Inter Milan a win away from Serie A title despite blowing two-goal lead at Torino

MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan moved a step closer to the Serie A title on Sunday but the Nerazzurri made it slightly more difficult for themselves by letting slip a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Torino.

That left Inter 10 points ahead of second-placed Napoli, with four rounds remaining.

A win would have left Inter simply needing to avoid defeat against Parma next weekend to mathematically clinch the Serie A title irrespective of how Napoli and AC Milan fared.

AC Milan was 12 points behind city rival Inter after being held to a 0-0 draw by Juventus.

Marcus Thuram headed Inter ahead against Torino in the 23rd minute following a trademark, pinpoint cross from Federico Dimarco.

That was Dimarco’s 17th assist of the season, breaking the record for assists in a single Serie A season.

The 28-year-old extended his mark in the second half, with a corner from the left that Yann Bisseck headed in off the inside of the far post.

Inter seemed to be coasting toward the win but Giovanni Simeone pulled one back for Torino in the 70th minute with a sumptuous goal. He backheeled a throughball into the path of Emirhan Ilkhan and then raced forward to collect a return pass and dink it over Inter goalkepper Yann Sommer.

And Torino was level in the 79th when Nikola Vlasic smashed a penalty into the top left corner after Duvan Zapata's header came off the arm of Inter defender Carlos Augusto.

Christian Pulisic has equaled his worst goalless streak.

The match against Juventus was his 16th for Milan without scoring. The United States forward, who has also gone scoreless in eight games for his country, last found the back of the net on Dec. 28.

There were few chances in the match at San Siro, although Juventus midfielder Khéphren Thuram had a goal ruled out for offside and Alexis Saelemaekers hit the crossbar early in the second half for Milan.

Pulisic also went 16 matches without scoring for Chelsea in the 2022-23 Premier League season.

Como moved to within three points of fourth-placed Juventus and the final Champions League berth with a 2-0 win at Genoa.

Roma, which won 2-0 at Bologna on Saturday, was also level with Como in a tight battle for the Champions League qualifying spots.

Tasos Douvikas and Assane Diao scored with headers for Como.

Elsewhere, Fiorentina and Sassuolo drew 0-0.

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Juventus's coach Luciano Spalletti shouts instructions to his players during a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Juventus, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (Alessio Morgese/LaPresse via AP)

AC Milan's Adrien Rabiot, left, and Juventus' Jeremie Boga vie for the ball during a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Juventus, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)

Inter Milan's Marcus Thuram, left, celebrates with teammate Federico Dimarco after scoring his side's opening goal during a Serie A soccer match between Torino and Inter Milan, in Turin, Italy, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)

Torino's Nikola Vlasic, second from left, scores his sides's second goal ball during a Serie A soccer match between Torino and Inter Milan, in Turin, Italy, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)

Torino's Giovanni Simeone, center, celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during a Serie A soccer match between Torino and Inter Milan, in Turin, Italy, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (Marco Alpozzi/LaPresse via AP)

Torino's Giovanni Simeone celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during a Serie A soccer match between Torino and Inter Milan, in Turin, Italy, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (Marco Alpozzi/LaPresse via AP)

Inter Milan's Yann Aurel Bisseck, right, celebrates with teammate Marcus Thuram after scoring their sides's second goal ball during a Serie A soccer match between Torino and Inter Milan, in Turin, Italy, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iran and the U.S. inched closer to a deal to end the Iran war, as Qatari mediators traveled to Tehran on Sunday to finalize the agreement, according to two regional officials.

The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media, expressed cautious optimism that the U.S. and Iran were finally approaching an agreement that could halt hostilities that have killed thousands of people and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, whose closure has thrown world markets into disarray.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Saturday that the deal would be signed on Sunday, while Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said it could happen in the coming days. Trump said that the Strait of Hormuz would open immediately after the signing.

The deal is expected to be signed electronically, without an in-person ceremony, though it's unclear when or how the signing will take place.

The deal does not solve the thorniest issues between the U.S. and Iran, including Iran’s nuclear program or its frozen assets, but offers a 60-day framework for technical discussions on those issues, according to Pakistani and regional officials familiar with the ongoing negotiations who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. The officials described Pakistan’s monthslong effort leading the negotiations, struggling to keep both sides from walking out of the room and a total collapse of the negotiations on multiple occasions.

Under the current deal being discussed, U.S. and Israel appear to have fallen short of their original goals of destroying Iran’s missile and nuclear programs and ending its support for proxies. It is not clear how the deal will address these issues, or if they will be part of the final agreement.

Meanwhile, Trump was expected to discuss demining the Strait of Hormuz during the Group of Seven summit that starts Monday. The waterway is crucial to significant shipments of oil, natural gas and related products like fertilizer, and its effective closure rocked the global economy.

The apparent breakthrough came after Iran exchanged fire with the U.S. and Israel earlier in the week, threatening to rupture the ceasefire and push the Middle East back into full-scale war. A tenuous ceasefire has been in place since April 7.

Iran’s nuclear program and highly enriched uranium have long been at the center of tensions with the U.S. and Israel and an international source of concern.

Trump on social media asserted that “when all is calm,” the U.S. would go in and “downblend and destroy” the enriched uranium in Iran or in the U.S.

Iran has 440.9 kilograms (972 pounds) of uranium that is enriched up to 60% purity, a short, technical step from weapons-grade levels of 90%, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Iran has long maintained its nuclear program is peaceful and has not publicly committed to giving up the enriched uranium, which is believed to be buried under three nuclear sites that were badly damaged by U.S. strikes last year.

Meanwhile, fighting has continued in Lebanon between Israel, which has pushed its invasion deeper than at any point in over a quarter-century, and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group despite a ceasefire.

Iran has wanted a ceasefire deal to include the fighting in Lebanon. Tehran also has sought the release of billions of dollars in frozen funds.

The deal in its current form is a deep disappointment to Israel’s government, which has been sidelined in negotiations led by Pakistan and others. Even critics in Trump’s own Republican Party, struggling with an unpopular war ahead of the midterm elections, criticized the deal. Some said it did not improve on the terms of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that Trump withdrew the U.S. from during his first term and which he still describes as “bad.” __

Magdy reported from Cairo and Lidman from Tel Aviv, Israel.

A woman walks past an anti-American mural on the wall of the former U.S. Embassy, now a museum, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)