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By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Lautaro Martínez scored twice to send Inter Milan into the Italian Cup final with a 3-0 second-leg win over city rival AC Milan. Both of Martínez’s goals came in the first half in a clinical performance that also gave Inter a 3-0 aggregate victory. Robin Gosens

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks have re-signed quarterback Geno Smith as the team begins its offseason program. Smith’s one-year deal became official on the first day players were back in the building for Seattle’s offseason program. Smith started three games last season for Seattle while Russell Wilson was recovering from finger surgery. It

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Mohamed Salah scored twice to help Liverpool overwhelm Manchester United 4-0 and move to the top of the Premier League above Manchester City for 24 hours at least. United slipped to sixth place and to know why there is such a deficit in quality

DENVER (AP) — Pitcher Kyle Freeland and his hometown Colorado Rockies have agreed to a $64.5 million, five-year contract, avoiding a salary arbitration hearing that had been scheduled for late May. Freeland gets $7 million this season, $10.5 million in 2023, $15 million in 2024 and $16 million each in 2025 and 2026. Freeland is

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Freiburg has defeated former Bundesliga heavyweight Hamburger SV 3-1 away to reach the German Cup final for the first time. First-half goals from Nils Petersen, Nicolas Höfler and Vincenzo Grifo put the visitors firmly in control before the break. Hamburg’s response through Robert Glatzel was much too late. The visiting fans

LONDON (AP) — Fulham has secured an immediate return to the Premier League after a 3-0 win over Preston guaranteed a top-two finish in the League Championship. The promotion has been powered by Aleksandar Mitrovic’s 40 goals, including two against Preston, and there are still four games remaining. Marco Silva’s side looks set to go

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There’s no overwhelming favorite for NBA champion as the playoffs start, but that was by no means a problem for ABC and ESPN. The five opening-round games of the playoffs last weekend averaged 4.17 million viewers on the two networks, up 32 percent from last

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer The Dallas Mavericks are buying time to get Luka Doncic involved in their first-round series against Utah after winning Game 2 at home without their star. A Doncic return from a calf injury this week would be in one of the NBA’s toughest arenas for opposing teams. The series

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Victor Robles was batting just .045 when his RBI double provided Washington’s first hit off Arizona starter Madison Bumgarner with two outs in the fifth inning, and the Nationals beat the Diamondbacks 6-1 in the opener of a split doubleheader. The game was played before an

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Big 12 freshman of the year Tyrese Hunter of Iowa State has entered the transfer portal. Hunter announced his decision on Twitter about three weeks after he finished helping the Cyclones complete the biggest turnaround in Big 12 history. The native of Racine, Wisconsin, averaged 11 points per game and set

BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox catcher Christian Vázquez and infielder Jonathan Araúz have been added to the COVID-19 related injury list.  The team announced their additions a day after catcher Kevin Plawecki tested and two staffers tested positive for the virus.  Right-handed pitcher Tyler Danish and outfielder Rob Refsnyder were called up from Triple-A Worcester

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Terry Roberts has announced his plans to transfer from Bradley, where he was a first-team Missouri Valley Conference point guard, to Georgia. Roberts posted his transfer plans on his Twitter account, giving new Georgia coach Mike White a boost to his first-year roster. The 6-foot-3 Roberts averaged 14.5 points, 4.9 rebounds

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes aren’t getting much from their power play. They have fewer than two weeks to get it rolling again before the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Hurricanes have converted just 2 of 31 chances over 12 games. Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said the team

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Second-seeded Casper Ruud has defeated American Brandon Nakashima 6-3, 6-2 to reach the third round of the Barcelona Open. Ruud broke serve four times to comfortably get past his 81st-ranked opponent. Ruud reached his maiden Masters 1000 final in Miami in March, losing to Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz. Sixth-seeded Diego Schwartzman of

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona has announced new measures on ticket sales to keep a high number of visiting fans from attending matches at the Camp Nou Stadium. The measures come after more than 30,000 Eintracht Frankfurt supporters took over the Camp Nou in a Europa League match last week

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Captain Faf du Plessis just missed out on his maiden Indian Premier League century while Josh Hazlewood grabbed 4-25 as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Lucknow Super Giants by 18 runs. Du Plessis smashed 96 off 64 balls as Bangalore made 181-6 after being asked to bat first. Hazlewood then strangled Lucknow