Reuters Sports News Summary
Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.
NHL roundup: Avs come from behind to down Oilers in OT
Mikko Rantanen scored with 21 seconds left in overtime to lift the Colorado Avalanche past the Edmonton Oilers 6-5 on Sunday in Denver. Colorado came back from a 5-3 third-period deficit to win its third straight and hand Edmonton its fourth loss in a row. The Avalanche won a faceoff in the Oilers' zone and got the puck to Rantanen, who skated in on his own to score the winning goal. It was his 36th of the season.
Soccer-Body of Ghana soccer player Atsu arrives home in Accra
The body of Ghana winger Christian Atsu was flown home to Accra on Sunday evening, the day after he was found dead under a collapsed building in southern Turkey. Atsu had been missing since the Feb. 6 earthquake following the collapse of an apartment building in Hatay. He was 31.
Tennis-Alcaraz hails dream return from injury after Buenos Aires triumph
Carlos Alcaraz enjoyed a dream return to action after more than three months out due to abdominal and hamstring injuries as the world number two claimed the Argentina Open title on Sunday by beating Cameron Norrie 6-3 7-5 in the final. The top seed won the U.S. Open in September and became the youngest player to top the world rankings at 19 years old, but suffered an abdominal issue at the Paris Masters in November before pulling out of the Australian Open with a leg injury.
Athletics-Bol breaks long-standing world indoor 400m record
Netherlands' Femke Bol ran the 400 meters in 49.26 seconds at the Dutch Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn on Sunday to break one of the longest-standing world records in track and field. Bol's time beat the previous record of 49.59 set by Czech athlete Jarmila Kratochvilova on March 7, 1982.
Golf-Rahm returns to world number one with win at Riviera
Jon Rahm returned to the top of the world rankings with his third win of the year at the Genesis Invitational on Sunday, prevailing in a tense final-round battle with Max Homa to claim a dramatic victory in Pacific Palisades, California. Spaniard Rahm, 28, made two late birdies to close with a two-under 69 for a two-shot win over home favorite Homa, finishing at 17-under for his 10th PGA Tour title and a fifth win in his last nine tournaments worldwide.
Soccer-'I didn't watch Champions League final again until last weekend, it was torture' - Klopp
Liverpool coach Juergen Klopp conceded that he had not been able to bring himself to rewatch last season's Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid until this past weekend, insisting reliving the experience was "torture." The Reds won their first three matches against Real in European competition, between 1981 and 2009. Since then, however, they are winless in six games against them, with five of those ending in defeat.
Soccer-Arsenal edge ahead again in title race as Man United join the party
When Manchester City won at Arsenal last week to move top of the Premier League, many assumed the champions would have no trouble going on to a fifth title in six seasons, but the north Londoners proved on Saturday the race is far from won. And to make City's title defense all the more difficult, rivals Manchester United are not going away either.
Tennis-Sabalenka says Grand Slam win has fueled hunger for success
Aryna Sabalenka heads into this week's Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships as the WTA Tour's newest Grand Slam champion, and the Belarusian said she is more motivated than ever before to build on her success. The big-hitting 24-year-old rallied to beat Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina 4-6 6-3 6-4 in last month's Australian Open final to claim her maiden Grand Slam crown after three previous semi-final defeats at the majors.
Soccer-Napoli don't play 'like an Italian team', says Frankfurt coach
Serie A leaders Napoli will be aggressive and counter-press with "incredible intensity" in their Champions League last-16 first leg encounter with Eintracht Frankfurt, coach Oliver Glasner said on Monday. Napoli won five out of their six Champions League group stage games to finish as group winners ahead of Liverpool.
Motor racing-Lance Stroll to miss F1 testing after cycle accident
Canadian Lance Stroll will miss Formula One's three-day pre-season test in Bahrain this week after sustaining injuries in a bicycle accident in Spain, his Aston Martin team said on Monday. The 24-year-old's absence means that, if passed fit, he will start practice on March 2 for the opening grand prix at Sakhir having done just 17 shakedown laps at Silverstone in cold and damp conditions in the new AMR23 car.
