Jannik Sinner became the first Italian to win the ATP Finals title as he earned a commanding straight-set victory over American Taylor Fritz in Turin.

World number one Sinner capped a superb year, in which he has also won the first two Grand Slam titles of his career, with a 6-4 6-4 win over the fifth-ranked Fritz.

With that victory - his 70th in 2024 - the 23-year-old became the first player to take the title at the season-ending ATP Finals without losing a set since Ivan Lendl in 1986.

Amid his remarkable successes in 2024, the reigning Australian Open and US Open champion has also been embroiled in an ongoing doping controversy which has left his immediate future in the sport uncertain.

After a spectacular light show and dramatic music built the tension, Sinner received a hair-raising reception as he walked on to the court in front of his home support.

The home favourite rose to the occasion, losing just one point across his opening three service games before breaking Fritzs resistance with a sumptuous drop shot on his fourth break point in game seven.

Sinner landed 16 winners and 10 aces in a clinical first-set display but needed to dismiss a first break point for Fritz before taking his second set point on serve.

However, Fritz, who lost the US Open final to Sinner in straight sets, was powerless to deny his unrelenting opponent and failed to create another opportunity.

The American, set to reach a career-high rank of world number four on Monday, hit long to concede a break in the fifth game of set two - and once again Sinner held his nerve to complete victory and delight the Turin crowd.

Earlier on Sunday, German eighth seeds Tim Putz and Kevin Krawietz overcame top seeds Marcelo Arevalo 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (8-6) to win their first ATP Finals title.

The eight-day ATP Finals are contested by the eight singles players and eight doubles teams who have accumulated the most ranking points over the season.

Wales: Winnett; Rogers, Llewellyn, B Thomas, Murray; Anscombe, Bevan; G Thomas, Lake (capt), Griffin, Rowlands, Beard, Botham, Morgan, Wainwright.

Replacements: Elias, N Smith, Assiratti, Tshiunza, Reffell, R Williams, Costelow, James.

Australia: Wright; Kellaway, Ikitau, Kerevi, Jorgensen; Lolesio, White; Bell, Faessler, Alaalatoa, Frost, Skelton, Uru, McReight, Valetini.

Replacements: Paenga-Amosa, Slipper, Nonggorr, Salakaia-Loto, Gleeson, McDermott, Donaldson, Suaalii.

Twenty minute red card: Kerevi 41

The NHL fined Winnipeg Jets defenseman Neal Pionk $5,000 on Sunday for clipping Florida defenseman Jesper Boqvist during the Panthers' 5-0 victory at home Saturday.

The fine is the maximum allowed under the collective bargaining agreement.

Pionk received a 10-minute misconduct penalty on the play in the third period. He appeared to be trying to hip check Boqvist but caught him on the knee instead and sent the Panthers forward to the ice in apparent pain.

The last time Pionk was punished by the league's Department of Player Safety was April 12, 2023, when he received a $5,000 fine for cross-checking.

Pionk, 29, has 17 points (3 goals, 14 assists) and 16 penalty minutes in 18 games this season for the Jets.

He has 234 points (37 goals, 197 assists) in 485 regular-season games with the New York Rangers and Jets. He has 14 points (all assists) in 22 playoff contests.

ST. LOUIS -- United States midfielder Tim Weah said he has "moved on" from the red card he received at Copa América against Panama, though he admitted it "played a pretty negative role on how the rest of the tournament went."

The U.S. is set to play Jamaica in the second leg of the Concacaf Nations League quarterfinals on Monday, with the USMNT holding a 1-0 aggregate lead.

Weah is in line to see his first minutes with the USMNT since that night in Atlanta when a 10-man USMNT fell to Panama 2-1 following the Juventus winger's red card.

The incident played a significant role in the U.S. failing to navigate past the group stage, as well as the subsequent firing of manager Gregg Berhalter.

"It was hard," Weah said about the red card during Sunday's media availability. "It played a pretty negative role on how the rest of the tournament went and obviously no player wants that to happen. No player wants to be the reason why his team gets knocked out. Or not exactly the reason, but it played a huge factor in why we didn't go on.

"So I mean it was a moment and I think I've kind of accepted it and matured in a way that it just never happened again and we just have to move on."

With no club soccer to immediately go back to, Weah was left to ruminate on what happened, and how to move forward. He said the support of his teammates and family helped him move past what happened.

"Having the summer off kind of just [put] a lot of things in perspective and kind of just focused on all the positives, just being there for the rest of the guys and soaking in all the love that I can from family," he said.

"Obviously the negative comments on the internet, I really didn't look at it much, so that kind of helped. But leading to Copa, we had this big dream of doing something amazing and it didn't happen and that was just the reality of it. And now we can focus on something else, focus on something bigger, and now it's just time to work on that and be positive and go in that positive direction."

While an ankle injury hampered Weah's season with Juventus for a spell, he has scored four goals in eight Serie A appearances this term and is becoming more of a regular presence in Thiago Motta's lineup.

Weah's play has been noticed by international and club teammate Weston McKennie, who described Weah's form as "flying." "I'm happy for him as well because last year he was more in a defensive role and I mean it takes a little bit away from his characteristics," McKennie said of Weah.

"As you guys know, wingers aren't the ones that are normally used to running so much, but he held up his role last year and then I think this year I think we can see a little bit more of a true Tim in an attacking position, taking players on getting crosses off, scoring goals, getting in the box. So I think it's amazing for him."

TURIN, Italy -- Top-ranked Jannik Sinner added another big title to his tremendous year, beating US Open runner-up Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday for the ATP Finals trophy before his home fans -- and before a final verdict is reached in his doping case.

Sinner won his first two Grand Slam titles at the Australian Open and US Open in 2024 and had already clinched the year-end No. 1 ranking.

But Sinner also tested positive in two separate drug tests in March and a decision to clear him of wrongdoing was appealed by the World Anti-Doping Agency in September. A final ruling is expected from the Court of Arbitration for Sport early next year.

Sinner's explanation was that the banned performance enhancer entered his system unintentionally through a massage from his physiotherapist, who had used a spray containing the steroid to treat his own cut finger.

Sinner maintained his recent mastery over Fritz, having also beaten the American in the US Open final in September and in the group stage this week at the elite event for the year's top eight players.

By sweeping all five of his matches en route to the trophy, Sinner earned $4.8 million -- the largest winner's prize on the men's tour.

Sinner became the first Italian to win the finals, and he went one step further than last year, when he lost the championship match to Novak Djokovic, who withdrew this time. And he did so without dropping a set -- which was last accomplished by Ivan Lendl in 1986.

The crowd inside Inalpi Arena included multiple clusters of fans wearing orange -- a tribute to Sinner's red-and-orange hair, and how he once ate carrots during a match. There were orange carrot costumes, orange wigs, orange hats, jackets and plenty of other orange items, too.

Some fans even had carrots in their mouths.

The crowd broke into its customary chant of "Ole, Ole, Ole; Sin-ner, Sin-ner" when Sinner produced a drop-shot winner to break for a 4-3 lead in the first set.

Sinner faced a break point while serving for the first set but saved it with a big serve out wide that Fritz couldn't return. Then he served an ace -- his 10th of the set -- to close it out.

Another break by Sinner early in the second and the match was virtually over.

Sinner extended his winning streak to 11 matches. He has won 26 of his past 27 matches and ends the ATP season with eight titles and a record of 70-6.

Fritz was attempting to become the event's first American champion since Pete Sampras beat Andre Agassi in the title match 25 years ago.

Still, Fritz will rise to a career-high No. 4 in the rankings Monday after beating No. 2 Alexander Zverev in a third-set tiebreaker in the semifinals Saturday. That will make him the highest-ranked American man since Andy Roddick was No. 4 in August 2007.

It's the latest in a series of achievements for Fritz, whose run in New York made him the first American man to reach a Grand Slam singles final since Roddick lost to Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2009.

At the start of the week, Fritz told The Associated Press that his "career has always been a very steady progression and just improving a little bit each year."

Sinner and Fritz will conclude their seasons representing defending champion Italy and the United States, respectively, in the Davis Cup finals, which start Tuesday in Malaga, Spain.

The German duo of Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz beat Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6) to win the doubles title.

Julian Lewis, the No. 2 player and quarterback in the 2025 class, decommitted from USC on Sunday, sources told ESPN, sealing a seismic development for one of the nation's top prospects in the closing weeks of the 2025 recruiting cycle.

Lewis' decommitment, which had been expected, comes the day after the 6-foot-1, 195-pound quarterback took an unofficial visit to Georgia for the game against Tennessee. He has also recently visited Colorado on Oct. 26 and expressed interest in Indiana throughout his recruitment.

According to sources, the plan remains for Lewis to commit in the upcoming weeks and enroll early in school. He's the top uncommitted player in the Class of 2025 and his choice looms as one of the biggest stories of the early signing period with Colorado, Georgia and Indiana expected to contend for his signature before the signing period opens on Dec. 4.

Sources also told ESPN on Sunday that four-star Texas A&M quarterback pledge Husan Longstreet, No. 47 in the 2025 ESPN 300, has flipped his pledge to USC in the wake of Lewis' departure from the Trojans' incoming class.

USC quarterbacks coach Luke Huard attended Longstreet's playoff game at Corona Centennial High School in California on Friday night and ESPN's No. 4 pocket passer visited the Trojans during their game against Nebraska on Saturday.

Lewis had been verbally committed to the Trojans since Aug. 22, 2023. Yet questions had swirled over his recruitment from the summer into the fall and all the way through to his decommitment from USC on Sunday.

Lewis' decommitment marks the latest blow to a USC 2025 recruiting class that has now lost six commitments from inside the 2025 ESPN 300 in this cycle.

That list of high-profile departures from Lincoln Riley's incoming class includes five-star defenders Justus Terry and Isaiah Gibson, and Lewis' exit stands as USC's third recruiting loss in the last seven days following the flips of defensive lineman Hayden Lowe (Miami) and cornerback Shamar Arnoux (Auburn) earlier this week.

The Trojans sat ninth in ESPN's latest class rankings for the 2025 cycle prior to Lewis' decommitment.

With the move, Lewis instantly regains status as the one of nation's most sought after uncommitted prospects. Lewis first entered that realm in 2022 when he burst onto the national scene with 4,118 yards and 48 touchdowns while leading Carrollton to the Georgia 7A state title game in his freshman season.

That debut campaign earned Lewis a place as the No. 1 prospect in the 2026 class before he reclassified into the 2025 cycle earlier this year, several months after his commitment to USC in Aug. 2023.

Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star guard Anthony Edwards was fined $35,000 by the NBA for making an obscene gesture on the court during his team's NBA Cup win over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night.

The league announced the fine Sunday, saying it occurred with 3:15 left in the first period.

That was how much time remained when Edwards was called for an offensive foul, and not long afterward television cameras captured him directing the gesture toward the stands as he walked to the Minnesota bench.

The NBA fined Edwards $40,000 in January for "repeatedly publicly criticizing the officiating" following a 107-101 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Edwards finished with 36 points against the Kings, a game in which Sacramento's De'Aaron Fox scored an NBA season-high 60 points.

The Associated Press and Field Level Media contributed to this report.

Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic will sit out Sunday night's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder because of a right knee contusion.

It's the second game of a back-to-back for the Mavs.

Doncic has been dealing with the injury since Tuesday's 120-117 loss to the Golden State Warriors.

Doncic, a first-team All-NBA selection the past five seasons, is off to a slow start by his standards after missing the preseason because of a calf contusion. He's averaging 28.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 7.8 assists while shooting 42.5% from the floor and 32.1% from 3-point range.

He said he felt "a little bit less" than 100 percent after Saturday's 110-93 win over the visiting San Antonio Spurs that snapped the Mavs' four-game losing streak.

"It's a matter of time," Doncic said. "Just there's not a lot of time to rest. But I'll get better for sure. I promise."

While reigning champions Canada rank second in the world, there is no reason for Britain to have an inferiority complex.

Raducanu and Boulter have a higher ranking than their singles opponents, although the presence of Gaby Dabrowski - the doubles world number three and recent WTA Finals champion - means a deciding doubles is not where Britain would relish going.

Therefore, it felt imperative that Raducanu opened the tie with a win and gave an opportunity to Boulter to seal the deal against 31st-ranked Fernandez.

Canada's team selection was not clearcut and their captain Heidi El Tabakh decided to go with the experience of Marino over the potential of teenager Marina Stakusic.

Marino plays the bulk of her tennis on the second-tier WTA Challenger Tour but is fresh from lifting a 125k title in the United States.

The decision ultimately backfired.

Marino, struggling to land her formidable first serve, came under pressure straight away as a confident Raducanu dominated with her returning game.

That success was reinforced by comfortable holds with a newly tweaked serve which has added power.

After converting her third break point in the opening game, Raducanu went on to take two of the five more she created in a one-sided first set lasting just 28 minutes.

When Marino slumped into her chair before the second set, you wondered how much longer the match would last.

However, she deserves credit for rediscovering her game in the second set and valiantly dragging Raducanu into a battle.

Raducanu saved seven break points across the fourth and eight games, finding first serves when she needed them in the most perilous moments, then striking clinically to secure another encouraging victory.