USOC seeks new bidder
U.S. Olympic leaders have started contacting Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington about the possibility of bidding for the 2024 Games and believe the demise of Boston’s candidacy will be “ancient history” by the time the host city is selected in 2017.
In an interview Saturday, U.S. Olympic Committee chairman Larry Probst said a decision will be made by the end of August on which of three cities should replace Boston as the American contender in a race that already features four European cities.
“We’ve got to determine what their level of interest is in pursuing a bid and take that feedback and gather our board together and discuss that feedback with our board and make a decision,” Probst said on the side at the IOC general assembly in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The USOC faces a Sept. 15 IOC deadline to enter a bid that would replace Boston. Los Angeles, which was the host in 1932 and 1984, is widely viewed as the likely choice. Paris and Rome are among the declared candidates for 2024, along with Hamburg, Germany, and Budapest, Hungary. Toronto and Baku, Azerbaijan, also are weighing possible bids. The IOC will select the host city at its session in Lima, Peru, in 2017.
Soccer
Midfielder Ignacio Piatti scored two goals and the visiting Montreal Impact spoiled midfielder Frank Lampard’s MLS debut with a 3-2 victory against New York City FC. … DC United scored five times in a seven-goal second half to seal a 6-4 win against visiting Real Salt Lake. … Forward Bradley Wright-Phillips scored the decisive goal in the visiting New York Red Bulls’ 3-1 win against the Philadelphia Union. … Forward Charlie Davies scored twice for the New England Revolution in their 3-1 win against visiting Toronto FC. … Midfielder Ricardo Clark scored for the visiting Houston Dynamo in the 78th minute to seal a tie against Sporting Kansas City. … Down 1-0, Orlando City SC scored five unanswered goals to beat the visiting Columbus Crew, 5-2. … Three second-half goals lifted the visiting LA Galaxy to a 3-1 win against the Colorado Rapids.
Tennis
John Isner rallied to reach his 19th ATP Tour final and fifth in the Atlanta Open, beating friend Denis Kudla, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5. … Top-seeded Rafael Nadal defeated Andreas Seppi, 6-1, 6-2, to set up a Hamburg Open final against Fabio Fognini in Hamburg, Germany. The fourth-seeded Fogini beat qualifier Lucas Pouille, 6-2, 7-6 (3), after saving a set point in the second set. … Topseeded David Goffin of Belgium eased to a 6-4, 6-2 win against Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil in the Swiss Open semifinals in Gstaad, Switzerland.In Sunday’s final, the 14thranked Goffin will face 24th-ranked Dominic Thiem of Austria, who beat second-seeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3.
• Patricia Maria Tig of Romania ousted topseeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 6-3, 6-2, and Margarita Gasparyan of Russia upset No. 2 Karin Knapp, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3, in the Baku Cup semifinals in Baku, Azerbaijan.