General Sports 8-Hour Briefing
×NBA & College Basketball
MVP Gilgeous-Alexander marked his return from injury with 36 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Denver Nuggets 127-121 in overtime. No. 3 Michigan defeated No. 10 Illinois 84-70 on Friday night to clinch the Big Ten regular-season title. Cornell upset first-place Yale 72-69 when Jake Fiegen hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with one second left in an Ivy League thriller. Miami of Ohio extended its season-opening winning streak to 29 games with a 69-67 victory over Western Michigan, as Trey Perry scored on a driving layup with a second remaining.
Combat Sports
The UFC announced a vacant light heavyweight title bout between Jiri Prochazka and Carlos Ulberg at UFC, meaning former champ Alex Pereira has vacated his belt. Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk will defend his WBC title against kickboxer Rico Verhoeven in front of the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. BBC Sport spoke to UFC fighters including Britain's Tom Aspinall about the proposed UFC event at the White House on US President Donald Trump's birthday.
Rugby & Wrestling
Created in the 1970s, Reading West Indians RUFC went on to inspire generations of black players. New tag team champions were crowned and Logan Paul earned a spot in the Elimination Chamber match on "Smack Down.""