GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Kristina Karamo was properly removed as chair of the Michigan Republican Party, a judge said Tuesday, the same day that voters participated in the state’s presidential primary. The decision against Karamo came after months of internal fighting over the financial health of the state GOP in the battleground state. Members of the state party organized …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Milwaukee Panthers (15-14, 10-8 Horizon League) at IUPUI Jaguars (6-23, 2-16 Horizon League) Indianapolis; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Milwaukee visits the IUPUI Jaguars after BJ Freeman …

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Former Denmark striker Jon Dahl Tomasson was hired as the first foreign-born coach of Sweden on Monday. The 47-year-old Tomasson, who recently left his role as manager of second-tier English team Blackburn, will begin his new job on Friday. He is replacing Janne Andersson, whose seven-year spell in charge of Sweden ended in November after the team …

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Kyle Connor scored his second goal of the game on a 3-on-1 break in overtime to give the Winnipeg Jets a 4-3 victory over Arizona on Sunday night, extending the Coyotes’ losing streak to 12 games. Connor scored from the right side after two Arizona’s Nick Schmaltz and Sean Durzi collided and fell in the other …

Jurgen Klopp’s last dance at Liverpool is off to the perfect start. Klopp steps down as manager at the end of the season but he and Liverpool have locked up the first trophy of a possible four. After a heavily depleted team defied the odds to win the English League Cup final by beating Chelsea 1-0 in extra time, Klopp …

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz made clear Monday that he remains reluctant to send Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine, pointing to a risk of his country becoming directly involved in the war. Germany is now the second-biggest supplier of military aid to Ukraine after the United States and is further stepping up its support this year. But …

St. Louis Blues (30-25-2, fifth in the Central Division) vs. Winnipeg Jets (36-15-5, second in the Central Division) Winnipeg, Manitoba; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Winnipeg Jets host the St. Louis Blues after Kyle Connor scored two goals in the Jets’ 4-3 overtime win over the Arizona Coyotes. Winnipeg has gone 36-15-5 overall with a 15-3-1 record against …

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Monday announced preliminary results from parliamentary and local elections in which only candidates loyal to the country’s authoritarian leader were allowed to compete and the opposition called for a boycott. The vote further cemented the 30-year rule of President Alexander Lukashenko, who declared his intention to seek another five-year term in a presidential …

HOUSTON (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 36 points and Chet Holmgren added 29 to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 123-110 victory over the Houston Rockets on Sunday night. The Thunder won their fifth straight to move into a tie with Minnesota for first place in the Western Conference. Oklahoma City coach Mark Daigneault was impressed with how his …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul George sat out the Los Angeles Clippers’ game against the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night. He missed his fourth game of the season with left knee soreness. George is averaging 22.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists. Norman Powell was set to make his first start of the season in George’s place. Powell was initially …