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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Eun-Hee Ji won the LPGA Match-Play on Sunday for a spot next week in the U.S. Women’s Open, beating Ayaka Furue 3 and 2 at Shadow Creek. Ji, the 2009 U.S. Women’s Open winner, took the last spot at Pine Needles with her sixth LPGA Tour victory and first since 2019.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jimmy Crooks belted a three-run homer, Cade Horton and two relievers limited Texas to four hits with 16 strikeouts and third-seeded Oklahoma beat the fifth-seeded Longhorns 8-1 in the championship game of the Big 12 Tournament. With their pitchers dominating, the Sooners captured their third tournament title with an eight-run third

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference each had four teams selected as regional sites Sunday for the NCAA baseball tournament. The hosts have locked up spots in the national tournament, and the rest of the 64-team field will be unveiled Monday. Each regional will

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Jed Lowrie hit a two-out RBI single off Brett Martin in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Oakland Athletics past the mistake-prone Texas Rangers 6-5. Closer Dany Jiménez blew a save opportunity in the top of the ninth and the A’s came back and

LONDON (AP) — Australia has beaten New Zealand in a men’s rugby sevens world series final for the first time in 20 years. Henry Paterson starred for Australia in Sunday’s London Sevens final with a hat trick of tries, including the winner in golden point extra time. He also made a try-saving tackle that prevented

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays overcame two homers by Shohei Ohtani to complete a four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels with a 11-10 victory. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. doubled home the tiebreaking run in the eighth for his season-high fifth RBI. Raimel Tapia added three RBIs

By The Associated Press San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler says he might return to the field for the national anthem in recognition of Memorial Day when his team opens a three-game series at Philadelphia. Kapler has been avoiding the field during the anthem the past few days as a political protest following the school

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Dejan Joveljic scored two goals and the LA Galaxy beat Austin 4-1 on Sunday. After the victory, the Galaxy improved to 7-5-2, while Austin fell to 7-4-3.

By JOHN FINERAN Associated Press BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Steven Alker is on a roll and now has his first senior major. Alker rallied from four shots behind with a 63 to win the Senior PGA Championship. That’s his third victory this year on the PGA Tour Champions and his first major. The 50-year-old

SEATTLE (AP) — Jewell Loyd scored 22 points, Jantel Lavender had a double-double and the Seattle Storm routed New York 92-61, the seventh-straight loss for the Liberty. Breanna Stewart had 14 points, eight rebounds, six steals and five assists for Seattle, which beat the Liberty for the second time in three days despite having three

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Jake Burger atoned for a costly error with a game-ending RBI single in the 12th inning, and the banged-up Chicago White Sox topped the Chicago Cubs 5-4 in a wild finale to the season series between the crosstown rivals. Danny Mendick opened the White Sox 12th

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Trent Grisham hit a two-run walkoff home run in the 10th inning and the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 to take two of three. Grisham drove a 2-0 pitch from Chris Stratton off the right-field foul pole to bring in automatic runner

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Tyler Anderson threw six effective innings, Will Smith added a solo homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers swept a four-game series from the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 3-1 win on Sunday. Anderson continued his streak of great pitching, giving the Dodgers a rotation a much-needed lift

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Marcus Ericsson, once a Formula One backmarker, is now an IndyCar frontrunner. And an Indianapolis 500 champion. Ericsson became the second Swede to win the Indy 500 on Sunday when he held off some of the biggest names in North American auto racing in front

MIAMI (AP) — Tyler Herro has recovered enough to play for the Miami Heat in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals on Sunday night against the Boston Celtics. Herro had missed the three previous games of the series with a groin injury. He went through a series of on-court tests Sunday before the determination

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid fans celebrated a Champions League title yet again by packing the streets of the Spanish capital and the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium to welcome back their players. Several thousand fans had already spent the early hours of Sunday at the club’s traditional celebration spot, the

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota’s Sonny Gray and Kansas City’s Zack Greinke left Sunday’s game with injuries, leaving their teams to wonder how much time each will miss. Gray cruised and was backed by Gio Urshela’s three-run homer before leaving in the seventh inning because of right pectoral soreness during the

SAINT-ETIENNE, France (AP) — Angry fans invaded the field and set off flares after Saint-Etienne was relegated from France’s top tier after losing 5-4 on penalty kicks to Auxerre in the promotion-relegation playoff. The second-leg game was 1-1 after 90 minutes with no goals added in extra time. That left the aggregate score at 2-2.

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Bobby Dalbec hit a two-run homer, one of Boston’s season-high five longballs, and the Red Sox coasted to a 12-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Rafael Devers, Kiké Hernández, Franchy Cordero and Christian Arroyo each hit a solo drive for the Red Sox, who posted their ninth