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Catalans Dragons 4 London Broncos 17
Catalans—T: Wiliame. London Broncos—T:
Dixon, Walker. G: Dixon (4). DG: Lamb. HT: 0-8.
Hull 22 Salford 44
Hull—T: Taylor, Paea, Faraimo, Lane. G: Sneyd (3).
Salford—T: Sio (2), Mossop (2), Bibby, Inu (2),
Hastings. G: Inu (6). HT: 16-16.
Huddersfield 0 Castleford 24
Castleford—T: Clare, Milner, McMeeken, Sene-
Lefao. G: Ellis (4). Att: 4,636
Hull K R 10 Wakefield 38
Hull K R—T: Crooks, Garbutt. G: Shaw.
Wakefield—T: Miller (2), Jones-Bishop, Wood,
Tupou, Hampshire (2). G: Brough (5). HT: 10-14.
P W D L F A Pts
St Helens 26 23 0 3 842 383 46
Warrington 26 15 0 11 676 469 30
Wigan 26 15 0 11 603 503 30
Hull 26 15 0 11 615 680 30
Salford 26 14 0 12 724 563 28
Castleford 26 14 0 12 594 516 28
Catalans 26 13 0 13 513 651 26
Leeds 26 10 0 16 576 610 20
Wakefield 26 10 0 16 557 666 20
Huddersfield 26 9 0 17 519 694 18
Hull K R 26 9 0 17 492 725 18
London B's 26 9 0 17 465 716 18
BETFRED.-CH'SHIP: Toronto 46 Rochdale 0
(abandoned after 74 mins, result stands)-Toulouse
46 Batley 0.-Dewsbury 10 Bradford 34-Leigh 34
Widnes 22-Sheffield 44 Barrow 18-Swinton 32
Halifax 12-York 22 Featherstone 18.
P W D L F A Pts
Toronto 25 24 0 1 902 336 48
Toulouse 25 18 0 7 809 408 36
Leigh 25 18 0 7 757 488 36
York 25 17 1 7 574 498 35
Featherstone 25 16 0 9 749 445 32
Sheffield 25 15 0 10 722 616 30
Bradford 25 14 1 10 605 512 29
Halifax 25 9 1 15 536 671 19
Swinton 25 9 1 15 543 751 19
Batley 25 8 1 16 446 668 17
Dewsbury 25 6 2 17 491 657 14
Widnes 25 12 0 13 588 550 12
Barrow 25 4 1 20 447 783 9
Rochdale 25 1 0 24 342 1128 2
*Widnes deducted 12 points
League 1: West Wales 16 North Wales Crusaders
56-Keighley 19 Whitehaven 48-Newcastle 88
Coventry 6-Oldham 40 Doncaster 14.
TOP 3 P W D L F A Pts
Whitehaven 18 13 2 3 436 277 28
Oldham 18 13 0 5 571 315 26
Newcastle 18 12 1 5 663 320 25Rugby Union
Internationals
New Zealand 3 6 Australia 0
New Zealand: B Barrett, S Reece, A Liernert-
Brown, S Williams, G Bridge, R Mo’unga, A Smith,
J Moody, D Coles, N Laulala, P Tuipulotu, S
Whitelock, A Savea, S Cane, K Read.
Australia: K Beale, R Hodge, J O’Connor, S Kerevi,
M Koroibete, C Lealiifano, N White, S Sio, S Latu,
A Alaalatoa, I Rodda, A Coleman, L Salakaia-Loto,
M Hooper, I Naisarani. Scores: 3 -0 Mo’unga pen
(3 mins); 8-0 Mo’unga try (28); 10-0 Mo’unga con
(30); 15 -0 A. Smith try (31); 17-0 Mo’unga con
(33); 22-0 Williams try (45); 24-0 Mo’unga con
(45); 29-0 Reece try (66); 3 1-0 B. Barrett con
(68); 3 6-0 Bridge try (77).HT: 17-0.
South Africa 24 Argentina 18
South Africa: W Gelant, S Nkosi, J Kriel, A
Esterhuizen (F Steyn 55), D Leyds, E Jantjies, C
Reinach, T du Toit (L Gqoboka 47), S Brits (S
Ntubeni 71), V Koch (W Louw 78), R Snyman, L
De Jager (M Orie 67), S Kolisi (M van Staden 53),
R Elstadt, M Coetzee.
Argentina: J Tuculet, S Cancelliere (S Carreras
60), J de la Fuente, L Mensa, R Moyano, J Diaz
Bonilla (B Urdapilleta 55), F Ezcurra (G Bertranou
55), M Vivas (N Tetaz Chaparro 55), J Montoya (S
Socino 78), S Medrano (J Figallo 55), G Petti, T
Lavanini, P Matera, M Kremer (M Alemanno 55), J
Ortega Desio (T Lezana 47).Scores: 3 -0 E. Jantjies pen (20 mins); 3 - 3 Diaz
Bonilla pen (27); 8- 3 Nkosi try (32); 8-8 Petti try
(40); 8-10 Diaz Bonilla con (40); 13 -10 Nkosi try
(48); 15 -10 E. Jantjies con (50); 15 -1 3
Urdapilleta pen (56); 18-1 3 E. Jantjies pen (60);
18-18 Matera try (65); 21-18 E. Jantjies pen
(69); 24-18 E. Jantjies pen (78). HT: 8-10.
Italy 8 5 Russia 1 5
Italy—T: Morisi, Parisse, Bellini (2), Minozzi (3),
Hayward, Allan, Ferrari, Padovani (2), Canna. C:
Allan (6), Canna (4). Russia—T: Golonitskii,
Fedotko. C: Kushnarev. P: Gaisin. HT: 38-8.
France 32 Scotland 3-Wales 13 England 6.Tennis
ATP & WTA T’MENT (Cincinnati, Ohio).-Men,
Semi-finals: D Medvedev (Russia) bt N Djokovic
(Serbia) 3-6 6-3 6-3; D Goffin (Belgium) bt R
Gasquet (France) 6-3 6-4. Final: Medvedev bt
Goffin 7-6 (7-3) 6-4. Women, Semi-finals: S
Kuznetsova (Russia) bt A Barty (Australia) 6-2
6-4; M Keys (US) bt S Kenin (US) 7-5 6-4.
Final: Keys bt Kuznetsova 7-5 7-6 (7-5).Sport on TV
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SPEEDWAY: Poole v Swindon - BT Sport 1 7.30.Golden girl
Madison Keys
celebrates
beating Svetlana
Kuznetsova to
win the
Cincinnati
Masters
yesterday. The
American won
7-5, 7-6 to claim
her first hard-
court title since
2017, giving her
the perfect
preparation for
next week’s US
Open. The
victory lifts her
to No 10 in the
world going into
the tournament
at Flushing
Meadows. Keys
rallied late on
in both sets to
break the
Russian
Kuznetsova. At
34 the oldest
finalist in the
competition’s
history,
Kuznetsova had
beaten three
top-10 players
en route to
the final. In the
men’s final last
night, Daniil
Medvedev, of
Russia, defeated
the Belgian
David Goffin
7-6, 6-4.
Sport in brief
Rugby League
Wakefield moved a step
closer to securing Super
League survival after a
confidence-boosting 38-10
win over relegation rivals
Hull KR. Trinity climbed two
points away from the bottom
of the table and ended a
five-game losing streak at
KCOM Craven Park. Jacob
Miller and Ryan Hamsphire
both scored two tries for
Wakefield, while Danny
Brough added 10 points with
the boot, and Ben Jones-
Bishop, Kyle Wood and Bill
Tupou also crossed.
Castleford kept their
play-off hopes alive with a
24-0 victory at Huddersfield.Golf
Stephanie Meadow thrilled
the home fans at the World
Invitational in Northern
Ireland by holding off
England’s Charley Hull to
win by one shot.
Hull missed a four-foot
eagle putt on the 18th to
draw level with Meadow,
who holed out for par to take
victory at Galgorm Castle.
The 27-year-old from
Jordanstown was playing in
her first professional event
in Northern Ireland.
In Prague, Belgium’s
Thomas Pieters won his first
European Tour title in three
years by claiming the D+D
Real Czech Masters.Scott insists courses are too
easy for modern big-hitters
By Rod Gilmour in Antwerp
England women narrowly held on
to beat Ireland 2-1 in a scrappy
EuroHockey Championship opener
that was enlivened by a pulsating
ending yesterday.
A penalty corner rebound goal
by Suzy Petty and an unstoppable
drag flick from Giselle Ansley gave
England a first-half ascendancy be-
fore Beth Barr’s third-quarter strike
ensured a grandstand finish, which
ultimately left Mark Hager’s side in
sight of the semi-finals.
“They played with their heart on
their sleeve – we had to match that,”
said Ansley. “Tournament hockey is
about winning ugly if you have to.”
The card-happy umpires made
sure of that, six in all – greens and
yellows – leaving little time for at-
tractive hockey.
Instead, England were indebted to
Susannah Townsend’s ability to
scrap and win free hits, Hannah Mar-
tin’s running and Maddie Hinch’s
late saves to deny Ireland a point.Martin had a hand in winning
both of England’s penalty corner
goals. Petty scored from close range
with the first, before Ansley bent
low and sent a pinpoint flick high
into the net past Ayeisha McFerran.
However, Martin’s yellow card in
the third quarter led to Ireland ral-
lying, as Chloe Watkins disguised
her drag flick corner, leaving Barr
to hit a tight shot past Hinch’s out-
stretched left boot.
The final quarter ushered in a
flurry of Irish attacks, while Sarah
Evans was handed a yellow card for a
push on Anna O’Flanagan. Ireland’s
resulting corner went inches wide,
before Hinch was forced into two
smart saves at the death.
Hager said: “I said to Sarah that we
can’t go body to body in the circle,
particularly when cards are being
handed out. We have to back off and
be smart and make a cleaner tackle.”
Meanwhile, world men’s champi-
ons Belgium defeated England 2-0.
Goals from Tom Boon and Alex-
ander Hendrickx proved enough.
England will now face Spain in
their final pool game tomorrow for
a place in the semi-finals.Former world No 1 Adam Scott has
claimed courses have become far
too easy for his sport’s best players.
The Australian golfer launched
his criticism after the Medina
course record was shattered in suc-
cessive days at the BMW Champi-
onship. Scott’s comments were
backed up by Brandt Snedeker,
who said that course layouts have
failed to keep up with the develop-
ments in driver technology.
“If a golf course is soft, we’re just
going to tear it apart,” Scott said.
“They haven’t figured out yet that
long means nothing to us. You can’t
build it long enough. And I’m not
challenging them to build a longer
golf course. I’m challenging them
to build smarter golf courses.
“If you require us to shape tee
shots to get it in play, we’re going to
struggle. We just play straight. If
you had to draw a driver to get it inthe fairway, then we’re going to see
different scores. But while there’s
an option to go over trees and go
over bunkers, it’s just relentless.”
Justin Thomas triumphed in
Medina after four birdies on the
back nine put him three shots
ahead of second-placed Patrick
Cantlay. Thomas had shared the
first-round lead with Jason Kokrak
after equalling the Medinah course
record of 65, which Tiger Woods
and Mike Weir set at the 2006 PGA
Championship. Hideki Matsuyama
bettered that mark on Friday with a
nine-under-par 63 only for Thomas
to go two shots better again in the
third round.
His low scoring represented the
trend at Medinah, where only two
players began the final round over
par. Snedeker, who finished tied for
fifth, said: “Now the drivers are
made so easy to hit that there’s no
penalty for swinging as hard as you
want to at every drive.”England women ‘win ugly’ in
close opener against Ireland
HOCKEY
GOLF
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