GOLF
Hur maintains lead
Hur Mi-jung shot a two-under 70 in windy conditions on Friday to take a two-stroke lead into the weekend at the Indy Women in Tech Championship. Hur had six birdies, along with two bogeys and a double bogey, to get to 11-under at Brickyard Crossing in Indiana after also leading on the first day. Sakura Yokomine of Japan was second, following an opening 65 with a 70. Taiwan’s Chien Pei-yun shot a second-round 71 to go with 69 in the first round to move up to a share of 15th, while Hsu Wei-ling missed the cut after a 72.
MOTORSPORT
Correa to have surgery
Formula Two driver Juan Manuel Correa is to undergo over 10 hours of surgery on his right leg today to avoid amputation, four weeks after being injured in a crash that killed French racer Anthoine Hubert. The Ecuadorean-American, who was taken out of a medically induced coma last week, was now “fully conscious,” a statement issued by his family said, with his lungs having recovered enough for doctors to attempt the surgery. Doctors had given Correa the option of a “reconstructive amputation” of his right foot, the statement added, but the 20-year-old had decided to proceed with the surgery instead. “Sunday’s [today’s] surgery will be crucial in determining Juan Manuel’s future,” the statement said. “During surgery, they [doctors] will save what can be saved and remove what needs to be removed in order to rebuild his right lower leg to the best possible condition.”
MOTORSPORT
McLaren to switch engines
The McLaren Formula One team is to go back to using Mercedes engines from the 2021 season, the BBC reported on Friday. McLaren, who have used Renault engines since last year, have clinched a deal with Mercedes until at least the end of 2024, resurrecting a partnership that ran from 2005 to 2014. McLaren then used Honda engines for three years before switching to Renault and will see out the final year of its contract with the French company in 2020, the report said. McLaren’s decision rested on two key factors: The Mercedes engine has been stronger than Renault’s since turbo-hybrid engines were introduced in 2014 and a customer supply with the German company is cheaper, the BBC reported. The Russian Grand Prix is today.
FOOTBALL
Hurt players reassure fans
Green Bay Packers running back Jamaal Williams and Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Avonte Maddox, both stretchered off the field during their NFL clash on Thursday, on Friday said they were doing well. Both sustained serious injuries in Philadelphia’s 34-27 victory. Williams was struck in the head by Eagles linebacker Derek Barnett on the Packers’ first offensive play of the game after catching a short pass. After being taken off he was evaluated for head and neck injuries and did not return. “Appreciate it everyone for checking on me,” Williams posted on Instagram. “I’m Gucci. only thing hurting right now is my pride for not being able to finish the game with my team. It’s all gonna be good...LONG SZN.” Eagles safety Andrew Sendejo accidentally struck Maddox in a head-on collision late in the fourth quarter. While Maddox had movement in all his extremities, he was taken to a hospital for evaluation as a precaution. The Eagles tweeted that Maddox had been diagnosed with a concussion and a neck injury. He is set to undergo further medical tests. “Everything is going well,” Maddox tweeted. “Appreciate the prayers and get well wishes. God is good.”
Former world No. 2 Paula Badosa has withdrawn from this week’s Wuhan Open, organizers said on Tuesday, amid a racism row over an online photograph. Tournament organizers said the Spaniard had pulled out of the WTA 1000 tournament, citing a gastrointestinal illness, hours before her first-round match against Australian Ajla Tomljanovic. News outlets including Britain’s the Telegraph earlier reported that Badosa had posted a photo on Instagram in which she appeared to imitate a Chinese face by placing chopsticks on the corners of her eyes. The photo was taken last week in a restaurant in Beijing, where she reached the semi-finals of the
PREDICTION: Last week, when Yu’s father made a wrong turn to the former champions’ parking lot, he said that his son could park there after this year With back-to-back birdies on the 18th hole, Kevin Yu fulfilled his driving range-owning dad’s prediction that he would win the Sanderson Farms Championship and become Taiwan’s third golfer to claim a US PGA Tour title. The Taoyuan-born 26-year-old, who represented Taiwan in the Olympic golf at Paris, saw off Californian Beau Hossler in a playoff at the Country Club of Jackson, Mississippi, on Sunday. Having drained a 15-foot putt to claw his way into the playoff, Yu rolled in from five feet on the first extra hole, ensuring he joined Chen Tze-chung (LA Open in 1987) and Pan Cheng-tsung (RBC
LeBron James and eldest son Bronny James claimed a piece of NBA history on Sunday after making their long-awaited first appearance alongside each other for the Los Angeles Lakers. The duo appeared together at the start of the second quarter in the Lakers’ 118-114 preseason defeat to the Phoenix Suns in Palm Desert, east of Los Angeles. While LeBron James impressed with 19 points in just 16 minutes and 20 seconds on court before sitting out the second half, Bronny found the going harder with zero points in just over 13 minutes on court. The younger James attempted just one
Italian defender Marco Curto has been banned for 10 matches for racially abusing South Korean forward Hwang Hee-chan while playing for Como 1907 against Wolverhampton Wanderers in a pre-season friendly in July. Curto, who is on loan from Como to Serie B club Cesena, would serve half of the punishment immediately with the other half suspended for two years. “The player Marco Curto was found responsible for discriminatory behavior and sanctioned with a 10-match suspension,” a FIFA spokesperson said. “The player is ordered to render community services and undergo training and education with an organization approved by FIFA.” Wolves said the club would
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