Gibbs gets his fifth Xfinity win of season at Michigan

Ty Gibbs won his Xfinity Series-high fifth race this year and ninth of his twoyear career at Michigan International Speedway.

The 19-year-old grandson of team owner Joe Gibbs, in the No. 54 Toyota, led 54 of the 125 laps on the 2-mile oval.

“I’ve had an awesome time on this series,” Gibbs said. “I work as hard as I can to be the best I can. I don’t really have any other hobbies.”

Justin Allgaier finished second followed by Noah Gragson, who won the pole and the first two stages at the New Holland 250.

Gibbs will start sixth ontoday in the NASCAR Cup Series race in the No. 45 Toyota for 23XI Racing, filling in for Kurt Busch, who is missing his third straight race with concussion-like symptoms.

A.J. Allmendinger was aiming for his second straight Xfinity Series win this season and second in a row at Michigan. He led seven laps before finishing seventh. Allmendinger has a 19-point lead over Allgaier in the standings.

• Scott McLaughlin won the second pole of his IndyCar career and Romain Grosjean (second) and Christian Lundgaard (third) earned their highest starting spots of the season in rain-delayed qualifying for the Music City Grand Prix in Nashville, Tenn.

Buhai gets 2nd shot at Women’s British

Ashleigh Buhai surged into a five-shot lead at the Women’s British Open after shooting a 7-under 64 in the third round in Muirfield, Scotland.

Now she just has to find a way to finish off for her first major victory.

The South African also led this tournament in 2019 at Woburn after the second round but finished fifth, her best result at a major.

Buhai is in a much stronger position at Muirfield after a round that included eight birdies before a lone bogey on the last hole, giving her a 14-under total of 199.

Hinako Shibuno of Japan (66) and second-round leader In Gee Chun of South Korea (70) were tied for second.

• The largest cut since the PGA Tour went to top 65 and ties, followed by two delays for storms in the area, kept the Wyndham Championship from finishing the third round and set up a long final day of the regular season in Greensboro, N.C.

Brandon Wu holed out from 147 yards on the par-4 11th hole for an eagle, giving him a share of the lead with Sungjae Im at 12-under par. They were through 11 holes. John Huh and Joohyung “Tom” Kim were one shot behind.

Only 12 players finished the round.

• Kirk Triplett shot a steady 2-under 68 to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Shaw Charity Classic in Calgary, Alberta.

Playing in the final group with Paul Goydos and first-round leader Padraig Harrington, Triplett, 60, moved into the lead with back-to-back birdies on the par-5 11th and par-3 12th. He bogeyed the next hole, then closed with five straight pars to post a tworound total of 7-under 133 at Canyon Meadows.

Triplett is an eight-time winner on the PGA Tour Champions, the most recent in 2019.

Goydos shot 68. He was one shot back along with Jerry Kelly (66), who is third in the season-long Charles Schwab Cup standings.

Rogers, Kasakina in Silicon Valley final

Unseeded American Shelby Rogers defeated No. 9 seed Veronika Kudermetova of Russia 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinals of the Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose.

Rogers will play No.7 seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia in today’s final of the hard-court U.S. Open tune-up, looking for her first WTA singles title. Kasatkina advanced by beating second-seeded and fourth-ranked Paula Badosa of Spain 6-2, 6-4.

• Nick Kyrgios found the consistency that has long eluded him, reaching a second consecutive tournament final for the first time in his career with a 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory over Mikael Ymer at the Citi Open in Washington.

The 27-year-old Australian is No. 63 in the rankings but would move to 37th if he takes the title today. Kyrgios won at Washington in 2019, the most recent of his six ATP titles.

In the final, Kyrgios will face a surprising opponent in 96th-ranked Yoshihito Nishioka, who ousted topseeded and eighth-ranked Andrey Rublev 6-3, 6-4.

On the women’s side, Kaia Kanepi moved within one victory of her first title in nine years, overwhelming Daria Saville 6-3, 6-1.

Kanepi, 37, from Estonia, won the last of her four WTA titles in 2013 in Brussels. But she has enjoyed a resurgence this year, reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.

Kanepi’s match record this year is 19-10, her most victories since 2013, and she is ranked No. 37.

In the final, Kanepi will face 60th-ranked Liudmila Samsonova, who breezed past Xiyun Wang 6-1, 6-1. Samsonova, 23, is seeking her second WTA singles title. She won a hard-court event at New Haven, Conn., in 2017.

Hockey Canada’s top official resigns

Michael Brind’Amour resigned as the chair of Hockey Canada’s board of directors amid scrutiny of the organization for its handling of sexual assault allegations against members of previous men’s junior teams.

Hockey Canada announced his resignation in a statement.

Brind’Amour was elected board chair in 2018.

The federal government froze Hockey Canada’s funding after it was revealed the organization had quietly settled a lawsuit with a woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted by members of the 2018 men’s junior team at the Hockey Canada gala in London, Ontario, that year.

Since then, Hockey Canada has said members of the 2003 junior team are under investigation for alleged sexual assault in Nova Scotia.

Canada’s sports minister, Pascale St-Onge, is withholding funds until she’s satisfied Hockey Canada meets her conditions, which were a financial audit of the organization, producing the recommendations of a third-party law firm review and an action plan for change, as well as signing onto the office of the new sports integrity commissioner.

Life Is Good captures $1M Whitney Stakes

Life Is Good led wireto-wire and held off stablemate Happy Saver by two lengths to win the $1 million Whitney Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. The 4-5 favorite, owned by CHC and WinStar Farm, completed the 1 1/8 miles in 1 minute, 48.97 seconds. Hot Rod Charlie finished third.

• Cool Papa Bell scored the biggest upset in the history of the Hambletonian, charging late to edge filly Joviality S by three-quarters of a length in a wild finish to the most prestigious race for 3-year-olds in trotting.

The stunning victory by the 52-1 shot gave trainer Jim Campbell a sweep of both the Hambletonian and the Hambletonian Oaks. It also gave up-andcoming driver Todd McCarthy his first Hambletonian win.

The colt named in honor of baseball Hall of Famer and former Negro leagues legend James Thomas Bell paid $106, $25.40 and $10.20 after trotting the mile at the Meadowlands in 1:51.3.

The previous biggest upset was when Amigo Hall paid $57 after winning in 2003.