HOCKEY
Cameron Askew and Conner Bleackley scored 33 seconds apart early in the third period to help the Maine Mariners beat the Trois-Rivieres Lions 6-1 on Wednesday night in an ECHL game at Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.
The Mariners broke a 1-1 tie when Brendan Robbins scored with 7:36 left in the first period.
Michael Kim made it 3-1 with a second-period goal.
Tyler Hinam had three assists and defensemen Zach Malatesta had a goal and two assists. Patrick Shea also scored for the Mariners, who play at Adirondack on Friday night.
Maine goalie Jeremy Brodeur made 32 saves.
GOLF
SOLHEIM CUP: The Solheim Cup is going to the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Virginia in 2024, the first time it has held a significant women’s event after four times hosting the Presidents Cup.
Europe won the the Solheim Cup at Inverness in Ohio last year. The matches go to Spain in 2023, and then will be played the following year as the LPGA Tour returns to even-numbered years opposite the Ryder Cup.
Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed the course, which he considered among his best work. RTJ gained notoriety when the PGA Tour selected it to play the Presidents Cup the first four times it was held in the United States. The last one was in 2005.
Most recently, it held a PGA Tour event in 2015 won by Troy Merritt.
Dates for the 2024 matches will be determined later when the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour finalize the schedules for that year.
RYDER CUP: Two-time major champion Zach Johnson is taking over as captain, leading an American side trying to end 30 years without a victory on European soil.
Three people with knowledge of the decision confirmed the move to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the PGA of America has yet to announce Johnson’s selection.
The PGA scheduled a news conference for Monday morning to announce the new captain.
The decision is not a surprise. Johnson, 45, has been an assistant captain each of the last two matches, and the U.S. team has moved toward captains with previous involvement.
The 2023 matches are scheduled for Marco Simone in Italy. The Americans are coming off the country’s biggest Ryder Cup rout, beating Europe 19-9 at Whistling Straits last September with Wisconsin native Steve Stricker as the captain.
TENNIS
DUBAI CHAMPIONSHIPS: Top-ranked Novak Djokovic won his second match – and first tiebreaker – of the year when he beat Karen Khachanov 6-3, 7-6 (2) to advance to the quarterfinals.
Djokovic couldn’t defend his Australian Open title last month because he was deported from the country for not being vaccinated against the coronavirus.
MEXICAN OPEN: Third-ranked Alexander Zverev was thrown out of the tournament for violently smashing his racket on the umpire’s chair moments after losing a doubles match.
The incident took place after Zverev and Marcelo Melo lost to Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara 6-2, 4-6, 10-6 on Tuesday night in Acapulco.
Zverev struck the umpire’s chair three times, sat for a moment, then got back up and yelled at umpire Alessandro Germani that he “destroyed the whole (expletive) match” and struck the chair once more with his racket as the umpire climbed down. Germani had pulled his feet back at one point for fear of being hit.
Minutes earlier, Zverev had received a code violation after yelling and swearing in protest of a shot that was ruled in, setting up match point. Glasspool then ended the match with an ace.
The 24-year-old German was the defending champion in the singles. The ATP website shows that his second-round opponent, Peter Gojowczyk, has been given a walkover.
HOCKEY
PREMIER HOCKEY FEDERATION: The Premier Hockey Federation is increasing team salary caps for the rest of this season and next to go along with an expansion of the U.S.-based women’s league.
The PHF announced all six teams can spend an additional $10,000 beyond the existing $300,000 cap this season to add talent from other places. The change includes the ability to have 26 players on a roster and dress 18 skaters a game, up from the previous 25 and 17.
The league previously announced an increase in the cap to $750,000 next season when two additional teams are added. The current six teams are located in Boston; Toronto; Newark, New Jersey; Danbury, Connecticut; Buffalo, New York; and St. Paul, Minnesota.
ROAD RUNNING
BOSTON MARATHON: The 2022 Boston Marathon will be the final one with Thomas S. Grilk as the Boston Athletic Association’s president and chief executive officer.
The B.A.A., which manages the world’s oldest annual marathon, said in a statement that Grilk, 74, will be stepping down from his posts on April 30 and making a planned transition into a senior advisor role after more than 11 years leading the non-profit. He has been connected to the organization for more than 40 years.
Chief operating officer Jack Fleming will serve as acting CEO, effective May 1. The B.A.A.’s Board of Governors will initiate a search for a new CEO.
SOCCER
WORLD CUP: American midfielder Weston McKennie has two broken bones in his left foot and will miss the United States’ final three World Cup qualifiers next month.
McKennie got hurt while playing for Juventus in a Champions League second-round, first-leg match at Spain’s Villarreal on Tuesday night. Pervis Estupinan made a two-leg, sweeping sliding tackle in the 80th minute, and McKennie fell to the field in pain.
McKennie tried to get up, took five hops and fell down again. He needed assistance from two people to leave the field, draping an arm over the shoulder of each.
Juventus said that an exam revealed a compound fracture of the second and third metatarsal bones. The club projected his recovery time at about eight weeks, which means he likely will miss the rest of the Serie A season. Juventus closes on May 21 at Fiorentina.
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