■ 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.
Former world No. 2 Paula Badosa has withdrawn from this week’s Wuhan Open, organizers said on Tuesday, amid a racism row over an online photograph. Tournament organizers said the Spaniard had pulled out of the WTA 1000 tournament, citing a gastrointestinal illness, hours before her first-round match against Australian Ajla Tomljanovic. News outlets including Britain’s the Telegraph earlier reported that Badosa had posted a photo on Instagram in which she appeared to imitate a Chinese face by placing chopsticks on the corners of her eyes. The photo was taken last week in a restaurant in Beijing, where she reached the semi-finals of the
PREDICTION: Last week, when Yu’s father made a wrong turn to the former champions’ parking lot, he said that his son could park there after this year With back-to-back birdies on the 18th hole, Kevin Yu fulfilled his driving range-owning dad’s prediction that he would win the Sanderson Farms Championship and become Taiwan’s third golfer to claim a US PGA Tour title. The Taoyuan-born 26-year-old, who represented Taiwan in the Olympic golf at Paris, saw off Californian Beau Hossler in a playoff at the Country Club of Jackson, Mississippi, on Sunday. Having drained a 15-foot putt to claw his way into the playoff, Yu rolled in from five feet on the first extra hole, ensuring he joined Chen Tze-chung (LA Open in 1987) and Pan Cheng-tsung (RBC
LeBron James and eldest son Bronny James claimed a piece of NBA history on Sunday after making their long-awaited first appearance alongside each other for the Los Angeles Lakers. The duo appeared together at the start of the second quarter in the Lakers’ 118-114 preseason defeat to the Phoenix Suns in Palm Desert, east of Los Angeles. While LeBron James impressed with 19 points in just 16 minutes and 20 seconds on court before sitting out the second half, Bronny found the going harder with zero points in just over 13 minutes on court. The younger James attempted just one
Italian defender Marco Curto has been banned for 10 matches for racially abusing South Korean forward Hwang Hee-chan while playing for Como 1907 against Wolverhampton Wanderers in a pre-season friendly in July. Curto, who is on loan from Como to Serie B club Cesena, would serve half of the punishment immediately with the other half suspended for two years. “The player Marco Curto was found responsible for discriminatory behavior and sanctioned with a 10-match suspension,” a FIFA spokesperson said. “The player is ordered to render community services and undergo training and education with an organization approved by FIFA.” Wolves said the club would
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