MANCHESTER, England — Tickets for most of the World Cup group games remain on general sale with just over a month to go until the tournament kicks off on June 11.

But prices are exorbitantly high. They top out at $4,105 for the United States’ opening game against Paraguay in Los Angeles and many cost around $2,000.

Tickets are still available on FIFA’s official website through its “last-minute sales” section after batches had been released through various phases since September.

Flyers’ York gets stick back

VOORHEES, N.J. — Cam York scored a playoff winner for the Philadelphia Flyers and threw his stick into the stands in celebration.

The Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 1-0 in Game 6, advancing in the playoffs for the first time since 2020. York hoped the fan who caught the stick would return it.

Longtime Flyers fan Jack Brod did just that after learning York wanted it back. Brod visited Flyers practice and met York. York appreciated the gesture, saying it’s one of the best things about Philly fans.

Brod received a new stick and a signed jersey. The Flyers start their second-round series Saturday at Carolina.

Tennis teams getting cut

The NCAA men’s and women’s tennis tournaments are underway, and what should be a time of celebration for the sport has had a pall cast over it with more Division I schools announcing this week they would be dropping their programs because of the new financial realities of college athletics.

Arkansas announced a week ago it would drop its men’s and women’s programs and Saint Louis followed Monday with the same announcement. Illinois State said Tuesday it would end its men’s program, and North Dakota said Thursday it would shut down its men’s and women’s teams.

Gardner-Webb announced in February this would be the last season for the men’s and women’s programs.

Langdon sets NHRA record

ADEL, Ga. — Shawn Langdon broke the NHRA speed record Friday, reaching 345.00 mph in a Top Fuel qualifying run at South Georgia Motorsports Park.

Langdon topped the previous record of 343.51 mph set by Brittany Force last year in Indianapolis. He covered the 1,000-foot track in 3.724 seconds, not far behind Force’s record run of 3.623 during that same run in 2025.

Langdon’s record-breaking pass came during the NHRA debut at South Georgia Motorsports Park, one of the newest stops on the drag-racing series’ 20-event schedule.

Palou lands an extension

Since joining Chip Ganassi Racing six seasons ago, Spanish driver Alex Palou has shown to be a generational talent who is quickly working his way through IndyCar’s record books.

For that, Palou earned a multi-year contract extension on his current deal that ran through the 2027 season. The extension was finalized following this week’s two-day Indianapolis 500 test. Ganassi never publicly discloses contract terms.

The reward capped a celebratory week for Palou, who drove into Indianapolis Motor Speedway as the defending Indy 500 winner for testing and saw a larger-than-life banner of himself chugging the traditional winner’s milk.

Elsewhere in racing:

n New search warrants reveal a potential plot involving “friends” of former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his wife, Cristina. The warrant’s affidavits say that friends allegedly conspired to steal from the couple after they died in a plane crash on Dec. 18. The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office is focusing on a married couple who knew the Biffles. A break-in at the Biffle residence was reported on Jan. 8, with $30,000 in cash and other items stolen.

The Associated Press