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12 - 18 July 2018 SOUTH KOREA’S Kim Sei-young broke the LPGA Tour’s 72-hole record as she won the Thornberry Creek Classic with an incredible 31 under-par score. The 25-year-old’s nearest challenger in Wisconsin was Spain’s Carlota Ciganda (22 under).
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series starts today (Thursd a y ) a t Tr e n t B r i d g e , b e fore the first of five Tests gets under way on August 1. England’s leading wicket-taker James Anderson remarked that it was “not a day to be a bowler” as both sides made hay on a pitch with short boundaries. England captain Eoin Morgan said: “That total isn’t defendable when a guy comes out and plays like that on a small ground. India played better than us.”
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ROHITTING HARD: Rohit Sharma’s stunning century won the day for India.
MAN MOUNTAIN: Briton Anthony Joshua is the biggest name in boxing.
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ROHIT SHARMA made a stunning 100 not out to help India beat England by seven wickets in the third Tw e n t y 2 0 m a t c h a n d s e cure a 2-1 series victory. England, batting first, could manage only 87 runs from the final 10 overs to post 198-8 in Bristol, despite Jason Roy’s blistering 67 from 31 balls. Rohit shared an 89 run stand with Virat Kohli and accelerated in the final overs to put India in control. He and Hardik Pandya closed out the match with eight balls to spare and it was the highest run chase by any team against England in an international T20. Three brilliant catches one from Jake Ball and two by Chris Jordan - interrupte d I n d i a ’s c h a s e , b u t Pandya took 20 runs from the 18th over - bowled by Ball - to turn the match in India’s favour. A three-match one-day
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FIGHTING TALK: Brailsford pulled no punches in a press conference.
Brailsford slams brakes on Lappartient TEAM SKY cycling boss Sir Dave Brailsford has said that UCI president David Lappartient needs to learn what his ‘responsibilities’ are, while accusing the Frenchman of having a ‘nationalistic view.’ For his part, Lappartient had commented that Team Sky’s wealth allowed them to fight Chris Froome’s asthma drug case in a way other teams could not have done. Cycling’s governing body dropped the case against Froome last week and Brailsford said: “He (Lappartient) has still got the local French mayor mentality, maybe.”
Lappartient, 45, is the mayor of the French commune Sarzeau, where stage four of this year’s Tour de France took place. “If you want to be the president of an international federation, protect everyone in that international community, don’t take a French angle, or a nationalistic view,” added Brailsford. “The quicker he can learn his responsibilities, the better it will be for everyone.” When asked if Team Sky would release the evidence used in Froome’s case, Brailsford said it was up to the UCI and Wada to publish the details.
Joshua swings into Wembley UNIFIED heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua will return to Wembley stadium for his next two fights. Joshua, 28, has signed a two-fight deal to compete at the national stadium on September 22 and April 13, 2019. The WBA, IBF and WBO champion beat Wladimir Klitschko there in April 2017 but has since
fought twice at Cardiff ’s Principality Stadium. “Being north London born and raised, it is in my blood,” said Joshua. “The opportunity to fight in such an iconic stadium is normally a oncein-a-career opportunity, so to be given the chance to fight there again is amazing.” His opponent on September 22 will be con-
firmed next week but is e x p e c t e d t o b e R u s s i a ’s Alexander Povetkin, the W B A’s m a n d a t o r y c h a l lenger. Boxing fans around the world want to see Joshua up against the unorthodox but explosively powerful American hitter Deontay Wilder (WBC world champion), and that fight for all four belts is expected to happen next April.