Digest: Day sets 36-hole record, then hangs on at Players

Golf: Jason Day set the 36-hole record at The Players Championship on Saturday morning in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. By the end of the day, he was hanging on for dear life on a TPC Sawgrass that was frightening as ever.

One aspect never changed: Day looks like he’s going to be tough to beat.

On a vastly different course with greens that felt like glass compared with the opening two rounds, Day overcome two double bogeys with a strong finish for a 1-over 73 to keep his four-shot lead.

The world’s No. 1 player was on the verge of dropping more shots when he chipped in from 50 feet for par on the 15th hole, made birdie on the par-5 16th and finished at 14-under 202.

Ken Duke (65), Hideki Matsuyama (67) and Alex Cejka (72) were four behind.

Jones wins Xfinity race, $100K bonus

Auto Racing: Erik Jones has won the Xfinity Series race at Dover (Delaware) International Speedway, where he earned a $100,000 bonus from the series’ Dash-4-Cash program.

Four drivers were eligible for the bonus, and Jones won it for the second time this season. There’s one more Dash-4-Cash race, at Indianapolis this summer.

Jones led a race-high 76 laps in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota and he was cruising to the win until a caution came out with 11 laps remaining because Brendan Gaughan spun. The yellow flag ate up Jones’ lead over Alex Bowman, who pitted under the caution for four tires.

Jones was the leader on the restart with five to go, and Bowman was fourth. Bowman ended up finishing third, behind Darrell Wallace Jr., who was in a backup car.

Pagenaud wins Indy GP: Simon Pagenaud pulled away to win the Grand Prix of Indianapolis on Saturday for his third straight victory and second in three years on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The French driver inherited the lead when Team Penske teammate Helio Castroneves pitted with 20 laps to go, and beat the Brazilian by 4.4748 seconds on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn course. Pagenaud is the first IndyCar driver to win three in a row since Scott Dixon in 2013.

Pagenaud started from the pole and led 57 of the 82 laps. He kept the lead despite making his final pit stop one lap after Castroneves.

Pagenaud extended his points lead over Dixon to 76. Dixon, the defending series champion, finished seventh for Target Chip Ganassi.

Canadian James Hinchcliffe, of Schmidt-Peterson Motorsports, was third.

Hamilton takes pole at Spanish GP: Lewis Hamilton edged Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg to win the pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, Spain.

Hamilton trailed Rosberg all weekend until he qualified nearly three-tenths of a second faster than his teammate at the Barcelona track.

Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull was third, just ahead of new teammate Max Verstappen, who was making his team debut after a controversial driver switch that sent Daniil Kvyat back to Toro Rosso.

Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari will start fifth, and teammate Sebastian Vettel sixth.

Vancouver Whitecaps outscore Toronto FC

Soccer: Kekuta Manneh and Pedro Morales scored two minutes part in the second half and the Vancouver Whitecaps held on for a 4-3 victory over host Toronto FC in chilly conditions. Manneh and Christian Bolanos scored to give Vancouver (6-5-2) a 2-0 lead 18 minutes into the game.

Sebastian Giovinco then scored twice to pull Toronto (4-4-2) even, moving into sole possession of the franchise record for career MLS goals with Nos. 29 and 30. His 37th-minute goal came after strike partner Jozy Altidore missed a penalty and left immediately afterward with a hamstring issue.

Four minutes after Giovinco’s tying goal in the 66th minute, Manneh restored the Vancouver lead, undressing former Whitecaps fullback Steven Beitashour before beating goalkeeper Clint Irwin. Captain Morales added an insurance marker two minutes later.

Vancouver fullback Fraser Aird was sent off in the 75th minute for a second yellow. Midfielder Jonathan Osorio was hurt on the play and had to be helped off. Drew Moor’s header off Giovinco’s corner in the 80th minute cut the deficit to 4-3.

Rapids extend unbeaten streak: Kevin Doyle scored on a header to help the Colorado Rapids tie the Columbus Crew 1-1 in Columbus, Ohio, and extend their unbeaten streak to seven games.

Doyle’s header, from the top of the 6-yard box, found the bottom-left corner of the net off a corner kick from Shkelzen Gashi in the 55th minute to make it 1-1.

Revolution blanks Fire: Lee Nguyen scored on a right-footed blast in the 22nd minute and the New England Revolution added a late goal to beat the Chicago Fire 2-0 in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

Nguyen’s goal came after he played his corner kick short and slipped unmarked into the left side of the area. Scott Caldwell fed it back to Nguyen, who one-timed it into the far corner of the goal.

Femi Hollinger-Janzen made it 2-0 with a header for the Revolution (2-3-7) in the 84th minute.

Barcelona wins second straight title: Barcelona has won its second straight Spanish league title after defeating Granada 3-0 in Barcelona, Spain, with a hat trick by Luis Suarez in the final round.

The result capped a five-game winning streak that allowed the Catalan club to finish one point ahead of Real Madrid, which fell short despite winning its last 12 league games.

Swiss town shocked by coach killing four: Officials in the Swiss town of Rupperswil are expressing shock after the arrest of a 33-year-old soccer coach over the killing of four people. The Swiss man, identified by local media as Thomas N., is suspected of killing a mother, her two sons and the older son’s girlfriend in December. Prosecutors say the suspect made a “comprehensive confession” after his arrest Thursday.

Roland Wenger, a spokesman for the FC Sarmenstorf soccer club, said members were shocked by the news. He told daily Tages-Anzeiger that “nobody in the club would have thought Thomas N. would be capable of this, he was always decent.”

Rupperswil Mayor Rudolf Hediger told daily Aargauer Zeitung “there’s a certain amount of shame and dismay that it was really a member of our village community.”

Moore lifts Lynx over Mercury in opener

WNBA: Maya Moore had 27 points and a career-high 10 assists to help the defending WNBA champion Minnesota Lynx open the season with a 95-76 win over the Phoenix Mercury in Minneapolis.

Seimone Augustus added 21 points on 10-of-15 shooting, Sylvia Fowles had 17 points and 14 rebounds for her 100th career double-double and Lindsay Whalen chipped in with 14.

Moore, Fowles, Augustus and Whalen made 33 of their 54 shots and the Lynx finished shooting 54 percent from the field.

Minnesota opened the season with the top ranking in the AP WNBA power poll, receiving 10 of the 14 first-place votes. Phoenix ranked second and garnered the other four votes for the top spot.

Diana Taurasi led the Mercury with 18 points in her return. She sat out last season. Penny Taylor scored 13, Brittney Griner added 12 and DeWanna Bonner 10.

Charles leads Liberty: Tina Charles scored 24 points, including a three-point play that sparked a late run, to help the visiting New York Liberty beat the Washington Mystics 87-76 in the season opener for both teams.

With 2:39 left and the game tied at 73, Charles started the spurt with a basket and free throw. Kiah Stokes added a basket and New York had three free throws to make it 81-73. Stefanie Dolson finally ended the drought, hitting a free throw with 27 seconds remaining. The Liberty hit their free throws down the stretch to seal the win.

Canada secures spot in world quarterfinal

Miscellany: Canada secured a place in the quarterfinals of the world ice hockey championship by beating Slovakia 5-0 in St. Petersburg, Russia, while Finland and host nation Russia also qualified with two games remaining.

Five different players scored Canada’s goals, continuing a run of dominant team displays. There was a goal and assist for Derick Brassard, who leads the Canadian team with nine points from five games.

Edmonton Oilers goaltender Cam Talbot made 18 saves for his team in Canada’s second shutout of the championship.

Williams to face Keys: Top-ranked Serena Williams will meet 21-year-old Madison Keys in the Italian Open in Rome to mark the first time two American women have met in a final on clay since Serena beat older sister Venus in the 2002 French Open.

Serena beat 35th-ranked Irina-Camelia Begu 6-4, 6-1 and the 24th-ranked Keys defeated Wimbledon finalist Garbine Muguruza 7-6 (5), 6-4 several rain delays.

The last all-American women’s final in Rome was in 1970, when Billie Jean King beat Julie Heldman.

“It will be wonderful,” Serena said. “I feel like Madison is one of the players that really can be great and she has that potential, and now she’s showing that on all surfaces.”

In the men’s tournament, top-ranked Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray will meet in a final for the second straight week.

Brambilla leads Giro: Gianluca Brambilla moved into the overall lead of the Giro d’Italia in Arezzo, Italy, with his first ever Grand Tour stage win after a solo attack at the end of the eighth stage.

The Italian attacked with 25 kilometers (16 miles) remaining of the 186-kilometer leg from Foligno to the Tuscan town of Arezzo to open up a significant gap. There was no one in sight as he crossed the line with his arms raised in celebration.