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By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored two goals and Nikita Kucherov had a goal and three assists and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 to move to the brink of another trip to the Eastern Conference final. Corey Perry and Erik Cernak also scored, and

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — The crowds at the French Open are back to their no-mask, no-distancing, full-capacity, pre-pandemic levels after two years of COVID-19 restrictions. This year’s edition began Sunday and the spectators were back to being as much a part of the fabric of the event as the red

By WES CROSBY Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Albert Pujols hit two home runs, then caught the warmup tosses when star catcher Yadier Molina made his first pitching appearance to close out the St. Louis Cardinals’ 18-4 romp over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Molina gave up a pair of homers and four runs while working the

By The Associated Press It’s the last chance for Hertha Berlin on Monday to stave off relegation from the Bundesliga. The “Big City Club” is 1-0 down and needs to win the second leg of its playoff against host Hamburger SV to avoid demotion. But morale at Hertha is low after losing its last three

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Twelve hours before Early Voting won the Preakness, Kentucky Derby champion Rich Strike was back on the track at Churchill Downs to begin preparations for the Belmont Stakes. After impressing with a strong workout, Rich Strike remains on track for the third leg of the Triple

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City has issued an apology for what the club described as an assault on Aston Villa goalkeeper Robin Olsen during a field invasion by City fans celebrating winning the Premier League title. The incident happened as Olsen tried to leave the field at

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City has successfully defended its Premier League title by beating Aston Villa 3-2 on the final day of the season. The champions had been trailing 2-0 but three goals in five minutes completed a remarkable comeback with the winner from lkay Gündoğan. It

LONDON (AP) — Leeds survived in the Premier League for another season after Jack Harrison’s injury-time goal sealed a tense 2-1 win over nine-man Brentford. Leeds had a first-half goal by Joe Gelhardt ruled out for a narrow offside on video review but finally took the lead when Raphinha scored from the penalty spot in

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool’s bid for an unprecedented quadruple has ended in agonizing fashion despite coming from behind to beat Wolverhampton 3-1 on the final day of the Premier League. Jurgen Klopp’s team also needed Manchester City to drop points against an Aston Villa side managed by Liverpool great Steven Gerrard and the leaders

LEICESTER, England (AP) — James Maddison has scored again to help Leicester rout Southampton 4-1 in their final Premier League game of the season. Maddison struck for the fourth consecutive game and took his league tally to 12 for the season. Two more goals from Spanish midfielder Ayoze Pérez and another goal from Jamie Vardy

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — The NBA has fined the Dallas Mavericks a third time in the playoffs because of violations of rules regarding their bench. The fine has doubled each time. The latest is $100,000 after Game 2 of the Western Conference finals at Golden State. None of the fines

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Aston Villa goalkeeper Robin Olsen was attacked during a field invasion by Manchester City fans celebrating winning the Premier League title. The incident happened as Olsen tried to leave the Etihad Stadium pitch which became covered in thousands of City fans. Aston Villa manager

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — A person familiar with the deal tells AP that free agent defensive end Jadeveon Clowney has agreed to re-sign with the Cleveland Browns. Clowney, who revived his career last season with Cleveland playing opposite All-Pro end Myles Garrett, will sign a one-year, $11 million contract, according

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Punjab Kings notched a consolation five-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in its last Indian Premier League game on Sunday. Liam Livingstone smashed an unbeaten 49 off 22 balls and was dropped twice as Punjab raced to 160-5 with more than four overs to spare. Left-arm spinner Harpreet Brar picked up 3-26

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — The city of Milan is swarming with a sea of celebrating red-and-black fans after AC Milan secured its first Serie A title in 11 years. And it was the man who thrives in the big occasions who helped Milan do it. Veteran forward Olivier Giroud scored

BURNLEY, England (AP) — Burnley was relegated from the Premier League after six seasons with a 2-1 loss at home to Newcastle, which allowed rival Leeds to survive. Burnley needed only to match Leeds’ result against Brentford. Groans sounded around Burnley’s Turf Moor home when news came through in added time that Leeds had scored

BRIGHTON, England (AP) — West Ham missed the chance to snatch a dramatic return to the Europa League after squandering a lead to lose 3-1 to Brighton in the Premier League. The Hammers lost in the semifinals of the continental competition just over two weeks ago and were on course to leapfrog Manchester United into

By The Associated Press American forward Jordan Pefok has won the Swiss league scoring title with 22 goals. Pefok missed Young Boys’ season finale Sunday against Grasshoppers and didn’t play after May 7 because of an injury. Assan Ceesay, a 28-year-old Gambian forward with Zürich, finished second with 20 goals after scoring in Sunday’s final

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Manchester City has won the Premier League title again. Make that six league championships in 11 seasons in one of the most dominant periods by a club in the history of the English game. This latest title-winning campaign is notable because City has played the whole season without a

NORWICH, England (AP) — Tottenham has clinched Champions League qualification with a 5-0 win over relegated Norwich in the last round of the Premier League. Son Heung-min and Dejan Kulusevski have both scored twice and Harry Kane got the other goal. Spurs finished fourth, two points ahead of Arsenal, which defeated visiting Everton 5-1. Coach