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Khris Davis of the Oakland Athletics hits a two-run single against the Minnesota Twins during the ninth inning of the game at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Saturday. The Athletics defeated the Twins 5-4. — AFP
Davis, A's rally to top Twins
NEW YORK — Khris Davis hit a two-run single with two outs in the top of the ninth, as the Oakland A's rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night in Minneapolis.Oakland was down to its final out against Twins' reliever Taylor Rogers (2-2) when Mark Canha was hit by a pitch. Ramon Laureano followed with a double down the left field line, with Canha stopping at third. Davis then cracked a line drive off the glove of diving first baseman Ehire Adrianza to bring home the game-winning runs.Laureano finished a triple shy of the cycle, and Canha hit a two-run homer and scored twice for Oakland, which won for the eighth time in nine games. Robbie Grossman and Chris Herrmann each had two hits for the A's.Blake Treinen (3-3) picked up the win with an inning of...
July 21, 2019

Davis, A's rally to top Twins

Forward Brock McGinn and the Carolina Hurricanes have agreed to a two-year, $4.2 million contract. — Courtesy photo
Forward McGinn, Hurricanes agree to two-year, $4.2M deal
NEW YORK — The Carolina Hurricanes and forward Brock McGinn have agreed to a two-year, $4.2 million contract, avoiding arbitration.McGinn will earn $1.9 million in 2019-20 and $2.3 million in 2020-21."We're relieved to have this settled before going to arbitration," said Don Waddell, Carolina's general manager and president. "Brock was an important part of what we accomplished last season and we're happy to have him as part of our group moving forward."The Boston Bruins swept the Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference finals.The 25-year-old had 26 points (10 goals, 16 assists) in 82 games with the Hurricanes in 2018-19. He also appeared in 15 games during the Stanley Cup playoffs, tallying six points (two goals, four assists). He scored the series-clinching...
July 21, 2019

Forward McGinn, Hurricanes agree to two-year, $4.2M deal

GSA announces $650 million financial and governance sports strategy
JEDDAH — The General Sports Authority (GSA) has announced today Saturday a USD 650 million financial and governance strategy aimed at making sports a flourishing and prosperous sector, and to encourage clubs to diversify sports practices and commit to the highest standards of governance, Saudi Press Agency reported late Saturday night.Under the strategy, 170 active clubs in Saudi Arabia will benefit from direct financial support as well as performance-based support. The strategy encourages the clubs to meet certain standards of governance, infrastructure and fan attendance.Chairman of the GSA Board of Directors: “The Crown Prince is very keen, despite his busy schedule, to monitor this strategy to guarantee the implementation of governance standards in football and to shed light on...
July 21, 2019

GSA announces $650 million financial and governance sports strategy

South Africa's Herschel Jantjies scores his try during the 2019 Rugby Championship match South Africa v Australia, at the Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg, on Saturday. — AFP
Two-try debutant Herschel Jantjies stars for Springboks
JOHANNESBURG — Debutant scrum-half Herschel Jantjies scored two tries as South Africa beat Australia 35-17 Saturday in the opening match of the Rugby Championship season in Johannesburg.The Western Stormers half-back claimed the first and fourth Springbok tries before being warmly applauded when substituted 14 minutes from time at Ellis Park.South Africa outscored Australia by five tries to two for a bonus point win despite resting a number of regulars ahead of an away clash with world champions New Zealand next weekend.Jantjies was one of a record eight black players in the starting XV of the Springboks, a team that used only white players during the apartheid era.His performance highlighted an encouraging start by South Africa in the Championship, which this year is a build-up...
July 20, 2019

Two-try debutant Herschel Jantjies stars for Springboks

Great Britain's Geraint Thomas crosses the finish line of the fourteenth stage of the 106th edition of the Tour de France cycling race between Tarbes and Tourmalet Bareges, in Tourmalet Bareges on Saturday. — AFP
I felt weak, Thomas admits after Tour's first mountain test
COL DU TOURMALET, France — Champion Geraint Thomas admitted he felt "quite weak" as he lost further ground on race leader Julian Alaphilippe and other top contenders in the first big mountain test of the Tour de France on Saturday.The Briton lost contact with the front-runners in the final kilometer of the ascent to the Col du Tourmalet, unable to sustain the pace as Thibaut Pinot snatched victory in the 14th stage ahead of fellow Frenchman Alaphilippe and Dutchman Steven Kruijswijk."I just didn't feel quite on it from the start really to be honest — just quite weak," Thomas told reporters after ending up eighth, 36 seconds behind Pinot.In all of their six Tour wins, the team led by Dave Brailsford had always claimed a stage win before stage 14. Thomas and his...
July 20, 2019

I felt weak, Thomas admits after Tour's first mountain test

Jamaica's Elaine Thompson (L) competes in the women's 200m event during the the IAAF Diamond League Anniversary Games athletics meeting at the London Stadium in London, on Saturday. — AFP
Thompson wins 200m in London as Muir storms to victory in 1,500m
LONDON — Olympic champion Elaine Thompson cruised to victory in the 200 meters at the Anniversary Games in London on Saturday as home favorite Laura Muir destroyed the field in the 1,500m.Jamaica's Thompson, who won a 100m and 200m sprint double at the Rio Olympics, claimed victory in a time of 22.13sec, with Marie-Josee Ta Lou of Ivory Coast second and Britain's Beth Dobbin third."I'm feeling great to be back in London competing over 200m," said Thompson, quickest over 100m and 200m this year."It's all work in progress. It's a long season so I just came out here to perform and enjoy it."With the US trials for the world championships taking next week, no Americans are taking part in the men's or women's 100m and 200m at the two-day meeting,...
July 20, 2019

Thompson wins 200m in London as Muir storms to victory in 1,500m

Algerians gather in the the May 1st square in the capital as they prepare to welcome the Algerian national team on Saturday, following their victory in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN). Algeria celebrated their second Cup of Nations win, 29 years after their first triumph in 1990. — AFP
Africa Cup champs Algeria returns to hero's welcome
ALGIERS — Africa Cup of Nations champions Algeria arrived home Saturday to a hero's welcome from a huge crowd of joyful supporters and a "water salute" for their plane at Algiers airport."One, two, three, viv a Algeria!" tens of thousands of flag-waving fans lining the road from the airport chanted as the players went on a victory parade through the capital in an open-top bus.An early strike earned a 1-0 victory over Senegal in Friday's final in Cairo, propelling Algeria, known as the Fennec foxes, to a first Cup of Nations title in 29 years.The players, with winner's medals around their necks and captain Ryad Mahrez hoisting the cup in the air, were given a red carpet welcome at the airport and greeted by Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui.Their bus was...
July 20, 2019

Africa Cup champs Algeria returns to hero's welcome

South Africa's Akani Simbine (L) crosses the line in the men's 100m final event during the the IAAF Diamond League Anniversary Games athletics meeting at the London Stadium in London, on Saturday. — AFP
Simbine takes London 100m honors
LONDON — South African Akani Simbine pulled off something of a surprise in the London Diamond League 100 meters on Saturday, holding off local hope Zharnel Hughes and former world champion Yohan Blake to come home in 9.93 seconds.Hughes had clocked an impressive 9.96 in the heats, despite easing up and running into a slight headwind but he was always trailing in the final, posting 9.95.Blake, the joint-second fastest man of all time with his 9.69 set in 2012, is getting back towards his best and continued his good season with third in 9.97 as the top five all broke 10 seconds.Olympic champion Elaine Thompson was a convincing winner of the women’s 200m in 22.13, holding off fast-finishing Marie-Josee Ta Lou (22.36) and Britain’s Beth Dobbin, who was delighted with a personal best of...
July 20, 2019

Simbine takes London 100m honors

France's Thibaut Pinot celebrates as he wins on the finish line of the fourteenth stage of the 106th edition of the Tour de France cycling race between Tarbes and Tourmalet Bareges, in Tourmalet Bareges on Saturday. — AFP
Pinot, Alaphilippe seal French one-two as Thomas loses ground
COL DU TOURMALET, France — Thibaut Pinot led a French one-two ahead of overall leader Julian Alaphilippe to win the 14th stage of the Tour de France, a 117.5-km mountain trek from Tarbes on Saturday.The Groupama-FDJ rider jumped away from a small group 200 meters from the line to beat yellow jersey holder Alaphilippe and third-placed Steven Kruijswijk of the Netherlands by six seconds.Defending champion Geraint Thomas lost contact one kilometer from the finish and crossed the line in eighth place, 36 seconds off the pace.His Ineos teammate, Colombian Egan Bernal, was fifth, eight seconds behind Pinot, who claimed his third career stage win on the Tour.The in-form man of the first week, Pinot had lost one minute and 40 seconds when caught at the wrong end of a bunch split on the eve of...
July 20, 2019

Pinot, Alaphilippe seal French one-two as Thomas loses ground

Stanley's ball struck the mother of Robert MacIntyre's caddie. — AFP
Stanley unrepentant for 'non-issue' with MacIntyre
PORTRUSH, United Kingdom — American Kyle Stanley said he had not apologized for a "non-issue" after his playing partner Robert MacIntyre complained he had not shouted "fore" before his ball hit the mother of the Scot's caddie at the British Open.The incident on the 17th hole in Friday's second round saw Stanley send his tee shot into the gallery, with it hitting the spectator on the hand.MacIntyre had said he told Stanley he "wasn't happy" and that his rival "didn't take it well at all" when confronted over not letting the crowd know the ball was heading in their direction."My two playing partners, my caddie, a couple of the volunteers or the marshals, even had them signalling it was going right," Stanley said after his...
July 20, 2019

Stanley unrepentant for 'non-issue' with MacIntyre

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