MILAN (AP) — AC Milan is falling into danger of losing its Champions League place as city rival Inter Milan closes in on the Serie A title
Massimiliano Allegri's team was reduced to 10 men and beaten 2-0 at Sassuolo on Sunday for its fourth loss in seven matches.
Third-placed Milan was left only three points ahead of fourth-placed Juventus, which hosted Hellas Verona later; and five points ahead of fifth-placed Como, which is trying to get into the top four and secure a Champions League spot.
Three rounds remain in the Italian league.
Domenico Berardi scored early on for Sassuolo for his 12th career goal against Milan and Fikayo Tomori was sent off before Armand Lauriente doubled the advantage after the break.
Milan has scored only one goal in its last five matches.
Inter, which is 12 points ahead of Milan, can seal the title with a draw against visiting Parma later.
Earlier, Bologna was held 0-0 by Cagliari in a regional derby.
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Sassuolo's Kristian Thorstvedt, left, fights for the ball with Milan's Ardon Jashari during an Italian Serie A soccer match between Sassuolo and Milan in Reggio Emilia, Italy, Sunday, May 3, 2026. (Gianni Santandrea/LaPresse via AP)
Players celebrate Sassuolo Domenico Berardi's first goal of the game during an Italian Serie A soccer match between Sassuolo and Milan in Reggio Emilia, Italy, Sunday, May 3, 2026. (Gianni Santandrea/LaPresse via AP)
Cagliari's Alessandro Deiola scores a goal but referee Valerio Crezzini cancels the goal, during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Bologna and Cagliari, in Bologna, north Italy, Sunday, May 3, 2026. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center says a bulk carrier near the Strait of Hormuz has reported being attacked by multiple small craft.
Sunday’s report says all crew are safe after the attack off Sirik, Iran. The report warns vessels to transit with caution.
Iranian officials have asserted that they continue to control the strait and that ships not affiliated with the United States or Israel can pass if they pay a toll.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s latest proposal to the United States calls for issues between the countries to be resolved within 30 days and aims to end the war rather than extend the ceasefire, according to Iran’s state-linked media.
President Donald Trump on Saturday said he was reviewing a new Iranian proposal but expressed doubt it would lead to a deal, adding on social media that “they have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years” since the Islamic Revolution there.
Iran’s 14-point proposal, a rebuttal to a U.S. nine-point plan, also calls for the U.S. lifting sanctions on Iran, ending the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports, withdrawing forces from the region and ceasing all hostilities, including Israel’s operations in Lebanon, according to the semiofficial Nour News and Tasnim agencies, which have close ties to Iran's security organizations.
There was no mention in those reports, however, of Iran's nuclear program and its enriched uranium, long the central issue in tensions with the U.S. and one that Tehran would rather address later.
Iran sent its reply via Pakistan, which hosted face-to-face talks last month between Iran and the United States.
Pakistan's prime minister, foreign minister and army chief continue to push negotiations and encourage the U.S. and Iran to speak directly, according to two officials in Pakistan who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
The fragile three-week ceasefire appears to be holding, though Trump on Saturday told journalists that further strikes remained a possibility.
Also on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke with Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi, who oversaw previous rounds of talks between the U.S. and Iran before the war.
Trump has offered a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, where about a fifth of the world’s trade in oil and natural gas typically passes, along with fertilizer badly needed by farmers around the world.
Iran's grip on the strait, imposed after the U.S. and Israel launched the war on Feb. 28, has shaken global markets.
Iran’s deputy parliament speaker on Sunday said Tehran “will not back down from our position on the Strait of Hormuz, and it will not return to its prewar conditions.” Ali Nikzad, who has no decision-making power in parliament, spoke while visiting port facilities on strategic Larak Island.
Nikzad reiterated Iran’s position that any ship not associated with the U.S. or Israel can pass after paying a toll. Tehran effectively closed the strait by attacking and threatening ships.
The U.S. has warned shipping companies they could face sanctions for paying Iran in any form, including digital assets, to pass safely. Meanwhile, the U.S. naval blockade since April 13 is depriving Tehran of oil revenue it needs to shore up its ailing economy.
“We think that they’ve gotten less than $1.3 million in tolls, which is a pittance on their previous daily oil revenues,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News on Sunday. He said Iran's oil storage is rapidly filling up and "they’re going to have to start shutting in wells, which we think could happen in the next week.”
On Sunday, the second day of Iran's working week, the rial weakened further against the U.S. dollar. In Tehran’s Ferdowsi Street, the capital’s main currency exchange hub, the dollar was trading at 1,840,000 rials.
Analysts say there is a strong possibility the currency will slip further.
The rial was trading at 1.3 million to the dollar in December, a record low at the time, and triggered widespread protests over the worsening economy. Markets in Tehran remain unstable, with prices of some goods rising daily.
According to reports in Iranian media, several factories have not renewed contracts for workers after the Iranian new year in March, and significant numbers have lost their jobs.
Yousef Pezeshkian, the son and adviser of President Masoud Pezeshkian, wrote on Telegram that both the United States and Iran see themselves as the winner of the war and are unwilling to back down.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Saturday urged Iran to immediately transfer imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi for treatment by her medical team in Tehran after her health sharply deteriorated.
The committee said it was in touch with Mohammadi’s family and lawyer, and that the 2023 laureate’s life remains at risk.
The rights lawyer fainted twice in prison on Friday in the northwestern city of Zanjan, her foundation said, and was admitted to a local hospital. Her lawyers have said she is believed to have suffered a heart attack in late March.
Lidman reported from Tel Aviv, Israel. Associated Press writers Amir Vahdat in Tehran, Iran and Munir Ahmed in Islamabad contributed to this report.
An Emirati patrol boat, left, is near a tanker anchored in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from a coastal road near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
A child holds an Iranian flag through the window of a vehicle in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
A groom and bride ride on their motorbike in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Vehicles drive past a billboard with graphic showing Strait of Hormuz and sewn lips of U.S. President Donald Trump in a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
