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MLB roundup: John Means helps Orioles blank Red Sox John Means allowed one hit over seven impressive innings in his first career Opening Day start and the visiting Baltimore Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 3-0 on Friday afternoon in a delayed season opener for both teams.

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. Soccer-Eintracht win at Dortmund to boost Champions League hopes

Eintracht Frankfurt striker Andre Silva headed in an 87th-minute winner to stun hosts Borussia Dortmund 2-1 on Saturday and give his team a major boost in their bid for a top four-finish and a spot in next season's Champions League. The Portuguese headed in a Filip Kostic cross at the far post for his 22nd league goal of the season to lift Frankfurt to 50 points in fourth place, seven ahead of Borussia Dortmund in fifth. MLB roundup: John Means helps Orioles blank Red Sox

John Means allowed one hit over seven impressive innings in his first career Opening Day start and the visiting Baltimore Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 3-0 on Friday afternoon in a delayed season opener for both teams. One day after the teams' first scheduled game was rained out, Means (1-0) struck out five and walked none in a strong 97-pitch outing that saw him throw 65 strikes. The left-hander retired the final 18 hitters after Xander Bogaerts opened the second inning by reaching on a fielding error. Rugby-New Zealand TV commentator apologises for mock Asian accent during interview

A New Zealand rugby commentator has apologised to Otago Highlanders flanker Kazuki Himeno for comments he made in a mock Asian accent following their 33-12 victory over Canterbury Crusaders in the Super Rugby Aotearoa. Speaking with Highlanders fly half Mitch Hunt after Friday's game, Joe Wheeler, who commentates for Sky Sport, highlighted the performance of Japan international Himeno, who impressed in his first start for the team. NHL roundup: Avs top Blues, run point streak to 13 games

Nathan MacKinnon registered two goals as the Colorado Avalanche extended their point streak to 13 games with a 3-2 victory over the Blues on Friday in Denver. Brandon Saad also scored for Colorado, Gabriel Landeskog recorded two assists and Jonas Johansson stopped 25 shots for his first win this season -- the second of his career. The Avalanche are amid an 11-0-2 stretch and closing in on the club-record point streak of 16 games, set in 2000-01. Baseball moves its All-Star Game out of Georgia to protest voting law

Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert Manfred on Friday ordered the sport to relocate its 2021 All-Star Game and amateur player draft out of Atlanta in protest over Georgia's new voting restrictions. The removal of the lucrative All-Star Game marks one of the most significant and high-profile gestures after Georgia last week strengthened identification requirements for absentee ballots, shortened early voting periods for runoffs and made it a crime to offer food and water to voters waiting in line. World champion Cox out of U.S. Olympic trials after failing to make weight

World champion J'den Cox's hopes of winning a second Olympic wrestling medal were shattered even before the U.S. Olympic Trials started on Friday as he failed to make the 97 kilogram weight in men's freestyle. The 26-year-old, who won bronze in the 86 kg competition at the 2016 Rio Games before claiming world titles in 2018 and 2019, had switched to the 97 kg class in 2020. UFC's McGregor announces third fight with Poirier

Former two-weight UFC champion Conor McGregor is set for a third fight against Dustin Poirier, who became the first man to knock out him out in January. McGregor quickly knocked Poirier out in a featherweight contest in 2014 during his meteoric UFC rise, but the American's savage leg kicks secured a TKO win over the Irishman when the two met again at lightweight in Abu Dhabi in January. Soccer-Asensio and Benzema fire Real Madrid to victory over Eibar

Real Madrid forwards Marco Asensio and Karim Benzema struck to give their side a 2-0 win at home to Eibar in La Liga on Saturday, keeping up the pressure on leaders Atletico Madrid ahead of Tuesday's Champions League clash with Liverpool. Asensio finally gave Madrid the lead late in the 41st minute after his side had two goals ruled out for offside, latching on to a Casemiro through ball and curling his effort into the bottom corner despite losing his footing as he took the shot. NBA roundup: Raptors produce historic rout of Warriors

Pascal Siakam's season-high 36 points on his 27th birthday spearheaded the Toronto Raptors' 130-77 rout of the short-handed Golden State Warriors on Friday night in Tampa. The Raptors, who led by as many as 61 points, set a franchise record for largest margin of victory. The margin of defeat was the third worst in Warriors history, with one of the top two occurring in the playoffs. Soccer-Inspired West Brom hand 10-man Chelsea first loss under Tuchel

Relegation-threatened West Bromwich Albion secured a stunning 5-2 win over 10-man Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday to hand Thomas Tuchel his first loss as the London club's manager. West Brom, second-bottom of the table, moved seven points from the safety zone while Chelsea stayed fourth but could be overtaken by West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur this weekend.