Munoz gets first IndyCar win
Carlos Munoz secured the first career IndyCar win of his career as he was in first place at Belle Isle in Detroit when the race was called because of rain after 47 laps. The 23-year-old Colombian driver had a substantial lead when a caution flag came out with slightly more than 30 minutes remaining in what was supposed to be a two-hour race. After the rest of the race was called off, Munoz was declared the winner. Marco Andretti was second.
Andrea Iannone will start from the pole position for the first time in his Moto GP career after edging Jorge Lorenzo in a fast qualifying session for his home Italian Grand Prix at Scarperia, Italy.
Eli Tomac crashed and dislocated his right shoulder while leading in the second 450 Class moto, and Ryan Dungey went on to win the Thunder Valley National at Lakewood, Colo., to take the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross season points lead.
Steven Bowditch shot a four-under 65 in the AT&T Byron Nelson to take a two-stroke lead and leave hometown favorite Jordan Spieth six shots back heading into the final round at Irving, Texas. On a mostly sunny day that started with the second straight three-hour delay because of earlier rain, Bowditch got to 13-under 195. Dustin Johnson was in a five-way tie for second after he shot the day’s low round of 62 on the rain-altered par 69 at TPC Four Seasons. Spieth shot a 68 and was tied for 18th.
Morgan Pressel kept her patience despite a steady breeze and greens that grew bumpy in the afternoon, shooting a two-under 69 to maintain a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the ShopRite LPGA Classic at Galloway Township, N.J. The 27year-old American was at seven-under 135. Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist was second. She birdied the last three holes for a 69.
USC opened a three-stroke lead in the team standings in the NCAA men’s golf tournament, and Southern Methodist’s Bryson Dechambeau shot a five-under 67 to top the individual leaderboard at the Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla. USC shot a three-under 285 to get to two-under 574. First-round leader Illinois was second at one over.
Soren Kjeldsen of Denmark shot a four-under 67 to take a two-stroke lead after the third round of the Irish Open at Newcastle, Northern Ireland.
Emboldened by his fresh mandate to lead world soccer, Sepp Blatter made it clear there may be consequences for European leaders who tried to oust him from FIFA. “I forgive but I don’t forget,” Blatter said at FIFA headquarters in Zurich. . . . Former England and Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand announced his retirement, ending a 20-year professional soccer career. . . . The Brazilian soccer confederation said that left back Marcelo has been dropped from Brazil’s Copa America squad because of an injury.
International Boxing Federation welterweight champion Kell Brook extended his record to 35-0 by outclassing Frankie Gavin in a one-sided all-British fight stopped late in the sixth round, and fellow British boxer Anthony Joshua rose in the heavyweight ranks with a second-round stoppage of experienced American Kevin Johnson at the O2 Arena in London. In other world title fights, Jorge Linares of Venezuela retained the WBC lightweight belt by stopping Kevin Mitchell in the 10th round, and Lee Selby of Britain took the IBF featherweight belt off Russia’s Evgeny Gradovich after an eighth-round technical decision.
Alberto Contador had his overall lead sliced in half on the penultimate day of cycling’s Giro d’Italia, but the Spaniard remained on course for the title after the 20th stage at Sestriere, Italy. Contador still has a 2-minute 2-second lead over second-place Fabio Aru with only the flat stage to Milan remaining.
Kirani James, the 2012 Olympic champion from Grenada, won the 400 meters in a world-best 43.95 seconds at the Prefontaine Classic at Eugene, Ore., as he pulled away after running side by side with American rival LeShawn Merritt on the final curve. Other impressive times came from 32-year-old Justin Gatlin, who recorded the fastest 200 of this year to win the 200 in 19.68, and Tyson Gay, who took the 100 in 9.88. Gay had been out of the sport after accepting a one-year ban for doping in 2014.
Ayanleh Souleiman of Djibouti won the Bowerman Mile in 3:51.10, edging American Matthew Centrowitz (3:51.20). Allyson Felix moved up in distance to win the women’s 400 in 50.05. Fellow American and four-time Olympic champion Sanya Richards-Ross was second in 50.29.
Spanish Queen rallied three-wide turning for home to win the $400,000 American Oaks by threequarters of a length at Santa Anita, stamping herself as one of the nation’s top 3-year-old fillies.