however, scotland are through to the super six round after a dominant victory over oman in bulawayo. they reached a total of 320 thanks mainly to a century from brandon mcmullen it was too much for oman who came 76 runs short. scotland make it three wins from three in qualifying. the saint louis cardinals beat the chicago cubs 7 5 in the second game of major league baseball s london series. the cubs led by four runs after the first inning at the london stadium but the cardinals took the lead in the fourth and never looked back, paul goldschmidt driving in the go ahead run to send them on the way to victory. the two teams share the series after the cubs won 9 1 in yesterday s first game. you re up to date with all the latest, so now on sportsday it s time for a special feature that looks at napoli s first league title in 33 years. as we reflect on the significance of the title win for
climate change certainly playing a role there, whit. whit: and rob, you re also tracking that smoke from the canadian wildfires impacting us here in the u.s. the air quality index in minneapolis today, the worst since 1980. and in the northeast, rob, what can we expect? reporter: well, they ll improve in minnesota, but that smoke is coming to the northeast. it will be high level stuff, so, a hazy sun, not nearly as bad as what we saw last week. but keep in mind, some of these fires are northern canada will be burning all summer long. whit? whit: rob, thank you. now, to the chaos amid the celebrations of the denver nuggets first ever nba title win. a police officer struck by a fire truck carrying two of the team s biggest stars. and at least two people shot near the celebration. abc s mola lenghi is in denver. reporter: tonight, a parade turning chaotic and violent as thousands of basketball fans packed downtown denver today to celebrate the nuggets first nba championship.
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confident after that win here s erling haaland on social media, holding the trophy alongside jack grealish. two down, one to go that is what he says. well, we heard from his brother noel on the show yesterday. here is liam gallagher, another of city s most famous fans. i think he enjoyed that win, don t you? mad for it. talking of trebles. celtic completed theirs after winning the scottish cup final beating inverness caledonian thistle 3 1 at hampden park. celtic were 2 0 up before championship side caley thistle pulled one back to make for an interesting finish, butjota made it 3 1 and joined the celtic fans to celebrate. so a record 4ist scottish cup for celtic and their fifth treble in seven seasons. if this is the end for the celtic boss ange postecoglou, what a way to go out. he s been heavily linked with the vacant tottenham job but has shot down any questions about his future, although after the title win he seemed to be soaking it all in.
Indian shuttler Prannoy HS expressed happiness after his Malaysia Masters men singles title win, which was his first Badminton World Federation (BWF) Tour tit