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LPGA and USGA to require players to be assigned female at birth or transition before male puberty The LPGA and the USGA have updated gender policies that will require players to be assigned female at birth or to have transitioned to female before going through male puberty.

The policies begin in 2025 and follow more than a year of study.

The groups concluded that going through male puberty allows for competitive advantages in golf.

The USGA has seven championships for females next year.

The new policies rule out eligibility for Hailey Davidson.

She missed U.S.

Women's Open qualifying by one shot this year and tried LPGA Q-school.

Davidson began hormone treatments when she was in her early 20s in 2015 and in 2021 underwent gender-affirming surgery, which was required under the LPGAs previous gender policy.

Miami's playoff hopes nosedive as Alabama rises in the latest College Football Playoff rankings Miamis playoff hopes took a nosedive while Alabamas got a boost in the last rankings before the College Football Playoff bracket is set next weekend.

The Hurricanes moved down six spots to No.

12 after suffering their second loss of the season.

They are one spot behind the Crimson Tide, who won won last week and moved up two spots to No.

11.

Alabama is projected as the last team in and the fourth from the Southeastern Conference.

Oregon stayed at No.

1 for the fifth straight week and will head into Saturdays Big Ten title game as the only undefeated team in big-time college football.

SEC and Big Ten powers lead the way on signing day as prospects finalize their college selections Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Oregon and Ohio State are bringing in the nation's top recruiting class as high school prospects across the country finalize their college plans.

The identity of the No.

1 class according to composite rankings of recruiting sites compiled by 247Sports may not be determined until Friday because of the uncertainty surrounding a couple of top-10 prospects.

But most top recruits already committed to a school well before the signing period arrived Wednesday.

Juan Soto starting to eliminate teams from negotiations, agent Scott Boras says LOS ANGELES (AP) Juan Soto is starting to drop teams from negotiations ahead of baseball's winter meetings next week.

Likely to approach or set a record contract, the free agent slugger has met with the New York Yankees, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays.

Soto's agent, Scott Boras, says the outfielder has begun the process of eliminating teams but he doesn't think a decision is imminent in the near future.

A four-time All-Star, Soto finished third in AL MVP voting after hitting .288 with 41 homers, 109 RBIs and 129 walks this year to help the Yankees reach the World Series.

He has a .285 career batting average with 201 homers, 592 RBIs and 769 walks.

Liverpool's lead cut in the Premier League and Man City finally ends winless run MANCHESTER, England (AP) Liverpools lead at the top of the Premier League was cut to seven points after a thrilling 3-3 draw with Newcastle.

Chelsea moved up to second by thrashing last-place Southampton 5-1, while Manchester City ended its seven-game winless run with a 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest.

Liverpools result will give hope to its title rivals after Fabian Schars 90th-minute equalizer at St James Park.

Lindsey Vonn to make her comeback to downhill racing at age 40 this weekend Lindsey Vonn is going to enter an official ski race for the first time in nearly six years this weekend at age 40.

Vonn announced last month that she was coming out of retirement and she will race lower-level FIS downhills and super-Gs on Saturday and Sunday in Copper Mountain, Colorado.

Vonn needs some decent results to improve her long-dormant ranking so she can enter World Cup races this season under a new wild card rule.

U.S.

Ski Team head coach Paul Kristofic says that obviously her history speaks for itself and shes definitely the most decorated speed skier out there." He adds that "it will be really, really fun and interesting to see what she can do.

High school recruiting isn't the only way to build a winner in the era of the transfer portal Texas A&M signed the nations top-ranked class three years ago believing it had built a potential national title contender.

Plenty of players from that heralded 2022 class could indeed be participating in the first 12-team College Football Playoff this month.

They just wont be doing it for the Aggies.

Texas A&M represents perhaps the clearest example of how recruiting and roster construction have changed in the era of loosened transfer restrictions.

Coaches must assemble high school classes without always knowing which of their own players are transferring and what players from other schools could be available through the portal.

Pro Picks: Falcons will upset the Vikings in Kirk Cousins' return to Minnesota Six division matchups and Kirk Cousins' return to Minnesota highlight a lighter Week 14 schedule.

Six teams arent playing as the NFL wraps up its final week of byes before going to a full slate over the last four weeks.

Two games feature the top two teams in the division.

The Seattle Seahawks (7-5) visit the Arizona Cardinals (6-6) on Sunday in a battle for a tight race in the NFC West.

The Kansas City Chiefs (11-1) host the Los Angeles Chargers (8-4) on Sunday Night Football with plenty of breathing room between the two teams in the AFC West.

The draw for the FIFAs revamped Club World Cup is coming up.

Heres what to know GENEVA (AP) Soccers biggest ever global club tournament comes to the United States next year and the 32-team group stage is drawn Thursday.

FIFA relaunched the Club World Cup to be played every four years.

A new generation of stars plays in the 11 U.S.

cities from June 15 to July 13.

One year later they plan to return for the 2026 World Cup.

Real Madrid has Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior and Jude Bellingham.

Manchester City has Erling Haaland.

Missing out are superstars Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski because Al-Nassr and Barcelona failed to qualify.

FIFA ensured an entry for Lionel Messi's Inter Miami.

College football picks: 'Let's play two' a theme for handful of conference championship games No football coach would tell you hes excited about the prospect of having to beat the same team twice in the same season.

That will be the task for four teams in Football Bowl Subdivision conference championship games.

The FCS-level Southwestern Athletic Conference game also is a rematch.

Western Kentucky, Boise State, Miami and Georgia will be going for sweeps.

Sportradar reports there have been 78 same-season rematches in the FBS since 2000.

There have been 43 sweeps and 35 splits.

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