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5:34 PM on Sunday, March 29

Désiré Doué scored a pair of goals and France defeated Colombia 3-1 as both teams prepare for the men’s World Cup this summer

5:28 PM on Sunday, March 29

Joey Wiemer and Keibert Ruiz homered and the Washington Nationals earned a season-opening series win with a 6-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs

5:27 PM on Sunday, March 29

Yandy Díaz singled four times, doubled and drove in four runs, and Steven Matz notched the victory against his former team as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-7 on Sunday to avoid a season-opening sweep

5:08 PM on Sunday, March 29

The Toronto Blue Jays started the 50th season in team history by striking out 50 batters in their opening series against the Athletics, setting the major league record for strikeouts in the first three games of the season

5:08 PM on Sunday, March 29

Owen Caissie hit a walk-off, two-run homer to give the Miami Marlins a 4-3 win over the Colorado Rockies and complete a sweep of their season-opening series

5:06 PM on Sunday, March 29

Pete Alonso singled home the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, Tyler O’Neill hit a three-run homer and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Minnesota Twins 8-6

4:50 PM on Sunday, March 29

Eugenio Suarez hit a three-run home run and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Red Sox 3-2 to win their season-opening series

4:42 PM on Sunday, March 29

MacKenzie Gore struck out seven in his Texas debut, and Brandon Nimmo and Andrew McCutchen both homered to lead the Texas Rangers to an 8-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies

4:16 PM on Sunday, March 29

George Springer hit the 64th leadoff home run of his career, Kazuma Okamoto went deep for the first time in the majors and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Athletics 5-2 to complete a three-game sweep

4:04 PM on Sunday, March 29

Seth Lugo pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings and Carter Jensen homered to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 4-1 win over the Atlanta Braves

3:26 PM on Sunday, March 29

Geno Auriemma and defending national champion UConn are going to their 25th Final Four in the women's NCAA Tournament

2:55 PM on Sunday, March 29

Openers Ryan Rickelton and Rohit Sharma hit aggressive half-centuries to lead Mumbai Indians to a six-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL with five balls left

2:24 PM on Sunday, March 29

The Texas women's basketball team is chasing its first national championship in 40 years with the architect of that title watching from behind the bench

2:18 PM on Sunday, March 29

Dawn Staley and South Carolina are mainstays in the Final Four while TCU is looking to reach March Madness’ biggest stage for the first time

1:10 PM on Sunday, March 29

Four-time world champion Max Verstappen has not ruled out retiring at the end of the Formula 1 season, saying he is trying “very hard” to enjoy racing under the new changes

12:35 PM on Sunday, March 29

Irish rugby player Neff Giwa has never played American football

11:04 AM on Sunday, March 29

Igor Tudor has left his role as Tottenham interim coach after seven matches and 44 days in charge

10:18 AM on Sunday, March 29

Alex Fitzpatrick has won the Indian Open with a stunning display of birdies to rally past Eugenio Chacarra

8:42 AM on Sunday, March 29

African soccer’s governing body has announced a raft of “changes and improvements” to its statutes and regulations as it deals with the fallout from a contentious Africa Cup of Nations final

8:11 AM on Sunday, March 29

Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya has expressed her disappointment with IOC President Kirsty Coventry over the decision to ban transgender women athletes from competing in women’s events at the Olympics