Following is a abstract of present sports activities information briefs.

Golf-Scheffler, Hovland, Conners seize PGA Championship lead

World quantity two Scottie Scheffler, Norwegian Viktor Hovland and Canada’s Corey Conners grabbed a share of the PGA Championship second spherical lead on Friday, whereas an unforgiving Oak Hill left a few of golf’s largest names combating to make the minimize. Scheffler, who posted his first ever bogey-free spherical at a serious with a tidy 67 on Thursday, couldn’t match that brilliance in spherical two however as all the time delivered a scientific efficiency carding a two-under 68 to return to the highest.

Tennis-Kalinina hopes Rome run offers some consolation for Ukraine

Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina stated she was decided to present her war-torn nation one thing to cheer about together with her achievements on the tennis court docket after beating Russian eleventh seed Veronika Kudermetova to achieve the ultimate of the Italian Open. Kalinina’s complete household is now in Kyiv following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — which Moscow calls a “special military operation” — however continually face hazard. A bomb not too long ago exploded close to a tennis academy that her dad and mom run.

MLB roundup: Rafael Devers homers twice as Red Sox high Padres

Rafael Devers drove in 4 runs with two house runs and James Paxton held the struggling Padres to at least one run over six innings because the Boston Red Sox scored a 6-1 win in San Diego on Friday. Devers put the Red Sox forward 1-0 with a homer main off the second inning, then capped a five-run third with a 435-foot, three-run blast to straightaway middle.

Soccer-‘I’ll cry 100%’: Firmino braces for emotional Anfield farewell

Liverpool ahead Roberto Firmino expects his remaining recreation at Anfield to be an emotional affair and the Brazilian stated he’s bracing for a flood of tears as he prepares to depart the Premier League membership after eight trophy-laden years. Firmino, who has scored 109 targets since his transfer from Hoffenheim in 2015, has received each main trophy with Liverpool together with the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup.

Jim Brown, legendary NFL operating again, useless at 87

Jim Brown, one of many biggest operating backs within the historical past of the National Football League who give up the sport on the top of his profession to behave in Hollywood motion pictures and add his voice to the civil rights motion, has died. He was 87. Brown died on Thursday evening, his spouse Monique Brown stated on Instagram.

WNBA-Griner greeted by US VP Harris in return to court docket

Brittney Griner returned to the WNBA hardwood on Friday evening in Los Angeles to cheers from a raucous crowd that included U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. The temper was celebratory as Griner, who was launched from a Russian penal colony in a excessive profile prisoner change with the U.S. late final 12 months, was embraced by Harris on the court docket earlier than the sport.

Cricket-Boland turned down county alternative to remain contemporary for WTC remaining and Ashes

Australian quick bowler Scott Boland stated he turned down the chance to play county cricket in England in order that he could be contemporary heading into the World Test Championship (WTC) remaining and the Ashes. Only the second Indigenous Australian male to play a check, Boland made his debut in December 2021 on the final Ashes, the place he introduced himself onto the scene with an outrageous spell within the second innings with figures of 6-7 in 4 overs.

Soccer-Ten Hag hopes Rashford and Man Utd ‘discover one another’ in contract talks

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag stated he’s assured that Marcus Rashford will agree a brand new contract with the Premier League membership even because the English ahead prepares to enter the ultimate 12 months of his take care of the Old Trafford outfit. Rashford has loved the most effective season of his profession with 29 targets in all competitions for United, together with 16 within the Premier League.

Tennis: Romania’s Halep asks unbiased court docket listening to after further doping cost

Former world primary Simona Halep has requested to be judged by an unbiased tribunal after been charged with an extra and separate breach of the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (TADP), by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) on Friday. The 31-year-old former Wimbledon and French Open champion, has been provisionally suspended since October 2022 after testing optimistic for banned blood-booster roxadustat on the U.S. Open final 12 months.

Tennis: Rybakina defeats Ostapenko in rain-delayed Italian Open semi-final

Seventh seed Elena Rybakina beat Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko 6-2 6-4 in a rain-delayed semi-final on the Italian Open on Friday and can play Anhelina Kalinina in Saturday’s remaining. Rybakina prevailed in a reasonably straight-forward first set in a match delayed by greater than an hour – after which interrupted – as a result of persistent rain.

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