Alpine skiing: Olympic champion Goggia wins Crans-Montana downhill
Italy’s Olympic champion Sofia Goggia won her first World Cup downhill of the season in Crans-Montana on Saturday, cashing in after Slovenia’s world champion Ilka Stuhec had suffered a fall.
Tennis: Unseeded Bencic upsets Kvitova to lift Dubai title
Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic ended a four-year title drought with a 6-3 1-6 6-2 victory over Petra Kvitova in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Saturday.
Report: Warriors’ Green to sign with LeBron’s agent
Golden State Warriors do-it-all forward Draymond Green is preparing to sign with Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, according to Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes, which is sure to set off a firestorm of talk that Green will join forces with LeBron James on the Los …
Tennis: Del Potro knocked out in Delray Beach quarters, pulls out of Acapulco
Top seed Juan Martin del Potro’s comeback from injury ended in the quarter-finals of the Delray Beach Open following a 6-4 3-6 7-6(5) defeat by American Mackenzie McDonald.
NBA roundup: George, Thunder beat Jazz in 2 OTs
Paul George scored 45 points, including a floater with less than a second left in the second overtime, to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 148-147 win over the visiting Utah Jazz on Friday night.
NHL roundup: Flames down Ducks, extend hot streak
Andrew Mangiapane scored the game-winning goal late in the third period, and TJ Brodie collected a goal and an assist as the host Calgary Flames won their fourth consecutive game, defeating the Anaheim Ducks 2-1 on Friday night.
NBA notebook: Harden dealing with neck injury
All-Star guard James Harden is listed as questionable for the Houston Rockets’ Saturday road game against the Golden State Warriors because of a cervical neck strain.
ATP roundup: Canadian teen reaches Rio semis
Felix Auger-Aliassime, an 18-year-old Canadian, advanced to his first career ATP Tour semifinal appearance with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Spain’s Jaume Munar on Friday in the Rio Open at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
MLB notebook: 20-second pitch on the way
The first step toward adding a 20-second pitch clock for regular-season Major League Baseball games will come immediately as the timing device will be added to spring training games.
NFL notebook: Patriots owner Kraft faces solicitation charges
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft faces two counts of solicitation of prostitution in Florida as one of 25 individuals facing similar charges in connection with an investigation into a Florida spa allegedly tied to an international human traffick…
