Atalanta beat Marseille 3-0 to reach Europa League final

BERGAMO, Italy- Atalanta's Ademola Lookman, Matteo Ruggeri and El Bilal Toure all got on the scoresheet to send the Italians to their first Europa League final with a 3-0 win over Olympique de Marseille for a 4-1 aggregate victory on Thursday.

Hummels on target as Dortmund knock PSG out to reach final

PARIS-- Borussia Dortmund showed great composure to reach their third Champions League final after Mats Hummels' second-half goal earned the visitors a 1-0 victory against misfiring Paris St Germain for a deserved 2-0 aggregate win on Tuesday.

Donovan Mitchell-led Cavs rally from 18 down, win series over Magic

OHIO--Donovan Mitchell scored 39 points to fuel the host Cleveland Cavaliers to the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 106-94 victory over the Orlando Magic on Sunday in Game 7 of their first-round series.

Makeshift Manchester United thumped 4-0 by Crystal Palace

LONDON- - Michael Olise scored a brace of goals as Crystal Palace completed a league double over Manchester United for the first time in their history with a thumping 4-0 victory at Selhurst Park on Monday that will add to the pressure on Erik ten Hag. A makeshift United defence that included Casemiro at centre-back was easily picked apart by Palace on several occasions as Jean-Philippe Mateta and Tyrick Mitchell were also on the scoresheet in the impressive win. United remain in eighth place with 54 points from 35 games, two points behind Newcastle United in sixth, with their hopes of European football next season fading fast. Palace are still in 14th with 43 points from 36 matches. United had several injury absentees and were without Bruno Fernandes, the first time in his 230-game Old Trafford career he has missed a match with injury, but the ease with which they were beaten will be a huge concern for everyone at the club. It is the first time in the Premier League era United have lost 13 games in a season and the scoreline might have been worse. Palace have found their groove under new manager Oliver Glasner, but United are limping to the end of a season that cannot finish soon enough for Ten Hag. The home side took the lead inside 12 minutes and it was far too easy. Olise collected a throw and evaded a limp challenge from Casemiro, and with no United player attempting to close him down, was able to unleash a low shot from just inside the box. United had the ball in the back of the net from Casemiro’s header, but the effort was ruled out after contact from Rasmus Hojlund on Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson. It was 2-0 to the home side five minutes before the break as Mateta breezed past United defender Jonny Evans and thrashed the ball into the net for a ninth goal in 11 games since the arrival of Glasner in February. The striker had scored 11 goals in his previous 80 games for Palace before that. United’s makeshift defence was struggling to contain the movement of their hosts and when Diogo Dalot failed to deal with a ball to the back post, Mitchell had a tap-in with home players queuing up to score. Olise’s second goal added more salt to the wound and it could have been worse for the visitors as Odsonne Edouard saw his shot come back off the woodwork late on.

Swiatek dismantles Keys to reach second straight Madrid final

SPAIN-- Top seed Iga Swiatek made light work of Madison Keys as she sprinted into the Madrid Open final with a 6-1 6-3 win on Thursday. Swiatek will face defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in a rematch of last year's final after the Belarussian rallied from a set down to edge fourth seed Elena Rybakina 1-6 7-5 7-6(5). Heading into the contest having won two of their last three meetings, the 22-year-old Swiatek dominated from the start and wrapped up the opening set in just over half an hour against the American 18th seed. The second set was no different with Keys causing little trouble to Swiatek as the world number one broke early and raced into a 5-3 lead before breaking again to secure the win. "I feel really good," Swiatek said. "I wasn't really thinking about what happened last year. But repeating this result is a great thing. "I'll have a chance to play a nice match in two days. So it's really exciting. I'm happy overall with the whole tournament." Swiatek, a four-times Grand Slam champion, is now the youngest player to reach 10 WTA level finals on clay since Swiss Martina Hingis in 2000. In the second semi, Rybakina looked on course for an easy victory after taking the first set for the loss of just one game. But as the 2022 Wimbledon champion was serving for the match, Sabalenka shifted the momentum by breaking the Kazakh's serve and then holding her own to force a decider. After a thrilling third set the match went to a tiebreak where the two-time Grand Slam winner prevailed. "It's definitely going to be a great battle. We're always fighting as hard as we can," Sabalenka said. "It's always incredible matches. I'm really looking forward to this final. I'm gonna do everything I can to get this win."

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