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SAO PAULO — Third seed Guido Pella of Argentina claimed his first professional title at the Brazil Open on Sunday. The 28-year-old Pella beat Chile’s Christian Garin 7-5, 6-3 in an all-South American final. The last time an Argentine player lifted the trophy was Federico Delbonis five years ago. It was only the second meeting

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Selena Lott scored 19 points, Isabelle Spingola had 17 and No. 13 Marquette beat Providence 80-57 to win the outright Big East regular-season championship on the final day of league play Sunday. Spingola made 5 of 6 3-point attempts for the Golden Eagles (24-6, 15-3), who bounced back from a loss to

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Arike Ogunbowale led five Notre Dame players in double figures with 24 points, hitting six of eight from beyond the arc, as the No. 4 Fighting Irish routed Virginia 103-66 on Sunday for their sixth straight victory. But it was junior Jackie Young who stole the show on Senior Day, coming

CHICAGO — Max Strus had a career-high 43 points as DePaul topped St. John’s 92-83 on Sunday. Femi Olujobi had 23 points and 10 rebounds for DePaul (14-13, 6-10 Big East Conference), which snapped its four-game losing streak. Jaylen Butz added eight rebounds. After falling behind 42-33 at the half, DePaul outscored St. John’s 59-41

ARCADIA, Calif. — Another horse has died at Santa Anita, making it 20 fatalities at the racetrack since its winter meet began on Dec. 26. The latest incident occurred Saturday during the third race when 4-year-old filly Eskenforadrink was in the lead of the $16,000 claiming race. Jockey Geovanni Franco pulled her up with an

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Anthony DeSclafani was pegged as the No. 1 starter in Cincinnati’s rotation until injuries affected each of his last three seasons. He is hoping a new spring training regimen will help him end the frustrating streak. The right-hander threw two scoreless innings, allowing one hit, in the Reds’ game against the Angels

STORRS, Conn. — Josh Carlton scored 16 points and pulled down nine rebounds as UConn held off South Florida 60-58 on Sunday. Alterique Gilbert added 15 for the Huskies (14-15, 5-11 American), who won despite failing to make a 3-point basket for the first time in more than nine years and 338 consecutive games. David

PORTLAND, Ind. — Northeastern Indiana police say they followed footprints in the snow to find a Michigan man who’s accused of setting a house fire. Twenty-five-year-old Cody John Conkright of Grand Rapids, Michigan, is charged with arson in the Feb. 20 fire. He’s being held on a $50,000 bond. Police arrested Conkright after following his

LONDON — World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont has called a meeting to discuss the future of the international game amid controversy over plans for a World League. Representatives from all the major countries, along with Fiji, Japan and the players’ union, are to gather in Dublin later this month. “In light of continued speculation and

Gonzaga moved back atop the AP Top 25 this week. Wins over Pacific and Saint Mary’s took the Bulldogs a step closer to a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Still playing without one of its best players, No. 1 Gonzaga capped off a perfect run through the West Coast Conference and extended the

LOS ANGELES — Two young sisters missing from their Northern California home since Friday afternoon were found alive Sunday following a massive search that included helicopters and tracking dogs. Leia Carrico, 8, and Caroline Carrico, 5, were found “safe and sound” on Sunday morning by a fire captain and firefighter who had followed the girls’

INDIANAPOLIS — Many prospects use the NFL scouting combine as a chance to clear their good name, rectifying misconceptions about their game or skillset or any misperceptions about their worth ethic or character. Clemson edge rusher Clelin Ferrell is using this chance to correct mispronunciations of his name. It has a long E sound (pronounced

ST. LOUIS — A storm that dropped several inches of snow in the central United States over the weekend is spreading to the Northeast, where it could disrupt Monday morning commutes. Up to 8 inches (15 centimeters) of snow had fallen in parts of far western Kansas by Sunday morning. But most areas of Kansas,

BERLIN — Two Bundesliga teams offered contrasting examples in the value of switching — or keeping — coaches midseason in a relegation fight on Sunday. Stuttgart, which stuck with Markus Weinzierl as coach despite just two points in eight games without a win, routed Hannover 5-1. Hannover had been hoping for a change of fortune

PARIS — A one-off itinerant extravaganza courtesy of American designer Tommy Hilfiger’s “buy-now” collaboration with actress-singer Zendaya gave Paris Fashion Week a case of Saturday night fever. On Sunday, Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli yet again received a standing ovation and Thom Browne continued to blur gender lines. Here are highlights from fall-winter ready-to-wear shows. TOMMY’S SATURDAY

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INDIANAPOLIS — Dozens of Indiana counties are hoping to dip into a state grant program that will fund efforts to improve or build hiking and biking trails. Gov. Eric Holcomb says 42 of Indiana’s 92 counties filed applications in the grant program’s first round. They’re seeking nearly $144 million for more than 240 potential trail

ROME — Fabio Quagliarella added another memorable chapter to his spectacular season by scoring a brace and also hitting the goalframe twice in Sampdoria’s 2-1 win at Spal on Sunday. First, Quagliarella opened the scoring four minutes in with an acrobatic volley from 10 yards (meters). Then he rose above a defender for a textbook

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The New England construction firm Manafort Brothers is defending its name and distancing itself from its cousin Paul Manafort as he awaits sentencing for financial crimes. Connecticut-based Manafort Brothers is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The company says it’s “led by the strong moral and business ethics of the Manafort family,”

BERLIN — Hungary’s populist prime minister says members of a European Parliament group calling for his party’s expulsion are playing into the hands of left-wing opponents. Viktor Orban’s comments to Germany’s Welt newspaper Sunday come after calls within the center-right European People’s Party for his Fidesz party’s ouster after his government started an ad campaign

ROME — Italy’s Democrats are voting for a new leader in a bid to reverse their party’s slumping popularity. Sunday’s primary among rank-and-file members comes a year after the Democrats lost its five-year hold on government amid leadership squabbles. Whoever is chosen Democratic Party secretary needs to woo back voters who defected to the populist

KVITFJELL, Norway — Dominik Paris won a men’s World Cup super-G on Sunday for his second victory of the weekend. A day after winning the downhill on the same course, the Italian skier beat Kjetil Jansrud of Norway by 0.43 seconds and Beat Feuz of Switzerland by 0.60. Paris moved top of the super-G standings

TALLINN, Estonia — The Latest on Estonia’s general election (all times local): 1:50 p.m. The leader of Estonia’s main opposition party has voted in the general election and accused Prime Minister Juri Ratas’ government of “messing up” the small Baltic nation’s taxation system. Estonians are voting Sunday in a general election where the opposition center-right

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A sleek American-built capsule with just a test dummy aboard docked smoothly with the International Space Station on Sunday in a big step toward putting the U.S. back in the business of launching astronauts. The white Dragon capsule, developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company under contract to NASA, closed in on

BRISBANE, Australia — New captain Sam Kerr scored twice and former captain Lisa De Vanna once to lead Australia to a 4-1 win over South Korea in a Cup of Nations women’s soccer match. Earlier Sunday, Katie Rood scored in the 50th minute and C.J. Bott 20 minutes later as New Zealand beat Argentina 2-0.