Gloucester-Hartpury reached their first Premier 15s final, holding off a resurgent Bristol at Kingsholm.

Bristol responded with two Lark Davies tries after the break and Elinor Snowsill's unsuccessful second conversion left them trailing 14-12.

Eventually, Gloucester-Hartpury took control once more as Rachel Lund scored with 12 minutes remaining.

Sunday's semi-final between Exeter and Saracens at Sandy Park is a repeat of the 2022 final, which Sarries won to claim a third Premier 15s title.

Gloucester-Hartpury will face the winner of that match on 24 June at Kingsholm, which was announced as the host stadium in February.

"You can see the emotions, what it means to every one of us," player of the match Alex Matthews said.

"We came here for a purpose - we want to go and win it. We just had to stay patient and break them down eventually."

Gloucester recover from second-half scare

The home crowd was joyful in the sunshine from the off as Beckett made a break and scored the hosts' opener.

After a period of pressure, a powerful home pack rolled a maul across the tryline for Wales hooker Jones' score.

Bristol were revived after the break and Davies scored twice in driving mauls - the second coming after Phoebe Murray gathered a kick and tore up the field to put her team in a perfect position.

Snowsill narrowly missed the conversion that would have tied the scores at 14-14 and Gloucester-Hartpury shut down the comeback soon after.

Bethan Lewis' try was ruled out because of an earlier Emma Sing knock-on, but the hosts built through the phases again and Lund had plenty of space to score the try that secured victory.

Commissioner Jay Monahan told PGA Tour employees during a meeting Thursday that it couldn't financially afford to keep spending tens of millions of dollars in its legal fight against Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund while continuing to increase its own purses to keep players from defecting to the rival LIV Golf League, according to a report Saturday by the Wall Street Journal.

Monahan, during a meeting at PGA Tour headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, reportedly told employees that the financial model wasn't sustainable while fighting Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, which reportedly has $620 billion in assets.

The meeting came two days after the PGA Tour's stunning announcement that it had formed an alliance with the Public Investment Fund (PIF) and DP World Tour to form a new for-profit entity that will dramatically alter the global ecosystem of men's professional golf.

"We cannot compete with a foreign government with unlimited money," Monahan told employees, according to the Wall Street Journal. "This was the time. ... We waited to be in the strongest possible position to get this deal in place."

According to the report, Monahan told employees that the tour had already spent $50 million in legal fees and had dipped into its reserves for $100 million to help pay increased purses in elevated events and other bonuses to players.

"To characterize that this agreement was made due to litigation costs and other use of reserves is an oversimplification," a PGA Tour spokesman said in a statement provided to ESPN on Saturday. "With the end of the fractured landscape in the world of men's professional golf, the PGA Tour has never been a more valuable property.

"The Public Investment Fund (PIF) has recognized that value and the opportunity for [return on investment] with their investment in the tour. Additionally, this transaction will make professional golf more competitive with other professional sports and sports leagues."

A source told ESPN on Saturday that the PGA Tour carries insurance that will cover some of its mounting legal fees.

The PGA Tour spokesman told ESPN that the league had probably spent "tens of millions of dollars" on lawyers while fighting LIV Golf's federal antitrust lawsuit and defending itself in an antitrust investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice.

The new agreement ends all legal disputes between PIF and the PGA Tour. If the federal antitrust lawsuit had dragged on for years because of discovery disputes and appeals, sources told ESPN, it might have cost the PGA Tour more than $100 million in legal fees.

Longtime PGA Tour member Geoff Ogilvy, the 2006 U.S. Open winner, told ESPN that he believes this was PIF's plan all along.

"It just has a sense of inevitability about it, like it was always going to be this way," Ogilvy said. "I think the LIV side might have been playing chess the whole time, maybe. I think it's not really a fair fight when they've got so much money. They can stick you in court and leave you in court and keep you in court and just run you out of money, but I assume that's a bit of a tactic."

Four-time major champion Rory McIlroy, one of the PGA Tour's most vocal supporters during its battle with LIV Golf, also seemed resigned to the fact that the PGA Tour wasn't going to outspend PIF.

"Whether you like it or not, the PIF were going to keep spending the money in golf," McIlroy said. "At least the PGA Tour now controls how that money is spent. So, you know, if you're thinking about one of the biggest sovereign wealth funds in the world, would you rather have them as a partner or an enemy? At the end of the day, money talks and you would rather have them as a partner."

After the LIV Golf League lured away more than 30 PGA Tour players -- including past champions Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau and others -- with guaranteed contracts reportedly worth as much as $200 million, the PGA Tour increased its own purses by $100 million from 2022. It also doubled Player Impact Program bonuses to $100 million for the top 20 golfers.

Since the new alliance was announced, Monahan has been criticized by human rights groups, including Amnesty International, and even his own tour's members for his sudden about-face, given his past comments about the source of funding for LIV Golf and the Saudi Arabian monarchy's history of human rights abuses and its alleged involvement in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Monahan said during the meeting that he had been asked how he would explain the new alliance to his own daughters, given the Saudi Arabian monarchy's treatment of women. The report said Monahan mentioned his daughters by name and paused.

"I understand all the human rights concerns," Monahan said. "I've had them myself."

PARIS -- Iga Swiatek built a big lead in the French Open final, then overcame a second-set crisis of confidence and a third-set deficit to defeat Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 on Saturday and collect her third championship at Roland Garros and fourth Grand Slam title.

The No. 1-ranked Swiatek raced to a 3-0 lead after just 10 minutes in Court Philippe Chatrier -- taking 12 of the initial 15 points -- and then was ahead 3-0 in the second set, too, before Muchova made things more intriguing.

With Swiatek looking out of sorts and seeking advice from her coach between points, Muchova grabbed five of six games on the way to pulling even at a set apiece. Muchova carried that momentum into the deciding set, going ahead 2-0.

That's when Swiatek returned to her usual brand of crisp, clean tennis, scurrying around the red clay with sublime defense and taking advantage of Muchova's repeated mistakes. Still, Swiatek again found herself behind by a break twice in the third set before grabbing the last three games.

When it ended on a double-fault by Muchova, Swiatek dropped her racket, hunched forward and covered her face as she cried.

The 22-year-old from Poland has won the French Open twice in a row now, along with her 2020 title there and her triumph at the US Open last September. That makes Swiatek the youngest woman with four Grand Slam trophies since Serena Williams was 20 when she got to that number at the 2002 US Open.

Swiatek is also only the third woman in the professional era to start 4-0 in major finals, joining Monica Seles and Naomi Osaka.

Muchova, who is ranked 43rd, was participating in a championship match at a Slam for the first time.

And it was quite a debut, filled with sections where Swiatek -- the dominant player in women's tennis for more than a year now - was better, and sections where Muchova was.

Every time one woman or the other seemed to be wresting control, every time one or the other raised her level enough that the end appeared in sight, the road curved in a different direction.

Swiatek's brilliant start meant little.

As did Muchova's edges of 2-0 and 4-3 in the third set.

The Detroit Tigers placed outfielder Akil Baddoo on the 10-day injured list Saturday and recalled utilityman Nick Solak from Triple-A Toledo.

Baddoo, 24, suffered a right quad strain during the fourth inning of the Tigers' 11-6 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday.

He is batting .231 with three homers and 16 RBIs in 50 games this season.

Solak was claimed off waivers from the Atlanta Braves on Friday. He was then optioned to Toledo after Detroit cleared room on the 40-man roster by transferring right-hander Spencer Turnbull to the 60-day injured list.

Solak, 28, was designated for assignment Tuesday after appearing in just one game for Atlanta. He is a career .252 hitter with 21 homers and 93 RBIs in 254 games with the Texas Rangers (2019-22) and Braves.

Andy Murray has taken a wildcard entry for the Nottingham Open to continue his grass-court preparations for Wimbledon.

Murray has opted to play in Nottingham instead of Stuttgart to cut down on travel but also because the surface is similar to both Queen's and Wimbledon.

BBC Sport brings you live coverage of the event from Monday as Evans bids to retain the men's title.

World number 25 Evans also accepted a wildcard to the Challenger event as he seeks to find his best form before heading to SW19 in July.

Evans, who lost in the second round of the Surbiton Trophy, is the highest ranked player in the event.

He is joined by fellow Britons Liam Broady and Jan Choinski as well as Murray, who has reached the semi-finals at Surbiton this week and faces Australia's Jordan Thompson on Saturday for a place in the final.

World number eight Maria Sakkari of Greece headlines the WTA event in Nottingham.

World number 19 Magda Linette of Poland, who reached the semi-finals at this year's Australian Open, also plays.

Former Nottingham champion Donna Vekic, the world number 22, is another player to watch.

British number one Emma Raducanu will not be there following surgery on her hands and ankle.

How can I follow the coverage?

Matches will be streamed every day from 11:20 BST on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and app and the BBC Red Button.

The tournament concludes on Sunday, 18 June.

The BBC also has live coverage of the grass-court events at Birmingham, Queen's and Eastbourne, and there will be comprehensive coverage of Wimbledon across the BBC from 3 to 16 July.

Great Britain's Andy Lapthorne won a second French Open quad wheelchair doubles title but compatriot Alfie Hewett was denied a fourth Roland Garros singles crown by Tokito Oda.

But three-time men's wheelchair singles champion Hewett lost 6-1 6-4 to Japanese 17-year-old Oda.

The teenager also replaces Hewett as world number one with the victory.

Hewett returns to action later on Saturday alongside Gordon Reid as the Britons, champions in Paris for the past three years, seek a 17th Grand Slam title together.

The top-ranked duo, who are contesting a 15th consecutive Slam final, face Spain's Martin de la Puente and Argentina's Gustavo Fernandez on court 14.

It was on that same court that Lapthorne claimed a 14th doubles Slam crown alongside new partner Ramphadi as they came from a set down to beat Australia's Davidson and Canada's Shaw.

"This is the first time we've played together and we've ended up winning, so hopefully it's a sign of things to come," Lapthorne said.

'Many more finals between us ahead'

Oda and his coaching team were overwhelmed by the teenager's first major title, embracing each other in tears amid emotional scenes on the tournament's main show court, Court Philippe Chatrier.

The win means he becomes the youngest men's wheelchair singles world number one, claiming revenge for his defeat by Hewett in the Australian Open final earlier this year.

"You fully deserved that title today, that was simply amazing out there - and for a young lad, that's seriously impressive," a gracious Hewett told the champion in his post-match interview.

"I'm sure there are going to be many more battles and finals between us ahead.

"I want to say a massive 'thank you' to Roland Garros for giving myself and Tokito the opportunity to play in this incredible arena.

"It's my first time playing here and it is as good as it looks on the TV - I'm really happy to play here, not so happy with the result but we move on and there's Wimbledon next so I'm looking forward to that."

Oda twice broke serve in a dominant first set before repelling a second-set fightback from seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Hewett to see out the win.

The 2023 Stanley Cup Final looked to be slipping away from the Florida Panthers after the team lost Games 1 and 2 by a 12-4 margin in aggregate to the Vegas Golden Knights.

Heading into Game 3, Panthers star Matthew Tkachuk commented that the Panthers couldn't "make it a series" unless they won that night. Tkachuk backed up his talk with a game-tying goal in the closing minutes of the third period to send the game to overtime, where the Panthers continued their undefeated extra-time streak in the 2023 playoffs with a 3-2 win.

With Game 4 on the docket tonight (8 p.m. ET, TNT), will Vegas return home with a 3-1 series lead? Or will Florida tie things up -- perhaps with another shower of plastic rats hitting the ice? Kristen Shilton and Greg Wyshynski serve up the four keys to victory for each club heading into this pivotal showdown.

Note: Shilton identified the keys for the Knights, while Wyshynski profiled the Panthers.

Put the power in power play

Coach Paul Maurice doesn't buy the premise that his team hasn't score a power-play goal in the Stanley Cup Final.

"We'll count the 6-on-5 goal as a power-play goal. Because it is. It's an odd-man goal. So we'll take it," the coach said of Matthew Tkachuk's Game 3 tally with goalie Sergei Bobrovsky on the bench.

OK, so there are semantics at play here. The stats say the Panthers are 0-for-12 on the power play against Vegas, a team that has scored six goals on its power plays -- two in each game of the series. The Panthers are generating fewer shot attempts and high-danger chances on the man advantage than are their opponents.

That 6-on-5 goal aside, Maurice admitted his team needs to be better when there's a Golden Knight in the penalty box. But he's preaching patience.

"It's also our history in the playoffs that our power play has taken two or three games to make the adjustments we need to make because we're seeing such extreme differences in styles," he said. "From Carolina to Vegas, they're opposite ends the spectrum, in terms of pressure and opportunity. It's not like it's all messed up and we've got to fix this problem. It's an area of growth for us."

More "Playoff Bob"

For all of the heroics from Tkachuk and Carter Verhaeghe in Game 3, none of it would have been possible without Bobrovsky having his best game of the Stanley Cup Final.

"He gave us a chance to win and we used that chance," captain Aleksander Barkov said.

Bobrovsky went from a minus-2.6 goals saved above expected in Game 2, when he was pulled for backup Alex Lyon, to 1.6 goals saved above expected in the Panthers' Game 3 win.

"It is what it is. I can only control the things that I can control. You try to give your best and sometimes it happens," said Bobrovsky, who bounced back in a major way in Game 3 after being pulled in Game 2. "So it's OK as long as you stay mentally sharp as this series goes on. And tonight is a big win for us."

The Golden Knights held an 11-5 high-danger shot attempt advantage in the final two periods of Game 3. Bobrovsky closed the door, as he did all night at 5-on-5. If Vegas had sent even one goal past Bobrovsky at even strength, Florida might be in a 3-0 series hole.

The Golden Knights didn't seem too concerned with their 5-on-5 play after Game 3. They had the better of play from an expected goals perspective for most of the game, if not the volume of shot attempts the Panthers had. They just got goalie'd. They wouldn't have been the first with Bobrovsky in the other net.

Don't play the hits

Maurice made one of the most curious comments of the postseason after the Panthers' Game 2 loss, saying "I think we've made this series more physical than it needs to be."

The Panthers had 36 hits in Game 1 and 44 hits in Game 2 on the road. In Game 3, Maurice's players heeded his request: The Panthers were credited with just 14 hits, four fewer than the Golden Knights had in the game.

"I think we still played physical. We still had a lot of bumps on them. Maybe not as forceful hits as they were before, but they were still pretty solid," defenseman Radko Gudas said. "If it's there, take it. If it's not, then don't get thrown out of position. I think there's a smart way of looking at the physical side of the game. We're all learning as we play and learning from the mistakes."

Maurice said that by not chasing hits, his players would be in better position to make plays and would expend less energy during the game.

Did that edict include Gudas, one of the biggest hitters in the league?

"You can't tell Guddy not to hit," teammate Eric Staal said.

Maurice wasn't about to ask him, either. "If you watch his game, he understands the systems that we're running. He just doesn't make a lot of mistakes," the coach said.

Also, Gudas can "blow somebody up" with a check, said Maurice, who added -- as only Paul Maurice can do -- that his defenseman had a secret weapon on those hits.

"Radko's beard is actually part of him hitting. He has weights tied into the beard. The beard weighs 130 pounds," the quick-witted coach said. "You guys didn't know that. I'm not even sure if that's legal."

Get to overtime?

I asked Gudas what the Panthers locker room is like before a playoff overtime. Specifically, what the locker room is like for a team that seems to play its best hockey when regulation ends.

"Definitely not quiet, that's for sure," he said.

These Panthers are one of the most successful overtime teams in Stanley Cup playoff history. With their Game 3 win, the Cardiac Cats moved to 7-0 in this postseason. Some of those wins were critical ones on their journey to the Final: Games 5 and 7 against the Boston Bruins; Game 3 against the Toronto Maple Leafs; that quadruple-overtime game against the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 1 followed by a second straight road win in a Game 2 overtime.

It's not just this postseason. Going back to 2021, the Panthers have won 10 straight playoff overtime games, the second-longest streak in NHL history behind only the Montreal Canadiens, who won 14 straight from 1993 to '98.

There are some obvious reasons for the Cardiac Cats' success in overtime. Having finishers like Tkachuk and Verhaeghe helps. So does having a goalie like Bobrovsky who doesn't let anything by him. But Gudas said this Panthers team gained its overtime poise during the regular season, when Florida needed late-season wins just to make the playoff cut.

"We had a pretty tight second half of the season where everybody had to play in a situation where there it was a must-win and no mistakes were really allowed. It gave us the chance of knowing that we can make those plays in those crucial situations," he said. "I think everybody is confident with going in the overtime, but I don't think it's just the overtime."

Play on, power play

Vegas dominating the special teams battle has been critical to its success in the Cup Final. And if it ain't broke, well, you know how the saying goes.

The Golden Knights are 6-for-17 on the power play so far, compared to Florida's woeful 0-for-12 mark. Vegas used a pair of power-play scores to erase the Panthers' early success in Game 3 and nearly take the W themselves.

The Golden Knights didn't feel Thursday was close to their best effort, and still, special teams could have given them a stranglehold on the series. That confidence in the power play to come through -- especially when Florida has been so prone to penalties in the Cup Final so far -- can go a long way in continuing to give Vegas an edge.

Get out of your own end

The Golden Knights are -- unsurprisingly -- at their best when not jammed into the defensive zone.

Florida did a terrific job of making life hard on Vegas there in Game 3, to the degree that the Golden Knights struggled even finding an outlet pass. Vegas will need to manage Florida's forecheck better in Game 4 without compromising on its own style of play.

At their best, the Golden Knights move freely through the neutral zone, have forwards supporting their defense well and are predominantly in attack mode. They didn't challenge Panthers netminder Bobrovsky for too much of Game 3 (getting only one shot on goal through most of the first period was suboptimal), when that's a large part of how Vegas rolled through Florida in Game 1 and 2.

Look for the Golden Knights' offense to spark again if Game 4 goes their way.

Manage Matthew & Co.

Matthew Tkachuk has been a menace throughout the postseason. He didn't bring that same energy to the Cup Final until Game 3.

And it wasn't just by scoring the equalizer with minutes to play in regulation; it was his top-to-bottom performance with linemates Nick Cousins and Sam Bennett.

Vegas must hold those three -- and Tkachuk in particular -- to the perimeter in Game 4, and not allow the same Grade-A opportunities offered up to them on Adin Hill in Game 3.

The Golden Knights can get caught over-pursuing and then giving those topflight skaters too much room to operate in front of the net. Boxing out well and collapsing away so Florida's best shooters can't get set will hold those snipers at bay, let Hill see any pucks that do come his way and give the Golden Knights a quick transition back to offense.

Let the stars come out

It's not like Jack Eichel and William Karlsson haven't contributed throughout the Cup Final. But neither player has scored a goal against Florida (and Eichel hasn't lit the lamp since Game 5 of Vegas' second-round series against the Edmonton Oilers).

The Panthers showed in Game 3 the importance of a team's best players stepping up at key junctures. Vegas may have enviable offensive depth, but that wasn't carrying the day on Thursday and can't solely be relied upon to make a difference in Game 4.

The shift must eventually come from those yearlong contributors finding their own way onto the board in meaningful ways (like say, how Tkachuk did in Game 3).

If Vegas can ignite the likes of Eichel and Karlsson, it could not only lead to a 3-1 series advantage on Saturday but put some serious doubt into the Panthers' minds from there.

Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said on Saturday that he is not part of a potential Qatari-based bid to buy Manchester United.

Speaking in Istanbul ahead of the Champions League final, Al-Khelaifi distanced himself from countryman Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani's proposed takeover of the storied Premier League club.

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"Paris Saint-Germain is my club, my heart and nothing to do with Man United," he said of his Qatari-backed French club.

On Friday it was reported Al-Khelaifi, who is also the chairman of the European Club Association, had played a "significant" role in talks over Sheikh Jassim's attempt to buy out United owners, the Glazer family.

Al-Khelaifi said potential investors frequently seek his advice and that he would offer his opinion about United or any other club. He said he was approached at Formula One's Miami Grand Prix by an investor considering bids for two unnamed English teams.

"I'm not working for anyone. I want the best for football," he said. "When this guy asked me, I tell him my opinion. So if they ask me my opinion I will answer them for sure and that's what they do. Anyone, not just Man United. I will give them my experience that I have. That's it."

UEFA has a rule designed to stop owners or businesses having "decisive influence" over more than one club which qualifies for its European competitions. The rule drafted 25 years ago aims to protect the integrity of games from owners with a conflict of interest on the field.

Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim is competing with British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe for ownership of United, which was estimated to reach a sale price of as much as $6 billion. Ratcliffe owns French side Nice.

The Glazers announced in November that they were exploring "strategic alternatives" after owning the club since 2005. That included a possible full sale or minority investment.

PSG is owned by Qatar Sports Investments and has spent exorbitant amounts of money on some of soccer's biggest players like Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar.

Al-Khelaifi added that he would welcome further Qatari ownership of European teams.

"If within the regulation, why not? Everyone, not only Qatari, everyone," he said.

Lionel Messi arrived in Beijing on Saturday for Argentina's friendly match against Australia ahead of joining Major League Soccer side Inter Miami as a free agent.

Messi's arrival was announced in a post on the organising International Football Invitation's official Weibo social media site with a video of players stepping off a plane, ahead of Thursday's match in the Chinese capital's recently rebuilt Workers' Stadium.

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Messi, who lifted the World Cup in Qatar in December and is widely considered to be one of the game's all-time greats, confirmed this week he will leave French champions Paris Saint-Germain for the U.S. league.

This is the Argentina captain's seventh visit to China and his first since 2017.

He has received a fervent welcome on each of his previous visits to China, which has a huge football fan base despite the struggles of the men's national team, who have played at the World Cup only once.

Messi's arrival was a top-trending topic on Chinese social media Saturday.

In Beijing, hundreds of fans wearing replica shirts queued up for hours at the airport and the hotel where Messi was due to stay, with many providing livestreams on social media and some chanting his name as they hoped to catch a glimpse of him. Some contrasted his popularity with the dim view many have of the men's national team.

Australia and Argentina last met at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in the round of 16, where Messi was among the scorers as his team won 2-1.