FONTANA, Calif. – Both NASCAR Cup Series teams from JTG Daugherty Racing were penalized Sunday ahead of the Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway.

The No. 37 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE team of Ryan Preece and the No. 47 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE team of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. each received an L1-level penalty after their respective cars were found to be out of compliance with the NASCAR Rule Book.

Both Preece and Stenhouse’s vehicles were in violation of Section 20.20 of the NASCAR Rule Book, dealing with Assembled Vehicle Overall Rules.

The section in question notes that “parts, systems, devices, omissions or component failures cannot affect what would otherwise be the normal airflow over the body of the vehicle.”

The infractions were discovered during pre-qualifying inspection.

As a result of the rule violations, both Preece and Stenhouse were forced to forfeit their starting positions for the Auto Club 400 and will start from the rear of the field. Stenhouse had qualified 10th and Preece had posted the 20th-best lap during Saturday time trials.

Both teams will also be docked 10 driver and owner points, and crew chiefs Trent Owens (No. 37) and Brian Pattie (No. 47) have been ejected for the remainder of the Auto Club 400 per the at-track penalty provisions outlined in the NASCAR Rule Book.

LIVERPOOL -- Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has defended goalkeeper David De Gea after his howler against Everton, branding the Spaniard "the best in the world."

De Gea's clearance cannoned in off Dominic Calvert-Lewin to give Everton an early lead before Bruno Fernandes equalised to earn United a 1-1 draw at Goodison Park on Sunday.

De Gea redeemed himself with a wonderful save to deny Gylfi Sigurdsson in the final minutes but has now made seven errors leading directly to a goal since the start of last season -- the joint-most with Martin Dubravka and Bernd Leno.

"David has shown here his reaction, the way he made amends and saved Sigurdsson's shot at the end," Solskjaer said.

"David is, for me, the best goalkeeper in the world. He went through a difficult patch last season but he has been very, very good this season.

"I can't remember any goals this season apart from the Watford one. I trust David 100%."

De Gea, who signed a new long-term contract in September, is under pressure from No. 2 Sergio Romero, who kept a clean sheet against Club Brugge on Thursday, and Dean Henderson, who is impressing on loan at Sheffield United.

Henderson is also under contract with United and has put himself in position to be named in the England squad for this summer's European Championship.

Sources have told ESPN that Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain are interested in signing Henderson this summer.

"We want the best possible squad for Man United and Dean is our player," Solskjaer added.

"He is doing really well at the moment and the day he comes back he is fighting to play, but we want a squad that is full of quality and competition. If you want to survive at the top you need to bounce off competition right, left and centre."

Manchester City edged past Aston Villa to claim their third consecutive Carabao Cup with a 2-1 victory at Wembley on Sunday.

Sergio Aguero and Rodri scored in the first half to earn Pep Guardiola's side the first domestic trophy of the season.

Mbwana Samatta grabbed a goal back for Villa but they failed to complete the comeback in their first Wembley cup final since 2015.

Aguero opened the scoring after 19 minutes when he finished off Phil Foden's headed assist from close range.

Rodri made it 2-0 when he headed home from a corner but there was controversy because Villa should have been awarded a goal kick as the ball went off Ilkay Gundogan.

City dominated possession but Villa got back into the game just before the break when John Stones slipped under pressure and Anwar El-Ghazi delivered a fine cross for Samatta to head home.

Foden almost scored City's third early in the second half but his shot went narrowly wide.

In the last three minutes, Villa came close to scoring an equaliser but Claudio Bravo tipped Bjorn Engels' header onto the post.

Chasson Randle will sign a contract with the Golden State Warriors, his agent, Darrell Comer of YouFirst Sports, told ESPN.

Randle has reached a settlement with Tianjin of the Chinese Basketball Association, Comer said, and will be granted a FIBA letter of clearance as soon as his request is processed in Switzerland.

Two previous attempts to sign a 10-day contract were initially blocked by his Chinese team.

Randle was one of approximately 40 American players -- which include former NBA players Jeremy Lin, Lance Stephenson, Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson and others -- in limbo as the CBA has indefinitely suspended its league due to the coronavirus outbreak. Randle played his last game on Jan. 21. The league is not expected to resume until early April, if at all, with most players still waiting for clarity about the status of their lucrative contracts, which are often worth in excess of several million dollars per season for top players.

The State Department issued a travel advisory on Feb. 2 advising U.S. citizens not to travel to China after the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency. Airlines around the world have suspended service to mainland China.

The viral outbreak that began in China has infected nearly 87,000 people globally, and nearly 3,000 deaths worldwide have been attributed to the virus. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.

The coronavirus outbreak has had far reaching ramifications for basketball leagues around the world. Games in Northern Italy scheduled to be held in the pan-continental Euroleague and EuroCup this week will be held behind closed doors without fans, journalists and even non-essential club staff members, the Euroleague announced this morning.

In Lyon, France a domestic league game between ASVEL and Monaco was postponed yesterday, while Monaco's EuroCup game this week will be played behind closed doors. France has banned all indoor public gatherings of more than 5,000 people, according to the Associated Press. The EuroCup game in Turkey between Darussafaka and Virtus Bologna is in doubt after Turkish officials halted the arrival of flights from Italy, Iraq and South Korea, after previously grounding planes from Iran and China.

In South Korea, where the local Korean Basketball league has been on hiatus, the KBL has opted to hold the remainder of scheduled league games behind closed doors, opting to broadcast games on TV, ABC news reported. In Japan, leagues have been on hiatus for several weeks and a decision will come soon regarding how to proceed for the rest of the season, a source told ESPN.

Ahead of Wales' Six Nations meeting with England, sports journalist Peter Jackson looks back at one of the most controversial incidents in international rugby history, when Paul Ringer was sent off at Twickenham.

In the 1980 Five Nations encounter Wales flanker Ringer was dismissed in the early stages of what proved to be a fearsome contest, which the England won 9-8.

For a full preview of Wales' meeting with England on Saturday, 7 March, see Scrum V on BBC Two Wales and online at 18:00 GMT and later on demand.

Finn Russell could return for Scotland's July tour after holding positive talks with head coach Gregor Townsend.

Russell has been absent for the Six Nations to date after a breach of team protocol in January.

The pair have mutually agreed that he will remain unavailable for the final two fixtures.

But BBC Scotland has learned Russell will call into the coaches' meeting ahead of Sunday's visit of France.

The Paris-based play-maker will share his insight into the French squad and coaches to help his international team-mates prepare to face their grand slam-chasing opponents.

Russell was not considered for Scotland's opening defeats by Ireland and England after reportedly ordering a third beer at the team hotel, breaching the squad's pre-agreed limit of two.

In a newspaper interview, the fly-half subsequently said he did not have a "personal relationship" with Townsend, who coached him at Glasgow Warriors and the national team.

Townsend told BBC Scotland that Russell's media comments proved he was not yet willing to "align himself" to Scotland's standards.

Despite relations appearing strained, the player and coach have since spoken positively, and Russell is expected to be available for the July fixtures against world champions South Africa and New Zealand, where he could win his 50th cap.

Meanwhile, Townsend has added Edinburgh lock Lewis Carmichael to his Six Nations squad in place of Worcester Warriors back-row Cornell du Preez, while wing Darcy Graham's knee injury will keep him sidelined for the remaining championship games.

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. – Crate Racin’ USA officials have announced the 25-race Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series schedule of events.

The series will visit 11 tracks in five states over 14 weekends.

The Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series will once again feature a season points fund that will reward the top-10 drivers at season’s end with the National Champion pocketing $10,000.

In addition to the point fund, the top-10 drivers in the point standings with perfect attendance will also be eligible for the Winner’s Circle Program.

The Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series Winner’s Circle Program will pay $200 to each top-five driver in the National point standings with perfect attendance at each race, and $125 to drivers sixth through tenth in the National points with perfect attendance.

Greenville (Miss.) Speedway will open the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series season with a pair of races that make up the Rumble On The Gumbo on April 3-4. The April 3 race will be a $2,000-to-win, 40-lap race, and the April 4 event will pay $2,500-to-win and run for 50 laps.

North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Ala., will host three events on the schedule. The first race will be the $3,000-to-win, 50-lap Shoals Showdown on April 18. North Alabama will also present the two-race King of the Crates weekend on Aug. 28 with a $2,000-to-win, 40-lap race, and on Aug. 29 with a $3,000-to-win, 50-lap race.

Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Ala., will take up its five traditional spots on the schedule. The first of two NASCAR weekend events will happen on April 24 with a $2,000-to-win, 40-lap race and a $2,500-to-win, 50-lap race on April 25.

Talladega Short Track will present the first race of the Salute To America Nationals with a $2,500-to-win, 50-lap race on July 3. Cochran (Ga.) Motor Speedway will host the second Salute To America race on July 4 with a $2,500-to-win 50-lap event.

The second NASCAR Weekend at the Talladega Short Track will be on Oct. 2 with a $2,000-to-win, 40-lap race and a $2,500-to-win, 50-lap race on Oct. 3.

Five new venues will be on the schedule of events.

The series will make its first appearance in the Pelican State with its first visit to Thunder Valley Speedway in Glenmora, La., for a pair of $2,500-to-win, 50-lap races to be called the Battle On The Bayou on May 23-24. Another first-time visit will take place on May 29-30 at Tri County Speedway in Flomaton, Ala.

The $2,000-to-win Salute To First Responders 40 will take place at Tri County Speedway on May 29, and on May 30 Tri County Speedway will present the $2,500-to-win Freedom 50.

Another new event will be the $3,000-to-win Spring City 50 on June 27 at the newly renovated Mountain Raceway Park in Spring City, Tenn. Thunderhill Raceway Park in Summertown, Tenn., will host the series for the first time when they present the King of the Hill 50 on with a $2,500-to-win, 50-lap race on Aug. 8.

The signature event of the season, the 100-lap 16th annual Chevrolet Performance World Championship Race, will now pay $20,000-to-win and move to Labor Day Weekend at Cochran Motor Speedway on Sept. 5-6. South Georgia will have another new track on the schedule when Needmore Speedway in Norman Park, Ga., will present a $5,000-to-win, 60-lap race on Sept. 26.

Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Miss., returns to the schedule with the inaugural Hoosier Racing Tire Crate Super Nationals on Nov. 5-7. The purse and distance of the race will be announced at a later date, as details are still being worked out for this new event.

The season will conclude with another inaugural big event, the $10,000-to-win Deep South 100 at Deep South Speedway in Loxley, Ala., on Nov. 13-14. It will be the first visit to Deep South Speedway for the series since 2007.

2020 Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series Schedule

April 3-4 – Greenville Speedway – Greenville, Miss.
April 17 – TBA – TBA
April 18 – North Alabama Speedway – Tuscumbia, Ala.
April 24-25 – Talladega Short Track – Eastaboga, Ala.
May 24-25 – Thunder Valley Speedway – Glenmora, La.
May 29-30 – Tri County Speedway – Flomaton, Ala.
June 26 – TBA – TBA
June 27 – Mountain View Raceway – Spring City, Tenn.
July 3 – Talladega Short Track – Eastaboga, Ala.
July 4 – Cochran Motor Speedway – Cochran, Ga.
Aug. 7 – TBA – TBA
Aug. 8 – Thunderhill Raceway Park – Summertown, Tenn.
Aug. 28-29 – North Alabama Speedway – Tuscumbia, Ala.
Sept. 5-6 – Cochran Motor Speedway – Cochran, Ga.
Sept. 26 – Needmore Speedway – Norman Park, Ga.
Oct. 2-3 – Talladega Short Track – Eastaboga, Ala.
Nov. 5-7 – Magnolia Motor Speedway – Columbus, Miss.
Nov. 13-14 – Deep South Speedway – Loxley, Ala.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – American Flat Track officials have confirmed that Scott Russell will serve as the Grand Marshal for the season-opening Daytona TT on March 14 at Daytona Int’l Speedway.

Perhaps no motorcycle racing icon and venue anywhere in the world are so synonymous with one another as Russell and Daytona. Russell would still go down as one the greatest American roadracers in history even without his Daytona exploits; during the course of his decorated career he racked up World and AMA Superbike titles, 500GP podiums, a victory in the prestigious Suzuka 8-Hour, and was named AMA Pro Athlete of the Year in 1992.

That said, there’s no question it’s his five Daytona 200 triumphs that he’s most fondly remembered for. His Daytona legend was earned not only based on the sheer volume of his successes (he’s tied with Miguel DuHamel for the most wins in the race’s glittering history) but also the stunning manner in which he won them, even when pit up against seemingly insurmountable odds.

Russell took his first Daytona 200 victory in 1992 in a photo finish over fellow World Superbike king Doug Polen despite getting fuel dumped all over him during a pit stop. And then in 1995, he memorably crashed on the opening lap only to remount and chase down his fierce rival, World Superbike all-timer Carl Fogarty, for the win. And in other years, he was simply in a class of his own, destroying fields stacked with national and world championship-caliber contenders.

It’s worth noting that the Georgian’s five wins could have easily been seven; he fell a combined .06 seconds short of garnering two additional victories in narrow defeats at the hands of AMA Superbike ace DuHamel and 500GP superstar Eddie Lawson.

Beloved for his flashy riding and gritty substance, Russell endeared himself to legions of fans all over the globe with his cocky “Ru$$el” persona and “Screamin’ Chief” helmet design that’s still popular among racers to this day. His presence is certain to further underline the momentus nature of the inaugural Daytona 200/Daytona TT doubleheader.

“I’m really proud to be able to named Grand Marshal for the Daytona TT and have the opportunity to come back and be involved again,” Russell said. “I watched the TT last year and thought it was really cool. And I hear they are making some improvements to the layout that should make it even better this year.

“It’s awesome to see everybody excited about flat track again and the sport is definitely on the rise. I made it out to the Atlanta Short Track last year, and I could see there are a lot of young, fast guys in the sport that are easy to root for. And it’s probably no surprise that JD Beach is one of my favorites coming from road racing. I expect he’ll be right there in the mix at the Daytona TT.

“It’ll be a great day. Running the Daytona 200 and Daytona TT together is going to be really cool. It reminds me of back in the day when they ran the Supercross and 200 all on the same weekend.”