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FIFA adds new even more expensive World Cup ticket categories 04/13/2026 11:33am • FIFA added new, even more expensive tiers of tickets for this year���s World Cup, asking up to $4,105 for a front category 1 seat at the U.S. opener against Paraguay in Inglewood, California, on June 12. Last week, FIFA had asked for a top price of $2,735 for category 1 tickets for the match but add Sports betting roundup: Rory McIlroy provides the excitement by winning another Masters title 04/13/2026 11:31am • The Masters provided much of the excitement this weekend with Rory McIlroy winning his second straight title at Augusta National. McIlroy finished at 12 under, one shot better than Scottie Scheffler. The NBA���s regular season also came to an end, with the play-in tournament beginning Tuesday, follo US defender John Tolkin out injured for the 'coming weeks' ahead of World Cup 04/13/2026 11:30am • KIEL, Germany (AP) ��� United States defender John Tolkin will be out for ���the coming weeks��� with a knee ligament injury, his German club said on Monday, less than two months before the World Cup. Holstein Kiel said Tolkin injured the medial collateral ligament in a second-division game against Stephen Curry hopes to lead a surprise Warriors playoff run now that he's healthy after knee injury 04/13/2026 11:25am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Stephen Curry practically glared in delight when he scored and was fouled in his first game back after missing more than two months because of a knee injury. He brought back his celebratory shimmy, shaking his upper body after being sent to the floor on that play following a l Iranian American soccer fans are torn between pride and protest as the World Cup nears 04/13/2026 11:21am • STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) ��� With Iran qualifying for the World Cup, Arad Ershad had visions of splurging on flights and tickets to attend one of the team���s upcoming first-round matches in Los Angeles. That changed when Ershad, a New York graduate student who grew up in Tehran, saw how many of the p S��nchez returns to China as Spain seeks deeper ties amid Iran war tensions 04/13/2026 11:21am • MADRID (AP) ��� Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S��nchez is in China again this week, his fourth trip in just over three years to the world���s second-largest economy as Spain seeks to strengthen its political and commercial ties with Beijing. His visit comes at a complex geopolitical moment as Europea Analysis: Two blockades, one chokepoint and the Strait of Hormuz at the edge of conflict 04/13/2026 11:18am • Two blockades now define the center of gravity in the Middle East: one imposed by the U.S. on Iranian shipping and the other imposed by Iran on the Strait of Hormuz itself. Between them sits one of the most critical arteries in the global economy, and it is no longer functioning. This is not a Bucks' disappointing finish leads to an uncertain offseason regarding Giannis Antetokounmpo's future 04/13/2026 11:00am • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� The postseason is starting without the Milwaukee Bucks for the first time in a decade. How soon Milwaukee gets back to the playoffs could depend on an offseason that���s shaping up to be among the most critical in franchise history due to Giannis Antetokounmpo���s uncertain future Montgomery Co. school investigates graffiti referencing Sandy Hook attack, increases security 04/13/2026 10:54am • A Bethesda, Maryland, elementary school is stepping up security around campus after officials discovered graffiti referencing a school shooter. On Saturday, the name of the individual responsible for the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, was found spray-pain Doc Rivers steps down as Bucks' coach after 32-50 season that snapped 9-year playoff streak 04/13/2026 10:42am • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� Doc Rivers is stepping down as Milwaukee Bucks coach, capping a tumultuous year in which he was selected for the Hall of Fame while his injury-riddled team fell far short of expectations. ���I have truly loved my time in Milwaukee,��� Rivers said Monday in a statement released by A baby born in a tent on a Beirut roadside struggles to survive, her family displaced by war 04/13/2026 10:42am • BEIRUT (AP) ��� All that newborn Shiman knows of the world is a flimsy tent along Beirut���s waterfront ��� the stench of mildewed blankets, stings of swarming insects and screams of Israeli warplanes striking the Lebanese capital. As of Monday, she was 16 days old after being born here in the mud, Rory McIlroy a Masters champion again and the chase is on for more majors 04/13/2026 10:38am • AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) ��� Rory McIlroy went from becoming the sixth player with the career Grand Slam to only the fourth player to win the Masters two years in a row. Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are the only other players to occupy both clubs. Elite company, indeed. If joining the first group wasn't d Florida coach Jon Sumrall vows to 'wake this beast up' in his debut season 04/13/2026 10:18am • GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) ��� It���s been seven years since Florida notched double-digit wins and 17 years since the Gators were legitimate national championship contenders. Calling Florida overdue would be an understatement in Gainesville, and new coach Jon Sumrall knows it as well as any diehard who Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 19-25 includes Barbra Streisand and Dev Patel 04/13/2026 10:17am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 19-25: April 19: Actor Elinor Donahue (���Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,��� ���Father Knows Best���) is 89. Keyboardist Alan Price of The Animals is 84. Actor Tim Curry is 80. Actor Tony Plana (���Ugly Betty���) is 74. Actor Tom Wood (���The Fugitive,��� ���Ulee Organizers postpone Imane Khelif���s April 23 Paris fight after shoulder injury 04/13/2026 10:15am • PARIS (AP) ��� Olympic champion Imane Khelif injured her left shoulder while training over the weekend and was forced to postpone a professional fight scheduled for later this month in Paris. Organizers said Monday that her April 23 fight at the iconic Salle Wagram in the French capital against Germ