Munyao, Jepchirchir give Kenya a London Marathon sweep
Dixon takes Long Beach IndyCar race
Alexander Mutiso Munyao delivered another win for Kenya on a day the London Marathon remembered last year's champion Kelvin Kiptum.
A race that started with a period of applause for Kiptum, who was killed in a car crash in Kenya in February, ended with his countryman and friend running alone down the final straight in front of Buckinhgam Palace.
It was a Kenyan double on the day, with Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir pulling away late to win the women's race and cement her status as the favorite to defend her gold in Paris.
Scott Dixon moved closer to A.J. Foyt on IndyCar's all-time win list by picking up his 57th career victory Sunday on the downtown streets of Long Beach.
Foyt is IndyCar's winningest driver with 67 victories.
Dixon used masterful fuelsaving strategy and was being chased over the final 20 laps by Team Penske driver Josef Newgarden.
Tennis: Casper Ruud took beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-5, 6-3 to take the Barcelona Open final on Sunday for his biggest career title, a week after losing to the Greek in the Monte Carlo Masters final.
It was the 11th career title for Ruud, and the 10th on clay.
In other news, Elena Rybakina eased to her third title of the season on Sunday with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk in the final of the Porsche Grand Prix at Stuttgart.
Rybakina, the world No. 4ranked player who defeated topranked Iga Swiatek in the semifinals, saved the three break points she faced and took four from six opportunities to win in 1 hour, 9 minutes.
NFL: Roman Gabriel, the former North Carolina State quarterback who was the 1969 NFL MVP with the Los Angeles Rams, died Saturday. He was 83.
Gabriel's son, Roman III, announced his father's death in a social-media post, saying he had “passed away peacefully" that morning of natural causes at home.
Gabriel was a two-time player of the year in the Atlantic Coast Conference (1960 and 1961) while at N.C. State, becoming the first ACC quarterback to throw for 1,000 yards in a season. He ended up being the No. 2 overall NFL draft pick of the Rams, where he played from 1962-72 before playing with the Philadelphia Eagles from 1973-77. He was the MVP in 1969, throwing for 2,549 yards and 24 touchdowns to go with five rushing scores.
Gabriel was a Pro Bowl pick four times. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989.
Gabriel also had acting roles in TV and movies. His list of projects included the 1968 film “Skidoo” headlined by Jackie Gleason, and the 1969 film “The Undefeated" starring John Wayne and Rock Hudson.
Track and field: Armand Duplantis broke his own world record in the pole vault when he cleared 6.24 meters Saturday in Xiamen, China. Sweden's Olympic and two-time world champion Duplantis set the record for the eighth time in his career.