Woods adds to his tournament schedule

Tiger Woods is adding another tournament to his schedule on his road to the Masters.

Woods decided to play in the Valspar Championship next week at Innisbrook, along with the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill the following week. It was another strong signal about the health of his surgically fused lower back, giving him four tournaments in five weeks.

Woods tweeted that he committed to play both tournaments after a “good recovery week.”

Shubhankar Sharma wanted to enjoy himself in his first appearance at a World Golf Championship. Nothing was more fun than closing with three straight birdies for a five-under 66 and a two-shot lead in the Mexico Championship . ... Danielle Kang shot an eight-under 64 to take a four-stroke lead at the halfway stage of the Women’s World Championship in Singapore.

UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor will be stripped of his title on April 7 when interim champion Tony Ferguson takes on Khabib Nurmagomedov in UFC 223 at the Barclays Center in New York, president Dana White said.

— Lance Pugmire

Rafael Nadal, No. 2 on the ATP world rankings, has withdrawn from the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells because of a hip injury, the same problem that led him to retire from his quarterfinal match at the Australian Open. Nadal is a three-time champion at the Indian Wells event, which begins next week. He also pulled out of a subsequent tournament at Miami.

— Helene Elliott

Six-time Olympic medalist Aly Raisman is suing the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics, claiming both organizations failed to properly police a disgraced former national team doctor now in prison for sexually abusing young athletes.

Kyle Busch won his hometown NASCAR Truck race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for his 50th series victory.