PHILADELPHIA --Alec Bohm hit a walk-off single in the 10th inning as the host Philadelphia Phillies overcame a two-run deficit in the ninth to earn a 6-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday afternoon.

 ITALY-- Portuguese rider Joao Almeida saw off Geraint Thomas to win stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday with an impressive late sprint on the slopes of Monte Bondone, while the Welshman regained the leader's maglia rosa jersey. Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) launched his attack with around five km remaining and beat Thomas in a two-man sprint to earn his first Giro stage win after a mountainous 203-km route that totalled over 5,000m of elevation gain. Almeida and Thomas took the fight to race favourite Primoz Roglic, who crossed the line 25 seconds off the pace in third.

"A special victory, a dream come true," said Almeida, who climbed to second in the overall standings. "I worked together with Thomas to put seconds between us and Roglic, but then my main goal was the stage win. I try to improve day by day to become the best version of myself." Ineos Grenadiers rider Thomas, who lost the overall lead to Bruno Armirail on Saturday, leads Almeida by 18 seconds, with Roglic third at 29 seconds back. "It was a very tough day, a lot of climbs," Thomas said. "I am happy with how it went.

I found myself in front with Almeida, he was better in the sprint. "I am not surprised by him, he is a very strong rider and a strong pretender for the maglia rosa." Ineos, who have already lost Tao Geoghegan Hart to a fractured hip and Filippo Ganna to COVID, suffered another blow when Pavel Sivakov abandoned the race midway through Tuesday's ride, which began at Sabbio Chiese. Sivakov was injured in the crash that ended Geoghegan Hart's race on Stage 11. His withdrawal leaves Thomas with only four support riders in the final week. Wednesday's stage 17 is a 195-km route from Pergine Valsugana to Caorle.

EINDHOVEN--Ruud van Nistelrooy has resigned as manager of PSV Eindhoven before their final game of the season, the Dutch club have announced. The former Manchester United and Real Madrid strik-er had been in charge for just one year at the Philips Stadion and won the Dutch Cup earlier this month. PSV will secure a second-place finish in the Eredivisie if they take a point from their last game at AZ on Sunday.

A statement from the club said Van Nistelrooy, 46, did not feel he had sufficient support following several recent discussions about “internal affairs”. The club wanted him to see out the rest of the season but he has opted to leave immediately. Fred Rutten will take charge for the trip to Alkmaar.

The statement read: “Van Nistelrooy reported this morning that in his opinion there was not enough support within the club to continue longer. He immediately explained this to the players and staff. PSV regrets Van Nistelrooy’s decision and is grateful to him for winning the Johan Cruyff Shield and the KNVB Cup this season and hopes to close the football year with second place.”

Van Nistelrooy arrived as a replacement for Roger Schmidt, but had an early setback when they were dumped out of the Champions League by Rangers in the playoff round. Victory over Ajax on penalties in the Dutch Cup final could not mask the tension between the coach and his players. There were are also reports in the Netherlands that he had a strained relationship with assistants Rutten and Andre Ooijer.

  EMPOLI, Italy-- Juventus were handed a crushing 4-1 defeat at lowly Empoli in Serie A on Monday after they were docked 10 points in a new ruling over their transfer dealings, which makes it unlikely they will qualify for the Champions League.