The Minnesota Twins placed second baseman Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a left hamstring strain.

The Twins announced the move prior to their game against the Los Angeles Angels and recalled infielder Edouard Julien from Triple-A St. Paul to fill Polanco's roster spot.

The transaction is retroactive to Wednesday, so Polanco could return to the lineup by next weekend.

Polanco experienced tightness in his left hamstring during the Twins' 7-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday and had to leave the game in the seventh inning. On Friday, Minnesota used two players at second base -- Donovan Solano and Willi Castro -- in a 5-4 loss to the Angels.

Polanco has appeared in 23 games this season, and heads to the IL with a .284 average, 4 home runs and 14 RBIs. Polanco missed 19 games earlier in the season with inflammation in his left knee.

Julien has already been up with the Twins this season, and at the major league level, he's hitting .222 with two home runs and four RBIs.

ST. LOUIS -- The Los Angeles Dodgers placed left-hander Julio Urias on the 15-day injured list retroactive to Thursday with a strained left hamstring and recalled RHP Wander Suero from Triple-A Oklahoma City.

Los Angeles made the move Saturday just a few hours after manager Dave Roberts said he expected Urias to make his next scheduled start Tuesday at Atlanta.

Urias was pulled from his start against St. Louis on Thursday night after allowing six runs on four home runs in the third inning.

He's 5-4 with a 4.39 ERA in 10 starts this season after going 17-7 last season with a National League-leading 2.31 ERA. He also led the NL with 20 wins in 2021.

Suero is 0-0 with a 5.79 ERA in three relief appearances for the Dodgers this season and has gone 3-0 with a 1.32 ERA in 11 appearances for Oklahoma City.

CINCINNATI -- The New York Yankees cut Aaron Hicks before Saturday's game against the Cincinnati Reds and owe the struggling outfielder about $27.6 million from more than 2½ seasons remaining in a $70 million, seven-year contract.

Hicks was designated for assignment to make room for outfielder Greg Allen, acquired in a trade with Boston on Friday.

The 33-year-old Hicks was batting .188 with a homer and five RBIs in 28 games this season. He agreed to a $70 million, seven-year contract with New York in February 2019 but injured his right elbow that Aug. 3, missed the rest of the regular season and five postseason games, homering in Game 5 of the AL Championship Series against Houston's Justin Verlander.

"It is what it is," Hicks said, per the New York Post. "It's part of the business side of it. Just got to move on to the next chapter. ... This is a very good baseball team. It kind of seemed like it wasn't working out for me."

Hicks had Tommy John surgery with Los Angeles Dodgers head team physician Dr. Neal ElAttrache that Oct. 30.

He returned the following July for the pandemic-shortened season but was never the same player. Hicks hit .212 with 19 homers and 80 RBIs in 244 games after the surgery, down from .236 with 82 homers and 276 RBIs in 654 games before the injury. His 2021 season was cut short May 12 because of a torn tendon sheath in his left wrist that required season-ending surgery on May 26.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone described his talk with Hicks as "quiet" and "somber."

"This is family," Boone said. "You go through everything with these guys. Obviously, with Aaron, some ups and downs. He's had some really good seasons. It wasn't an easy conversation to have, but one we felt was necessary."

New York has seven days to trade Hicks or place him on waivers, and given his contract, there is little chance he will be claimed. New York owes Hicks $7,620,968 for the remainder of this year's $10.5 million salary plus salaries of $9.5 million in each of the next two seasons and a $1 million buyout of a 2026 team option.

Hicks broke into the majors with Minnesota in 2013. He was traded to New York in November 2015 and has a .230 average with 101 homers and 356 RBIs in 898 career games.

New York also traded minor league right-hander Diego Hernández and cash to the Red Sox for Allen.

The 30-year-old Allen is beginning his second stint with New York after appearing in 15 games with the Yankees in 2021. He also has played with Cleveland, San Diego and Pittsburgh during his six big league seasons.

The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.

Meeting records fall at Parliament Hill as Jess Warner-Judd and Andy Butchart emerge as top Brits

The Night of the 10,000m PBs once again saw a dizzying display of distance running with meeting records in the two blue riband races. Roared on by thousands of spectators at Parliament Hill in north London on Saturday (May 20), Paul Chelimo of the United States stormed to an emphatic men’s victory in 27:12.73 while Mizan Alem Adane of Ethiopia destroyed a world-class field by more than a minute with 29:59.03.

Behind, Jess Warner-Judd and Andy Butchart won British titles in style. Warner-Judd successfully defended the crown she won at the same event 12 months ago whereas it was Butchart’s first outing at the event. “It definitely lived up to the expectations and more,” he enthused. “This is the way track needs to go. The guys here have absolutely smashed it. It’s a whirlwind.”

He added: “It’s not ‘track’. It’s like a different discipline. It’s not dull. It’s not boring. Everybody loves it here.”

The meeting was part of the On Track Nights series this year and the running shoe brand made the most of their sponsorship deal by sectioning off zones for athletes, media, VIPs and spectators. Amid the post-race pyrotechnics and beer-fuelled fans, ever-presents such as Dave Bedford, the former world 10,000m record-holder, rubbed shoulders with YouTubers from around the UK and as far afield as America and Japan. A pilgrimage to this event has become, it seems, an essential act for any fan worth their salt.

Age is no barrier either. From Chris Thompson’s and Jemma Simpson’s two-year-old son, Theo, through to the 94-year-old Eric Shirley, steeplechase finalist at the 1956 Olympics, spectators from multiple generations descended on the Hampstead Heath venue to see what all the hype is about.

“When you arrive, there’s an atmosphere,” added Butchart. “I don’t want to be ‘the grumpy old guy’ but track has lost that a bit elsewhere. But it’s definitely here – the hype is real and it’s incredible. I don’t think there’s another event in the world like this.”

Chelimo a class apart

Coming into this event there was talk of Paul Chelimo not being in good form. A global medallist in the 5000m in 2016, 2017 and 2021, though, he showed his class with a dominant run as he beat Yeman Crippa’s meeting record by four seconds.

“People count me out sometimes and I like that,” he said. “I went to the Olympics and they counted me out. I went to the World Championships and they counted me out. I am a championship machine. I always show up!”

The American went No.8 on the US all-time rankings as he won by 19 seconds from runner-up Vincent Mutai of Kenya, who ran 27:31.31, with Tadesse Getahon of Israel third in 27:33.99. Egide Ntakarutimana of Burundi was fourth in 27:37.09 with Ren Tazawa, who had made the long trip from Japan to chase the World Champs qualifying standard of 27:10.00, disappointed to clock 27:40.40 in fifth.

“I was all alone and tried to go for it. The thing that makes me happy is that I got the course (meeting) record,” said Chelimo, who would surely have nailed the World Champs qualifier himself if it wasn’t for the chilly and slightly blustery conditions.

Chelimo, who passed halfway in 13:36.34 before pushing ahead, added: “The crowd is amazing. Amazing! That’s what kept me going. I saw the (Wave) light was flickering and going away from me but I was just grinding because the crowds were cheering so hard. There are obviously a lot of people here who love running.”

Will he be back? “For sure. I wouldn’t say no. I’ve always had success in London. Last year I had a really bad track season so to get a good race here and to win is a good predictor for the season ahead. So now I’ll get back to training and keep working hard.”

In 10^th, Andy Butchart was 11 seconds outside his Scottish record with 27:47.43. Getting into the spirit of the evening, he grabbed a can of beer in the home straight and charged through the final metres swigging it to the delight of trackside fans. “If we did any other discipline in athletics (like this) it would take off,” he said.

Fellow Brit Zak Mahamed smashed his PB with 27:56.70 in 13^th as the top 14 runners broke 14 minutes and he said: “It’s an amazing event and I’m really happy with the way I ran. The way the crowd carry you and the noise is unbelievable. I was struggling mid-race but the crowd kept me going.”

Alem Adane stuns crowd with sub-30min win

Mizan Alem Adane arrived at Heathrow on the eve of the race with no English language skills and merely a phone number for one of the organisers. Yet the Ethiopian found her way to the athlete hotel in Archway near Hampstead Heath and on Saturday night stunned the crowd with a runaway victory in 29:59.03, making her the 12th woman in history to break the 30-minute barrier.

From sunny conditions for the opening races earlier in the day, temperatures plummeted in the evening as the championship races approached. Yet Alem Adane turned up the heat on the track as she lapped most of her rivals.

On her final lap the Ethiopian almost caught and lapped runner-up Weini Kelati of the United States, who ran 31:04.16, with third-placed Nadia Battocletti of Italy finishing strongly to clock 31:06.42, just ahead of fourth-placed Jess Warner-Judd’s 31:09.29.

Most people’s pre-race favourite, meanwhile, Hawi Feysa of Ethiopia, was fifth in 31:09.85 as Miriam Dattke of Germany was sixth in 31:10.21 and Sam Harrison of Britain a fine seventh in 31:11.40 less than a month after her 2:25:59 marathon in London.

Two years ago Alem Adane won the world under-20 5000m title in Nairobi by eight seconds in 16:05.61. She is now aged 21 and not much is known about her, although she finished a relatively unnoticed and distant runner-up to fellow Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay over 3000m indoors in Birmingham at the World Indoor Tour final in February.

She certainly made a name for herself on Saturday, though. Paced by Melissa Courtney-Bryant through 3000m in 9:11.86, Alem Adane went through 5000m in 15:09.85 and forged ahead, building up a bigger lead with every lap.

Among other things the meeting record-holder Steph Twell vowed to donate money to the Ron Pickering Memorial Fund if anyone could beat her meeting record and Alem Adane’s impressive feat means Twell will now give £350 to the charity.

Kelati and Battocletti were delighted to run PBs behind the winner. The latter destroyed her previous best of 33:06.25 and told AW she plans to return to the event in future years, although her immediate goal for this summer is to move back down to 5000m.

Warner-Judd was also happy after struggling with illness during March. “My aim was to finish in the top two of the Brits,” she said. “That’s what I needed to do for the Worlds. To be British champion, I’m really proud and happy with that.”

She told AW she has partly come off social media as well in the run-up to this summer’s races in order to focus on her own training. “I deleted twitter and Facebook but kept Instagram as I liked posting pictures of my dogs!” she revealed. “I’ve just got back to basics and wanted to train smart and enjoy my running again.”

Looking forward, she added: “I know I’ll be better in a couple of months’ time. The base is there and I think I’ll be a lot sharper in August.”

Harrison nearly didn’t race here after coming down with a cold following the London Marathon but she felt better in the past week or so. “I was contemplating whether to do it but it’s a great race and event and I love doing it every year. So I thought I’d give it a blast,” she said.

On a night of superb performances, Amy-Eloise Markovc was third Brit home in a PB of 31:17.81 after having earlier boldly gone with the fast early pace with Abbie Donnelly fourth Brit in 32:10.16.

Young athletes’ races are a hit

Iris Downes and Finlay Hutchinson won the under-20 800m races as a series of events for young athletes held just before the championship 10,000m races went down a storm.

Hutchinson clocked 1:50.43 to win a close men’s race while Downes was more emphatic as she ran 2:05.95 and told AW: ““I’m very good at coming second and third in races so today I was really pleased to win a decent race for once. With the crowd it was phenomenal. I didn’t feel any pain whatsoever. I just heard the crowd.

“I’ve never experienced anything like this and it’s amazing that On Running is putting events like this on and giving under-17 and under-20 athletes the opportunity. I ran in the Diamond League last year but this event is something else.”

You will probably never see his like again. Following his international retirement, Alun Wyn Jones will go down in rugby union history as an all-time great.

He will be lauded in the same company as Welsh legends such as Sir Gareth Edwards, Barry John, JPR Williams, Phil Bennett and Shane Williams.

Jones, 37, has played a world-record 170 international matches, with 158 games for Wales and 12 Tests for the Lions.

He moved past New Zealand World Cup-winning captain Richie McCaw's mark of 148 caps in 2020. Given the brutal modern game, Jones' remarkable record might not be beaten.

Chaos continues

Even after a chaotic season in Welsh rugby, news of the international retirements of Jones and Justin Tipuric on the same day surprised almost everybody.

In the space of just over an hour on Friday afternoon, Wales lost two titans who have 264 international appearances between them - and all this just under four months before the World Cup in France.

It would have been a fifth global tournament for Jones and a third for Tipuric. Both were named in Warren Gatland's 54-man training squad earlier this month.

But there will be no more international rugby for these greats, who were important figures in one of Wales' most successful periods.

Welsh fans will be wondering why the pair have decided to jump ship on the same day. What is the real story? Why now? Was this coincidence or co-ordinated? Was it the players' sole decision and what role, if any, did Gatland play in the final conversations?

Each made his own statement, Tipuric through his agency, Jones on his own channels, as he stated "after ongoing dialogue with the coaching staff and Welsh Rugby Union", he decided to step away from the international game.

The reasons given are not enough for many and theories have begun. Exact details might emerge in the coming days, but both players deserve the plaudits they have received.

Tipuric, 33, will probably be relieved Jones announced his retirement on the same day. The flanker deserves his own accolades having won 93 Wales caps, played one Lions Test and been part of four Six Nations-winning sides.

But the man famous for his blue headgear has never appeared comfortable in the spotlight. His rugby has long spoken for him.

Those tributes for Jones and Tipuric came from inside and outside rugby. Even royalty have had their say as the Prince and Princess of Wales congratulated them, while first Minister Mark Drakeford also weighed in.

Record breaker

Jones' international career began 7,500 miles from home at the sporting outpost of Estadio Raul Conti in Puerto Madryn, Patagonia, when he made his Wales debut as a 20-year-old, named as a flanker against Argentina in the summer of 2006. Very few would predict what he would go onto achieve over the coming years.

Jones helped Wales win five Six Nations titles, including three Grand Slams, played in four World Cups and was part of two sides that reached World Cup semi-finals.

He was an ever present in four Lions Test series, with captaincy on the 2021 tour to South Africa rewarding his legendary status in the game.

Jones also led the Lions to a Test series-clinching victory over Australia eight years earlier when Sam Warburton was injured. Only Willie John McBride and Dickie Jeeps have played more Lions Tests than Jones.

Of all the statistics floating around perhaps the most remarkable is Jones has played in 20% of all the Tests Wales have played in their history.

But numbers tell only half the story about the man who has helped carry Welsh rugby through one of its most successful eras.

Destined to be a Lion

His intensity in training is legendary, with numerous teammates noting how, throughout his career, he has made a point of being first on the training field and last off it.

Sean Holley was part of the Ospreys coaching staff and recalled one of the first moments he met him.

"He turned up on our training field after being brought to us by Garin Jenkins (former Wales hooker)," Holley told BBC Radio Wales.

"Lyn Jones (then the Ospreys head coach) took him to one side on another field to do some jumping, just to have a little assessment.

"Alun Wyn's famous nickname "Gwyn Togs" was born because he was wearing white boots. Gwyn is white in Welsh and togs is what we called boots.

"I will never forget Lyn coming back after doing 20 minutes and he said the boy was going to be a British Lion.

"My goodness wasn't Lyn right, and he has been more than that. Al immediately came into the Ospreys team and made a huge impression.

"I saw for 10 years his insatiable appetite to win, perform, be selected, get better, look after himself and drive his players. He set standards and it was an absolute privilege to work with him."

Is he the greatest player Holley has ever coached?

"I often say Shane [Williams] when I am asked this, but Al has to be up there with the greatest, certainly in the modern era," said Holley.

"When you look at his career and the position he plays, the batterings he has taken and dished out, how he has kept going and himself in such shape is incredible.

"He has phenomenal consistency of performances, selection and standards. It is a credit to him and his family that his work ethic and inner drive is second to none. He will leave a massive hole."

Former Ospreys, Wales and Lions wing Shane Williams had a unique first impression.

"I didn't know he was going to be a Lion but I could tell he was going to be a pain in the backside," said Williams.

"The first training session you get these young lads turning up and Dan Biggar was very much the same. Very confident and bouncing around the training paddock like Zebedee.

"I could tell by his mentality and work ethos this boy was going to be something special.

"Alun Wyn was hitting rucks in soft contact sessions like it was the Grand Slam finale. That is what you get with Alun Wyn, he trains like he plays and plays like he trains.

"It is 100mph and there is no second gear. How his body has lasted this long I have no idea. He is going to go down as one of the greatest players, if not the greatest, to have played for Wales.

"I am putting him in the ranks of Sir Gareth Edwards and Gerald Davies. He has had such longevity and he is an absolute machine."

Tumultuous times

The two retirements continue a tumultuous spell for Welsh rugby over the last 12 months.

A WRU sexism scandal, the organisation's chief executive resigning, coaches being sacked or suspended, Wales players threatening to strike over contractual chaos, a struggling national team, continued regional failures - all events played out against a grim financial backdrop with the four professional sides heading into a period of serious belt-tightening.

Now this. During the build-up to the game against England in the Six Nations, where the Wales squad had threatened to strike because of the financial uncertainty, Jones proved a real statesman as he defended the players and insisted the threat was real.

"Ultimately, if you treat people badly for long enough, you get to where we find ourselves," said Jones.

This came four years after Jones had to steer his squad through the turbulence of the merger that didn't happen between Ospreys and Scarlets, bang in the middle of a Six Nations campaign.

He and Ken Owens were widely praised for helping to calm the situation as Wales went on to complete another Grand Slam.

So Jones has been a true leader for Wales, captaining them on 48 occasions alongside those four Lions Tests as skipper.

Who will forget his Lazarus-style comeback from a dislocated shoulder suffered while playing for the Lions against Japan in Murrayfield in the summer of 2021?

His tour was expected to be over but his miraculous recovery saw him defy the medical odds and join up with the trip in South Africa just 18 days later. If anything sums up Jones, it is that remarkable recovery.

A Barbarians farewell in Twickenham and Swansea awaits later his month and maybe even one last hurrah at club level, although he has not confirmed that will be with Ospreys.

But maybe we should all treasure the Wales memories of AWJ. Because you might never see his like again.

La Rochelle retained the Champions Cup as they broke Leinster's hearts for the second year running in a pulsating final in Dublin.

But La Rochelle staged a brilliant fightback that was capped by Georges-Henri Colombe's late try.

It is La Rochelle's second title and denies Leinster a record-equalling fifth triumph.

There were ecstatic scenes among the men in yellow at the final whistle as they completed the biggest comeback in Champions Cup final history.

It was a classic final that gripped a sold-out Aviva Stadium from the first minute when Leinster scored their opening try.

However, having built a commanding lead, the Irish side faded and were left with a familiar sense of agony after losing last year's decider to the side coached by former Munster fly-half Ronan O'Gara.

The defeat means Leinster have lost three finals - they were also beaten by Saracens in 2019 - since winning their fourth title in 2018.

It caps a disappointing climax to their season after also losing the United Rugby Championship semi-final to rivals Munster last week.

La Rochelle in contrast have reaffirmed their status as European club rugby's leading force under O'Gara, who has now won four Champions Cups as player and coach.

More to follow.

Brentford shrugged off an eight-month ban imposed on striker Ivan Toney as Bryan Mbeumo scored twice in a 3-1 win at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday in their penultimate Premier League game of an impressive season.

Harry Kane's 28th league goal of the campaign, a stunning free kick, put the hosts ahead and they dominated before half-time in their last home game of the season.

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But seventh-placed Tottenham's hopes of qualifying for Europe suffered yet another blow after the break as Mbeumo dispatched two clinical left-foot finishes to turn the game on its head in the space of 12 minutes.

It prompted home chants against chairman Daniel Levy, who admitted in his programme notes it had been an "immensely difficult season" for the club and the volume increased when Yoane Wissa wrapped it up for Brentford in the 88th minute.

It was Tottenham's 14th defeat of the season and they face a crucial summer ahead to halt a worrying decline.

"The summer is a week away, we've got a massive game against Leeds but there will be massive decisions to make," Tottenham stand-in manager Ryan Mason said.

For Thomas Frank's ninth-place Brentford, a top-half finish is assured and they even have an outside chance of sneaking above Tottenham and qualifying for Europe.

Tottenham have 57 points from 37 games, a point behind sixth-placed Brighton & Hove Albion who have a game in hand. Brentford, who host leaders Manchester City next week, have 56.

Toney, whose 20 goals make him the second highest English scorer in the Premier League this season behind Kane, was banned this week for more than 200 breaches of the FA's betting rules.

He will not be able to play again until January 2024, a hole Brentford will seek to fill this summer, but on Saturday they made light of his absence.

"Mbeumo hasn't been rewarded with enough goals. Last year I think he hit the post seven times -- crazy! -- so I'm glad that two great finishes hit the back of the net," Frank said.

Kane's Tottenham future is in doubt and he trudged off at the final whistle to applause from the fans before re-appearing to make a lap of the pitch with his wife and children, as did Tottenham's Champions League hero Lucas Moura who fought back the tears as he waved a final goodbye to the fans.

If England captain Kane decides to move on after scoring 211 Premier League goals for Tottenham, at least he signed off at home in style.

Kane sent an unstoppable curling right-foot free kick past David Raya in the eighth minute and Tottenham should have built on their lead with Emerson Royal denied by a superb clearing header by the outstanding Rico Henry.

Brentford were much brighter after the break and equalised when Wissa played in Mbeumo who cut inside Ben Davies and whipped a low shot past Fraser Forster.

The goal was the 60th Tottenham have conceded in the league this season, making it only the second time in a 38-game Premier League season that a team has scored and conceded at least 60, matching the feat they achieved in 2007-08.

Mbeumo struck again with a similar finish soon after, this time from Aaron Hickey's pass, and when Oliver Skipp got caught in possession and Mbeumo picked out Wissa to score Tottenham's misery was complete.

Roberto Firmino scored a dramatic late equaliser to keep Liverpool's slim chances of a top-four Premier League finish alive with a 1-1 draw against Aston Villa on Saturday.

The Brazilian, in his final appearance at Anfield after eight seasons with the Merseyside club, scored in the 89th minute to the delight of the crowd in Liverpool's last home game of the season.

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Jurgen Klopp's side are fifth with 66 points with one game remaining, but three points adrift of fourth-place Manchester United who have a game in hand. Unai Emery's Villa are seventh with 58 points from 37 games.

Jacob Ramsey put Villa ahead in the 27th minute, after a period of sustained pressure, darting to the back post to head a cross from Douglas Luiz past goalkeeper Allison.

Villa could have taken the lead five minutes earlier when they were awarded a penalty, but Ollie Watkins sent his shot sailing wide.

Liverpool thought they had levelled early in the second half from a close-range goal by Cody Gakpo, but after a lengthy VAR check it was ruled out for offside.

Liverpool must win their final game at Southampton next week, and hope that Man United and Newcastle United lose their remaining two games to secure a Champions League berth.

Casemiro scored a brilliant acrobatic volley to give Manchester United a 1-0 Premier League win at Bournemouth on Saturday that took them closer to Champions League football next season.

United moved on to 69 points in fourth place in the table, behind Newcastle United on goal difference and needing one point from home games against Chelsea and Fulham next week to seal a return to European club soccer's most prestigious competition.

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Fifth-placed Liverpool, who are on 66 points after a 1-1 draw against Aston Villa, face relegated Southampton on the final day.

The visitors dominated the opening exchanges and went ahead in the ninth minute when Cherries defender Marcos Senesi tried to hook away a Christian Eriksen pass behind the defence, but only succeeded in teeing up Casemiro for a brilliant spinning volley.

The home side found their feet midway through the first half as Dominic Solanke controlled a long ball into the box and unleashed a shot that David De Gea had to dive to his left to save.

That sparked a positive spell for Bournemouth, with Victor Lindelof forced into a number of defensive headers, but they were soon on the back foot again as United took control again in the second half.

Winger Antony wasted a number of decent chances, while substitute Wout Weghorst and midfielder Bruno Fernandes both forced fine saves from Neto and it looked like it was only a matter of time before United scored again.

They were almost made to pay for their wayward finishing when substitute Kieffer Moore bore down on De Gea late on, but the goalkeeper blocked his shot and the danger was averted.

There was still time for one more chance for the home side, with Senesi firing just over the bar, but United held on for a win that prompted wild celebrations from the travelling supporters.