Another gold, but no flag flap

Sun Yang won his second gold medal in two nights at the Asian Games, and this time, he was rewarded with the raising of a red flag.

It was the Chinese flag at his medal ceremony, much to the satisfaction of the three-time Olympic champion.

Sun set an Asian Games record to win the 800-meter freestyle in 7:48.36, staying on course in his quest for gold medals in every freestyle event from the 200 to the 1,500 meters in Jakarta.

He began it with an emotional victory in the 200 on Sunday, when the hoist broke during the medal ceremony and the flags crashed to the floor.

Sun demanded that the ceremony restart but the glitch couldn’t be properly fixed, and the Chinese flag had to be held by an honor guard rather than hoisted toward the roof of the stadium.

There was no repeat after Sun had beaten Shogo Takeda of Japan by nearly five seconds in the 800. Soccer: Atlético Madrid and Valencia couldn’t manage more than a 1-1 draw in the opening match of the season for potential contenders for the Spanish league title.

Atlético finished runner-up to Barcelona in the league last season. Valencia was fourth and secured a Champions League berth. Atlético was coming off a victory over city rival Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup.

Mohamed Salah won a firsthalf penalty converted by James Milner and also played in Sadio Mane for a late goal as Liverpool beat 10-man Crystal Palace 2-0 for its second straight win to open the Premier League.

Liverpool started the season with a 4-0 thrashing of West Ham and is living up to its billing as a potential threat to title favorite Manchester City, the defending champion. Obituary: Doc Edwards, a major-league catcher who managed the Cleveland Indians for three seasons in the 1980s, has died. He was 81.

Edwards spent more than a half century in baseball. He succeeded Pat Corrales as manager in Cleveland, where in 1962 he began his major-league career as a player. He managed the Indians for the 1987-89 seasons, finishing with a record of 173207.

He played five years in the big leagues, mostly with Cleveland and the Kansas City A’s. He also played for the Yankees and Phillies.