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Italy's Simone Sabbioni reacts after competing on his own in a heat for the men's 100m backstroke event during the swimming competition at the 2019 World Championships at Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center in Gwangju, South Korea, on Monday. — AFP
'Unbelievable': Italian swims three heats after start malfunction
GWANGJU, South Korea — An Italian swimmer was forced to make three attempts to complete a world championship backstroke heat after a string of malfunctions with the starting equipment.Simone Sabbioni, a national record-holder, accidentally kicked off his wedge, the angled block swimmers use to push off, and came to an abrupt halt as his fellow swimmers splashed down the pool.Sabbioni, 22, was told he could race again – this time alone – but the device gave way for a second time, making him slip."It's just unbelievable this kind of thing can happen at the world championships," he told AFP.Sabbioni – who eventually got away cleanly at the third attempt – squeezed into one of the last qualifying spots with a time of 53.85sec, spurred on by a roaring crowd."I'm...
July 22, 2019

'Unbelievable': Italian swims three heats after start malfunction

Manny Pacquiao (white trunks) celebrates after defeating Keith Thurman (not pictured) in their WBA welterweight championship bout at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA, in this Jul 20, 2019 file photo. Pacquiao won via split decision. — Reuters
Pacquiao mulls future after title stunner
LAS VEGAS — Father Time may be undefeated, as the old boxing saying goes, but Manny Pacquiao is not going down without a fight.The 40-year-old Filipino legend wrote another improbable chapter in his glittering career on Saturday, with an age-defying split decision victory over the hitherto unbeaten Keith Thurman.Pacquiao, a full decade older than the 30-year-old Thurman, rolled back the years with a vintage performance that had a sold out crowd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena roaring in delight.It was the Filipino's 62nd win of a 71-fight career that has spanned 24 years. Veterans at ringside described the performance as Pacquiao's best since his dazzling win over Antonio Margarito in 2010.Thurman, who had returned to boxing in January after a 22-month layoff, admitted he had not...
July 22, 2019

Pacquiao mulls future after title stunner

In my generation I don't think any of us expected to be playing a Test match at Lord's, so to have the opportunity is great, Wilson said on Sunday after Ireland's opening training session at Lord's. — Courtesy photo
Ireland won't be overawed in Lord's Test: Wilson
LONDON — Ireland wicketkeeper-batsman Gary Wilson insists his side are determined not to be overawed when they play England in their country's Test debut at Lord's.William Porterfield's team will embark on their maiden Test at cricket's spiritual home on Wednesday in another sign of the sport's development in Ireland.Ireland have played two Test matches since their ascension to Full Membership status of the International Cricket Council two years ago.But those defeats to Pakistan and Afghanistan were far less prestigious occasions that the four-day Test with newly-crowned World Cup winners England.Playing at Lord's has given many great players stage-fright in the past and Wilson urged his teammates not to get intimidated by the hallowed venue's unique...
July 22, 2019

Ireland won't be overawed in Lord's Test: Wilson

Australia's Ellyse Perry in action as England's Amy Jones jumps and England's Sarah Taylor looks on during the Women’s Ashes Test match against England at the Coopers Associates County Ground, Taunton, Britain, on Sunday. — Reuters
Australia retains women's Ashes after draw in only Test
LONDON — Australia retained the women's Ashes after the only Test match in the series played across multiple formats ended in a draw at Taunton on Sunday.After Australia had declared their first innings on 420-8, England avoided the follow-on and asked Australia to bat again, declaring at 275-9.However, the visitors elected not to set a victory target and had reached 230-7 at the end of play.Elysse Perry was again the pick of the Australian batters, following up her first innings 116 with an unbeaten 76 in the second.The result means Ashes holders Australia, who lead England 8-2 on points having won all three of the one-day internationals, will retain the trophy.England can only level the series if they win the three remaining Twenty20 international games, starting on...
July 22, 2019

Australia retains women's Ashes after draw in only Test

Australia's Steve Smith reacts during World Cup semifinal match against England at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Britain, in July 11, 2019 file photo. — Reuters
Smith raring to go, Khawaja expected to be fit for Ashes opener
LONDON — Sixteen months after leaving Test cricket in disgrace over the ball-tampering furore, Steve Smith's preparations for the Ashes have gone up to a manic level as the former skipper looks to return to red ball cricket in top form.Australia captain Tim Paine said former skipper Smith had given batting coach Graeme Hick long and taxing work-outs in the nets as he looks to hone his formidable game ahead of the Ashes opener in Edgbaston on Aug. 1.Renowned for his obsessive approach to training, Smith is back in the Test squad along with David Warner and Cameron Bancroft, the other two players hit with long bans for their involvement in the Cape Town scandal in March, 2018."You don't become one of the best players in the world and average 60 in Test cricket if you don't...
July 22, 2019

Smith raring to go, Khawaja expected to be fit for Ashes opener

Australia's Peter McNamara in action during the group stage of the Black Rock Masters Tennis 2007 at Royal Albert Hall, in this 5 Dec. 2007 file photo. McNamara has died at the age of 64 after a quiet battle with cancer at his home in Germany on Saturday. — Reuters
Australia's McNamara dies at 64 after quiet cancer battle
MELBOURNE — Australia's Peter McNamara, who won three doubles Grand Slam titles and became a prominent coach after hanging up his racquet, has died at the age of 64 after a quiet battle with cancer.Melbourne man McNamara won five singles titles and 19 in doubles and teamed up with compatriot Paul McNamee to win the Australian Open doubles in 1979 and Wimbledon twice in 1980 and 1982.After retiring in 1987, the former world number seven singles player enjoyed a successful coaching career, mentoring Mark Philippoussis, Grigor Dimitrov and Wang Qiang, among others.He died peacefully at his home in Germany on Saturday after a long battle with prostate cancer, Australian media reported.News of his death plunged Australian tennis into mourning and triggered a slew of tributes on social...
July 22, 2019

Australia's McNamara dies at 64 after quiet cancer battle

Republic of Ireland's Shane Lowry celebrates with his caddie after winning the Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club, Portrush, Northern Ireland, on Sunday. — Reuters
Ten years since amateur triumph, Lowry's career comes full circle on Irish soil
PORTRUSH — United Kingdom – Shane Lowry burst onto the professional scene with an incredible victory as an amateur at the Irish Open a decade ago, and he delivered again on Sunday by romping to a memorable British Open triumph at a wind-swept Royal Portrush.The 32-year-old became only the second player from the Republic of Ireland to win the Claret Jug, after Padraig Harrington, to the delight of the home crowds as the Open was given a dream result on its return to Northern Ireland after a 68-year absence.The stunning six-shot win, after leading by four strokes overnight, also banished the demons of Lowry's collapse when four clear in the 2016 US Open at Oakmont.The son of Gaelic football player Brendan Lowry, who won the All-Ireland title with Offaly in 1982 alongside his brothers...
July 22, 2019

Ten years since amateur triumph, Lowry's career comes full circle on Irish soil

Jim Herman of the United States poses for a photo with the trophy after winning the Barbasol Championship at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Kentucky, on Sunday. — AFP
Herman plays Trump card to win Barbasol title
NEW YORK — Jim Herman won the Barbasol Championship in Kentucky by a stroke on Sunday, crediting his second US Tour victory to a new putter and some timely advice from President Donald Trump.A former assistant pro at Trump National golf course in New Jersey, Herman carded a final round of two-under 70 to finish at 26-under-par, edging fellow American Kelly Kraft at Keene Trace in Nicholasville.After tearing up the course with a 62 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Kraft, Herman revealed he had taken a congratulatory phone call from Trump the night before.After closing out his win, Herman said he had taken Trump's advice to use a new putter."He motivates me and puts me in a good spot,” said Herman, who has known Trump for years."I don’t know what it is about...
July 22, 2019

Herman plays Trump card to win Barbasol title

Scrumhalf Nic White (R) says all the Wallabies' ills can be fixed within a week. — Courtesy photo
White says Wallabies woes can be fixed before Argentina match
JOHANNESBURG — Australia's first-up thrashing by a second-string South Africa side in the Rugby Championship on Saturday has triggered alarm bells at home but scrumhalf Nic White has said all the Wallabies' ills can be fixed within a week.Australia were belted 35-17 by a Springboks team shorn of regular flyhalf Handre Pollard, number eight Duane Vermeulen and powerful hooker Malcolm Marx among others, and head home to face an Argentina team that pushed the All Blacks hard in defeat in Bueno Aires.Following on from a 2018 season that yielded only four wins from 13 games, the Boks defeat has heaped further pressure on coach Michael Cheika, less than two months before the start of the World Cup in Japan.White, who played his first test in four years and started ahead of regular...
July 22, 2019

White says Wallabies woes can be fixed before Argentina match

Mike Yastrzemski of the San Francisco Giants hits a walk-off home run against the New York Mets during the twelfth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, on Sunday. The San Francisco Giants defeated the New York Mets 3-2 in 12 innings.  — AFP
Yastrzemski, Giants walk off in 12th
NEW YORK — The San Francisco Giants worked their extra-inning magic on the visiting New York Mets once again Sunday afternoon, getting a walk-off, opposite-field home run from Mike Yastrzemski in the bottom of the 12th for a 3-2 victory.The win was the Giants' third in the four-game series, all in extra innings. They prevailed 3-2 in 16 innings on Thursday and 1-0 in 10 on Friday before getting overpowered 11-4 on Saturday.Yastrzemski's homer, his ninth in just 48 games with the Giants, came off the sixth Mets' pitcher, Robert Gsellman (1-2), on a full-count pitch with one out. The left-handed hitter sent a high fly just a row or two deep into the left field bleachers.Trevor Gott (6-0) got the win after pitching a scoreless top of the 12th, capping a run of six relievers who...
July 22, 2019

Yastrzemski, Giants walk off in 12th

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