U.S. shuts out Finland 5-0, faces Canada for gold

UTICA, N.Y.>> Aerin Frankel stopped 15 shots for her fourth shutout in five games, and Laila Edwards scored a natural hat trick as the United States beat Finland 5-0 in the semifinal round on Saturday, advancing the defending champions to their 23rd women’s world hockey championship gold-medal game.

The win sets up a rematch against Canada in the gold-medal game on Sunday. The Canadians beat the Czech Republic 4-0 in Saturday’s late semifinal.

Wrexham gains promotion to English third division

WREXHAM, Wales>> The sequel turned out to be just as good for Wrexham. The Welsh team co-owned by actor Ryan Reynolds clinched promotion to the third tier of English soccer thanks to a 6-0 home win over Forest Green. That’s back-to-back promotions for the team.

Braves ace Strider will miss the rest of the season

MIAMI>> Atlanta Braves ace Spencer Strider will miss the rest of the season after having surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, the team said.

Rangers’ reliever Burke breaks non-throwing hand

HOUSTON>> Texas Rangers reliever Brock Burke broke his non-throwing hand while punching a wall following a poor outing Friday night against the Houston Astros He was placed on the injured list Saturday.

Sam Mayer makes last-lap pass and wins Xfinity race

FORT WORTH, Texas>> Sam Mayer made a last-lap pass and held on to win by a matter of inches ahead of Ryan Sieg at Texas Motor Speedway in one of the closest finishes in NASCAR Xfinity Series history.

Mayer was high against the outside wall after the two cars banged side-by-side on the way to the checkered flag. The final margin was .002, matching the second-closest finish in series history.

Larson is on the pole for the 3rd Cup race in a row

FORT WORTH, Texas>> Kyle Larson will be the pole sitter for the third NASCAR Cup race in a row after a fast lap of 190.369 mph in qualifying at Texas Motor Speedway.

Ruud finally beats Djokovic, Tsitsipas downs Sinner to set up Monte Carlo final

MONACO>> Casper Ruud finally got the better of Novak Djokovic, beating the top-ranked Serb 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 to set up a Monte Carlo Masters final against two-time champion Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Tsitsipas won the earlier semifinal against a tiring Jannik Sinner 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to hand the Australian Open champion only his second defeat of the season.

Raducanu leads Britain into Billie Jean King Cup Finals

LE PORTEL, France>> Emma Raducanu clinched Britain’s berth in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals by taking the last six points of a 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (1) victory against Diane Parry of France on for an insurmountable 3-1 lead in the best-of-five-match qualifying round.

Poland — led by No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek — the United States, Japan, Australia and Slovakia were among the other countries that advanced to the Finals, which will be held in Seville, Spain, in November.

— The Associated Press