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Michigan vs. UCLA prediction, pick, odds, spread, where to watch live
No. 2 Michigan faces UCLA Saturday on CBS in a clash of Big Ten foes. This will be the 13th matchup between Michigan and UCLA since the turn of the century, with both programs having six wins against each other during that stretch.
The Wolverines (23-1) are off to their best 24-game start in school history, but are coming off an upset scare against Northwestern. Michigan trailed by as many as 16 points on the road before storming back in the second half to seal an 87-75 win over the Wildcats. Michigan’s lone loss came against Wisconsin last month at home.
UCLA has won five of its last six games after starting 4-3 in Big Ten play. The Bruins are coming off a 77-73 win over Washington after guard Trent Perry dropped 23 points. UCLA heads into the weekend 3.5 games back of Michigan in the Big Ten standings.
The Wolverines hold a 2.0-game lead over Illinois for first place.
Michigan vs. UCLA: Need to know
Michigan could make race for No. 1 interesting: Michigan is the projected No. 1 overall seed in CBS Sports’ latest Bracketology projections. The Wolverines jumped to No. 1 overall after Arizona lost to Kansas earlier this week. With Arizona dropping its first game of the season, the AP Top 25 poll on Monday should be interesting. Arizona has been the consensus top-ranked team for several weeks. It wouldn’t be surprising to see Michigan get some consideration for No. 1.
Can UCLA get Donovan Dent going? The key to a potential upset for UCLA will be Dent. The former New Mexico star has had an up-and-down season with the Bruins after transferring in last offseason. Dent is having one of his best stretches at UCLA after recording at least 10 assists in three consecutive games. He played all 40 minutes against Washington and finished with 17 points, 10 assists and six rebounds.
Aday Mara faces his old team: A storyline to monitor will be Mara, who played the first two seasons of his career at UCLA, facing his old team. Mara played limited minutes under coach Mick Cronin at UCLA but has found a consistent role with the Wolverines. Michigan coach Dusty May has routinely deployed two-big lineups in his rotation. With Mara assuming a more prominent role, he has become one of the nation’s best defensive players.
Where to watch Michigan vs. UCLA live
Date: Saturday, Feb. 14 | Time: 12:45 p.m. ET
Location: Crisler Center — Ann Arbor, Michigan
TV: CBS | Live stream: CBSSports.com, CBS Sports App
Streaming on Paramount+ Premium
Michigan vs. UCLA prediction, pick
For the first 30 minutes of game time against Northwestern, Michigan looked vulnerable. Then, the Wolverines flipped the switch and looked like the team ranked No. 2 in the country. This game will be a tougher challenge for Michigan than its last matchup against Northwestern. Still, I expect Mara to have a big game against his old team and star forward Yaxel Lendeborg to have a bounce-back performance on offense after scoring just 35 points total in his last three games. Pick: Michigan -15.5
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Arsenal and Chelsea will face off at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday for the second leg of their EFL Cup semi-final, with the Gunners holding a narrow 3-2 lead from the first leg at Stamford Bridge. Arsenal have been in exceptional form during the 2025-26 season, sitting atop the Premier League and progressing in the Champions League, FA Cup, and EFL Cup.
After a dramatic penalty win over Crystal Palace in the quarter-finals, Arsenal edged past Chelsea in the first leg, with goals from Viktor Gyokeres and Martin Zubimendi, despite a strong fightback from Chelsea’s Alejandro Garnacho.
Chelsea, under new manager Liam Rosenior, have found their rhythm, winning five consecutive matches, including a thrilling 3-2 comeback victory over West Ham. However, they will need to overturn a tough record at the Emirates, where they’ve failed to beat Arsenal in their last 10 meetings, including three consecutive defeats at the stadium.
Arsenal are aiming to defend their slender lead and book a place in the final, while Chelsea seek to bounce back and make a dramatic comeback.
Arsenal Team news
Arsenal will be without Max Dowman, who is sidelined due to an ankle injury, while Bukayo Saka remains a doubt. Mikel Merino may miss the rest of the season with a foot issue.
In Saka’s absence, Noni Madueke is likely to retain his spot on the right wing, partnering with Martin Ødegaard, Gabriel Martinelli, and Viktor Gyökeres in attack.
In midfield, Zubimendi and Declan Rice are expected to continue their roles at the base, and the defense could remain unchanged following the 4-0 victory over Leeds.
On the Chelsea side, Levi Colwill, Tosin Adarabioyo, Dario Essugo, Romeo Lavia, and Jamie Gittens are unlikely to feature due to injuries.
Chelsea Team news
Levi Colwill, Tosin Adarabioyo, Dario Essugo, Romeo Lavia, and Jamie Gittens are all unlikely to be available due to various injury concerns.
On the other hand, Wesley Fofana, Marc Cucurella, Joao Pedro, and Reece James, who made significant contributions off the bench in Chelsea’s comeback win over West Ham, are expected to start in this match.
As a result, Malo Gusto, Benoit Badiashile, Jorrel Hato, and Alejandro Garnacho may find themselves on the bench.
Arsenal vs Chelsea EFL Cup semi-final Probable starting 11
Arsenal starting 11: Arrizabalaga; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie; Zubimendi, Rice; Madueke, Odegaard, Martinelli; Gyokeres
Chelsea starting 11: Sanchez; James, Chalobah, Fofana, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Neto, Palmer, Pedro; Delap
EFL Cup semi-final 2nd leg: Arsenal vs Chelsea live telecast and streaming details
When will the EFL Cup semi-final match between Arsenal and Chelsea be played?
The EFL Cup semi-final match between Arsenal and Chelsea will be played on February 4 (according to IST).
What time will the EFL Cup semi-final match between Arsenal and Chelsea begin on February 4?
The EFL Cup semi-final match between Arsenal and Chelsea will start at 1:30 AM IST.
What will be the venue for the EFL Cup semi-final match between Arsenal and Chelsea?
The EFL Cup semi-final match between Arsenal and Chelsea will be hosted at the Emirates Stadium.
Where will the live telecast of the EFL Cup semi-final match between Arsenal and Chelsea be available in India?
The live telecast of the EFL Cup semi-final match between Arsenal and Chelsea will not be available in India.
Where will the live streaming of the EFL Cup semi-final match between Arsenal and Chelsea be available in India?
The live streaming of the EFL Cup semi-final match between Arsenal and Chelsea will be available on the FanCode app and website in India.
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Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych’s push to legally wear a customized helmet as he competed in races at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics ran into perhaps its most daunting obstacle Friday.
Heraskevych took his plea to don the helmet that paid tribute to Ukrainian war victims to the winter sliding sport’s highest court.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled against Heraskevych’s appeal, effectively ending his final opportunity to compete for a medal at this year’s Games.
Heraskevych was disqualified from a skeleton race over the helmet, which displayed the faces of more than 20 Ukrainian coaches and athletes who have been killed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Ukraine’s Vladyslav Heraskevych arrives at the finish during a men’s skeleton training session at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation also concluded that Heraskevych’s intention to wear the helmet was in direct violation of Olympic rules. The IOC cited rules against making political statements on the field of play.
IOC President Kirsty Coventry met with Heraskevych before Thursday’s men’s skeleton event to try to change his mind about wearing the helmet, ultimately to no avail.
“We didn’t find common ground in this regard,” Heraskevych said.
Heraskevych’s attorney, Yevhen Pronin, reacted to the court ruling in step with the IOC, arguing his client did not actually commit misconduct.
“The court sided with the IOC and upheld the decision that an athlete could be disqualified from the Olympic Games without actual misconduct, without a technical or safety threat and before the start,” Pronin said.
Vladyslav Heraskevych of Ukraine during training wearing a helmet in tribute to athletes who have died in Russia’s attack on Ukraine Feb. 11, 2026. (Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha)
CAS, the sole arbitrator hearing the case, said it “found these limitations reasonable and proportionate,” especially since Heraskevych could show his helmet away from the racing surface, such as in interview areas and on social media. Heraskevych also wore the helmet in training runs.
The appeal was largely moot anyway. He was disqualified from the competition less than an hour before its start on Thursday, and whatever CAS said on Friday wouldn’t have changed that.
“Looks like this train has left,” Heraskevych said after Friday’s hearing.
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He left Cortina d’Ampezzo’s Olympic Village on Thursday night with no plans to return, then headed to Milan and arrived in Munich on Friday night — helmet in hand — for a dinner with Ukrainian officials at a security conference. He is expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this weekend as well.
Ukraine’s Vladyslav Heraskevych arrives at the finish during a men’s skeleton training session at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Heraskevych admitted he was surprised by the strong reaction.
s”I never expected it to be such a big scandal,” he said.
He also said he found his accreditation for the Games being taken away, then returned shortly afterward Thursday in what seemed like a goodwill gesture, puzzling.
“A mockery,” he said.
CAS did agree that Heraskevych should keep his accreditation.
Tributes from other athletes competing in Milan Cortina were permitted without penalty, including American figure skater Maxim Naumov displaying a photo of his late parents who were killed in a plane crash last year.
Italian snowboarder Roland Fischnaller had a small Russian flag image on the back of his helmet during the Games, and Israeli skeleton athlete Jared Firestone wore a kippah bearing the names of 11 athletes and coaches killed while representing that country during the 1972 Munich Olympics.
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The IOC said those cases were not in violation of any rules.
Naumov showed his photo in the kiss-and-cry area and not while he was actually on the ice. Fischnaller’s helmet was a tribute to all the past Olympic sites he competed at, with Sochi included. And Firestone’s kippah “was covered by a beanie,” IOC spokesman Mark Adams said.
The IOC offered Heraskevych a chance to compete with a different helmet and bring the tribute through the interview area after his runs. He also could have worn a black armband.
“I think it’s the wrong side of history for the IOC,” Heraskevych said.
Fox News’ Ryan Gaydos and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Last month, Gervonta Davis was stripped of his WBA lightweight world title and a date for a clash for the now vacant belt has been confirmed, with one of boxing’s most exciting prospects involved in the bout.
Davis was winless since June 2024 prior to being stripped, with his lone outing since being a debatable draw against Lamont Roach Jr last March, that almost cost him his undefeated record.
Since then, a number of external issues have been behind the inactivity of ‘Tank’, who was issued with an arrest warrant issues based on charges of battery, false imprisonment and attempted kidnapping.
As a result, the WBA have decided to demote Davis to champion-in-recess, meaning that their lightweight title is now vacant, but that Davis will be well poised to challenge the new champion upon his return.
On Instagram, the WBA’s number one contender, 23-year-old Floyd Schofield, has revealed that he will be fighting for the vacant title in April.
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Welcome to Fully Equipped’s weekly Tour equipment report. Each Friday of PGA Tour weeks (plus other times, if news warrants), GOLF equipment editor Jack Hirsh will run you through some of the biggest news surrounding golf clubs on Tour, including changes, tweaks and launches.
Callaway’s Quantum Mini driver and Ti fairway wood weren’t the company’s only prototype heads to make noise on the PGA Tour this week.
While the presumed next iterations of Callaway’s mini driver and titanium fairway woods surfaced on Tour, it was the Quantum TD-TD driver head that actually went in play, getting conversions from both Min Woo Lee and Kevin Yu.
Lee raised eyebrows last year when the long-hitting Aussie switched into the Elyte Triple Diamond Tour Draw head and immediately saw an uptick in driving accuracy, finishing tied for first in the category at the FedEx Open de France. This year, in two starts, his driving accuracy percentage is six points higher than in 2025.
He loved the smaller profile of the Triple Diamond TD head, and the reduced face progression (more offset) helped him get a more neutral start line than the standard Triple Diamond, making it easier for him to hit his favored pull cut off the tee.
But he still didn’t feel like he had his “bomb it” swing and was living at the higher end of spin windows, between 2,400 and 3,000 RPMs, according to Callaway Tour Rep Kellen Watson.
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But in testing the new Quantum TD-TD — which hit the USGA conforming list last fall with some of the other Quantum heads — this week, Watson and Lee found a shaft change from the OG Fujikura Ventus Blue 7-X to the new Ventus Black 7-X with VeloCore+ not only brought that high spin threshold down about 300 rpms, but also tightened his delta to 2,300 to 2,700.
“Shape suited his eye very well and all the numbers were similar, but mainly the ‘all-out’ drive had a much better start line, spin rate and down-range pattern. Allowing Min to take full advantage of his length is a huge boost for his chances every week.” Watson told GOLF. “About 12 shots on the range and nine holes of practice on a very windy day at Pebble were enough to get his stamp of approval.”
Lee gained .648 strokes off the tee in Round 1 at Spyglass Hill in a round of 67 and had hit 19 of his first 25 fairways as he finished up his second round on Friday.
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Loft: 10.5 degrees @ 10.6 degrees
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Length: 45″ EOG
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Grip: Gripmaster Leather (3 Double Sided wraps + 1 DS on RH)
Meanwhile, Yu, who prefers a push draw to Lee’s fade, also found success with the Quantum TD-TD. Yu previously played the Elyte Triple Diamond Max and the Paradym Ai-Smoke Triple Diamond Max.
But the new Quantum Triple Diamond Max is a little different than the previous iterations, Watson said.
“He was trying to change swing mechanics to compensate for the small differences,” Watson explained. “In the load of testing we had done with all of our staff, we were quick to find out that the TD-TD was a great option for previous TD Max users who wanted to work the ball both ways.”
Thanks to the more neutral start line, Yu actually found he could work in a slight fade to his arsenal, a valuable weapon around a tight track like Pebble Beach.
“In the grand scheme of things, the footprint difference between the TD-TD and TD Max is minute,” Watson said. “Kevin didn’t have any apprehension between the two shapes, especially after the first few shots with TD-TD. Ball speed, spin rates and launch dynamics were unchanged after the previous models, allowing Kevin to seamlessly transition with a new shot shape to take advantage of.”
Yu hit 11 of 14 fairways at Pebble Beach in Round 1 and gained nearly .8 strokes off the tee.
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Kevin Yu’s new driver specs
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Loft: 9.0 degrees @ 9.9 degrees
OptiFit Setting: N/S
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD-VF 6-X
Length: 45.5″ EOG
Tipping: 1″
Overall, it was a big week for Quantum as Lee’s switch meant eight of the 10 Callaway staffers in the field — and 10 percent of the field — were playing a Quantum driver at Pebble.
Lee adds a versatile weapon
For someone who has 170 mph ball speed with a 2-iron, Pebble Beach would seem like an obvious track to gear back with iron off the tee, but Lee actually took the club he once called his “secret weapon” out of the bag this week.
Last week at the WM Phoenix Open, Lee added a new 21 degree Apex Utility Wood to the bag and he’s kept this week despite the windy conditions at Pebble Beach.
“The problem in the past for me is I spun the hybrid way too much,” Lee told Callaway’s Johnny Thompson. “This one keeps the spin down, which is nice, but it still has the height, which is what you want into par-5s and into tee shots.”
The club could actually be a more long-term replacement for Lee as Watson said the club was the best option at three windows: a stinger, stock and high ball. The stinger had the same ball speed and carry that Lee gets with his utility iron, but he also got the best landing angle when he tried to hit a high ball.
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Three major Odyssey swaps
In more Callaway news, in what was otherwise a quiet week with a smaller field and a huge purse at stake, Lee wasn’t done with gear changes, making a swap at putter, too.
He had been using a prototype black and white Odyssey S2S Jailbird, but this week, he’s switched to a new Odyssey prototype putter.
From photos, we can tell the putter has four movable weights on the sole, presumably to dial in CG. Odyssey’s Cody Hale said Lee was seeking a change to something that better matches his in-to-out stroke path and had a touch more face rotation.
Sepp Straka moved away from his Odyssey Stroke Lab Tuttle for a similar reason, picking up a White Hot OG Rossie with a slant neck to add some face rotation, too.
Meanwhile, Keegan Bradley also moved into an Ai-Dual 1/2 Ball Jailbird Cruiser that matched the specs of his previous Ai-One Jailbird Cruiser, but with three dots milled into the 1/2 ball.
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Odds and Ends
Some other gear changes and notes we’re tracking this week.
Rory McIlroy returned to his RORS PROTO blades. … Marco Penge switched into PXG’s Tour-only Lightning Tour Max driver, the same driver Eric Cole is using, highlighting a trend we started tracking a few weeks ago with Max Homa’s switch to the Cobra OPTM LS-K prototype driver. … Wyndham Clark went back to a Titleist TSR3 driver after using a Ping G430 LST his past few starts. … Ryo Hisatsune switched from a Vokey SM11 K*-grind to a .08M in his 60-degree. … Harry Hall switched from a TaylorMade Qi4D LS driver to a Titleist GT3 and upgraded his wedges from Vokey’s SM10 to SM11. … Robert MacIntyre added a TaylorMade Qi4D 5-wood in place of his Stealth 2 Rescue. … Sepp Straka and Michael Thorbjornsen both added 21 degree Qi4D 7-woods, with Straka replacing a three-year-old Callaway Paradym 7-wood. … There were 71 TaylorMade fairway woods in play with 21 Qi4Ds out of the 80-player field.
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Rory McIlroy makes surprising gear switch before PGA Tour season debut. The biggest gear news of the week was that Rory McIlroy’s experiment with P7CB cavity-backs was over. But was that really the end or just the beginning?
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It happens to weekend warriors and tour pros alike: You stripe a few down the middle and your driver starts to feel automatic — until it isn’t.
In a recent video from Titleist, GOLF Top 100 Teacher Joe Hallett explains that when players get that sudden boost of confidence, it often pulls their focus from the fundamentals. The most common error? A stance that creeps too wide.
“When you start hitting the ball good, especially on the tee, there’s something that starts to sneak into you and it’s this feeling of power, the feeling that you’re invincible. And that begins to show in the width of your stance,” he says.
“Little by little, you will notice as players get up to the tee, they start to get more and more of this set and the stance becomes wide,” he continues, “That is when you need to start worrying.”
Find your perfect driver stance
To find your optimal driver stance, Hallett explains that you need to determine what width gives you the most accuracy and power. The best way to do that is to use Hallett’s Goldilocks method:
- Hit a few drives with your feet just inside shoulder width
- Then at shoulder width
- Then slightly outside than shoulder width
This will help you understand how each stance width impacts your quality of contact, ball flight, accuracy and even power.
“If we keep our feet together, it kind of controls the swing, the length of the swing. That probably lends itself to more accuracy,” he says, “As the stance gets wider, it provides a little extra punch.”
Once you’ve hit a few shots with each stance, Hallett says you should start to notice a slight decline in performance as you play around with that wider stance.
“You are going to have a phenomenon where you go, that wasn’t quite as solid,” he says, “Back that up a notch, and then you have found your stance width.”
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Avoid the ‘wide right’ miss
While your perfect driver stance is optimal for most tee shots, sometimes you really want to step on one. Hallett says that’s when you need to know how to make a wider stance work for you. In his experience, a wider stance that does not work has one commonality: The trail foot is too far outside the trail shoulder.
“This stance, I call wide right,” Hallett says.
The reason the “wide right” stance causes issues is because it forces you to make a massive move to load into your trail side, which, as Hallett explained earlier, can reduce your accuracy and power in a big way. Hallett says having your trail foot too far back can also cause you to keep your weight on your lead side through the swing, creating a reverse pivot and as a result, draining your swing of power.
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“When I go to hit this, my weight’s going to move backwards. And I can tell you that moving backwards is not going to help the ball go forwards,” he says.
Instead, Hallett recommends setting up in what he calls the “correct right” stance. The key: move your trail shoulder and trail foot together as you take your stance.
This trick helps you stack your shoulders over your hips and knees, while positioning your feet slightly wider. Which allows you to load properly at the top of your backswing and generate maximum power without sacrificing control.
“Now, I’m loaded up behind the ball and I can add some extra pop into that tee shot,” Hallett says.
To dial in your drives on the course, just remember to focus on your feet. Stick with your optimal driving stance for most shots, and when you’re ready to really crush one, set your trail foot and shoulder together. This “correct right” stance will help you load properly and unleash your a powerful, controlled strike.
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Tempers flared at an Olympic curling match between Canada and Sweden Friday with a profane insult being hurled after allegations of cheating were made.
Canada beat Sweden 8-6, and Canadian third Marc Kennedy and Sweden’s Oskar Eriksson got into it after Eriksson accused Kennedy of an illegal procedure called double-touching stones after releasing them at the hog line.
Kennedy shouted, “I haven’t done it once. You can f— off,” at Eriksson.
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Canada’s Ben Hebert, Brad Jacobs and Brett Gallant compete in the men’s curling round-robin against Sweden during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium in Cortina d’Ampezzo Feb. 13, 2026. (Tiziana Fabi/AFP)
Eriksson replied, “I’ll show you a video after the game. I’ll show you a video where it’s two meters over the hog line.”
Both sides appealed to the officials, but no results were changed.
Swedish team leader Fredrik Lindberg said in a statement, “At this point, the Swedish Olympic Committee will not seek an investigation regarding the events during Friday’s game,” according to The National Review.
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Sweden’s Rasmus Wranaa, left, reacts next to Canada’s Ben Hebert during the men’s curling round-robin during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium in Cortina d’Ampezzo Feb. 13, 2026. (Tiziana Fabi/AFP)
Kennedy responded to the allegations after the match.
“I have a ton of respect for Oskar Eriksson,” he said. “He’s one of the best players to ever play. I just told him … I would never accuse you of cheating. I’ve been on tour for 25 years. He pulled a hog line official on us to make sure we weren’t double-touching. The hog line official was there for six ends, never said a thing and he’s still talking about it in the ninth end.
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The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium on Feb. 4, 2026, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
“I don’t like being accused of cheating, so I told him what I thought of it.”
According to World Curling policy, a moving stone cannot be touched beyond the hog line, but it is not a violation if a thrower double-touches the rock before the line.
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Oct 9, 2021; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Deontay Wilder (red/black trunks) is knocked out by Tyson Fury (black/gold trunks) during their WBC/Lineal heavyweight championship boxing match at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images Tyson Fury’s return to the boxing ring will take place at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The former heavyweight champion’s April 11 bout against Arslanbek Makhmudov was announced last month, but the venue wasn’t revealed until this week.
Fury, a 37-year-old Manchester, England, native, hasn’t fought since losing back-to-back matches in 2024. He lost his title belts in a split decision against Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk that May in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, then dropped a rematch to Usyk in a unanimous decision at the same venue seven months later.
Those were the first two career defeats for Fury (34-2-1).
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was the site of Fury’s last title defense, on Dec. 3, 2022, against fellow Briton Derek Chisora. Fury won his next fight, vs. former UFC heavyweight champ Francis Ngannou, in Riyadh on Oct. 28, 2023, before taking the two defeats the following year.
Makhmudov (21-2) will be fighting in England for the second straight time. The 36-year-old Russian defeated David Allen by unanimous decision in Sheffield last October.
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, in addition to being home of a Premier League soccer team, plays host to two NFL games per season.
The Fury-Makhmudov fight will be shown on Netflix.
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Akshay Bhatia shot an eight-under-par 64 to share the second-round lead with Ryo Hisatsune at 15 under at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Defending champion Rory McIlroy birdied the final hole to sign for a 67 but sits six strokes off the pace heading into the weekend.
The Northern Irishman made five birdies and an eagle but was left to rue bogeys on the 10th and 14th, although his four on the par-five 18th proved a more than satisfactory conclusion to the five-time major winner’s day.
American Bhatia had earlier produced one of the rounds of the day at Spyglass Hill, while Hisatsune recovered from dropping shots either side of the turn to pick up four shots in his final five holes.
Rickie Fowler was equally as impressive as he moved into a tie for second alongside Sam Burns, at 14 under as he chases his first win since July 2023.
Austria Sepp Straka is currently the best placed European player at 12 under, with England’s Matt Fitzpatrick two shots further back along with the likes of Keegan Bradley, Jordan Spieth and Xander Schauffele.
Englishman Tommy Fleetwood followed his 67 on Thursday with a 68 to sit at nine under with McIlroy, with Ireland’s Shane Lowry one shot further back.
A charging Scottie Scheffler brought himself back into picture with three birdies and an eagle on a five-hole stretch after the turn to reach the clubhouse at six under across the first two days.
England’s Justin Rose and Harry Hall are at five under with Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre, with each player in the field having played one round at Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill.
All the third and fourth-round action will take place solely at Pebble Beach, with there also being no 36-hole cut at the $20m (£14.7m) PGA Tour signature event.
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ISL Season Preview: Better late than never? Indian football resets for a truncated season | Football News
New Delhi: “Why don’t you write something positive?” said an irate Indian football official to this reporter. It was the plea of a frustrated representative who had done plenty at the grassroots level but was trying to please multiple stakeholders in the administrative chaos that is Indian football.Picture this. Only two days before the Indian Super League, the country’s top football division, was set to get underway on February 14, members of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) Executive Committee were voting on whether to keep it a 14-team league or expand it to 15 by including Churchill Brothers.
That plea from Churchill Brothers was unanimously rejected, keeping Inter Kashi in the top division after a legal quagmire that remains unresolved. The league will therefore remain a 14-team competition with a single round-robin format, featuring 91 matches across the 2025–26 season.Yes, the 2025–26 season is finally getting underway in February 2026, five months later than originally planned. The February 14 start date was reached only after the intervention of the Sports Ministry, which wanted the delay to not affect the country’s ambitious bid to host the 2036 Olympics.All this transpired because Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL), the Reliance-backed company that launched and ran the ISL since 2014, saw its Master Rights Agreement (MRA) with the AIFF end in December 2025.The AIFF, stalled by court visits and constitutional updates, neither contemplated its options leading up to this deadline nor moved to renew the association.In the interim, uncertainty prevailed over if, or when, the season would get underway. While administrators twiddled their thumbs, foreign players departed to keep their careers going. Clubs were forced to let them go to recover some costs and to respect the players’ wishes.When the season finally received a start date, organisers struggled to get stadiums in playable condition. Odisha FC will only begin training for the new season on February 17 and, with no home venue confirmed, their opening fixture against Punjab FC on February 16 has been postponed. Kerala Blasters, who at one point considered shutting shop, had no clarity on which city they could feasibly play in.After extensive back-and-forth, the AIFF readied an interim fixture list, which was officially announced just a week before the league’s start. With FanCode on board as the digital broadcaster, the linear television announcement with Sony Sports Network will only take place on the day the season begins.
Not just doom and gloom
Now for the positives amid the gloom. All stakeholders, including clubs, players, fans, sponsors and even the AIFF, deserve credit for ensuring the season was not lost. They showed maturity for the greater good.Most players have agreed to take pay cuts to keep the ball rolling, quite literally. The same applies to club owners and CEOs who have agreed to invest in a truncated season, aware that revenues will not match previous years, but have returned for the greater good.Even the AIFF, which has faced heavy criticism and could serve as a case study in administrative mismanagement, can argue that its hands were tied by legal disputes and warring factions. The fact that it eventually managed, through multiple mediators, to get everyone moving in the same direction is commendable.
More drama in store?
Unsurprisingly, the drama and court visits may not be over. As the AIFF circulated the League Rules on the eve of the season’s start, it made clear that relegation will be implemented as per the latest Constitution.This comes barely two weeks after clubs wrote to the Sports Ministry seeking Force Majeure for the season, effectively requesting a pause on relegation.Subsequently, the club that goes down could take the legal route later if the issue is not addressed for now.
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Zac Gallen is heading back to the desert. Gallen and the Arizona Diamondbacks are closing in on a one-year contract worth $22.025 million, according to a report from The Athletic. About $14 million would be deferred. The deal matches the $22.025 million qualifying offer Gallen rejected in November. The team has not yet announced the signing, which is pending a physical.
Gallen, 30, is coming off a 2025 season in which he didn’t live up to his established standards, hence settling for a one-year contract despite finishing in the top 10 of the National League Cy Young voting three times in his career.
For his career, Gallen has pitched to a 119 ERA+ and an FIP of 3.65 across parts of seven MLB seasons. Over that span he’s compiled a WAR of 20.7, and he’s topped 30 starts and 180 innings in three of the last four seasons. Gallen spent the last six seasons and change with the D-backs, who acquired him from the Miami Marlins in July 2019 in exchange for Jazz Chisholm Jr.
Earlier in the offseason, CBS Sports ranked Gallen as the No. 18 available free agent in the class of 2025-26. Here’s part of R.J. Anderson’s write-up:
“Gallen salvaged what he could with a good 11-start closing stretch, but an otherwise miserable walk year makes him feel like a strong candidate to accept the qualifying offer (if one is tendered) and try again in 2026. Otherwise? He’s a candidate to sign a one-year deal elsewhere and modify his arsenal in an attempt to push back against a trend that has seen his performance slip in each of the past two years.”
Before Gallen’s return, FanGraphs estimated Arizona’s 2026 payroll at $173 million. That is just south of the franchise record ($177 million in 2024), so Gallen will push the club well into uncharted payroll territory. The D-backs will neither gain nor forfeit draft picks to re-sign their own qualified free agent.
Arizona brought Merrill Kelly back earlier this offseason, and now they’ve reunited with Gallen. Those two will join lefty Eduardo Rodriguez and righties Ryne Nelson and Brandon Pfaadt in the rotation. Corbin Burnes, last offseason’s big free-agent splash, is expected to return from Tommy John surgery at midseason.
The D-backs went 80-82 last season and missed the postseason by three games. They sold at the trade deadline, most notably sending Kelly to the Texas Rangers and Eugenio Suárez to the Seattle Mariners, though they kept Gallen.
Gallen was originally drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals. He went to the Marlins with Sandy Alcantara as part of a December 2017 deal that sent Marcell Ozuna to St. Louis.
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