Ko finishes 19th

New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko finished tied for 19th place at an LPGA event in South Korea on Sunday. The Kiwi recorded a final round even-par 72 to finish on sixunder-par 282 at the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship in a four-way tie for 19th, 13 shots behind overall winner Jin-young Ko. Lydia Ko’s final round included a birdie on the par-four ninth, while she ran into early problems on the back-nine as she picked up bogeys on the parthree 12th and par-four 14th, before she claimed a birdie on the par-four 15th at the Incheonbased course. South Korean Jin Young Ko overcame a sluggish start to clinch her first LPGA Tour victory at the event. Ma’a Nonu returned from injury to help Toulon edge out Wayne Pivac’s Scarlets in the opening round of the European Champions Cup rugby competition. Toulon beat last year’s Pro 12 champions 21-20 at home with Nonu resuming his Bruise Brothers midfield combination with Toulon skipper Mathieu Bastareaud. Halfback Eric Escande and hooker Guilhem Guirado scored tries as Toulon dominated the first half before Scarlets got on the board after the 30 minute mark when former Toulon fullback Leigh Halfpenny kicked a penalty after Nonu was penalised for a ruck infringement. Toulon lost Escande to an injury and fullback Hugo Bonneval to a yellow card, but still led 18-3 at halftime after former Crusaders wing Johnny McNicholl had bombed a try for Scarlets, losing the ball in a lunge for the line. Indonesian goalkeeper Choirul Huda has died after a collision with a teammate during a national league match. The 38-year-old, who played for Persela Lamongan, collided with his defender Ramon Rodrigues and an opponent as he came off his line to challenge for the ball during a game against Semen Padang. He was rushed to hospital where he died. Huda had suffered a "traumatic collision" which stopped his breathing and led to cardiac arrest. A report said initial analysis revealed the impact was to the chest and lower jaw, resulting in the "possibility of chest trauma, head trauma and neck trauma". The New Zealand International Taekwon-Do team has fallen just short in a tight battle to defend its world championship title in Dublin, Ireland this morning. The Kiwis finished in second place behind the home nation and ahead of Russia who had led for most of the event. Ireland won with 10 gold, eight silver and 10 bronze, while New Zealand finished on eight gold medals, six silver and 13 bronze. Russia had eight gold, one bronze and nine bronze. On the final day of competition a gold medal was won by the senior women’s female power test team of Row Hope (Team Legacy, Auckland), Kara Timmer (Warrior Club, Auckland), Courtney Weir (Team Legacy, Auckland), and Roisin Giles (Warrior Club, Auckland) while there were silver medals for the senior women and senior men in special technique categories. Wales hope to announce Warren Gatland’s successor as national head coach by next winter. The New Zealander, who has been in charge of Wales since late 2007 and has twice coached the British and Irish Lions, will leave his post after the 2019 World Cup in Japan. It is understood that a list of eight possible contenders has already been whittled down to three candidates. A groom has died after apparently being kicked by a horse in the stabling area during a race meeting at Kempton racecourse in England. Trainer Amanda Perrett confirmed Ken Dooley, who was in his 50s, worked for her stable and she paid tribute to him as a dedicated horseman. Dooley was found seriously injured in the stable yard before the seventh race on Saturday night. Surrey Police said an investigation was under way into the incident.