London police will look into Farah claims

London’s Metropolitan Police Service has opened an investigation into fourtime Olympic champion Mo Farah’s revelation that he was trafficked to the U.K. as a child.

The inquiry comes after Farah, 39, said in a documentary that a woman he didn’t know brought him to the U.K. when he was about 8 years old and forced him to care for her children. He said he wasn’t allowed to go to school until he was 12.

In the documentary, produced by the BBC and Red Bull Studios, Farah said his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin. He said he was brought to Britain using fake travel documents that included his picture alongside the name Mohammed Farah, the name under which he won four Olympic gold medals and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

“We are aware of reports in the media concerning Sir Mo Farah. No reports have been made to the MPS at this time,” the police department said in a statement. “Specialist officers have opened an investigation and are currently assessing the available information.”

Farah previously said he moved to Britain with his parents as a refugee from Somalia. But in the documentary, he said his parents never came to the U.K.

His father was killed by gunfire during unrest in Somalia when Farah was 4, according to the film. His mother and two brothers live on the family farm in Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia that is not internationally recognized.

Farah said in the documentary that physical education teacher Alan Watkinson helped him obtain U.K. citizenship under the name Mohamed Farah.

The British government has said it won’t take action against Farah for any potential violation of immigration laws.

CYCLING Pidcock wins iconic mountain stage

In his first Tour de France, 22-year-old Tom Pidcock became the youngest winner of a stage on the iconic Alpe d’huez mountain after crossing the line solo at the ski resort Thursday, when Jonas Vingegaard kept the overall lead.

The mountain bike Olympic champion from Britain attacked on the ascent, and his frenetic pace up the legendary 21 hairpin bends was too fast for his breakaway companions.

For his first day in the yellow jersey, Vingegaard finished three minutes, 23 seconds behind Pidcock to keep his overall lead intact. The Jumbo-visma team leader was in a group including defending champion Tadej Pogacar and 2018 Tour winner Geraint Thomas.

Vingegaard leads Pogacar by two minutes, 22 seconds, with Thomas third, 2:26 off the pace.

NHL Devils land Palat after missing on top target

A day after the New Jersey Devils missed out on the top prize in NHL free agency, they landed twotime Stanley Cup champion Ondrej Palat.

The Devils signed Palat to a $30 million, five-year contract. The left-winger had 52 points in 71 games during Tampa Bay’s three consecutive trips to the Cup Final. The Devils landed Palat after losing the Johnny Gaudreau sweepstakes to Columbus.

The Washington Capitals, meanwhile, continued their busy offseason by signing former Chicago Blackhawks forward Dylan Strome to a one-year $3.5 million deal.

The Ottawa Senators locked up third-year center Josh Norris through the 2029-30 season with a $63.3 million, eight-year deal.

The spree of signings which occurred during the first day of free agency slowed to a trickle Thursday, with forward Nazem Kadri and defenseman John Klingberg the most notable names still on the market.

GOLF Rookies lead LPGA Tour team event

Pauline Roussin made a hole-in-one and teamed with fellow rookie Dewi Weber to take a three-stroke lead in the LPGA Tour’s Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, leaving Annika Sorenstam and Madelene Sagstrom five shots behind.

Tied with Sorenstam and Sagstrom after an opening 5-under 65 in alternate-shot play Wednesday, Roussin and Weber had a 61 in the better-ball round to reach 14-under 126.

• Mark Hubbard and Charley Hoffman notched 13 points in the opening round of the Barracuda Open, the PGA Tour’s only event with the modified Stableford scoring system.

Brice Garnett, Sean Crocker and Aaron Cockerill are all one point off the pace.

MISCELLANY Oregon TE Webb dies after fall at lake

Oregon tight end Spencer Webb died after falling and striking his head on rock slides at a popular swimming lake near Eugene, Oregon, authorities said.

The 22-year-old who was expected to play his fifth football season at Oregon this fall was found about 100 yards down a steep trail Wednesday afternoon at Triangle Lake. He was unresponsive and could not be revived by paramedics or bystanders, the Lane County Sheriff’s Office said in statement.

•Former All-pro offensive tackle Mitch Schwartz, who helped the Kansas City Chiefs win their first Super Bowl in 50 years in 2019, announced his retirement because of lingering effects from a back injury.

The 33-year-old Schwartz, who had played in 134 consecutive games with Cleveland and Kansas City, hurt his back against Buffalo in October 2020. He had surgery in the offseason and skipped last year in the hopes of making a full recovery.

Schwartz said in a statement that “I’m currently feeling as good as I have since then, but it’s clear my body won’t ever be the same.”

• The Las Vegas Aces recorded a WNBA record 71 first-half points in a 108-74 win over the New York Liberty.

The Aces led 71-36 at halftime, the most points ever scored in the first half of a WNBA game, surpassing the previous record of 69 tallied by Phoenix in 2010.

It also came roughly 40 hours after New York put up a league-record 73 points in the second half of Tuesday’s 107-101 loss to the Aces.

• Track and field officials awarded the 2025 World Championships to Tokyo, the site of last year’s Olympics. The World Athletics Council awarded the championships in a bidding contest that also included Nairobi, Kenya, Silesia, Poland, and Singapore.

• Emily Sonnett, Mallory Pugh and Ashley Sanchez each scored to send the U.S. women’s national soccer team to the final of the CONCACAF W Championships with a 3-0 victory over Costa Rica.

The Americans will face Canada in the final on Monday.