Homa rallies to win Farmers

SAN DIEGO — Max Homa came from five shots off the lead to win the Farmers Insurance Open by two strokes over Keegan Bradley on Saturday at Torrey Pines, where Jon Rahm imploded early and missed a shot at winning his third straight start and moving to No. 1 in the world.

Homa closed with a 6-under 66 to finish at 13-under 275.

3 tied for lead at Dubai: Richard Bland, Thomas Pieters and amateur Michael Thorbjornsen all reached 10-under overall at Emirates Golf Club for a share of the Dubai Desert Classic lead on Saturday after two rounds of the weather-impacted tournament.

Top-ranked Rory McIlroy and rival Patrick Reed were two shots off the lead at the halfway point.

Art Collector gets Pegasus victory

Art Collector made a big move around the outside and pulled clear of the field in the stretch to pull off an upset win in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. The win pushed his career earnings to about $4.1 million, and was his 11th victory in 21 career starts.

Pauline’s Pearl repeats: Pauline’s Pearl defended her win the Grade 3 $300,000 Houston Ladies Classic at Sam Houston Race Park.

The Stonestreet Stables LLC homebred is a daughter of Tapit out of the Dixie Union mare Hot Dixie Chick. Last year she followed her Houston Ladies Classic score with a win in the Grade 1 $750,000 La Troienne at Churchill Downs.

Parker to sign with Las Vegas

Former MVP Candace Parker announced on social media that she would sign with the defending champion Las Vegas Aces.

Parker spent the past two seasons playing for her hometown Sky, leading Chicago to the WNBA cham]pionship in 2021.

NWSL expected to add 3 teams

The National Women’s Soccer League is close to expanding by three teams, which will be in Boston, Utah and the San Francisco area, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

U.S. 0, Colombia 0: Four American players made their senior international debuts, and Sean Johnson kept his sixth career clean sheet as the U.S. men wrapped up their annual January training camp with a scoreless draw against Colombia in Carson, Calif.

Shiffrin nearing World Cup mark

Mikaela Shiffrin dominated a slalom at Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic, to move within one victory of the 34-year-old World Cup record of 86 wins.

She showed no signs of pressure a day before another slalom in which she could match the mark set by Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark in the 1980s.