Atlanta outfielder Jurickson Profar faces a 162-game suspension by Major League Baseball for a possible second failed test for a performance-enhancing drug, a person familiar with the issue told The Associated Press on Tuesday.The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the process, first reported by ESPN, was ongoing.Profar intends to ask the players' association to file a grievance to appeal any discipline to baseballs independent arbitrator, Martin F, Scheinman, a second person familiar with the process said, also on condition of anonymity, because no announcement had been made.Because this would be Profar's second infraction, an appeal would take place after a suspension was announced. An All-Star in 2024, Profar was suspended for 80 games last March 31 following a positive test for Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG), a hormone that helps production of testosterone. He issued a statement then saying: "I would never willingly take a banned substance, but I take full responsibility and accept MLBs decision.His agent, Dan Lozano, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Profar homered in his return from suspension on July 2 and finished with a .245 average, 14 homers, 43 RBIs and a .787 OPS in 80 games. He batted .280 in 2024, when he set career highs with 24 homers, 85 RBIs and an .839 OPS.Profar said at the start of spring training that he had sports hernia surgery in November, requiring a six-week recovery time. He has appeared in four spring training games this year, going 3 for 10 with three RBIs.A native of Curaao, Profar had been set to play for the Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic.Under the suspension, he would be ineligible for the postseason.Profar would lose his $15 million salary for this year as part of a $42 million, three-year contract through 2027. He lost half his $12 million salary in 2025 due to the initial suspension.He would be the seventh player suspended 162 games for a second PED infraction after New York Mets pitcher Jenrry Mejia (July 2015), Cleveland outfielder Marlon Byrd (June 2016), free agent catcher Cody Stanley (July 2016), Houston pitcher Francis Martes (February 2020), Mets second baseman Robinson Can (November 2020) and Milwaukee pitcher J.C. Mejia (September 2023).Mejia received a lifetime ban in February 2016 after a third positive test, the only player to be given a permanent ban since drug testing with penalties started in 2004.Four players have been suspended previously this year for positive tests, including free agent outfielder Max Kepler for 80 games under the major league program following a positive test for Epitrenbolone.Following the offseason signing of left fielder Mike Yastrzemski to a $23 million, two-year deal, Profar had been targeted to be the Braves primary designated hitter.When catcher Sean Murphy returns from a hip injury, perhaps in May, 2025 NL Rookie of the Year Drake Baldwin could fill in at DH when not behind the plate.With Yastrzemski, Michael Harris and Ronald Acua Jr. in the outfield, Eli White could be a DH option. The Braves also are without projected starting shortstop Ha-seong Kim due to a finger injury. Mauricio Dubon, expected to serve a utility role, is scheduled to open the season as the starting shortstop.The loss of Profar could create an opportunity for Dominic Smith, who signed a minor league deal on Feb. 17.___AP Sports Writer Charles Odom contributed to this report.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb

The global players' union Fifpro has called on Fifa to impose a worldwide coaching prohibition on Petr Vlachovsky, a Czech coach found guilty of covertly recording female footballers in changing facilities and showers.Vlachovsky used a concealed camera to film 14 players at FC Slovacko across a four-year period. He was also discovered to possess child sexual abuse material.The Czech player union CAFH has been working alongside Fifpro to pursue the international ban. In a statement released on Tuesday, Fifpro confirmed that CAFH "has been closely supporting the players since Vlachovsky's arrest."The union is additionally pressing the Czech Football Association to enforce a permanent domestic ban on Vlachovsky and all individuals convicted of sexual offences within the sport.Vlachovsky received his conviction in May 2025 following proceedings held without a public hearing. The court handed down a one-year prison sentence, suspended, along with a coaching ban limited to the Czech Republic for five years.His youngest victim at the club was just 17 years old. The former coach had previously been in charge of the Czech women's under-19 national team.Under current restrictions, Vlachovsky could resume coaching domestically as soon as 2030. More concerning still, no prohibition currently prevents him from taking up coaching positions elsewhere in the world.Fifpro and CAFH are working to close this loophole. The world players' union is exploring legal options to secure a global ban that would prevent Vlachovsky from coaching anywhere internationally.Marketa Vochoska Haindlova, who chairs CAFH and sits on the Fifpro Europe board, explained the decision to publicise the case. "After careful consideration and at the players' direction, we made the entire case public," she said. "Even though the media attention created additional pressure on the players, it is also an important step to create awareness of the broader issue of abuse in sports, and work towards the prevention of this happening again."She criticised the punishment as wholly inadequate. "The sentence of one year's suspended imprisonment with a three-year deferral does not send the right signal," Haindlova stated.The union chief emphasised that coaching bans must be the priority. "There must be a zero-tolerance policy here to send a clear signal that such behaviour will never be tolerated and swiftly eradicated," she said. "A one strike policy must apply and a lifetime ban must be the only option."The Vlachovsky case follows a similar incident in Austria just one week earlier. A former official at Altach was convicted of secretly capturing images and videos of the women's team in their changing room, gym and showers, including footage of minors.He received a suspended prison sentence and a 1,200 fine, with victims awarded just 625 each in compensation.Former Altach player Eleni Rittmann expressed disbelief at the outcome. "This leaves me speechless," she said. "We felt secure in our dressing room and this hurt our privacy so badly that some of us do not feel safe in public showers even now."The prosecutor has requested additional time to consider lodging an appeal against the verdict.Fifpro is understood to be advocating for stronger safeguarding protocols and improved cross-border information sharing when coaches face such convictions.Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter

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The top 25 rankings are important for understanding just who is killing it in college basketball, but we can go deeper all the way to the bubble and beyond. The NCAA Evaluation Tool, or NET, is a rankings system used in Division I basketball to help figure out which teams are going to participate in March Madness. As the NCAAputs it, NET "takes into account game results, strength of schedule, game location, net offensive and defensive efficiency, and the quality of wins and losses," the latter of which is determined by placing every Division I matchup into different quadrants, ranked 1 through 4, with 1 being the strongest teams and 4 the weakest Quads arent just determined by record, but also whether a game was played at home, on the road or at a neutral site. Using NET, we can get a sense of which teams are the best at a given moment, as well as which ones are on the bubble for selection in March. While updated daily by the NCAA, well track changes weekly. With that, here are the top 10 mens college basketball teams through March 2, according to NET. The Top 10 10. Iowa State (previous: 8) The week started well with a win over Utah, but Iowa State then fell to ranked competition in Texas Tech and Arizona: the first put the Red Raiders into the top 10 in the poll even without JT Toppin around, and the latter gave the Wildcats the outright Big 12 regular-season title. The Cyclones close out their season against Arizona State with a chance at a double-bye for the conference tournament. Given the Big 12 this year, every game you dont have to play is a blessing. 9. Purdue (previous: 6) A loss to Michigan State was unfortunate but not a surprise, unlike being defeated by Ohio State a team desperately trying to get back into the bubble on Sunday. The Boilermakers still have Northwestern and Wisconsin on the schedule, which should be good news for Purdues chances at sneaking into the top four and a bye straight to the Big Ten conference quarterfinals, but guessing at which version of Purdue will show up to those games is the difficult part. 8. UConn (previous: 10) Just how good is UConn this year? No, really. Its difficult to tell. The Huskies seem to play great against genuinely talented squads they crushed St. Johns 72-40 last week, for instance but then play down to their competition the rest of the time. Beating Seton Hall, which might not even be a tourney team, 71-67 immediately after the St. Johns blowout is basically UConns season in a week-sized nutshell. As is having to come back to beat the Pirates in the first place. The good news for the Huskies is that everyone it faces in March should be a quality team if they play down to the competition there, well, that might just work out. 7. Houston (previous: 9) The Cougars played just one game last week, a 102-62 defeat of Colorado. That is great and all, but the real boon for Houston was Iowa State and Purdue slipping. Next up for the Cougars are games against Baylor and then Oklahoma State, then its Big 12 tournament time. 6. Gonzaga (previous: 5) Gonzaga fell back a single spot despite losing for two reasons: you can guess one of them easily enough, since Iowa State and Purdue have already been mentioned multiple times, but the second is that Saint Marys is legit. The Gaels took down Gonzaga, 70-59, and sure it was an upset. But Saint Marys is now ranked and is 21st in NET as well as 23rd in Wins Above Bubble, so defeat didnt sting the Bulldogs as much as it would have if, say, they dropped another to the likes of Portland instead. [Men's College Basketball Rankings:The Gaels Join The Rankings] 5. Illinois (previous: 4) There is only so much shame to be found in losing to Michigan, but Illinois still was pushed back in NET thanks to the continued ascent of the next team that you are going to read about. 4. Florida (previous: 7) What an up and down season for the Gators, but its only been heading in one direction of late. The defending champions looked like a team with too-high expectations early after losing multiple seniors between last season and this one, but the new-look roster eventually gelled, and has been tearing through the SEC. Last week featured a win over Texas and a blowout of a ranked Arkansas team. 3. Arizona (previous: 3) Arizona is your Big 12 regular-season champion, and gets the kind of seeding and byes needed to survive what has been a chaotic conference once it reaches tournament form. Though, there really is no defense against what the Big 12 has been about this year: every team vacillates between unbeatable and vulnerable depending on the day, which is how Arizona can lose to Kansas sans Darryn Peterson and then convincingly take out the same Jayhawks with a performing Peterson in the lineup weeks later. 2. Michigan (previous: 1) Michigan didnt do anything wrong here it defeated both Minnesota and a ranked Illinois squad last week. However, the margins between the Wolverines and Duke in NET were already razor-thin, and the Blue Devils are coming off a week with more wins, and bigger ones. 1. Duke (previous: 2) Those wins? A 100-56 dismantling of Notre Dame, beating ranked Virginia 77-51 and then making NC States ACC tournament seeding journey that much more treacherous with a 29-point win. Maybe next week it will be Michigan on top again, but that might depend on if the Blue Devils can get their revenge against ranked UNC in their final regular-season game. Risers and Fallers In the span of a week, some teams can see their spot in the rankings dramatically shift. Here are the five teams that rose the most in mens college basketball in the last week T2. Western Kentucky, 153 to 134:Western Kentucky has now scored at least 93 points in its last three games, with margins of victory of 21, 23 and 32 points. Pretty good. The Hilltoppers are now in third in Conference USA after winning six in a row, with two left to play and Kennesaw State a game back. T2. Western Carolina, 252 to 233:Western Carolina ended its regular season riding a six-game winning streak, with two of those in the past week against Mercer and Furman. Both upsets, too, hence the jump in NET. T2. Saint Josephs, 152 to 133:The Hawks took down George Mason and Rhode Island last week. The former was a clear upset, with George Mason a top-100 team. T2. Charleston Southern, 259 to 240:The Buccaneers played just once last week, but it was a win over Winthrop, which was 126th in NET and attempting to catch High Point at the top of the Big South standings. 1. Tennessee State, 215 to 189:The Tigers took down SEMO and Tennessee-Martin to conclude their regular season, and made it into the top 200 in the process. Thanks to the tiebreaker, Tennessee State won the top seed in the Ohio Valley conference for the tournament, granting it a double bye to the semifinals. and the five that fell the furthest. T5. Southern University: 274 to 291:Florida A&M and Bethune-Cookman both beat Southern U last week, dropping them to 9-7 in conference play. There is still a chance to climb to a higher seeding for the SWAC tournament, but the Jaguars have to win against Alabama State and then Alabama A&M for that to happen. [Get to Know a Mid-Major:Southwestern Athletic Conference] T5. Northern Arizona, 295 to 312:This continued a recent spiral for Northern Arizona, which ended its regular season losers of five in a row. This time around it was Eastern Washington and Montana State that did the deed, pushing the Lumberjacks to the bottom of the Big Sky. T3. Idaho State, 220 to 238:Weber State (194th in NET) and Sacramento State (267th) beat the Bengals this week to end their regular season on a down note. The loss to Weber State wasn't unexpected by NETs reckoning, but dropping a game to the Hornets by 18 points hurt. T3. CSUN, 166 to 184:Cal State Northridge lost to UC Irvine by a single point before UC Riverside beat it by 11. A strange combination, since CSUN was the underdog against UC Irvine but thevery clear favorite against UC Riverside. 2. Austin Peay, 134 to 156:A close loss to Central Arkansas wasnt ideal, given Austin Peay was rated ahead of it in NET, but things got worse when bottom-100 Bellarmine dropped 111 points on the Governors. 1. Lamar, 229 to 252:Lamar finished February with one win all month. It ranked 200th in NET after that Feb. 2 victory against SLU, and then lost its final eight games, including last weeks to Incarnate Word and Houston Christian. On the Bubble Of the 68 March Madness teams in the tournament, 31 of them are conference champions who receive automatic entry into the tournament. The other 37 spots are at-large bids. With that in mind, we will look at the teams ranked between 64-to-73 in NET each week, as those are the ones who are the most on the bubble for the tourney. 73. Arizona State (previous: 68):Arizona State is slipping right out of any chance at the bubble, but if it can pick up a win against either No. 14 Kansas or No. 6 Iowa State, its NET and Wins Above Bubble are both going to get a boost. 72. Northwestern (previous: 79):Northwestern is making a late push toward the bubble, with wins over Indiana and Oregon. Its still not where it needs to be, however, but defeating No. 15 Purdue, Minnesota and then putting on a good showing in the Big Ten tournament might get the Wildcats close. 71. Dayton (previous: 83):Dayton received some votes in this weeks poll, but the Atlantic 10 team is far from being that kind of power. Still, beating now-No. 25 Saint Louis was huge, and if that signaled the start of something, at the least, the A-10s automatic bid could be in reach. 70. LSU (previous: 67):Oklahoma beat LSU by 16 points, which more than countered an overtime win against Ole Miss. LSU needs a strong finish to the regular season and an even better run through the SEC tourney to get the Selection Committees attention. 69. Wake Forest (previous: 65):Losing to Boston College (153rd in NET) stung, but downing Syracuse kept the slide from being worse than this. If the Demon Deacons can defeat No. 11 Virginia, then fellow bubble-territory team California, then maybe it can reverse its fortunes. 68. Minnesota (previous: 73):Keeping it close with Michigan helped, and beating UCLA was another push in the right direction. Still, the Golden Gophers have work to do, and other hopefuls Indiana and Northwestern are on the schedule. 67. Nevada (previous: 66):The Wolf Pack lost to UNLV in OT, and needs to beat Wyoming and Air Force before the Mountain West tournament for seeding purposes Nevada is currently tied for fourth. 66. Yale (previous: 64):There is just one game left in the regular season for Yale to improve its standing, but the Ivy Leagues top seed can also avoid any bubble concerns by winning the conference tournament. 65. Stanford (previous: 72):Stanford is not just 65th in NET, but also 61st in Wins Above Bubble with a -1.32 score. Thats maybe not tournament territory yet, but with games left against Notre Dame and NC State before the ACC tournament, there is a clear path here for the Cardinal to be deemed worthy of March. 64. USC (previous: 58):The Trojans are heading in the other direction, however. They are still on the bubble, but that grasp is getting more tenuous after five-straight losses. USC can redeem itself before the Big Ten tournament with wins against Washington and UCLA, but the Bruins also just beat the Trojans by 19, too.

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