GOLF
McIlroy tops money list
Rory McIlroy on Sunday sealed top place in the DP World Tour rankings without hitting a shot as none of his closest challengers can now catch him after the end of the penultimate event of the season at Sun City. Northern Irishman McIlroy, with 5,164.5 points going into the DP World Tour Championship at Dubai this week, has finished top of the formerly named European Tour money list five times, first in 2012 and again in 2014, 2015 and last year. McIlroy, who made more than 7 million euros (US$7.5 million) in prize money in nine tour events this year, is 2,083 points ahead of second-placed Jon Rahm, the Masters champion, with Adrian Meronk third.
CRICKET
Player takes 6 in final over
An Australian club cricketer took six wickets in an incredible final over to clinch victory in a one-day game over the weekend, describing the rare feat as “surreal.” Facing almost certain defeat in the Gold Coast’s Premier League Division 3, Mudgeeraba captain Gareth Morgan opted to bowl the last six balls himself with Surfers Paradise needing five runs to win with six wickets in hand. They dramatically collapsed with Morgan removing opener Jake Garland for 65 then dismissing the next five batters for golden ducks. “It is funny, the umpire said to me at the start of the over that I needed to take a hat-trick or something to win the game,” Morgan told the Gold Coast Bulletin after his exploits attracted national attention. “When it happened he just sort of looked at me.” The most wickets in an over in professional cricket is five, Australian Broadcasting Corp said.
FOOTBALL
5 games end on field goals
Five games on Friday ended with field goals in regulation, the most in one day in NFL history. The Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns, Seattle Seahawks, Houston Texans and Detroit Lions each kicked a field goal as time expired. The previous high in a single day was three. Cleveland and Arizona were trailing before their kicks. Dustin Hopkins hit a 40-yarder to give the Browns a 33-31 victory at Baltimore. Matt Prater made a 23-yard field goal to lift the Cardinals to a 25-23 win over the Atlanta Falcons. Seattle, Houston and Detroit were tied before their decisive field goals. Jason Myers kicked a 43-yarder, his fifth of the game, to give the Seahawks a 29-26 win against the Washington Commanders. Riley Patterson connected from 41 yards for the Lions, giving them a 41-38 win over the Los Angeles Chargers. Matt Ammendola, signed by Houston this week as an injury replacement, nailed a 38-yard field goal to finish the Texans’ 30-27 victory at Cincinnati.
HORSE RACING
Jockey in intensive care
Jockey Graham Lee is in intensive care after sustaining damage to his spinal cord in a fall at Newcastle on Friday, the Injured Jockeys Fund said on Sunday. Lee, who won the 2004 Grand National on Amberleigh House, was taken to a hospital after being unseated from mount Ben Macdui as the stalls opened at Newcastle Racecourse. The fund told British media that Lee sustained an unstable cervical fracture, as well as damage to blood vessels in the mid-cervical region. “This is a very serious injury and, at this early time, it is not possible to predict the extent of long-term recovery,” it said.
Badminton world No. 3 Anders Antonsen clinched his first Indonesia Open title yesterday after beating Taiwan’s Chou Tien-chen, while South Korea’s An Se-young won her second championship in Jakarta. The 28-year-old Dane sank world No. 7 Chou at the Indonesian capital’s Istora Senayan arena, winning 22-20, 21-14 in a 60-minute match to secure the prestigious Super 1000 event. Antonsen came out on top in a tightly contested first game before cruising to victory in the second. In a more closely fought women’s singles final, South Korean ace and world No. 1 An fought back from one game down to beat China’s
Italy crashed to a 3-0 loss away to Norway, as the four-time FIFA World Cup champions made a disastrous start to their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign on Friday, while Belgium had to settle for a draw in North Macedonia. Alexander Sorloth, Antonio Nusa and Erling Haaland all scored in the first half in pouring rain in Oslo as Norway made it a night to forget for Italy, who missed out on the past two World Cups. “I have no explanation. Our supporters don’t deserve this kind of match. We need to do some soul-searching. It’s unacceptable,” Italy captain and goalkeeper Gianluigi
‘STILL’: In front of a packed New Jersey arena attended by Donald Trump and Mike Tyson, UFC 316 delivered high drama as Merab Dvalishvili retained his title Georgia’s Merab Dvalishvili scored a second-round submission win over Sean O’Malley to retain his bantamweight title at Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 316 on Saturday, with Kayla Harrison also winning by submission in the co-main event, tapping out Juliana Pena to claim the women’s bantamweight crown. In front of a packed crowd at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, which included US President Donald Trump and retired heavyweight great Mike Tyson, Dvalishvili, a 34-year-old from the country of Georgia, won the belt in a convincing, although not aesthetically pleasing, unanimous decision. Dvalishvili (19-4) sat on top of the cage and shouted
Manchester City on Monday completed the signing of left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri from Wolverhampton Wanderers for a reported ￡31 million (US$41.8 million). The 24-year-old Algeria international has signed a five-year contract and will be available for the FIFA Club World Cup, which begins later this week. Ait-Nouri is expected to be just one of a trio of new City faces for that tournament with deals close to completion for AC Milan midfielder Tijjani Reijnders and Olympique Lyonnais playmaker Rayan Cherki. After missing out on a major trophy in the recently completed season for the first time since 2016-2017, City are hoping
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