Kyle Busch will race this weekend
Less than three months after suffering serious injuries when he crashed into a concrete wall at Daytona, Kyle Busch will return to racing in NASCAR’s All-Star race this weekend following a rapid recovery his doctors called remarkable.
Busch will run in Saturday night’s event at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He has been sidelined since a Feb. 21 crash in the Xfinity Series opener in which he broke his right leg and left foot in an accident that spurred safety reviews throughout NASCAR.
Belarus secured the last spot in the quarterfinals of the hockey world championship by beating Norway, 3-2, while the United States beat Slovakia, 5-4, in overtime and Canada thrashed Austria, 10-1 in their final group games. Belarus will face Canada in the next round. Jack Eichel scored on a wrist shot with 28 seconds left in overtime to give the U.S. a 5-4 victory over Slovakia. The American will face Switzerland in the quarterfinals.
Latvia’s Tom Skujins pedaled to a surprising mountain stage win by more than a minute and took the lead in the Tour of California at San Jose. The 23year-old began Stage 3 in 95th position and trailed previous race leader Mark Cavendish of Britain by 42 seconds.
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic returned from three weeks off and showed some signs of rust in a 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3 win over Spanish opponent Nicolas Almagro at the Italian Open at Rome.
Top-ranked Serena Williams cruised past 39th-ranked Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 6-1, 6-3, in just over an hour; and Maria Sharapova opened her bid for a third Rome title with a secondround win over 52nd-ranked Jarmila Gajdosova, who retired in the second set.
Trainer Todd Pletcher said he will not enter any of the four horses he was considering for Saturday’s Preakness at Pimlico, meaning the second leg of the Triple Crown could have only seven starters.
Michigan self-reported four secondary NCAA football violations, all committed under new Coach Jim Harbaugh, the Detroit Free Press reported. Secondary violations typically don’t result in significant punitive action by the NCAA. ... Everett Golson has met with Florida State Coach Jimbo Fisher about the possibility of the former Notre Dame quarterback transferring to the Seminoles.
Swiss driver Simona de Silvestro had to scramble out of her car after it caught fire during practice for the Indianapolis 500. She wasn’t hurt.
Former WNBA most valuable player Lauren Jackson will miss the 2015 season with the Seattle Storm after undergoing knee surgery.
Tony Ayala Jr., 52, a rising star in boxing before a 1983 rape conviction that led to the first of two long prison terms, died Tuesday at a family-owned gym in his hometown of San Antonio.