Ancer leads, Woods tied 16th in Boston
BOSTON: Tiger Woods shot a mediocre three-under 68 to be placed tied 16th after three rounds at the Dell Technologies Golf Championship.
After 72 and 66 on first two days a 68 took Woods to sevenunder for the tournament and six behind the leader Abraham Ancer of Mexico.
Ancer opened with three straight birdies enroute to sixunder 65 to take a one-shot lead over Bryson Dechambeau, who is coming off a four-shot victory in the first Fedexcup Playoffs event. Dechambeau shot 63 while playing with Woods for the first time in a tournament to be tied with Tyrrell Hatton (69).
Ancer is hopeful of getting into the top 70 to advance to the playoff event next week. He was at 13-under 200 and a win would assure a trip to the TOUR Championship and the Masters. Ten players are within four shots of Ancer and it includes a group that has Justin Rose, Rory Mcilroy and Jordan Spieth.
TSITSIPAS WANTS ATP EVENTS IN GREECE
NEW YORK : Stefanos Tsitsipas is hoping to use his rising fame and popularity to bring an ATP tournament back to Greece.
Athens staged an ATP event between 1986 and 1994 and a WTA competition between 1986 and 1990 but over the past two decades, Greeks have had do make do with watching tennis on television or travelling abroad to see their top players.
“I think if things go the same as they are now, we’re going to see an ATP 250 or 500 in the next three, four or five years (in Athens), in my opinion,” world number 15 Tsitsipas told Reuters at the US Open.
SUBHASHISH TO LEAD TEAM IN SAFF OPENER
NEWDELHI: Young defender Subhasish Bose will captain India in the opening match of the SAFF Suzuki Cup 2018 against Sri Lanka at the Bangabandhu Stadium in Dhaka on September 5, said national football team coach Stepehn Constantine.
“Subhasish has been very impressive in the recent camps. In the first few days, he had to work a lot and being a fighter, he has made a strong comeback. I’m very proud of him and obviously, it’s going to be a very special moment for him,” said the coach.
YOUNG SHUTTLERS WIN TITLES IN UKRAINE
NEWDELHI: Youngindianshuttlers Anoushka Parikh and Saurabh Sharma and Krishna Prasad Garaga and Dhruv Kapila clinched the mixed doubles and men’s doubles titles respectively at the RSL Kharkiv International challenge in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Second seeds Saurabh and Anoushka defeated Poland’s Pawel Smilowski and Magdalena Swierczynska, seeded fourth, 18-21 21-19 22-20 in the mixed doubles summit clash that lasted an hour and three minutes.
SPURS TO PLAY CL GROUP MATCHES AT WEMBLEY
LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur will play all their Champions League group matches at Wembley as they continue to wait for the move into their new stadium, the Premier League club said on Monday.
Spurs were initially scheduled to play their first game at the new 62,000-capacity White Hart Lane venue on Sept. 15 against Liverpool but safety issues meant they switched the game along with the next home fixture to Wembley.
HENDERSON EXTENDS LIVERPOOL CONTRACT
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has signed a new long-term contract at Anfield, the Premier League club said on Monday.the 28-year-old England midfielder joined the Merseyside club from Sunderland in 2011 and has made 283 appearances for them, scoring 24 goals.