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Sunday’s 1-0 Premier League win at home to Liverpool – secured thanks to a trademark Giroud header – moved fifth-placed Chelsea two points outside the top four with a pair of fixtures remaining. Giroud’s solo strike also booked a place in the FA Cup final for Chelsea and the France forward hopes his experience of last-gasp Champions League qualification at Arsenal will be useful for his new team. “I hope I can be the lucky charm for the Champions League race in the final sprint,” said Giroud, who signed for Chelsea in January....

Plenty of tributes to Brady’s superb career flowed in throughout the day. That included one from his wife, Gisele Bundchen. IYER: Why there will never be a “next Tom Brady” Bundchen took to Instagram to congratulate Brady on his career. She wrote that she was “so proud” of Brady and noted that he is “the most dedicated, focused and mentally tough person” she has ever met. MORE: How Tom Brady stacks up against the 6 QBs drafted ahead of him in 2000...

The Warriors guard threw up a 75-foot prayer as the final seconds ticked off the clock in the first half of a 120-83 win over the Pacers — and it went in. MORE: Here’s how the Warriors win it all Unfortunately for Curry, he released it just after the buzzer sounded, meaning his incredible effort would not be reflected on the stat sheet. They could have at least given Curry one point for this ridiculous shot....

The Uruguay international has only scored one goal in five appearances in the first month of a campaign that was also disrupted by a knee injury. Barca 10/11 to win La Liga Despite Suarez’s struggles, Barcelona, who are at home to Eibar on Tuesday, have won all four of their La Liga matches. With Ousmane Dembele facing four months out, Suarez’s woe could become a more serious issue, but Valverde has no doubt the 30-year-old will rediscover his scoring touch....

If we’re going to have that discussion while it’s still relevant, while they’re the only contenders, we won’t have much more time. “I don’t think the debate will go on for very long,” BeIN Sports analyst Kevin Egan told Sporting News, “because by the time Christian Pulisic is 25 or 26 he’ll have already beaten them. He’s on a different path.” MORE: U.S. chance to win a trophy shouldn’t be scorned...

At Thursday’s WWE Super ShowDown in Saudi Arabia, Goldberg upended the alter-ego of Bray Wyatt, The Fiend, to become the WWE Universal Champion. In a squash match. Because … reasons. MORE: Full WWE Super ShowDown results Regardless of how you feel about it, the Wyatt/Fiend character was one of the hottest things going in wrestling less than a year ago and has been booked in a way that made it nearly impossible to predict who would beat him for the title....

The 56-year-old Cook had eight birdies and a bogey on the En-Joie course. He won the last of his nine titles on the 50-and-over tour last year in the season-opening event in Hawaii. Cook missed 10 weeks of the season after injuring his back in a February fall at his Florida home. He made an 8-foot putt on the par-3 17th and a 25-footer on par-4 18th. “I was really excited for this year, then (after the injury) I got really down,” Cook said....

Illonen birdied five of his closing seven holes in superb morning conditions on the Fota Island course in Cork and took a three-stroke clubhouse lead over Italy’s Edoardo Molinari and England’s Matthew Baldwin, who were the next best among the early finishers. The 64 is a new low for a course that has seen major changes since its previous staging of the Irish Open in 2002. McIlroy hit just eight of the 14 fairways and took 30 putts in a round of 3-over 74....

The first stop is Firestone, where Woods is an eight-time winner and the defending champion. After that, he heads to Valhalla Golf Club for the PGA Championship, where he won in 2000 on his way to an unprecedented sweep of the majors. MORE: Golf Digest leaderboard | Tee times | Odds At stake is a chance to extend a season already cut short by back surgery. “I would like to win these two events and not have to worry about anything,” Woods said Wednesday....

MORE: Justin Thomas buys new Range Rover after conquering Hawaii Unfortunately Fernández-Castaño’s efforts didn’t pay off, as he bogeyed the hole en route to a one-over 73 and missed the cut. He did, however, keep his humor about the comical situation — and took to Twitter to share the important lesson he learned.

Negotiations over fresh terms until 2022 have been driven by Jurgen Klopp, who is enthused by the role the 19-year-old can play at Anfield in the coming years. ‘Magical’ Coutinho key to Liverpool’s success, says Gerrard And as was the case with the Brazil international, the Reds want to wrap up formalities quickly. Gomez started the FA Cup hosting of Plymouth Argyle as well as the replay at Home Park as he builds up his sharpness following the anterior crucial ligament rupture he suffered in October 2015, with his rehabilitation process then set back by tendinopathy of the Achilles during the summer....

Interim general manager John Hart made the announcement Friday. Gonzalez’ future was in doubt after the Braves missed the playoffs. GM Frank Wren was fired with a week to go in the regular season. It was thought the Braves would wait until a permanent GM was hired to decide on Gonzalez’s future. But with no timetable for making that announcement, the team decided to bring back Gonzalez, who has led the Braves to a pair of postseason appearances and an NL East title during his four years as manager....

The 31-year-old joined Dortmund from Bayer Leverkusen for €11m in 2015 and made a positive impact in his first season, scoring three goals in 25 Bundesliga appearances as the club finished second, 10 points behind Bayern Munich. Since then, Castro’s performances have dwindled and he started only 16 of the club’s league matches as they finished fourth in 2017-18, and he joins Stuttgart on the back of their successful seventh-placed finish on their first season back in the Bundesliga....

Odhiambo returns to the team after two years hiatus while Stanley Okumbi has also given Kariobangi Sharks forward, Masoud Juma a second national team call up. Juma earned his first cap against Sierra Leone last June, a decision that was criticized by most pundits. That, however, did not stop Okumbi from giving him a second call up for the friendly set for September 2 in Maputo. Okumbi has also named two National Super League players, Bernard Ochieng’ of Vihiga United and Wazito FC’s Joe Waithira in the team....

James Sasser Jr. previously pleaded guilty to felony counts of deliberate homicide, witness tampering and child endangerment and was sentenced to 120 years in prison, with 100 years for homicide and 10 additional years each for the other charges, which are set to be served concurrently, according to the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. “I should have been a protector. I wasn’t. I failed,” Sasser Jr. said in a brief speech in court Friday....

Bryant developed a reputation as an iron man after playing through countless injuries and issues that would take other players out of commission. In all, since 1996, according to this Orange County Register graphic, Bryant has suffered over 20 injuries throughout his 18-year career. MORE: Bryant doesn’t want to plat for D’Antoni | Bryant shut down for season Looking at the toll Bryant's body has taken over the years all at once paints a staggering picture....

The Santa Clara performances join the July 3-5 dates the group initially booked at Soldier Field. The Dead originally planned for the Chicago concerts to be the only shows celebrating their 50th anniversary, but the huge demand for tickets led to promoter Peter Shapiro adding more dates. The Levi’s Stadium concerts mark a final homecoming for the Bay Area band that got its start in 1965 playing free concerts around Greater San Francisco....

Sarah Williams, 18, of Mount Compass, was attacked during a fishing trip with family at the coastal town of Normanville in October 2017, being knocked from her kayak without warning and finding herself in the water with a large shark circling. Only fifteen years old at the time, Williams said she instinctively searched for the kayak and pulled herself in, but not before making contact with the predator. “My scream pierced the air even as I was gasping for breath....