Australia qualified for the 2024 Olympics as Great Britain finished eighth at London's men's World Rugby Sevens Series event.

New Zealand, who secured the series in Toulouse last week, lifted the series trophy at Twickenham on Sunday.

Kenya were relegated from the series when they lost 12-7 to Canada.

Argentina claimed their third win of the series with a 35-14 victory over Fiji in the final of the London Sevens event - the 11th and final tournament of the series.

New Zealand finished fourth, having won the previous three tournaments, as they fell to Samoa in the bronze-medal match.

GB won their games against South Africa and the United States, but lost against the All Blacks to finish second in Pool A on Saturday.

In Sunday's quarter-finals, GB suffered a 12-5 defeat by Samoa, before losing the fifth-place semi-final against Ireland and the seventh-place play-off to Australia.

Quiet, unassuming... brilliant.

He has been the same since the days of hopping over his parents' back fence to play for the local village side all the way to the British & Irish Lions.

However, the 33-year-old always said he would stop when he no longer played with a smile, and so the time has come after he announced his retirement from international rugby.

Tipuric, pronounced with a 'ch' at the end in the language of his Croatian grandfather Dragotin, grew up in Trebanos, where he was the third generation of the family to play for the Swansea valley side.

While his career blossomed, he never forgot his roots - hence the colour of that distinctive 'Trebanos blue' scrum cap.

Sports mad, he enjoyed cricket, football, tennis and rugby equally and would display the skills honed from them all after opting for the oval ball.

A natural on the rugby sevens circuit with Wales, he quietly and studiously learned from the likes of former All Black Marty Holah at the Ospreys before breaking through for club and country.

"He was always very unassuming. He didn't hit the ground running and didn't look like a professional rugby player at the start," recalled former Ospreys head coach Sean Holley.

"At a management meeting, [chief executive] Andrew Hore once said Tipuric wouldn't make it. In fact he added that he would eat two raw eggs if Tipuric played.

"But we liked what we saw so we picked him to play Bath in the Anglo-Welsh Cup. Justin scored a try and was man of the match. So on the following Monday I cracked two eggs on a plate in the canteen for Andrew.

"We always knew his skillset would lend itself to being a quality player but as he matured physically he would become a shoo-in.

"There were no doubts about his abilities. His nous for the game and ability to read the play and support players was amazing."

Tipuric's Test debut came against Argentina in the summer of 2011, although he was too late to break into the World Cup squad later that year.

However in Warren Gatland's squad, packed full of size and brute force, Tipuric would duly provide the velvet glove to the iron fist.

'Unbelievable talent'

Pressure to accommodate Tipuric's skills even meant captain Sam Warburton was often forced across into the number six jersey. Tipuric was, perhaps, the more natural seven. A ball player as well as a ball winner, he was a fly-half in a forward's disguise.

"He was one of the most talented players to play the modern game," said his former Ospreys and Wales team-mate James Hook.

"He's the only forward I know who could have played professionally as a back."

Hook added: "After Wales training sessions, myself, Dan Biggar, Rhys Priestland or Stephen Jones would be taking a few kicks and 'Tips' and Taulupe Faletau often came across for a go.

"They would start spiralling kicks and knocking over goals from the touchline so easily that we would tell them to get back down the other end with the forwards because they were embarrassing us. 'Tips' was just unbelievably talented."

Tipuric went on to win 93 caps for Wales, winning Six Nations titles in 2012, 2013, 2019 and 2021, and was selected for three successive Lions tours.

Captaincy for both Ospreys and Wales suited Tipuric better on the field rather than off it. His peers listened to every word but he was a reluctant speaker to media or press.

Inevitably there have been injuries along the way. Surgery for a broken bone in his foot against Saracens in April was the latest to contend with and looks to have been the final straw.

He was nominated for European player of the year this season but, for Wales, the smile has waned and the prospect of dragging his body through Gatland's notoriously brutal pre-World Cup camps appears to have been just too much.

"Justin has had a few injuries that may have taken their toll. He was still young enough to bounce back but certainly didn't look himself during the Six Nations," added Holley.

Welsh Rugby Union chairman Ieuan Evans, a dazzling performer in his own day, perhaps best summed up the tributes to the quiet man who let his rugby do the talking.

"We thank Justin for his commitment to both Wales and the Lions, but also his sublime skills, athleticism and dynamism and for his unrelenting ability to do exactly the right thing on a rugby pitch in any given situation," he said.

"It has been a privilege for all of us to watch him play."

As Phil Mickelson and Justin Thomas were wrapping up their final round at the PGA Championship, ESPN's on-course reporter, John Maginnes, posed a question to David Duval.

Maginnes, a former Tour player, asked Duval, who has been sitting in the booth this week with host Scott Van Pelt, if he was learning anything from watching the players compete at Oak Hill.

Duval, 51, plays the PGA Tour Champions and last month competed alongside John Daly in the PGA Tour's team event, the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

"You know what gave me a better perspective, was playing at the Zurich with JD ... a few weeks back," Duval responded to Maginnes.

"And what did you learn?" inquired Van Pelt.

"I don’t belong out there any longer," Duval stated. "I was blessed, I had my time. When I played, I was one of the longer hitters. And now these guys, it’s just a different game."

Duval won 13 times on Tour, his last coming at the 2001 Open Championship. He and Daly, in the New Orleans field on a sponsor's exemption, shot 75-83 to finish last by 12 shots. 

After discussing how impressive it is for Phil Mickelson and Padraig Harrington to still be able to compete with the younger set, Duval said, "I think that some of that goes to, as well, the mentality of the modern player and how they look at it and go about playing. It’s attack, attack, attack.

"For Curtis [Strange], for me, for John, when he was playing, it was more a positional game."

Strange, a Hall of Famer and two-time major champion who works as an ESPN analyst, added, "You couldn’t overpower the golf course. A couple of guys did. But it was more about putting it, strategically, point to point to point across the golf course."

Manchester City celebrated their Premier League title on Sunday, beating Chelsea 1-0 with an early goal by Julian Alvarez in the team's home finale at a sun-drenched Etihad Stadium.

Treble-chasing City, who wrapped up the title when Arsenal were beaten by Nottingham Forest on Saturday, have won 12 successive games in the top flight.

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They have 88 points from 36 games, seven more than Arsenal who have played 37 games. Frank Lampard's Chelsea are 12th with 43 points and one game remaining.

Alvarez scored in the 12th minute for a largely a second-string City side, slipping the ball under goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga from a pass by Kyle Walker. He had another goal chalked off for a handball in the build-up.

With nothing on the line on Sunday and two huge games on the horizon -- the FA Cup and Champions League finals -- Pep Guardiola left his big guns including goal-scoring machine Erling Haaland on the bench for most of the game. City still dominated, proving they are a well-oiled machine no matter what parts the mastermind manager has to work with.

City were crowned champions for the third season in a row and fifth in six years a day earlier than expected when Arsenal's 1-0 defeat doused any hopes the Londoners had of catching them.

The mood on Sunday was festive. Chelsea sportingly gave the City players, who had watched the Arsenal game together the previous evening, a guard of honour before kickoff while thousands of fans rushed onto the field after the final whistle.

Haaland was a late substitute and did not extend his record of 36 goals in a single Premier League season.

Three days after he was hired at Michigan, Glenn "Shemy" Schembechler, son of longtime Wolverines coach Bo Schembechler, resigned following social media activity that has "caused concern and pain," according to a statement from the school.

"Effective this afternoon, Shemy Schembechler has resigned his position with Michigan Football," athletic director Warde Manuel said in a shared statement with coach Jim Harbaugh that was provided to ESPN on Saturday evening. "We are aware of some comments and likes on social media that have caused concern and pain for individuals in our community. Michigan Athletics is fully committed to a place where our coaches, staff and student-athletes feel welcome and where we fully support the University's and Athletic Department's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion."

On Wednesday, Schembechler announced he had been hired as Michigan's assistant director of football recruiting. He tweeted: "I'm beyond honored to return home to @UMichFootball! #GoBlue always and forever!"

A source with knowledge of the situation told ESPN that Schembechler went through a thorough background check during the hiring process.

His Twitter account, @shemyscout, was deactivated on Saturday. Schembechler had been a longtime NFL scout, most recently with the Las Vegas Raiders until February. He also scouted for Washington, Chicago and Kansas City. Schembechler spent more than a decade working for Washington's organization.

According to the Detroit News, Schembechler's Twitter timeline included "likes" of numerous offensive and insensitive posts, including several suggesting slavery and Jim Crow had the positive effect of strengthening Black individuals and families.

It's been a tumultuous offseason for Michigan, which has incurred several off-field incidents since its appearance in the College Football Playoff. In January, the NCAA sent Michigan a notice of allegations against Harbaugh for allegedly misleading NCAA enforcement staff who were looking into possible violations during a COVID-19 recruiting dead period.

Later that month, Michigan announced it fired co-offensive coordinator Matt Weiss, who remains under investigation by university police for "a report of computer access crimes" at the school's football facility.

ROME -- Martina Navratilova is doing "OK" after being diagnosed with throat cancer and breast cancer.

"I've gone through a very difficult year, but now I'm OK," the 18-time Grand Slam singles champion and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame said at the Italian Open on Sunday after receiving the Racchetta d'Oro (Golden Racket) award for her contributions to the sport.

Navratilova said in January that her prognosis was good and that she was going to start treatment that month. The 66-year-old said then that she had noticed an enlarged lymph node in her neck while attending the season-ending WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas, in November and that a biopsy showed early stage throat cancer.

While Navratilova was undergoing tests on her throat, she said, the unrelated early-stage breast cancer was discovered.

Navratilova returned to her work as a TV analyst at Tennis Channel in March, when, in an interview with TalkTV's Piers Morgan, she said she was told by doctors that "as far as they know, I'm cancer-free" and that she should be "good to go" after some additional radiation treatment.

Navratilova made her acceptance speech in Italian to the Campo Centrale crowd.

"Tennis gave me a surprising life for which I am very grateful," she said. "I always tried to give something back when I played and also in retirement."

Navratilova was a four-time runner-up in singles at the Foro Italico and a three-time champion in doubles -- with her last Rome title coming in 2003 with partner Svetlana Kuznetsova at the age of 46.

She won 59 Grand Slam titles overall, including 31 in women's doubles and 10 in mixed doubles. The last was a mixed doubles championship with Bob Bryan at the 2006 US Open, a month shy of her 50th birthday.

Navratilova originally retired in 1994, after a record 167 singles titles and 331 weeks at No. 1 in the WTA rankings. She returned to the tour to play doubles in 2000 and occasionally competed in singles, too.

Chelsea have made Dusan Vlahovic their No. 1 target for the summer, making an €80 million offer for the Juventus striker, sources told ESPN.

Vlahovic, 23, arrived in Turin from Fiorentina in January 2022 for €81.6m and has three years left on his contract.

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He has scored 23 goals in 62 games in all competitions for the Bianconeri but has failed to settle, due to coach Massimiliano Allegri's defensive approach and the uncertainty over Champions League qualification next season for the club.

Juventus had a 15-point penalty suspended last month, lifting them up to third in Serie A and right in the mix for a spot in the Champions League. The case has now been referred back to the soccer federation's appeals court, and Juventus have been handed back the points pending the new trial. The penalty was issued in January for false accounting.

With Vlahovic unhappy at Juve, Chelsea have seen an opportunity to attract a player they had targeted during his time at Fiorentina, while Juventus would consider a transfer for the Serbia international.

Incoming Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has been told that a top No. 9 would be signed this summer. Vlahovic, who is keen to move to Stamford Bridge, also has interest from Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid.

MIAMI -- Jimmy Butler enjoys making others uncomfortable.

It's a trait that has become his trademark, applying to everything from overcharging for coffee, blasting country music or barking at others on the basketball court, be they teammates or opponents.

Now, after four years with the Miami Heat, his team has taken after the 33-year-old veteran forward; the Heat's ability to feel undisturbed amid turbulence has defined the No. 8 seed's tremendous playoff run.

This has been an antacid season for Miami; basically all it does is play close games. For a dizzying 62 times through the 2022-23 regular season and playoffs, the Heat have been in games that reached "clutch" time, when the lead is within five points in the last five minutes or overtime. That is the third most for a team in the past 25 years.

And it has been a tumultuous playoffs, too. Even with dazzling end results -- they're now 10-3 after winning Game 2 to grasp a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference finals over the Boston Celtics -- it has been a rollicking ride, one that continues Sunday in Miami for Game 3 (8:30 p.m. ET, TNT).

"We have just had a lot of reps on learning how to deal with a lot of different emotions," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.

"Every single game, it felt like for weeks on end, every game was ending on the last-second shot, whether we're shooting it or the other team is shooting it. So you develop some grit from that."

Grit is one word for what Butler brings, but it doesn't quite capture the entirety of it. It's more of an edgy calm. He typically plays with a fire in clutch times that never looks put out.

The Heat were down 11 points with 11 minutes remaining in Friday's Game 2 in Boston. They were down nine with just over six minutes left. That was when Butler executed his three-point play, drawing a foul from Celtics forward Grant Williams and then getting face-to-face with him in a trash-talking duel.

"I love that gnarly version of Jimmy," Spoelstra said after the game.

Gnarly, yet unbothered. Butler's heartbeat didn't seem to change, and neither did his team's. After that bucket by Butler, Miami outscored Boston 24-9 to claim a 111-105 victory.

They'd done it again.

It's who they are, it's who Butler is.

"It makes me smile," said Butler, who had nine of his 27 points in the fourth quarter in Game 2. "When people talk to me, I'm like, 'OK, I know I'm a decent player, if you want to talk to me out of everybody that you can talk to.'"

Miami is now an incredible 6-2 in this postseason when it trails by at least 10 points (including 2-0 in this series).

The Heat have 38 clutch-time wins this season. They have 55 total wins, including the postseason. They basically win close, often coming from well behind, or they lose close. And they apply maximum pressure on opponents in doing so.

"Just being in those situations 50-plus times during the regular season, that just brings great experience for us," said Bam Adebayo, who had a brilliant Game 2 with 22 points, 17 rebounds and five assists.

Meanwhile, the Celtics have twice blown 10-point, fourth-quarter leads in these playoffs, tied for the most in a postseason in the past 25 years.

The contrast in the two teams' comfort levels in those uncomfortable moments, with Butler at the heart of it all, has been stark.

As the Heat put together a series of clutch plays from Butler, Adebayo and Caleb Martin, who had a career-playoff-high 25 points in Game 2, the Celtics have melted. Boston missed seven of its last eight shots and committed three brutal turnovers.

It was the Celtics' fifth home defeat of these playoffs. It was the Heat's fifth postseason road win.

It's not a trend that would've been expected between these two teams, one that had an impressive regular season and one that felt like just being in endless close games was an indictment.

But one journey to get to this stage is paying off more than the other, thanks in large part to Miami's star player -- and his calming presence.

"This group has been together for a while, so there's some collective experiences," Spoelstra said. "But certainly this year was really unique for all of us. There's a beauty in the struggle. There's a beauty in that grind, and we're privileged to be able to go through a unique regular season like we have."