CAR RACE

Alex Palou qualified for his first IndyCar Championship with an easy ride on Sunday at the Long Beach Grand Prix in California.

The 24-year-old became the first Spaniard to win the IndyCar Championship and won it in his second season in the United States with a fourth place finish on the temporary downtown course that runs along the Long Beach waterfront. .

Colton Herta won the race at what is considered his home track for his second consecutive victory and his third of the season. Josef Newgarden was second and Scott Dixon, the six-time defending champion, was third before handing the IndyCar crown to his teammate Chip Ganassi Racing.

FORMULA ONE: Lewis Hamilton became the first Formula 1 driver to win 100 races with a victory at the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi, Russia, to reclaim the championship lead from Max Verstappen.

Hamilton fell to seventh when stuck in the first corner, but fought back and passed Lando Norris for the win when the McLaren driver stayed on slick tires in late rain and slid off the track.

Hamilton turned a five-point deficit into a two-point lead over Verstappen, who finished second after a spectacular exit from last on the grid. Carlos Sainz finished third for Ferrari.

HOCKEY

NHL: Jake DeBrusk and Erik Haula scored Boston goals in regulation, then scored again in the shootout to carry the Bruins to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals in an opener in Washington.

BASKETBALL

WNBA: Brittney Griner scored 23 points and took 16 rebounds, and Diana Taurasi scored six points in overtime as the Phoenix Mercury beat the Seattle Storm 85-80 in a second-round playoff game in Seattle.

Taurasi, a game time decision after missing the last five games with a left ankle injury, hit a 3-point equalizer, a back jumper and a late free throw as Phoenix took over in the last straight.

The fifth-seeded Mercury will open the best-of-five semi-finals in Las Vegas on Tuesday.

• Courtney Vandersloot led a balanced attack with 19 points and the sixth-seeded Chicago Sky defeated the third-seeded Minnesota Lynx, 89-76, to advance to the semifinals against favorite Connecticut Sun .

NBA: Phoenix Suns goalie Devin Booker will miss the start of training camp after being placed in NBA health and safety protocols.

The Suns have said the double All-Star will not be attending Monday’s media day, and added that there will be no further updates until he is ready for camp training.

Booker helped the Suns advance to the NBA Finals last season before losing to the Milwaukee Bucks in six games. He averaged 25.6 points per game, teaming up with veteran Chris Paul to form one of the best backcourt in the league.

Booker was also part of the US team that won gold at the Tokyo Olympics this summer.

GOLF

LPGA: Nasa Hataoka survived a nervous finish for a one-shot victory over Minjee Lee and Eun-Hee Ji in the Walmart Northwest Arkansas Championship in Rogers, Arkansas.

Hataoka, a 22-year-old Japanese, rolled a 67-under-4 to finish at 16. She made three putts on the 18th par-5 hole after hitting the green in two, making a 3-foot par after rolling her first putt 15 feet beyond the hole.

COLLEGES

SOCCER: Clemson fell to 25th in the Associated Press poll, ending his 97-week streak in the top 10.

The Tigers (2-2) lost for the second time this season on Saturday – falling in double overtime against North Carolina State – and dropped 16 spots from No.9 in the AP’s Top 25, presented by Regions Bank.

Clemson’s top 10 streak was tied with Alabama for the longest current run in college football and the second longest in AP poll history, behind Miami’s 137 from 1985 to 1993.

The Crimson Tide remained No.1 with 58 first place votes out of 62. Georgia No.2 received the remaining four first place votes. Oregon remained at No. 3. Penn State moved up two spots to No. 4, Iowa to No. 5, and Oklahoma slipped two spots to No. 6.

• A University of Utah football player died in a shootout at a house party Sunday morning, Salt Lake City police said.

The shootout that killed Aaron Lowe happened just after midnight, just hours after the Utes beat Washington State 24-13, and less than a year after the death of a Lowe teammate in a accidental shooting.

Police said another victim of Sunday’s shooting – a woman – had been hospitalized in critical condition and authorities were looking for a suspect.

ROAD RACE

BERLIN MARATHON: Ethiopia’s Guye Adola claimed victory after compatriot Kenenisa Bekele’s attempt to break the world record was shattered by the hot weather and a scorching start to the race.

Adola was done in 2 hours, 5 minutes and 45 seconds.

The late challenger Bethwel Yegon of Kenya was second in 2:06:14, and Bekele was third in 2:06:47.

Gotytom Gebreslase of Ethiopia won the women’s race in 2:20:09 for her debut.

TENNIS

OSTRAVA OPEN: A non-seeded Anett Kontaveit passed fourth seed Maria Sakkari 6-2, 7-5 to win the tournament in the Czech Republic for her third WTA title.

Both players kept their serve in the second set until the Estonian took a 40-0 lead in Game 12 before converting her first match point with a winning forehand.

It was his sixth victory against a top 20 opponent this year.

OPEN MOSELLE: Number one seed Hubert Hurkacz won his third title of the year by beating Pablo Carreno Busta 7-6 (2), 6-3 in Metz, France.

WASH CUP: Even without Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic on the roster, Team Europe claimed their fourth consecutive Laver Cup victory coming up 14-1 against Team World in Boston.

Tokyo Olympics singles gold medalist Alexander Zverev of Germany and Andrey Rublev of Russia gave the European team an insurmountable lead by beating Reilly Opelka of the United States and Denis Shapovalov of Canada 6-2, 6 -7 (4), 10-3 in a tiebreaker. in duplicate to open Sunday’s game.

SOCCER

ENGLAND: Arsenal tore Tottenham apart with three goals in the opening 34 minutes in a 3-1 win that extended their early-season recovery and ended a miserable September for their North London rivals in the Premier League.

Goals from Emile Smith Rowe, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Bukayo Saka rounded off a third straight league win for Arsenal, who lost their first three games.

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