General Sports 3d Briefing
×Rugby Union
Wales Under-20s released Leggatt-Jones bbc.com to join Scarlets for Friday's United Rugby Championship clash against Connacht in Galway, while Wales number eight Aaron Wainwright bbc.com remains in contention to face Italy despite an early exit against Ireland. Cardiff City condemned racist behavior bbc.com and appealed for supporters' help identifying a fan accused of making a racist gesture during their Lincoln City match.
College Basketball
Syracuse fired Adrian Autry espn.com after three seasons without an NCAA tournament appearance, as the coaching carousel heated up with Georgia Tech and Kansas State espn.com searching for new leaders. Hofstra returned to the NCAA tournament espn.com for the first time in 25 years after defeating Monmouth 75-69 in the Coastal Athletic Association championship, while Northern Iowa clinched its first NCAA berth espn.com since 2016 by beating UIC 84-69 in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament. Utah Valley and the Western Athletic Conference cleared up their $1 million dispute espn.com that had threatened to exclude the Wolverines from league tournaments.
Winter Paralympics
Germany's cross-country skiers turned their backs bbc.com on Russian gold medallists in protest against the nation's inclusion at the Games, while Ukraine's Maksym Murashkovskyi credited ChatGPT bbc.com for helping him win Para-biathlon silver. Great Britain's Neil Simpson and guide Rob Poth won the nation's first medal bbc.com with silver in the alpine combined, though wheelchair curlers Jo Butterfield and Jason Kean missed the mixed doubles semi-finals bbc.com after a fourth straight defeat. The Paralympics also featured just one female player bbc.com in the "mixed" Para-ice hockey event despite its official designation.
Golf
Akshay Bhatia beat Daniel Berger bbc.com on the first sudden death playoff hole to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, while Matt Fitzpatrick said winning the Players Championship "is not the same as winning a major but it's the next best thing" as he prepared for this week's tournament. Gary Woodland opened up about PTSD espn.com in the wake of his 2023 brain surgery, telling Golf Channel he "can't waste energy" trying to fight the condition. Scottie Scheffler aimed for a third Players title as the field included top contenders espn.com among the 123-man field competing for golf's flagship event.
Combat Sports
Ronda Rousey said she wants to "rewrite her ending" in her first MMA bout in ten years against Gina Carano on May 16, while former UFC and PFL heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou will return to action espn.com on May 16 as part of Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions' inaugural MMA fight card headlined by the Rousey-Carano bout. Jon Jones asked the UFC to release him espn.com from his contract if the promotion believes "I'm done," reacting to getting "lowballed" on the White House card offer.
Motorsport
Ryan Blaney completed a Team Penske sweep espn.com at Phoenix Raceway by winning the Cup Series race Sunday, while Jai Opetaia could be stripped of his IBF cruiserweight belt after defeating Brandon Glanton to win the inaugural Zuffa World cruiserweight title. The Australian Grand Prix weekend produced wild overreactions espn.com about Formula 1's future, with questions about whether Max Verstappen could quit the sport and whether McLaren was on the ropes.
Track & Field
Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo regained the world half-marathon record bbc.com with victory in Lisbon Sunday, while World indoor and outdoor silver medallist Kate O'Connor and Irish national champion Nick Griggs were named in Ireland's team bbc.com for the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Kirsty Muir said the frustration of two fourth-placed finishes at the Winter Olympics can be a "big motivation" as the Scottish freestyle skier insisted she has "a lot more to give."
Horse Racing
Harry Redknapp's Jukebox Man joined 10 other horses bbc.com in the field for Friday's Cheltenham Gold Cup, while "Queen of Cheltenham" Lossiemouth was labelled dominant bbc.com with a victory in the Champion Hurdle on day one of the 2026 Cheltenham Festival. Trainer Jeremy Scott believes Golden Ace can successfully defend her Champion Hurdle title bbc.com at the Cheltenham Festival, as thousands of Britons travelled to Costa Blanca bbc.com to enjoy the pinnacle event of the jump-racing calendar from a distance.
International Football
Sri Lanka named Gary Kirsten bbc.com as their new head coach, while India's dominant T20 World Cup title win - their third white-ball trophy in a row - shows the other nations need to catch up bbc.com, writes Matthew Henry. Wales hope Tottenham defender Ashley Phillips could boost their World Cup qualifying hopes bbc.com if they can persuade the 20-year-old to switch allegiance from England.
NFL
Travis Kelce will return for another season bbc.com with the Kansas City Chiefs, who have also agreed a deal to sign Kenneth Walker according to reports, while the NFL faces questions about how the schedule could impact espn.com three key playoff races with so many teams tanking down the stretch.
Tennis & Other Sports
Britain's Sky Brown became a skateboarding world champion bbc.com for the second time after winning gold in a rain-disrupted park event in Brazil, while Ireland 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. One of the so-called fixers in a sprawling betting scheme to cash in on big bets on rigged NCAA basketball games pleaded guilty espn.com Monday according to federal prosecutors in Philadelphia.