■BASKETBALL
Landry shot in the leg
Houston Rockets forward Carl Landry was shot in the left leg while driving near his home early Tuesday. The injury was minor, and the team said Landry was treated at a hospital and released. The Rockets said they expected Landry to return to action in one to three weeks. The shooting occurred about 2:30am, a few hours after the Rockets returned from a game at New Orleans. Houston police said Landry was driving his SUV southbound on a city street, when a northbound car swerved into his path and collided with his vehicle. Landry and the driver of the other vehicle made U-turns and the vehicles collided again and Landry’s SUV hit a utility pole. Landry got out of his SUV and was shot by one of the two occupants of the car, police said.
■CYCLING
Scarponi wins in Italy
Italy’s Michele Scarponi of the Diquigiovanni team won the week-long Tirreno-Adriatico race that ended in San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy, on Tuesday. Compatriot Stefano Garzelli was second overall, 25 seconds behind, with 2007 winner Andreas Kloeden of Germany third. Britain’s Mark Cavendish of the Columbia team won the seventh and final stage on Tuesday, beating American Tyler Farrar and Australia’s Baden Cooke in a sprint finish.
■SWIMMING
Miley sets European record
Britain’s growing strength in women’s swimming was underlined again on Tuesday when 19-year-old Hannah Miley set a new European record in the 200m individual medley at the national championships in Sheffield, England. Miley, already the European record holder in the 400m medley, clocked 2 minutes, 9.59 seconds to break Ukrainian star Yana Klochkova’s nine-year-old record by more than a second. The teenager, who had finished sixth in the 400m medley at the Beijing Olympics, put her record down to a hugely-improved breast stroke. “After the Olympics I just took two weeks off and wanted to get back in the pool and become bigger, faster and stronger,” she said. “It shows what I am doing is working and hopefully I can carry it through and make sure I can keep working. I’ve been working on my breaststroke all my life — it was my worst stroke when I was younger ... We’ve been working 15 years on it.”
■YACHTING
‘Ericsson 3’ scores four
Swedish entry Ericsson 3 led the Volvo Ocean Race around Cape Horn on Tuesday to pick up four points at the scoring gate on fifth leg of the event between Qingdao in China and Rio de Janeiro. Its Swedish stablemate vessel and pre-race favorite Ericsson 4 came in second to add 3.5 points to its tally. The treacherous conditions that were feared at the Horn never materialized, with winds in the 25-30 knot range and moderate seas. Ericsson 3 passed the Horn at 12:22pm GMT, more than two hours ahead of Ericsson 4, skippered by Brazilian Olympic gold medalist Torben Grael.
■COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Morehead beat Alabama
Morehead State never trailed during a 58-43 victory over Alabama State for its first NCAA college basketball victory in 25 years in Dayton, Ohio, on Tuesday. Morehead played its way into a first-round rematch on Friday with top-seeded Louisville. Alabama State hoped to set the tone defensively behind shot blocker Grlenntys Chief Kickingstallionsims Jr, a center whose reach is as long as his name. He swatted away three shots, but wasn’t much help where he was needed most — on the boards.
OUT AGAINST INDONESIA: Taiwan reached the semi-finals at the tournament for the first time by defeating Denmark, with Chou Tien-chen beating Viktor Axelsen Taiwan yesterday crashed out of the Thomas Cup team competition in Chengdu, China, but achieved their best result at the top-tier badminton event by reaching the semi-finals. Indonesia were too good in the semis, winning 3-0 to advance to today’s final against China, who eliminated Malaysia 3-1. In the opening singles of the men’s team clash at the Hi-Tech Zone Sports Center Gymnasium 2, Anthony Ginting defeated Taiwan’s Chou Tien-chen 21-18, 21-19 in 51 minutes, which put a huge hole in Taiwan’s aspirations to perhaps even make the final. In the men’s doubles, Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Ardianto downed Lee Yang and Wang
NO DOUBT: Spurs star Wembanyama was unanimously selected as NBA Rookie of the Year, winning all 99 votes to become the first Frenchman to capture the honor The Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night produced a dominant defensive display to seize a commanding 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven playoff series against the Denver Nuggets with a 106-80 road victory. The third-seeded Timberwolves harassed Denver relentlessly to claim a second straight win over the NBA champions as the series heads back to Minneapolis for Game 3 on Friday. Karl-Anthony Towns and Anthony Edwards scored 27 points apiece, but the star of the show was Minnesota’s suffocating defensive effort, which knocked Denver out of their stride almost from the tip-off. The Timberwolves finished with 11 steals and 12 blocks, in sharp contrast to
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek on Saturday came through “the most intense and crazy final” she has ever contested to avenge her loss to Aryna Sabalenka in last year’s Madrid Open final with a grueling three hour, 11 minute victory in the Spanish capital. Coming back from 1-3 down in the decider and saving three match points in total, Swiatek claimed a 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (9/7) victory to secure the Madrid Open trophy for the first time. “Well, who is going to say now that women’s tennis is boring, right?” Swiatek said. Swiatek, who picked up the 20th title of her career, and ninth at
Playing soccer and competing for trophies is the best way that many transplanted Hong Kongers and Macanese have found to stay in touch, and to interact with Taiwanese society, said officials at the Taiwan-Hong Kong-Macau Football Friendship Cup, which was held on April 13. Twelve clubs, mostly of players and coaches originally from Hong Kong and Macau, took part in the tournament in New Taipei City. The event is sponsored by the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) and the Taiwan-Hong Kong Economic and Cultural Co-operation Council. Participating teams were from the wider Taipei area, Hsinchu, Taichung, Kaohsiung and other areas. They divided into two