■BOXING
Third Forrest suspect caught
A 30-year-old man, who authorities say was wearing a wig when he was arrested, was charged on Wednesday in the robbery and shooting death of ex-boxing champion Vernon Forrest. US Marshals picked up Charman Sinkfield about 9pm local time driving a black sedan on Interstate 20 in Georgia, wearing a wig that gave the appearance of dreadlocks, James Ergas of the service’s fugitive task force said. The 38-year-old Forrest was shot to death on July 25 after he chased a man who robbed him of his championship ring and Rolex watch. Two other men have been arrested in the case, but police believe neither of them shot Forrest.
■SOCCER
Ronaldo mum on liposuction
Brazil’s Ronaldo said on Wednesday he would be back in a month after surgery on a broken hand, but was enigmatic about reports he also had weight-reducing liposuction. “We have a period of one month for the consolidation of the bone,” Ronaldo, who had surgery on his left hand two weeks ago, told his club Corinthians’ Web site. Asked at a news conference in Rio de Janeiro if he had had liposuction and if he thought it could help him, Ronaldo said: “I don’t know, I don’t even know if I did it. These are things we don’t know ... What I do with my private life is my business.”
■ATHLETICS
Jamaicans given reprieve
Former world record holder Asafa Powell and women’s 100m Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser will be allowed to run at the world athletics championships after a dramatic U-turn by Jamaican officials on Wednesday. The pair, along with four other teammates, were reinstated to run after the Jamaican Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) earlier barred them from competing at the championships from tomorrow to next Sunday at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium. The JAAA had written to the sport’s governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), insisting the six were barred, but the IAAF then intervened, forcing the Jamaicans into an embarrassing change of mind.
■BASEBALL
Japan tops first rankings
Japan heads the first women’s baseball world rankings published on Wednesday by the International Baseball Federation, with the US second and Canada third. The list was released on the eve of an International Olympic Committee meeting in Berlin, which will decide if baseball can be a contender to return to the Games program in 2016. It was dropped after the Beijing Olympics last year. The women’s rankings were compiled from results at the three World Cups to be staged. Cuba, silver medalist at Beijing, leads the men in the third edition of their rankings, which debuted in January. Olympic champion South Korea is second, World Baseball Classic winner Japan is third and the US, bronze medalist in Beijing, is fourth. Taiwan is fifth on both lists.
■CYCLING
Taaramae wins in France
Estonia’s Rein Taaramae of the Cofidis team won the final stage of the four-day Tour de l’Ain on Wednesday to snatch overall victory from American Chris Horner. Taaramae, who was celebrating his first professional victory, rode off to stage victory on the summit of La Grande Colombiere climb to finish ahead of teammates David Moncoutie and Damien Monier in Culoz, France.
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
RALLY: It was only the second time the Taiwanese has partnered with Kudermetova, and the match seemed tight until they won seven points in a row to take the last set 10-2 Taiwan’s Chan Hao-ching and Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova on Sunday won the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix women’s doubles final in Stuttgart, Germany. The pair defeated Norway’s Ulrikke Eikeri and Estonia’s Ingrid Neel 4-6, 6-3, 10-2 in a tightly contested match at the WTA 500 tournament. Chan and Kudermetova fell 4-6 in the first set after having their serve broken three times, although they played increasingly well. They fought back in the second set and managed to break their opponents’ serve in the eighth game to triumph 6-3. In the tiebreaker, Chan and Kudermetova took a 3-0 lead before their opponents clawed back two points, but