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The draft day slide of quarterback Shedeur Sanders could have ended earlier this spring, according to a new report published on Sunday.

More than 1,500 police officers have been deployed ahead of the final stage of the Spanish Vuelta in Madrid on Sunday as more pro-Palestinian protests were expected for the final stage of the three-week-long cycling race.

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden of the U.S. and Oblique Seville of Jamaica won the 100-meter finals at world championships Sunday in a changing of the guard in track.

Ricky Hatton, the former world boxing champion who rose to become one of the most popular fighters in the sport, has died. He was 46.

Bubba Chandler took a perfect game into the sixth inning, Andrew McCutchen and Nick Yorke had two-run singles in the eighth inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals 4-1 on Saturday to snap a seven-game losing streak.

Anthony Rizzo celebrated his retirement in the famed bleachers in Wrigley Field.

The Dallas Cowboys and left guard Tyler Smith have agreed on a $96 million, four-year extension, two people with knowledge of the contract said Saturday.

Harrison Waylee rushed for 151 yards and three touchdowns, including a school-record 97-yarder, as Virginia rolled up a program-record 700 yards offense and blew out visiting William & Mary 55-16 on Saturday.

Maryland scored on each of its six drives in the first half en route to a comfortable, 44-17, win over Towson on Saturday in its final tune-up before Big Ten play.

Canada tore apart Australia 46-5 in Bristol and set up a semifinal against defending champion New Zealand at the Women's Rugby World Cup on Saturday.