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J.T. Poston of the United States talks with his caddie before playing a shot on the 11th hole during the first round of the Barbasol Championship on Thursday in Nicholasville, Kentucky. — AFP
Poston off to hot start at Barbasol Championship
LOS ANGELES — American J.T. Poston equaled the course record with a 10-under-par 62 to grab a slim lead after the first round of the PGA Tour's Barbasol Championship.The 26-year-old delivered 11 birdies and one bogey at Keene Trace Golf Club's Champion course. Canada's Nick Taylor is one shot back after firing 63 and Wes Roach is alone in third with a 64.Kelly Kraft, Kramer Hickok, D.J. Trahan, Roberto Castro, Jim Herman, Bill Haas, Josh Teater and Colombia's Sebastian Munoz are tied for fourth at seven under. Poston made a half dozen birdies on his first eight holes before carding his lone bogey on the par-three ninth hole."It was one of those days, everything clicked and I was hitting it so good, I didn't have that many lengthy birdie putts I made until the...
July 19, 2019

Poston off to hot start at Barbasol Championship

Teammates Karine Icher (L) and Celine Boutier of France walk off the 17th green during round two of the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational at Midland Country Club on Thursday in Midland, Michigan.   — AFP
France's Boutier and Icher share lead at LPGA team event
LOS ANGELES — France's Celine Boutier and Karine Icher shot a best ball eight-under 62 for a share of the lead at the halfway stage of the inaugural Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational tournament on Thursday.Boutier and Icher birdied four of the first five holes and closed with three straight birdies to finish at 10-under 130 through two rounds of the first ever team event in LPGA Tour history."Our games complement each other really well," Boutier said. "When I was struggling a bit, she was there to save the team, and the opposite, so it was pretty good."The French pair are level with Italy's Giulia Molinaro and Northern Ireland's Stephanie Meadow, who fired a nine under 61 and American's Paula Creamer and Morgan Pressel who posted a 64.The tournament got...
July 19, 2019

France's Boutier and Icher share lead at LPGA team event

In this file photo taken on Dec. 16, 2018, Caeleb Dressel of the US reacts after winning the men's 100m freestyle final at the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province. — AFP
Dressel has sights set on rival Chalmers at Gwangju
GWANGJU, South Korea — American Caeleb Dressel said Friday he was not aiming to top the remarkable seven world titles he bagged two years ago but was focused on overcoming rival Kyle Chalmers in the 100 meters freestyle in Gwangju.Dressel, US swimming's new golden boy, took home seven golds in Budapest but will face fierce competition in the men's blue riband race from Olympic champion Chalmers.Chalmers is in blistering form after clocking 47.35 seconds in qualification — almost half a second quicker than his winning time in the 2016 Rio final."I'm not super worried about counting medals or just because I got seven last time, it means I have to do eight. It's really just about getting my hand on the wall first," Dressel said."He (Chalmers) is a great...
July 19, 2019

Dressel has sights set on rival Chalmers at Gwangju

Christian Taylor of the US in action during the men's triple jump during the Diamond League meet in Doha at the Qatar Sports Club, Doha, Qatar in this May 4, 2018, file photo. — Reuters
Taylor fears for triple jump as Diamond League changes
RALEIGH, North Carolina — As athletics' Diamond League prepares to create a trimmer look for 2020, Christian Taylor worries about the future of the event in which he has won five gold medals.Speculation is rife, the double Olympic and three-times world champion told Reuters, that the men's triple jump is one of eight events that could be cut from the global circuit.The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said no decision has been made on which 24 disciplines (12 male/12 female) will be part of the 2020 Diamond League and none will be made until after this season.But Taylor, who owns the second longest triple jump ever and will be competing in London on Saturday, is worried. He has already seen Diamond League opportunities for jumpers and throwers cut from...
July 19, 2019

Taylor fears for triple jump as Diamond League changes

Christian Taylor of the US in action before winning the Men's Triple Jump during the  Diamond League meet in Monaco at Stade Louis II, Monaco in this July 12, 2019, photo. — Reuters
Record consumed Taylor but still belongs to Edwards
RALEIGH, North Carolina — Four years ago, Jonathan Edwards' triple jump world record seemed sure to go. American Christian Taylor had just come within eight centimeters of the Briton's 1995 mark of 18.29 meters.But the record has yet to fall and seldom is breaking it mentioned these days, even by Olympic and world champion Taylor. "I try not to speak about it is because at some point I felt that it was consuming me," the gold medalist told Reuters."Every time I competed the only thing I cared about was this world record. Whether someone was beating me I had no idea, because all I was focusing on was this world record."I tried so hard to chase it and dial everything in and break down the jump and jump like him or add my twist, and it didn't...
July 19, 2019

Record consumed Taylor but still belongs to Edwards

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Nike files countersuit against Leonard over 'Klaw' logo
NEW YORK — Reigning NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard took full charge of his free-agency status in his stunning move to the Los Angeles Clippers earlier this month.He's trying to claim control of his famous "Klaw" logo, but he is facing some aggressive defense by Nike.After Leonard launched a lawsuit aimed at the shoe and apparel conglomerate last month, claiming the company is taking credit for creating the logo that appeared on his Nike-endorsed apparel, Nike returned serve by filing a countersuit against Leonard, according to multiple reports.The former Toronto Raptors star, who endorsed Nike until his contract expired last fall and eventually teamed with New Balance, contended in his original suit that he designed the logo based on sketches he drew before becoming a...
July 19, 2019

Nike files countersuit against Leonard over 'Klaw' logo

Double Olympic 100 meters champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will go head to head with British sprint star Dina Asher-Smith at the Anniversary Games in London this weekend.
Fraser-Pryce takes on home hero Asher-Smith in London 100m shootout
LONDON — Double Olympic 100 meters champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will go head to head with British sprint star Dina Asher-Smith at the Anniversary Games in London this weekend.Jamaica's Fraser-Pryce, 32, is returning to a happy hunting ground, having retained her Olympics 100m title in the London stadium in 2012.Fraser-Pryce, who is returning to her best form after clocking a joint world-leading time of 10.73sec in Kingston in June, also faces world indoor champion Murielle Ahoure and world 200m champion Dafne Schippers.British record-holder Asher-Smith, 23, set a season's best time of 10.91sec in finishing second behind Fraser-Pryce at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting earlier this month.In the women's 200m, the star attraction is Elaine Thompson of Jamaica, who won a...
July 19, 2019

Fraser-Pryce takes on home hero Asher-Smith in London 100m shootout

Stephen Strasburg No. 37 of the Washington Nationals singles to left field scoring Brian Dozier No. 9 and Victor Robles No. 16 in the fifth inning during the game against the Atlanta Braves at SunTrust Park on Thursday in Atlanta, Georgia. — AFP
Strasburg knocks in 5, earns 12th win
NEW YORK — Stephen Strasburg did it all for the visiting Washington Nationals on Thursday, earning his National League-leading 12th win, hitting a three-run homer and driving in five runs in a 13-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves.Strasburg (12-4) pitched 5 1/3 innings and allowed three runs on eight hits, two walks and seven strikeouts. The right-hander's 420-foot homer, his first of the season and fourth of his career, put the finishing touch on Washington's eight-run, third-inning outburst.The blast was instrumental in helping the Nationals win for the 14th time in their past 18 games while extending Atlanta's losing streak to three games. Strasburg went 3-for-3, matching his career high for hits. Washington amassed 16 hits, three of them by Antony Rendon, who improved to...
July 19, 2019

Strasburg knocks in 5, earns 12th win

Ngani Laumape, seen in this file photo, has been given his only chance to show All Blacks coach Steve Hansen he should be in the Rugby World Cup squad in Japan.
Eyes on Laumape in Argentina with audition for World Cup spot
AUCKLAND — A lingering hamstring injury to Sonny Bill Williams has given Ngani Laumape what could be his only chance to show All Blacks coach Steve Hansen he should be in the Rugby World Cup squad in Japan.The 26-year-old will start the three-times World Cup winners' Rugby Championship opener on Saturday against the Pumas in Buenos Aires alongside Anton Lienert-Brown.Laumape and the versatile Lienert-Brown are two of five players battling for what is expected to be just four midfield spots in Hansen's squad for the global showpiece with Williams, Ryan Crotty and Jack Goodhue also expected to be in the mix.The All Blacks have just five tests — three in the abridged Rugby Championship — before the World Cup and Hansen said earlier this week that some players might only get one...
July 19, 2019

Eyes on Laumape in Argentina with audition for World Cup spot

Chandika Hathurusingha, seen in this file photo, his assistants would be fired after Sri Lanka's upcoming one-day series against Bangladesh.
Sri Lanka to sack coaches over World Cup failure: Officials
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka's sports minister has ordered the sacking of the national cricket coach after a lackluster World Cup campaign that saw just three wins from nine games, officials said Friday.Chandika Hathurusingha and his assistants would be fired after Sri Lanka's upcoming one-day series against Bangladesh, a Sri Lanka Cricket source told AFP.Sports Minister Harin Fernando has ordered the coaches "should go after the Bangladesh tournament," the official said, adding that Fernando had wanted to make the changes before the World Cup.Under-pressure Hathurusingha had insisted last week he would stay to see out his contract."I have another 16 months," he told reporters after returning to Colombo from the tournament where Sri Lanka finished a disappointing...
July 19, 2019

Sri Lanka to sack coaches over World Cup failure: Officials

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