SONOMA, Calif. – The KPAX Racing No. 3 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 pairing of Andrea Caldarelli and Jordan Pepper overcame a poor race start to complete a weekend sweep of Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS action at Sonoma Raceway.

DXDT Racing’s George Kurtz and Colin Braun put in a good fight for the overall win but settled for an overall podium showing and first in the Pro-Am class.

The No. 61 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 driven by Jean-Claude Saada and Conrad Grunewald finished on top of the Am classifications.

Sunny, breezy conditions enveloped Sonoma at the drop of the green flag but there was a dark cloud over the KPAX camp as their pole and third-place starting positions slipped away quickly before the first turn.

Second-starting Braun and fourth qualifier Jan Heylen took advantage of the situation and edged forward to the top spots, dropping the KPAX Lamborghinis of Pepper and Giovanni Venturini as far back as fourth place.

More battles commenced for overall position and to get within striking range of the win, including a fight-back run between veteran Ryan Dalziel and series newcomer Dakota Dickerson battling for position and to hold on to a Pro-Am podium spot.

Shortly before the pit window opened, the No. 77 Compass Racing Acura NSX GT3 came in for an undetermined fuel-related issue that was solved by the team refueling and getting the car back into rotation.

Immediately after the pit window officially opened, the No. 3 KPAX Lamborghini came into the pit for the mandatory stop and executed an almost-perfect stop that saw them jump out ahead and recover the positions from the bad start.

The AF Corse Ferrari and the No. 9 TR3 Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 of Ziad Ghandour and Giacomo Altoe were issued drive-through penalties for their respective pit lane infractions incurred during the pit stop.

At the close of the pit window, the field leaders had returned to essentially a similar position to the starting grid, each holding their positions for the remainder of the race.

Meanwhile, a battle for overall position proceeded with Pro-Am class Am-rated Erin Vogel defending against Russell Ward down to the last turn of the last lap to maintain sixth and seventh overall positions, with the No. 33 car hanging on to the third Pro spot.

It locked out the No. 96 Turner Motorsports BMW F13 M6 GT3 of Michael Dinan and Robby Foley from a podium showing.

Pro-Am competitors Wright Motorsports held on to the podium placement under driver Fred Poordad’s driving of the No. 20 Porsche, while Taylor Hagler brought home the No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports Acura NSX GT3 for the last spot on the podium.

OCALA, Fla. – Austin Ernst won the Drive On Championship on Sunday for her third LPGA Tour title, pulling away to beat fellow former NCAA champion Jennifer Kupcho by five strokes at Golden Ocala.

Tied for the lead with Kupcho after each of the first two rounds and a stroke ahead entering the day, Ernst closed with a 2-under 70 to finish at 15-under 273.

Kupcho, coming off a closing eagle Saturday, had a double bogey and three bogeys in a 74.

Following sisters Jessica and Nelly Korda in the first two events of the year, Ernst gave the United States three straight victories to open a season for the first time since 2007.

The 29-year-old former LSU star from South Carolina, showing her school spirit with a purple shirt, also won the 2014 Portland Classic and the 2020 NW Arkansas Championship. She won the NCAA title in 2011.

With brother Drew, a former player at Coastal Carolina, working as her caddie, Ernst birdied Nos. 4-7 to get to 17 under, but dropped back with bogeys on Nos. 12 and 13.

Kupcho is winless on the tour. The former Wake Forest star won the 2018 NCAA title and the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur in 2019.

Kupcho birdied 10 and 12 to pull within three strokes of Ernst, then bogeyed 14, made the double bogey on the par-3 15th and bogeyed 17. She played most of the back nine in the opening round Thursday with a migraine that blurred her vision.

Jenny Coleman made it a 1-2-3 U.S. finish, closing with a 71 to get to 8 under.

In Gee Chun of South Korea was fourth at 7 under after a 69. Switzerland's Albane Valenzuela was another stroke back after a 73.

Nelly Korda, tied with Ernst and Kupcho for the first-round lead, had weekend rounds of 76 and 75 to tie for 28th at even par. Jessica Korda shot a 71 to tie for eighth at 4 under.

Bryson DeChambeau won for the second time this season, adding the Arnold Palmer Invitational to his resume. Here's the prize money and FedExCup points breakdowns for DeChambeau and the rest of the players who made the cut at Bay Hill:

ORLANDO, Fla. – Before he teed off in Sunday’s final round at Bay Hill, Bryson DeChambeau received a text from a certain eight-time Arnold Palmer Invitational champion.

Yes, Tiger Woods, who is still recovering from serious injuries sustained in a car accident less than two weeks ago in Los Angeles, messaged DeChambeau some words of encouragement.

“Out of the blue and I wasn't expecting anything,” DeChambeau said. “When I got that text, I'm like, ‘Wow, that's pretty amazing that he is thinking of me when he's in his tough times that he's going through right now.’”

During the text exchange, Woods apparently told DeChambeau to “keep fighting” and “play boldly like Mr. Palmer.”

“One of the things that we talked about was, it's not about how many times you get kicked to the curb or knocked down, it's about how many times you can get back up and keep moving forward,” said DeChambeau, who made just one bogey on a brutally tough Sunday, shot 71 and beat Lee Westwood by a shot. “And I think this red cardigan is not only for Mr. Palmer, but I would say it's a little bit for Tiger as well, knowing what place he's in right now.”

DeChambeau also reciprocated the well wishes: “I said, ‘Keep moving forward, keep going forward. You're going to get through it. You're the hardest working person I've ever met, and you'll persevere through this.”

ORLANDO, Fla. – After twice hitting drives over the lake and to within 90 yards of the hole at Bay Hill’s 555-yard sixth hole, Bryson DeChambeau was asked if he was eyeing any bold plays at the upcoming Players Championship.

Of course, he had one in mind.

“Oh, man…,” DeChambeau began, “I have thought about sometimes on 18 going left into 9. But we'll see, with the stands and everything, if it's even worth it. But that's really the only one that I could see being unique and a little different as of right now. There's really not another hole.”

The par-4 finishing hole at TPC Sawgrass’ Stadium hole is a 462-yard beast that features water all down the left side and in play on both the tee shot and approach. The fairway is a tough landing area for DeChambeau, who has little margin area when trying to fit his monster tee balls in between the water and the right rough, an area of about 35 yards wide at 330 yards. He said Sunday that he’ll likely hit 4-iron off that tee and give himself “an 8-iron or 7-iron into the green.”

He could also take the unprecedented line up No. 9, the par-5 that sits just on the other side of the lake left of No. 18. The carry over the water is easy, but finding that fairway could be tough, too. If DeChambeau hits a 350-yard drive, he’ll have about a 50-yard-wide area of fairway to hit it in from his angle, and realistically he could then have less than 165 yards to the center of the green – or less, considering DeChambeau drove it 377 yards off the sixth tee on Sunday.

More importantly, water would really only come in play short on his second shot.

“It just gives you a better shot into the green, I think, personally, where you can just hit it a little long and you're always going to be OK,” DeChambeau said. “… It's probably not worth it. I mean, the cover's like 310, but we'll see. I look at all options and hopefully there's an advantage there.”

Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho said Gareth Bale has recovered from the "psychological scars" of previous injuries after the forward fired Spurs to a 4-1 win over Crystal Palace.

Bale and Harry Kane struck two goals each on Sunday to help Spurs move into sixth spot in the Premier League on 45 points after 27 games, two points adrift of Chelsea in fourth.

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Welshman Bale rejoined Spurs from Real Madrid on a season-long loan in September after enduring his worst season in Spain in 2019-20 with three goals in all competitions.

He had a slow start to life back at Spurs due to a knee problem and a lack of first-team football but has rediscovered his form with six goals in the last six games for the club.

"I found psychological scars," Mourinho said. "When you have a couple of seasons with lots of injuries I think it is not about the muscular scars but the psychological scars -- that brings fears and instability.

"There is a moment when you are working very well and everyone around you is giving everything we can give, there is a moment where that psychological barrier has to be broken.

"And he broke it. It was him, not us. We just supported him."

Spurs host Dinamo Zagreb in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday before visiting Arsenal for the north London derby on Sunday.

Five series played for New Zealand this season, five series won. Australia pushed them close but their performance in the decider in Wellington was decisive.

That in itself is not insignificant in a year that will include the pressures of a World Cup. The conditions presented by the unusual situation of the match being the fifth in three games on the same pitch was also not without value as it required the team, and captain Kane Williamson, to get creative after their heavy defeat on Friday.

The masterplan revolved around two players who had not previously bowled for New Zealand: Mark Chapman, whose international scalps had come for Hong Kong before Sunday when he removed Glenn Maxwell, and Glenn Phillips who bowled for the first at the top level.

Phillips' offspin remains more of the work-in-progress but it appears likely to feature in New Zealand's planning for the T20 World Cup. Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi, the latter named Player of the Series against Australia, are locked in the side but with Williamson's reluctance to bowl himself other part-time solutions will be valuable.

The combined return for Chapman and Phillips was 4-0-30-1, a much lower economy rate that the struggling Kyle Jamieson had managed before he was left out the rebalanced side for the last match.

"We pride ourselves on adapting fast, when we lost the toss it would have been easy to think we're behind the eight-ball again but I thought we bowled and fielded exceptionally well," coach Gary Stead said a couple of days after being critical of them taking a backward step. "I thought some of Kane's decision making around when he bowled the part-time spinners…was superb."

New Zealand have two more series remaining in their season - ODI and T20I contests against Bangladesh which stretch into early April - and it seems likely for the T20s that there will be some changes to the squad due to the proximity of the start of the IPL on April 9, although two of those who could feature - fast bowlers Lockie Ferguson and Adam Milne - have IPL contracts.

Hamish Bennett, who was the unused member of the 13-man squad against Australia, can expect to get an outing or two while Chapman could get the chance to send down some more of his left-arm spin conditions permitting.

New Zealand shuffled their batting order for the decider with Devon Conway partnering Martin Guptill in what became a rollicking 106-run stand that sealed the series. Conway took the place of wicketkeeper Tim Seifert, who struggled with the bat and slipped down the order, and Conway having the gloves may be a route explored. Phillips can also keep wicket, but his value in the outfield - and now with his offspin - will likely keep him away from the position.

There is an eagerness in New Zealand for Finn Allen, the 21-year-old Auckland batsman, who has had a prolific time in recent months to be given a chance. He was on standby for the Australia series where there was briefly an injury doubt around Guptill and if Williamson misses the series against Bangladesh due to the IPL there could be an opening.

The emergence of some new match-winners this season has been pleasing for Stead. "The guys have played well against three very good opponents…think it's exciting that some different players have emerged," he said. "You look at a Phillips and Conway, they have really stamped their mark on our team. The guys are playing with generally a lot of freedom.

"The quality of your team over a long period is seen in the consistency you play with and I think we've got better at that."

Conway, who made an unbeaten 99 in the opening game of the series against Australia, currently averages 52.28 after nine T20I innings. He will be pushing hard for a place in the ODI side against Bangladesh - a format New Zealand haven't played since their abandoned tour of Australia a year ago - although the likes of Henry Nicholls (who had an outstanding Ford Trophy), Ross Taylor and Tom Latham have been features of that side.

West Indies 134 for 7 (Simmons 26, Pooran 23, Sandakan 3-29) beat Sri Lanka 131 for 4 (Chandimal 54*, Bandara 44*, Allen 1-13) by three wickets

Fabian Allen shone with both bat and ball, affecting the game at the start and finish, as the West Indies secured a hard-fought three-wicket win against Sri Lanka in the deciding third T20I in Antigua and clinched the series 2-1.

After registering figures of 1 for 13 from his four overs - three of which had come in a powerplay period that saw Sri Lanka score 27 runs for the loss of three wickets - Allen applied the finishing touches with the bat to seal the game for West Indies.

His six-ball 21, inclusive of three sixes off Akila Dananjaya in the 19th over, came when Sri Lanka sniffed a chance, created once again by their bevvy of spinners.

Chasing a modest 132, the home side looked to have got off to the ideal start, registering 53 for 1 in the powerplay. But the Sri Lanka spinners once again proved a handful and pegged West Indies back.

Wanindu Hasaranga was once again the main threat and dismissed Evin Lewis and Lendl Simmons to finish with figures of 2 for 13. Lakshan Sandakan (3 for 29) and Dushmantha Chameera (2 for 23) also reaped the benefits of the pressure created by Hasaranga but with a target that low, the West Indies batsman knew they just needed one bowler they could target, and they found that in Dananjaya.

After his redemption in the second T20I following his mauling at the hands of Kieron Pollard in the opening game, Dananjaya struggled with his control this time around as he went wicketless in his four overs and gave away 53 runs.

Earlier, an unbeaten stand of 85 - Sri Lanka's highest in T20Is for the fifth wicket - between Dinesh Chandimal and Ashen Bandara had dragged the visitors to a respectable, if not quite competitive, 131 for 4.

After the spin of Allen and Kevin Sinclair had limited Sri Lanka inside the powerplay, the West Indian seamers took over. On a surface that was even slower than those in the first two games, the hosts almost exclusively dealt in slower deliveries, forcing the Sri Lanka batsmen to grind out for runs.

It was only because of some late hitting from Bandara that ensured the visitors scored as much as they did, but despite the best efforts of their spinners, it was always unlikely to be enough - especially with the number of match-winners the West Indies have in their ranks.

West Indies out-gamble Sri Lanka
In the last game, Sri Lanka had bowled out their main bowlers by the 16th over, but it paid off in spades as by that point the game was as good as won, with all of the West Indies big-hitters back in the pavilion.

This time around West Indies were a little more calculated in their approach; first they brought in an extra batsman in Rovman Powell in place of Fidel Edwards, then, aided by virtue of having a modest target to chase, they bided their time, playing out dot balls when necessary, safe in the knowledge that a few big hits were enough the turn the game in their favour.

And so it panned out, with no less than six West Indies batsman hitting at least a six in their innings - a stark contrast from the two sixes hit by Sri Lanka, both by Bandara.

For Sri Lanka, by the time the 19th over rolled around, they were left with having to either throw the ball to part-timer Danushka Gunathilaka, who despite conceding only 11 from his three overs could not be relied on at the death, or Thisara Perera, who was woeful in that last game, or Dananjaya, who can be effective but was off his game. In the end, they went with Dananaya - though it's unlikely any of the other choices would have been any more effective.

Chandimal and Bandara adapt to the pitch
While Sri Lanka's top order failed to come to terms with a sluggish pitch, thankfully for them Dinesh Chandimal and Bandara were around to bring some sense back into proceedings.

But aside from the odd boundary, neither batsman looked particularly fluent. As such it very much a case of getting runs however possible, especially with the West Indies bowlers taking the pace off the ball at every opportunity. The fact that Chandimal's most productive shot was the flick, with 22 runs coming off it, speaks volumes.

Their unbroken partnership of 85 from 63 deliveries took on even more importance, considering when it began Sri Lanka were teetering at 46 for 4 midway through the tenth over.

Hasaranga's reputation keeps growing
Sri Lanka's spinners usually burst on to the scene, either with an aura of mystery radiating off them, or an unusual action in tow - or in the case of Rangana Herath, they remain hidden away in the shadow of an all-time great before a late-career renaissance. But rarely does a player improve on the job as much as Hasaranga has.

Yes, he has picked up wickets in nearly every T20I game he has played, but the degree of improvement his game has seen in the past year cannot be understated. The main upgrade has been the control with which he now bowls his googly, which has accounted for a large portion of his recent wickets. In this game, it was the googly once again that brought him early success, trapping the dangerous Evin Lewis lbw.

Hasaranga also showcased his adaptability, called into bowl inside the powerplay after Dananjaya failed to have the same impact as he had in the previous game. As is now almost expected, he delivered immediately. After a chance of his first ball - a low full toss to Simmons - was dropped by Danushka Gunathilaka at long-on, he dismissed Lewis three balls later. In his next over, he was the recipient of a brain-fade from Simmons, who found himself stranded down the wicket as Dickwella completed an easy stumping. But Sri Lanka simply didn't have enough runs in the bank.

A couple of pummeled sixes from Glenn Phillips, depositing Adam Zampa's leg breaks well into the outer of the Cake Tin, brought Australia's men's international season to an end with a thud. This was not unfitting, since much of the preceding six months had been similarly brutal in terms of exposing where the national team actually sits in the global order, as opposed to where its players, coaches and selectors thought it did.

Two ODI series wins, over England away and then India at home a long way out from the next 50-over World Cup, were all the teams led by Aaron Finch and Tim Paine and coached by Justin Langer had to show for an enormous amount of time cooped up in biosecure bubbles in England, Australia and New Zealand. The frustration of missing the World Test Championship final, a path effectively set by Cricket Australia's withdrawal from a scheduled tour of South Africa, compounded plenty of questions about losing a home Test series to India for the second time in succession leaving their last win over them back in 2014.

There is, at the base of it all, no more illusion about this being an Australian set-up forging a quick path back to the top of the world after the ignominy of 2018. The return to a more respected place in world cricket made some progress up to 2020, but in performance terms the past summer has seen the national side take rather more steps backward than forward.

And in a T20 World Cup year, series defeats to England, India and lastly New Zealand underlined in bold print how a decade of the BBL has brought plenty of fresh revenue to the game but also taken the Australian short-form team little closer to lifting the one ICC event to always elude them.

The fact that Australia's one and only appearance in the T20 World Cup final arrived as long ago as 2010 in the Caribbean (back when such events stood a chance of being hosted outside India, England or Australia) means there is now a generation of players with little idea of what international T20 success on the biggest stage actually looks like.

There was, of course, much valuable knowledge to be gleaned from the New Zealand series, especially for how the touring team were shorn of many of their best options due to the parallel scheduling of the South Africa tour and then the decision not to merge squads once that trip was called off. These constraints exercised the minds of a touring management led by Langer's senior assistant coach Andrew McDonald but also the selector-on-duty George Bailey and sometimes coach Trent Woodhill.

For Josh Philippe at the top, the series brought some sobering truth about how much more his game will need to be grooved for dealing with bowling of international class: Trent Boult's ability to swerve his second delivery through the 23-year-old's crooked attempted drive in the final game was a useful microcosm of this. Similarly, the glimpses shown by the likes of Marcus Stoinis with the bat and Daniel Sams with bat and ball still need refinement, particularly the former's adaptation to middle-order roles as opposed to the opening slot he commands for the Melbourne Stars.

Though he did not have a great series overall, Matthew Wade's ability to swing momentum with his muscular hitting appears to have kept him ahead of Philippe and Alex Carey in the reckoning for the gloveman's berth leading into the World Cup, although Josh Inglis' abilities should not go unnoticed. Less was learned about Ashton Agar's ability to hold a spot in the top seven of the batting order, although his increasingly wily left-arm spin now looks assured of a place in most starting XIs.

Ashton Turner, flying home early to become a father, and Ben McDermott were both unable to get a chance for consideration in the middle order, leaving the same old questions about a squad replete with T20 openers but few specialist role players for the later overs. Mitchell Marsh was one member of the team who will be ruing his inability to leave at least one striking memory in the minds of the selectors.

In the pace department, Riley Meredith was at least able to do this by twice dismissing Kane Williamson, although in terms of variety and movement he remains an unfinished work of fast bowling art. Nevertheless, he now looks to be the clear firebrand backup to Mitchell Starc's pace, while Jhye and Kane Richardson both offered moments for reminders of why they will likely be chosen in a full-strength bowling squad.

Most important, arguably, was Finch's return to some semblance of run-making poise, shaded only by Martin Guptill in the overall series aggregates and so shoring up his leadership at a time when captaincy debates are emerging once more. "When you've been around long enough, if you look at my career I probably ride the highs and lows, my highs are pretty good and my lows get pretty low at times, but I think as a person I stay the same, my mindset stayed pretty similar, it was just one of those things.

"I had a 50/50 go my way a couple of games ago, you need a bit of luck sometimes and that's T20 cricket isn't it, when you're an opening batter and looking to be aggressive, sometimes you get it right, sometimes you get it wrong. I still felt I was a good player when I wasn't going well and I still feel like I'm a reasonably good player now."

These conversations have largely revolved around Paine and the Test side following the loss to India, in which Australia were unable to make the most of their home ground advantage and far fewer injuries relative to India, thus opening questions about other ways in which the team might be dysfunctional.

Critiques arrived for Paine and Langer in turn, with the senior coach left mortified that reservations among the players were not brought to him in private before surfacing in the public sphere. It is difficult to see Paine carrying on beyond next summer's Ashes - his deputy Pat Cummins has now begun to gain captaincy experience with New South Wales - while Langer's contract expires in the first half of 2022, and Finch has set himself to carry on until the next ODI World Cup in India in 2023.

All these junctures appear a long way off without the resolution of internal issues and a quick return to better and more focused performances in the Test and T20 arenas, all the while appreciating there are only a couple of countries better resourced than Australia. A T20 World Cup and an Ashes series are looming, before the challenge of Asia presents with series against Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India in the following 12 months - tough assignments for a confident set-up, let alone the currently uncertain one.

Cricket Australia has marked International Women's Day by committing to addressing gender imbalances in the game, including the lack of statues of female cricketers around the country.

The governing body said there were 73 statues or sculptures of male cricketers in Australia compared to none of women, but that imbalance would soon be reduced a little with pieces commissioned for the country's two best-known grounds.

The SCG, which has life-size bronze sculptures of cricketing greats Stan McCabe, Steve Waugh and Richie Benaud in its precinct, will add a statue of a female cricketer this year.

Another artwork has been commissioned for MCG to commemorate last year's final of the T20 World Cup, which attracted 86,174 fans to the venue.

"We are committed to challenging ourselves to continue to address gender inequality across our game," Cricket Australia's interim chief executive Nick Hockley said in a news release. "So many challenges have been presented since that day, and it is now more important than ever that we keep pushing for equality in cricket and keep building the momentum established before the pandemic."

Cricket Australia has formed a "Recognition of Women in Cricket Working Group" which, among other projects, will decide on the subject of the SCG sculpture.

"It's going to be a pretty incredible list to choose from," working group member and Australia vice-captain Rachael Haynes told reporters in front of the Benaud statue at the SCG.

"Just for a player who's been involved for a long time, it's going to be nice to walk in to a stadium like the SCG and be able walk past some of the heroes who have led the way.

"I'm looking forward to learning about our history and the contribution some of these female players have made."