National Sports

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kirby Smart says complacency is the biggest challenge his Georgia Bulldogs face while trying to add a third straight national football championship. Smart and his Bulldogs also don't have history on their side.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi jogged a lap with his new teammates, took part in a warmup drill of players making short passes in a tight circle and before long tapped his left foot at a ball that wound up in the back of an open net.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Veteran defender Jordi Alba is set to join former FC Barcelona teammates Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets in Miami.

TORONTO — Chad Kelly is having fun again playing football. Kelly is a big reason why Toronto (4-0) is the CFL's only unbeaten team.

CALGARY — One of the best goaltenders in Calgary Flames' history will have his number retired by the club. Miikka Kiprusoff's number 34 will be hoisted to the Scotiabank Saddledome rafters March 2 when Calgary is at home to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have hired Derek Clancey as assistant general manager, player personnel, the NHL club announced Tuesday. The 54-year-old spent last season as an assistant GM with the Vancouver Canucks.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Warriors have hired Curt Malawsky as their head coach and general manager. He is the third general manager and third head coach in the National Lacrosse League team's history.

BASTAD, Sweden (AP) — More than 40 years later, there is another Borg on the list of ATP match winners. Leo Borg, the son of 11-time Grand Slam champion Björn Borg, won a main-draw match on the ATP tour for the first time on Tuesday.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A player from an amateur soccer league in Buenos Aires was found dead with a gunshot wound to his head shortly after being charged with attempted homicide for a violent assault against a referee during a match last week

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Former Netherlands goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has been released from an intensive care unit in a Dutch hospital and hopes to return home next week as he recovers from a bleed around the brain , he said Tuesday in an Instagram post.