Новости за 29.03.2016

NEW YORK - Megan Griffith is coming home to coach Columbia, the school announced Monday night.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Vanderbilt has turned to Eddie Fogler to help find someone to take over the men's basketball program, and athletic director David Williams has given the former coach a must-have for candidates: Someone who will make the Commodores a regular in the NCAA Tournament.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina's government celebrated on Monday a decision by a U.N. commission expanding its maritime territory in the South Atlantic Ocean by 35 percent to include the disputed Falkland islands and beyond.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - If the United States loses to Guatemala on Tuesday, the Americans almost certainly would fail to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.

HOUSTON - Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim isn't surprised that No. 2 seeds Oklahoma and Villanova knocked off top seeds to join No. 1 seed North Carolina in the Final Four.

TAMPA, Florida - Masahiro Tanaka's final spring training start Tuesday against Philadelphia will likely determine whether he will be the New York Yankees' opening-day starter.

NORMAN, Oklahoma - University of Oklahoma guard Buddy Hield has been named first-team All-America by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

KOKOMO, Indiana - Hundreds of law officers and members of the public queued up to pay final respects Monday to a central Indiana sheriff's deputy shot and killed in the line of duty.

BRADENTON, Florida - Pirates right-hander Gerrit Cole pitched into the fifth inning Sunday in a 6-4 loss against the Minnesota Twins, but likely will need one more start in Florida before joining Pittsburgh's rotation.

DUNEDIN, Florida - The Philadelphia Phillies have signed outfielder Will Venable to a minor league contract, a day after he was released by the Cleveland Indians.

SYCAMORE, Ohio - A teenager who toured an Ohio high school while posing as a state senator has pleaded guilty to impersonating a peace officer.

FORT MYERS, Florida - Boston celebrated David Ortiz's two decades of spring training in Fort Myers with a pregame ceremony before his final home exhibition game, a 5-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Monday.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - El Salvador's government will not negotiate with powerful street gangs following an anonymous offer to stop crime-related bloodshed afflicting this Central American country, the head of national police said Monday.

KISSIMMEE, Florida - The Houston Astros have sent young first baseman Jon Singleton to the minors, a week before opening day.

ORANGE, Connecticut - Police in a Connecticut town say they'd want to be present at future Easter egg hunts at candy company Pez's visitor center after a hunt over the weekend turned into a mess.

SURPRISE, Arizona - Right-hander Phillip Humber, who pitched a perfect game in 2012, was among four players the San Diego Padres assigned to minor league camp on Monday.

SANTIAGO, Chile - Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said Monday that her government is ready to countersue Bolivia over a water dispute at the International Court of Justice.

JUPITER, Florida - Dee Gordon led the majors in hits last year and tied for 229th in bases on balls.

JUPITER, Florida - Matt Holliday hit his first home run this spring, a long drive off Bartolo Colon that helped the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 3-1 Monday.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico says more than 100 new cases of the mosquito-borne Zika virus have been reported in the past week.

XALAPA, Mexico - The state prosecutor in the eastern Mexico state of Veracruz says seven local police officers have been arrested in connection with the disappearances of three people.

HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP, New Jersey - Demolition work is expected to resume Tuesday at a historic mansion once owned by tobacco heiress and socialite Doris Duke.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - A federal judge has awarded more than $2 million to attorneys who helped gay couples in Tennessee win a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows same-sex marriage.