RESULTS WORLDWIDE

■ BASKETBALL

NBA Championship

Best-of-seven semi-final playoffs

Eastern Conference: Toronto 100 Boston 93 (2-2) Western Conference: Denver 110 LA Clippers 101(1-1) CYCLING

■ Tour de France

Stage eight (141km): 1. Nans Peters (Fra) 4’02:12, 2. Toms Skujins (Lat) at 47sec, 3. Carlos Verona (Spa) 47,

4. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) 1:09, 5. Neilson Powless (USA) 1:41, 6. Ben Hermans (Bel) 3:42, 7. Quentin Pacher (Fra) 3:42, 8. Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) 4:04, 9. Tadej Pogacar (Slo) 6:00, 10. Romain Bardet (Fra) 6:38. Leading standings: 1. Adam Yates (Bri) 34’44:52, 2. Primoz Roglic (Slo) at 3sec, 3. Guillaume Martin (Fra) 9,

4. Romain Bardet (Fra) 11, 5. Egan Bernal (Col) 13, 6. Nairo Quintana (Col) 13, 7. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) 13, 8. Rigoberto Uran (Col) 13, 9. Tadej Pogacar (Slo) 48, 10. Enric Mas (Spa) 1:00. GOLF

■ Andalucia Masters

Leading third round scores (Bri-Irl unless stated): 211: John Catlin (USA) 69-70-72; 213: Martin Kaymer (Ger) 72-72-69; 214: Jamie Donaldson 72-69-73, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 74-69-71; 215: Sami Valimaki (Fin) 77-69-69; 216: Wil Besseling (Ned) 75-72-69, Adrian Otaegui (Spa) 77-71-68; 217: Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 71-72-74, Justin Harding (Rsa) 71-75-71, Connor Syme 69-72-76, Guido Migliozzi (Ita) 69-74-74;

218: Ben Stow 74-73-71, Antoine Rozner (Fra) 7669-73, Johannes Veerman (USA) 73-73-72, Wilco Nienaber (Rsa) 72-70-76, Pedro Oriol (Spa) 75-72-71. US PGA Tour Championship

Leading second round scores (USA unless stated, players began even to 10-under based on season points):

13-under: Dustin Johnson 67-70

12-under: Im Sung-jae (Kor) 68-64

11-under: Xander Schauffele 67-65

10-under: Justin Thomas 66-71

9-under: Collin Morikawa 71-65, Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 67-66, Jon Rahm (Spa) 65-74

8-under: Brendon Todd 67-68, Rory McIlroy (Nir) 64-71

7-under: Sebastian Munoz (Col) 71-65

6-under: Patrick Reed 71-66, Lanto Griffin 67-69, Abraham Ancer (Mex) 64-71

5-under: Scottie Scheffler 71-66, Harris English 7069, Webb Simpson 70-71

4-under: Cameron Smith (Aus) 68-68, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 70-70, Daniel Berger 69-71

3-under: Bryson DeChambeau 72-69, Tony Finau 68-71

2-under: Viktor Hovland (Nor) 69-69, Kevin Na 69-70

1-under: Kevin Kisner 72-68, Mackenzie Hughes (Can) 70-69, Cameron Champ 68-71

Level par: Marc Leishman (Aus) 66-75

2-over: Joaquin Niemann (Chi) 72-72

3-over: Ryan Palmer 72-72, Billy Horschel 70-73

■ MOTOR RACING

Formula One

Italian Grand Prix

Qualifying: 1. Lewis Hamilton (Bri) Mercedes 1:18.887, 2. Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes 1:18.956,

3. Carlos Sainz Jr (Spa) McLaren 1:19.695, 4. Sergio Perez (Mex) Racing Point 1:19.720, 5. Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:19.795, 6. Lando Norris (Bri) McLaren 1:19.820, 7. Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Renault 1:19.864, 8. Lance Stroll (Can) Racing Point 1:20.049,

9. Alexander Albon (Tha) Red Bull 1:20.090, 10. Pierre Gasly (Fra) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:20.177.

Eliminated after second session: 11. Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:20.169, 12. Esteban Ocon (Fra) Renault 1:20.234, 13. Charles Leclerc (Mco) Ferrari 1:20.273, 14. Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Alfa Romeo 1:20.926, 15. Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas 1:21.573.

Eliminated after first session: 16. Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas 1:21.139, 17. Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:21.151, 18. Antonio Giovinazzi (ita) Alfa Romeo 1:21.206, 19. George Russell (Bri) Williams 1:21.587, 20. Nicholas Latifi (Can) Williams 1:21.717.

■ TENNIS

US Open

Third round

Men: Matteo Berrettini (Ita) bt Casper Ruud (Nor) 6-4, 6-4, 6-2; Andrey Rublev (Rus) bt Salvatore Caruso (Ita) 6-0, 6-4, 6-0; Frances Tiafoe (USA) bt Marton Fucsovics (Hun) 6-2, 6-3, 6-2; Daniil Medvedev (Rus) bt Jeffrey Wolf (USA) 6-3, 6-3, 6-2;

Vasek Pospisil (Can) bt Roberto Bautista (Spa) 7-5, 2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Alex De Minaur (Aus) bt Karen Khachanov (Rus) 6-4, 0-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1; Frances Tiafoe (USA) bt Marton Fucsovics (Hun) 6-2, 6-3, 6-2; Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) bt Corentin Moutet (Fra) 6-1, 6-0, 6-4.

Women: Alize Cornet (Fra) bt Madison Keys (USA) 7-6 (7-4), 3-2 retired; Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) bt Donna Vekic (Cro) 6-4, 6-1; Maria Sakkari (Gre) bt Amanda Anisimova (USA) 6-3, 6-1; Serena Williams (USA) bt Sloane Stephens (USA) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2; Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Iga Swiatek (Pol) 6-4, 6-2; Karolina Muchova (Cze) bt Sorana Cirstea (Rom) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (9-7); Elise Mertens (Bel) bt Caty McNally (USA) 7-5, 6-1.