April 19 (UPI) -- Veteran quarterback Alex Smith, who spent 16 seasons in the NFL and battled severe leg injuries to become 2020 Comeback Player of the Year, announced his retirement Monday on Instagram.

April 19 (UPI) -- UEFA executives voted to revamp the Champions League soccer tournament Monday morning as a dozen of Europe's top teams threaten to form a new European Super League.

April 19 (UPI) -- Tottenham Hotspur fired manager Jose Mourinho on Monday and started a search for his replacement, the Premier League soccer team announced.

April 19 (UPI) -- Six Los Angeles Clippers players scored at least 13 points and the team totaled 31 assists in a 19-point blowout of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

April 19 (UPI) -- All-Star forward/center Bam Adebayo took his defender off the dribble, bullied his way into the paint and drained a jump shot at the buzzer to lead the Miami Heat to a 109-107 victory over the Brooklyn Nets in Miami.

April 19 (UPI) -- NASCAR's Alex Bowman edged standings leader Denny Hamlin and became the eighth winner and nine races this Cup Series season with a victory in the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway.

April 19 (UPI) -- Million-dollar races at Oaklawn Park produced a big upset and a potential star for the remainder of the year in highlights of horse racing this weekend.

April 19 (UPI) -- Clemson's Trevor Lawrence remains the No. 1 overall pick in UPI senior sports writer Alex Butler's latest mock draft, but Justin Fields, Kyle Pitts, Ja'Marr Chase and Jaycee Horn improved their stock at recent pro days.

April 18 (UPI) -- Atlanta Braves star outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. exited Sunday's game against the Chicago Cubs in the fourth inning because of pain in his lower abdominal muscles.

April 18 (UPI) -- Former Kansas City Chiefs tight end Fred Arbanas, a key member of the franchise's first two Super Bowl teams who later jumped to a career in county politics, has died. He was 82.

April 18 (UPI) -- Former Clemson Tigers quarterback Trevor Lawrence, who is expected to be the Jaguars' pick at the top of this month's NFL Draft, and his wife, Marissa, plan to donate $20,000 to charities in Jacksonville.

April 18 (UPI) -- MLB has postponed Monday's game between the Minnesota Twins and Oakland Athletics at Oakland Coliseum to allow the Twins organization to conduct testing and contact tracing for COVID-19.

April 18 (UPI) -- Brooklyn Nets star forward Kevin Durant suffered a left thigh contusion in the first quarter of his team's 109-107 loss to the Miami Heat on Sunday. He didn't return to the game.

April 16 (UPI) -- Los Angeles Dodgers star outfielder Cody Bellinger has a hairline fracture in his left fibula, manager Dave Roberts said.