Kirsty Muir has become the first British woman to win World Cup titles in both freeski slopestyle and overall park and pipe.

The 21-year-old Scot finished second on Saturday, behind home skier Sarah Hofflin, in the final slopestyle event of the 2025-26 season in Silvaplana, Switzerland.

Muir’s score of 75.54, behind 35-year-old Olympic bronze medallist Hofflin (80.07), was enough for her to claim a third consecutive podium, following wins in Aspen and Tignes.

It pushed her season score to 280 points to clinch the first slopestyle Crystal Globe of her career, by 69 points from Canada’s Elena Gaskell.

Muir also finished third in the big air season standings, on 219 points, giving her a combined total of 470 in the overall competition – which includes slopestyle, big air and halfpipe – to beat nearest challenger, Canada’s Naomi Urness, by 78 points.

The Aberdonian’s landmark wins followed disappointment at last month’s Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina, where she finished fourth in both slopestyle and big air.

After coming so close to a medal, the X Games champion told BBC Sport after the Olympics that it just motivated her to go on and achieve more in the sport.

“I am really excited to go and try and learn some new tricks. I am excited to see where I can push myself and where I can push the sport,” she said.

“For the next two years I will go and do everything that I would like to do and forget about the Olympics, and then when it comes round to qualification again I will get stuck in.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. — At this point, you almost needn’t look. The ball went inside to Tarris Reed Jr. Carson Cooper helped off a half-step too many. The ball popped out to Alex Karaban, who had raised his hand as soon as Cooper had turned his head. It didn’t matter that Reed’s pass took Karaban to the outskirts of the midcourt logo, or that Cooper, with his 6-foot-11 height and a wingspan even longer, closed out nearly perfectly.

When the ball left Karaban’s hands, he knew it, his teammates knew it and Michigan State might have known it, too. The ball hit nothing but nylon, and Huskies faithful erupted. Karaban pumped a fist — ecstatic yet composed — in the direction of Dan Hurley. It wasn’t the dagger, but it put UConn up by four with roughly 30 seconds to play. The Huskies made their free throws, and Karaban — who else? — intercepted Michigan State’s last desperation pass to secure a 67-63 rollercoaster win and advance to the Elite Eight, where it will face No. 1 seed Duke.

“I refuse to lose and really do anything to help this team win,” Karaban said. “The main thing in the huddle that really stuck with me is coach saying, ‘Go out there and fire, have no regrets at the end of this,’ when Michigan State started making their run. That just really stuck with me.

“If I see a glimpse of an opening, I’m going to let it fly.”

It’s Karaban’s 16th NCAA Tournament win as a starter. The only players with more are Christian Laettner and Bobby Hurley, Dan’s brother, per CBS Sports research. All 16 have come at UConn with Dan Hurley as his coach.

“It’s like having an associate head coach that is in the locker room, that lives in the apartments, that is in the dining [room], that is in the weight room, that’s peer pressuring his teammates to do extra,” Hurley said. “It’s like having a top assistant that’s on your team and always around your players.”

The off-court leadership is nice. The on-court production is better. Karaban scored 17 points, gathered seven rebounds, dished out three assists and blocked two shots. He and Reed (20 points) have carried the Huskies this NCAA Tournament; that duo, fittingly, scored the Huskies’ final 11 points of the game and 24 of the team’s 32 in the second half.

“That’s what this time of year is all about,” Hurley said. “You’ve got to have great upperclassmen.”

Karaban is the rare one who did it as an underclassman, too. A good but not elite recruit — he was outside the top 100 in the 247Sports 2022 class rankings — he stepped right in and started all but one game as a freshman. The Huskies demolished everything in their NCAA Tournament path en route to a title. They did it the next year, too, and Karaban added a second national title to his burgeoning yet already historic list of accomplishments.

It nearly came to a crashing halt months later. Hurley strongly considered the Lakers job in what would have been a stunning but not unreasonable departure. Thursday, Hurley even admitted he wishes he could have taken a gap year after two straight titles.

“Whatever he wanted to do, whatever would make him happy, his family happy, that’s ultimately what we all wanted,” Karaban said. “For him to come back and want to stay at UConn was a blessing for us. We greatly appreciated that. We just want to repay him with how we play on the basketball court.”

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The lone returning starter from the second title team, Karaban became a leader. Previous teams had Adama Sanogo, Tristen Newton, and Andre Jackson — upperclassmen who had been through the ropes in Storrs.

The season didn’t go as planned, especially given the enormous (and, frankly, unfair) expectations. Replacing four starters isn’t easy. Three-peating isn’t easy. It hasn’t happened since John Wooden was leading UCLA more than 50 years ago. UConn was up-and-down all season and bowed out to eventual champion Florida in the second round.

Karaban’s shooting numbers dipped — from 64% from 2 to 54%, and from 38% from 3 to 35% — year-over-year. He eschewed the NBA Draft for a second straight offseason and got to work.

“Last summer, I remember we were reading stats about shooting,” Reed said. “I think he was shooting like 10,000 shots — something crazy — in the summer. Just knowing his dedication off the court, how much he’s just bought into the team, it’s been ups and downs throughout your career, but to see where he is now and him leading us to the Elite Eight is just so special.”

The shooting numbers speak for themselves, but bouncing back took more than on-court work. So he took up meditating before games.

“I think I didn’t do that enough last year,” Karaban said. “My main focus right now is to really lead this team, help these guys out, make sure everyone is themselves and confident. Picking guys up if they make a mistake or continue to support everybody out there on the court and really just do whatever it takes to win. … When I first came in here, guys were doing that to me. Now it’s just my turn to do that to younger guys and other teammates.”

That doesn’t mean he doesn’t get pumped up. When Reed, a 59% free-throw shooter, knocked down two big ones to put the game out of reach, Karaban was the first person to get right in Reed’s ear and tell him “the preparation truly pays off, and I’m super proud of him.”

Anyone can try to be a leader, or even be bestowed the title. Karaban, though, leads successfully, towing the lines between program record-setter, leader, teammate and, as Hurley put it, de-facto associate head coach.

“[He was] just talking to me about how it was winning here and what they want to get back doing, what the standard is,” said Georgia transfer Silas Demary Jr said of his visit last summer. “At first, from the outside looking in, you think he’s quiet, but once you’re around him, you see how much of a leader he is, see how much he talks, see how much of a great person he is, and he’s a great person to be around. His leadership has always stuck out to me.”

When asked what sets Karaban apart as a leader, Reed racked his brain and then said simply, “Everything.”

“The way he works off the court, the discipline and what he’s motivated by on the court, that guy works his tail off,” Reed said. “Having a guy like that who just knows how to win. He makes the right plays at the right time, he can score at three levels; off the court he’s focused on his body, his meals. It’s like he does everything right. Just having a guy to lead the team like that is so special.”

The numbers are special, too.

His name is up there with UConn’s all-time greats. Richard Hamilton. Ben Gordon. Ray Allen. Shabazz Napier.

He has the chance to add to it, too. Sunday, he’ll become the first player to start in an Elite Eight game in three different seasons since Devonte’ Graham (2016-18). No player has started in a Final Four game in three different seasons since Luc Mbah a Moute (2006-08). Only four players in the past 50 years have started in a national championship in three different seasons, and they’re all titans of the sport: Laettner, Hurley, Grant Hill and Patrick Ewing.

After Hurley decided to stay, he cited several factors: the chance to chase a three-peat, proximity to family, his family’s love for Connecticut and the ability to help mold college athletes.

He didn’t admit it publicly, but returning to coach Karaban — then a two-time champion in two years, already becoming an extension of the coach himself — certainly played a factor, too. How could it not?

“I’m just glad [about] the decision to come back for this last year, that he’s been able to play as well [as he has], and his last run has been fun,” Hurley said. “Obviously, he’s improving his draft stock, and he’s established himself as the biggest winner and the most decorated player in UConn history. That’s hard to do at a place like ours.”

Inglis’ iconic Easter Yearling Sale brings some of the planet’s prime yearlings to Sydney’s auction block this Sunday and Monday.

The 472 lots encompass foals from Group 1 stars Sunlight, Shoals, Montefilia and 14-time Group 1 champion Melody Belle, plus siblings to elite racers including Switzerland, Estijaab, Classique Legend, Zougotcha and Trapeze Artist.

With economic turbulence from Middle East conflicts rippling through global trade, Inglis Bloodstock head Sebastian Hutch is proceeding carefully on forecasts yet assured in the catalogue’s strength.

“I don’t think people know what to expect, there are so many variables in play economically,” Hutch said.

“Really, all we can do is try and do our best to facilitate the best market we can, try and provide the best service that we can and if it happens that people turn up and want to buy horses and are happy to invest, well great.

“If it doesn’t, we just want to be able to work away and walk away from the thing and be proud that we’ve done our best.”

Easter’s early April placement has advanced the sale by seven days from tradition, boosting the catalogue by 12 percent from last year’s $151 million event averaging $447,832 per yearling.

Plans for offering Winx’s second foal at this Easter Sale fell through, following the record $10 million Pierro filly sale two years back, as the Snitzel colt was withdrawn recently over a setback.

High-calibre sires remain plentiful, including Extreme Choice, I Am Invincible, Snitzel, Zoustar, alongside hot prospects Home Affairs and Anamoe in the book.

The inspection phase showed solid buzz at Riverside Sales Complex, according to Hutch.

“I think typically it’s a sale that people look forward to,” he said.

“We promote it on the basis that it’s the best yearlings offered by the best breeders at the best complex.

“We feel like we’ve got a particularly good catalogue of yearlings this year. There are obviously more challenging circumstances under which to be offering a draft of yearlings, but the horses are, on the main, very good and it’ll really be up to buyers to decide how they feel about them.”

Leading off is a Home Affairs filly out of New Zealand Group 1 winner O’Marilyn at 11am Sunday.

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NFL fans will likely have to spend more to watch the league’s full slate of games each week in 2026. 

A YouTube TV “NFL Sunday Ticket” subscription can cost several hundred dollars, but does not provide access to every game. Fans must also subscribe to Amazon Prime, Peacock and Netflix to watch the full slate. All-in costs for these packages exceed $1,500, but that figure does not include fees or internet costs.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr has made it a priority to support American sports fans as the NFL, NBA, MLB and other leagues move key games from broadcast and cable television to costly streaming services. However, the NFL could lose its antitrust exemption if too many games are placed behind a paywall, Carr said this week.

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“Does the NFL still benefit from the antitrust exemption when they’re negotiating for carriage of games not on a sponsored telecast, but on a streaming service?” Carr said at an event in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, via Semafor. “That’s a very live, very ripe question.”

Carr cautioned there is “a point at which you sort of tip the scale, and they’ve just put too many games behind a paywall, and then that whole exemption collapses.”

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A 1961 law allows the NFL to negotiate leaguewide TV deals without violating U.S. antitrust rules, provided it meets certain conditions, including protecting customer access. The stakes are high if the NFL’s antitrust exemption goes away, particularly if individual franchises begin selling their TV rights separately.

Carr pointed to broader implications for media rights negotiations. “If the NFL teams were able to collectively negotiate,” he said, “should the broadcasters, perhaps, be able to collectively negotiate as well?”

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Fox News Digital contacted the NFL for comment, but league officials did not immediately respond.

Last month, the FCC said it would seek public comment on the shift of live sports from broadcast channels to streaming platforms. The comment period runs through March 27, and replies are due April 13.

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Carr acknowledged that the rising cost and sometimes inconvenient nature of sports streaming are frustrating fans, arguing the drawbacks ultimately outweigh the benefits.

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Carr acknowledged the rising cost and sometimes inconvenient nature of sports streaming are frustrating fans, arguing the drawbacks ultimately outweigh the benefits.

“Americans are frustrated when they sit down and can’t find the game they want to watch. And that feeling grows only worse when they realize that they might need to sign up for another streaming service to watch the game,” Carr previously told Fox News Digital. 

“There has long been a strong and mutually beneficial relationship between sports leagues and broadcasters, and consumers will benefit if that continues,” Carr continued. “I want to see Americans continue to benefit from free over-the-air sports programming.”

Fox News’ Brian Flood contributed to this report.

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Mike Tyson has often credited Muhammad Ali as being his boxing hero but that hasn’t stopped him conceding that there is another man he views as the greatest.

Tyson and Ali are both regarded as two of the best heavyweight boxers of all time, with Ali first to transcend the sport when he dominated the banner division throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

He became a three-time world heavyweight champion and claimed victories in some of the most iconic fights of all time, such as the ‘Rumble In The Jungle’ against George Foreman and the ‘Thrilla In Manila’ against Joe Frazier.

After retiring from the sport in 1981, it was then Tyson’s turn to take the mantle, as he made his debut in March 1985 and just over 18 months later won the WBC title to become the youngest world heavyweight champion in history at the age of 20.

Just like Ali, Tyson’s fights were must-see affairs, becoming the number one attraction in the sport for the next two decades, with that even proving to be the case when ‘Iron Mike’ took part in a controversial bout with YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in 2024.

When it came to naming the best boxer of all time, Tyson didn’t choose Ali, instead making another pick that is widely accepted throughout the boxing world. Reflecting on a meeting with the legendary Sugar Ray Robinson, he described him as the true greatest ever.

“I know he’s the greatest fighter to ever live.”

It’s hard to argue with Tyson’s beliefs due to the achievements of Robinson, who was world champion at welterweight and middleweight, and at one point had a record of 129-1-2 with 85 knockouts, going on a 91-fight unbeaten streak in the process.

In the end, Robinson retired having won 174 of his 201 fights, making it clear exactly why Tyson and so many others view him as the greatest of all time.

Ruben Amorim was sacked by Manchester United at the turn of the year following an uninspiring tenure at Old Trafford, with Michael Carrick succeeding him in the interim

Ruben Amorim has been playing padel with Manchester City director of football, Hugo Viana. It comes just months after the Portuguese head coach was sacked by Manchester United.

Amorim was handed his walking papers by the United board in January, around a-year-and-a-half after his appointment. The 41-year-old could only manage a 15th place Premier League finish in his first season with the club, before failing to make much of a mark in 2025/26.

As a result, Michael Carrick has stepped up as interim head coach until the end of the season, managing to breathe a new lease of life into the club in such a short space of time. At present, United sit third in the Premier League standings just six points adrift of a second-place City.

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And while a league title is virtually impossible this season, given that table toppers Arsenal are 15 points clear of them and just seven matches remain, the Reds look increasingly likely to secure Champions League football for the new season when 2025/26 is said and done.

Amorim, meanwhile, has been out of a job since he was given the boot at the turn of the year. However, he has been spotted enjoying a spot of padel with Viana – a man many United fans consider a mortal enemy given his role with bitter rivals, City.

However, given that Amorim and Viana were team-mates at Braga and Sporting CP before they joined their respective Manchester rivals, it should come as little to no surprise that the two still hold a stellar relationship. Pictured at Lisbon’s Padel Expo club sharing a game, Amorim beamed alongside Viana and Goncalo Oliveira.

Sharing the snap, the club’s official Instagram account wrote: “We tried to contact you to strengthen our coaching staff, but it wasn’t to be this time! Thank you very much for your visit Ruben Amorim and Hugo Viana, it was a pleasure to have you at Padel Expo.”

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While Amorim has been enjoying time away from the beautiful game, Carrick has excelled in picking up where his predecessor left off. The Englishman has led United to seven Premier League wins from his first 10 matches in charge, and has put his name in the hat to take up permanent tenure this summer.

Given that Carrick is only on a short-term contract, a number of more experienced managers have also been linked with the post come the end of the current campaign.

Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner has been touted with a move to Old Trafford for some time now, with the chances of such a reality unfolding being boosted by the fact that the Austrian will leave Selhurst Park in a matter of months.

Elsewhere, Gareth Southgate, Roberto De Zerbi, Andoni Iraola and Luis Enrique have also been tipped to take the reins of the Reds for 2026/27.

However, should Carrick continue to impress, there’s also a chance that the 44-year-old’s deal with the club will be extended. Up next for Manchester United is a Premier League clash with Leeds at Old Trafford come April 13.

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Group 1 winning trainer Gavin Bedggood has meticulously prepared Mornington Glory for his forthcoming re-entry into competition.

Mornington Glory’s debut in almost seven months arrives in the Listed Bob Hoysted Handicap (1000m) on Flemington’s Saturday program, where stablemate Johnny Rocker, a recent addition, will also appear.

Bedggood opted for extended recovery with Mornington Glory after ‘bone bruising’ was found following his subpar three-start spring preparation last year, culminating in last place in Randwick’s Concorde Stakes.

“Post Sydney, we sent him off for an MRI and scintigraphy, and he came back with pod lesions, or severe bone bruising,” Bedggood said.

“He had a three-month paddock break, a long rehab and returned with a month on the water walker, a month on the sandhills (at Cranbourne) and then a month of pacework.

“He’s got a really good base of fitness on him. He won his last trial, but I would say I have seen him trial better than what he did.

“He’s a horse that has not performed at his best first-up, but I would be disappointed if he didn’t run well.”

Mornington Glory’s form soared in 2024’s early spring, capped by victory in the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) held at Moonee Valley.

Two more races followed before a break; autumn trials preceded another spell due to a joint wrench.

Last spring, Bedggood acknowledged potential ‘trainer error’ in racing Mornington Glory off a lone trial, after which his three runs wrapped up.

Post-Saturday and one further start, Mornington Glory might head to Adelaide.

“He’s got to put his hand up and show me something in his first two runs, otherwise we might pull the pin,” Bedggood said.

“I don’t want to be that trainer that had a good horse that kept on banging it around for the sake of running it.

“He owes us nothing and we owe him everything.”

Johnny Rocker’s first with Bedggood succeeds one Sydney effort for Bjorn Baker, after time with Nick Ryan at Flemington.

Under Ryan, he nearly overhauled Imperatriz in March 2024’s Group 1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley.

“We’ve probably had him for six weeks and he and Mornington Glory have pretty much been workmates,” Bedggood said.

“I thought he galloped fantastic at Caulfield the other week but trialled below par at Cranbourne.

“His fitness is very good. He had the one run in Sydney before coming to me and like Mornington Glory, you want to see him be competitive and show he’s still got that zest for racing.

“He lives out in a yard. He’s gone from being boxed at Flemington and Warwick Farm, so we’re trying to get him right mentally.”

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