Fallout from Saudi golf list
The first Saudi-funded LIV Golf Invitational has Dustin Johnson and 12 other PGA Tour members as part of its 48-man field next week outside London. The next move falls to the PGA Tour, which will decide whether to allow them back.
The first fallout after the rival league released the names who will compete at its inaugural event came Wednesday when the Royal Bank of Canada said it was dropping Johnson and Graeme McDowell as corporate sponsors. Both are playing the LIV event.
The PGA Tour’s only comment was to mention a memo to players denying releases to play the first LIV event.
Soccer: Ukraine’s quest to qualify for the World Cup amid an ongoing war moved a step closer with a 3-1 win over host Scotland in a pulsating playoff semifinal in Glasgow.
Ukraine will face Wales on Sunday for a place in the World Cup.
Brenden Aaronson and Tim Weah scored in the first half, Haji Wright converted a second-half penalty kick and the U.S. beat Morocco 3-0 in Cincinnati in the first of four World Cup warm-up matches in June.
NHL: The New York Rangers opened the Eastern Conference finals with a goal from Chris Kreider 71 seconds into Game 1 and defeated the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2. Filip Chytil had two goals for New York, and the Rangers’ Frank Vatrano, Artemi Panarin and Mika Zibanejad also scored. WNBA: Sabrina Ionescu scored 23 points and the host New York Liberty beat the Indiana Fever 87-74 to snap a sevengame losing streak.
Rhyne Howard scored 22 points and the host Atlanta Dream beat the Minnesota Lynx 84-76.
Obituaries: Marion Barber, 38, a staple in the Dallas Cowboys’ backfield for six seasons, was found dead at his Frisco apartment. No cause of death was released.
Pro golfer Bart Bryant, 59, died when a truck slammed into his SUV while stopped on a Florida road for a construction crew, officials said.
College basketball: Julian Strawther said he will return for his junior season at Gonzaga, a day after guard Rasir Bolton said he would return.
Golf: Travis Vick twoputted from 30 feet on the 18th hole to beat Cameron Sisk and Texas won its
fourth national championship by holding off Arizona State for a 3-2 win in Scottsdale, Ariz.
NFL: Steelers defensive lineman Stephon Tuitt retired. He sat out last season after his brother Richard Barlett died.