Taylor’s 18 points leads No. 8 Texas A&M to 69-61 win over Arkansas

Wade Taylor IV scored 18 points and No. 8 Texas A&M extended its winning streak to five games with a 69-61 victory over Arkansas on Saturday. The game was tied with less than 10 minutes to go before the Aggies (20-5, 9-3 Southeastern Conference) used a 9-0 run to take a 59-50 lead with five minutes left. Taylor got things going with a 3-pointer and Andersson Garcia added four points in that stretch to help Texas A&M build the lead.

UNC Greensboro wins 58-50 over Furman

Kenyon Giles had 19 points in UNC Greensboro's 58-50 win against Furman on Saturday. Giles shot 7 of 16 from the field, including 1 for 4 from 3-point range, and went 4 for 4 from the line for the Spartans (18-9, 11-3 Southern Conference). Ronald Polite scored 15 points while going 5 of 11 and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line and added five rebounds and five assists.

Mitchell return instrumental to England’s Six Nations revival

Scrum-half’s contribution during the end of France win justified faith in giving Northampton man full 80 minutes

It wasn’t just the way Steve Borthwick used his bench that shaped England’s victory over France, it was the way he didn’t use it, too. Instead of bringing on Harry Randall, Borthwick backed Alex Mitchell to play a full 80 minutes, something he hasn’t allowed any scrum-half to do since Mitchell last did it during England’s tour of New Zealand.

Mitchell missed most of the intervening games while he was recovering from a neck injury, including the three defeats in the autumn when Borthwick chopped and changed between Randall, Ben Spencer and Jack van Poortvliet in the interim.

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European football: Bellingham says his red card was wrong after Madrid draw

  • Carlo Ancelotti also unhappy after Osasuna claim point
  • Napoli and Atalanta held, Milan win, PSG march on

Jude Bellingham said that he was wrongly sent off and Carlo Ancelotti was left fuming over several refereeing decisions after Real Madrid drew 1-1 at Osasuna, extending the visitors’ winless La Liga run to three games.

Bellingham said of the 39th-minute incident: “I do not want to go into the details of what was said, but I didn’t insult the referee and I hope they review the footage because it was a misunderstanding, but I am here to apologise to the team anyways.”

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