National Sports

Canada's Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime suffered semifinal losses Saturday at warmup events ahead of Wimbledon. Shapovalov, the No. 2 seed from Richmond Hill, Ont.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — The British Open will admit up to 32,000 fans each day for next month's tournament at Royal St. George's, the R&A said Saturday.

LONDON (AP) — Thousands of heavy metal fans were camping, singing — and even moshing — on Saturday at Britain’s first full music festival since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

MONTREAL — Luke Richardson didn't envision his debut as an NHL head coach coming this way.

Friday's Games NHL Playoffs Best-of-Seven Semifinals Montreal 3 Vegas 2 (OT) (Montreal leads series 2-1) --- NBA Playoffs Best-of-Seven Second Round Philadelphia 104 Atlanta 99 (Series tied 3-3) L.A. Clippers 131 Utah 119 (L.A.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Terance Mann scored a career-high 39 points and the Los Angeles Clippers advanced to a conference final for the first time in the franchise's 51-year history, beating the Utah Jazz 131-119 on Friday night.

SANDY, Utah — Erik Holt and Damir Kreilach each scored on headers in second-half stoppage time and Real Salt Lake beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 on Friday night. Salt Lake (3-1-3) extended its unbeaten streak to four — with three draws.

MONTREAL — Canadiens interim head coach Dominique Ducharme missed Game 3 of Montreal's third-round playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights after testing positive for COVID-19.

ATLANTA — Seth Curry hit six 3-pointes and scored 24 points and the top-seeded Philadelphia 76ers avoided elimination in the Eastern Conference semifinal series by beating the Atlanta Hawks 104-99 in Game 6 on Friday night.

OTTAWA — The federal government has approved a travel exemption for Canada's Olympic hopefuls that will allow them to train on home soil without undergoing a 14-day quarantine after returning to the country.