NEW YORK -- Elian Peña, a shortstop from the Dominican Republic who turned 17 in October, agreed to a $5 million bonus with the New York Mets on Wednesday that was the largest amount on the first day of the 2025 international signing period.

Peña was rated the No. 3 prospect in the international class for this year by MLB.com behind Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki, who must agree to a deal by Jan. 23, and Dominican shortstop Josuar De Jesus Gonzalez, who agreed with the San Francisco Giants to $2,997,500.

The Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays, all hoping to sign Sasaki, did not finalize any contracts with bonuses of more than $10,000, which count against their signing bonus pools. Just half of the 30 teams finalized deals of more than $10,000 in the opening hours of the signing period.

Dominican outfielder Cris Rodriguez, ranked fourth, signed with the Detroit Tigers for $3,197,500, and Andrew Salas, a shortstop and outfielder ranked fifth, signed with the Miami Marlins for $3.7 million. Salas was born in the U.S. and moved to Venezuela.

Hoping to become a two-way player just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypass Japanese professional baseball entirely and agreed with the Athletics at $1,510,500.

Other agreements included Dominican infielder Johan De Los Santos and the Pittsburgh Pirates ($2.25 million), Venezuelan catcher Gabriel Davalillo and the Los Angeles Angels ($2 million), Venezuelan infielder Brayan Cortesia and the Washington Nationals ($1.92 million), Dominican infielder Darell Morel and Pittsburgh ($1,778,600), Venezuelan infielder Leon Santiago and the Minnesota Twins ($1,697,500), Dominican outfielder Maykel Coret and the Tampa Bay Rays ($1.6 million), Venezuelan outfielder Breyson Guedez and the Athletics ($1.5 million), Dominican outfielder Elian De La Cruz and the Arizona Diamondbacks ($1.1 million), Dominican shortstop Christopher Acosta and the Milwaukee Brewers ($1.1 million), Dominican infielder Raymer Medina and Tampa Bay ($1.1 million), Venezuelan catcher Daniel Hernandez and Washington ($1.1 million) and Dominican infielder Warel Solano and Tampa Bay ($1.05 million).

Players born from Sept. 1, 2007, through Aug. 31, 2008, are eligible to sign during this year's period, which ends Dec. 15. Teams have signing bonus pools ranging from about $5.1 million to $7.6 million; signing bonuses of $10,000 and under don't count against a team's cap.

The victory also meant the Serb became the first man over the age of 30 to reach 150 Grand Slam singles wins.

Djokovic can make further history still in Melbourne - win the title and he would claim a 25th major, moving him clear of Australia's Margaret Court as the sole leader of all-time Grand Slam singles titles.

The seventh seed, who has three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray in his coaching box, will face Czech 26th seed Tomas Machac in the third round.

Norwegian sixth seed Casper Ruud became the biggest casualty in the men's draw, losing 6-2 3-6 6-1 6-4 to 19-year-old Czech Jakub Mensik.

World number 48 Mensik and Joao Fonseca, the 18-year-old Brazilian qualifier who stunned ninth seed Andrey Rublev on Tuesday, are the first teenagers to beat top-10 opponents at the same Grand Slam since Djokovic and Murray at Wimbledon in 2006.

Meanwhile, German second seed Alexander Zverev claimed an assured 6-1 6-4 6-1 victory over Spain's Pedro Martinez to set up a third-round meeting with Britain's Jacob Fearnley.

Britain's Harriet Dart said the atmosphere during her Australian Open second-round defeat was "like a football match" and called for greater "respect" from fans.

Lucky loser Dart, who only discovered she had a place in this year's main draw one hour before her opening match on Monday, took the first set against Croatia's 18th seed Donna Vekic but was beaten 4-6 6-0 6-2.

Dart's issue with the court 14 crowd came on a day when rowdy supporter behaviour fell under the spotlight amid other incidents at Melbourne Park.

"I felt like I was at a football match. Obviously it's great to have lots of people there watching and everything but I also think there has to be respect towards both players," said Dart, 28.

"I think a few people were about to be kicked out. I can only really compare it to the Billie Jean King Cup and I don't even think I've had it be like that before.

"I think [the umpire] did as best as she could - maybe there should be a stricter policy in terms of if people are doing something, if they do it more than once they are out, but I don't make those rules."

Dart had struck the first blow in the deciding set before world number 19 Vekic won five straight games to complete her victory.

Elsewhere, the chair umpire had to make several appeals for respect towards the players during Jack Draper's match against Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis on John Cain Arena.

The home crowd attempted to unsettle Draper throughout the four-and-a-half hour contest, but the British number one said the "electric atmosphere" gave him energy and he responded by cupping his ear to the crowd on several occasions.

Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime's match against Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina was moved from court eight because the players complained about the noise coming from neighbouring courts.

Boisterous French crowds gathered to watch Arthur Cazaux against Britain's Jacob Fearnley on court six, which has a bar, and on court three, where Ugo Humbert was facing Lebanon's Hady Habib.

"I actually didn't really look at the court before I went on, so when I saw the bar I was thinking it's going to be a pretty rowdy atmosphere," said Fearnley.

"I blocked it out as much as I could. Obviously there was some supporters who were extremely drunk, but it was a great atmosphere, amazing atmosphere."

Barely anyone outside of British tennis circles had heard of Fearnley this time last year.

While eyes were on the pinnacle of sport at Melbourne Park, he was playing events on the third-tier ITF Tour and still finishing his kinesiology degree in the United States.

Last April he left Texas Christian University and then came the stunning rise which has been one of the quickest in ATP history.

Winning five ATP Challenger events in 2024 propelled him into the top 100 and enabled him to qualify directly for this year's Australian Open main draw.

Like every other test he has faced over recent months, he has not been fazed by the experience.

After beating 2022 Wimbledon finalist Kyrgios in front of a partisan home crowd on Monday, Fearnley might have been forgiven for thinking it would be a quieter evening on the outside courts.

But, with a vocal French support backing Cazaux and also galvanising the British fans, his college tennis experience helped him once again.

Fearnley trailed 2-0 before a rain delay and quickly went another break down when they returned to court an hour later in cool and windy conditions.

He lost serve again early in the second set, but immediately clawed the break back and swung the momentum in his favour.

His fluid and fast groundstrokes were too much for Cazaux to handle, enabling him to confidently win the final two sets before looking stunned when he clinched victory.

"I was extremely nervous at the end because I started hitting some double faults. I really didn't want to serve out the match," Fearnley said.

"When I did it was a little bit emotional."

Gray, 30, is one of five second rows named by Townsend, alongside Grant Gilchrist, Scott Cummings, Marshall Sykes and Gregor Brown - but there is no place for Max Williamson as he returns to full fitness.

There is also a recall for hooker Dave Cherry, who has not been in a squad since making an early exit from the 2023 World Cup after being concussed when falling on stairs.

The return of the 34-year-old Edinburgh forward means another disappointment for Glasgow's try-scoring hooker Johnny Matthews.

Kyle Steyn is absent with a knee injury but could play a part in the later games in the championship so the back-three options are Blair Kinghorn, Duhan van der Merwe, Darcy Graham and Kyle Rowe.

Adam Hastings is injured, facilitating the call-up for Burke, who is one of three stand-offs in the pool along with Russell and another New Zealand-born playmaker, Tom Jordan.

Burke, who was understudy to All Blacks superstar Richie Mo'unga at Canterbury Crusaders and is also eligible for England, has leapfrogged Edinburgh pair Ross Thompson and Ben Healy to earn a place in the squad,

There are three scrum-halves in the squad - Ben White, George Horne and Jamie Dobie - while Tuipulotu is joined by four other centres - his regular midfield partner Huw Jones as well as Stafford McDowall, Matt Currie and Rory Hutchinson.

Flanker Andy Christie, a star of last year's Six Nations, and precocious back rower Freddy Douglas are both injured, while back-three option Harry Paterson has only just returned to fitness.

Scotland begin their campaign at home against Italy on 1 February, with defending champions Ireland the visitors to Murrayfield eight days later.

Scotland won twice in the 2024 Six Nations but lost tight games against France and Italy to finish fourth in the table.

Forwards (21): Ryan Baird (Leinster), Finlay Bealham (Connacht), Tadhg Beirne (Munster), Jack Boyle (Leinster), Thomas Clarkson (Leinster), Jack Conan (Leinster) Caelan Doris (Leinster, capt), Tadhg Furlong (Leinster), Cian Healy (Leinster), Iain Henderson (Ulster), Rob Herring (Ulster), Cormac Izuchukwu (Ulster), Ronan Kelleher (Leinster), Gus McCarthy (Leinster), Joe McCarthy (Leinster), Peter O'Mahony (Munster), Andrew Porter (Leinster), Cian Prendergast (Connacht), James Ryan (Leinster), Dan Sheehan (Leinster), Josh van der Flier (Leinster)

Backs (15): Bundee Aki (Connacht), Caolin Blade (Connacht), Jack Crowley (Munster), Ciaran Frawley (Leinster), Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster), Mack Hansen (Connacht), Robbie Henshaw (Leinster), Hugo Keenan (Leinster), James Lowe (Leinster), Conor Murray (Munster), Calvin Nash (Munster), Jimmy O'Brien (Leinster), Jamie Osborne (Leinster), Sam Prendergast (Leinster), Garry Ringrose (Leinster)

Development players: Hugh Cooney (Leinster), Cathal Forde (Connacht), James McNabney (Ulster), Ben Murphy (Connacht)

"It's an absolute honour and privilege to be able to drive this amazing team to where we want to go," said Aldcroft, who will have Packer and Megan Jones as vice-captains.

"A massive part of being a captain is leading by example. When I speak, I really mean what I'm saying and I like to think about what I'm saying.

"But it's also about bringing everyone else around me up and making sure everyone can be themselves and thrive in whatever they're doing."

The Red Roses will look to win a fourth successive Women's Six Nations Grand Slam in March and April, before hosting the Women's Rugby World Cup in August and September.

"We go on the field, we do our job, and that's how it's been. What's important is how you play on the field, that's the biggest thing in both [men's and women's rugby].

"They're under constant criticism by people, so their job is on the field, that's what they get paid for, to have a good performance there.

"For women, our contracts are to play on the field, but that's a tiny contract that isn't going to [provide] a comfortable living, so that's where we have to do more off the field."

Maher's comments echo sentiments made by Newcastle boss Steve Diamond late last year that the sport was "crying out for superstars".

Rugby union in England has been hit hard financially since the Covid-19 pandemic.

A host of top players, such as former England captain Owen Farrell, have left to chase the riches on offer in France.

Arguably there is no current England player - male or female - that has the same fame as Jonny Wilkinson, Will Carling or Martin Johnson did 20 or 30 years ago, and certainly no current male player who has the reach online of Maher.

"I would love to see more personality from the men's game," she added.

"You see it a little bit with your Joe Marlers - but even then I can think only really think of Joe and a few others who have that fun personality to them.

"I just wish we could show that more, but I think that's where the women's game, we have to break away a little bit and show that it's OK to show your personality outside of the field."

The alarm that forced the evacuation of the building where Gregor Townsend was about to talk about his squad for the Six Nations - a portent of doom for the Scots or a siren signalling their intent?

For the eighth time in his coaching life, Townsend named a Six Nations squad.

A band of 37 players with newcomers in the exciting Saracens fly-half Fergus Burke (the Kiwi has a Glasgow grandad) and Glasgow Warriors number eight Jack Mann.

There's the return of the prodigal lock, Jonny Gray, close to two years since he won the last of his 77 caps.

Seven of the forwards have six caps or fewer. Seven of the backs have 10 or fewer.

If that gives the impression of callowness, it's a false one. This is one of the most experienced groups that Townsend has ever put together since he became Scotland coach in the summer of 2017.

What's different between this season and last is that many of his players have won titles in the meantime. He has the core of the Glasgow side that won the URC and he has Blair Kinghorn, who won the double with Toulouse.

Time was when less than a handful of his squad had actually won anything. Now a bunch have - and recently.

And there's also Gray, who won a Premiership and Champions Cup double with Exeter before moving to France where his team, Bordeaux, sits atop the French league.

Whither Scotland? Is it now or never for the team with the Hollywood backline? Is this the season when they finally deliver after all the false dawns?

Two home games to start. A relatively clean bill of health compared to other years. A team with class and nous and more physicality than last time.

Do you dare to dream, Scotland? Is this it?