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BLOCKHAUS, Italy (AP) — Australian cyclist Jai Hindley won the ninth stage of the Giro d’Italia atop the fearsome Blockhaus but Juan Pedro López managed to keep hold of the leader’s pink jersey after the race’s toughest leg. Hindley edged out Romain Bardet and overall favorite Richard Carapaz in a sprint to the line at

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Werder Bremen has secured promotion back to the Bundesliga along with Schalke thanks to a 2-0 win over Jahn Regensburg in Germany’s second division. Hamburger SV has come from behind to beat Hansa Rostock 3-2 away to clinch a two-leg playoff against Hertha Berlin on May

ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — English golfer Sam Horsfield has claimed his third European tour title by shooting 3-under 68 to win the Soudal Open by two strokes. His other wins came in a two-week span in August 2020. Horsfield teed off at the 18th hole with a one-stroke lead over playing partner Ryan Fox, the

WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Wolverhampton’s fading hopes of qualifying for European competition next season were snuffed out in a tepid 1-1 draw against already-relegated Norwich in the Premier League. The draw caps an unremarkable run of results for Wolves with just two points from the last six league games. Wolves remain in eighth place in

WATFORD, England (AP) — Jamie Vardy and Harvey Barnes each scored twice as Roy Hodgson’s final home match in charge of already-relegated Watford ended in an embarrassing 5-1 Premier League loss to Leicester. Joao Pedro’s deflected effort gave the Hornets an early lead in front of incoming head coach Rob Edwards. But familiar defensive issues

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — Novak Djokovic raised his first trophy of the year at the Italian Open and showed that he’s back in top form exactly a week before the French Open starts. The top-ranked Djokovic beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-0, 7-6 (5) for his sixth Rome title after missing a

LEEDS, England (AP) — Leeds climbed out of the Premier League’s relegation zone in dramatic style after Pascal Struijk’s stoppage-time equalizer secured a 1-1 draw against Brighton. Struijk headed home at the far post in the second minute of added-on time to lift Leeds a point clear of Burnley after Danny Welbeck had given Albion

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Substitute Jeffrey Schlupp scored an 81st-minute equalizer as Crystal Palace secured a 1-1 draw at Aston Villa in a match between two midtable teams in the Premier League. Three minutes after coming on, Schlupp finished from close range to cancel out Ollie Watkins’ 69th-minute opener for Villa. A late Villa push

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — No. 2-ranked tennis player Daniil Medvedev says watching the recent news from Ukraine has been “very upsetting.” The Russian player has been banned from Wimbledon next month because of his country’s war in Ukraine. The U.S. Open champion spoke at the Geneva Open where he’s returning

LONDON (AP) — Manchester City recovered from two goals down at West Ham to draw 2-2 and move four points clear of Liverpool at the top of the Premier League. If Liverpool loses at Southampton on Tuesday, City will be champions again before the final day of the season. Or a victory for City over

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Prospects on the Class A Dunedin Blue Jays struck out 24 batters in a 1-0 win over the New York Yankees’ Tampa Tarpons in the Florida State League, pitching a combined two-hitter. That’s the most strikeouts in a nine-inning minor league game since at least 2005. Nick Frasso, a 24-year-old right-hander,

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer A dramatic penalty save might have kept the Premier League title race alive. Riyad Mahrez stepped up to take an 86th-minute spot kick for Manchester City knowing that converting it would virtually secure another league championship for his team. It was saved by West Ham’s Lukasz Fabianski and City

CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — The start of the final round of the Cognizant Founders Cup has been delayed by an hour by fog. Playing off both the front and back nines, the first groups at the $3 million LPGA Tour event at the Upper Montclair Country Club in New Jersey teed off at 8:22 a.m.

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — Iga Swiatek is going into the French Open on quite a run. The top-ranked Swiatek beat Ons Jabeur 6-2, 6-2 to defend her Italian Open title and extend her winning streak to 28 matches. Swiatek was a surprise champion at the French Open in 2020 when