CYCLING
Porte retains lead
France’s Sylvain Chavanel, of the Omega Pharma team, won the sixth and penultimate stage of the Paris-Nice race on Saturday, while Australia’s Richie Porte, of Team Sky, held on to the overall lead. Chavanel pipped Belgium’s Philippe Gilbert and Jose Joaquin Rojas of Spain in a sprint finish on Nice’s famous Promenade des Anglais. Porte retains a 32 second lead from the US’ Andrew Talansky in the overall standings, with Chavanel third at 42 seconds, level with Lieuwe Westra of the Netherlands.
CYCLING
Froome wins uphill stage
Tour de France runner-up Chris Froome made an early season statement with a victory in the difficult uphill finish of stage four of the weeklong Tirreno-Adriatico race on Saturday. After his Sky teammates led him up most of the climb, Froome attacked in the final kilometer and finished six seconds ahead of Mauro Santambrogio of Italy, with defending champion Vincenzo Nibali of Italy crossing third, 11 seconds back. Polish rider Mikhal Kwiatkowski finished fourth, 13 seconds back, and took the overall lead from Omega Pharma-Quick Step teammate Mark Cavendish, a sprinter who finished far back. In the overall, Kwiatkowski has a four-second lead on Froome, with Nibali third, 16 seconds behind. Alberto Contador, who finished sixth in the stage, is fourth overall, 30 seconds back.
SOCCER
PSG stretch Ligue 1 lead
Zlatan Ibrahimovic returned to action with a flourish by scoring his sixth league double this season to give below-par Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) a 2-1 home win over AS Nancy-Lorraine and a five-point lead atop Ligue 1 on Saturday. LOSC Lille Metropole also recovered from a goal down to record a fifth consecutive league win, 3-1 at neighbors Valenciennes, and climbed to fifth on 46 points. Elsewhere, 17-year-old Adrien Rabiot, on loan at Toulouse from PSG, producing an outstanding strike from outside the box to earn the mid-table side a 1-0 win at lowly Stade Brestois 29. ES Troyes AC moved off the bottom of the table as they leapfrogged Nancy, jumping two points above them to 23 by beating fellow strugglers Stade de Reims 4-2, helped by the first two league goals scored by Corentin Jean, who is 17. AC Ajaccio beat Lorient 1-0, while Evian Thonon Gaillard beat Sochaux-Montbeliard 5-1.
SOCCER
Roma salvage a draw
AS Roma’s three-match Serie A-winning streak ended with a 1-1 draw at 10-man Udinese on Saturday. Erik Lamela put Roma ahead 20 minutes in at Stadio Friuli. Luis Muriel equalized for Udinese in the 62nd minute. Udinese finished a man down after defender Thomas Heurtaux was shown a questionable direct red for tripping Florenzi in the 73rd. Roma moved within a point of sixth-place ACF Fiorentina. Udinese are three points behind Roma in ninth.
SOCCER
Bayern go 20 points clear
Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich powered 20 points clear after a late goal earned a 3-2 victory over Fortuna Duesseldorf on Saturday, while Schalke 04 completed the double over Borussia Dortmund by winning the Ruhr derby 2-1. VfL Wolfsburg came from behind to win 5-2 at SC Freiburg. FSV Mainz 05 beat third-placed Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-0, while Borussia Moenchengladbach drew 1-1 at home to Werder Bremen and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim beat SpVgg Greuther Furth 3-0.
SSC Napoli will have to wait one more week to seal the Serie A title after on Sunday being held to a goalless draw at Parma, while closest rivals Inter drew 2-2 in a dramatic game with SS Lazio. Antonio Conte’s team stayed one point ahead of Inter and were unfortunate not to win after twice striking the woodwork through Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa and Matteo Politano, while Scott McTominay also had a free-kick tipped onto the crossbar. The away side thought they would be handed a chance to take the points from the penalty spot in the 96th minute when David Neres
Omar Marmoush’s stunning long-range strike on Tuesday upstaged Kevin de Bruyne on the Manchester City great’s Etihad farewell. Marmoush let fly from about 30m to put City ahead in their 3-1 win against AFC Bournemouth in the Premier League. The victory moved Pep Guardiola’s team up to third in the standings and left qualification for the UEFA Champions League in their own hands heading into the last round of the season. “It’s really important. To be in the Champions League after what happened [this season] will be really nice,” the City manager said. De Bruyne was making his final home appearance for City before
Brighton & Hove Albion’s Jack Hinshelwood on Monday sealed a dramatic 3-2 victory against Liverpool to leave the English Premier League champions without a win since clinching the title. Arne Slot’s side took the lead through Harvey Elliott’s early opener before Yasin Ayari equalized at the American Express Stadium. Dominik Szoboszlai restored Liverpool’s advantage just before halftime, but Brighton staged a late fightback as Kaoru Mitoma leveled before Hinshelwood came off the bench to net with his first touch. Liverpool have taken just one point from their three matches following the title-clinching rout of Tottenham Hotspur on April 27. The Reds have lost at
Logan O’Hoppe, Taylor Ward and Matthew Lugo homered, and the Los Angeles Angels spoiled Clayton Kershaw’s season debut, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-9 on Saturday night to take the first two games of the three-game series. Kershaw allowed three runs and threw 38 pitches in the first inning. The three-time National League Cy Young Award winner lasted four innings, giving up five runs on five hits with three walks and two strikeouts. Shoulder, toe and knee injuries limited Kershaw to seven games last season, and his 2025 debut was delayed as he recovered from multiple offseason surgeries. O’Hoppe had two hits with
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