Breaking News

• Why USWNT may be better off losing in Australia
  The U.S. women are visiting a tough Australia team for two friendlies, but there's method behind the move. Defeats could do them good, too.
• Conference semifinals preview and predictions
  We break down and predict all four of this week's conference semifinal matchups.
• Italy, Portugal fall in same group for WC playoffs
  European champions Italy face a possible World Cup qualifying playoff against Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal after being drawn in the same path.
• UK golfers exit S. Africa amid variant, flight ban
  A batch of British and Irish golfers withdrew from the Joburg Open before Friday's second round after the U.K. government announced it was banning flights from South Africa to counter the spread of a new COVID-19 variant.