Inter wins, moves one point behind AC Milan
Defending Serie A champion Inter Milan moved within one point of league leader and city rival AC Milan with a 2-0 win against Hellas Verona on Saturday.
Ivan Perisic set up both first-half goals for Nicolo Barella and Edin Dzeko.
Milan visits Torino on Sunday. Both Milan teams have played the same number of games as Inter still has to play a postponed match against Bologna. Napoli, which hosts Fiorentina on Sunday, is level on points with Inter.
Elsewhere: Son Heung-min scored a sensational hat trick as Tottenham took control of the race for a Premier League top-four spot with a 4-0 win at Aston Villa. After Manchester United and Arsenal both lost earlier in the day, Son’s treble and Dejan Kulusevski’s strike sent Spurs three points clear in fourth place . ... Robert Lewandowski converted a late penalty as Bayern Munich rebounded from its Champions League defeat to beat Augsburg 1-0 and take another step toward a record-extending 10th consecutive title. ... Atletico Madrid lost
1-0 at Mallorca in the Spanish league as Diego Simeone’s side stumbled again after its defeat at Manchester City . ... Benjamin Bourigeaud
scored twice as Rennes moved into second place in the French league by winning 3-2 at Reims. Rennes trails runaway leader Paris Saint-Germain by 12 points and is level on points with Marseille.
AETC.
Olympics: Alysa Liu, a 2022 Olympian and world championships bronze medalist, is retiring from competitive figure skating at age 16. Considered the future of U.S. women’s skating and already a two-time national champion, Liu posted her decision Saturday on Instagram.
Horse racing: Taiba won the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby by 2 1⁄4 lengths on the last weekend of major prep races for the Kentucky Derby. Ridden by Hall of Famer
Mike Smith, Taiba overtook pacesetter Messier in the stretch and went on to win against the West Coast’s top contenders for the first Saturday in May. Both colts are trained by
Tim Yakteen, who took over recently for Bob Baffert, the six-time Kentucky Derby winner serving a 90-day suspension.
Tennis: Tall, big-hitting Americans John Isner and Reilly Opelka joke about being “serve-bots” and their similar styles of play will be on display against each other in the final of the U.S. Men’s
Clay Court Championship at Houston. The fourthseeded Isner, who won the Houston title in 2013, hit 17 aces to eliminate reigning champion Cristian Garin 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinals. The thirdseeded Opelka had 21 aces while beating Nick Kyrgios 6-3, 7-5.
College basketball: South Carolina forward
Keyshawn Bryant announced Friday that he’s entering the NBA Draft and will hire an agent.
Cycling: Daniel Martinez of Colombia won the six-day Basque Country Tour in Madrid after he snatched the lead from
Remco Evenepoel on Saturday’s final stage.
AAAAA