LONDON — Everton’s Premier League relegation fears deepened considerably as they collapsed to a 5-0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur with Harry Kane scoring twice for the rampant hosts on Monday.

PARIS — The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) is opening a special transfer window for foreign players stranded in Russia because of the invasion of Ukraine, soccer’s world governing body said on Monday.

RIO DE JANEIRO — City Football Group (CFG), the Abu Dhabi company with investments in Manchester City and 10 other football clubs, has made a bid to buy Brazilian league champions Atletico Mineiro, Brazil website Globoesporte.com said on Monday.

JOEL Embiid compiled 43 points, 14 rebounds and three blocked shots to lift the host Philadelphia 76ers past Chicago 121-106 on Monday, sending the Bulls to their fifth loss in a row.

The famed Kevin Durant-Kyrie Irving pairing that (along with now-departed James Harden) figured to lead the Nets through the 2021-22 season greeted the opening tip for just the fourth time the other day.

WITH Magnolia and NLEX perched on the top two spots, the rest of the quarterfinal aspirants continue their mad scramble for the playoffs in the last two play dates of the PBA Governors’ Cup eliminations this week.

LEYLAH Fernandez carved out a thrilling 6-7, 6-4, 7-6 (3) finale victory over Camila Osorio of Colombia to retain her title in the Abierto GNP Seguros in Monterrey, Mexico on Monday.

PHILIPPINE Swimming, Inc. (PSI) president Lani Velasco has high hopes the national team will continue to improve and recover its form in time for several international competitions including the Hanoi Southeast Asian Games slated for May 12 to 23.

BOJAN Bogdanović scored 35 points, setting a franchise record with 11 3-pointers, to lead the Utah Jazz to a 116-103 road win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday.

MANCHESTER, England — Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez scored two goals each as Manchester City restored their lead at the top of the Premier League to six points with a convincing 4-1 derby victory over Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.

WORLD No. 1 Jin Young Ko won her sixth tournament in her past 10 Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour starts at the 2022 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd. (HSBC) Women’s World Championship in Singapore on Sunday, setting two records in the process.

RETIEF Goosen fired an 8-under-par 63, the lowest round of the week, to break away from the pack on Sunday and win the Hoag Classic at Newport Beach (CA) Country Club.