UCLA slugger Megan Grant set the single-season home run record for Division I softball when she hit her 38th of the season on Saturday.Grant drove an 0-2 pitch from Nebraska's Jordy Frahm deep to left-center field for a solo home run, giving UCLA a 2-0 lead in the third inning of the Big Ten Championship Game. The senior took the record she shared for one day in her 55th game. Arizonas Laura Espinoza hit 37 home runs over 72 games in 1995.The chance to write her name into the record books as one of the sport's best is what Grant wanted when she came to college.To be able to do that, it's just, it's surreal," Grant said of the home run record. I'm just so grateful for the opportunity I was blessed with and just to follow the people that were before me it's just an honor.Grant had the ball in her backpack after Nebraska defeated UCLA 7-2 on Saturday to win the conference championship. She planned to give the ball to her grandmother.Down 0-2, Grant was just hoping to put the ball in play anywhere she could against Frahm.The pitch was up, and I had a feeling it was out once I heard the crowd cheering, Grant said of her home run. I kind of usually just put my head down and run as hard as I can to first base, and then I think right when I touched first I knew.Grant said she let out a lot of energy rounding the bases celebrating all the way to the dugout with her teammates. She thinks they were focused on the milestone before refocusing on trying to win the game.Its nice to be able to do it on a big stage, UCLA coach Kelly Inouye-Perez said of Grant's record-setting home run.Grant trailed Oklahomas Kendall Wells by one homer heading into conference tournament play. Wells did not homer in Oklahomas loss to Georgia on Thursday in the Southeastern Conference Tournament. Grant hit home runs in each of UCLA's three Big Ten Tournament games.The race to see who ends up with the single-season home run record could last until the Womens College World Series. Wells has 36 and Grants teammate, Jordan Woolery, has 33.___AP sports: https://apnews.com/sports

Arne Slot faced the wrath of the Anfield faithful during Liverpool's 1-1 stalemate with Chelsea this afternoon. The Dutch manager was met with loud jeers from the Kop when he withdrew Rio Ngumoha in the 67th minute, replacing the fan favourite with Alexander Isak.Supporters made their displeasure unmistakably clear, with many believing Cody Gakpo should have been the player to make way instead.Ngumoha has established himself as a popular figure among the Liverpool faithful, and his removal sparked an audible backlash that echoed around the stadium despite the match remaining level.Speaking after the match, Slot revealed the reasoning behind his decision.The manager explained that approximately three minutes before the substitution, Ngumoha had gone down on the pitch experiencing muscle difficulties."I ask him, he said 'hmm, not sure if I can continue' and the idea was maybe not to take him off," Slot said."But when he gave the signal he wasn't completely ready to continue then it makes complete sense."The Liverpool boss admitted he had anticipated the hostile response from supporters, given the circumstances surrounding the popular winger's withdrawal.Slot acknowledged that a significant number of supporters disagreed with his choice, not merely a handful. "I don't think it was some of them, there were a lot that didn't agree with that change," the manager said with a laugh.He expressed understanding for the reaction, given how well Ngumoha had performed during his time on the pitch. "Which I completely understand if you just look at how he played," Slot added, noting the winger had delivered a strong 65-minute display."It should be like this if we don't win"Arne Slot gives his thoughts on Liverpool's draw with Chelsea and responds to boos at Anfield... @julesbreach TNT Sports and HBO Max pic.twitter.com/ftChS4vHDR Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) May 9, 2026 "As is so often in football people don't know everything and that how it works."The result compounds a difficult period for Liverpool, who now trail league leaders Arsenal by 17 points. Chelsea remain in ninth position, sitting nine points behind fifth-placed Aston Villa.Ryan Gravenberch had given the hosts an ideal start, finding the net after just five minutes when Dominik Szoboszlai's blocked free-kick fell to him on the edge of the area. The midfielder's curling effort beat Filip Jorgensen, though the Chelsea goalkeeper might have done better.Enzo Fernandez drew the visitors level before half-time with a free-kick from the right, with Wesley Fofana claiming a touch that replays appeared to confirm.Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter

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The FBI recently announced that it recovered a stolen, centuries-old religious artifact from Italy after it resurfaced in an unexpected location: New England.The 17th-century reliquary urn was obtained by FBI agents on February 11, though officials did not announce its recovery until April 30.The urn was "one of 17 ecclesiastical artifacts stolen from the Church of San Michele Arcangelo di Cangiano" between 2012 and 2022, the FBI's Boston office said in a statement.PRICELESS ANCIENT GOLDEN HELMET STOLEN IN DUTCH MUSEUM HEIST RECOVERED A YEAR LATERImages show the gilded artifact's ornate Baroque design, which was used to hold Catholic relics.Kristen Setera, a spokesperson for the FBI's Boston office, told Fox News Digital the urn was discovered missing during an inventory in November 2022.Investigators later traced the roughly 400-year-old artifact to a New England antiques dealer, who had purchased it from another dealer in Italy.ANCIENT RELIGIOUS RELICS RECOVERED AFTER CHURCH ROBBERIES NOW ON DISPLAY IN NEW EXHIBIT"We do not know how or who stole the urn from the church, but we do know it was sold to a New England-based antiques dealer and shipped to the United States," said Setera.The FBI worked with Italian authorities to identify the New England antiques dealer, who agents later interviewed."During the interview, the urn was examined and information was gleaned on how the antiques dealer came to acquire the urn," Setera added. "Based on this interview and examinationof the urn, the determination was made [that] the urn was the one missing from the church of San Michele Arcangelo."CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERShe also said, "This information was shared with the antiques dealer, who ultimately agreed to turn over the urn to the FBI for repatriationto Italy."The FBI worked with the ItalianMinistry of Culture throughout the process.The urn had a formal repatriation ceremony in Italy on April 29, the FBI said.TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZThe Baroque urn "representsa significant piece of Italian history," the agency added and is "subject to protection by the Italian Statebased onthe Accords in force with the Vatican City State."Ted E. Docks, special agent in charge of the FBI's Boston Division, called the recovery "incredibly exciting.""After all, thisreliquaryurnis a tangible link to intense religious devotionand a connection tothegenerationswho lived and prayed with it," Docks said in a statement."Itrepresentsthe intersection of faith, history and art elements that are invaluable to the people of Italy and to humanity as a whole."

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