General Sports 3d Briefing
×NCAA Tournament Action
West Virginia espn.com avenged two regular-season losses to No. 10 TCU by beating the reigning Big 12 tournament champion 62-53 in the conference title game on Sunday. No. 2 UCLA espn.com rolled past No. 9 Iowa 96-45 to win its second straight Big Ten tournament crown as Gianna Kneepkens scored 19 points and Kiki Rice added 15 points and eight assists. Texas espn.com sprinted to a 14-0 lead against No. 3 South Carolina en route to the Longhorns' first women's SEC tournament title. Northern Iowa espn.com defeated UIC 84-69 to win the Missouri Valley Conference tournament and earn an automatic NCAA bid as Trey Campbell hit six 3-pointers in scoring 23 points. Miami (Ohio) espn.com finished the regular season as the only unbeaten team in Division I men's basketball, winning 110-108 in overtime over Ohio.
International Hockey
Ireland bbc.com clinched a place in the Hockey World Cup finals with a dramatic shootout win over Japan to finish third at the qualification tournament in Santiago. England's men bbc.com won their Hockey World Cup qualification tournament with a 4-1 victory over Pakistan in the final in Egypt. Ireland bbc.com kept alive their slim hopes of reclaiming the Six Nations title with a bonus-point victory over spirited Wales in Dublin.
Golf Highlights
Akshay Bhatia bbc.com beat fellow American Daniel Berger on the first sudden death play-off hole to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando. Thomas Detry espn.com was among eight players from LIV Golf stuck in the Middle East amid the Israeli-U.S. attacks on Iran. Jon Rahm arranged a flight to get them to Hong Kong for the LIV event. Now Detry and Jon Rahm share the lead.
Tennis Updates
World number one Aryna Sabalenka bbc.com hit 23 winners as she beat Jaqueline Cristian to move into the fourth round at Indian Wells. Filipina tennis prodigy Alex Eala espn.com has drawn enormous crowds everywhere she goes. On Sunday, she will take on Coco Gauff at Indian Wells. Britain's Sonay Kartal bbc.com saved a match point and took a medical time out before battling to a 6-1 3-6 7-6 (7-2) victory in her second round match against Emma Navarro at Indian Wells.
Rugby Results
Leicester Tigers bbc.com overpowered defending champions Bath to set up a Prem Rugby Cup final meeting with Exeter at Welford Road. Exeter bbc.com scored four tries as they beat Northampton Saints 31-14 at Sandy Park to reach the Prem Rugby Cup final. Hull KR bbc.com got up and running in 2026 with a 32-6 victory at winless Huddersfield Giants. Wigan Warriors bbc.com ran in four tries in 14 minutes as they overpowered Toulouse Olympique to maintain their 100% winning start to their Super League season. Scotland bbc.com delivered arguably their best performance in almost 40 years to give themselves an unlikely shot at the Six Nations title. Italy bbc.com want to keep writing history after finally breaking a duck - their first win over England at the 33rd attempt.
Winter Paralympics
Two-time Olympian Emanuel Perathoner bbc.com competed at two Olympics for Italy. After a devastating knee injury, and then a move into Para-sport, he has won Paralympic gold at his home Games. Russia's Varvara Voronchikhina bbc.com wins Russia's first medal of the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics with downhill bronze. Great Britain's wheelchair curlers bbc.com hold nerve to beat USA in a narrow win that keeps them fully in the hunt for a semi-final spot in the wheelchair curling mixed doubles.
UFC News
Charles Oliveira bbc.com dominated Max Holloway from start to finish to win the BMF title by unanimous decision at UFC 326 in Las Vegas. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander bbc.com moved to within two games of breaking a decades-old NBA record as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Golden State Warriors. Ilia Topuria espn.com and Justin Gaethje will headline the UFC's White House event on June 14, while Alex Pereira and Ciryl Gane will vie for the interim heavyweight championship.
Coaching Changes
Boston College espn.com has fired coach Earl Grant, ending his five-year run at the school. Georgia Tech espn.com has fired men's basketball coach Damon Stoudamire, ending his tenure at the school after three seasons. St. Bonaventure espn.com head coach Mark Schmidt is expected to retire after this season, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel. Schmidt, is the all-time wins leader in program history.
Other Notable Results
Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo bbc.com regained the world half-marathon record as he claimed victory in Lisbon on Sunday. British Winter Olympic gold medallist Charlotte Bankes bbc.com claimed victory in the women's snowboard cross at a World Cup event in Erzurum, Turkey. Four-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar bbc.com solos to victory as he wins the Strade Bianche for a record fourth time. Racing Bulls' rookie Arvid Lindblad bbc.com says he "showed people a bit of what I am here to do" after finishing eighth on his F1 debut at the Australian Grand Prix.