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May 21, 2018
Rain helps Nadal claim stunning eighth Rome Masters title
ROME —Rafael Nadal won the Rome Masters for the eighth time on Sunday when he defeated defending champion Alexander Zverev 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 after a stunning comeback.German second seed Zverev was 3-1 up in the decider before two rain stoppages halted his momentum.Top seed Nadal raced away with the last five games to secure a 32nd Masters title and ensure a return to the world number one spot.The 31-year-old also ...
May 20, 2018
Marquez cruises at Le Mans as Zarco crashes out
LE MANS, France — Marc Marquez reeled off his third win on the bounce in the French MotoGP Sunday as home favorite and pole sitter Johann Zarco crashed out.Marquez took his 38th success in the top category unchallenged from Danilo Petrucci (Ducati Pramac) with Italian veteran Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) in third.Zarco had the home fans at Le Mans' Bugatti circuit dreaming of a rare French win after his record-setting pole ...
May 20, 2018
Yates extends overall lead
SAPPADA, Italy — Britain's Simon Yates soloed to a third victory within a week on the 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Sunday to extend his overall race lead.But Tour de France champion Chris Froome, who won Saturday's Monte Zoncolan summit finish, lost more time on the 176km Dolomites stage from Tolmezzo to Sappada.Mitchelton-Scott's Yates launched his attack 17km from the finish line and held on to add to ...
May 20, 2018
Frankfurt stuns Bayern for German Cup
BERLIN — Ante Rebic struck twice as Eintracht Frankfurt upset champion Bayern Munich 3-1 Saturday to win the German Cup for the fifth time and deny its opponent the domestic double to mark the retirement of coach Jupp Heynckes.Croatian Rebic scored either side of a Robert Lewandowski equalizer and Frankfurt added a third in stoppage-time to make amends for last season’s final loss.It was a bittersweet farewell for Bayern’s Heynckes, ...
May 20, 2018
Japan women start strongly
BANGKOK — Japan’s women dominated Australia 5-0 to get the nation’s quest for a Thomas and Uber Cup badminton double off to a flying start in Bangkok Sunday.Women’s singles world champion Nozomi Okuhara crushed Louisa Ma 21-6, 21-6 in their opening Group A encounter.Japan are favorites for the women’s Uber Cup event and showed why when doubles pair Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi then blew away Australia’s Lee Yen Khoo ...
May 20, 2018
Bangalore pays price for brittle middle order
NEW DELHI — Individual brilliance notwithstanding, cricket remains a team sport and the fancied Royal Challengers Bangalore discovered that the hard way as they exited the Indian Premier League (IPL) playoff race after yet another middle-order meltdown.Bangalore fans probably took a playoff berth for granted when the two-time runners-up managed to retain two of the biggest names in contemporary cricket, along with middle order prospect Sarfaraz Khan, in January.Skipper Virat ...
May 20, 2018
Svitolina bags Italian Open
ROME — Elina Svitolina underlined her status as a top favorite for the French Open by sweeping Simona Halep aside 6-0, 6-4 to successfully defend her Italian Open crown Sunday.In a repeat of last year’s final at the Foro Italico, Ukrainian Svitolina, seeded fourth, was up against Halep a day after the Romanian top seed had ousted Russian Maria Sharapova.But Halep’s hopes of overturning last year’s defeat to her 23-year-old ...
May 20, 2018
Thompson cruises to 100m win
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s double Olympic sprint Elaine Thompson was back in the winner’s circle Saturday, cruising to victory in the 100m at the Jamaica International Invitational in 11.06sec.Thompson, the 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the 100m and 200m, finished well in front of compatriots Kerron Stewart (11.25) and Natasha Morrison (11.26) in a race that saw Jamaicans occupy the top five places.Thompson’s victory came 11 days after she pulled ...
May 20, 2018
Justify claims Preakness, eyes Triple Crown
BALTIMORE — Unbeaten Justify charged clear through the fog to win the Preakness Stakes Saturday, as the Kentucky Derby winner set the stage for a Triple Crown bid next month.The heavily favored three-year-old chestnut colt overcame a lengthy initial challenge from Good Magic on a sloppy track at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore to add to his Churchill Downs triumph with a fifth victory in as many races.A hard-charging Bravazo ...
May 20, 2018
Stevenson draws with Jack to keep crown
TORONTO — Haitian-born Canadian Adonis Stevenson retained his World Boxing Council light-heavyweight title Saturday after fighting Sweden’s Badou Jack to a majority draw in which no judge scored him a winner.Stevenson, a 40-year-old southpaw, kept the title after two judges scored the bout 114-114 and the third saw Jack as a 115-113 winner in the title bout at Toronto.In a fight nobody lost, both fighters saw themselves as winners.“I thought ...
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