JORDAN Spieth beat Patrick Cantlay on the first playoff hole Sunday to win the RBC Heritage in Hilton Head, SC.

JAYSON Tatum converted a last-second Marcus Smart assist into a buzzer-beating layup Sunday afternoon, giving the Boston Celtics a dramatic 115-114 victory over the visiting Brooklyn Nets in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series.

WORLD No. 5 pole-vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena will be the Philippines’ flag-bearer in the Hanoi Southeast Asian (SEA) Games set on May 12 to 23.

SAN BEDA drew strength from its bench in the first half and then went to main man James Kwekuteye in the second as it crushed Arellano University (AU), 82-68, on Sunday and seized the solo lead in the 97th National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball tournament at the La Salle Greenhills Gym.

FIL-JAPANESE Yuka Saso posted the highest finish among the Philippine bets in the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Lotte Championship at joint 56th on Saturday at the Hoakalei Country Club in Oahu, Hawaii.

DONOVAN Mitchell scored 32 points after a rough start and Bojan Bogdanović had 26 as the Utah Jazz took advantage of Luka Dončić’s absence to defeat the host Dallas Mavericks 99-93 in the opening game of their Western Conference first-round series on Saturday afternoon.

LONDON — Liverpool hung on to beat Manchester City 3-2 at Wembley Stadium on Saturday to reach the final of the Football Association (FA) Cup and end Pep Guardiola’s hopes of a treble.

MANCHESTER, England — Cristiano Ronaldo’s 50th club career hat trick and second Premier League treble of the season earned below-par Manchester United a 3-2 victory over Norwich City on Saturday amid scenes of fan protest at Old Trafford.

POLAND’S red-hot world number one Iga Świątek did not drop a game in her Saturday singles match against Romania’s Andreea Prisacăriu, sending Poland through to November’s Billie Jean King Cup finals in decisive fashion.

Karl-Anthony Towns didn’t exactly enjoy his experience the first time he made the playoffs. The Timberwolves were unceremoniously shown the exit in the first round by the Western Conference-leading Rockets, with his poor showing contributing to their five-game meltdown.

MADRID — Real Madrid saw off a stirring Chelsea fightback to book their place in the Champions League semifinals following a 3-2 defeat after extra time in a scintillating second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday to go through 5-4 on aggregate. 

MONTE CARLO — World number one Novak Djokovic slumped to defeat in only his fourth match of the season, losing 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-1 to unseeded Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the Monte Carlo Masters second round on Tuesday.