General Sports 3d Briefing
×UFC & MMA
Jon Jones espn.com asked the UFC to release him from his contract if the promotion believes "I'm done," a reaction to getting ''lowballed'' on the White House card offer. Francis Ngannou espn.com will return to action on May 16 as part of Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions' inaugural MMA fight card headlined by Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano. Charles Oliveira bbc.com dominated Max Holloway from start to finish to win the BMF title by unanimous decision at UFC 26 in Las Vegas. The BMF legacy espn.com is used to a certain type of fight that Holloway vs. Oliveira just didn't bring. Dana White espn.com said Jones was "never ever" in his mind for a fight on the White House card.
College Basketball
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 Sunday. UCLA espn.com rolled past No. 9 Iowa 96-45 to win its second straight Big Ten tournament crown. 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. Duke women espn.com rallied to win its second straight women's Atlantic Coast Conference tournament title, beating No. 12 Louisville 70-65 in overtime Sunday. Queens University espn.com earned an NCAA berth in its first year of eligibility with a 98-93 win over Central Arkansas in the Atlantic Sun tournament. 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.
Winter Paralympics
Ukraine's Maksym Murashkovskyi bbc.com says he has Chat GPT to thank for helping him win Para-biathlon silver at the Winter Paralympics. Team Canada's Thurston espn.com delivered a remarkable curling shot that threaded the needle through two guard rocks before clearing two Norway stones out of the house. Russia's Varvara Voronchikhina bbc.com won the first Paralympic gold medal for Russia since 2014 with victory in the standing super G. Para-alpine skier Voronchikhina bbc.com also won Russia's first medal of the Games with downhill bronze. Great Britain's mixed doubles curlers bbc.com missed out on the semi-finals on a tough day for the team.
Six Nations Rugby
Scotland bbc.com delivered arguably their best performance in almost 40 years to give themselves an unlikely shot at the Six Nations title. Ireland bbc.com host England in the 2027 Six Nations opener - see the full fixture list. Italy bbc.com want to keep writing history after finally breaking a duck - their first win over England at the 33rd attempt. England bbc.com struggles continue as they aim to get their Six Nations back on track against a resurgent Italy in Rome - where they have never lost - on Saturday. Scotland's Darcy Graham bbc.com scored an early try to give Scotland the lead over France in the Six Nations at Murrayfield. Kyle Steyn bbc.com scored his second try of the afternoon after intercepting an Antoine Dupont pass as Scotland extended their lead to 33-14 over France.
Other Sports
Ryan Blaney espn.com completed a Team Penske sweep at Phoenix Raceway by winning the Cup Series race Sunday. 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. Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo bbc.com regained the world half-marathon record as he claimed victory in Lisbon on Sunday. Sri Lanka bbc.com named former South Africa batter Gary Kirsten as their new head coach. Victor Wembanyama bbc.com helped the San Antonio Spurs make a 25-point comeback against the Los Angeles Clippers. Thomas Detry espn.com shares the LIV lead with Jon Rahm after travel assistance got him to Hong Kong for the tournament. Emanuel Perathoner bbc.com won Paralympic gold at his home Games after competing at two Olympics for Italy.