GOLF
Ryu wins Toledo Classic
South Korea’s Ryu So-yeon posted six consecutive birdies en route to a nine-under 62 and a seven-shot victory at the LPGA Tour’s Jamie Farr Toledo Classic in Sylvania, Ohio, on Sunday. The 22-year-old began the round in the midst of a South Korean logjam for first place. Four of the top six on the leaderboard at the end of Sunday’s round were from South Korea. Ryu’s only prior LPGA Tour win was last year’s US Women’s Open. She took the lead by herself for the first time with an eight-foot birdie putt at the third hole and then set a distance from the pack with six straight birdies beginning on No. 9. She finished at 20-under 264. Angela Stanford made a long birdie putt on the final hole for 66 to finish second. South Korean compatriots Park In-bee and Chella Choi both shot two-under 69s on Sunday and shared third place at 12-under-par 272. Taiwan’s Candie Kung shot a 69 to finish tied for 31st place on three-under 281, while Lin Tzu-chi carded a 71 for a five-over 289.
SOCCER
Bayern win Super Cup
Two early goals gifted Bayern Munich the German Super Cup on Sunday as they defeated Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund with Mario Mandzukic and Thomas Mueller netting in the opening 11 minutes. Although Robert Lewandowski pulled one back in the 75th minute, the champions were unable to turn things around as Bayern earned a preseason boost. Croatian international and 13 million euro (US$15.97 million) summer recruit Mandzukic bagged the opener with a neat finish from a Frank Ribery cross on six minutes and in the 11th minute Mueller was on hand when, after linking with Mandzukic, he fired in when an Arjen Robben effort came back off the post. Lewandowski then drew a fine save from Manuel Neuer just after the restart, before missing a sitter from close range as Juergen Klopp’s champions tried to spark a revival. The Polish striker then reduced the arrears before time ran out on Dortmund.
CRICKET
Pietersen dropped from Test
Kevin Pietersen said his England career was not over after he was dropped for his country’s crucial third Test against South Africa at Lord’s. Pietersen was axed on Sunday after a dramatic week that started with allegations he sent texted derogatory comments about English captain Andrew Strauss and coach Andy Flower to South African players. The 32-year-old then said he was ready to walk away from the sport due to problems in the England squad that he said “made it hard being me.” And then, with speculation increasing that he would be dropped when the third Test squad was named on Sunday, the saga took a bizarre twist when Pietersen posted a video on YouTube on Saturday in which he claimed he was now ready to play in all forms of international cricket, having previously opted out of limited overs action. That seems to have been a misguided attempt to curry favor with the public when his fate was already sealed.
CYCLING
Boom wins Eneco Tour
Dutch rider Lars Boom won the Eneco Tour after Sunday’s final stage as former Tour de France winner Alberto Contador marked his return from a doping ban by finishing fourth. Rabobank rider Boom overhauled a four-second deficit at the start of the day on leader Svein Tuft of Canada to seal the overall victory by finishing second behind Italy’s Alessandro Ballan of BMC in the seventh stage at Grammont in Belgium. Francisco Ventoso of Spain finished third, 6 seconds off the pace.
New Taipei Kings guard Jeremy Lin on Friday was named the Taiwan Professional Basketball League’s (TPBL) Player of the Month, the first domestic player to win the award, while the Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers are to welcome their third head coach in less than a year. Lin averaged 22 points, 5.4 rebounds and 6.6 assists over five games in October and last month, helping the Kings to second in the standings with a 4-2 record as of Friday. The Kings last night defeated the Lioneers 96-78 to move level with the top-of-the-table Formosa Dreamers (5-2), while in the night game, the New Taipei
LIVERPOOL WIN: The 50th Champions League goal by Mohamed Salah helped the leaders of the Premier League to keep their perfect record intact Real Madrid’s big stars on Tuesday turned on the style to revive the Spanish giant’s faltering UEFA Champions League title defense. Galacticos Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior and Jude Bellingham all scored in a thrilling 3-2 win against Serie A leaders Atalanta BC. However, Madrid still had to ride their luck as Mateo Retegui fired over from in front of goal in stoppage-time when handed a golden chance to level the game. It was only Madrid’s third win in the competition’s revamped league phase and leaves the 15-time champions in the unseeded playoff positions in 18th place. “It’s a very important win. Not everyone wins
TO NO AVAIL: The Denver Nuggets’ Serbian center Nikola Jokic surpassed his 53-point performance in the 2023 Western Conference semi-finals against Phoenix The Washington Wizards withstood a 56-point explosion from Denver star Nikola Jokic to beat the Nuggets 122-113 on Saturday and snap their 16-game NBA losing streak. Jokic, who won his third NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) award last season, posted a career scoring high — surpassing a 53-point performance in game four of the 2023 Western Conference semi-finals against Phoenix and a 50-point regular-season best against Sacramento in 2021. The Serbian big man added 16 rebounds and eight assists, but it was all to no avail as Washington, buoyed by 39 points from Jordan Poole, won for the first time
Taiwan’s Lin Cheng-jing won a bronze medal in the clean and jerk in the women’s under-49 kg division at the 2024 IWF World Weightlifting Championships in Bahrain on Saturday. Lin won her first medal at a World Weightlifting Championships for lifting 107kg in the clean and jerk in her weight class, 2kg more than Rosegie Ramos of the Philippines. However, Ramos won bronze for the combined lift after topping Lin by 5kg in the snatch. Ri Song-gum of North Korea won gold in the division’s combined lift with a total of 213kg, while Xiang Linxiang of China took silver with
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