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Truist Championship final leaderboard

-16 S Straka (Aut); -14 S Lowry (Ire); -14 J Thomas (US); -12 J Bridgeman (US), P Cantlay (US), T Fleetwood (Eng)

Selected others: -10 R McIlroy (NI); -9 X Schauffele (US); -6 M Fitzpatrick (Eng), A Rai (Eng); -4 R MacIntyre (Sco)

Shane Lowry missed out on victory at the Truist Championship as his European Ryder Cup team-mate Sepp Straka claimed the title.

The two players went into the final round in the joint lead on 14 under and it was Austrian Straka who emerged with victory after a final round 68 put him on 16 under.

Irishman Lowry went round in level-par 70, two late bogeys leaving him tied for second with Justin Thomas at the Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Wissahickon Course.

A key moment took place on the 16th when both Straka and Lowry were on 16 under. Lowry missed a five-foot putt and bogeyed the hole, while Straka managed a par to lead by one shot with two holes remaining.

Straka kept hold of his lead to claim his fourth PGA Tour victory, while a dejected Lowry three-putted the 18th hole to finish two shots adrift of the winner, along with American Thomas.

“I hit a lot of really good shots and made a lot of mistakes. I hung in there,” said Straka.

“I had a two-shot lead [after the ninth hole] and made two bogeys on the next two holes to lose it, but I kept the same attitude and mentality throughout the round.”

England’s Tommy Fleetwood birdied the last in recording a 65, along with Americans Patrick Cantlay and Jacob Bridgeman, as they all finished on 12 under for a tie of fourth.

Defending champion Rory McIlroy, a four-time winner of the event when held at Quail Hollow, the venue for next week’s US PGA Championship, finished on 10 under after a steady round of 68 featuring 16 pars.

“I thought on the greens was good even though I didn’t hole a lot of putts today,” said McIlroy. “My approach play got a little better as the week went on, I just need to hit a few more fairways.

“I feel with next week and the tee shots I have to hit there, it’ll set up better for me.

Bayern Munich have no plan to raise their offer to Leroy Sane, Napoli slient on move for Manchester City’s Kevin de Bruyne and Arsenal’s Jakub Kiwior on radar of Inter Milan and Juventus.

Bayern Munich do not intend to improve their contract offer to Germany winger Leroy Sane, despite the new agents of the 29-year-old – who is out of contract in the summer – submitting a fresh proposal to the Bundesliga champions. (Florian Plettenberg, Sky Sports Germany)

Napoli sporting director Giovanni Manna is remaining silent about a move to sign Belgium midfielder Kevin de Bruyne, 33, on a free transfer when he leaves Manchester City at the end of his contract this summer. (Calciomercato – in Italian)

Canada striker Jonathan David will be a free agent when his deal with Lille ends in the summer and the 25-year-old is another target for Napoli. (La Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian)

Bayer Leverkusen chief Fernando Carro believes there is a 50-50 chance of 22-year-old Germany midfielder Florian Wirtz, who has been linked with Bayern Munich, staying with the club. (Sky Sports Germany)

Arsenal centre-back Jakub Kiwior is on the radar of both Juventus and Inter Milan as the 25-year-old Poland defender weighs up his long-term future. (Football Insider)

Real Madrid are looking to agree a deal with Liverpool worth about £1m for 26-year-old England full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold to join them before the Club World Cup. (Football Insider)

Former Everton and Burnley manager Sean Dyche is among the candidates to take over at Leicester City, with the Foxes expected to part ways with current boss Ruud van Nistelrooy. (Talksport)

Brazil midfielder Douglas Luiz says he misses playing for Aston Villa as he struggles for first-team football at Juventus, who signed the 27-year-old from the Midlands club last summer. (Twitch, via Birmingham Mail)

Brighton are among a number of clubs interested in 21-year-old defender Diego Coppola, who plays for Serie A side Hellas Verona. (Fabrizio Romano)

AC Milan are keen on Feyenoord centre-back David Hancko but face competition from Bayer Leverkusen and Juventus for the 27-year-old Slovakia international. (Calciomercato – in Italian)

Great Britain won bronze medals in the men’s and quad events at the wheelchair tennis World Team Cup in Turkey.

Ben Bartram and Dahnon Ward beat France pair Geoffrey Jasiak and Gaetan Menguy respectively in the singles of the men’s bronze medal play-off.

Greg Slade and Gary Cox beat Australia in the deciding doubles to finish third in the quad competition in Antalya.

Australia forced a decider when Benjamin Wenzel beat Andy Lapthorne after Slade had won the opening singles match against Finn Broadbent.

“I’m really happy and very proud of all our efforts this week,” said Bartram.

“It’s definitely a very deserved bronze medal.”

Japan, who beat Britain in the semi-finals, defeated Chile in the final to win the men’s title.

The quad title was won by the Netherlands, who beat Brazil in the final. Britain lost 2-0 to Brazil in the semi-finals on Saturday.

“I’m delighted to have come through, to win the bronze with the team and bounce back from the disappointment of the semi-final against Brazil,” said Slade, who, like Cox, secured his first World Team Cup medal.

“We really collected ourselves and went after it and played some really good tennis.”

The World Team Cup is wheelchair tennis’ biggest team competition, and is the equivalent of the Davis Cup or Billie Jean King Cup.

The Netherlands also won the women’s competition, in which Britain were beaten by France in the bronze medal play-off.

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Mikel Arteta has labelled Arsenal’s first-half performance in their 2-2 draw with Liverpool as “unacceptable”.

The Gunners went two goals down after conceding twice in as many first-half minutes at Anfield. For the opener, they were caught unaware as the hosts took a quick throw-in with Andy Robertson then crossing for Cody Gakpo to head in.

But Arteta’s side fought back in the second half with goals from Gabriel Martinelli and Mikel Merino to gain a point which they held on to despite Merino being sent off for a second booking.

“What we did in the first half is nowhere near the level so to do it after that [fight back] is not acceptable. We reacted, great but it is unacceptable.” Arteta said speaking to Sky Sports after the game.

Arteta was then asked in his post-match press conference by BBC Sport what part of his side’s performance was unacceptable.

“A lot of parts, especially the defending standards and the errors after we gave the ball away, which is totally prohibited against this team,” he said.

“We were very far off it. I was really upset. Yeah, we had a reaction but I hate reaction, I like action.

“If we want to be there winning trophies, there is going to be a moment where you win it or you don’t. If you don’t, you have to play another one when you have been working for nine months. That is here, today.

Arsenal were without England international Declan Rice who was ruled out through injury while Jurrien Timber, although named on the bench, was not fit enough to feature.

“We missed half of the team again and you can still [come back] from 2-0 at Anfield,” Arteta said.

“We played the way we played, came back and maybe should have won it, and at the end maybe lost it with something that was in our hands.

“If we want to really win it, the consistency level [has to be there] for 95 minutes. I don’t like to talk about the players that are not here and excuses. I am disappointed.”

Arsenal have now won just one of their last six Premier League matches and need to pick up points across their final two fixtures to secure second place. Two points are also needed to be certain of a top-five finish and Champions League qualification.

After missing out on the title to Manchester City by two points last season, the Gunners are 15 points adrift of champions Liverpool this time.

Having reached 84 points in 2022-23 and 89 points in 2023-24, Arsenal will end this campaign with a maximum of 74 points. Arteta admitted earlier this week that his side have gone backwards in the league.

“I have full trust in all my players and we have full clarity in what we want to do,” Arteta added.

“It will be a tough game [against Newcastle] and we want to secure the Champions League and the second spot as well. It is a big opportunity.

“If you cannot be the best, then you have to be the best of the rest.

“That is very important. Again today we played with 10 men, half of our team injured, and some of them playing when they should not, and still we performed in a way we have done for seven or eight months.