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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The fifth round of Super Rugby Pacific seems to offer little respite for the Christchurch-based Crusaders who face the Auckland-based Blues amid a form slump so pronounced even the New Zealand prime minister has commented on it. The 11-time champions have started the season with four consecutive losses for the first in their history and …

CHICAGO (AP) — Beginning with its ninth international opener, Major League Baseball is traveling all over the world in 2024. Here are some dates to remember for the upcoming season: SEOUL SERIES – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres: Shohei Ohtani makes his Dodgers debut in Seoul, South Korea, against Manny Machado and the Padres. Ohtani …

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The Christchurch-based Crusaders have summoned international backup as they attempt to stem an early season losing streak in Super Rugby Pacific before returning to the site of one of their most historic defeats. The Crusaders have started the season with back-to-back losses for the first time in a decade, going down to the Chiefs in …

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Rassie van der Dussen’s 50-ball century went in vain against Peshawar Zalmi as two-time defending champion Lahore Qalandars lost their fifth straight game in Pakistan Super League cricket on Sunday. The South African finished unbeaten on a swashbuckling 104 off 52 balls for Lahore in a high-scoring thriller. It wasn’t quite enough as Peshawar won by …

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Japan and North Korea’s women played a scoreless draw on Saturday in their bid for a spot in this year’s Paris Olympics. This means the place will be determined on Wednesday in the second-leg match at Tokyo’s National Stadium where the winner will advance to the 12-team tournament in Paris. The match was played in …

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Karachi Kings clinched a last-ball thriller to hand two-time defending champion Lahore Qalandars its fourth straight loss in the Pakistan Super League on Saturday. Karachi won by two wickets after defying a much improved Lahore pace attack, led by Shaheen Shah Afridi (1-34), to reach 176-8 in exactly 20 overs in reply to Lahore’s 175-6. Lahore …

RANCHI, India (AP) — England captain Ben Stokes was coy over whether he will bowl against India in the fourth test starting on Friday after selecting a team featuring two changes, with seamer Ollie Robinson and offspinner Shoaib Bashir recalled. Stokes previously said he would only be a batter in this series as he manages his workload following left knee …

HONG KONG (AP) — Lionel Messi made another conciliatory gesture to fans in Hong Kong and mainland China on Monday by releasing a video on social media to explain why he didn’t play in an exhibition match this month, and insisted that there were no political reasons behind his decision. Messi disappointed fans in Hong Kong and the city’s government …

RAJKOT, India (AP) — Yashasvi Jaiswal scored his second hundred of the series as India took complete control of the third test against England on Day 3 on Saturday. Jaiswal hit 104 before retiring hurt with back spasms as India piled up 196-2 in its second innings. Shubman Gill was unbeaten on 65 at stumps, with Kuldeep Yadav 3 not …

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka (AP) — Matheesha Pathirana and Binura Fernando bowled brilliant death overs for Sri Lanka to beat Afghanistan by four runs in a Twenty20 on Saturday. Captain Ibrahim Zadran batted Afghanistan to the brink of its first win of the tour but they could score only nine runs in the last two overs when 14 were needed. Pathirana …