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Premiership: Harlequins v Leicester Tigers

Published in Rugby
Friday, 27 December 2019 06:50

Harlequins make two changes for their annual Twickenham home game, which is expected to draw a crowd of 82,000.

Centre Paul Lasike replaces the injured James Lang and Vereniki Goneva comes in for Gabriel Ibitoye on the wing.

Leicester Tigers rest England centre Manu Tuilagi, with Kyle Eastmond, who has not played since October because of a calf injury, replacing him.

He is joined in midfield by the recalled Jaco Taute; flanker Sam Lewis is the only change to the forward pack.

Harlequins: R Chisholm; Murley, Campagnaro, Lasike, Goneva; Smith, Care; Marler, Elia, Sinckler, Lewies, Symons, J Chisholm, Robshaw (capt), Lawday.

Replacements: Musk, Garcia Botta, Collier, Cavubati, Dombrandt, Landajo, Herron, Ibitoye.

Leicester: Veainu; Thompstone, Taute, Eastmond, May; Ford, B Youngs; Genge, T Youngs (capt), Cole, Lavanini, Green, Lewis, Taufua, Kalamafoni.

Replacements: Polota-Nau, Gigena, Leatigaga, Wells, Reffell, White, Reid, Worth.

Referee: Matthew Carley

Premiership: Worcester Warriors v London Irish

Published in Rugby
Friday, 27 December 2019 04:54

Winger Tom Howe will make his first Premiership appearance of the season as Worcester make one change for the visit of London Irish.

Howe replaces Melani Nanai (shoulder) for a Warriors side who conceded five tries in the final 20 minutes to lose 36-3 at Gloucester last Friday night.

London Irish hand a debut to Samoa wing Belgium Tuatagaloa, who signed a deal until the end of the season on Monday.

The Exiles also make five changes in the pack from the side beaten by Bath.

Only second row Adam Coleman and back-rowers Blair Cowan and Albert Tuisue keep their starting places.

Lock Franco van der Merwe, who captains the side, flanker Matt Rogerson and a new-look front row of props Allan Dell and Lovejoy Chawatama and hooker Motu Matu'u all come in.

Form guide

Worcester: Pennell; Humphreys, Beck, Mills, Howe; Weir, Hougaard; Black, Moulds, Schonert, Bresler, Kitchener, Hill, Lewis, Du Preez.

Replacements: Miller, Bower, Palframann, Fatialofa, Van Velze, Heaney, Lance, Shillcock.

London Irish: Veitokani; Tuatagoloa, Rona, Stephenson, Hassell-Collins; Myler, Phipps; Dell, Matu'u, Chawatama, Van der Merwe, Coleman, Rogerson, Cowan, Tuisue.

Replacements: Fainga'a, Elrington, Hoskins, Nott, Mafi, Meehan, Campbell, Stokes.

Premiership: Bath v Sale Sharks

Published in Rugby
Friday, 27 December 2019 08:48

Bath have named Wales number eight Taulupe Faletau in their XV for the first time since a collarbone injury ruled him out of the World Cup.

Captain Francois Louw, part of South Africa's World Cup-winning side, also returns to the team but England flanker Sam Underhill is missing completely.

Sale recall wing Denny Solomona in place of Simon Hammersley, so Chris Ashton moves to full-back.

Rob Webber and Jean-Luc du Preez return from injury to make the bench.

Bath: Homer; Rokoduguni, Joseph, Roberts, Watson; Priestland (capt), Chudley; Obano, Dunn, Stuart, McNally, Stooke, Ellis, Louw (capt), Faletau.

Replacements: Walker, Boyce, Judge, Garvey, Bayliss, Cook, Burns, Brew.

Sale: Ashton; Solomona, James, Van Rensburg, McGuigan; D du Preez, De Klerk; Oosthuizen, Van der Merwe, John, Evans, Phillips, Ross (capt), T Curry, R du Preez.

Replacements: Webber, Harrison, Cooper-Woolley, JL du Preez, B Curry, Cliff, MacGinty, Yarde.

Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys.

Rees-Zammit treble for Gloucester but Saints triumph

Published in Rugby
Saturday, 28 December 2019 08:12

Northampton returned to the top of the Premiership with a bonus-point win as they saw off Gloucester in a seven-try thriller at Franklin's Gardens.

After Mike Haywood's first-half try, scrum-half Cobus Reinach added two more after the break for the hosts.

But exciting Welsh winger Louis Rees-Zammit made more headlines as he claimed his first Gloucester hat-trick.

Rees-Zammit, 18, added two more to his first-half opener, along with a try for centre Chris Harris.

After scoring twice in the final 20 minutes of Gloucester's pre-Christmas 36-3 win over Worcester, that takes Hartpury College student Rees-Zammit's personal haul to five in two matches.

Gloucester took two points from the contest, while Saints' five-point haul takes them back above Exeter, who host champions Saracens on Sunday.

More to follow.

Northampton Saints: Furbank; Collins, Hutchinson, Francis, Naiyaravoro; Biggar, Reinach; van Wyk, Haywood, Painter, Moon, Lawes, Wood, Ludlam, Harrison (capt).

Replacements: Matavesi, Waller, Hill, Ratuniyarawa, Ribbans, Taylor, Symons, Tuala.

Gloucester: Marshall; Sharples, Harris, Atkinson, Rees-Zammit; Cipriani, Heinz (capt; Hohneck, Marais, Ford-Robinson; Craig, Mostert; Ackermann, Ludlow, Morgan.

Replacements: Gleave, Seville, Balmain, Grobler, Clarke, Simpson, Twelvetrees, Banahan.

Sin bin: Hohneck (60).

Whitener Earns Street Stock World Championship Pole

Published in Racing
Saturday, 28 December 2019 05:59

COCHRAN, Ga. – Mark Whitener earned the pole Friday night for Saturday’s $10,000-to-win fourth annual Durrence Layne Performance Parts Street Stock World Championship Race at Cochran Motor Speedway.

Whitener won the first of four heat races on Friday night to earn the inside front row starting spot.

Hayden Moran drove the We Buy Junk Cars Special to victory in Friday night’s second heat race and will start Saturday’s main event from the outside of the front row. Tyler Love will start on the inside of row two on Saturday night after winning the third heat.

The fourth heat race on Friday was won by Michael Stalnaker in the SRE Electrical Special. Stalnaker will start Saturday night’s 100-lap race from the outside of row two.

The top four finishers in Friday’s heat races earned one of 16 starting spots in Saturday night’s $10,000-to-win race. Wil Herrington, Charles Christian and Kevin Durden followed Whitener in the second through fourth, respectively, in the first heat race.

Brooks Strength, Chase Collins and Tim Powers finished second through fourth behind Moran in the second heat. Ricky Greene, Shawn Washam and Tuck Trentham were second through fourth in the third heat.

Robby Metts, Michael Blount and Tyler Turvin raced into Saturday’s main event after finishing second through fourth in the fourth heat.

Drivers that finished fifth on back in their heats will have another opportunity to make the 24-car starting field in one of two B-Main races on Saturday night that will take the top four finishers to fill in starting spots 17 through 24.

In other Friday night preliminary action, Herrington drove the Childs Racing Special to the $100 Boyd Bilt Fabricators Fast Time Award in Group Qualifying. Herrington out-timed the 40 entrants with a lap around Cochran Motor Speedway in 17.235 seconds.

Brooke Tatnell Tops Borderline World Series Go

Published in Racing
Saturday, 28 December 2019 06:15

MT. GAMBIER, Australia – Brooke Tatnell claimed top honors in Saturday’s World Series Sprintcars event at Borderline Speedway.

Tatnell started fourth and took the lead on the fifth circuit during the 35-lap event. He led the remainder of the distance, besting 360 Knoxville Nationals champion James McFadden to collect the checkered flag.

Kerry Madsen was third, followed by American Cory Eliason and Brock Hallett.

The finish:

Brooke Tatnell, James McFadden, Kerry Madsen, Cory Eliason, Brock Hallett, Jack Lee, David Murcott, Grant Anderson, Jake Tranter, Jacob Smith, Braydan Willmington, Tate Frost, Jordyn Charge, Lucas Wolfe, Jock Goodyer, Matt Egel, Peter Doukas, Ricky Maiolo, Glen Sutherland, Jye Okeeffe.

Schatz Strikes Again At Archerfield

Published in Racing
Saturday, 28 December 2019 06:24

ACACIA RIDGE, Australia – Donny Schatz continued his winning ways in Australia on Saturday by scoring his second-straight victory at Ausdeck Archerfield Speedway.

Schatz was set to start from the pole, but instead started 14th after opting to take the BK Trading challenge. Not to be denied, Schatz drove his No. 15 sprint car through the field to take the lead from Ryan McNamara on the 21st lap.

Schatz would lead the remainder of the 40-lap distance, besting Cody Maroske and Luke Oldfield at the checkered flag.

Kevin Titman and Callum Walker completed the top-five finishers.

The finish:

Donny Schatz, Cody Maroske, Luke Oldfield, Kevin Titman, Callum Walker, Bryan Mann, Brent Kratzmann, Andrew Scheuerle, Mike Sauer, Dan Murray, Allan Woods, Brock Dean, Tim Farrell, Ryan McNamara, Libby Ellis, Brodie Tulloch, Nick Whell, Kevin Britten, Kristy Bonsey.

Sweet & Macedo Double Down In Sydney

Published in Racing
Saturday, 28 December 2019 06:25

SYDNEY – Americans Brad Sweet and Carson Macedo doubled up on their A-Main successes Saturday at Valvoline Raceway during round two of Ultimate Sydney Speedweek.

Sweet collected his second-straight Ultimate Sprintcars feature at the track, while Macedo collected his second-straight Speedcars midget victory.

Sweet backed up his Boxing Day night success with a nail-biting win in the 35-lap sprint car feature, narrowly defeating Jamie Veal and Macedo. It was Sweet’s second win and Veal’s second runner-up finish in as many rounds of Speedweek so far.

Sweet came from the second row of the grid to win the Ultimate Sprintcar feature, but not before surviving a torrid battle with Veal for much of the race.

Marcus Dumesny continued his consistency with a top four result. Robbie Farr came from the fifth row to finish fifth.

Texan Aaron Reutzel was having a blazing run in the Saller Motorsport Triple X and he pulled off a 360-degree spin in turn two whilst challenging for a position in the top three after clipping a left rear with his right front, only to loop it again shortly after, resulting in a caution flag.

Sent to the rearm, Reutzel screamed back to sixth by the waving of the checkered in a barnstorming run in the new car the team put together after the previous chassis was destroyed on Boxing Day.

Grant Tunks placed eighth with Lynton Jeffrey in ninth and Ian Madsen barely scraping through for the transfer from the B-Main with a deflating right rear tyre to run top ten in the A-Main.

Macedo backed up his Speedcar success on Dec. 14 with a victory in the Ultimate Speedway Challenge round over Sam Walsh and Michael Stewart.

Had he won the sprint car feature as well, Macedo would have become the only person in the 42-year history of Valvoline Raceway to win twice in one night on two separate occasions.

The Speedcar podium was filled by drivers doing double duty in Speedcars and sprint cars, with Walsh making fantastic drive to second in the Brett Morris-owned, TRD-powered King chassis.

Walsh and Macedo traded passes for much of the main as Stewart, Matt Jackson and Nathan Smee and nephew Harley went at it.

Troy Jenkins was in a top four proposition as well before a flat left-rear tire on the Swap n Go No. 78 ended his race prematurely.

The Modified Sedan 15-lap Twin A-Mains went to Aidan Raymont (Odds A-Main) and Max Clarke (Evens A-Main).

The finish:

Brad Sweet, Jamie Veal, Carson Macedo, Marcus Dumesny, Robbie Farr, Aaron Reutzel, Alex Orr, Grant Tunks, Lynton Jeffrey, Ian Madsen, Jeremy Cross, Jessie Attard, Michael Stewart, Daniel Sayre, Warren Ferguson, Max Dumesny, Daniel Cassidy, Shaun Dobson, Troy Little, Andrew Wright, Jackson Delamont, Sam Walsh, Ryan Jones.

Leafs' Mikheyev suffered severed artery, tendons

Published in Hockey
Saturday, 28 December 2019 07:16

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Ilya Mikheyev is out at least three months after undergoing surgery to repair a severed artery and tendons in his wrist, the team announced Saturday.

The Maple Leafs said the 25-year-old rookie is expected to make a full recovery and that a "more accurate timeline for his return" will be given in three months.

Mikheyev was cut by the skate of the Devils' Jesper Bratt. Bratt had his shot deflected, then got tripped up on the ice, causing his skate to go into the air and slice the right wrist of Mikheyev, who was defending.

"It was obviously scary there, seeing that much blood,'' Toronto's John Tavares said. ''Obviously, a guy that we care deeply about and was having a great night and playing tremendous for us, so thoughts are with him.''

Mikheyev scored his seventh goal of the season before suffering the injury. He also has 15 assists in 38 games.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

Decade in review: Stats leaders, from Rory to DJ to Brooks

Published in Golf
Saturday, 28 December 2019 02:00

Let's take a dive into the history books, shall we?

Most major titles. Oldest and youngest winners. Longest drive. There were certainly a lot of statistics that stood out from the past 10 years in professional golf.

And with another decade coming to an end, here’s a look at some assorted stats from 2010-19:

MEN’S MAJORS

Most wins: Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka, four each

Multiple winners: McIlroy, Koepka, Jordan Spieth (3), Phil Mickelson (2), Martin Kaymer (2), Bubba Watson (2)

Youngest winner: Jordan Spieth, 21 years, 8 months (2015 Masters)

Oldest winner: Phil Mickelson, 43 years, 1 month, 5 days (2013 Open Championship)

Best cumulative score in relation to par (single season): Jordan Spieth, 54 under

Best 18-hole score: Branden Grace, 62 (2017 Open Championship, third round)

Youngest competitor: Tianlang Guan, 14 years, 5 months, 17 days (2013 Masters)

WOMEN’S MAJORS

Most wins: Inbee Park, 6

Youngest winner: Lydia Ko, 18 years, 4 months, 20 days (2015 Evian Championship)

Oldest winner: Angela Stanford, 40 years, 11 months (2018 Evian Championship)

PGA TOUR

Most wins: Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy, 18 each

Most consecutive wins: Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy, 3 each

Most wins (single season): Jordan Spieth, Jason Day and Justin Thomas, 5 each

Best cumulative score in relation to par: Matt Kuchar, 1,082 under

Best 18-hole score: Jim Furyk, 58 (2016 Travelers Championship, final round)

Best 72-hole score: Justin Thomas, 253 (2017 Sony Open)

Best 72-hole score in relation to par: Jordan Spieth, 30 under (2016 Tournament of Champions)

Largest margin of victory: Jimmy Walker, 9 shots (2015 Sony Open)

Youngest winner: Jordan Spieth, 19 years, 11 months, 18 days (2013 John Deere Classic)

Oldest winner: Davis Love III, 51 years, 4 months, 10 days (2015 Wyndham Championship)

Most top-5s: Dustin Johnson, 58

Most top-10s: Dustin Johnson, 88

Player of the Year awards: Rory McIlroy, 3

Most FedExCup titles: Rory McIlroy, 2

Players to qualify for FedExCup Playoffs every year of decade: Jason Day, Rickie Fowler, Charley Hoffman, Charles Howell III, Dustin Johnson, Matt Kuchar, Marc Leishman, Phil Mickelson, Ryan Moore, Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Webb Simpson, Brandt Snedeker, Kevin Streelman, Bubba Watson

Longest drive: Dustin Johnson, 489 yards (2018 WGC-Dell Match Play, pool play, 12th hole)

Longest putt: Angel Cabrera, 103 feet (2011 Waste Management Phoenix Open, 17th hole, final round)

Most aces: Shawn Stefani and Scott Brown, five each

Most consecutive birdies: Kevin Chappell, nine (2019 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier)

Most birdies in 72-hole event: Jhonattan Vegas, 32 (2011 Bob Hope Classic)

Most consecutive holes without a three-putt: Freddie Jacobsen, 542

Most playoffs (single season): 2011, 18

Fewest putts in a round: Gary Woodland, Sung Kang and Blake Adams, 18 each

Fewest putts in a 72-hole event: Brian Gay, 93 (2013 WGC-Cadillac Championship)

STROKES-GAINED SUPERLATIVES

Cumulative

Off the tee: Rory McIlroy (+1.008)

Approach the green: Tiger Woods (+0.879)

Around the green: Steve Stricker (+0.431)

Putting: Greg Chalmers (+0.636)

Total: Rory McIlroy (+1.670)

Single season

Off the tee: Bubba Watson, 2012 (+1.485)

Approach the green: Tiger Woods, 2013 (+1.533)

Around the green: Kevin Na, 2014-15 (+0.660)

Putting: Jason Day, 2015-16 (+1.130)

Total: Rory McIlroy, 2018-19 (+2.551)

OFFICIAL WORLD GOLF RANKING

Most weeks at No. 1: Tiger Woods, 103 weeks

Most points earned (single season): Jordan Spieth, 598.49 (2015)

EUROPEAN TOUR

Most Race to Dubai titles: Rory McIlroy, 3

Best round: Oliver Fisher, 59 (2018 Portugal Masters, second round)

Youngest winner: Matteo Manassero, 17 years, 188 days (2010 Castello Masters)

Oldest winner: Miguel Angel Jimenez, 50 years, 133 days (2014 Spanish Open)

LPGA

Most wins: Inbee Park, 18

Youngest winner: Lydia Ko, 15 years, four months (2012 Canadian Women’s Open)

Most weeks spent at No. 1 in Rolex Rankings: Inbee Park, 106

PGA TOUR: 2010 | 2019

World No. 1: Tiger Woods | Brooks Koepka

Scoring average: Matt Kuchar, 69.606 | Rory McIlroy, 69.057

Average driving distance: 287.3 yards | 293.9

Driving distance leader: Robert Garrigus, 315.5 yards | Champ, 317.9

Total purses: $275,100,000 | $389,350,000

Money leader: Matt Kuchar, $4,910,477 | Brooks Koepka, $9,684,006

Holes-in-one: 38 | 38

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