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Fudd became the seventh UConn player to be selected No. 1 overall in the WNBA draft when Dallas took her at the outset of Monday night's festivities ⁠in New York.

The 22-year-old is a four-time ‌Olympic silver ‌medalist, having finished second in both ​the individual and team events at the 2022 and 2026 Winter Games.

The Toyota Antelopes' point guard says it 'is genuinely exciting' to have the opportunity to play alongside WNBA players in Project B, a global league set to debut this winter.

The win marked ​Sinner's fourth consecutive Masters 1000 crown following triumphs in Paris, Indian Wells and Miami, and his eighth Masters title overall.

After two exits in the first round of the playoffs, the Bucks missed out on postseason basketball entirely this season.

The 34-year-old will take over for the remainder of the season.

City has won 29 of its last 32 top-flight matches ​in the ‌month of April under Guardiola and has lost only once during that period.

Hideki Matsuyama, the 2022 winner, was among a group of golfers who shared 12th place.

A five-time major winner, McIlroy hopes to match Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Nick Faldo as the only back-to-back winners of the green jacket.

Muncy moved into sixth place in career home runs as a Dodger, ⁠while Shohei Ohtani now holds the record for most consecutive games reaching base at 44.

Ichiro — the first Japanese-born player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame — laughed at the mishap as former teammate Ken Griffey Jr. covered his eyes.

Lin was cleared last month by World Boxing to resume competition at the Asian Elite Championships after passing a gender test.

Fury faces Russian-born heavyweight Arslanbek Makhmudov and is also looking toward a potential fight with Anthony Joshua.

Honda appeared most recently for Bhutan club Paro FC, playing in two games and scoring two goals in the 2024-25 season.

The Australian had a calamitous start to the season.

Hideki Matsuyama is among a group of golfers tied for 17th.

The deal is expected to be worth $1.19 million.

Fury, 37, has come out of ​retirement for the fifth time in his ‌career.

Vonn told ESPN in an interview on Tuesday that despite the catastrophic end to her Olympics and the possible end of her career, she would "do it all again".

Japanese Olympic Committee officials tried to combat online abuse against athletes during the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics and plan to do so again at the Asian Games.

The return leg is next week in Liverpool.

Woods, 50, is on an indefinite break from golf ‌while seeking ‌treatment following a recent car crash. Mickelson, 55, cited a family health matter for ​his decision to withdraw

Toronto scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning on an error and held on to win.

In Ireland, an amateur sumo federation spanning north and south is navigating identity, politics and funding while building an inclusive sport from the ground up.

Braves manager Walt Weiss ended up tackling Jorge Soler on the first ‌base line to help break up the fracas.

Rory McIlroy, who completed the career Grand Slam last year, said that after years of counting down to the opening tee shot, his mindset had changed completely.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto made his first appearance back in the stadium where he was named World Series MVP last year after closing out Game 7.

Kuryu Matsuki, Flynn Downes, Cyle Larin, Ross Stewart and Finn Azaz struck for the Saints, who are now 16 games unbeaten in all competitions.

Suzuki ​has not played for the ‌Cubs ‌this season because of ​a sprained knee ligament that happened as he played for Team Japan ⁠in the World Baseball Classic.

Lin opted not to compete in ​the world championships last year after governing ‌body World ‌Boxing announced that women boxers would ​have to undergo mandatory sex testing.