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Brooke M. Henderson hits from the fi rst fairway during the fi nal round of the LPGA’s Hugel-Air Premia LA Open golf tournament at Wilshire Country Club in Los Angeles. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Korda fi nishes second Henderson wins LA Open for 10th LPGA Tour title LOS ANGELES, April 25, (AP): that chip-in. You know, those breaks today.” Korda birdied the last for a 72, miss- birdies,” Korda said. “I had a great lit- Brooke Henderson rallied to win the can be really small or they can be re- She bogeyed the par-4 17th to cut ing a chance for her second victory of tle 8-iron into the par-5 15th and takes HUGEL Air Premia LA Open on Sat- ally big.” her lead to two. On the par-3 18th with the year after leading after each of the the biggest bounce I’ve ever seen and urday for her 10th LPGA Tour title, The 23-year-old Canadian birdied Korda in position for a short birdie fi rst three rounds. She won the season- goes over the green.” chipping in for birdie on the par-3 12th the par-4 11th to take the lead at 15 un- putt, Henderson chipped inside 2 feet opening Diamond Resorts Tournament While Henderson made her move in an early back-nine burst and getting der, hitting a 144-yard shot to 3 feet of for par after her 8-iron shot rolled off of Champions in January for her sixth early on the back nine, Ko bogeyed up-and-down for par on the last. the back, right pin. She holed out from the edge of the green and into a low LPGA Tour title. the 11th and 12th in a 72 that left her Four strokes behind leader Jessica collection area. “Really frustrating, really couldn’t tied with Australia’s Hannah Green at Korda and three back of top-ranked Jin “Defi nitely very clutch,” Henderson get anything going,” Korda said. “I 14 under. The South Korean star was Young Ko entering the sunny, breezy GOLF said. “That is not where I wanted that was hitting it really good and then just coming off a two-week break after day at Wilshire Country Club, Hen- tee shot to be, so to be able to get up- it wasn’t happening for me for some fi nishing seventh in the ANA Inspira- derson closed with her second straight 70 feet from right and below the green and-down there for the win was really reason. Just kept getting screwed and tion. 4-under 67 for a one-stroke victory on 12, and made a 6-foot birdie putt on cool, especially just after Jessica made the wind kept dropping and then com- “Was tough,” Ko said. “Wind was over Korda. the short par-4 14th. such a great shot and put a lot of pres- ing back up. .. it just wasn’t happening. diffi cult out there. ... I couldn’t focus “I defi nitely am a fi rm believer when “Just tried to make solid contact and sure on me to make par.” I don’t know.” on my game.” you’re in the winner’s circle you’re landed on my spot, and to have it go in The sixth-ranked Henderson won for She parred the fi rst six and bogeyed Green eagled the 14th and birdied getting a lot of breaks and it’s sort of was defi nitely a big bonus,” Henderson the fi rst time since the Meijer LPGA Nos. 7 and 9, made her fi rst birdie of the par-5 15th in a 66. Denver Nuggets’ Austin Rivers (25) meant to be,” Henderson said. “I was said about the 12th. “It was going pret- Classic in June 2019. She fi nished at the day on the par-5 13th, then gave the Major champions So Yeon Ryu (68) shoots against Houston Rockets for- making a lot of birdies, and I think ty hard. So it was a huge momentum 16-under 268 to break the event record stroke back on 14. and Angela Stanford (70) tied for fi fth ward DaQuan Jeffries (55) during the probably the biggest break was 12, change and a huge point in my round of 14 under set by Minjee Lee in 2019. “I tried. I tried to force a couple at 12 under. first half of an NBA basketball game in Denver. (AP) Knicks move into 4th in East Mavs sweep two-game home set against Lakers

NEW YORK, April 25, (AP): Julius Randle had 31 points and 10 rebounds, RJ Barrett Bayern suffer added 25 points and 12 re- bounds and New York Knicks shock defeat beat the Toronto Raptors BERLIN, April 25, (AP): Bay- 120-103 on Saturday for their ern Munich missed the chance to clinch the Bundesliga title when ninth straight victory. they lost at relegation-threatened Derrick Rose scored 19 points to Mainz 2-1 . help the Knicks move into fourth First-half goals from Jonathan place in the Eastern Conference Burkardt and Robin Quaison put with 11 games remaining. They Bayern’s title celebrations on hold are on their longest winning streak and lifted Mainz five points clear since a 13-game run late in the of the relegation zone after a re- markable turnaround in the second 2012-13 season, when they won half of the the Atlantic Division title in what season. was their last playoff appearance. Robert Le- Fred VanVleet and OG Anunoby wandowski each scored 27 points for the Raptors, returned who were trying for a season-high fi fth from a month straight victory. out with a Mavericks 108, Lakers 91 knee injury In Dallas, Luka Doncic had 18 points to score for and 13 assists and Dallas overcame a Bayern in the 17-point defi cit to beat Los Angeles fourth minute in Lakers star Anthony Davis’ second of injury time game back from a long injury absence. and take his Burkardt Dwight Powell scored 12 of his sea- season tally son-high 25 points in the fourth quarter. to 36, but it was too late for the The Mavericks swept a two-game eight-time defending champions. home set against the defending NBA Mainz forward Burkardt champs and moved a game ahead of opened the scoring in the third Portland the all-important sixth seed minute when Bayern captain Man- in the Western Conference. The No. 7 Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns (left), and Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) battle for a rebound in the fi rst half during an NBA uel Neuer was deceived by his cen- team has to make the playoffs through a trally placed shot. play-in format. basketball game in Salt Lake City. (AP) Quaison headed Mainz’s second goal in the 37th when he beat Mül- BASKETBALL ler and David Alaba to meet Phil- NBA Results/Standings Brighton lose at Sheffi eld United, still not safe lipp Mwene’s free kick. The Lakers, still without fellow star LeBron James and also missing Ken- WASHINGTON, April 25, (AP): NBA SOCCER tavious Caldwell-Pope, are 1 1/2 games results and standings on Saturday. Chelsea big winners in top 4 race ahead of the Mavericks for fi fth place. New York 120 Toronto 103 Bayern coach Hansi Flick re- Davis was sluggish again coming off Milwaukee 132 Philadelphia 94 acted with three changes at the Indiana 115 Detroit 109 LONDON, April 25, (AP): Timo Werner ended his his call. 30 games missed because of right calf Miami 106 Chicago 101 break, Eric Maxim Choupo-Mot- and heel issues, fi nishing 5 of 19 from San Antonio 110 New Orleans 108 two-month scoring drought with the winning goal as Chelsea, which were tied for points with West Ham ing and Jamal Musiala replacing the fi eld. The eight-time All-Star’s best Dallas 108 LA Lakers 93 Chelsea beat West Ham 1-0 in the English Premier before kickoff, strengthened its place in fourth – the the ineffective Leroy Sané and stretch came late in the second quarter, Minnesota 101 Utah 96 Denver 129 Houston 116 League and pulled three points clear of their London final Champions League qualification position in the Kingsley Coman, and Tanguy when he scored 10 of his 17 points. Eastern Conference rivals in the race for Champions League qualifi cation . league. Both sides had been boosted earlier Saturday Nianzou going on for Leon Gore- Bucks 132, 76ers 94 Atlantic Division The Germany striker stroked in a close-range finish by Liverpool, a rivals for the top four, conceding in tzka, who was in danger of a sec- In Milwaukee, Giannis Antetok- W L Pct GB from Ben Chilwell’s low cross in the 43rd minute for stoppage time to draw at home with Newcastle 1-1. ond booking. ounmpo scored 24 points and moved Brooklyn 40 20 .667 - Bayern came back from 2-0 into second place on Milwaukee’s career Philadelphia 39 21 .650 1 his first goal in 12 appearances in all competitions in Liverpool dropped four points behind Chelsea with New York 34 27 .557 6-1/2 an underwhelming first season at Chelsea. It was only five games remaining. down to win the reverse fixture scoring list in a romp over Philadelphia. Boston 32 28 .533 8 5-2 in Munich on Jan. 3, but Mainz Antetokounmpo also had 14 re- Toronto 25 35 .417 15 his second league goal since Nov. 7. Brighton remained under threat of relegation after are a different prospect since Bo Southeast Division losing at already-demoted Sheffield United 1-0 . bounds and seven assists. He passed W L Pct GB Svensson took over as coach the Glenn Robinson on the career list with Atlanta 33 27 .550 - SOCCER David McGoldrick scored in the 19th minute at an following day. Mainz are unbeaten 12,023. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the Miami 32 29 .525 1-1/2 empty Bramall Lane, capitalizing on a poor clearance in seven games with five wins in leader with 14,211. Charlotte 29 30 .492 3-1/2 from Brighton defender Joel Veltman to slot a low that run. Washington 26 33 .441 6-1/2 The Bucks beat the 76ers for the sec- Orlando 18 41 .305 14-1/2 Werner missed an equally good chance early in the finish down the middle on the turn from about 12 me- Erling Haaland scored twice for ond time in three days to hand Phila- Central Division second half, in front of a virtually empty net to the ters out. Borussia Dortmund to beat third- delphia its fourth straight loss. Playing W L Pct GB amazement of Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel on It was Sheffield’s first win under caretaker man- placed Wolfsburg 2-0 and boost without All-Stars Joel Embiid and Ben Milwaukee 37 22 .627 - their chances of Champions league Simmons, the 76ers matched their low- Indiana 28 31 .475 9 the touchline, but it didn’t prove costly at the Olym- ager Paul Heckingbottom. He’d lost all four of the Chicago 25 35 .417 12-1/2 pic Stadium. team’s league games since replacing Chris Wilder as qualification. est point total and suffered their most- Cleveland 21 38 .356 16 Dortmund’s prospects increased lopsided loss of the season. Detroit 18 43 .295 20 West Ham’s chances of a comeback all but disap- well as an FA Cup quarterfinal at Chelsea. when fourth-place Eintracht Pacers 115, Pistons 109 Western Conference peared when Fabián Balbuena was red-carded in the Brighton stayed seven points clear of third-to-last Southwest Division Frankfurt lost at Bayer Leverkusen In Indianapolis, Malcolm Brogdon W L Pct GB 81st for following through on a clearance by raking Fulham with five games remaining, which include 3-1, leaving Dortmund just a point scored 26 points, Caris LeVert had 25 Dallas 33 26 .559 - his studs down the calf of Chilwell, in an incident matches against West Ham, Manchester City, and off the qualification places with and Indiana had a late 12-0 run to beat Memphis 30 28 .517 2-1/2 that saw the referee use the pitchside monitor to make Arsenal. three games to go. Detroit. San Antonio 30 29 .508 3 New Orleans 26 34 .433 7-1/2 With the Pacers down 101-97 with Houston 15 46 .246 19 4:41 remaining, LeVert made a layup Northwest Division to start the run. Brogdon hit a 3-pointer W L Pct GB and added a layup, with the latter mak- Utah 44 16 .733 - Real Madrid slip in title race Denver 39 21 .650 5 ing it 109-101 with 2:42 remaining. Portland 32 27 .542 11-1/2 BARCELONA, Spain, April 25, (AP): tico and Barcelona) will win all their Edmond Sumner added 22 points for Oklahoma City 20 40 .333 24 Minnesota 17 44 .279 27-1/2 Another stumble by Real have cleared matches.” The slip came three days be- the Pacers. They swept the season se- the path for Atlético Madrid and Bar- fore Madrid host Chelsea in their fi rst ries from the Pistons for the fi rst time Pacifi c Division since 2016-17 and have won 10 of 12 at W L Pct GB celona to dethrone the sitting Spanish of two games to decide which advance Phoenix 42 17 .712 - league champion. to a spot in the European fi nal. home against Detroit. LA Clippers 43 19 .694 -1/2 Spurs 110, Pelicans 108 LA Lakers 35 25 .583 7-1/2 Zinedine Zidane’s side produced Zidane, however, said he was con- Golden State 30 30 .500 12-1/2 a toothless attacking performance in fi dent the poor result won’t impact the In New Orleans, DeMar DeRozan Sacramento 24 35 .407 18 scored 11 of his team-high 32 points in drawing at home with Real Betis 0-0 semifi nal against Chelsea. the fi nal 7:40 and made all 12 of his free , their second scoreless stalemate in “One match has nothing to do with throws in San Antonio’s victory over Kendrick Nunn had 22 and Miami held three rounds. the other,” Zidane said. “We are go- New Orleans. off a big Chicago rally. Even though coach and players de- ing to prepare for the semifinal on With the Spurs clinging to a 104-103 Bam Adebayo had 20 points and 10 nied they were caught looking ahead Tuesday, which will be much more lead with 2:04 left, DeRozan scored the assists for the Heat, and Jimmy Butler to their Champions League semifi nal complicated than our game today.” next four points, and the Pelicans could added 20 points. Miami trailed but saw with Chelsea, Madrid mustered up one The closest the hosts came to scoring not respond. what was a 24-point lead cut to two in of their most lackluster performances under steady rain at theirAlfredo Di The Pelicans damaged their chances the fi nal moments. of the season just when the title is on Stéfano Stadium was Rodrygo’s er- by committing 19 turnovers and going Coby White scored 31 points for the line. rant cross hitting the crossbar in the 17 of 32 from the foul line. San Antonio Chicago, and Nikola Vucevic had 26 “We tried, but we were lacking 55th minute. made 27 of 32 free throws. points and 14. The Bulls outscored Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante (centre), and West Ham’s Jesse Lingard chal- something in attack, like other times Ten minutes later, Madrid needed Heat 106, Bulls 101 the Heat 60-45 in the second half, but lenge for the ball during the English Premier League soccer match this season,” Zidane said. “But no mat- defender Éder Militão to disrupt Borja In Miami, Duncan Robinson made wound up losing for the seventh time in between West Ham United and Chelsea at London Stadium, London, ter what happens, we will keep fi ght- Iglesias’ shot after Diego Lainez set seven 3-pointers and scored 23 points, their last 10 games. England. (AP) ing until the end. I don’t think (Atlé- him up on the break.

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