D2 EZ M2 THE WASHINGTON POST.MONDAY, MARCH 7 , 2022
WINTER SPORTS
Shiffrin finishes fourth
in giant slalom return
Mikaela Shiffrin stretched her
lead in t he overall World C up
standings Sunday by finishing
fourth in a giant slalom after
closest r ival Petra Vlhova failed
to f inish t he first run in
Lenzerheide, Switzerland.
Shiffrin seemed to ski more
cautiously i n the s econd run after
she w as the second-fastest racer
in the first leg and ended
0.77 s econds behind w inner Tessa
Worley.
Worley, a two-time world
champion, f inished 0.29 ahead o f
Federica Brignone. Olympic
champion Sara Hector l et h er
first-run lead slip t o finish 0.31
behind Worley.
If Shiffrin was s kiing to protect
her l ead i n a season-long d uel
with Vlhova, the updated
standings show the t actic w orked
in a successful weekend.
Shiffrin earned 50 p oints for
the r ace — her f irst giant slalom
since she crashed o ut after just
10 seconds at t he Beijing
Olympics — a nd built her lead to
117 with six events left i n the n ext
two weeks. Race winners earn
100 p oints.
Shiffrin and Vlhova had been
tied before t he t wo-race meeting
at t he S wiss resort w atched by
tennis great Roger Federer, who
has a home within s ight o f the
race h ill.
Worley’s 1 6th career World Cup
win, all in giant slalom, closed t he
gap i n the d iscipline standings,
which a re l ed by Hector with two
races left....
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
anxiously jumped up from the
leader’s c hair several times, but
on each o ccasion he sat down
again a nd puffed o ut his cheeks in
relief as none of his rivals
managed t o beat the Norwegian’s
time in the p enultimate World
Cup s uper-G o f the s eason in
Kvitfjell, Norway.
Kilde pleased h is home crowd
by winning the r ace and locking
up the season d iscipline t itle w ith
a race to spare.
“I almost h ad a heart attack
here. It’s a g ood mix of a lot ofemotions,” Kilde said.
The Olympic bronze medalist
mastered a downhill-like, f ast
course set on the Olympiabakken
hill in sunny conditions t o edge
James Crawford b y 0.07 seconds
as the C anadian earned his first
career p odium.
Olympic super-G champion
Matthias Mayer o f Austria w as
0.12 behind in t hird.
It w as Kilde’s 1 3th career w in,all in the speed e vents of downhill
and s uper-G.AUTO RACING
The relationship b etween Haas
F1 and i ts Russian sponsor and
driver b ecame untenable
following Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine, the o wner of the U.S.-
based Formula One team said.
Gene Haas a lso s aid his t eam
was f inancially s table despite thedecision Saturday t o cut ties with
Russian driver Nikita Mazepin
and sponsor Uralkali. The
Russian fertilizer company i s
owned by Mazepin’s f ather,
Dmitry Mazepin, a close a lly of
Russian President Vladimir
Putin.
“There was a lot of i ntense
criticism a bout t he U krainian
invasion, and it was just getting
overwhelming. We c an’t d eal with
all that. Our other sponsors can’t
deal with all that,” Haas told the
Associated P ress on the s tarting
grid at L as Vegas Motor
Speedway.
Logos for Haas Automation,
the C NC machine tool
manufacturing company Haas
founded, w ill b e on his two cars at
this week’s Formula O ne test in
Bahrain. Haas s aid reserve driver
Pietro Fittipaldi w ill f ill
Mazepin’s seat in B ahrain, b ut he
wasn’t clear on a p ermanent
replacement.TENNIS
Ukrainian refugee Dayana
Yastremska t ook Zhang Shuai of
China t o three sets i n the f inal of
the L yon Open, which Zhangwon, 3-6, 6-3, 6 -4.
The 21-year-old Yastremska
only fled her home in war-torn
Odessa, Ukraine, last week
following t he Russian invasion.
She spent two nights sheltering in
an underground car park from
missile strikes before escaping
with her 15-year-old sister, Ivanna,
through Romania while their
parents stayed behind i n Odessa.
The 140th-ranked Yastremska
had a r emarkable run to her fifth
career f inal after being given a
wild card t o play a t the
tournament in France. She beat
second-seeded Sorana Cirstea,
7 -6 ( 7-5), 4-6, 6 -4, in t he
semifinals.
Zhang won h er third career
title.COLLEGE L ACROSSE
Madison Ahern and Maddie
Howe l ed the No. 16 Notre Dame
women (2-4, 1-1 ACC) with three
goals each in a 12-10 win over
No. 13 Virginia in South Bend, Ind.
Ashlyn McGovern f inished
with two goals and a n assist for
the C avaliers ( 3-4, 0-2).
— From news services
and staff reportsDIGEST
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3 p.m. English Premier League: Everton at Tottenham » USA NetworkASSOCIATED PRESSScottie Scheffler played the
kind o f golf that wins a traditional
U. S. Open, and that’s what the
Arnold Palmer Invitational felt
like Sunday at Bay Hill in Orlan-
do.
In a final round that featured
some of the toughest scoring con-
ditions in four decades, Scheffler
made key putts to save two unlike-
ly pars, followed with a pair of lag
putts and closed with an even-par
72 f or a one-shot victory.
Scheffler has two PGA Tour
titles in the past month, having
picked up his first victory at the
Phoenix Open.
Billy Horschel was the last
player with a shot at catching
Scheffler with a 30 -foot birdie
putt on the last hole that never
really had a chance. Horschel shot
a 75 and finished tied for second
along with Tyrrell Hatton (69)
and Viktor Hovland (74).
Hovland was still tied for the
lead until he caught a plugged lie
in the front bunker on the 17 th
and had to two-putt from 50 feet
on the fringe for bogey. Needing a
birdie on the last hole to catch
Scheffler, with whom he was
paired, the Norwegian missed
from 1 8 feet.
The real heartbreak went to
Gary Woodland, who was trying
to win for the first time since the
2019 U. S. Open at Pebble Beach.
He surged into the lead with a
shot from a sandy lie that went
around the trees and onto the
green at the 16 th, where he made
a 25-foot eagle putt.
But on the 17 th, he took two
shots to get out of a front bunker
and then missed a five-foot putt,
taking a double bogey. He closed
with a bogey for a 73 to finish in a
tie for fifth with Chris Kirk....
Needing to win or finish alone
in second to retain PGA Tour
status, Ryan Brehm ran away w ith
the Puerto Rico Open in Rio
Grande f or his first tour title and a
spot next week in the Players
Championship.
l LPGA TOUR: World No. 1 Jin
Young Ko b irdied the 18 th hole for
a 6-under 66 to win the Women’s
World Championship in Singa-
pore by two strokes over fellow
South Korean In Gee Chun and
Australian Minjee Lee.
Ko h as won six times in her past
10 starts, and her round set the
tour record for most consecutive
rounds in the 60 s (15) and most
consecutive sub-par rounds (30).
l PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS:
Retief Goosen holed out for an
eagle from a greenside bunker on
the short par-4 first hole, birdied
the next two and cruised to an
8-under 63 and a four-stroke vic-
tory in the Hoag Classic in New-
port Beach, Calif.
GOLF ROUNDUP
At Bay Hill,
Scheffler gets
second win
in a month
SIMON BRUTY/OLYMPIC INFORMATION SERVICE/REUTERSGoing horizontal
Australia’s Sam Tait navigates a gate during the super-G sitting Alpine skiing event Sunday at the
Beijing Paralympics. Jesper Pedersen of Norway claimed the gold medal, the second of his career.ers’ proposal Sunday agreed
only to a 12 -team setup — the
same format they agreed to
when the sides parted ways in
Florida.
People involved in t he negotia-
tions expect more t alks this week
in New York, but nothing had
been scheduled as of Sunday
afternoon. Every d ay t hat goes b y
without a deal introduces more
scheduling questions and mon-
etary concerns to the already
unwieldy negotiations. Each day
that goes by without a deal
threatens more regular season
games, cuts into MLB revenue
and slices player salaries. And
each day that passes dulls the
frustrations of those who care
about the game into something
closer to apathy, leaving MLB on
the cusp of further alienating its
thinning fan base.offer was for a CBT that began at
$220 million in 2022 a nd g rew to
$230 million over the life of the
five-year deal. MLB officials ar-
gue those numbers keep with
year-over-year CBT growth in
previous CBAs — but the union
argues those numbers are way
too low, given the rate of revenue
growth in recent years.
The owners’ previous offer on
minimum salary was $700, 000
— just $ 25, 000 s hy o f the players’
most recent proposal. The sides
seem to be fairly close on that,
provided shifting on other parts
of the deal doesn’t lead to shift-
ing on that number, too.
And major s hifts could still be
in the works because, even as
the owners communicated their
desire to expand to a 14 -team
postseason because of the televi-
sion revenue involved, the play-into its proposal Sunday that it
will drop its request to increase
the number of two-year players
who q ualify for salary arbitration
(colloquially known as the play-
ers who reach “Super Two” sta-
tus) if MLB accepts the union’s
proposal for a competitive bal-
ance tax (CBT) threshold —
which did not move from the
starting threshold of $2 38 mil-
lion the players pitched Tuesday.
The union also agreed to ac-
cept all non-monetary penalties
for teams that cross the CBT
threshold as long as MLB agrees
to end the current qualifying
offer system, which offers draft
pick compensation to teams that
lose free agents.
But the CBT — a soft salary
cap, as the players see it —
continues to be a point of major
disagreement. MLB’s previous$30 million.
The players also agreed to give
MLB the power to implement
three rule changes, with 45 days’
notice, beginning in 2023 : a
pitch c lock, larger b ases a nd shift
restrictions. MLB also asked for
the ability to implement auto-
matic umpiring systems (better
known as “robot umps”) with the
same 45 days’ notice. The union
did not agree.
Those changes, like all other
parts of the union’s proposal, are
contingent on MLB accepting all
aspects of the deal — including
those it rejected in the previous
offer the union made. So even as
the sides whittle down what they
will and won’t give, shaving off a
bit here and there, the sticking
points remain the same — and
they remain just as sticky.
For example, the union wrotethat was worse than Monday
night and was not designed to
move the process forward,” MLB
spokesman G len Caplin s aid. “ On
some issues, they even went
backwards. Simply put, we are
deadlocked. We will try to figure
out how to respond, but nothing
in this proposal makes it easy.”
The players union did not
immediately respond to a re-
quest for comment.
The most significant changes
to the players’ offer were these,
according to a person familiar
with it: The players agreed to
drop their ask for a pre-arbitra-
tion bonus pool from $85 mil-
lion to $80 million, rising by
$5 million in each season of the
five-year deal. MLB’s latest pro-
posal included a stagnantLOCKOUT FROM D1MLB, union still far apart as negotiations resumeFROM NEWS SERVICES
AND STAFF REPORTSAt least 26 fans were injured
Saturday night when a brawl
erupted in the stands during a
soccer match at Estadio Corregi-
dora in Santiago de Querétaro,
Mexico.
Security opened gates to the
field, enabling fans to seek safety
on the pitch during the 62 nd min-
ute of the Liga MX contest be-
tween Querétaro and Atlas, which
was leading 1-0 and is the defend-
ing Liga MX champion. Referee
Fernando Guerrero stopped the
game, which was later suspended.
“I strongly condemn today’s
violence at the Corregidora Sta-
dium,” tweeted Mauricio Kuri, the
governor of the Querétaro state.
“I have given instructions to ap-
ply the law with all its conse-
quences.”
On Sunday, h e said the number
of hospitalized fans had grown
from an initial report of 22 to 26,
with three released and three in
serious condition.
Atlas players headed for the
locker rooms after play was
stopped, along with some Queré-
taro players. But others from
Querétaro, such as Uruguayan
goalkeeper Washington Aguerre,
remained to try to calm fans as
the fighting moved to the field.
Some fans, according to the Asso-
ciated Press, wielded chairs and
metal bars as they continued to
fight on the pitch. One fan, the AP
reported, pulled a knife to cut the
nets of one goal. Others destroyed
the bench on one side as others
fought in the tunnel leading to the
field.
Graphic video and photos
showed bloodied fans beating
and kicking one another, with
some on the ground.
Mikel Arriola, president of Liga
MX, postponed Sunday’s match-es, calling the violence “unaccept-
able and unfortunate” on Twitter.
“Those responsible for the lack of
security in the stadium will be
punished in an exemplary man-
ner. The safety of our players and
fans is a priority.”
FIFA, s occer’s g lobal governing
body, said it was “shocked at the
tragic incident,” calling the vio-
lence “unacceptable and intolera-
ble” in a statement Sunday.
Liga MX said an “in-depth in-
vestigation into what happened
in the stands, on the field and
outside the stadium” was under-
way and that the game would be
completed at a later date.
Fans were involved in violence
during a game last year betweenAtlas, a Guadalajara-based club,
and its local rival Chivas Guadala-
jara. A 2019 match between
Querétaro and Atlético San Luis
was suspended after several spec-
tators were injured in fights. Atlas
fans ran onto the pitch in a 20 15
game against Chivas, with 10 peo-
ple detained and at least nine
injured, according to reports at
the time.
— Cindy Boren
l ITALY: Juventus midfielder
Weston McKennie will miss the
rest of the club’s season.
The 23-year-old from Fort L ew-
is, Wash., broke two bones in his
left foot during a Champions
League match at Spain’s Villarre-
al on Feb. 22 when Pervis Estupi-nan made a two-leg, sweeping
sliding tackle.
Juventus originally projected
McKennie’s r ecovery time at e ight
weeks.
McKennie will miss the United
States’ final three World Cup
qualifiers from March 24 to 30.City wins Manchester derby
Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad
Mahrez both scored twice to al-
low host Manchester City to out-
class Manchester United for the
second time this season, winning
the derby, 4-1, in the Premier
League on Sunday.
City took only five minutes to
go in front, with Bernardo Silva
cutting back for De Bruyne toshoot through United captain
Harry Maguire’s legs and past
goalkeeper David de Gea....
Bukayo Saka scored one goal
and set up another as Arsenal
edged Watford, 3-2, at Vicarage
Road to help its pursuit of Cham-
pions League qualification.
l SPAIN: Ferran Torres and
Memphis Depay came off the
bench to score second-half goals
as visiting Barcelona rallied to
beat Elche, 2-1, to continue its
upward move in the La Liga
standings....
João Félix scored twice and
Thomas Lemar added another
goal as Atlético Madrid won, 3-1,
at Real Betis to move into fourth
place and the final Champions
League spot.
l ITALY: AC Milan took what
could prove to be a crucial step
toward a first Serie A title in more
than a decade as it won, 1-0, at
Napoli, one of its main rivals....
Injury-depleted Juventus
ground out a 1-0 win against
lowly Spezia to keep up the pres-
sure on the top three.
l FRANCE: Marseille’s incon-
sistent home form could derail
the club’s European ambitions as
it lost, 1-0, to Monaco to slip to
third place in Ligue 1....
Benjamin Bourigeaud and
Gaetan Laborde scored as fourth-
place Rennes beat Angers, 2-0, at
home to earn a third straight
victory.
l GERMANY: Stefan Posch got
the only goal as Hoffenheim won,
1-0, at Cologne amid a host of
missed chances by both teams to
move to fourth in the Bundesliga.
l MLS: Sebastian Driussi
scored two goals to help lead host
Austin FC to a 5-1 win over Inter
Miami.
Driussi scored his first goal for
Austin in the 22 nd minute, assist-
ed by Diego Fagundez.
— Associated PressSOCCER ROUNDUPAt least 26 fans a re injured in brawl at Mexican league matchVICTOR PICHARDO/REUTERS
FIFA called the brawl at a Liga MX match that injured at least 26 fans “ unacceptable and intolerable.”