Serie C club Bari have condemned a group of their supporters who appear to have torched a minibus carrying fans of local rivals Lecce as they travelled for their top-flight match at Roma on Sunday.

Around 150 Bari supporters are alleged to have attacked the two mini buses, with images having shown one was set on fire, while the other was badly damaged. Both Bari and Lecce are from the Puglia region in the south of Italy.

"SSC Bari condemns in the highest possible the manner the incident which occurred to today on the motorway which connects Puglia to Campania," a statement on the club website read.

"Every type of violence must be condemned to the strongest possible degree; they are episodes which have nothing to do with the values that the club and city of Bari have always promoted and supported.

"These episodes are to be condemned clearly and categorically. Those who took part in these vile and violent acts have nothing to do with the civility and sporting nature of the majority of Bari supporters.

"As we wait for the relevant authorities to bring to light the facts, Bari stands totally with US Lecce and their supporters and wish a prompt and total recovery to those injured.

Lecce lost the match 4-0 to Roma and sit in 16th place in the Serie A table after 25 games.

Memphis Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr. has a sprained left knee and will be reevaluated in two weeks, the team said Sunday.

Jackson left Friday's 117-105 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers late in the second quarter after an awkward fall when he was contesting a shot. He didn't return for the second half.

He ranks second on the Grizzlies with 16.9 points per game and leads the team with 1.6 blocks per game. Jackson, the fourth overall pick in the 2018 draft, is shooting 39.7% from 3-point range.

The Grizzlies (28-28) currently hold the final spot in the Western Conference playoff race, with a 2½-game lead over the Portland Trail Blazers and San Antonio Spurs for that spot entering Sunday's action.

The Boston Red Sox placed second baseman Dustin Pedroia on the 60-day injured list Sunday when the team claimed right-hander Phillips Valdez off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.

Pedroia, 36, suffered a setback with his left knee injury in late January. Over the past two seasons, the Red Sox fan favorite has played just nine games, collecting three hits in 34 plate appearances.

Pedroia initially suffered the injury back in 2017, when Baltimore's Manny Machado collided with him on a slide at second base. Pedroia last played a game on April 17, 2019.

Over the past several years, Pedroia has been a regular under the knife. In October 2017, he underwent a cartilage restoration procedure, followed by scar tissue removal in July 2018. Most recently this past August, Pedroia underwent knee joint preservation surgery, an alternative to knee replacement.

Earlier this month, new Boston manager Ron Roenicke said Pedroia wouldn't report to spring training with the rest of the position players.

"When a guy just ages and then he's not as good, that part's easy to see. But not a guy who has an injury and because of it has not been able to perform," Roenicke said at the time. "That part is really difficult.``

Through his 14-year career in the majors, Pedroia has hit .299/.365/.439 with 140 homers, 394 doubles 725 RBIs while collecting four Gold Gloves and earning MVP honors in 2008, when he hit .326/.376/.493 with 17 homers and 83 RBIs.

Valdez, 28, made his major league debut for the Texas Rangers last season and had a 3.94 ERA in 11 relief appearances. He was claimed off waivers by the Mariners from the Rangers in November.

ESPN's Joon Lee contributed to this report.

800m man avoids Glasgow mishap this time around while Tom Bosworth smashes his British 5000m race walk record

The Emirates Arena has not always been kind to Guy Learmonth but, after his painful exit from the European Indoor Championships this time last year, the Scot kept his cool and stayed on his feet to capture a third British indoor 800m title at the Glasgow venue.

The 27-year-old was left punching the track with frustration almost exactly 12 months ago following a fall which put him out at the semi-final stage of a championships for which he had been made British team captain. It looked as if a similar fate may befall him this time around, too, when Alex Botterill took a tumble in close proximity during the final lap, but instead the Lasswade athlete was able to avoid calamity and experience a moment to savour in front of a vocal home crowd.

Learmonth in fact clocked an indoor PB of 1:46.89 to hold off Andrew Osagie’s 1:46.98, with Piers Copeland also achieving a PB 1:47.21 in third. Early leader and world 1500m finalist Josh Kerr has never gone quicker over the distance indoors either, his run of 1:47.37 bringing with it fourth place. 

“I really thought I was going to go down,” said Learmonth. “But I managed to stay on my feet and bring home the bacon so it’s a great feeling. Last year there was so much bad stuff that happened – running with a broken hand, broken ribs and then I had hip tendonitis as well so to come back and rectify all that…this title means more than any other medal I’ve won before and it bodes well for a great year.”

The other men’s middle distance event of the day, the 1500m, saw Brighton athlete George Mills come out on top and land his first senior British title in a time of 3:50.69, having fought off British junior record-holder Tom Keen (3:52.40) and Bolton’s Jonathan Kay (3:52.56).

The winning moment was all the sweeter for Mills, who has had to work his way back from a catalogue of injuries.

“I had a stress fracture in my shin, sacrum and then I tore my hamstring all within the space of a year, which meant I missed 2017 and 2018,” said the former 800m European youth champion. “To be national champion and win my first senior British title is something else. I’m absolutely delighted with it.”

There was also a maiden British indoor title for James Williams, who ran a personal best of 47.24 in what was a very convincing performance over 400m to take victory ahead of Swansea’s Joe Brier in second (47.92), while Krishawn Aiken of Shaftesbury Barnet clocked (48.00) for bronze. 

In the 200m, Kingston-Upon-Hull athlete and BUCS champion Andrew Morgan-Harrison ran 21.20 to hold off Nicholas Pryce and Ben Snaith, who clocked PBs of  21.29 and 21.47 for second and third respectively.

Bosworth breaks his own British record

There was never any doubt as to which athlete would win the 5000m men’s race walk title. Instead, the real question at hand was whether or not Tom Bosworth would manage to achieve it in record-breaking style.

To do so he had to beat his own national mark of 18:28.70 and, in the absence of the likes of Callum Wilkinson, he was faced with what was essentially a one-man time trial. The Commonwealth 20km silver medallist set off like he meant business and always looked in complete control as he sliced a huge chunk off his target time, clocking 18:20.97 to send out a strong message to his Olympic rivals. Manx athlete Tom Partington was second in 22:17.16, with Bexley’s Luc Legon clocking 23:00.52 for bronze.

“I love this track, it’s brilliant. It’s a fast track and I set a world record last time I was here,” said Bosworth, referring to the 3000m mark he set in 2018. “I had a perfect winter in terms of preparation and, to be honest, I haven’t felt this good since the Commonwealths.

“I wanted to see how far I could push myself today. 18.28 was the old record, and I thought I would never get near that again. But I felt good, so I thought it would stick with the pace and see how far I could go. I can’t ask any more of myself, especially in an Olympic year.”

Tom Gale jumps to it once again

In the field events, Tom Gale completed what has been a memorable indoor season with high jump gold. The 21-year-old is the current world leader and has already achieved the Olympic qualifying standard thanks to his recent leap of 2.33m. While he didn’t quite hit those heights this time around, there was plenty of satisfaction at getting the job done with a leap of 2.27m.

Gale has been marked out as one to watch for some time now and continued to underline his potential, securing victory convincingly with that first-time clearance.

His three attempts at 2.32m proved narrowly unsuccessful, but he said: “In previous years I’ve won because the best guys weren’t there and today they were and I won so I can be happy. I put myself in the best position looking to the outdoor season. Having the Olympic qualifier behind me is a big thing so outdoors, let’s go have some fun.”

Giffnock North’s David Smith won the silver medal with 2.24m, while a clearance of 2.20m gave Sale’s Chris Baker bronze.

A week on from being involved in the same pole vault competition that saw Mondo Duplantis break the world record, Adam Hague enjoyed his own moment in the Emirates Arena spotlight as he won British indoor gold.

A clearance of 5.55m won the competition ahead of Shaftesbury Barnet’s Ethan Walsh (5.15m), while Kilbarchan’s Andrew Murphy won bronze with a PB of 5.00m. 

Hague went on to unsuccessfully attempt what would have been a personal best of 5.67m but was more than happy with his day’s work.

“It feels nice to get that winning feeling back,” he said. “I was really pleased with the height that I achieved in the end, so overall it was a pretty good performance. I’m happy, the crowd was great and it’s been a good day.”

It was also a good day for Michael Puplampu, who successfully defended his triple jump title. The Newham and Essex Beagle athlete had to rely on a final round leap of 16.21m to land gold, however, ahead of Harrow man Efe Uwaifo’s PB (16.18m) and Sale’s Julian Reid (16.08m).

“I left it a little late today, and I keep on doing it to myself,” said Puplampu. “I did the same thing last year and left it to the last round and got it by a centimetre. There’s so many people back home supporting me that I knew I had to get the job done.”

Primary school teacher caps strong season with dominant victory in Glasgow, while teenager Keely Hodgkinson and Amelia Strickler also achieve top marks

Jessie Knight was top of the class in Glasgow on Sunday as the primary school teacher claimed a dominant 400m victory at the SPAR British Athletics Indoor Championships.

Capping an impressive indoor season which saw her storm to success at the Müller Indoor Grand Prix on the same Emirates Arena track just one weekend earlier, the 25-year-old clocked 52.76 to win her first national title ahead of Crawley’s Holly Turner, who ran an indoor PB of 54.22, and Blackheath’s Krystal Galley, who also ran an indoor best of 54.83.

“Exactly what I wanted from this weekend has happened,” said a delighted Knight. “I’m really happy. It’s the perfect end to what has been just an amazing indoor season.

“Last year I didn’t make the final here,” added the 400m hurdles specialist. “I know a lot of girls are missing this year but I really feel like the times I have run would have put me in a good position coming into this weekend anyway.”

Athletics took a back seat for Knight a few years ago when she decided to focus on her teaching career, but the Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow athlete teamed up with coach Marina Armstrong 18 months ago and the decision to return to the sport is clearly paying off as she balances it with leading her 32-strong year six class in Epsom.

“Seeing my class tomorrow morning will be just so exciting,” Knight smiled. “I hope I have inspired them as well, we have a lot of talks about it, they know how hard I work, so I hope it has inspired them and they are very excited, as I am.”

On combining her athletics with work, she added: “There are so many athletes that do work full-time and it is really hard. There are times in the winter that I have come home almost in tears because it’s just sheer exhaustion.

“It just goes to show that if you get the right coach, the right training set-up, time management, you can do it. Just keep going everyone because it can all come together. The messages I have received have just been amazing, so much support.”

Hodgkinson steps up for senior win

In her first ever indoor season, 17-year-old Keely Hodgkinson followed her European indoor under-20 800m record with a British title victory, running a well-judged race to clock 2:04.37 ahead of Birchfield’s Mari Smith in 2:04.72.

Finishing third in 2:07.27 was 39-year-old Philippa Millage, who had broken the British W35 indoor record with her heat time of 2:05.70 the day before and, after claiming bronze, joked that she was old enough to be winner Hodgkinson’s mother.

“It’s my first indoor season ever, my first British Championships, so I’m really happy to prove myself on the bigger stage, have a strong race and come away with the gold,” said Hodgkinson, who ran 2:01.16 at the Vienna Indoor Classic earlier this month.

“I only decided to do indoors late on,” added the Leigh Harriers athlete, who is coached by Trevor Painter, the coach and husband of world medallist Jenny Meadows. “I was going to stick to cross country this winter but thank god I didn’t, the weather is absolutely ridiculous!”

In the 1500m, victory was claimed by Cambridge & Coleridge’s Holly Archer, who like Knight works full-time to support her athletics.

In Glasgow, the pharmaceutical marketing associate ran 4:21.99 to finish ahead of Fife’s Jenny Selman (4:22.57) and Preston’s Jacqueline Fairchild (4:22.58) and admitted she had surprised herself with victory.

“It hasn’t really sunk in yet that I’m British champion,” said Archer. “I wasn’t expecting to do this well this year.

“It was always our plan to medal, but the game plan changed a little before today’s race.”

A tactical 3000m final was won by Melissa Courtney-Bryant as she clocked 9:48.54 after a 2:39.4 final kilometre, back on the track where she claimed European indoor bronze last year.

Swansea’s Verity Ockenden secured silver in 9:50.39 and Epsom & Ewell’s Commonwealth steeplechase fourth-placer Rosie Clarke claimed bronze in 9:52.02.

The women’s 5000m race walk was combined with the men’s event, with the two-strong race won by Aldershot, Farnham & District’s Abigail Jennings in 25:28.46 ahead of Hyde Park Harriers’ Pagen Spooner.

In the 200m, Enfield & Haringey’s Ama Pipi powered to a UK-leading indoor PB of 23.23 ahead of Gateshead’s Jazmine Moss with 24.17 and Colchester’s Rebecca Jeggo with 24.33.

Strickler’s shot put success

Amelia Strickler unleashed the throw of her life to win her second British shot put title after the outdoor gold she claimed in 2018.

In the first event of the day, the Thames Valley thrower launched the shot put out to 17.97m in the fourth round for an overall lifetime best which beats her previous PB of 17.83m, set outdoors last year.

The final had seen a battle between Strickler and defending champion Sophie McKinna in the opening rounds as Strickler took an early lead with 16.83m before McKinna replaced her at the top with her second-round 16.90m.  Strickler regained the lead with her next throw of 17.45m before improving again to her winning mark, which exactly matched McKinna’s winning distance from last year.

It also moved Strickler up to equal third with McKinna on the UK indoor all-time list.

Great Yarmouth’s world finalist McKinna, who threw an impressive 18.61m in Doha last year, this time had to settle for the silver with a best of 17.39m, while Birchfield’s Adele Nicoll got bronze with a 16.19m indoor PB.

After her runner-up finish in Glasgow at the Müller Indoor Grand Prix the weekend before, Birchfield’s Bethan Partridge won the British high jump title after clearing 1.87m. Having cleared a PB of 1.91m in January, she went on to attempt 1.92m but knocked the bar in her three attempts.

Commonwealth medallist Morgan Lake was visibly upset after a performance which saw her clear a best of 1.84m, some way off her PB of 1.97m, while UK leader Nikki Manson, who has managed 1.93m this winter, also cleared a best of 1.84m for bronze.

There was a sixth British triple jump title win for Naomi Ogbeta as the European finalist leapt 13.83m as Woodford Green’s Shanara Hibbert secured silver with a 13.03m PB performance. Bronze was claimed by Shaftesbury’s Eavion Richardson with a 12.73m jump.

“This is my sixth British title and that was exactly what I wanted today to be about, winning the title,” said Ogbeta.

“Getting a season’s best as well, you can’t ask for any more than that.

“The feeling never wears off when you win a British title and this one is just as sweet as the first one.”

Full results can be found here.