National & World Sports

The hockey world championships have been pulled from Belarus following pressure from opposition groups and a threatened boycott by sponsors

Monday’s game in Miami between the Heat and the Detroit Pistons was pushed back five hours, with the league and teams making that decision so additional COVID-19 testing could be processed

Four Colombians have been ruled out of a match against the U.S. women’s soccer team because of coronavirus protocols

A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press that the Cleveland Cavaliers are moving on from troubled and talented forward Kevin Porter Jr. The Cavs will either trade or release Porter, who has not played for them this season

Kyrie Irving will miss a seventh straight game when the Brooklyn Nets host the Milwaukee Bucks

Michigan State is postponing its game this weekend against No. 22 Illinois, moving a third straight basketball game due to a COVID-19 outbreak within coach Tom Izzo’s program

Louisville is No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll for the first time in school history

POLL ALERT: Louisville moves to No. 1 in women's Top 25 for 1st time in school history; Stanford tumbles to No. 5

Gonzaga once again has racked up all but the two first-place votes that went to Baylor in the latest Associated Press men's college basketball poll

POLL ALERT: Duke falls out of Top 25 for 1st time since February 2016; Gonzaga, Baylor, Villanova remain 1-2-3