A New York Senate candidate who has been backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has reportedly been issued a cease-and-desist letter by the New York Knicks for using the championship team’s logo as part of her campaign.

Promotional stickers read, “I voted for Aber Kawas,” using the Knicks logo, with the team’s name replaced with “Kawas.”

According to the New York Post, the Knicks demanded that the campaign “immediately remove all promotional materials incorporating Knicks Intellectual Property, including but not limited to the unauthorized Advertisements, and cease any further use of Knicks Intellectual Property.”

“Neither the Knicks nor NBA [Properties] have authorized the Campaign to use Knicks Intellectual Property in any way, including the Unauthorized Advertisements, which are likely to mislead the public into believing that the Campaign is affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by, or in some way connected with the Knicks,” Brian N. Warner, senior vice president and head of legal for Madison Square Garden Sports, said in the letter, according to the outlet.

“The Campaign’s activities in this regard constitute, among other things, trademark infringement, trademark dilution, false advertising, false association, and unfair competition.”

The Knicks and Mamdani have had beef that began last year when Mamdani’s mayoral campaign also used the Knicks logo in a similar fashion to Kawas. Mamdani was given a cease-and-desist letter, and the Knicks made it clear they were not endorsing anyone in the race, which Mamdani won.

The White House then used the Knicks logo in a post shortly after last year’s election to say, “Trump Is Your President.” The Knicks reached out to the White House, which then removed the post.

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Knicks owner James Dolan and Mamdani also had a back-and-forth earlier this month about Knicks watch parties during the team’s championship run. The two came face-to-face at the championship celebration last week at City Hall, when Mamdani name-dropped Knicks legend-turned-Dolan rival Charles Oakley during a reminiscent speech about the Knicks, while Dolan took one final parting shot at the mayor and stiffed him in a photo op.

“I don’t need your vote. I don’t need to quote to you what happened. If you’re real Knick fans you know it already,” Dolan said.

Dolan did announce that the Knicks would go to the White House to visit President Donald Trump, who attended Game 3 of the NBA Finals. The Knicks would be the first NBA team to visit Trump.

Kawas, the Muslim daughter of illegal immigrants, is now the Democrat nominee for New York’s Senate District 12 and is also a socialist. She recently came under fire for rejecting the notion that Muslim Americans need to apologize for 9/11, an attack “a couple of people did.”

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“I’ve always been outspoken about the wrongful scapegoating of Muslim Americans, both before and after 9/11, and in this interview I was speaking about the harmful notion that Muslims should have to apologize for an act of violence they have nothing to do with,” Kawas told Fox News Digital Thursday morning.

Fox News’ Peter D’Abrosca contributed to this report.

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The World Cup group stage can get complicated quickly. 

With 48 teams participating for the first time ever, FIFA instituted new tiebreaker rules to determine the top two in each group along with the eight highest third-place finishers.

Below, FOX Sports Research has broken down what each team needs to advance, what results would send them through, and which scenarios could leave their fate hanging in the balance. 

Here’s where every group stands heading into the next round of matches, and the simple scenarios for them to advance.

Note: Below scenarios are through all games played on June 25. Additionally, three points is now the minimum required for teams to advance as one of the eight third-place teams.

GROUP A SCENARIOS

• Mexico won the group and will face a third-place team from either Group C or E in the Round of 32 in Mexico City on June 30.
• South Africa finished as runner-up in the group, and will play Canada on June 28 in Los Angeles.
• South Korea finished third, and currently ranks eighth among the third-place teams.
• Czechia cannot advance to the knockout stage.

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GROUP B SCENARIOS

• Switzerland won the group and will play a third-place team from either Group G or J in the Round of 32 in Vancouver on July 2.
• Canada finished as runner-up in the group and will play South Africa on June 28 in Los Angeles.
• Bosnia and Herzegovina finished third, and will play USA in the Round of 32 on July 1 in Santa Clara.
• Qatar cannot advance to the knockout stage.

GROUP C SCENARIOS

• Brazil won the group and will play Japan on June 29 in Houston.
• Morocco finished as runner-up of the group and will play the Netherlands on June 29 in Monterrey.
• Scotland finished in third, and currently ranks tenth among third-place teams.
• Haiti cannot advance to the knockout stage.

GROUP D SCENARIOS

• USA won the group, and will play Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Round of 32 on July 1 in Santa Clara.
• Australia finished as runner-up of the group and will play Egypt on July 3 in Arlington.
• Paraguay finished in third, and will play Germany on June 29 in Foxborough. 
• Türkiye cannot advance to the knockout stage.

GROUP E SCENARIOS

• Germany won the group and will play Paraguay on June 29 in Foxborough.
• Ivory Coast finished as runner-up of the group and will play Norway on June 30 in Arlington.
• Ecuador finished in third, and clinched a spot as a third-place team.
• Curaçao cannot advance to the knockout stage.

GROUP F SCENARIOS

• Netherlands won the group and will play Morocco on June 29 in Monterrey.
• Japan finished as runner-up of the group and will play Brazil on June 29 in Houson.
• Sweden finished third, and will play France on June 30 in East Rutherford.
• Tunisia cannot advance to the knockout stage.

GROUP G SCENARIOS

• Belgium won the group and will play a third-place team from Group A, I, or J on July 1 in Seattle.
• Egypt finished as runner-up of the group and will play Australia on July 3 in Arlington.
• Iran finished in third and currently ranks sixth among the third-place teams.
• New Zealand cannot advance to the knockout stage.

GROUP H SCENARIOS

• Spain won the group and will play the runner-up of Group J on July 2 in Los Angeles.
• Cape Verde finished as runner-up of the group and will play Argentina on July 3 in Miami. 
• Uruguay cannot advance to the knockout stage.
• Saudi Arabia cannot advance to the knockout stage.

GROUP I SCENARIOS

• France won the group and will play Sweden on June 30 in East Rutherford.
• Norway finished as runner-up of the group and will play Ivory Coast on June 30 in Arlington.
• Senegal finished in third, and clinched a spot as a third-place team.
• Iraq cannot advance to the knockout stage.

GROUP J SCENARIOS

• Argentina won the group and will face Cape Verde on July 3 in Miami. 
• Austria will advance with a win or draw; in a draw, the runner-up will be decided by tiebreakers.
• Algeria will advance with a win or draw; in a draw, the runner-up will be decided by tiebreakers.
• Jordan cannot advance to the knockout stage.

GROUP K SCENARIOS

• Colombia has advanced.
• Colombia will win the group with a win or draw.
• Portugal will advance with a win or draw, and will win the group with a win.
• Uzbekistan can advance with a win, but it is not guaranteed.

GROUP L SCENARIOS

• England will advance with a win/draw.
• England will win the group with a win AND a Ghana draw/loss.
• Ghana will advance with a win/draw.
• Ghana will win the group with a win AND an England draw/loss.
• Panama cannot advance to the knockout stage.

SAN DIEGO — The home run that Roki Sasaki gave up to San Diego’s Ty France was more dramatic than the two walks he issued to open the inning. But it was the free passes that really hurt him.

In the Dodgers’ 7-1 loss to the Padres on Friday, Sasaki was out of the game before he could record an out in the fifth inning. He gave up only three hits but issued five walks, tying his season high, and hit a batter.

“I actually felt different than I ever felt before, mechanically,” Sasaki said through interpreter Kensuke Okubo, noting that his lower body felt a little off. “So I need to go over it and see what was really happening.”

Sasaki successfully pitched around traffic for much of his outing, other than the three-run homer to France in the second inning. But the inefficiency sent his pitch count past 80 before he exited with runners on first and second in the fifth.

“I’m not going to have it every time out, so that’s something I have to improve,” Sasaki said. “And also the game plan. I was able to execute some of the pitches, but some of the pitches I couldn’t, so that’s something I have to go through before next start.”

Earlier this month, when Sasaki held the Angels scoreless through seven two-hit innings, it seemed as if he’d had a breakthrough. But in three starts since, including a seven-run dud against the Chicago White Sox two weeks ago, he has yet to pitch through the sixth inning.

“I am a little surprised, because there was such good momentum going on,” manager Dave Roberts said. “Hopefully we can get him back to throwing the way he did in May.”

Sasaki’s command issues Friday showed up almost immediately. After striking out Padres leadoff hitter Fernando Tatis Jr., Sasaki walked Samad Taylor on 10 pitches. But Sasaki bounced back by inducing a double play.

The next inning, there would be no such escape. Sasaki walked both Manny Machado, whom he also battled for 10 pitches, and Gavin Sheets to open the frame. Then Xander Bogaerts’ sharp line drive to center field found leather.

France’s long fly ball to left field, however, found the seats.

Sasaki’s only clean inning, the third, was made possible by catcher Dalton Rushing’s successful challenge of a called ball four against Tatís, flipping a walk into a strikeout.

“I know that there’s confidence in there,” Roberts said. “But when you feel good and you don’t feel good mechanically and can’t execute pitches, then the results are walks, and 1-2 [count] homers, and things like that. But I do think that we can kind of tackle the mechanical things that he’s probably looking for right now.”

The Padres piled on in the eighth inning against reliever Jonathan Hernandez, as the sold-out crowd chanted “Beat L.A.!”

Mookie Betts hit a home run off former teammate Walker Buehler for his second homer in as many games. Betts seems to have come out of his offensive funk, entering Friday with a 1.061 on-base-plus-slugging percentage over the previous 11 games.

Buehler earned the win, delivering five strikeouts in 5⅓ innings.

“[Buehler] is reinventing himself,” Roberts said. “He’s throwing the kitchen sink at you. Cutter, slider, changeup, two-seamers. He doesn’t just try to bully you, and he’s finding ways to just get guys out. So yeah, he’s gonna still go up there and compete.”

The Dodgers went 0 for 4 with runners in scoring position and squandered a bases-loaded opportunity with one out in the sixth inning after chasing Buehler. Max Muncy popped out and Kyle Tucker, back in the lineup after exiting Monday’s game because of back spasms, flied out.

The Dodgers have built such a big lead in the division that the loss barely made a dent. The Padres, in second place, trail by eight games.