MILÁN (AP) — Simone Inzaghi, el entrenador del Inter de Milán, dio un paso potencialmente decisivo hacia su primer título de la Serie A este domingo. Un autogol del defensor bianconeri Federico Gatti en circunstancias caóticas fue suficiente para que el líder Inter saliera victorioso 1-0 en el clásico de Italia para alejarse cuatro puntos sobre el escolta Juventus. Ambos …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — Jacari Lane scored 21 points and made the first of two free throws with one second left to rally North Alabama to a 70-69 …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Providence Friars (14-7, 5-5 Big East) at Villanova Wildcats (11-10, 4-6 Big East) Philadelphia; Sunday, 6 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -4.5; over/under is 137.5 BOTTOM LINE: …

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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Separatist rebels asked for the immediate release Saturday of the New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for almost a year in Indonesia’s restive Papua region. Egianus Kogoya, a regional commander in the Free Papua Movement, took Philip Mark Mehrtens, a pilot from Christchurch who was working for Indonesian aviation company Susi Air, on Feb. 7 …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Chris Manon’s 11 points helped Cornell defeat Dartmouth 56-53 on Friday night. Manon went 5 of 9 from the field for the Big Red …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Ace Baldwin Jr. scored 22 points and Zach Hicks scored 19 and Penn State stunned Indiana in an 85-71 win on Saturday for the …