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Women’s Indian Open: England’s Liz Young wins second tour title

Liz Young

England’s Liz Young won the Women’s Indian Open by one shot to claim her second Ladies European Tour title. The 42-year-old trailed compatriot Alice Hewson and Belgium’s Manon de Roey at the DLF Golf and Country Club in Haryana before carding a final-round 72 to finish two under par overall on Sunday. De Roey went round in 74 to finish …

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England in Pakistan: Ben Stokes will be hurting – Brendon McCullum on series defeat

Ben Stokes

In England’s second innings, Stokes was bizarrely lbw playing no shot to spinner Noman Ali. England were ultimately skittled for 112, their lowest total in Pakistan, setting the hosts towards a nine-wicket win. “He is disappointed, naturally,” said McCullum. “We all know how competitive and driven the skipper is. He’ll be hurting right now with how the series has unfolded. …

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LA Lakers 131-127 Sacramento Kings: LeBron James & Anthony Davis shine

LeBron James lifts his arms and acknowledges the crowd

Kevin Durant became the eighth player in NBA history to pass 29,000 points as he led the Phoenix Suns to a 114-102 home win over the Dallas Mavericks. The 14-time All Star, who is in his 17th season, scored 31 points to take his career tally to 29,010. James, the all-time leading scorer with 40,543 points, is the only other …

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Mexico Grand Prix: Sainz on pole, but Norris ‘happy’ with third

Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz

Title rivals Max Verstappen and Lando Norris start Sunday’s Mexico City Grand Prix from second and third on the grid behind Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. Verstappen heads into the race 57 points clear of Norris, who needs to gain on the Red Bull driver by an average of just under 12 points a race to overtake him in the remaining five …

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Cardiff 21-19 Ulster: Hosts pull off stunning comeback

Dafydd Hughes scores against Ulster

Cardiff: Cam Winnett; Mason Grady, Rey Lee-Lo, Ben Thomas, Iwan Stephens; Callum Sheedy, Aled Davies; Ed Byrne, Evan Lloyd, Keiron Assiratti, Josh McNally, Teddy Williams, Ben Donnell, Dan Thomas, Alun Lawrence. Replacements: Daf Hughes, Corey Domachowski, Rhys Litterick, Rory Thornton, James Botham, Thomas Young, Johan Mulder, Rory Jennings. Sin bin: Lloyd (13) Ulster: Ethan McIlroy; Werner Kok, Jude Postlethwaite, Stuart …

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Erste Bank Open: Briton Jack Draper reaches Vienna final in straight sets

Jack Draper stretching to hit a ball

British number one Jack Draper reached the Erste Bank Open final by beating Italian Lorenzo Musetti in straight sets in Vienna. Seventh seed Draper broke the serve of sixth seed Musetti five times to beat his fellow 22-year-old 6-2 6-4 and reach his first ATP 500 final. Draper has won one ATP 250 title – the Stuttgart Open in June. …

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Hotazhell beats Delacroix to win Futurity Trophy at Doncaster

Hotazhell beats Delacroix by a nose

Hotazhell won the final Group One of the British Flat racing season by the shortest possible distance. The 11-1 shot, under Shane Foley, landed the Futurity Stakes at Doncaster for Irish trainer Jessica Harrington. Hotazhell was involved in a pulsating duel with the Aidan O’Brien runner Delacroix, ridden by Ryan Moore, before eventually prevailing by a nose. “He’s a smashing …

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