BOXING
Colon in hospital after fight
Boxer Prichard Colon on Sunday was fighting for his life after sustaining an illegal blow to the head during a bout in a Washington suburb, the fight’s promoter said. The super welterweight from Puerto Rico was injured during his 10-round fight with Terrel Williams in Fairfax, Virginia, on Saturday, promoter Lou DiBella said in a statement. Colon, 23, showed symptoms of head trauma in his dressing room following his bout and was rushed to a hospital, where he underwent surgery to relieve pressure on his brain, DiBella said. Colon remained in critical condition on Sunday, DiBella added.
BASKETBALL
Odom improving: reports
Lamar Odom, the two-time NBA champion and reality TV star left fighting for his life after a brothel binge, continues to improve in a Las Vegas hospital, US media reported on Sunday. The 35-year-old remained in the intensive care unit at Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center with serious medical concerns. However, E! News, without citing its source, reported on its Web site that Odom had shown he could swallow — a sign of neurological function — and had been helped out of bed and into a chair for the first time since he was admitted on Tuesday last week. Odom regained consciousness on Friday and offered his first words since he was found unconscious at the Love Ranch brothel outside Las Vegas on Tuesday. Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly said officers who responded to an emergency call were told Odom had used cocaine and sexual performance enhancer supplements in a multiday stay at the brothel.
CRICKET
Samuels reported again
West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels has been reported for bowling with a suspect action for a third time in his career, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday. The part-time spinner was cited after the first Test against Sri Lanka, which the home side won by an innings and six runs in Galle on Saturday. Samuels, 34, will need to undergo testing within 14 days and would be permitted to continue bowling until the results come out, the ICC said. Samuels has already served a near-four year ban from bowling from 2008 over concerns with his action, but was allowed to resume in 2011 after remedial work. He was reported again following a Test in India in 2013 and subsequently banned from bowling his quicker deliveries, but has been allowed to continue with his standard off-break.
RUGBY LEAGUE
Wests Tigers fire Lodge
Australian National Rugby League strugglers Wests Tigers yesterday fired forward Matthew Lodge after he was arrested in New York for allegedly assaulting a man and stalking two women. The 20-year-old is accused of following the two women home to an apartment block on Friday last week and telling them: “This is the night that you die,” the Sydney Morning Herald reported. Wests Tigers immediately terminated his contract, with chief executive Justin Pascoe saying the Sydney-based club would not tolerate such behavior. It is alleged that Lodge followed the women into an apartment after they were let into the building by a male resident, the Herald said. He is then accused of assaulting the man and damaging the apartment, and faces charges including criminal mischief, reckless endangerment, criminal trespass, assault and menacing. The incident comes just months after Lodge was granted bail on domestic violence allegations in Australia.
Shohei Ohtani and Clayton Kershaw on Friday joined their Los Angeles Dodgers teammates in sticking their fists out to show off their glittering World Series rings at a ceremony. “There’s just a lot of excitement, probably more than I can ever recall with the Dodger fan base and our players,” manager Dave Roberts said before Los Angeles rallied to beat the Detroit Tigers 8-5 in 10 innings. “What a way to cap off the first two days of celebrations,” Roberts said afterward. “By far the best opening week I’ve ever experienced. I just couldn’t have scripted it any better.” A choir in the
After fleeing Sudan when civil war erupted, Al-Hilal captain Mohamed Abdelrahman and his teammates have defied the odds to reach the CAF Champions League quarter-finals. They are today to face title-holders Al-Ahly of Egypt in Cairo, with the return match in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, on Tuesday next week. Al-Hilal and biggest domestic rivals Al-Merrikh relocated to Mauritania after a power struggle broke out in April 2023 between the Sudanese army and a paramilitary force. The civil war has claimed tens of thousands of lives and displaced more than 12 million people, according to the UN. The Democratic Republic of the Congo-born Al-Hilal
The famously raucous Hong Kong Sevens are to start today in a big test for a shiny new stadium at the heart of a major US$3.85 billion sports park in the territory. Officials are keeping their fingers crossed that the premier event in Hong Kong’s sporting and social calendar goes off without a hitch at the 50,000-seat Kai Tak Stadium. They hope to entice major European soccer teams to visit in the next few months, with reports in December last year saying that Liverpool were in talks about a pre-season tour. Coldplay are to perform there next month, all part of Hong Kong’s
Shohei Ohtani, Teoscar Hernandez and Tommy Edman on Thursday smashed home runs to give the reigning World Series champions the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-4 victory over Detroit on the MLB’s opening day in the US. The Dodgers, who won two season-opening games in Tokyo last week, raised their championship banner on a day when 28 clubs launched the season in the US. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts shuffled his batting lineup with all four leadoff hitters finally healthy as Ohtani was followed by Mookie Betts, then Hernandez and Freddie Freeman in the cleanup spot, switching places with Hernandez. “There’s a Teoscar tax to
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