HORSE RACING
McNamara dies, aged 41
Irish jockey J.T. McNamara, who was paralyzed after a fall three years ago, has died, aged 41, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) said on its Web site on Tuesday. McNamara rode more than 600 winners in his career, including Teaforthree in the 2012 National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham. “We are extremely saddened to hear of the passing of J.T. McNamara” BHA chief executive Nick Rust said. “None of us will forget his four Cheltenham Festival winners, in which his remarkable talent was so clearly highlighted. Nor will we forget the day of his accident.” Father of three McNamara fractured two vertebrae in his neck in a fall on Galaxy Rock at Cheltenham in 2013. Twenty-times champion jockey A.P. McCoy led the tributes, saying: “He was a very tough man. He was a brilliant man and a brilliant amateur jockey.”
SOCCER
Guardiola bans pizza
Pizza is off the menu for Manchester City players, as coach Pep Guardiola has imposed strict weight parameters on the squad — breaching of which is to result in training bans, defender Gael Clichy said. Guardiola has added four players, including winger Nolito and German midfielder Ilkay Gundogan, to the City ranks, hoping to rebuild the squad after the club stumbled to a fourth-placed finish last season. “With him, if your weight is too high, you are not training with the team,” Clichy told British media, while also praising the coach’s eye for detail. “He has also cut out some juices and, of course, pizza, and all the heavy food is not allowed... He just wants us to trust him, he wants to trust us and I think it is the right way to start a relationship.”
FOOTBALL
Nelson put on PUP list
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson, who has been trying to recover from a right-knee injury that sidelined him last season, has tweaked his other knee, leading the team to put him on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list. “It is not the [right] ACL [anterior cruciate ligament]. No one needs to freak out,” Nelson told NFL.com on Tuesday. “I am not going into details of stuff. You guys know I do not like to talk about injuries... We are all on the same page, we are going to be back hopefully — not worried about it.” Nelson was knocked out of last season’s campaign when he was injured during the pre-season. He suffered the latest setback while working out and did not have a time line for a return.
CRICKET
Australia bowled out for 203
Spinners Rangana Herath and Lakshan Sandakan took four wickets each as Sri Lanka dismissed Australia for 203 in their first innings on the second day of the first Test yesterday. Sri Lanka were 6-1 at tea, trailing Australia by 80 runs having been dismissed for 117 in their first innings. Herath bowled opener Joe Burns for 3 and then claimed the prize wickets of captain Steve Smith (30) and Usmal Khawaja (26) before snaring Peter Nevill (2) to finish with 4-49. Sandakan clean bowled Mitchell Marsh for his first Test wicket and had figures of 4-58 on his debut. Adam Voges top scored for Australia with a watchful 47 off 115 balls, featuring only three boundaries. Mitchell Starc claimed the wicket of Kusal Perera, who was out LBW before tea.
FRUSTRATION: Alcaraz made several unforced errors over four sets against Bosnian Damir Dzumhur, who had never made it past the third round in a major competition Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz reached the fourth round of the French Open after laboring past Damir Dzumhur 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the Friday night session. The second-seeded Spaniard had never before played Dzumhur, a 33-year-old Bosnian who had never been past the third round at any major tournament. “I suffered quite a lot today,” Alcaraz said. “The first two sets was under control, then he started to play more deeply and more aggressively. It was really difficult for me.” Dzumhur hurt his left knee in a fall in the second round, and had treatment on Friday on his right leg during the
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The Edmonton Oilers on Thursday defeated the Dallas Stars 6-3 to book their place in the Stanley Cup Finals, setting up a repeat of last year’s NHL showpiece against reigning champions the Florida Panthers. The Oilers, bidding to become the first Canadian team to win the NHL’s championship series since the 1993 Montreal Canadiens, head to Florida for Game 1 of the best-of-seven series set for Wednesday. Florida, who are to play in the NHL showpiece for the third straight season, won last year’s title 4-3 to extend Canada’s decades-long Stanley Cup drought. Connor McDavid led Edmonton back to the championship series on
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