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By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Patrik Schick has scored twice to shoot Bayer Leverkusen into the Champions League with a 4-2 win at Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga. Union Berlin has stunned Freiburg 4-1 to dampen its Champions League hopes. Sixth-placed Union has a two-point lead over Cologne in their tussle for

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — There were minor clashes between riot police and ultras from soccer club Nice outside a main Paris train station ahead of the French Cup final on Saturday. Around 450-500 Nice ultras, some wearing balaclavas, were grouped outside Gare de Lyon. The group then started quickly roaming

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A storming time trial from Simon Yates saw the British rider win the second stage of the Giro d’Italia. Mathieu van der Poel keeps hold of the pink jersey. Yates is one of the title favorites. He beat Van der Poel by three seconds on the nine-kilometer individual time trial through

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Napoli has won at Torino 1-0 despite missing a penalty and consolidated third place in Serie A. Fabián Ruiz scored in the second half after Lorenzo Insigne had another spot kick saved. Napoli moved four points above fourth-placed Juventus after the Bianconeri lost at Genoa 2-1

MADRID (AP) — Atlético Madrid says that it won’t provide an honor guard for league champions Real Madrid before Sunday’s derby at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium. The honor guard is a soccer custom in some countries whereby one team’s players line up to applaud their opponents as they enter the field before kickoff to congratulate

LONDON (AP) — Kell Brook is retiring from boxing. The 36-year-old Briton was world welterweight champion from 2014-17. His last fight was the win over longtime rival Amir Khan in a grudge match in February. Brook says in an interview with British newspaper The Sunday Telegraph: “It’s over for me. I’ll never box again.” The

LONDON (AP) — Huddersfield, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United and Luton will compete for one promotion place to the Premier League via the playoffs in the second-tier Championship. A low-key final day of the regular season in the Championship ended with Sheffield United and Luton taking the last two playoff spots thanks to wins over Fulham

NEW YORK (AP) — The series opener between the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees has been postponed for a second straight day because of a forecast for sustained rain in the area. The postponement was announced nearly four hours before game time. The Rangers and Yankees will make up Saturday’s game on Monday at

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Dimitri Payet will miss the remaining three games of the French league season for Champions League-chasing Marseille after tearing a calf muscle. The 35-year-old playmaker limped off during the first half of the Europa Conference League semifinal return leg against Dutch side Feyenoord on Thursday. It is a blow for Marseille,

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal isn’t losing any sleep after losing to Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals at the Madrid Open. His focus hasn’t changed. It’s still all about getting ready for the French Open in a few weeks. He says he know the path to “arrive (in Paris)

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Chelsea is being sold to a consortium fronted by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly. It will end the 19 years of ownership and lavish investment by Roman Abramovich. The Russian oligarch was sanctioned and forced to offload the English Premier League club over the

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Chelsea is being sold to a consortium fronted by American sports investor Todd Boehly. It will end the 19 years of ownership and lavish investment by Roman Abramovich until the Russian oligarch was sanctioned and forced to offload the Premier League club. The sale price

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Cowboy hat firmly in place, D. Wayne Lukas hustled from the winner’s circle to meet with the media. Along the way, he steadied himself with a cane, one of the Hall of Fame trainer’s few concessions to age. At 86, Lukas had just earned his

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer Ah, the traditions of Kentucky Derby day. Mint juleps. Ornate hats. The garland of roses that will be draped across the winner. Those have all been part of the show at Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May for decades. A new tradition of sorts has popped up:

By The Associated Press A day after six major league games were rained out, the weather could still cause scheduling problems in some places this weekend. The Royals-Orioles game in Baltimore and Rangers-Yankees in New York were called off Friday and set to be made up Sunday as part of doubleheaders. But rain is the

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — IOC president Thomas Bach has visited Brisbane for the first time since the Queensland state capital was awarded the 2032 Olympics. Bach flew into Australia last weekend to attend a testimonial dinner for outgoing Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates and spent this past week visiting several Pacific island countries. Bach

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Chelsea is being sold to a consortium fronted by American sports investor Todd Boehly. It ends 19 years of ownership and lavish investment by Roman Abramovich until the Russian oligarch was sanctioned and forced to offload the Premier League club. The deal is worth 4.25

By CHRIS TALBOTT Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Pinch-hitter Manuel Margot launched a go-ahead, three-run homer in the ninth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied to beat the scuffling Seattle Mariners 8-7 for their seventh straight road win. Mariners pinch-hitter Jarred Kelenic put Seattle up 6-5 in the eighth with a two-run homer. But

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dylan Carlson hit an RBI single in the ninth inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 3-2 win over the San Francisco Giants. Designated hitter Juan Yepez doubled with one out off Camilo Doval (0-1) in the ninth. Carlson’s timely hit scored pinch runner Brendan Donovan. Ryan Helsley (1-0) pitched