Nick Kyrgios said he feared he would never play tennis again after claiming his first ATP Tour victory since 2022 on Wednesday.

The Australian fought back from a set down to beat Mackenzie McDonald 3-6 6-3 6-4 at the Miami Open.

Kyrgios has struggled with injuries in the past two years and retired from the first round at Indian Wells earlier this month because of an issue with his right wrist, on which he had surgery in September 2023.

Prior to that, the 29-year-old also struggled with knee and foot injuries over an 18-month period, before making his return at the start of the year at the Australian Open.

"To come off and get a win and feel like I belong again was special," he said.

"I never thought I would play tennis again to be brutally honest with you.

"I was having conversations with my camp and my team... and I said: 'I don't know how long I can keep doing this for.'"

Kyrgios struggled from the start and looked frustrated when he was broken in his first service game before going on to lose the first set.

It looked like it would be another short stay on the court for the 2022 Wimbledon finalist, but he started hitting the ball well before going on to take the next two sets.

Kyrgios will next face Russian Karen Khachanov, but he is being cautious over just how much he can play given his wrist issue.

He added: "This [win] puts some petrol in the tank but I need to be realistic and see how my wrist feels tomorrow because it is a grind out here."

Colorado defenseman Josh Manson is expected to miss three to four weeks because of an upper-body injury, Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said Wednesday.

Manson, 33, was injured in a 4-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Friday, leaving late in the second period. He was listed as week-to-week and sat out Sunday's game against the Dallas Stars.

He already missed seven games from Feb. 6 to March 4 because of a lower-body injury, and 12 games from Nov. 30 to Dec. 22 with an upper-body injury.

Manson has one goal, 14 assists, 28 penalty minutes, 59 blocked shots and 105 hits while averaging 18:02 of ice time in 48 games this season. He's in the third year of a four-year deal.

A sixth-round pick of Anaheim in the 2011 NHL draft, Manson has 39 career goals, 131 assists, 600 penalty minutes, 734 blocked shots and 1,526 hits in 626 regular-season games for the Ducks (2014-22) and Avalanche (2022-present).

He has 18 points (five goals, 13 assists) in 58 playoff games, including Colorado's run to the Stanley Cup championship in 2022.

Argentina striker Lautaro Martinez will miss their upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil due to a hamstring injury, the Argentine FA said on Wednesday.

Inter Milan's Martinez remained on the bench for the second leg of their Champions League round-of-16 win over Feyenoord last week with muscle discomfort.

The 27-year-old returned to score in Inter's 2-0 Serie A win over Atalanta on Sunday, before joining Lionel Scaloni's squad, but he has now been ruled out with an injury in his left hamstring.

Martinez joins Argentina's growing list of absentees, including captain Lionel Messi, sidelined with a muscle strain, along with Gonzalo Montiel, Giovani Lo Celso, and Paulo Dybala.

Argentina lead the CONMEBOL qualifying standings with 25 points after 12 games. The World Cup and Copa America holders play at second-placed Uruguay on Friday before hosting fifth-placed Brazil four days later.

(Reporting by Janina Nuno Rios in Mexico City Editing by Toby Davis)

INDIANAPOLIS -- Klay Thompson and Tyrese Haliburton have been ruled out of Wednesday night's game between the Dallas Mavericks and Indiana Pacers.

Thompson will not play because of an illness, another blow for the already short-handed Mavs as they try to get in the playoff picture. Haliburton continues to recover from an injured back following an awkward fall in Saturday's game against Milwaukee.

Dallas coach Jason Kidd also said All-Star center Anthony Davis had a "positive experience" in his most recent 5-on-5 practice with the Texas Legends, the Mavs' G-League affiliate. Kidd, though, also acknowledged he's still expected to miss more time.

"Hopefully, the outcome continues to be positive, some good things, but I just feel like it's still some time away for him to get into a game," he said.

Davis, a 10-time All-Star, has appeared in just one game since being traded from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Mavericks. He has a strained left abductor.

Six other Dallas players also have been ruled out for Wednesday's game, a list that includes All-Star guard Kyrie Irving (sprained left knee), Caleb Martin (strained right hip), center Dereck Lively II (right ankle) and guard Brandon Williams (left hamstring).

Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Ranger Suarez is dealing with a stiff back and will be monitored for the next few days.

Manager Rob Thomson said Wednesday it's "not as bad" as last season, when lower-back soreness sent Suarez to the 15-day injured list in late July.

Suarez, 29, underwent testing after feeling tightness on Sunday, one day after pitching in an intrasquad game. He will not make his planned start in Friday's Grapefruit League contest against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Suarez was an All-Star last season and finished 12-8 with a 3.46 ERA in 27 starts. He has a 41-29 career record with a 3.42 ERA in 161 games (93 starts) for the Phillies since making his debut in 2018.

The ATP says prize money has increased by $70m (54m) in the past five years, and can point to the $28.5m (22m) of prize money available to emerging and lower ranked players on the Challenger Tour this year.

A profit-sharing model was introduced in 2022 and ensures players receive 50% of the profits generated by the ATP's nine Masters 1,000 tournaments.

The ATP's prize money formula sets a minimum level for different categories of tournaments. For a Masters 1,000 event with a 96-man draw, for example, that figure is $9.193m (7.1m).

There is, in theory, no maximum, although if an owner wants to raise prize money by, say, 50% they would need to do so evenly across the draw.

The WTA says $221m (170.5m) of prize money was distributed last year - $42m (32m) more than in 2023.

The ITIA's out-of-competition drug tests take place between 5am and 11pm. Players have to provide a one-hour time window when they will be available for every day of the year.

They must also hand over their mobile phones to investigators, as this is often a vital source of evidence when there is suspicion of corruption.

All requests to investigate a player's phone must first be signed off by the ITIA's investigations director.

Emma Raducanu's coaching trial with Vladimir Platenik is over after just two weeks.

The British number two won her Miami Open first-round match against Japanese teenager Sayaka Ishii in straight sets on Wednesday.

However, Platenik was absent from her coaching box, having flown to California two days before Raducanu's first-round defeat by Moyuka Uchijima in Indian Wells earlier this month.

The two had been training together in the run-up to this week's tournament, but the brief trial ended on Tuesday.

It was Raducanu's decision - the 22-year-old's representatives say she has the "utmost respect" for Platenik but the relationship "wasn't quite heading in the right direction".

The 49-year-old recently gave an outspoken interview to the Slovak newspaper Dennik N, in which he suggested they had a tentative agreement to work together until May's French Open.

Platenik, who has worked previously with Daria Kasatkina and Dominika Cibulkova, is highly rated as a coach.

But one former player described him as a "freight train" - saying he was full of intensity and self-confidence, with a personality that was not always easy to handle.

Raducanu did not seem affected on court as she beat Ishii 6-2 6-1 and will face the American eighth seed Emma Navarro in the second round on Friday.

Jane O'Donoghue, a friend who has worked with Raducanu on an ad-hoc basis over the past couple of years, was in the coaching box alongside Colin Beecher - who runs the LTA's National Tennis Centre in London.

Raducanu said in Indian Wells that Platenik was "very serious and very professional", but stressed it was too early to know how they would get on both on and off the court.

They had some previous experience together, having worked for two weeks on a trial basis when Raducanu was 17.

The 2021 US Open champion has been without a permanent coach since Nick Cavaday stood down for health reasons after January's Australian Open.

Raducanu had previously worked with a wide range of coaches including Nigel Sears, Andrew Richardson - who was in charge during her run to the title in New York - Torben Beltz, Dmitry Tursunov and Sebastian Sachs.

England wing Claudia MacDonald says she has overcome her fear of leaving the house after recovering from a second neck injury to return to the Red Roses set-up.

MacDonald, who can also play at scrum-half, was ruled out of last year's Women's Six Nations after suffering a second neck injury in February 2024.

It followed her first neck injury in 2022, which made the Exeter Chiefs utility back consider retirement.

The 29-year-old returned to the field in Exeter's Premiership Women's Rugby defeat by eventual champions Gloucester-Hartpury in December 2024 and has since been recalled to England's Six Nations squad.

Speaking before the Roses begin the defence of their title against Italy in York on Sunday, MacDonald said she was "terrified" of being near anything rugby related.

"I made a tackle and the next second I was on the floor not able to move my arms or legs so it was pretty scary in the first few moments," said MacDonald on Wednesday.

"In the first couple of months, playing wasn't even on the radar - it was about trying to get my mind around what had happened.

"I was terrified to be anywhere near a rugby pitch or a rugby ball. I didn't want to have my back away from the wall as I didn't want anything behind me because I was scared of being knocked.

"I barely left my house and I was told not to go in a car so it was all quite scary but thankfully we got past all of that."

MacDonald says she had to learn to trust her body again - but being reunited with her club-mates reminded her why she wanted to return to action.

"We're having a conversation now [with the council] and saying that if we are going to invest 600m into the Allianz - and that's going to bring X amount of revenue, we have got the study to show how much economic value it contributes to the borough - you are going to have to work with us in terms of an increase in the number of events we can stage in order to monetise the stadium.

"There are plenty of places that would like to have us there. Birmingham and Milton Keynes would love to have us there."

Asked if the RFU could move if the council were not willing to increase the number of non-sporting events from three, he added: "It would be a tough call for us. It would be very difficult.

"I don't know how we would justify the investment in the stadium if we can't get the increase in the event licences."

BBC Sport has approached Richmond Council and the RFU for comment.

In February 2024 it was reported the RFU had considered selling Twickenham and buying a 50% share in Wembley, according to a document seen by the BBC.

The Twickenham Stadium Masterplan Programme (TSMP) revealed the RFU board discussed the proposal but no formal approach was made to the Football Association (FA).

Instead, it chose to focus on redeveloping Twickenham, which has been England's home ground since 1909.

Twickenham was renamed as Allianz Stadium last year as part of a new sponsorship agreement.