MILAN -- Gonzalo Higuain celebrated his birthday weekend with two goals as he helped Juventus to a 3-1 victory at Torino in a thrilling derby match on Sunday.Goals from two of the best strikers in European football looked like ensuring the Derby della Mole would end with honors even. Higuain canceled out Andrea Belottis opener for Torino, with both scoring on their first opportunity.But Higuain doubled his tally in the 83rd minute and substitute Miralem Pjanic sealed the result in stoppage time.Juventus moved seven points clear of second-placed Roma and AC Milan, which play each other on Monday.It was a special match, Higuain said. We were losing, we were in difficulty but after we equalized we stayed in control and in the end we won. Winning the derby, scoring and having a good team performance was a lovely birthday present.Is it a message for Roma and Milan? We did our job, we had to win and we did so. What they do tomorrow is their problem.Juventus hosts Roma next Saturday.There was a passionate atmosphere at the Stadio Olimpico and the home supporters were furious when Belotti was brought down by Daniele Rugani, as he was about to run clear through on goal, but the referee waved play on.Mario Mandzukic had two chances in quick succession for Juventus but sent a free header wide and then had another attempt kept out by a sensational save from England goalkeeper Joe Hart.Belotti broke the deadlock moments later, in the 16th. Davide Zappacosta burst down the right flank and threaded the ball through to Daniele Baselli, who crossed for Belotti to head into the bottom left corner.It was the 22-year-old Italy forwards fifth goal in as many matches.Higuain leveled in the 28th, running onto Mandzukics through ball and into the area before firing into the bottom left corner.Torino had the better of the chances in the second half and should have retaken the lead on the hour but Marco Benassis effort was blocked by Mandzukic and Iago Falque volleyed the rebound wide.Adem Ljajic also went close in the 73rd but curled an attempt inches wide of the right post.Torino was made to pay for its missed opportunities as Higuain fired Juventus in front seven minutes from time. The Argentine controlled the ball before swiveling and firing through the legs of Torino defender Antonio Barreca and into the bottom left corner.It was the ninth goal of the season for Higuain, who turned 29 on Saturday. The Argentine moved up to fourth in the goalscoring table, two behind third-placed Belotti.Torino strove to get the equalizer but was caught out by another counterattack and Paulo Dybalas pass sent Higuain through. Hart pulled off a fantastic save and did so again to deny Pjanic but the Bosnia and Herzegovina international tapped in the rebound.---CAGLIARI 0, NAPOLI 5Dries Mertens netted a hat trick as Napoli equaled its biggest Serie A away win.Confidence was high at Napoli after ending a poor run of results with a crushing victory at Inter Milan and qualifying for the Champions League knockout stage.Mertens opened the scoring in the 34th with a delightful swiveling shot into the far corner, and Marek Hamsik doubled Napolis lead on the stroke of halftime, tapping in the rebound after Lorenzo Insigne headed onto the crossbar.Napoli started the second half as it had ended the first and Piotr Zielinski extended the visitors lead six minutes after the restart with a powerful effort into the bottom left corner.Napoli was running riot and Mertens doubled his tally in the 69th before completing his hat trick three minutes later.---INTER MILAN 2, GENOA 0Marcelo Brozovic continued his fine run of form with two goals to help Inter move into eighth.Brozovic netted his first goal six minutes from time when the Croatia midfielder volleyed the ball low into the bottom right corner.Genoa had looked the stronger team until that point with two attempts cleared off the line.Inter doubled its lead in the 69th following a great run from Joao Mario down the left and into the area before crossing for Brozovic, who fired powerfully home.Inter moved a point below Torino, and one above Fiorentina, which hosts Sassuolo on Monday.---OTHER MATCHESAtalanta fell to its second straight defeat as it surprisingly lost 3-1 at home to Udinese.Defeat at Juventus last week had ended a run of seven successive wins but Atalanta was expected to get back on track.Atalanta dominated but Duvan Zapata gave Udinese an unexpected lead -- completely against the run of play -- on the stroke of halftime.Jasmin Kurtic leveled but Seko Fofana restored Udineses lead in one of its rare attacks and Cyril Thereau sealed matters late on.Elsewhere, Sergio Pellissier scored his 100th Serie A goal to help Chievo Verona beat bottom club Palermo 2-0, and Bologna drew 0-0 with Empoli. 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Cheap Air Jordan For Sale . -- Derrick Rose shook off poor shooting early to hit clutch shots late and Carlos Boozer had 20 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 104-95 preseason victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night. MOSCOW -- Seven Russian swimmers have been barred from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, including three linked to recent allegations of a major doping cover-up by Russian authorities, world swimmings governing body, FINA, said Monday.Reigning world 100-meter breaststroke champion Yulia Efimova is among four swimmers withdrawn by the Russian Swimming Federation because they previously served doping bans, FINA said. The others are Natalya Lovtsova, Anastasia Krapivina and Mikhail Dovgalyuk.The International Olympic Committee on Sunday said Russian athletes with previous doping bans would be barred from the Rio Games. That followed the IOCs decision not to ban the entire Russian team over allegations of state-sponsored doping.FINA said three more swimmers were identified by World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren when he examined evidence that Russian government officials ordered the cover-up of hundreds of doping tests.They are 2008 Olympic silver and 2012 bronze medalist Nikita Lobintsev, bronze medalist Vladimir Morozov and world junior record-holder Daria Ustinova.Russias top Olympic official, Alexander Zhukov, told Russian agency R-Sport that he now believed a total of 13 Russians would be ineligible due to previous doping bans. They would be withdrawn from the team, he added.The 13 are likely to include athletes in swimming, cycling, weightlifting, wrestling and rowing.On Sunday, the IOCs executive board asked individual global sports federations to decide on the entry of Russian athletes and announced new eligibility criteria.The rules prohibit Russia from sending to the Rio Games any athletes who have previously served doping bans. Sports federations can also reject Russian entries if they have not undergone enough international drug testing. Results of Russian tests will not be accepted following allegations of routine cover-ups at Moscows anti-doping laboratory.It remains unclear whether there could be legal challenges to the IOC criteria. A similar IOC measure, known as the Osaka rule, which would have prohibited any athletes who had received doping bans from competing in the subsequent Olympics, was declared invalid by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.Zhukov said the IOCs latest criteria violated the principle of equality because they applied only to Russia, although he has previously ruled out legal action.However, Russian Swimming Federation president Vladimir Salnikov told the state Tass agency that the four swimmers cut from its team have the chance to appeal to CAS. Efimovas agent, Andrei Mitkov, told Russias Sportbox website that she intended to file an appeal if she was not allowed to compete.Russias track and field athletes remain barrred from the games by the IAAF, a decision upheld last week by CAS and accepted by the IOC.dddddddddddd.With the Aug. 5 opening ceremony approaching, it is up to the remaining 27 international sports federations to vet Russian athletes on an individual basis.The archery federation said Monday it had approved the entry of three Russian archers after determining they have no links to doping.World Archery said it was satisfied that the three female Russian archers nominated for the Games had been tested extensively and have never been sanctioned for doping. They were listed as Tuiana Dashidorzhieva, Ksenia Perova and Inna Stepanova.Archery was not implicated in the WADA report released last week by Canadian lawyer McLaren, who accused Russia of covering up doping in 20 Summer Olympic sports.Russian archers have been targeted for additional testing, both in and out of competition, since the report was released, the federation said.No Russian archery athlete has received an adverse analytical finding, it said, adding that it would submit its findings to the IOC.The International Tennis Federation said Sunday it expects Russias eight-player Olympic tennis team to be eligible for the Games. The ITF said the players have been subject to a rigorous anti-doping testing program outside Russia.The International Equestrian Federation said there was no indication of doping within Russias five-rider team.Russian cyclist Ilnur Zakarin, who won a stage during the Tour de France, which ended Sunday, could be ruled out because he served a two-year ban after testing positive for a steroid in 2009.The International Judo Federation, whose honorary president is Russian President Vladimir Putin, said it has already tested 84 percent of the 389 athletes from 136 countries who are qualified to compete in Rio. It made no mention of the 11 Russian judo athletes entered.The International Gymnastics Federation said it has taken note of the IOC ruling and shall fully adhere to it. It said it would establish a pool of Russian eligible athletes. Gymnastics was not mentioned in the McLaren report.Boxings governing body AIBA said it was examining Russias entrants. Eleven Russian boxers intend to compete in Rio, including reigning world champions Vitaly Dunaytsev and Evgeny Tishchenko.We are reviewing and analyzing, on a case by case basis, the anti-doping record of the 11 Russian boxers currently qualified for Rio 2016, AIBA said. This information and the decision of AIBA in respect of the athletes eligibility will be submitted to the IOC for confirmation in due course. ' ' '