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ST. LOUIS -- On the night he broke the NCAA's career assist record, Purdue's Braden Smith also displayed his ability to score.

Smith's game-high 26 points led four players in double figures as the second-seeded Boilermakers used a big run bridging the halves for a 104-71 rout of 15th-seeded Queens in the first round of the NCAA Tournament's West Region on Friday.

Smith also finished with eight assists, including the record-breaker with 12:10 left in the first half on Trey Kaufman-Renn's driving layup. Smith has 1,082 assists for his career, breaking Bobby Hurley's mark of 1,076 during his career at Duke.

"It hasn't really set in yet," Smith said of setting the mark. "As a point guard, that's what you're supposed to do. I've been thankful and blessed to have people put the ball in my hands."

Kaufman-Renn added 25 points and nine rebounds, while Fletcher Loyer scored 14 points, going 4 of 8 on 3-point attempts. C.J. Cox chipped in 11 points and center Oscar Cluff stuffed the stat sheet with nine points, 11 rebounds, five assists and four blocked shots.

"Purdue was the number one team in preseason for a reason," Queens coach Grant Leonard said. "They're pretty darn good."

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Jordan Watford and Nasir Mann each scored 10 points for the Royals (21-14), who were making their first appearance in the Division I tourney. They trailed just 35-30 at the 2:57 mark of the first half after a putback by Maban Jabriel.

But Cox stuck a corner 3-pointer on the next possession to begin a 10-0 Purdue run. After Chris Ashby canned a corner trey to end the half for Queens down 45-33, Purdue (28-8) opened up a 56-36 advantage with 17:17 left on Loyer's transition 3-pointer.

The rout was on as the Boilermakers kept carving up the undersized Royals with precise passing and shot-making. They drew 24 assists on 41 made buckets and converted at a 63.1% clip from the field.

The only bit of suspense in the final 10 minutes became not if but when Purdue made it to 100 points. It got there with 2:27 remaining when Omer Mayer drilled its 13th 3-pointer of the game.

Purdue sunk 14-of-24 attempts from behind the arc, including 10 of 16 in the second half. Queens shot a respectable 46.2% from the floor, but misfired on 18 of 25 shots from long distance.

The Boilermakers advance to a second-round matchup on Sunday against seventh-seeded Miami (Fla.). The Hurricanes topped 10th-seeded Missouri 80-66 on Friday.

--Bucky Dent, Field Level Media

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tarris Reed Jr. put up monster numbers — 31 points and 27 rebounds, the kind of sensational stat line not seen in theNCAA Tournamentin nearly 60 years — that saved UConn from the upset of this March.

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Yet, Reed — who missed three shots all night and had a double-double on offensive and defensive boards — wanted even more.

"I feel like I let my foot off the gas a little bit in the second half," Reed said.

Maybe Reed can pump the brakes on the modesty.

UConn needed every ounce of production it got from Reed, along with 22 points from Alex Karaban for the second-seeded Huskies to move on with an 82-71 victory over Furman.

"That was the game, this guy," UConn coach Dan Hurley said, motioning toward Reed. "That's as dominant a performance as you've probably seen from a big guy in tournament history. That's what he's capable of. This guy's a total monster and today he was a real grizzly bear."

UConn (30-5) advanced to play UCLA in the second round of the East Region on Sunday.

For about 36 minutes in Philadelphia, it sure looked like Hurley and the Huskies had a chance of heading back home instead.

But Reed wouldn't let them, the All-Big East center becoming the first player with 30-plus points and 25-plus rebounds in an NCAA Tournament game since Houston's Elvin Hayes did it twice in 1968, when the field had only 23 teams.

Reed, who made 12 of 15 shots from the field with 11 offensive rebounds and 16 defensive, knew early Furman would have difficulty stopping him.

"I feel like just watching film, from the jump," Reed said. "Knowing what the scout was, trusting in my teammates, trusting in the coaching staff, knowing that I was really going to be able to dominate down low and take advantage of the bigs they had and just take advantage of the paint."

The Huskies were 20 1/2-point favorites to thump a school most basketball fans couldn't even find on a map. The real line that mattered was the final stat line: The Huskies missed 20 of 25 3-pointers with each clang off the rim seemingly sounding the dinner bell for the No. 15-seeded Paladins to come on in and pull off the seismic shocker.

With UConn up 61-52, Furman cheerleaders hit the court to lead fans in their wildly popular school chant.

"FU one time, FU two times, FU three times, FU all the time!"

There were surely some four-letter words shouted up at Storrs, Connecticut.

When Alex Wilkins hit a 3 to make it 69-64 and the Paladins (22-13) still stayed within five with 5:49 left, it seemed Furman was ready to kick up some dust on a tournament Friday filled with mostly chalk results.

"I thought if we could have gotten a score there, we really could have made the game interesting," Furman coach Bob Richey said.

But led by Reed, the Huskies had enough in a 12-4 run down the stretch to survive the first round.

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UConn played without first team All-Big East selection Silas Demary Jr. after he suffered an ankle injury in the Big East Tournament; and Jaylin Stewart again sat out with a knee injury that's sidelined him since late February. Hurley said he hopes one if not both could play Sunday.

They were missed against a Furman team that beat top-seeded East Tennessee State to secure theSouthern Conference Tournamentand a NCAA Tournament bid.

The Huskies displayed cracks throughout the season — including a loss to St. John's in theBig East Tournament title game— that threatened to prevent another long March Madness run for a program that expects it.

The injuries didn't help. Neither did a determined Furman team under Richey.

Furman came to Philadelphia ready to knock off UConn

Furman came poised to inject Friday's slate of tournament games with a needed dose of madness and had UConn on its heels early.

The basketball fans inside the home of the 76ers absolutely erupted — who doesn't love a March underdog story? — when Furman grabbed a 19-18 lead midway through the first half.

Furman, a Greenville, South Carolina university named after a Baptist pastor, needed more than a prayer to try and upset UConn.

It needed 3s.

The Paladins sank 'em — six, alone in the first half, none more emotionally-charged than Charles Johnston's first-half buzzer-beater that sliced UConn's lead to 40-36.

Johnston thew his arms up in celebration and ran to halfcourt for a violent chest-bump with a teammate as the Paladins scurried off the court into the locker room.

"I kind of just caught the ball, I could see the shot clock a little bit and in the background, I saw single digits and thought, why not?" Johnston said. "I think that's my first transition 3 I shot this season. It was fine to throw the wings up one last time. So that was fun."

Hurley couldn't believe it while UConn fan Bill Murray — the actor's son is an assistant on the Huskies' staff — could only laugh at the absurdity of the situation.

Furman shot 48% overall from the floor in the half and had some big help in making this one a game from UConn's dreadful 1-of-14 shooting from 3-point range.

It was nearly a legendary Knight — that is, in fact a Paladin — in Johnston that kept the crowing roaring and an upset brewing.

The 6-foot-11 Australian threw down a monster dunk early in the second half that kept Furman within striking distance at 54-47. After he took one to the house, Tom House, who scored 21 points, buried a 3 that cut the lead to 56-50.

Furman knew how to pull off a March surprise. Furman has made just two NCAA Tournaments since 1980 but used a buzzer-beater to top No. 4 Virginia in 2023.

Furman just couldn't finish off another March win against basketball's big dogs.

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Brian Cox portrayed Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Manhunter, years before Anthony Hopkins' iconic performance in The Silence of the Lambs

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• Cox drew inspiration from real-life figures like serial murderer Ted Bundy and Scottish killer Peter Manhill to shape his portrayal, he told Woman's World

• The actor emphasized Lecter's intellect and lack of empathy, creating a restrained yet deeply unsettling interpretation of the character

Long beforeAnthony Hopkins defined Dr. Hannibal Lecterfor mainstream audiences,Brian Coxbrought the character to life inManhunter.

The film marked the first time Lecter appeared on screen, adapted from Thomas Harris' 1981 novelRed Dragon. Years later, Hopkins would turn the role into a cultural touchstone inThe Silence of the Lambs.

Looking back during a recent interview withWoman's World, Cox reflected on the real-life influences that shaped his approach to the character. "I saw a lot of those [Ted] Bundy trials," the 79-year-old told the outlet. "I tried to tap into Bundy's kind of almost acceptability."

InManhunter,William Petersenplays FBI profiler Will Graham, who is drawn out of retirement to track a brutal killer known as the Tooth Fairy. To help make sense of the crimes, he seeks insight from the imprisoned Lecter.

Although the Michael Mann film didn't find much success when it first hit theaters, Cox's restrained and quietly unsettling performance has earned a stronger appreciation over time.

Instead of portraying Lecter as outwardly monstrous, he leaned into the character's composure and ability to appear completely ordinary. To Cox, that sense of normalcy made the character all the more disturbing, suggesting that danger doesn't always announce itself.

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To create this character, Cox also drew on unsettling figures from his own past.

"When I was a kid in Scotland, there had been a couple of killers of some repute. There was a guy called Peter Manhill, and he killed a whole slew of people," he explained. "This was before the notion of serial killers ever came around. Serial killer was sort of an '80s invention, really. But this guy was fascinating because he also conducted his own defense, like Bundy did."

Bundyraped and murdered young women and girlsacross the country from 1974 to 1978. He claimed to have murdered at least 30 women and girls, but investigatorsbelieve it was over double that. The killer, who represented himself during parts of his murder trials, was ultimately convicted of his crimes and sentenced to death. He died by electric chair on Jan. 24, 1989.

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In contrast to Hopkins' later, more theatrical and "gothic" portrayal, Cox aimed for psychological realism by emphasizing ego over spectacle.

"The other thing was something that came out of the Nuremberg Trials," theSuccessionactor toldWoman's World. "They said that the whole definition of evil was an almost chronic lack of empathy. I think that is, ultimately, what Hannibal Lecter has."

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The Price Is Right has featured models since it premiered

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• The long-running game show is the subject of E!'s docuseries Dirty Rotten Scandals

• Some of the models have spoken out against the show, alleging sexual harassment on set

The models onThe Price Is Rightwere staples on daytime TV, smiling onstage next to hostBob Barker. However, some had more negative experiences.

The women of the long-running game show are now back in the spotlight in E!'sDirty Rotten Scandalsdocuseries, which features a two-part episode aboutThe Price is Right.

Some of the former models, likeHolly Hallstromand Kathleen Bradley, participated in the documentary, recounting some of their negative experiences being sexualized on the show.

"When I initially started the show, everybody was pretty cool, really friendly, especially the crew," Bradley said in the episodes. "But over a course of time, I kind of noticed the guys were kind of talking, looking, gawking at the girls. I found out this is a little more commonplace than I thought."

Here's where some of the most notable models fromThe Price Is Rightare today.

Janice Pennington

Janice Pennington was one of the original "Barker's Beauties."

She was a model from the first episode, whenThe Price Is Rightrelaunched in 1972 with Barker as host, staying on the show until 2000.

FollowingBarker's deathin 2023, Pennington spoke toEntertainment Tonightabout her tenure as a model on the show, saying, "It's hard to imagine, but every day I loved going to work."

"I really did. The people we worked with, the crew, the cameramen, it was like a family," she recalled. "Especially when you're there for 29 years. It really is a family."

She has not returned to TV since leavingThe Price is Rightin 2000.

Dian Parkinson

Dian Parkinson was a model on the game show from 1975 until 1993.

During her time onThe Price is Right, Parkinson had an alleged affair with Barker, and in 1994, she sued him for sexual harassment. She eventually dropped the lawsuit a year later, but her allegations affected the show behind the scenes.

"Every time you went to the studio, you had to sit with lawyers who all they wanted to hear was all the bad stuff about Dian and how Bob could not have possibly sexually harassed Dian," Hallstrom said inDirty Rotten Scandals.

Parkinson has stayed out of the spotlight since her time onThe Price is Right, and she did not participate in theDirty Rotten Scandalsdocuseries.

E! noted in a written message displayed in the docuseries, "Multiple attempts were made to contact Dian Parkinson for comment, but her whereabouts remain a mystery."

Holly Hallstrom

Hallstrom was onThe Price is Rightfrom 1977 to 1995.

Hallstrom was let go from the show in 1995, and she was one of the main participants in theDirty Rotten Scandals, speaking out about her experience on set.

In a March 2026 interview withTV Insider, Hallstrom revealed that these days, she works "with victims of trauma and teach [neuro-linguistic programming] through therapeutic practices in San Diego."

"If it helps people, then that brings me joy," she added.

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Anitra Ford

Anitra Ford was aPrice Is Rightmodel from 1972 to 1976.

Ford was a contestant on a 2018 episode ofTo Tell the Truth, where she spoke about becoming an artist, working with "acrylic, mixed media, fabric" and photography.

Kathleen Bradley

Kathleen Bradley was onThe Price Is Rightfrom 1990 to 2000, making history as the first permanent Black model on the show.

In 2013, she published her memoir,Backstage at The Price Is Right: Memoirs of a Barker Beauty. In recent years, she has continued being onscreen, appearing in TV series such asGrey's AnatomyandA House Divided.

Bradley participated in the E! docuseries, alleging there were incidents of sexual harassment on the set of the show.

"One guy in particular. He was a little friendly, too friendly. He would rub up against us, joking around. It's totally inappropriate. I learned the stagehand had been around on the set for a long time and was probably doing it to all the other girls," she shared.

Bradley continued, "When I reported this guy to the producers? To my surprise, no action was taken. I was really taken aback. This was really sexual harassment. So I took matters into my own hands."

Rachel Reynolds

Rachel Reynolds has been a model onThe Price Is Rightsince 2003.

When not filming the game show in Los Angeles, Reynolds lives in Louisiana with her husband, former MLB player David Dellucci, and their daughter, Ruby, perCBS.

Amber Lancaster

Amber Lancaster has been onThe Price Is Rightsince 2008, and was the first "permanent" model followingDrew Careytaking over hosting duties.

According to herIMDB, she has appeared on TV in other series such asCommunity,The Hard Times of RJ Berger,The Bold and the Beautiful,CSI: Miamiand more.

Manuela Arbeláez

Manuela Arbeláez has been onThe Price is Rightsince 2009.

Outside of being a model on the game show, Arbeláez is also an influencer and fitness coach, per herInstagram.

Gwendolyn Osborne

Gwendolyn Osborne was a model onThe Price is Rightfrom 2005 to 2017.

Since leaving the daytime game show, Osborne appeared as an Amazonian in the 2020 superhero blockbusterWonder Woman 1984.

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Unpaid Transportation Security Administration workers are struggling to stay afloat — and on the job — amid a partial government shutdown that has frustrated travelers inching through security lines that stretch for hours, with wait times only expected to worsen this weekend.

"I feel bad for everyone except for the people in Washington, DC," said Carlos Monroe, a traveler whose family waited for more than three hours at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport early Friday but still missed their 6 a.m. flight.

"It's just not fair," Monroe said, lamenting from the airport's food court as his wife sat nearby with her head down. "The big people aren't paying the price for the little people."

By early Saturday, the strain was already visible at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, where the security wait timestretchedto a little over two hours.

"This is insane! We didn't think it was going to be this bad," traveler Bruna Ray told CNN's Rafael Romo in Atlanta.

"Delta didn't tell us to be here any earlier than the two to three hours recommendation," British traveler Lee George Bond told CNN. "So maybe they should've told us to be here five hours beforehand."

In Orlando, the wait time was approaching an hour, while at JFK airport in New York, travelers faced a wait of over half an hour — early signs of a weekend rush colliding with thin staffing.

The situation is poised to deteriorate even further as some TSA officers,who some lawmakers say are being treated as "political pawns," continue working without pay since the shutdown began in mid-February, while others, pushed to the brink, are walking away from the job altogether.

In airports across the country, security lines are snaking through roped-off corridors and spilling into crowded atriums, while terminals buzz with restless, exasperated passengers clutching boarding passes and checking phones. Visibly strained officers in blue uniforms move travelers along as best they can, many carrying their own quiet anxiety about missed paychecks and an uncertain road ahead.

Officials warn this may only be the beginning. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the current disruptions are"child's play"compared to what could happen if TSA workers miss another paycheck, a scenario that could push an already strained system closer to collapse. And if the shutdown continues, some airports may beforced to close, other officials have said.

Airports are supposed to be places of motion, a steady current of departures and arrivals, of reunions and escapes. But this week, that rhythm is breaking down — and travelers are left wondering when they'll make it to the people and places waiting on the other side.

Here's what to know.

Financial strain on TSA workers causes ripple effect for travelers

For more than a month, TSA officers have been showing up to airports across the country without getting fully paid.

For many, it's become a familiar and frustrating routine. Thismarks the third funding lapsein just six months. As lawmakers remain deadlocked over Department of Homeland Security funding, this time over a broader immigration debate, more than61,000employees are affected.

Low morale and financial strain are pushing workers to their limits and, increasingly, off the job.

Nearly10% of TSA workersdidn't show up Thursday, just below the record 10.22% absentee rate set earlier this week. For six straight days, call-out rates have hovered above 9% as employees continue working without pay. At least366 officers have quitsince the shutdown began, according to DHS.

The impact has been more severe in certain airports. More than athird of screenersat Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport were absent earlier this week, forcing passengers to wait in security lines for up to two hours. On Friday,more than halfof TSA workers called out at Houston's William P. Hobby International Airport.

"I wouldn't expect them [TSA workers] to come to work if they're not getting paid, so, it's kind of … what are we going to do?" said traveler Avishai Harris, who was going from Atlanta to Washington, DC on Saturday morning.

And the timing couldn't be worse.

Friday was poised to becomeone of the busiest travel days of 2026, and this week has already seen thetwo highest TSA call-out daysof the year.

The strain is deeply personal for many workers. Aaron Barker, a union leader representing TSA employees in Atlanta, told CNN officers are dealing with "eviction notices, vehicle repossessions, empty refrigeratorsand overdrawn bank accounts," all while continuing to show up to keep airports running.

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One TSA agent in Atlanta, who recently relocated for the job, told CNN he's had to ask for extensions on rent and car payments as he braces for the possibility of missing another paycheck. Whendescribing the pressure, he said it's "more than I can express."

Local support from free meals to parking assistance has helped, but only temporarily.

"At what point does the dam break for so many of us?" he asked.

Another TSA worker knows that pressure all too well. Growing up in poverty, Lakeya White said she saw her TSA job as a path toward stability and a future she had worked hard to build.

"Landing this job, I felt like I finally had that at one point," she told CNN. "And then it was kind of taken away."

Late last year, a 43-daygovernment-wide shutdown, the longest in US history, ended after many TSA officers and Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers stopped showing up to work, disrupting travel.

After enduring repeated government shutdowns, White said the strain became too much. Two weeks ago, she ultimatelyleft the agency after four years.

"Going to work knowing you should be paid, but then you check your account every two weeks and nothing is there, it's devastating, honestly, because you know that now you have to work 10 times as hard to get caught back up, to rebuild your savings, and to feel comfortable again," she said.

The delays and risk of airport operations under pressure

The strain on TSA staffing is now spilling directly into airport operations and, experts warn, into potential safety concerns.

The situation is unfolding during peak spring break travel — but the concern goes beyond inconvenience.

Former TSA Administrator John Pistole warned longer wait times and crowded security lines could create a dangerous vulnerability. Large groups of travelers gathered in slow-moving queues may present what he described as apotential "soft target."

"From the standpoint of a suicide bomber, or a shooter … it's a double problem," Pistole told CNN, noting both the concentration of people and the strain on the system.

That strain extends to the officers still on the job. Pistole said TSA workers, many of whom are dealing with missed paychecks and financial stress, are likely "distracted" while trying to manage heavy passenger volumes without full staffing support.

The concern, Pistole suggested, is whether officers can maintain the level of focus needed to identify a potential threat — "that putative terrorist who might be trying to do something to exploit what they see as a vulnerability."

"It is a situation that needs to be addressed," Pistole said.

Compounding the problem is the weather. A string of storms earlier this week triggered thousands of delays and cancellations nationwide, adding to congestion inside airports. Another system is expected to bring severe weather risks across parts of the Ohio Valley this weekend, including damaging winds, hail and the possibility of isolated tornadoes.

Meanwhile, passengers in rolling chairs, parents with baby strollers and travelers needing extra assistance, whether due to disability or communication challenges, were beingfunneled into a separate lineFriday morning at Atlanta's main airport.

But even that queue, normally a brief detour before screening, snaked past the main security area and spilled into the airport's atrium.

Ambria Britt, who has multiple sclerosis and cannot stand for long periods, was forced to pay a stranger to push her wheelchair through the jammed line.

"Normally, I just go straight through," she told CNN. "I just don't understand. Pay your workers, because we need them."

CNN's Ryan Young, Devon M. Sayers, Aaron Cooper, Alexandra Skores, Andy Rose, Rebekah Riess and Hanna Park contributed to this report.

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Flooding across Oahu is now the worst Hawaii has seen in over 20 years. More than 230 people have been rescued so far. Some 5,500 people remain under evacuation orders.

Dozens — if not hundreds — of homes were damaged Friday but officials haven't been able to fully assess the destruction, Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi said. Damage estimates have hit $1 billion and are climbing, with homes, roads, schools, airports and a Maui hospital all impacted.

Emergency crews are still conducting search-and-rescue operations.

The National Guard and Honolulu Fire Department airlifted 72 children and adults who had been attending a spring break youth camp in affected areas.

At least 10 people have been hospitalized for hypothermia.

Parts of Oahu have seen more than 8 inches of rain with several more inches expected this weekend.

Officials are monitoring the 120-year-old Wahiawa dam, which is near critical levels and at risk of failing.

Officials have told residents to leave the area immediately as the dam "may collapse or breach at any time." The warning adds that residents should carpool because of heavy traffic on the island.

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The area north of Honolulu has been inundated by heavy rain and catastrophic flash flooding has hit the island of Oahu.

Emergency sirens blared along Oahu's famed North Shore, where rising waters also damaged homes. Honolulu officials issued a "LEAVE NOW" evacuation order at 5:35 a.m. Friday for Waialua and Haleiwa: "Extremely dangerous flooding and Wahiawa Dam is high."

The North Shore of Oahu has been under flash flood warnings since early Friday morning.

A series of low pressure systems continues to dredge up tropical Pacific moisture and fling that moisture over the Hawaiian Islands. Given the very heavy rainfall in the first of these Kona lows last weekend in addition to these smaller system, the rainfall has really added up. Without an extended break, this flooding could continue for a while.

According to senior digital meteorologist Jonathan Belles, "This flooding in some ways is connected to the heat dome entrenched into the Lower 48. We often talk when one area of the country is seeing heat, another is seeing cooler, wetter weather." Belles adds, "Right now, the West is seeing heat and the East is seeing slightly stormier weather. Well, that pattern continues west, too. That cooler, wetter weather persists over Hawaii and into Alaska. Until some major storm system can shove this pattern into a different gear or the pattern can slowly break down, this flooding and heat will persist."

The Hawaii National Guard has been activated in response to the flooding. Gov. Josh Green says, "The storm of course is very severe right now, particularly on the northern part of Oahu." He added, "It's going to be a very touch-and-go-day."

Most of the state remains under a flood watch.

Portions of this report are from the Associated Press.

SYDNEY (AP) — Maika Hamano's first-half strike propelled Japan to theWomen's Asian Cuptitle with a 1-0 win over Australia on Saturday at Sydney's Stadium Australia.

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The 21-year-old Hamano, on loan at Tottenham from Chelsea, took a pass from the left with her back to goal, turned and launched a powerful strike from outside the area in the 17th minute.

The Australians applied all the pressure in the last 10 minutes pressing for an equalizer but were continually denied by Japan's defense, including Alanna Kennedy's close-range header with two minutes left in regulation.

Japan had beaten Australia in finals to win back-to-back Women's Asian Cups in 2014 and 2018 and has now won the title three times in the last four continental championships.

The top-ranked team in Asia conceded just one goal in six games in Australia.

The Matildas haven't won the continental championship since 2010, whenSam Kerr— then 16 — scored in the decider.

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Six teams from the Asian Cup have qualified for next year's Women's World Cup in Brazil.

The 12-team tournament gained global attention due to the involvement of an Iranian squad affected by the Middle East war.

The Iranian team arrived in Australia before the Feb. 28 attacks by the United States and Israel triggered theIran war,and their participation held the international focus.

Seven members of the Iran delegation initially were granted asylum by the Australian government, butall but twohave sincereturned home.

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