SOCCER

AC MILAN STUMBLES INTO CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL

AC Milan reached its 10th European Cup final despite losing to PSV Eindhoven 3-1 yesterday in the second leg of the Champions League semifinals.

Massimo Ambrosini scored the deciding goal in the first minute injury time to give the six-time European champion a spot in the final on away goals after the two teams drew 3-3 on aggregate. Milan will face Liverpool in the final on May 25 in Istanbul, Turkey. Liverpool beat Chelsea 1-0 on Tuesday to win their two-leg series 1-0 on aggregate.

AC Milan is chasing its seventh European Cup title. Liverpool is going for its fifth. Only nine-time champion Real Madrid has won it more times.

BASEBALL

BONDS HAS THIRD KNEE SURGERY

Barry Bonds had a third operation on his injured right knee, the latest setback in the slugger’s rehabilitation, he said on his Web site yesterday.

Bonds underwent arthroscopic surgery Monday in Southern California as doctors tried to clean out an infection, first draining fluids from his knee, according to a journal entry from Bonds posted on his Web site.

The surgery will likely delay Bonds’s return and the resumption of his quest for baseball’s career home-run record even longer. In an outburst during spring training, Bonds said he might not be back for at least half the season, maybe the whole season. He already had operations on the knee January 31 and March 17 to remove damaged cartilage.

TENNIS

AGASSI, RODDICK AMONG ADVANCERS IN ROME

Andre Agassi dispatched Richard Gasquet 6-2, 6-3 in just 64 minutes yesterday in the second round of the Rome Masters. The 18-year-old Frenchman snapped world no.1 Roger Federer’s 25-match winning streak last month and is the youngest opponent Agassi has ever faced. Other winners included top-seeded Andy Roddick, third-seeded Gaston Gaudio, fourth-seeded Tim Henman, Spanish teenager Rafael Nadal, and defending French Open champion Gaudio.

FOOTBALL

MOSS AGREES TO NEW DEAL WITH REDSKINS

Santana Moss and the Washington Redskins agreed to terms on a new contract yesterday. The Redskins got Moss from the Jets in a trade for receiver Laveranues Coles in March. Moss was entering the final year of his contract, so the Redskins planned to begin talks to sign him right after that swap.

HOCKEY

RUSSIA STAYS UNBEATEN AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Alexander Kharitonov and Sergei Vyshedkevich scored goals to help Russia beat Belarus 2-0 yesterday at the world hockey championships. Russia stayed unbeaten with the win.

The U.S. faces Canada today in their first-round finale, but American captain Mike Modano might not play because of a sore right arm. The veteran Dallas Stars center was hurt Tuesday when he was cross-checked in a 3-1 win over Latvia.

– Associated Press