■CYCLING
Hoy unhurt after car crash
British Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy emerged unscathed after an accident in his £80,000 (US$127,560) Jaguar. Hoy’s new XKR sports car was involved in a collision with a Vauxhall Vectra as he was about to turn onto a main road on Thursday evening near the National Cycling Center in Manchester. A spokeswoman for Hoy said the cycling star was not hurt in the accident and is continuing with his training in preparation for the start of the season. “Chris was slowly edging forwards to turn right into a main road when the front of his car was hit from the right by a car that had overtaken the queue of stationary traffic by driving on the chevron area. The driver of the other car apologized to Chris and admitted it was his fault,” she said.
■TENNIS
Nadal, Djokovic double up
World No. 1 Rafael Nadal and second-ranked Novak Djokovic are playing doubles together at the ATP Masters Series Canada tournament that starts today, the first such 1-2 singles pairing since 1976. Not since Jimmy Connors was ranked first and Arthur Ashe was second when they played together 34 years ago at North Conway, New Hampshire, have the ATP’s top two singles players joined forces in doubles, according to the tour.
■TENNIS
Stosur pulls out of WTA
World No. 5 Samantha Stosur has pulled out of next week’s WTA tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio, with an arm injury that has bothered her since her first match at the Stanford Classic last week. It led to a hospital visit after her quarter-final loss to Italy’s Flavia Pennetta at the San Diego Open on Friday. A doctor advised her to rest her arm. “It’s like a really strong, heavy ache when it starts and I can’t get rid of it until I get off the court,” the Australian told reporters in San Diego. “I can’t work out what’s going on.” World No. 4 Venus Williams pulled out of Cincinnati on Friday with a knee injury. No. 2 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia is the top seed.
■SWIMMING
Cleri wins open water race
Valerio Cleri of Italy won the 25km open water race at the European swimming championships on Saturday. Cleri timed 5 hours, 16 minutes, 38.3 seconds, beating Bertrand Venturi of France by 16.4 seconds. Another Frenchman, Joanes Hedel, was third. The event was held on the north coast’s Lake Balaton, 130km south of Budapest. In Budapest, world champion Natalia Ischenko of Russia added the European title in the solo free event in synchronized swimming, scoring 98.900 points. Andrea Fuentes of Spain was second with 96.600 points, ahead of Ukraine’s Lolita Ananasova with 93.000. In the team free event, Ischenko helped Russia to gold, ahead of Spain and Ukraine.
■BASEBALL
Hunter suspended for tirade
Los Angeles Angels outfielder Torii Hunter has been suspended for four games after a tirade that included “making contact” with an umpire, Major League Baseball said on Saturday. Hunter was also fined an undisclosed amount for his outburst against umpire Ron Kulpa during the Angels’ 4-2 victory over the host Detroit Tigers on Friday. The outfielder began arguing with Kulpa after striking out in the eighth inning and after his ejection Hunter tossed a bag of baseballs onto the field.
Manchester United on Tuesday confirmed Michael Carrick as interim manager until the end of the season, tasking him with leading the Red Devils back into the UEFA Champions League. “Having the responsibility to lead Manchester United is an honor,” said Carrick, 44, who won 12 major trophies in his 12-year playing career at United. The former midfielder previously had an unbeaten three-game stint as caretaker boss at Old Trafford in 2021. Carrick then took on his first permanent managerial role at second-tier Middlesbrough in October 2022 and was sacked in June last year after the club finished 10th in the
Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on Sunday sparked defending champions Oklahoma City to victory, while Anthony Edwards led Minnesota’s last-minute fightback to beat San Antonio. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 29 points while adding eight assists and five rebounds in the Thunder’s 124-112 home victory over Miami, improving the NBA’s best record to 33-7 after outscoring the Heat 70-53 in the second half. “We locked in defensively. We were finally able to get some stops,” Thunder guard Aaron Wiggins said. “We were able to get out in transition a little bit, get going offensively and find the flow.” Jalen Williams scored 18 points, while
Mohamed Salah’s Egypt knocked reigning champions Ivory Coast out of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with a 3-2 win in the quarter-finals on Saturday, while Victor Osimhen starred as Nigeria beat Algeria 2-0 to set up a clash with hosts Morocco. In Agadir, Morocco, a thrilling last-eight tie saw Omar Marmoush and Ramy Rabia net in the first half for the Pharaohs before an own goal by Ahmed Aboul-Fetouh brought the Ivorians back into it. Salah then got Egypt’s third early in the second half and they held on after Guela Doue again reduced the deficit. Egypt is to face Senegal
The US’ Mikaela Shiffrin speeds down the course during an alpine ski women’s World Cup slalom in Flachau, Austria, on Tuesday. She won the slalom for the sixth time this season.
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