Cameron White has signed a BBL deal with Adelaide Strikers after being overlooked for a contract with Melbourne Renegades.

White, 35, joins the Strikers in a playing and mentoring capacity next season after the Renegades elected not to give him a new deal following the signing of Shaun Marsh.

White was also cut from Victoria's contract list for Sheffield Shield and 50-over cricket despite playing in all three Australian domestic titles last season with Victoria and the Renegades.

SACA general manager of high performance Tim Nielsen believes White is a great fit in Adelaide.

"Cameron adds a considerable amount to our side not only with his ability, but also his understanding of the game and he knows what it takes to be in a successful team," Nielsen said.

"In the fast-paced nature of T20 cricket, Cameron's experience will help lead our side immensely, especially in the absence of Travis Head when he is on international duty.

"To have such a distinguished player of our game will only boost our side and our younger players."

White fills a void left by experienced South African Colin Ingram who has left the Strikers due to family reasons.

The Strikers have two spots still available on their list, including an overseas vacancy that, under the new rules, can be filled by up to six players in short stints across the BBL.

White has played in every season of the BBL, beginning his career at Melbourne Stars before moving to the Renegades. He has scored 1546 in 68 BBL innings, including 11 half-centuries, at a strike-rate of 115.89.

He brings a wealth of experience having captained Australia in T20 and ODI cricket and has played five seasons in the IPL.

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Brooks Koepka's mastering of the majors continued Thursday at Bethpage Black, where he scorched the harsh layout in the first round of the PGA Championship with a course-record 63.

Koepka, who also shot 63 on his way to victory at the PGA last summer in St. Louis, did not make a bogey and had seven birdies to tie a tournament record for lowest score. He leads by one over Danny Lee, who had a 64 during the afternoon wave, and is four ahead of Tommy Fleetwood.

"I've never been this confident,'' said Koepka, 29, who has won three major championships in the past two years and came up a shot short against Tiger Woods last month at the Masters. "I think I'm still learning, understandably, my game, and I've figured it out. I think over the next few years, I'm excited for what's to come.

"I understand a lot more about my misses, where to hit it, and major championships I just suck it up. You don't always have to aim at the flag like you do in regular events. Sometimes it's just about how few bogeys and doubles you make this week."

Koepka didn't have any of those Thursday, even though he had some wayward tee shots to overcome. He managed to do so by hitting 14 of 18 greens and holing a couple of ticklish par putts; he needed just 25 putts for the round.

He now has gone 31 straight holes without a bogey in the PGA Championship, and this was his 10th straight round under par in majors. His 63 was the 17th in PGA Championship history, and he is the first player to post a 63 in consecutive years at major championships.

In addition, he is just the third golfer with multiple rounds of 63 in major championship history, joining Greg Norman and Vijay Singh.

Ranked fourth in the world, Koepka figured to be a good match for Bethpage Black, a difficult test even in benign conditions. Cool temperatures and an abundance of rain this week made it play even longer than the 7,459 yards.

"That was one of the best rounds I've played probably as a professional," Koepka said. "This golf course is brutal. If you're not going to drive it, it tests every aspect of your game. You've got to drive the ball straight. It's long, so you've got to hit it far and really position yourself with some of these shots in.

"You can't take a shot off, and that's what I love. I think that's why I play so well at U.S. Opens -- this golf course is a typical U.S. Open golf course. If you don't have a good day, you can very easily shoot 5, 6 over. There's a fine line between 5, 6 over and a couple under out here."

Woods was the only player at 3 under to finish under par at Bethpage during the 2002 U.S. Open. Lucas Glover was 4 under when he won here in 2009.

And it was Woods who said Thursday that the 63 by Koepka "was the worst he could have shot. He played well. He had a couple of putts he didn't make."

Said Koepka: "I didn't take care of the par-5s, didn't birdie any of the par-5s. That was disappointing because I felt like, you know, those are holes you should be able to birdie. Definitely can reach 4, and [I] hit a bad driver there. And 13, I can get there, too, and [I] hit it in the bunker. And then the second hole today, my 11th hole, I missed about a 5-footer. That would have been nice to shoot 60. I guess that would have been pretty good."

Heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder's tough talk this week about possibly killing mandatory challenger Dominic Breazeale in the ring drew a rebuke from the WBC on Thursday, the same day Wilder continued the same line of discussion at their final news conference.

Wilder will make his ninth title defense against Breazeale on Saturday (Showtime, 9 p.m. ET) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

On Tuesday, after a workout for the media, Wilder made chilling comments about the fight.

"Dominic Breazeale asked for this. I didn't seek him out. He [came for] me," Wilder said. "This isn't a gentleman's sport. We don't ask to hit each other in the face but we do anyway. If you ask any doctor around the world he'll tell you the head is not meant to be hit. This is the only sport where you can kill a man and get paid for it at the same time. It's legal. So why not use my right to do so?"

The comments caught the attention of Mauricio Sulaiman, the president of the WBC, whose world title Wilder holds.

"I have seen Deontay Wilder's comments which are regrettable and completely against the spirit of our sport," Sulaiman wrote on social media. "I have known Wilder for a long time and he is not the person he portrays in such comments. His metaphors are against the WBC code of ethics and will be addressed in a hearing."

Sulaiman gave no additional details about the hearing he mentioned and could not be reached for comment.

Wilder (40-0-1, 39 KO), 33, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Breazeale (20-1, 18 KOs), 33, of Eastvale, California, have a deep animosity toward each other stemming from an incident in February 2017, when Wilder retained his title by fifth-round knockout of Gerald Washington and Breazeale knocked out Izuagbe Ugonoh in the fifth round on the undercard.

Later that night, in the lobby of the fight hotel in Birmingham, Alabama, Wilder, his younger brother Marsellos Wilder, Breazeale, and their teams were involved in an altercation. Breazeale, who was with his wife and kids, alleged he was punched from behind by Marsellos. Earlier in the evening, Marsellos Wilder and Breazeale had gotten into an argument at the arena, which spilled over to the hotel later. Police were called following the hotel incident but no arrests were made. Breazeale later filed a lawsuit against Deontay Wilder, which was dismissed a few months later.

At the final prefight news conference on Thursday at Barclays Center, Wilder continued with his violent talk.

"This has been a long time coming for me and Dominic. He asked for this, and he shall receive. Just like the Bible says -- you ask, you shall receive," Wilder said. "Come May 18 at the Barclays Center, he's going to get everything he receives. I'm gonna fade him out, baby. I can't wait. It's gonna be an amazing night for me and sad time for him.

"I want to hurt Breazeale so bad. So bad, my blood is boiling right now. I can barely keep my composure right now. But due to the fact we can't get paid outside of the ring -- there's a lot of money on the line, baby, and my family got to eat. So with that being said I will keep my composure until that time comes. I can't wait. Come Saturday, I can do whatever I want to do. You better gather around your loved ones. You all better gather around him tonight because come Saturday night, he may not be able to talk to you. Trust me. You know I don't play no games."

Breazeale's only loss came to world titlist Anthony Joshua, who knocked him out in the seventh round in 2016. Breazeale has won three fights in a row since by knockout and brushed off Wilder's comments and gave it right back to him.

"I'm excited to be back and get another knockout win," he said at the news conference. "Getting that WBC belt is everything to me. This is my Super Bowl. Victory for me on Saturday is everything. Wilder doesn't know what he's getting himself into. He's in for a fight. He better be confident in his abilities because Saturday night, he's going to be in the toughest fight of his life. I'm going to beat Deontay so bad that he's not going to ever want to lace up the gloves again, not is he going to be physically fit or able to lace up the gloves again.

"I've been dreaming for the last year about hearing 'and the new.' It's a beautiful thing and I can't wait to make it come true and have my hand raised. I'm too mentally in tune to be focused on what someone says. When I go into a fight I don't worry about what my opponent can do, but about what I want to do and how I can execute. None of Deontay's words affect me at all. He's going to keep barking, and I'm just going to keep waiting. I'm going to quiet him down on Saturday night."

Britain's wheelchair tennis players can claim their best ever medal haul at the 2019 BNP Paribas World Team Cup after all four teams reached the semi-finals.

The annual tournament is the wheelchair tennis equivalent of the Fed Cup and Davis Cup competitions.

Britain's men face Japan on Friday for a place in Saturday's final, while the juniors meet Australia in their final on Friday.

The women's and quads teams play South Africa for bronze medals on Friday.

Great Britain is the only country to have teams in the semi-finals across all four events at the tournament in Ramat Hasharon, Israel.

It could also be the first time that all four British teams win medals - a feat only ever achieved before by the Netherlands and the USA.

Britain's previous best total was three medals won in 2012.

The men's team - Alfie Hewett, Gordon Reid and Dermot Bailey - will face Argentina or France in the final if they beat Japan.

"There have been some really good performances from everyone in the team this week," Hewett said.

British number two Andy Cotterill will be part of the quads team looking to win bronze on Friday. "We are still playing for a medal but we came here to win gold. Hopefully we can bounce back and take bronze," he said.

FULLERTON, Calif. — Gene Romero, the 1970 AMA Grand National champion and the 1975 Daytona 200 winner, died May 12. He was 71 years old.

The California native was a star motorcycle racer, competing for 16 years in AMA competition. In addition to the 1970 AMA Grand National title, he earned 12 AMA national event victories during his career and was voted the 1970 AMA Most Popular Rider of the Year Award.

Best known as a flat-track racer, Romero’s biggest victory of his lengthy career came in 1975 when he won the Daytona 200 at Daytona Int’l Speedway. Riding a factory Yamaha, it was his only victory in the legendary motorcycle event in 14 attempts.

Romero was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1998.

CONCORD, N.C. – Icons of Charlotte Motor Speedway’s past, present and future were on display in a special event on Thursday at the speedway’s avenue of flags.

In honor of Charlotte Motor Speedway’s 60th season, speedway officials unveiled a commemorative historical marker that will stay beside the avenue of flags.

Additionally, officials revealed a 1960 Buick Invicta car like the one used for promotional purposes entering the inaugural Coca-Cola 600 in 1960 – and Richard Childress Racing, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year – showed off one of its most spectacular paint schemes.

RCR Chairman and CEO Richard Childress joined drivers Austin Dillon and Daniel Hemric as well as Speedway Motorsports, Inc. President and CEO Marcus Smith and Charlotte Motor Speedway Executive Vice President and General Manager Greg Walter in the festivities. Dillon and Childress revealed the striking, red-and-black No. 3 Coke Zero Sugar car that Dillon will drive in the 60th Coca-Cola 600 on May 26.

“One of the things that I tell people I learned from my dad (founder O. Bruton Smith) is that the vision he had for Charlotte Motor Speedway is far beyond what I or most NASCAR people thought Charlotte Motor Speedway could be,” Smith said. “That vision which started in 1959 and emerged into what it is today – it’s certainly pretty cool and very impressive.”

Childress, who first visited the speedway in 1967, has celebrated six Coca-Cola 600 wins with Dale Earnhardt, Kevin Harvick and Dillon, his oldest grandson.

“Charlotte Motor Speedway has meant so much to this area and all over the world,” Childress said. “For us to win (the Coca-Cola 600) six times has been great, but the thing they’ve done here at Charlotte is bring NASCAR to a whole new level with the racing, the fans and the things they’ve brought. There’s always something special here at Charlotte.”

Dillon’s victory in the 2017 Coca-Cola 600 – his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win – ranks No. 1 on his and Childress’ list.

“Winning the Coke 600, there was nothing like it,” Dillon said. “Being tied with Coca-Cola since the beginning of my Cup Series career and getting to represent them with a full Coke Zero sugar paint-out on our car is special. … I can’t wait for the 600. It’s my favorite weekend of the year.”

KNOXVILLE, Iowa – The race for the Priority Aviation $20,000 sponsorship for Nationals week in August at Knoxville is wide open.

The opportunity benefiting the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum for a $20,000 sponsorship from Priority Aviation is available to any driver competing at Knoxville in August at either the 360 Nationals or 410 Nationals.

The competition will continue until a winner is announced on July 31. All funds collected go towards paying off the remaining construction costs of the Bryan Clauson Suite Tower adjacent to the museum.

“We want to thank the drivers who have participated thus far, but we also want to let all drivers and fans of any driver know that we haven’t had a team break away from the pack yet,” said National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum Executive Director Bob Baker. “There are no leads here that are insurmountable by any stretch of the imagination. Contact us to learn more, or grab some brochures for more information on memberships or donations so you can take advantage of this great opportunity from Priority Aviation.”

Currently, 17 drivers have taken advantage of the contest.  2018 National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee Lance Dewease leads the current standings ahead of Wisconsin’s Bill Balog, Iowa’s McKenna Haase, Tennessee’s Sammy Swindell, Oregon’s Tanner Holmes, Iowa’s Carson McCarl, Ohio’s Jac Haudenschild, Connecticut’s David Gravel, Ohio’s Sheldon Haudenschild, Wisconsin’s Scott Thiel, Iowa’s Austin McCarl, Indiana’s Parker Price-Miller, Minnesota’s Craig Dollansky, South Dakota’s Clint Garner, California’s Mason Daniel, Ohio’s Chad Kemenah and Iowa’s Joe Beaver.

All that sprint car teams need to do is have their prospective members or donors visit www.SprintCarStuff.com and order a membership there, or contact the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum and request membership packets or make a donation.  If ordering online, specify your driver or race team in the notes section on the final page.

The museum can ship membership and donation information out for the drivers and teams to pass out at their races throughout the season.  The driver or team with the highest amount of donations returned to the museum before July 31, will receive the $20,000 sponsorship funding.

All funds collected will go towards paying off remaining construction costs on the Bryan Clauson Suite Tower. Memberships start at $25 per year, but any donation amount will be accepted.