BASKETBALL
Warriors sign Bogut
The Golden State Warriors said on Friday they had signed Australian center Andrew Bogut to a multi-year contract extension, reported to be worth US$36 million. USA Today reported that the three-year deal is worth US$36 million, with incentives that could raise its value to US$42 million. “OFFICIAL: The Warriors have signed center Andrew Bogut to a multi-year contract extension,” the NBA club said on Twitter. The Golden State Warriors have reached an agreement with center Andrew Bogut on a three-year, US$36 million extension, a person with knowledge of the situation told USA Today. That would require the oft-injured big man to play at least 65 games in each of the three seasons covered and reach certain performance levels, the newspaper said. Bogut, the top overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft, has struggled to stay healthy. He missed a total of 107 games over the past two seasons as he battled injuries to his elbow, wrist and ankle. Bogut enters the 2013-2014 season owning career averages of 12.2 points, 9.2 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.58 blocks and 32.1 minutes over eight seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks and Warriors.
CYCLING
Evans to ride Down Under
Ex-Tour de France champion Cadel Evans will ride his home tour for the first time in three years in January as he begins preparations for his main goal next season: the Giro d’Italia. Evans has ridden the season-opening Tour Down Under eight times, winning king of the mountains titles in 2002 and 2006 and the best young rider jersey in 1999. He last competed in the Australian leg of the ProTour in 2010, the year before his breakthrough victory in the Tour de France. Evans is not riding next year’s Tour de France, leaving room for the Australian race on his schedule.
TENNIS
Cilic doping ban reduced
Former world No. 9 Marin Cilic is free to play on the tennis circuit again after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) cut his ban for doping by more than half on Friday. “The player’s ban will … end at midnight on 25 October 2013,” the CAS said on its Web site. The Croatian was originally banned for nine months by the International Tennis Federation last month for taking the banned stimulant nikethamide. The 25-year-old, who said he had inadvertently taken the substance in glucose tablets, appealed to the CAS, who ruled on Friday that the punishment had been too severe. Cilic, who spent 11 weeks in the world’s top 10 in 2010, tested positive for the substance at the BMW Open in Munich in April. He has dropped to 47th.
FORMULA ONE
Williams fined for wheel nut
Formula One team Williams have been fined 60,000 euros (US$83,000) for the second race in a row after a wheel nut came off Pastor Maldonado’s car during practice at the Indian Grand Prix, the FIA said yesterday. Maldonado was forced to pull off the circuit after his right-front wheel shed a nut during the second free practice at the Buddh International Circuit on Friday. Williams were punished in Suzuka, Japan for a similar offense two weeks ago. “The stewards decide that a fine of 60,000 euros is the most appropriate penalty in this case taking into account that this was the second offense, but on this occasion the wheel was retained,” unlike in Suzuka, the FIA said. “Whilst the stewards accept that improvements to the wheel retaining system had been implemented, the team need to ensure that both the wheel and its fastener are fully retained on the car,” it said.
A seven-year-old horse had to be euthanized on Friday after breaking its back on the final fence of a Grand National steeplechase race that it won despite sustaining the serious injury. It follows the death of four horses at the Cheltenham Festival last month — including one after the prestigious Gold Cup. Gold Dancer was competing in the Mildmay Novices’ Chase during Ladies Day at Aintree’s Grand National Festival. The horse managed to cross the finish line approximately four lengths ahead of runner-up Regent’s Stroll. “The winner of our second race of the day, Gold Dancer, was pulled up after
Taiwanese gymnast Tang Chia-hung on Sunday topped the men’s horizontal bar event at the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) World Cup in Osijek, Croatia, scoring 15.233 to take his third title this season. Tang delivered an outstanding performance in the final, earning a difficulty score of 6.500 and an execution score of 8.633 with a 0.1 stick bonus. His closest competitor was Milad Karimi of Kazakhstan, who finished second with 14.933 points. It was Tang’s third gold medal in the FIG World Cup series this year, following his horizontal bar wins in Azerbaijan on March 8, and in Turkey on March
The Daredevils yesterday took eight catches in the final as they eked out a victory in the Taiwan Cricket Triangular Tournament against PCCT at Yingfeng Cricket Ground in Taipei’s Songshan District. PCCT’s batting lineup collapsed after they asked the Daredevils to bowl in the T20 decider of the weekend tournament that also involved the Formosa Cricket Club. PCCT were bundled out for 76 in 16.2 overs against a disciplined Daredevils attack. Ninad Malwade was the top scorer in the innings with 21, but he was among those who offered chances to the fielders. Shane Ferreira and Jason Cameron took three wickets each, with
OBJECTIVE REACHED: ’Now for us, it’s about getting healthy, making sure everybody is ready to go, and we can ramp up,’ the Atlanta Hawks’ C.J. McCollum said after the game The Atlanta Hawks on Friday secured an NBA playoff berth with a 124-102 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers as the Boston Celtics locked up the Eastern Conference second seed with a lopsided win of their own. C.J. McCollum scored a game-high 29 points for the Hawks, who came into the contest at sixth in the East and still in danger of falling into the play-in tournament that would see the seventh-through 10th-placed teams battle for the last two playoff berths in each conference. Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Jalen Johnson scored 18 points apiece, and Dyson Daniels added a triple-double of 13
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