■BASEBALL
Jeter sets shortstop record
Yankees captain Derek Jeter passed Hall of Famer Luis Aparicio for most hits by a shortstop in New York’s game against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday. Jeter hit an RBI double in the third inning of the game against the Mariners. His 2,674th hit as a shortstop came two innings after he had singled against Seattle rookie starter Doug Fister leading off the game. “I just try to be consistent year in and year out,” said the 35-year-old Jeter, who claimed to be unaware of the record coming into the weekend. “If you are consistent, good things happen. It’s kind of hard to believe, to say the least.”
■WRESTLING
Angle in strip mall wrangle
Pro wrestler and Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle has been arrested on charges of possessing a human growth hormone and violating an order of protection in suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Angle was arrested about 7:50am on Saturday in a Robinson Township strip mall parking lot. His girlfriend, who said she obtained a protection order about an hour and a half earlier after the two fought on Friday night, said that he had circled the lot staring at her as she sat in a coffee shop, a police affidavit states. Police said they found the human growth hormone Hygetropin in Angle’s car, and the wrestler told them he had a prescription for the drug. He also told officers he had not seen the woman and was looking for a hotel because he was barred from his home. Angle, 40, was charged with violating the order of protection, harassment, possession of drugs and paraphernalia and driving with a suspended license. He posted bail and is scheduled to appear for hearings today and tomorrow, a court clerk said.
■BASEBALL
Matsui has knee drained
Hideki Matsui was held out of the New York Yankees’ lineup on Sunday while he had his swollen knee drained and was likely to miss at least one more game. Manager Joe Girardi said after New York lost for just the second time in 14 games on Sunday, 10-3 to Seattle, that the Japanese designated hitter would have his surgically repaired knee re-evaluated today to see if the 35-year-old could play the second game of a series at Oakland, New York’s next stop on its season-long, 10-game road trip. Matsui had arthroscopic surgery on his knee last Sept. 22, then had his knee drained earlier this season.
■CYCLING
American wins in Hamburg
Garmin sprinter Tyler Farrar was celebrating on Sunday when he became the first American to win the Hamburg Cyclassics one-day classic. The 25-year-old Farrar, who finished fifth out of the sprinters contesting the green jersey for the points classification at this year’s Tour de France, was the first home over the 216.4km course here around the north German city. Denmark’s Matti Breschel, of the Saxo Bank team, finished second, while local hope Gerald Ciolek of Milram came third.
■FORMULA ONE
Massa recovering ‘very well’
Felipe Massa is making good progress after suffering a fractured skull in an accident at last month’s Hungarian Grand Prix, Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali said on Sunday. However, Domenicali did not comment on Italian media reports that Massa’s recovery was going so well that he might be back at the Italian Grand Prix on Sept 13. “Felipe is in excellent form and his recovery is going very well,” Domenicali told the Italian team’s Web site, www.ferrari.com, after visiting the 28-year-old in Brazil.
Fenerbahce on Thursday earned a rare 2-1 win in England, but were still knocked out of the UEFA Europa League by Nottingham Forest in the playoffs. Forest entered the second leg with a healthy 3-0 lead from the opener in Istanbul — where Vitor Pereira made an impact in his first game in charge — and that proved enough to advance to the round-of-16 with a 4-2 aggregate score. The result was a boost for Forest, struggling at 17th place in the Premier League, in their return to Europe after three decades. They next face Real Betis Balompie or Kerem Akturkoglu gave Fenerbahce
Soccer officials yesterday offered “full support and assistance” to the Iranian team in Australia for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup after the US and Israel launched massive attacks on their homeland. Iran’s 26-strong squad arrived on the Gold Coast days before the strikes on Saturday killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as Washington and Tel Aviv seek to topple the Islamic republic. They are due to open their tournament today against South Korea. The AFC in a statement said it “continues to closely monitor the recent developments in the Middle East during this challenging period.” “The AFC’s foremost priority remains the welfare, safety and
ROAD RASH: Marc Marquez retired after a crash, marking the first time after 88 consecutive races stretching back to 2021 that a Ducati bike failed to make the podium Marco Bezzecchi yesterday won the MotoGP season-opening grand prix in Thailand from pole position as defending world champion Marc Marquez retired late with a buckled wheel. Aprilia’s Bezzecchi led from start to finish to top the podium in Buriram, with KTM’s Pedro Acosta second and Trackhouse’s Raul Fernandez third. Ducati’s Marquez is chasing a record-equaling eighth world title this season, but he exited the race in dramatic fashion while in fourth place with five laps to go. The Spaniard, who started from second on the grid, took a corner wide, with the jolt to his bike dislodging the rear tire, badly damaging his
EVERY DAY A VICTORY: Players on the women’s team faced pressure from society just getting out onto the field as they prepare for their first Women’s Asian Cup game today Bangladesh’s national soccer team face daunting odds at their first-ever Women’s Asian Cup, but have already scored a major victory by qualifying. In the South Asian nation of 170 million, social stigma, family expectations, poverty and religious hardliners have long relegated women and girls to sports sidelines. The first women’s soccer league matches took place in 2011 and the squad, known to fans as the Red and Green, have kept pressing forward despite deeply embedded prejudices. “Many more girls would have joined us if the community had been even slightly supportive,” captain Afeida Khandaker told AFP ahead of her side’s March 3
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