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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Coco Gauff rallied from a slow start and a second-set argument with the chair umpire to beat Karolina Pliskova 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 and reach the quarterfinals of the Dubai Championships on Wednesday. The third-seeded Gauff ended Pliskova’s 11-match winning streak. The 19-year-old American built a 4-2 lead in the second set before a lengthy …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Radford Highlanders (13-14, 3-9 Big South) at Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs (13-14, 8-4 Big South) Boiling Springs, North Carolina; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Radford visits the Gardner-Webb …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Baylor Bears (19-6, 8-4 Big 12) at BYU Cougars (18-7, 6-6 Big 12) Provo, Utah; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cougars -4; over/under is 155 BOTTOM …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Northern Iowa Panthers (15-12, 9-7 MVC) at Illinois State Redbirds (13-14, 7-9 MVC) Normal, Illinois; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Illinois State takes on the Northern Iowa …

MUNICH (AP) — All three of Bayern Munich’s specialist right backs are out injured after the club confirmed Noussair Mazraoui has a hamstring strain on Tuesday. The Morocco defender went off injured in a 3-2 loss to Bochum on Sunday, which left the German champion eight points off Bundesliga leader Bayer Leverkusen and piled more pressure on coach Thomas Tuchel. …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Pepperdine Waves (11-17, 4-9 WCC) at Pacific Tigers (6-22, 0-13 WCC) Stockton, California; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Pacific hosts the Pepperdine Waves after Nicquel Blake scored …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. San Francisco Dons (21-6, 10-2 WCC) at Saint Mary’s Gaels (21-6, 12-0 WCC) Moraga, California; Tuesday, 11 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Gaels -7; over/under is 133 BOTTOM …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Ball State Cardinals (12-13, 4-8 MAC) at Northern Illinois Huskies (9-16, 3-9 MAC) DeKalb, Illinois; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Huskies -1; over/under is 145.5 BOTTOM …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Western Carolina Catamounts (19-8, 8-6 SoCon) at UNC Greensboro Spartans (19-8, 10-4 SoCon) Greensboro, North Carolina; Wednesday, 6 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Western Carolina faces the UNC Greensboro …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Washington State coach Kyle Smith had just finished watching his team almost entirely shut down Stanford last weekend, and win for the 10th time in its last 11 …