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By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Right-hander Tylor Megill was placed on the 15-day injured list by the New York Mets because of biceps tendinitis. The move came four days after Megill allowed eight runs over 1 1/3 innings during a defeat at Washington. The 26-year-old pitcher will take a few

BOSTON (AP) — Celtics big man Robert Williams III will be available to play when Boston hosts Milwaukee in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference semifinals matchup. Williams has missed three straight games with soreness and a bone bruise in his surgically repaired left knee. He played the first three games of the series and

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — AC Milan’s lengthy wait for the Italian league title will last another week at least. Second-half goals from Rafael Leão and Theo Hernández saw Milan beat Atalanta 2-0 and it now only needs one point from its final match to secure its first Serie A title

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — The Washington Capitals could be in for a long summer because of injuries to key players. Center Nicklas Backstrom is evaluating options about his left hip that will never be fully healthy. Right winger Tom Wilson could be headed for surgery for what he called

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Everton missed the chance to secure its place in the Premier League for another season after having two players sent off in losing 3-2 at home to Brentford. Everton said it was helping police after Brentford’s Rico Henry and Ivan Toney said that members of their family were racially abused. The

WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) — Wolfsburg is looking for a new coach after its mediocre Bundesliga season. The Volkswagen-backed club says that it has mutually agreed with Florian Kohfeldt to part ways after his seven-month stint in charge of the team. Wolfsburg finished 12th in the 18-team division. It began the season full of optimism after

NEW YORK (AP) — Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais says “a couple players” won’t make the trip for the three-game series that starts Monday at Toronto because of the Canadian government’s vaccine mandate. Speaking before a series finale in New York, Servais did not identify which players will be unavailable. Canada requires anyone entering the

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — Luke Hughes scored with 1:57 left in overtime to complete the United States’ comeback from two goals behind to edge Austria 3-2 at the ice hockey world championship. It was the Americans’ second win in two games in Group B in Tampere, Finland. Canada followed suit by cruising 6-1 past Italy

LONDON (AP) — Sam Kerr scored her second Women’s FA Cup final goal in extra time to complete Chelsea’s domestic double with a 3-2 victory over Manchester City. The Australia forward struck from outside of the penalty area in the 99th minute in front of a record attendance of 49,094 for the competition at Wembley

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