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Inter crush Udinese Milan, Juve take Avalanche sweep Blues from playoffs fi nal 2 CL places MILAN, May 24, (AP): Seven-time Caps eliminated European champion AC Milan is back in the Champions League after an eight-year break. And Juventus also ST LOUIS, May 24, (AP): narrowly qualifi ed on the fi nal night of Philipp Grubauer made . 18 saves and Gabriel Two penalties from Franck Kessie helped Milan to a 2-0 win at Atalanta, Landeskog scored the go- which had already claimed a top-four ahead in the second spot along with Serie A champion In- period as the Colorado Av- ter Milan. “We showed that we deserved sec- alanche completed a four- ond place,” Milan coach Stefano Pioli game sweep of the St Louis said. “We were near the top all sea- Blues with a 5-2 win in the son.” Juventus won 4-1 at Bologna with West Division series. two goals from Alvaro Morata plus Brandon Saad, Mikko Rantanen, scores from Federico Chiesa and Nathan MacKinnon and Valeri Adrien Rabiot. Nichushkin also scored for Colo- Still, Juventus needed help and got rado, which recorded its fi rst series it when Hellas Verona held Napoli to a sweep since beating Vancouver 1-1 draw, leaving Napoli in fi fth place. in the 2001 Western Conference Amir Rrahmani had put Napoli quarter-fi nal round. ahead on the hour mark but Davide The Avalanche outscored the Blues Faraoni quickly equalized for Verona. 20-7 and trailed for only 7:12 over the When Juventus’ game fi nished a four games. Grubauer stopped 103 of few moments earlier, Bianconeri play- 110 shots over the four games. ers watched the fi nal moments of the Napoli-Verona match on the touchline Bruins 3, Capitals 1 before they could celebrate. In Washington, Patrice Bergeron Inter won the title eventually by scored twice, David Pastrnak added a 12 points ahead of Milan, with Atal- highlight-reel goal and Tuukka Rask anta and Juventus both a further made 40 saves as Boston eliminated adrift. Washington in fi ve games in the fi rst- round playoff series. Bergeron delivered the dagger with SOCCER 7:35 left to set up a second-round showdown against either the Pitts- burgh Penguins or New York Island- But Juventus could face sanctions ers. from UEFA including a potential ban The only shot that beat Rask was from the Champions League for failing Conor Sheary hammering home his to renounce its role in the the breaka- own rebound 11 seconds into the third way Super League that collapsed with- period. That ended an even-strength in 48 hours of its launch last month. goal drought of 147:44, but wasn’t Juventus ends with a title still after Inter Milan players celebrate with the trophy after clinching the Serie A title, at the end of the Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Udinese, at the stadium in Milan, Italy, on May 23. (AP) enough to rally the Capitals, who out- beating Atalanta in the Italian Cup fi - shot the Bruins 41-19. nal. Predators 4, Hurricanes 3, 2 OT “It was important to fi nish the job well by winning the Italian Cup and In Nashville, Tenn, Luke Kunin bringing the squad into the Champions Young earns wire-to-wire victory at AdventHealth Championship scored his second goal at 16:10 of the League,” Juventus coach second overtime and Nashville beat said. Carolina to tie the fi rst-round series Still, Pirlo’s status remains a ques- 2-2. tion mark after Juve’s run of nine Shu creates big swing in fi rst career LPGA win straight Serie A titles was ended. “I’ve always given 100% for the WILLIAMSBURG, Va, May 24, (AP): Wei-Ling squad and this is the fi nal result,” Pirlo Shu eagled the par-5 15th hole, creating a four- said. “Then I’ll leave the fl oor to who- shot swing that gave her a two-shot lead, and won Suns hold off Aces ever will decide.” Kunin broke his stick and went to Milan set a new league record with the LPGA Tour’s Pure Silk Championship for her the bench for another. He then skated its 16th away win of the season. It also fi rst career victory. up and beat Alex Nedeljkovic from the matched the top mark in Europe’s top- She closed with a 3-under 68 to fi nish at 13-un- Liberty ‘overcome’ 22 inside edge of the left circle off a pass fi ve leagues after Real Madrid in 2011- der 271, two shots clear of playing partner Mori- from Mikael Granlund. 12 and Manchester City in 2017-18 ya Jutanugarn. Goalie Juuse Saros made a fran- also each won 16 on the road. Jutanugarn had a 70. Jessica Korda was third at turnovers to beat Sky chise-record 58 saves. Ryan Johansen Roma came back from two goals 10 under after a 70. and Nick Cousins scored, and Mattias down against Spezia for a 2-2 draw Shu’s eagle, aided by a fortuitous bounce that CHICAGO, May 24, (AP): Betnijah Laney scored Ekholm and Mikael Granlund each to take seventh place and a spot in the left her with a very makeable putt, came as Ju- 20 points, Sabrina Ionescu had 19 points and 12 had two assists for Nashville. new Europa Conference League for in- tanugarn, who started the hole with a two-shot assists and the New York Liberty overcame 22 Jets 5, Oilers 4, OT turnovers to beat the Chicago Sky 93-85. coming coach Jose Mourinho. lead, drove into a bunker, needed two shots to get In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Nikolaj Stephan El Shaarawy and Henrikh Ionescu was 7 of 13 from the fi eld and hit fi ve out, hit her approach to the edge of the green and of New York’s franchise record-tying 14 3-point- Ehlers scored his second goal of the Mkhitaryan equalized for Roma after three-putted for a double bogey. game at 9:13 in overtime, completing Daniele Verde and Tommaso Pobega ers. Rebecca Allen scored 13 points, Natasha And it all happened on the easiest hole on the Howard had 12, Sami Whitcomb added 11 and a massive rally for Winnipeg, which had put Spezia ahead. course, again showing it can also be the decisive Michaela Onyenwere 10 for the Liberty (4-1). erased a three-goal defi cit in the third Sassuolo, which fi nished eighth, one. Allen and Jazmine Jones hit back-to-back 3s period to beat Edmonton and take a 3-0 beat Lazio 2-0 with goals from Gior- to close the third quarter with a four-point lead lead in the opening-round playoff se- gos Kyriakopoulos and Domenico The victory for the 26-year-old from Taiwan, in her 147th career start, was all but assured with and the Sky (1-2) trailed the rest of the way. ries. Mathieu Perreault, Blake Wheeler Berardi despite fi nishing with 10 men Diamond DeShields led Chicago with 22 and Josh Morrissey scored for Winni- after Kyriakopoulos picked up his sec- another birdie on the par-4 16th that stretched her lead to three. And it came on a sweltering day points. peg in a stretch of 3:03 of the third to ond yellow. tie it and force overtime. The Jets can Lazio was already assured of fi nish- on the Kingsmill Resort’s James River Course Suns 72, Aces 65 In Las Vegas, DeWanna Bonner scored 22 sweep the series Monday night with ing sixth and will go into the Europa Wei-Ling Hsu, of Taiwan, holds the winners tro- Game 4 in Edmonton. League with Napoli. points, hitting a 3-pointer in the fi nal minute, and phy as she celebrates winning the LPGA Tour’s Connecticut beat Las Vegas to improve to 5-0. Leon Draisaitl had two goals and Also, Torino and already-relegated GOLF Pure Silk Championship golf tournament in Wil- an assist for Edmonton, Zack Kas- Benevento drew 1-1. liamsburg, Va, on May 23. (AP) sian and Jujhar Khaira also scored, Inter got its title party started by BASKETBALL and Connor McDavid had three as- crushing Udinese 5-1 in the fi nal with parched fairways and greens that were fast as it dropped into the cup. sists in the game played in front of round. and fi rm for all four rounds – unusual for May Korda also birdied the 17th, leaving Shu with a no fans at Bell MTS Place, where the Inter had clinched the title earlier in in Virginia. two-shot lead heading the par-4 18th, but Korda The Sun matched their best start since 2018 Oilers went 4-1 in the regular season. the month but there was an award cer- For much of the day, the battle for the lead was and stayed alone atop the WNBA standings. Bri- emony on the fi eld after its fi nal match, bogeyed the 18th, leaving Jutaugarn alone in sec- like a juggling act. ond and Korda third. onna Jones and Jonquel Jones added 19 points with captain Samir Handanović lifting Jessica Korda pulled into a three-way tie for the each. Riquna Wilson had 14 points for Las Ve- the trophy to huge cheers from inside Kemp was fourth at 9 under after a 70. gas (2-2). lead with third-round co-leaders Shu and Jutanu- The tournament, once among the most pop- and outside the stadium. Fever 89, Mystics 77 There were 1,000 invited guests garn with a birdie at the par-4 sixth while Juta- ular on the tour, failed to attract several of the allowed into San Siro as friends and nugarn bogeyed and Hsu made par. Korda went game’s top players, perhaps because its purse In Indianapolis, Kelsey Mitchell scored 18 family and 4,500 fans outside in an ahead two holes later with a par when her two points and Indiana beat Washington for its fi rst of $1.3 million is third-lowest on the tour. victory of the season. allocated area. Hundreds of them had playing partners bogeyed. In Kansas City, Mo., Cameron Young com- started gathering hours before the team That sequence started a near-constant shifting Teaira McCowan had 17 points and 10 re- pleted a wire-to-wire victory in the Adven- bounds, Jessica Breland added 17 points, 10 arrived, carrying fl ags and setting off of the lead, with Jutanugarn and Hsu getting back tHealth Championship for his first Korn Ferry fl ares while chanting songs to cel- rebounds and fi ve assists for Indiana (1-4) to a share of the lead after the 10th hole, and Sa- Tour title. Tina Charles scored 31 points for Washington ebrate Inter’s fi rst Serie A title in 11 rah Kemp making it a four-way tie with a birdie (1-3). years. on the par-4-12th in the group just ahead of the The first wire-to-wire winner on the tour After the celebrations on the fi eld, fi nal threesome. since 2018, Young closed with an 4-under 68 the players went to one of San Siro’s Hsu regained the top spot at No. 12 with a bird- for a two-stroke victory over Dawie van der Longwood, Florida. Emrey jumped to No. 5 on iconic towers to continue the party ie while Korda fell two back, and then Jutanugarn Walt at Blue Hills Country Club. The 24-year- the money list. ... ’s Felix Mory won the with the fans below. enjoyed the same two-shot swing with a birdie at old former Wake Forest player finished at Dormy Open at Osterakers in Sweden for his fi rst Fans have been banned from match- the par-3 13th while Hsu two-putted for bogey af- 19-under 269. Challenge Tour title. es in Italy for the majority of the past Van der Walt also shot a 68. Zach Wright was He beat Sweden’s Bjorn Hellgren with a birdie St Louis Blues’ Marco Scandella (6) year because of the coronavirus pan- ter missing the green. Jutanugarn’s lead doubled with her third birdie third at 16 under after a 64. on the second hole of a playoff. Felix closed with and ’s Mikko demic, apart from a brief period short- Other Tours: Allison Emrey won the IOA Golf Rantanen (96) chase after a loose ly after the start of the season when up in four holes on the par-4 14th, setting up the re- a 2-over 74 to match Hellgren (72) at 15-under puck along the boards during the to 1,000 spectators were allowed into markable fi nal lead-swap at 15. Classic for her fi rst Symetra Tour title, beating 274. ... Mone Inami won the Japan LPGA’s rain- third period in Game 4 of an NHL stadiums. Jutanugarn did sink a long birdie putt on the Amanda Doherty with a birdie on the fi rst hole shortened Chukyo TV Bridgestone Ladies Open. hockey Stanley Cup fi rst-round Ashley Young and Christian Erik- par-3 17th, applying some pressure to Hsu, but of a playoff. Emery closed with a 6-under 65 to She shot 61-68 to fi nish at 15 under, six strokes playoff series, on May 23, in St sen set Inter on the way to victory with she rolled in a putt for par, pumping her right fi st match Doherty (68) at 10-under 203 at Alaqua in ahead of Momoko Osato. Louis. (AP) fi rst-half goals. Larson and Logano roundout the top three Elliott wins NASCAR Cup debut in Austin AUSTIN, Texas, May 24, (AP): Chase Elliott managed the slipping and slid- ing, the standing water and the poor Cobolli wins ATP debut match visibility that made it hard for drivers to see just a few feet in front of them. , Italy, May 24, (AP): Ital- ranked No. 8 as a junior and won And when NASCAR’s debut at the ian wild card Flavio Cobolli saved last year’s French Open boys’ Circuit of the Americas ended early three match points in his ATP Tour doubles title with this week’s Ge- debut before completing a 3-6, 7-6 neva Open quarterfi nalist Dominic because of poor racing conditions in (6), 7-6 (4) win over Marcos Giron Stricker. the rain, Elliott had earned not just in the fi rst round of the Emilia-Ro- Giron is ranked 82nd. his fi rst victory of the season, but also magna Open. Also advancing on the red clay historic ones for Hendrick Motorsports The 19-year-old Cobolli is the courts in Parma was sixth-seeded and Chevrolet. youngest Italian in the top 500 of Tommy Paul, who beat Stefano the rankings at No. 446. He was Travaglia 7-5, 6-4.

CAR RACING less drought, and for putting the driv- Elliott earned his sixth career road Chase Elliott, left, poses with the ers through a soggy and occasionally course victory, and has won fi ve of the trophy in Victory Lane after winning muddy mess before it was ended under last six road races in the Cup Series. Elliott’s Texas Grand Prix victory a NASCAR Cup Series auto race the second red fl ag of the afternoon as He has 12 Cup wins overall. after 54 of the expected 68 laps was at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, the rain only got worse. The race call was a disappointing win No. 800 for Chevrolet and No. 268 Texas, on May 23. (AP) Elliott’s teammate, Kyle Larson, fi nish to the series’ fi rst run at a track for Hendrick Motorsports, which tied and Team Penske’s Joey Logano built for Formula One, and organiz- Petty Enterprises for most victories. thing but Çhevrolet.” rounded out the top three. ers will have to decide if they want to “I never thought we’d win this When pressed on what wins stand “It’s not the ideal way to win, but make the Austin track a regular stop. many races,” said team owner Rick out over the years, Hendrick said, “It we’ll take it,” said Elliott, who said The rain started on the opening lap. Hendrick, whose team had also earned takes every one of those wins to get to he also had several close calls in the The trickiest section to drive was the win Nos. 400, 500, 600 and 700 for the number we got to now. There’s just tricky conditions. “If they say race, long, high-speed straight as the drivers Atalanta’s Cristian Romero (right), and AC Milan’s Simon Kjaer vie for the Chevrolet. He called it “an honor” to so many. All of them are special.” we’re going to go. If they make the risked hydroplaning or not being able ball during the Serie A soccer match between Atalanta and AC Milan, at the tie Petty. “I’m so proud for Chevrolet,” Race will be notable for ending de- call to say its not doable, or not smart, to see through the spray kicked up by Gewiss stadium in Bergamo, Italy, on May 23. (AP) Hendrick said. “I’ve never raced any- fending Cup champion Elliott’s win- that’s what we’ll do.” the cars around them.