■ Basketball
Gadzuric stays a Buck
Dutch center Dan Gadzuric will sign a six-year, US$36 million contract to stay with the Milwuakee Bucks once the NBA's league-wide moratorium on player movement ends later this month, the player's agent said. If signed, the contract would increase what the Bucks have committed to salaries since July 2 to US$200 million. "We think Milwaukee's putting forth a winning team as evidenced by the spending," Gadzuric's agent, Bob Myers, told AP on Tuesday. "A lot of teams talk about going in that direction, but Milwaukee's putting their money where their mouth is." The Bucks confirmed that they plan to sign Gadzuric. After signing No. 1 overall draft pick Andrew Bogut of Australia to a US$26 million deal on July 2, the Bucks' spending spree began in earnest when they agreed to terms with unrestricted free agent Michael Redd for between US$90 million and US$96 million, pending final wording in the new collective bargaining agreement.
■ Cricket
Australia beats England
Adam Gilchrist's unbeaten 121 Tuesday led Australia to an eight-wicket victory and a 2-1 one-day series win over England. Gilchrist hit 17 fours and two sixes to steer Australia to 229 off 34.5 overs at The Oval in London. England, sent in to bat first by Australia, compiled 228-7 from its 50 overs. Kevin Pietersen topscored for the hosts with 74, but he limped off with a groin injury four overs into Australia's reply. It was the last match between England and Australia before the five-test Ashes series starts July 21. Australia is seeking its ninth straight series victory. Gilchrist's 11th one-day international hundred was the backbone of Australia's innings. Matthew Hayden scored 31 before he was caught by wicketkeeper Geraint Jones off Darren Gough. Ricky Ponting was stumped by Jones off Ashley Giles for 43, and Damien Martyn was not out on 24.
■ Hockey
NHL lockout continues
After another 14 hours of talking, there still is no deal in place to end the NHL lockout. Negotiators from the league and the players' association met for the eighth straight day Monday, marking the 10th consecutive week that talks have been held. The latest round of discussions wrapped up around 9:30pm and more talks were scheduled for Tuesday. "The process continues," NHL chief legal officer Bill Daly said Monday night. A new collective bargaining agreement still appears to be close at hand -- perhaps just days away. "There remain a number of outstanding issues to resolve and a fair bit of legal documentation to get through," players' association senior director Ted Saskin said.
Four-time NBA all-star DeMarcus Cousins arrived in Taiwan with his family early yesterday to finish his renewed contract with the Taiwan Beer Leopards in the T1 League. Cousins initially played a four-game contract with the Leopards in January. On March 18, the Taoyuan-based team announced that Cousins had renewed his contract. “Hi what’s up Leopard fans, I’m back. I’m excited to be back and can’t wait to join the team,” Cousins said in a video posted on the Leopard’s Facebook page. “Most of all, can’t wait to see you guys, the fans, next weekend. So make sure you come out and support the Beer
Revelations of positive doping tests for nearly two dozen Chinese swimmers that went unpunished sparked an intense flurry of accusations and legal threats between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the head of the US drug-fighting organization, who has long been one of WADA’s fiercest critics. WADA on Saturday said it was turning to legal counsel to address a statement released by US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) CEO Travis Tygart, who said WADA and anti-doping authorities in China swept positive tests “under the carpet by failing to fairly and evenly follow the global rules that apply to everyone else in the world.” The
Taiwanese judoka Yang Yung-wei on Saturday won silver in the men’s under-60kg category at the Asian Judo Championships in Hong Kong. Nicknamed the “judo heartthrob” in Taiwan, the Olympic silver-medalist missed out on his first Asian Championships gold when he lost to Japanese judoka Taiki Nakamura in the finals. Yang defeated three opponents on Saturday to reach the final after receiving a bye through the round of 32. He first topped Laotian Soukphaxay Sithisane in the round of 16 with two seoi nage (over-the-shoulder throws), then ousted Indian Vijay Kumar Yadav in the quarter-finals with his signature ude hishigi sankaku gatame (triangular armlock). He
Rafael Nadal on Wednesday said the upcoming French Open would be the moment to “give everything and die” on the court after his comeback from injury in Barcelona was curtailed by Alex de Minaur. The 22-time Grand Slam title winner, back playing this week after three months on the sidelines, battled well, but eventually crumbled 7-5, 6-1 against the world No. 11 from Australia in the second round. Nadal, 37, who missed virtually all of last season, is hoping to compete at the French Open next month where he is the record 14-time champion. The Spaniard said the clash with De Minaur was