Sports News Roundup: Games-Athletics takes Pan Am spotlight but 100 metres left in shadows; Tennis-Gauff 'feeling the love' in Cancun after maiden WTA Finals win and more

Chris Paul, who came off the bench for the first time in his 19-year career a night earlier, added 13 points as a Golden State reserve.Trayce Jackson-Davis had 13 points and nine rebounds, Moses Moody added 13 points and Gary Payton II scored 10 for the Warriors. Tennis-Swiatek overcomes early deficit to beat Vondrousova at WTA Finals Iga Swiatek erased a 5-2 first set deficit and ultimately rolled to a 7-6(3) 6-0 win over Marketa Vondrousova in the Pole's first match of the group stage of the season-ending WTA Finals in Cancun on Monday.

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.

Games-Athletics takes Pan Am spotlight but 100 metres left in shadows

Athletics moved into the Pan American Games spotlight on Monday but the marquee 100 metres was left in the shadows, with the region's top sprinters giving the event a miss and leaving the stage to unknowns. While there has been a lack of quality and depth across many of the sports in Santiago, it was never more glaring than at the first day of athletics.

Games-After Pan Am gold Twichell planning family trip to Paris

As excited as Ashley Twichell was about winning Pan American Games gold in the 10 kilometre open water swim she was no less delighted to get back to the United States and her infant son on Monday and planning a family trip to Paris. After the Tokyo Olympics, where she became the oldest American swimmer since 1908 to make her Olympic debut at age 32, Twichell was prepared to retire and start a family.

NHL roundup: Rangers complete first 5-0-0 road trip

Mika Zibanejad scored with 26 seconds left in overtime as the New York Rangers completed a perfect five-game road trip with a dramatic 3-2 victory over the host Winnipeg Jets on Monday night. The Rangers continued their strong start under new coach Peter Laviolette by winning for the seventh time in nine games. New York went unbeaten on a road trip of at least five games for the first time in team history.

Tennis-Gauff 'feeling the love' in Cancun after maiden WTA Finals win

U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff said she was "feeling the love" in rainy Cancun after her 6-0 6-1 demolition of Ons Jabeur in her first group stage match of the WTA Finals on Monday. The start of the match was delayed and then later interrupted by rain when Gauff was leading 1-0 in the second set. She maintained her momentum when play resumed to claim a dominant win over her Tunisian Group B opponent.

NBA roundup: Stephen Curry (42) guides Warriors past Pelicans

Stephen Curry scored 42 points and the visiting Golden State Warriors routed the New Orleans Pelicans 130-102 on Monday night. Chris Paul, who came off the bench for the first time in his 19-year career a night earlier, added 13 points as a Golden State reserve.Trayce Jackson-Davis had 13 points and nine rebounds, Moses Moody added 13 points and Gary Payton II scored 10 for the Warriors.

Tennis-Swiatek overcomes early deficit to beat Vondrousova at WTA Finals

Iga Swiatek erased a 5-2 first set deficit and ultimately rolled to a 7-6(3) 6-0 win over Marketa Vondrousova in the Pole's first match of the group stage of the season-ending WTA Finals in Cancun on Monday. After struggling to find her rhythm early on against the big-hitting lefty, Swiatek crushed an overhead to set up a break point, which she converted on her opponent's backhand error to cut the deficit to 5-3 and seize the momentum.

Soccer-Spain's ex-FA chief Rubiales gets three-year ban over kiss scandal

Luis Rubiales, the former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) who faces accusations of sexual assault in Spain, has been banned from all football-related activities for three years, FIFA said on Monday. World soccer's governing body initially suspended Rubiales for three months following the allegedly non-consensual kiss he gave to Spain player Jenni Hermoso after the Women's World Cup final on Aug. 20.

Soccer-Australia will not bid for 2034 World Cup - FA

Australia will not bid for the 2034 World Cup after taking "all factors" into consideration, Football Australia said on Tuesday. FIFA had invited bids from Asia and Oceania for the tournament, with an Oct. 31 deadline.

Soccer-Women's Ballon d'Or win testimony to Spain's football culture, says Bonmati

Winning the women's Ballon d'Or is a testimony to Spain's football culture, this year's winner Aitana Bonmati said after her triumph kept the trophy in the country for the third year in a row on Monday. Bonmati, a Champions League winner with Barcelona and World Cup winner with Spain, succeeds fellow Spaniard Alexia Putellas, who was also the 2021 winner.

Soccer-Messi wins record eighth Ballon d'Or for best player in the world

Argentina captain Lionel Messi won a record eighth Ballon d'Or for the best player in the world on Monday, beating Norway's UEFA player of the year and treble winner Erling Haaland of Manchester City to the prestigious prize. Inter Miami's Messi, who last won the award in 2021, played a pivotal role in guiding Argentina to their first World Cup title in 36 years when they beat defending champions France in the final last year.

(With inputs from agencies.)