TAMPA -- New York Yankees right-hander Clarke Schmidt will begin the season on the injured list after being slowed by a shoulder injury this spring, general manager Brian Cashman announced Saturday, opening the door for Carlos Carrasco to make the team as a non-roster invite to spring training.

Schmidt is the third member of the Yankees' projected starting rotation that will be unavailable when the team breaks camp for opening day on Thursday, joining Gerrit Cole (elbow) and Luis Gil (lat). Cole is out for season after undergoing Tommy John surgery. Gil will miss at least the season's first two months.

On the other hand, the 29-year-old Schmidt, who had a 2.85 ERA in 16 starts last season, should not miss ample time. A minor shoulder injury surfaced earlier this month, knocking him off track to build up the necessary pitch count, but he has said he is healthy.

He's appeared in just one game this spring, throwing 38 pitches over 1 innings. He threw 32 pitches across two innings of live batting practice Thursday. The Yankees want him to be built up to 70 to 80 pitches before starting a game in the regular season.

"He just hasn't had a spring training yet," Cashman said. "He's certainly going in the right direction."

The 38-year-old right-hander, a cancer survivor, has tallied a 6.18 ERA in 41 starts over the last two seasons, but he has impressed the club in his five outings this spring, compiling a 1.69 ERA across 16 innings.

"He's had a good camp and obviously he's earned the right to come north with us," Cashman said.

Rookie Will Warren is the likely choice for the final vacant spot in the Yankees' rotation, but Cashman declined to say whether the former top prospect will be on the roster.

Warren, 25, struggled in his first taste of the majors last season, giving up 27 runs (26 earned) in 22 innings over six games (five starts). But the team has been encouraged by his performance this spring; Warren has a 4.19 ERA in 19 innings across six outings.

Cashman also announced right-handed reliever Ian Hamilton will also start the season on the injured list. Hamilton, 29, made his Grapefruit League debut Thursday, giving up a run on three hits in one inning, after being sidelined with an infection.

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Ireland: Flood; McGann, Dalton, Higgins, Costigan (capt); O'Brien, Lane; O'Dowd, Jones, Djougang, Campbell, Wall, Hogan, King, Wafer.

Replacements: Moloney, McCarthy, Haney, Moore, Tuite, McMahon, Reilly, Breen.

France: Bourgeois, Llorens Vigneres, Konde, Vernier, Menager (co-capt), Arbez, Bourdon-Sansus, Brosseau, Sochat, Bernadou, M. Feleu (co-capt), Fall-Raclot, Escudero, Okemba, T. Feleu.

Replacements: Bigot, Mwayembe, Joyeux, Berthoumieu, Champon, Chambon, Queyroi, Boulard.

Red card: Vernier

Referee: Hollie Davidson (SRU)

SYDNEY -- Former police officer Tiara Brown became WBC world featherweight champion by beating Skye Nicolson in a split-decision victory Saturday.

Brown, 36, took Nicolson's belt when judges scored the bout 97-93 and 96-94 in her favor, with one judge scoring it 96-94 for Nicolson.

Brown (19-0) dropped to the canvas in tears when she was announced as the winner. It was the first professional loss for Nicolson (12-1), an Australian.

Brown had been an officer both in the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., and more recently for the Fort Myers Police Department in her native Florida.

The Fort Myers PD had wished Brown good luck ahead of the 10-round bout, saying on Instagram that she "has always been a fighter -- both in and out of the ring."

Brown is a boxing coach with the Fort Myers police athletic league.

Speaking ringside to broadcaster DAZN, Brown gave a shoutout to God and her hometown of Fort Myers and said it's been "20-plus years of wanting this moment."

The new champion said she's not focused yet on her next bout.

"I like my options, my options are good, [but] right now I just want to go home and eat some cupcakes and some cookies and watch some cartoons," Brown said.

After two jam-packed days of college basketball, it's time to start the second round. The field has been cut in half, the contenders have emerged -- and we get to do it all again today.

The schedule is headlined by Arkansas vs. St. John's, a matchup of two Hall of Fame coaches in Rick Pitino and John Calipari, in the afternoon. Elsewhere, the Houston Cougars take on the red-hot Gonzaga Bulldogs, while the McNeese Cowboys -- at 12, the lowest seed still alive -- take on Purdue.

We've got you covered with all the action right here, featuring updates from writers at every site and analysis on what each final result means.

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Saturday's schedule (all tips ET):

(12) McNeese Cowboys vs. (4) Purdue Boilermakers, 12:10 p.m. (CBS)
(10) Arkansas Razorbacks vs. (2) St. John's Red Storm, 2:40 p.m. (CBS)
(5) Michigan Wolverines vs. (4) Texas A&M Aggies, 5:15 p.m. (CBS)
(11) Drake Bulldogs vs. (3) Texas Tech Red Raiders, 6:10 p.m. (TNT)
(9) Creighton Bluejays vs. (1) Auburn Tigers, 7:10 p.m. (TBS)
(6) BYU Cougars vs. (3) Wisconsin Badgers, 7:45 p.m. (CBS)
(8) Gonzaga Bulldogs vs. (1) Houston Cougars, 8:40 p.m. (TNT)
(7) UCLA Bruins vs. (2) Tennessee Volunteers, 9:40 p.m. (TBS)

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Ford's 25-minute spell at the Principality Stadium was his only rugby of the Six Nations, but he set up two of England's four tries while he was on the field.

Then he took the form with him to Kingston Park in a player-of-the-match display described as a "masterclass" by former Scotland full-back Hugo Southwell, who was on co-commentary duty for TNT Sports.

Ford was orchestrating his team-mates, he had a kicking percentage of 86%, while he provided the highlight of the match with a gorgeous cross kick for Joe Carpenter to slide down on to score, as a sign of a player at the top of his powers.

Ford now has 99 England caps, but despite over a decade of international experience, he has never made a Lions squad.

Although he has had the two Smiths, Northampton's Fin and Marcus of Harlequins, ahead of him in the England pecking order, Lions selection is different.

It is expected that Scotland's Finn Russell will be one of the number 10s selected, so the question will be who Farrell picks to complement the Bath player.

Both Smiths will come into the equation to make it onto the plane along with Ireland duo Rory Prendergast and Jack Crowley.

Myles Lewis-Skelly has already made himself an asset for England and has a long career ahead of him, midfielder Declan Rice said after the 18-year-old left back became the youngest player to score on his senior debut for the national team on Friday.

Lewis-Skelly opened the scoring for England in the 20th minute of their 2-0 victory over Albania in their World Cup qualifying Group K opener at Wembley.

A product of the Arsenal academy, Lewis-Skelly earned his first England call-up after impressing in his breakthrough season at the North London club.

"Week-on-week he's shown how good he is, and the fearlessness he has in his performance," Rice told British media of his Arsenal teammate.

"That's on him -- how much you want it and how much you want to keep going. He needs to be hungry every day. He needs to keep being himself around the training ground at Arsenal, around England, and keep pushing himself.

"He's an asset for us now. He's 18 years old and has got a long career in the game if he keeps doing good things.

"He didn't even know he was going to be starting until today and I just knew he was going to have a good performance, because he has that belief in himself."

New England manager Thomas Tuchel was also delighted with the youngster's debut.

"He is full of confidence and very full of humour and such an open and mature character," the German said. "Everything you see on the pitch you see off the pitch ... He does it with a natural confidence and this is how he plays football."

Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said their 1-0 victory over Uruguay in Friday's World Cup qualifier in Montevideo showed the depth of their squad after Lautaro Martínez, Lionel Messi and Paulo Dybala all missed out due to injury.

The match was headed for a draw until a 67th-minute strike from 23-year-old Thiago Almada.

"The national team is a team. When one is missing, another steps up," Scaloni told reporters.

"We had some very important absentees but we have great players to go out on the field. The team is always more than just the names."

Argentina next host Brazil in Buenos Aires on Tuesday.