■ FOOTBALL
Broncos receiver dies
Denver Broncos wide receiver Kenny McKinley died Monday at the age of 23 in an apparent suicide, police in Colorado said. “It is an ongoing matter, however, our initial investigation indicates he died from a self-inflicted gunshot,” Arapahoe County Sheriff J Grayson Robinson said. The tragedy is the second to hit the Broncos in recent years following the murder of cornerback Darrent Williams in a drive-by shooting in 2007. McKinley, a fifth-round pick in last year’s NFL draft, played in eight games with the Broncos as a rookie. He was placed on injured reserve prior to the start of the 2010 season after suffering a knee injury. “Kenny had a promising future on the football field, but more importantly, he was a great teammate whose smile and personality could light up the room,” Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels said.
■SOCCER
Getafe draw with La Coruna
Mexico forward Javier Arizmendi’s equalizer gave Getafe a 2-2 draw with Deportivo La Coruna in the Spanish league on Monday. Deportivo led 2-1 after winger Andres Guardado scored penalties in the 50th and 57th minutes following teammate Diego Colotto’s own-goal in the 33rd. However, Arizmendi’s left-footed shot in the 69th minute earned a point for Getafe at El Riazor stadium. Valencia leads the standings with nine points, two more than Real Madrid and Sevilla. Defending champion Barcelona has six.
■ WEIGHTLIFTING
Maneza sets women’s record
Maiya Maneza of Kazakhstan has set a world record by lifting 143kg in the clean and jerk in the women’s 63kg category at the world championships in Turkey. Maneza beat the old mark on Monday by 1kg set by Pawina Thongsuk of Thailand in 2006 at the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. The championships end on Saturday.
■BOXING
Rojos claims title
Mexican fighter Tomas Rojas beat Kohei Kono by a unanimous decision in Saitama, Japan, on Monday to capture the vacant WBC super flyweight title. The 30-year-old Rojas dominated his Japanese opponent in the early rounds and survived being knocked down in the final round to improve to 34 wins, including 23 KOs, against 12 defeats, one draw. Kono dropped to 25-5 with nine knockouts. The title became vacant when Vic Darchinyan moved up to bantamweight to capture the IBO championship. In another match, Takashi Uchiyama defeated Roy Mukhlis of Indonesia on a technical knockout in the fifth round to defend his WBA super featherweight title. Uchiyama sent Mukhlis to the canvas with a right hook before the referee stopped the bout.
■ TENNIS
Robredo goes to next round
Former champion Tommy Robredo of Spain beat Daniel Brands of Germany 6-1, 7-6 (3) to reach the second round at the Open de Moselle in Metz, France, on Monday. Robredo had seven aces and broke serve twice in the second set. In other first-round matches, Michael Berrer beat Rainer Schuettler 7-6 (5), 6-2 and Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan beat Florent Serra 6-4, 6-4. Berrer saved all four break points in the first set and beat Schuettler for the first time after two previous losses. Istomin appeared in control when he broke Serra’s serve to lead 4-1 in the second set, but Istomin lost his next two service games as Serra pulled back to 4-4. Serra then lost his serve for the fourth time in the match and Istomin held his to love to complete the win.
‘AWFUL PERFORMANCE’: Golden State were always chasing the game after failing to threaten from long range, making just eight of 33 three-point attempts Aaron Gordon on Monday scored 38 points as the Denver Nuggets shrugged off the absence of Nikola Jokic to halt the Golden State Warriors’ seven-game winning streak with a 114-105 victory over their Western Conference rivals. A dazzling display from Gordon inspired what was ultimately a comfortable win for Denver, who were missing regular starters Jokic and Jamal Murray from their lineup. The absentees were barely felt by Denver, who startled the Warriors early at San Francisco’s Chase Center and led for most of the game. The Warriors threatened to stage a late rally after slashing the Nuggets’ fourth-quarter lead from 15 points
Barcelona’s Ferran Torres scored twice on Sunday to help secure a late 4-2 comeback win at Atletico Madrid in a pulsating La Liga clash that took the Catalan side back to the top of the table. Barca have 60 points and a game in hand after last week’s postponement of their home game with CA Osasuna. They are level on points with Real Madrid, who won 2-1 at Villarreal on Saturday. “I am happy and proud of this team,” Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick told a news conference. “They never give up... It’s a great three points and we are happy to
Chris Wood has fired Nottingham Forest into surprise UEFA Champions League contention and now the striker wants to score the goals to help New Zealand make history at the FIFA World Cup. New Zealand are strong favorites to qualify out of the Oceania region over the next week and reach the World Cup for only the third time. At the country’s two previous appearances at the finals, in 1982 and 2010, they have failed to win a match in six attempts. With Wood captaining the side and leading from the front, he told local media yesterday that the current squad can finally deliver
Paolo Banchero on Sunday scored 24 points as the Orlando Magic overturned a 13-point deficit to end the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 16-game unbeaten streak with a gutsy 108-103 road victory. Cleveland, the runaway Eastern Conference leaders, had looked poised to extend their franchise-record winning run after surging clear of Orlando early in the third quarter, but after a season where they have staged hefty winning comebacks of their own, the tables turned on Cleveland in the face of a furious burst of Orlando scoring. The Magic outscored Cleveland 35-23 in the third quarter, with Franz Wagner leading the charge with nine points and
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