TENNIS
Two Taiwanese advance
Taiwan’s Jason Jung on Tuesday defeated Brayden Schnur of Canada at the Hall of Fame Open in Newport, Rhode Island, in a 3 hour, 21 minute marathon. Jung was to play Tennys Sandgren of the US after prevailing 7-5, 6-7 (1/7), 7-6 (7/4) in the first round of the ATP event. In the WTA, Liang En-shuo beat Conny Perrin of Switzerland 6-3, 6-4 in the singles at the Prague Open, but fell 6-2, 6-2 in the doubles, losing alongside Grace Min of the US against Czech pair Lucie Hradecka and Marie Bouzkova. She was to play China’s Wang Xinyu in the second round of the singles.
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
Diaz to fight Lawler
Nick Diaz, who has not fought competitively since January 2015, is to face former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler in a five-round fight at UFC 266 on Sept. 25. Yahoo Sports’ Kevin Iole announced the news on Tuesday, citing UFC president Dana White as his source. White subsequently shared Iole’s Twitter post.
SOCCER
Maguire’s father injured
England defender Harry Maguire said that his father sustained rib injuries and was struggling to breathe after being trampled during disturbances at Wembley Stadium before the Euro 2020 final against Italy on Sunday. Supporters clashed with each other and officials, breached security cordons and charged into the perimeter area of Wembley before the start of the game. British police said that 19 officers were injured, while 86 people, including 53 at the venue, were arrested. UEFA opened disciplinary proceedings and charged the Football Association. “I think he was involved in a stampede and suffered a couple of injuries to his ribs. I spoke to him, he said he was scared,” Maguire told the Sun newspaper. “I don’t want anyone to experience that going to watch football, especially a major final.”
RUGBY UNION
Cooper’s application denied
Quade Cooper has had his application for Australian citizenship denied, despite playing 70 times for the Wallabies. The fly-half was born in New Zealand, but moved to Australia with his family as a 13-year-old and has never represented the nation of his birth. He posted a screenshot of the decision on Twitter on Tuesday. “Awkward moment @ausgov refuse your citizenship application (again). Wearing the green and gold 70 times apparently is not enough these days...” Cooper wrote. Officials said that he had not provided sufficient evidence to satisfy their requirements.
CRICKET
New WTC rules announced
The International Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday said that it has changed its points system ahead of the second edition of the World Test Championship (WTC) after receiving feedback that it needed to be “simplified.” Teams are to be awarded 12 points for every match victory, four for a draw and six in the event of a tie, with the percentage of points won used to determine the standings. “We received feedback that the previous points system needed to be simplified,” ICC acting chief executive Geoff Allardice said in a statement.
‘AWFUL PERFORMANCE’: Golden State were always chasing the game after failing to threaten from long range, making just eight of 33 three-point attempts Aaron Gordon on Monday scored 38 points as the Denver Nuggets shrugged off the absence of Nikola Jokic to halt the Golden State Warriors’ seven-game winning streak with a 114-105 victory over their Western Conference rivals. A dazzling display from Gordon inspired what was ultimately a comfortable win for Denver, who were missing regular starters Jokic and Jamal Murray from their lineup. The absentees were barely felt by Denver, who startled the Warriors early at San Francisco’s Chase Center and led for most of the game. The Warriors threatened to stage a late rally after slashing the Nuggets’ fourth-quarter lead from 15 points
Barcelona’s Ferran Torres scored twice on Sunday to help secure a late 4-2 comeback win at Atletico Madrid in a pulsating La Liga clash that took the Catalan side back to the top of the table. Barca have 60 points and a game in hand after last week’s postponement of their home game with CA Osasuna. They are level on points with Real Madrid, who won 2-1 at Villarreal on Saturday. “I am happy and proud of this team,” Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick told a news conference. “They never give up... It’s a great three points and we are happy to
Chris Wood has fired Nottingham Forest into surprise UEFA Champions League contention and now the striker wants to score the goals to help New Zealand make history at the FIFA World Cup. New Zealand are strong favorites to qualify out of the Oceania region over the next week and reach the World Cup for only the third time. At the country’s two previous appearances at the finals, in 1982 and 2010, they have failed to win a match in six attempts. With Wood captaining the side and leading from the front, he told local media yesterday that the current squad can finally deliver
Paolo Banchero on Sunday scored 24 points as the Orlando Magic overturned a 13-point deficit to end the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 16-game unbeaten streak with a gutsy 108-103 road victory. Cleveland, the runaway Eastern Conference leaders, had looked poised to extend their franchise-record winning run after surging clear of Orlando early in the third quarter, but after a season where they have staged hefty winning comebacks of their own, the tables turned on Cleveland in the face of a furious burst of Orlando scoring. The Magic outscored Cleveland 35-23 in the third quarter, with Franz Wagner leading the charge with nine points and
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