Reuters Sports News Summary

The 24-year-old 400 hurdles specialist made it look effortless, leading from the gun to clock 49.17 seconds and beat the previous mark of 49.24 she set two weeks ago at the Dutch national championships. Motor racing-F1 season opens with Verstappen in 'a different galaxy' Max Verstappen could not have hoped for a better start to his bid for a fourth-consecutive Formula One title, with even rivals hailing his crushingly dominant display in Saturday's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix as being in "a different galaxy".

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.

NBA roundup: Celtics rout Mavs in 10th straight win

Jayson Tatum overcame a slow start to score a team-high 32 points as the Boston Celtics extended their winning streak to 10 games by beating the visiting Dallas Mavericks 138-110 Friday night. Tatum had two points after 17 minutes but finished 10-for-19 from the field and grabbed eight rebounds. Jaylen Brown added 25 points and Kristaps Porzingis tossed in 24.

Motor racing-Horner seeks to draw line under misconduct probe

Red Bull Formula One boss Christian Horner sought to draw a line under a misconduct controversy as wife Geri Halliwell showed her support by joining him at a season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix dominated by his team. Speaking to reporters for the first time since an independent investigation cleared him on Wednesday of undisclosed allegations made by a female employee, Horner was keen to turn the talk back to the track action.

Canucks star Elias Pettersson agrees to 8-year extension

Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson agreed to an eight-year contract extension, the team announced Saturday morning. Financial terms were not disclosed by the Canucks, however multiple media outlets reported the contract is worth $92.8 million.

Athletics-Bol crushes world record, Kerr thrills home crowd at world indoors

Dutch runner Femke Bol rewrote her own world record in the indoor 400 metres on Saturday, while Britain's Josh Kerr steamrolled to victory in the men's 3,000 to the delight of the home crowd at the world indoor athletics championships. The 24-year-old 400 hurdles specialist made it look effortless, leading from the gun to clock 49.17 seconds and beat the previous mark of 49.24 she set two weeks ago at the Dutch national championships.

Motor racing-F1 season opens with Verstappen in 'a different galaxy'

Max Verstappen could not have hoped for a better start to his bid for a fourth-consecutive Formula One title, with even rivals hailing his crushingly dominant display in Saturday's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix as being in "a different galaxy". The Dutch driver took the chequered flag 22.4 seconds clear of his team mate Sergio Perez driving a similar RB20.

NHL roundup: Coyotes beat Senators, end 14-game skid

Dylan Guenther scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period as the visiting Arizona Coyotes snapped a 14-game skid with a 5-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Friday. Arizona's Matias Maccelli collected a goal and two assists and Nick Schmaltz, Michael Carcone, J.J. Moser and Guenther had one of each. Schmaltz had one of his team's two power-play goals and won 10 of 13 faceoffs.

Tennis-In-form Humbert eases past Bublik to capture Dubai title

Fifth seed Ugo Humbert produced a near-flawless performance to outclass Kazakh Alexander Bublik 6-4 6-3 and capture the Dubai Tennis Championships title on Saturday for his second trophy this season. By lifting the title, the 25-year-old Frenchman became only the third player in the professional era to win his first six tour-level finals, matching the achievement of Latvia's Ernests Gulbis and Slovakia's Martin Klizan.

Athletics-Dutch runner Bol smashes her own indoor 400m world record

Femke Bol of the Netherlands shattered her own indoor 400 metres world record at the world championships on Saturday. The 24-year-old clocked 49.17 seconds, lowering the previous mark of 49.24 she set two weeks ago at the Dutch national championships, for the first world record of the three-day event at Emirates Arena.

Motor racing-Bahrain Grand Prix team-by-team

Team by team review of Formula One's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday (listed in their current championship order): RED BULL (Max Verstappen 1, Sergio Perez 2)

Motor racing-Mercedes' hopes hit by cooling error

Mercedes said a cooling miscalculation hit their hopes of a podium finish at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday. George Russell started third on the grid, ran in second place for a while and then ended up fifth while team mate Lewis Hamilton finished seventh after starting ninth in a race dominated by champions Red Bull.

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