THE HOT CORNER

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PRO SOCCER: Manchester United’s six-year wait for a trophy is over after beating Newcastle 2-0 to win the League Cup. Casemiro headed United in front in the 33rd minute of the final at Wembley Stadium and Sven Botman’s own-goal made it 2-0 in the 39th. It is United’s first trophy since winning a League Cup and Europa League double in 2017.

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PRO SOCCER: João Klauss scored in the 86th minute and St. Louis City SC made its first match memorable with a 3-2 road win over Austin FC on Saturday night. St. Louis became the first team to win its inaugural match since LAFC beat Seattle 1-0 in 2018.

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PRO GOLF: Marcel Siem ended his long wait for a fifth European tour title with a victory at the Hero Indian Open by a single shot Sunday in New Delhi. The German’s last win on the tour came eight years and 116 days earlier but a closing 68 saw him edge countryman Yannik Paul to return to the winner’s circle with a 14-under 274. Siem, 42, who secured his card for the 2023 season at qualifying school in November, went into the final round one shot behind overnight leader Paul.

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PRO SOCCER: Three days after exiting the Europa League, Barcelona had a rare setback in the domestic title race, losing at Almeria 1-0 in the Spanish league on Sunday. Barcelona hadn’t lost in 13 league games, with only one draw and 12 wins going back to its last defeat at Madrid in October.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL: Georgia lost, then celebrated. Iceland won and was devastated. One of the last Basketball World Cup spots went to Georgia on Sunday — even though it lost to Iceland 80-77 in the final Europe Region qualifying game for both teams. Iceland needed to win by four points or more to win a tiebreaker over Georgia for the berth. Montenegro also qualified Sunday, with an 8870 win over Czech Republic.