■ Rowing
Cambridge take Boat Race
Cambridge scored a one-sided victory in the 150th annual Boat Race on Sunday but had to survive a strong Oxford protest after two clashes of oars near the start. The two crews went far too close in the early stages, once with Oxford slightly ahead and the other with Cambridge going ahead. The Cambridge crew then powered away to win the 7.2km race by six lengths in 18 minutes 47 seconds to stop the Dark Blues of Oxford winning for the third year in a row along the River Thames. The score in the race, first held in 1829, now has Cambridge leading 78-71 with one race in 1877 ending in a dead heat.
■ Tennis
Serena wary of terror threat
Serena Williams says the threat of terrorism at the Olympics might keep her home, even though she wants to compete in Athens. "My security and my safety and my life are a little bit more important than tennis," Williams said Sunday after winning in the third round of the Nasdaq-100 Open. "And so if it became a real to concern to where I personally wouldn't feel comfortable, then I wouldn't go to Athens." Williams teamed with her sister Venus to win the gold medal in doubles at the 2000 Sydney Games. She hopes to play singles and doubles at the Aug. 13 to 29 Athens Olympics. "You can't stop living your life because you're scared something's going to happen," she said. "But at the same time, I'm very aware of things that are going on in the world. ... It's definitely a concern of mine. I'd be kind of naive to say it isn't."
■ Soccer
Celtic sees off Rangers
Celtic manager Martin O'Neill was full of praise for David Marshall after the young goalkeeper continued his superb form in the unbeaten Scottish premier league leaders' 2-1 Glasgow derby win over Rangers on Sunday. Henrik Larsson headed Celtic's 19th-minute opener and Alan Thompson added the second on 52 but 19-year-old Marshall, outstanding in Thursday's 0-0 draw in Barcelona that secured Celtic a UEFA Cup quarterfinal place, did just as much to ensure a fifth straight Old Firm victory. Marshall prevented Stanislav Varga scoring an own goal when he tipped on to a post, clawed out Alan Hutton's header and saved from Michael Mols with the home side searching frantically for an equalizer. "We've got in front and he's made vital saves for us," said O'Neill, whose side are a massive 19 points clear of Rangers with eight games remaining.
■ Tennis
Clijsters still injured
Kim Clijsters will have to keep her left wrist in a brace for three more weeks, further jeopardizing the run-up to the French Open for the world's No. 2 player, her Web site reported yesterday. The Belgian pulled out of the Indian Wells tournament two weeks ago with a torn tendon and had hoped she would have been able to start full training for her spring campaign by now. "Her wrist is not healed yet," according to an update posted at www.kimclijsters.be. "The world No. 2 will have to wear a brace around her left wrist for another 20 days." Clijsters still hopes to be able to play an April 17 exhibition match against her fiancee Lleyton Hewitt, but the prolonged injury will cut preparations very short. A week after the exhibition, she is slated to play Fed Cup for Belgium against Croatia in her home town of Bree. Her injury was first diagnosed as a stress reaction before it became clear she had a tear of 1.5cm in her left wrist. She has been wearing a brace up to her knuckles ever since.
Freddie Freeman homered and drove in four runs, Shohei Ohtani also went deep and Roki Sasaki earned his first major league win as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 10-3 on Saturday night for their seventh straight victory. The Dodgers have won the first two games of the series to improve to 5-0 against Atlanta this year. Los Angeles’ three-game sweep at home early in the season left the Braves 0-7. Sasaki allowed three runs and six hits over five innings. The 23-year-old right-hander gave up a home run to Ozzie Albies, but received plenty of offensive support in his
Bayern Munich on Sunday were crowned German champions for the 34th time, giving striker Harry Kane his first major trophy, after second-placed Bayer 04 Leverkusen drew 2-2 at SC Freiburg. Bayern’s 3-3 draw at RB Leipzig on Saturday, when the Bavarians came from two goals down to take the lead before conceding a stoppage-time equalizer, meant defending Bundesliga champions Leverkusen needed to win at Freiburg to delay the title party. Leverkusen were two goals down before scoring twice in the final 10 minutes, but Xabi Alonso’s side could not find a third, as Bayern reclaimed the title at the first attempt after
A man fell from the 6.4m-high Clemente Wall in right field at PNC Park in Pittsburgh during Wednesday night’s game between the Pirates and the Chicago Cubs. Right after Andrew McCutchen hit a two-run double in the seventh inning to put the Pirates ahead 4-3, players began waving frantically for medical personnel and pointing to the man, who had fallen onto the warning track. The fan was tended to for approximately five minutes by members of both the Pirates and Cubs training staffs as well as PNC personnel before being removed from the field on a cart. The team issued a statement shortly
PAINFUL VICTORY: Ruud said that felt pain in his rib during the warmup and was put on painkillers so that he could finish the match against Argentine Francisco Cerundolo With the help of painkillers, Casper Ruud overcame a rib ailment to defeat Francisco Cerundolo in straight sets and reach the Madrid Open final on Friday. Ruud is to face Jack Draper, who beat Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 7-6 (4) in the other semi-final to make his third final of the year. Ruud received treatment on his rib three games into the match and went on to win 6-4, 7-5 on the Caja Magica center court. The 15th-ranked Norwegian saved 15 of the 18 break points he faced against the 21st-ranked Argentine. Ruud said he felt something in his rib during the warmup, just before
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