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The juniors and seniors responded by scoring 56 points to lead the Huskies to a 67-61 win over Tulane on Wednesday night. Junior Tyler Polley had 19 points and a career high 11 rebounds. Senior Christian Vital (14 points), junior Alterique Gilbert (11) and junior Josh Carlton (10), also reached double figures for the Huskies (10-5, 1-2 American). “The upperclassmen really led the way,” said Gilbert. “We just played with a lot of energy, played for each other and played with pride....

The victory sends the Huskies (37-1) into Tuesday night’s national championship game against Notre Dame, which beat South Carolina in Sunday’s early game. MORE: Coach K not going stale | 2010 Duke-Butler title game | LINEMAKERS: Duke-Wisconsin take The Huskies have won the last two national championships, and four national titles since 2009. That dynasty has shown no signs of faltering this year, as UConn boasts a roster loaded with likely future WNBA stars such as forward Breanna Stewart and speedy point guard Moriah Jefferson....

With the quarter-finals of both the tournaments wrapping up yesterday, the draw has been made for the next round of the UEFA Champions League and the Europa League. Teams qualified for UCL semi-finals:BarcelonaBayern MunichBorussia DortmundReal Madrid Teams qualified for Europa League semi-finals:ChelseaBaselBenficaFenerbahce The two Champions League semi-final matches will be: Bayern Munich v Barcelona Borussia Dortmund v Real Madrid Winner of the Borussia Dortmund v Real Madrid match is considered the home team for the finals....

Reigning champions Chelsea will face record 13-time winners Real Madrid in a rematch of last season’s Champions League semifinal, which saw the Blues advance by a 3-1 aggregate score. It will be another England vs. Spain matchup when Atletico Madrid face Premier League champions Manchester City as managers Pep Guardiola and Diego Simeone clash. The winner will have to contend with the survivor of the Chelsea vs. Real Madrid quarterfinal....

They were ruthless but beautiful at the same time – especially when they broke after trapping their opponents in a speedy counter-attack. While their attack often grabbed all the spotlight, the basis of their success was all done to their defence. They were strong, they were dominating and every one of them had a point to prove. Here’s looking at France’s greatest UEFA European Championship XI: Goalkeeper France have had excellent goalkeepers over the past few decades – they have one now too in Hugo Lloris – but the greatest ever Euro goalkeeper will be Fabian Barthez....

In the end, it was Liverpool who turned out to be the successful side, a win on penalties as Adrian produced a save off Tammy Abraham to turn hero for his new team. Olivier Giroud and Jorginho had previously scored on either side of Sadio Mane’s brace, taking the game beyond Extra time, and into a decision based on spot-kicks. As always, several individual battles ultimately decided the course of the tie....

Paige VanZant, who had an 18-month layoff due to various injuries, defeated Kailin Curran by third round TKO. It was a back and forth fight and for their performance, they won ‘Fight of the Night’ and earned $50,000 bonuses. When you talk to most fighters, they say they used to watch it in their younger days. The ex-model got into MMA for peculiar reason. “When I started training to fight, it was more out of boredom than anything," VanZant told FoxSports....

Well, Rousey may be too good for her own good. On Saturday night, Rousey knocked out Correia in 34 seconds of their UFC 190 main event. MORE: Rousey’s career-defining-moments | Classic Ronda Rousey photos | UFC 190 photos | UFC fighters brawl at WSOF event Once again, Rousey finished her opponent so quickly that you can literally watch the entire fight in one tweet. Rousey is now 12-0 and has beaten her past five opponents in 3:08 combined and her past three opponents in just 64 seconds combined....

Leading up to the long-awaited showdown, everyone is talking about the brash Irishman and making Aldo out to be a footnote and a steppingstone for McGregor’s coronation. MORE: What’s next for each UFC champ? | McGregor’s most notorious moments How can the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world be treated this way? It is easy to like McGregor. He’s good-looking, cocky, has a big ego, wears nice clothes, has expensive cars and cuts promos that have people hanging on his every word....

That changes with Saturday’s UFC 198. MORE: UFC boss dismisses McGregor-Mayweather talk | But ‘Money keeps talking Cris “Cyborg” Justino (Getty Images) People wanted to see Cyborg, the former Strikeforce and current Invicta FC featherweight champion, fight Ronda Rousey. That hasn’t occurred and it is unknown if Rousey will ever return after being knocked out by Holly Holm at UFC 193 in November. Justino is now here, fighting Leslie Smith in a catchweight bout at 140 pounds at Saturday’s UFC 198 from the sold-out 45,000 seat Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil....

The dethroned champion remained expressionless and stayed on the scale for the bare minimum amount of time before striding backstage without a word after she made weight at 135 pounds. MORE: Ridiculously ripped Ronda Rousey shows up for UFC 207 Rousey’s bout with the Brazilian Amanda Nunes headlines UFC 207 on Friday in Las Vegas. Thirteen months removed from the knockout loss to Holly Holm that cost Rousey (12-1) her UFC women’s bantamweight belt, the 29-year-old has made a point of keeping a low profile leading up to this fight....

The fact that it was April Fool’s Day made it even worse, because when the report first came from ESPN’s Brett Okamoto that Saturday’s UFC 223 main event between Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov was off — for a fourth time, no less — it just didn’t feel real. But then the corroborating tweets started to flow, followed by Okamoto sitting down with UFC president Dana White to discuss the unexpected changes hitting the April 7 fight card....

In case you didn’t know… In the only women’s fight on the main card, Michelle Waterson looked to continue her winning run after defeating Courtney Casey in her last fight earlier in the year. Michelle did not have the best run in the UFC with two wins and two losses heading into the fight. Meanwhile, her opponent, Felice Herrig came into the fight off of a loss from her last fight....

That should change this weekend with UFC 235. This is a truly stacked pay-per-view, with two big title fights on top, the debut of one of the highest rated fighters to have never stepped into the Octagon, and numerous top prospects and veterans up and down the card. Here are the predicted outcomes for UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith. #1 Jon Jones vs. Anthony Smith The main event of UFC 235 will see Anthony Smith challenge Jon Jones for the UFC Light-Heavyweight title in what might be one of the most unexpected title fights in promotional history....

Before the winner could get on the mic, Barber praised Modafferi in a classy gesture (H/T MMAJunkie): Barber blew out her knee in the second round. The physician reported it as a “partial” ACL tear, which made it difficult for her to move forward. As it stood at the time, she was two rounds down and the veteran did enough to secure a victory on the judges’ scorecards. Maycee Barber’s MMA undefeated streak comes to an end as she now stands at 8-1....

Francis Ngannou knocks out Jairziniho Rozenstruik at UFC 249 At tonight’s UFC 249 pay-per-view, Francis Ngannou made his return to the Octagon for the first time since last June and upon his return, the Cameroonian did exactly what you would hope he would do! After being initially called-out by Rozenstruik in the aftermath of his win over Alistair Overeem from December of 2019, Francis Ngannou certainly didn’t take things too lightly and proved the world why he probably still is the hardest-hitting fighter in the UFC today....

After a marathon camp, the featherweight will take on the most dominant female champ in company history for the 145-pound belt in Las Vegas on Saturday (Sunday in Australia). UFC 259: Odds, predictions, betting trends | Start time, PPV schedule Nunes (20-4) is on a 10-fight win streak that has seen her claim and defend both the bantamweight and featherweight straps. Standing in her way at UFC 259 is Anderson (11-4), though the Queenslander who now calls Kansas City, Mo....

Gustafsson (16-2-0) exploded on the scene back in 2013 with a close decision loss to Jones as a big underdog. He was winning going into the last two rounds but came up short on the decision after fading late. After taking out Jimi Manuwa in the second round in March last year, Gustafsson was given a rematch with Jones. Unfortunately, a torn meniscus forced him to pull out of the fight, which was scheduled to take place back in September....

Dubbed as UFC Vegas 18, the card will take place at the promotion’s home ground, UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, and stream on ESPN+ exclusively. UFC went on a two-week hiatus after the three-fight week at Fight Island in Abu Dhabi, which culminated in the blockbuster UFC 257. The pay-per-view event drew 1.2 million buys on ESPN+ and another 400,000 worldwide, bringing the total figure to 1.6 million PPV buys, according to Sports Business Journal....

Masvidal, who is best known for his five-second flying-knee KO of Ben Askren, never even saw it coming. The best part? The late confetti and Dan Le Batard shaking his head before it happens. MORE: Conor McGregor wants rematch with Khabib Masvidal isn’t the only one who has fallen for the hilarious joke. Here’s a roundup of the show’s other guests, like Katie Nolan, Josh Norman and Trick Daddy, who went for the prank:...