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6 days ago
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Chebet runs second fastest 5,000 ever at Rome's Diamond League meet
Valarie Allman, of the United States, makes an attempt in the women discus throw at the Diamond League Golden Gala Pietro Mennea athletics meet at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) Trayvon Bromell, of the United States, celebrates after winning the men 100 meters at the Diamond League Golden Gala Pietro Mennea athletics meet at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Beatrice Chebet, of Kenya, celebrates after crossing the finish line to win the women 5000 meters at the Diamond League Golden Gala Pietro Mennea athletics meet at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Beatrice Chebet, of Kenya, celebrates after crossing the finish line to win the women 5000 meters at the Diamond League Golden Gala Pietro Mennea athletics meet at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Beatrice Chebet, of Kenya, crosses the finish line to win the women 5000 meters at the Diamond League Golden Gala Pietro Mennea athletics meet at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Beatrice Chebet, of Kenya, crosses the finish line to win the women 5000 meters at the Diamond League Golden Gala Pietro Mennea athletics meet at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Valarie Allman, of the United States, makes an attempt in the women discus throw at the Diamond League Golden Gala Pietro Mennea athletics meet at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) Trayvon Bromell, of the United States, celebrates after winning the men 100 meters at the Diamond League Golden Gala Pietro Mennea athletics meet at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Beatrice Chebet, of Kenya, celebrates after crossing the finish line to win the women 5000 meters at the Diamond League Golden Gala Pietro Mennea athletics meet at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Beatrice Chebet, of Kenya, celebrates after crossing the finish line to win the women 5000 meters at the Diamond League Golden Gala Pietro Mennea athletics meet at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Beatrice Chebet, of Kenya, crosses the finish line to win the women 5000 meters at the Diamond League Golden Gala Pietro Mennea athletics meet at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) ROME (AP) — Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet ran the second fastest women's 5,000 meters of all time at Rome's Diamond League meet on Friday. The Kenyan clocked 14 minutes, 3.69 seconds to come within range of the world record of 14:00.21 set by Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia two years ago. Advertisement Chebet's previous best was 14:05.92 in the race that Tsefay set the world record. Chebet holds the world record in the 10,000. Also at the Golden Gala, American sprinter Trayvon Bromell won the 100 in 9.84 seconds for the best time this year; and two-time Olympic champion Valarie Allman set a meet record in the discus with a throw of 69.21 meters. ___ AP sports:
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30-05-2025
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Massimiliano Allegri returns as coach at crisis-hit AC Milan
Former soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic, left, stands on the pitch after the Italian Cup final soccer match between AC Milan and Bologna at Rome's Olympic Stadium, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) AC Milan's Rafael Leao passes the trophy during the medal ceremony after the Italian Cup final soccer match between AC Milan and Bologna at Rome's Olympic Stadium, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) AC Milan fans hold a protest in the square of the Portello area of Milan, Italy near the club's headquarters on Saturday, May 24, 2025. (Stefano Porta/LaPresse via AP) FILE -Juventus' head coach Massimiliano Allegri gestures during a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Juventus, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Oct. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File) FILE -Juventus' head coach Massimiliano Allegri gestures during a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Juventus, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Oct. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File) Former soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic, left, stands on the pitch after the Italian Cup final soccer match between AC Milan and Bologna at Rome's Olympic Stadium, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) AC Milan's Rafael Leao passes the trophy during the medal ceremony after the Italian Cup final soccer match between AC Milan and Bologna at Rome's Olympic Stadium, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) AC Milan fans hold a protest in the square of the Portello area of Milan, Italy near the club's headquarters on Saturday, May 24, 2025. (Stefano Porta/LaPresse via AP) FILE -Juventus' head coach Massimiliano Allegri gestures during a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Juventus, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Oct. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File) MILAN (AP) — Massimiliano Allegri was named AC Milan's new coach on Friday, charged with restoring to glory the crisis-hit team that he won Serie A with nearly 15 years ago. Allegri replaces Sergio Conceicao, who was fired after guiding Milan to an eighth-placed finish in Serie A that left the Rossoneri out of Europe. Advertisement 'AC Milan is pleased to announce that Massimiliano Allegri has been appointed as the head coach of the men's first team,' the club said in a statement that did not include any contract details. Allegri's last two jobs were with Juventus. He was fired a year ago by the Bianconeri for an ugly outburst directed at the referees during the Italian Cup final. Allegri won the Italian league for the first time with Milan in 2011, then guided Juventus to five straight titles from 2015 to 2019. ___ AP soccer:
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23-05-2025
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AP PHOTOS: Napoli crowned Serie A champions
Napoli fans hold three 'scudetto', referring to the Serie A titles won in 1987, 1990, 2023, and likely on 2025 at the Diego Maradona stadium before the decisive match for the Italian Serie A soccer championship title between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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23-05-2025
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Here's how Conte transformed Napoli from Serie A has-been back to title champion
Fans celebrate showing a number 4 during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Napoli's players celebrate after winning the Italian league soccer title at the end of the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Napoli's Scott McTominay scores his side's first goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Players celebrate at the end of the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Players celebrate at the end of the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Fans celebrate showing a number 4 during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Napoli's players celebrate after winning the Italian league soccer title at the end of the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Napoli's Scott McTominay scores his side's first goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Players celebrate at the end of the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) MILAN (AP) — Antonio Conte started the season apologizing to the Napoli fans. He is ending it with those same supporters chanting his name. Napoli beat Cagliari 2-0 on Friday, in the final round of Serie A, to see the title return to the southern city. It finished one point above defending champion Inter Milan. Advertisement There was little sign of that happening at the start of the season. Conte's first league match in charge of Napoli was a dismal 3-0 loss to Hellas Verona in the opening round. So poor was his team that Conte said he was 'ashamed' and his players had 'melted like snow in the sun.' It was clear he had a lot of work to do. Conte became Napoli's fifth coach in little more than a year and the scudetto celebrations of 2023 seemed a distant memory, especially after Napoli delivered on the worst title defenses in Serie A history the previous season, finishing 10th. Here are the keys to Napoli's success in the 2024-25 Italian league: Advertisement Winning coach Conte is no stranger to lifting the Serie A trophy. He started Juventus' dominance of Italian soccer, brought the Serie A title to Inter Milan for the first time in more than a decade, and has now transformed Napoli from title has-been back to league champion. Conte led Juventus to the first three of its nine successive Serie A titles, in each of his three seasons in charge from 2011-14, and he triumphed again in his second season at Inter, in 2021. In between that, he also bagged a Premier League title with Chelsea in 2017. The 55-year-old coach was tasked with rejuvenating a troubled Napoli side when he took over last summer. And that's precisely what he did. Advertisement Conte shook things up and transformed the squad with his strict, no-nonsense attitude and attention to detail. Superstars out Luciano Spalletti's superstars have departed and been replaced by Conte's titans. Gone is Victor Osimhen, the forward who fired Napoli to the title in 2023. Gone is the dribbling wizard Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, or 'Kvaradona.' Gone is defensive stalwart Kim Min-jae. Only five regular starters from Spalletti's team remained prominent this season: Goalkeeper Alex Meret, captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo, defender Amir Rrahmani and midfielders Stanislav Lobotka and Frank Anguissa. But the replacements have more than been up to the task. Advertisement Conte convinced Romelu Lukaku to rejoin him at Napoli after the pair won at Inter, and the Belgian striker has filled in well for Osimhen, with 14 goals and 10 assists in the league. Perhaps the biggest revelation has been midfielder Scott McTominay, who joined in August after playing for Manchester United his entire career. McTominay, who is described by his Napoli teammates as 'a special guy,' has been the driving force behind Napoli's surge past Inter. He and Lukaku both scored against Cagliari. McToninay ended the season with 12 Serie A goals and was named the Italian league player of the season. Distracted Inter Advertisement Just over a month ago, Inter was very much on course for a treble of trophies. It had just beaten Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterfinals, had a three-point lead over Napoli in Serie A and was in the semifinals of the Italian Cup. But the treble talk proved little more than a distraction and the fight on all three fronts too much as three straight losses — without scoring — saw Inter dumped out of the Italian Cup and slip behind Napoli. Inter still has the Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain to look forward to next week after an extraordinary semifinal against Barcelona, that saw 13 goals scored across two legs. ___ AP soccer:
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23-05-2025
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Napoli fans already celebrating before Serie A-deciding matches kick off
Newly wed couple Danilo Catane, left and Veronica Flocco kiss each other as the wave a lag reading: Endless love, in front of the Diego Maradona Stadium, where the decisive match for the Italian Serie A soccer championship title between Napoli and Cagliari is scheduled to be played, in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) People stroll past a bakery shop adorned with a tricolour and Napoli team scarf ahead of the decisive match for the Italian Serie A soccer championship title between Napoli and Cagliari, scheduled to be played in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Napoli fans gather outside Diego Maradona stadium where the decisive match for the Italian Serie A soccer championship title Napoli versus Cagliari is scheduled to be played in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Napoli fans gather outside Diego Maradona stadium where the decisive match for the Italian Serie A soccer championship title Napoli versus Cagliari is scheduled to be played in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Napoli fans gather outside Diego Maradona stadium where the decisive match for the Italian Serie A soccer championship title Napoli versus Cagliari is scheduled to be played in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Napoli fans gather outside Diego Maradona stadium where the decisive match for the Italian Serie A soccer championship title Napoli versus Cagliari is scheduled to be played in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Newly wed couple Danilo Catane, left and Veronica Flocco kiss each other as the wave a lag reading: Endless love, in front of the Diego Maradona Stadium, where the decisive match for the Italian Serie A soccer championship title between Napoli and Cagliari is scheduled to be played, in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) People stroll past a bakery shop adorned with a tricolour and Napoli team scarf ahead of the decisive match for the Italian Serie A soccer championship title between Napoli and Cagliari, scheduled to be played in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Napoli fans gather outside Diego Maradona stadium where the decisive match for the Italian Serie A soccer championship title Napoli versus Cagliari is scheduled to be played in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Napoli fans gather outside Diego Maradona stadium where the decisive match for the Italian Serie A soccer championship title Napoli versus Cagliari is scheduled to be played in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Napoli fans gather outside Diego Maradona stadium where the decisive match for the Italian Serie A soccer championship title Napoli versus Cagliari is scheduled to be played in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) ROME (AP) — Napoli fans were already in a celebratory mood ahead of the game against Cagliari later Friday, which could secure a second Serie A soccer title in three years for the southern club. Napoli leads defending champion Inter Milan by one point entering the final round. Advertisement Inter visits Como in a game that will be played simultaneously with Napoli's match. If the team's finish level, a one-game playoff on Monday will determine the winner. Napoli supporters were cheering and singing outside Stadio Diego Maradona hours in advance of the 8:45 p.m. (1845 GMT) kickoff. Napoli is aiming for its fourth Italian league title overall. Maradona led Napoli to its first two in 1987 and 1990. The 2023 team led by Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia clinched with five rounds to spare. Inter is aiming for its 21st title. The Nerazzurri will also face Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final on May 31. ___ AP soccer:
