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Follow our live coverage here.SINGAPORE – Military attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran, along with the Islamic Republic’s retaliatory strikes on neighbouring Middle East countries, have wreaked havoc in the world of sports, with flight cancellations affecting travel plans and athlete participation.Following the recently concluded Singapore Smash, the Republic’s table tennis star Izaac Quek was supposed to fly to Paris via Doha on March 1 to compete for French top-tier league side Les Loups d’Angers, but found his Qatar Airways flight cancelled. The 19-year-old has to stay in Singapore to train instead.He will be in good company…

State gas prices rose for the second consecutive week and reached an average of $3.32 per gallon of regular fuel on Monday, up from last week’s price of $2.90 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.The average fuel price in state rose about 47 cents since last month. According to the EIA, gas prices across the state in the last year have been as low as $2.79 on Jan. 26, 2026, and as high as $3.32 on March 9, 2026.A year ago, the average gas price in Massachusetts was 13% lower at $2.93 per gallon.The average gas price…

Chestnut Hill, Mass. – Two skiers will represent the Boston College ski team at the Alpine NCAA Skiing Championships in Park City, Utah on March 11 and 13 hosted by the University of Utah. Bode Flanigan and Nick Kirwood qualified for the championship after competing in the EISA circuit throughout the season, earning points at each carnival. This marks Flanigan’s second trip to the NCAAs. He has placed in the top 10 in every slalom race this season, including three top-five finishes. Kirwood opened his season with a seventh-place finish in the giant slalom and maintained that momentum with five…

Milton girls hockey stars talk about advancing to Div. 2 state finalFrom left to right, Milton’s Caera Hart, Mairin Hart and Sabrina Stone talk about a 2-1 win over Duxbury in the Div. 2 semifinals on March 8, 2026.The slate of MIAA hockey state championship games at TD Garden has been announced.Four South Shore teams — the Archbishop Williams girls, Milton girls, Canton boys and Hanover boys — will take to the ice on Sunday, March 15 chasing glory.Milton and Canton lost their respective Division 2 state finals a year ago and will be out to make amends. Hanover boys…

Last trade deadline, the Boston Bruins traded veteran center Charlie Coyle to the Colorado Avalanche. In that deal, the Bruins acquired a promising prospect who set his sights on attending the University of North Dakota this season. Forward Will Zellers has had a solid freshman year with the Fighting Hawks, which has earned the skilled winger All-Rookie honors in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. Zellers leads all NCHC freshmen with 18 goals in 34 games this season, while his 30 points are second in the league. The Bruins prospect has six game-winning goals to lead NCHC rookies, while also dishing…

In June 2025, a federal judge approved the landmark $2.8 billion House settlement, clearing the way for schools to compensate athletes directly through revenue sharing, alongside name, image and likeness (NIL) deals. The settlement’s implementation marked a structural shift in how college programs operate, even as appeals continued over parts of the deal.

Alysa Liu will not compete at this year’s World Figure Skating Championships despite coming off a historic Olympic campaign. The American star has reportedly withdrawn from the event in Prague, only weeks after her headline-making performance at the Winter Games.Alysa Liu has reportedly withdrawn from figure skating worldsAccording to reports, Alysa Liu, 20, has withdrawn from the upcoming world championships, set to begin March 24 at the O2 Arena. The Olympic gold medalist was originally expected to compete with fellow U.S. skaters Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito. With Liu stepping away, second alternate Sarah Everhardt will now join the American…

Massachusetts health officials have launched a system they say will track how the state and municipalities spend almost $1 billion in opioid settlement funds they expect to receive over nearly two decades.The Department of Public Health’s Statewide Opioid Settlement Funds Dashboard, unveiled Wednesday morning, is a public website containing information about how settlement monies are used for substance use prevention, harm reduction, addiction treatment and recovery efforts.“The launch of this dashboard is about more than simply providing data — it reflects the department’s ongoing commitment to transparency, accountability and fostering public trust,” Public Health Commissioner Dr. Robbie Goldstein said in…

The 2026 NCAA Tournament hasn’t started yet, but the men’s college basketball coaching carousel is already spinning.As of Monday, March 9, three jobs are already open — Kansas State, Georgia Tech and Boston College — with Arizona State and Providence reportedly set to follow. They aren’t blue-blood jobs, but some of them should be intriguing to potential candidates, while others are a daunting task to take.AdvertisementCollege basketball hot seat: 13 coaches who may be in troubleAs Power coaching positions become more available, here’s a ranking of them from being great opportunities to tough jobs.1. Kansas StateKansas State Wildcats mascot Willie…

By MARC LEVY HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Sofia Tepichin was about 30 minutes into her club soccer team practice in October when she spotted a fast-approaching defender. She tapped the ball away and hopped over the defender’s outstretched foot, came down awkwardly and heard a “pop.” She immediately fell to the ground, pain shooting through her left knee and knew it wasn’t good. It was, she said, “heartbreaking.” “And I knew personally that I tore my ACL,” Tepichin said. Tepichin joined the growing ranks of female high school athletes tearing their anterior cruciate ligament, a devastating knee injury that researchers…