Finland defeats U.S., will face Canada in hockey final
Defenseman Miro Heiskanen had a goal and two assists and Finland beat the United States 4-3 on Saturday in Tampere, Finland, to set up its third straight world hockey championship final against Canada.
Dylan Cozens scored twice in Canada's 6-1 victory over the Czech Republic in the other semifinal. Finland beat Canada in the 2019 final in Slovakia, and Canada topped the Finns last year in Latvia.
Sami Vatanen, Joel Armia and Sakari Manninen also scored for Finland and Jussi Olkinuora made 25 saves. The Finns won their first Olympic title this year in Beijing.
Nate Schmidt, Sean Farrell and Adam Gaudette scored for the Americans. Jeremy Swayman stopped 22 shots.
“It's definitely a tough one,” Farrell said. “We battled as hard as we could, but they're a really good team and they ended up coming out on top. We've just got to refocus and be ready to battle for a bronze tomorrow.”
In Canada's victory, Kent Johnson, Adam Lowry, Matt Barzal and Cole Sillinger also scored and Chris Dreidger made 25 saves.
MOTORSPORTS
Berry wins Charlotte Xfinity race
Josh Berry outdueled teammate Justin Allgaier to give JR Motorsports its first win at Charlotte Motor Speedway in an Xfinity Series race. Berry took the lead with 22 laps to go when Allgaier got loose and brushed the outside wall in Turn 1. Berry slowly pulled away and won by more than 18 seconds while Allgaier finished seventh after experiencing a leaky tire.
• If Kyle Larson hopes to repeat as CocaCola 600 champion, he'll have to do so starting from the back of the field.
Denny Hamlin will start on the pole today for NASCAR's longest race while Larson, the defending Cup Series champion, will begin 36th after crashing in practice at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Hamlin turned a lap of 183.68 mph for his first pole of the year and the 34th of his Cup Series career.
• Charles Leclerc positioned himself to reclaim the Formula One points lead from reigning champion Max Verstappen by winning the pole for the Monaco Grand Prix.
GOLF
Scheffler leads by 2 at Colonial
Scottie Scheffler continues to sit atop the leaderboard of the Charles Schwab Challenge, only this time he's by himself.
The co-leader after 18 and 36 holes, Scheffler shot a 2-under-par 68 in the third round to take a two-shot lead into today's final round on a windy day in Fort Worth, Texas. Scheffler was one of eight leaders on Thursday and shared the lead with two others after 36.
Scheffler sits at 11-under 199, two strokes ahead of Scott Stallings (70) and Brendon
Todd, who fired a third-round best 65.
• Stephen Ames shot a 4-under 67 to take a two-stroke lead over fellow Canadian Mike Weir and Bernhard Langer, 64, into the final round of the Senior PGA Championship at Benton Harbor, Mich. Weir and Langer also shot 67.
• England's Matt Wallace (2-under 70) and France's Victor Perez (69) shared the lead at 10 under par after the third round of the Dutch Open in Cromvoirt, where two shots separated the top nine.
UCLA miraculously survives tourney
Tommy Beres hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the 10th inning to give third-seeded UCLA a wild 25-22 victory over second-seeded Oregon State in the Pac-12 Tournament in Scottsdale, Ariz.
The win by the Bruins (38-21), who scored nine runs in the ninth to force extra innings, forced a second game between the two teams later Saturday night. The winner takes on Stanford in today's championship game of the first Pac-12 tourney. Oregon State is 43-14.
• Ben Shelton rallied to beat San Diego's August Holmgren and give Florida tennis back-to-back men's singles national championships, and Peyton Stearns of Texas took the women's title with a straight-sets win over Stanford's Connie Ma in Champaign, Ill.
Real Madrid wins Champions League
Real Madrid became European champion for a record-extending 14th time after beating Liverpool 1-0 in the Champions League final in Paris. Brazil winger Vinícius Júnior applied a close-range finish in the 59th minute from Federico Valverde's drive across the face of goal, securing a win that gave Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti a record fourth European Cup title.
Thompson-Herah wins duel at Pre
Olympic gold medalist Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica held off American Sha'Carri Richardson in the 100 meters at a rainy Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore.
Thompson-Herah won in the 100 and 200 and the 400 relay at the Tokyo Olympics. She defended her Pre title in 10.79 seconds, in front of Richardson in 10.92.
American Michael Norman won the 400 a meet-record 43.60.
Trayvon Bromell raised his arms in victory before crossing the finish line of the men's 100 in 9.93 seconds. He crossed ahead of Fred Kerley and defending world champion Christian Coleman.
Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won the 200 in 22.41.
In the Bowerman Mile, Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen won 3:49.76.