Sport in brief
Tennis
Dan Evans could be a doubt for Wimbledon after suffering a calf injury while playing Dustin Brown in the quarter-finals of the Aegon Surbiton Trophy yesterday. Evans was leading 6-3, 4-2 when, after returning a Brown serve, he pushed off on his left leg and began hopping in pain. Evans said: “I just pushed off on a return and sort of heard and felt something go.” He will have a scan tomorrow.
Golf
England’s Graeme Storm struck a disastrous threeover-par 75, including a double bogey on the par-four seventh to drop to 10th at four under after the third round of the Lyoness Open in Austria. Chile’s Felipe Aguilar retained his two-shot lead on nine under. Meanwhile, Tiger Woods told police he had taken the anti-anxiety drug Xanax when he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of an intoxicant in Florida last month, golf.channel.com reported.
Football
England women beat Switzerland 4-0 in a friendly in Biel. Meanwhile, Manchester City striker Gabriel Jesus sustained a broken eye socket during Brazil’s 1-0 loss to Argentina on Friday, it was confirmed yesterday. He will not play in Tuesday’s friendly with Australia.
Rugby League
Jake Mamo scored four tries in a man-of-the-match performance as Huddersfield Giants thrashed Catalans Dragons 56-12 in hot conditionsin Perpignan. Meanwhile, veteran Castleford prop Andy Lynch has announced his retirement at the end of the season. The 37-year-old, who also played for Bradford and Hull, will make the 500th appearance of his career against Warrington today.
Cricket
Afghanistan teenage leg-spinner Rashid Khan recorded the fourth best bowling figures in one-day international history, taking seven for 18 as the visitors thrashed West Indies by 63 runs in St Lucia.
Squash
Laura Massaro’s stranglehold on the shortened format continued last night as the 33-year-old defended her PSA World Series title against an out-of-sorts Nour El Sherbini of Egypt. Massaro beat the world champion 11-8, 12-10, 11-5 in the season-ending women’s finals at a packed Dubai Opera.