TENNIS

Carlos Alcaraz will reclaim the No. 1 ranking after beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-4, 6-1 in his Italian Open debut on Saturday.

Alcaraz will pass Novak Djokovic for the top spot when the rankings are next published on May 22, ensuring he will get the No. 1 seeding at the French Open, which starts on May 28.

GOLF

PGA: Austin Eckroat and Marty Dou, both seeking a first PGA Tour victory, shared a two-shot lead with Ryan Palmer at 16 under after the third round of the AT&T Byron Nelson in McKinney, Texas.

Eckroat shot an 8-under 63, Dou carded a 64, and Palmer shot a 68.

Scottie Scheffler was in a four-man group at 14 under after the hometown favorite faltered with a bogey at the par-5 18th, completing an even-par 71.

LPGA: Defending champion Minjee Lee of Australia overcame an opening bogey for a 5-under 67 and a three-stroke lead heading in the final round of the Founders Cup at Clifton, New Jersey.

Lee had a 12-under 204 total in her bid to join Jin Young Ko as the only players to successfully defend a title in the event that honors the 13 founding members of the LPGA Tour.

American Angel Yin and South Korean rookie Hae Ran Ryu shared second place, a shot ahead of Ko, Ashleigh Buhai and Aditi Ashok.

CHAMPIONS TOUR: Robert Karlsson and defending champion Steve Stricker surged into the lead at the Regions Tradition, with Karlsson shooting a 9-under 63 to match the low score since this PGA Tour Champions major moved to its current venue in Birmingham, Alabama.

Stricker closed with four straight birdies for a 64 to match Karlsson at 16-under 200, two shots ahead of Padraig Harrington (65).

EUROPEAN TOUR: Swedish golfer Simon Forsstrom stayed on course for a wire-to-wire victory at the Soudal Open in Antwerp, Belgium, by shooting 4-under 67 in the third round.

Belgium’s Thomas Detry moved into second place, one stroke behind Forsstrom, with a 66.

LIV: Dustin Johnson posted a 7-under 63 to take a two-shot lead into the final round of LIV Golf Tulsa in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.

Johnson was at 14-under 126, two shots ahead of Branden Grace (67) of South Africa.

AUTO RACING

INDYCAR: Alex Palou inherited the lead on Lap 66, then drove away from the pack to win the Indianapolis Grand Prix by 16.8006 seconds over Pato O’Ward.

Alexander Rossi finished third. Pole winner Christian Lundgaard was fourth – his second straight top-five finish on Indy’s 14-turn, 2.439-mile road course.

XFINITY: Kyle Larson rallied from 30th after a pit-road speeding penalty before the final stage and bumped John Hunter Nemechek coming out of the final turn to win the Xfinity Series race at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina.

Nemechek, who led a race-high 58 laps, wound up in fifth place. Justin Allgaier, who won the previous two spring Xfinity races at Darlington, was second, followed by Cole Custer and points leader Austin Hill.

SOCCER

ENGLAND: Newcastle dropped more points in its push for Champions League qualification by drawing 2-2 at Leeds, which remained in the Premier League relegation zone after a thrilling game that ended with Newcastle Manager Eddie Howe being accosted by a fan.

Newcastle stayed in third place, on goal differential over Manchester United, and is four points clear of fifth-place Liverpool with three matches remaining.

• Manchester United beat Wolverhampton 2-0 for a fourth straight home win, with Anthony Martial and Alejandro Garnacho scoring.

• Goals by Jacob Ramsey and Douglas Luiz revived Aston Villa’s charge for European qualification by beating Tottenham, 2-1, moving level on points with sixth-place Tottenham with two games left.

• Southampton’s relegation from the Premier League was assured with a 2-0 loss to Fulham.

GERMANY: Bayern Munich romped to a 6-0 win over Schalke, getting two goals from captain Thomas Müller in a rare start as the 10-time defending Bundesliga champions maintained a one-point over Borussia Dortmund with two rounds remaining.

Sébastien Haller scored twice in Dortmund’s 5-2 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach.

CYCLING

GIRO D’ITALIA: Primoz Roglic launched the first significant attack of the Giro d’Italia in the undulating eighth stage and gained 14 seconds on overall rival Remco Evenepoel.

Irish rider Ben Healy won the stage with a solo breakaway, while Norway’s Andreas Leknessund held onto the overall lead by eight seconds over Evenepoel. Roglic moved up to third place, 38 seconds back.

Evenepoel was dropped by Roglic, Tao Geoghegan Hart and Geraint Thomas on the second of two ascents up the short but steep Muro dei Cappuccini climb, which featured gradients of up to 19%.