■FOOTBALL
Police find shot Jaguar
Jacksonville Jaguars offensive tackle Richard Collier is in critical but stable condition after being shot in the early hours of Tuesday, the NFL team said. When contacted for information relating to the Collier incident, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office provided an incident report that did not name the victim but detailed a shooting at 2.50am on Tuesday. It referred to a handgun shooting and a report from a law-enforcement officer who attended the scene and said the victim had been found slumped over in the passenger seat of a red SUV in the parking lot in front of an apartment building. The shooting was the third of an NFL player since January last year — Denver Broncos’ Darrent Williams was shot dead after a New Years Eve party and Sean Taylor, a safety with the Washington Redskins, died after being shot during a break-in at his home near Miami in November.
■BASEBALL
Matsui off disabled list
The Houston Astros activated Japanese second baseman Kaz Matsui from the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday. Matsui was activated a few days early. He had been on the DL since Aug. 13 with an irritated disc in his lower back, and still needs a few more days before he’s ready to play, manager Cecil Cooper said. Matsui, who has missed about a third of the season with various injuries, is expected to play this weekend at Colorado. Matsui was hitting .285 with 19 steals in 337 at-bats before injury.
■Cycling
Beltran ‘B’ sample positive
The second sample provided by Spanish rider Manuel Beltran, who tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO) during the Tour de France, has also tested positive for the blood booster, a source close to the dossier said on Tuesday. The test on the second sample, known as the “B” sample, was carried out by French anti-doping agency AFLD which also tested the first sample in July, the source, who does not want to be identified, told reporters. The anti-doping agency is expected officially to announce the results of the testing on the “B” sample shortly. Beltran, who rides for the Liquigas team, tested positive for EPO at the first stage of the Tour de France and was excluded from the race after the seventh stage on July 11.
■GOLF
Woods expects second kid
World No. 1 Tiger Woods and his wife Elin are expecting their second child to be born in late winter, which could delay the US golf superstar’s return to action from a knee injury. Woods announced on Tuesday that he and his wife and daughter Sam, who was born in June last year, were expecting a new addition to the family. “I have some wonderful news to report. Sam is going to be a big sister,” Woods said on his Web site. “Elin and I are proud to announce that we are expecting our second child in late winter.”
■GOLF
English policy ‘drastic’
No. 1 women’s golfer Lorena Ochoa says a new US LPGA Tour policy requiring players to be effective in English starting next year is a “little drastic.” Ochoa, from Mexico, says golfers are better judged by their performance. She was asked at a charity event in her hometown of Guadalajara on Tuesday if she thought the new policy discriminated against international players. “That is a very strong word. I wouldn’t want to use it,” said Ochoa, who speaks English. “But I do think it is a little drastic.” There are 121 international players from 26 countries on the US LPGA Tour, including 45 players from South Korea.
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