ALL EYES ON WOODS AT PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

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NEW YORK: Defending champion Brooks Koepka is the one to beat at this week’s PGA Championship even if Tiger Woods will have the boisterous New York galleries on side as one of golf’s four major tournaments begins a new era in the spring.

Tiger-mania is back in full force after he ended his decadeplus major drought by winning the Masters last month, and Woods is one of the favourites on a course where he lifted the US Open trophy in 2002. But big, brawny Bethpage, a 7,459-yard course in Farmingdale on Long Island, is arguably less suited for his 43-year-old game than the other major venues this year.

While not short off the tee, Woods is no longer among the game’s biggest hitters after his 2017 spinal fusion.

Koepka and Woods have developed a close rivalry at the majors, with Koepka heading a 1-2 finish at the PGA at Bellerive before Woods turned the tables at Augusta, where he clinched his 15th major title.

RAPTORS EDGE PAST 76ERS 92-90

LOS ANGELES: Kawhi Leonard bounced in the game-winning shot at the buzzer as the Toronto Raptors advanced to the Eastern Conference finals with a 92-90 win over the visiting Philadelphia 76ers in a heart-stopping game seven on Sunday.

The Raptors advance to the NBA final four where they will play the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks in game one of their series on Wednesday.

With the score tied 90-90 and the game appearing to be headed to overtime, Leonard took matters into his own hands by getting open for a fall-away jumper from the right corner. His arching moon ball at the buzzer bounced twice on each side of the rim before dropping into the bucket to clinch the series.

VEDANT, KAREENA EMERGE BEST Mumbai:glenmark Aquatic Foundation’s Vedant Bapna and Forest Club’s Kareena Shankta emerged best U-17 swimmers in the GAF-GMAAA Junior and Sub-junior Aquatic meet-cum-selection meet, here on Monday.

Vedant bagged 29 points en route clinching three golds, one silver and a bronze, while Kareena ended with 33 points with four golds a silver.

BENGALURU FC SIGN TWO ARROWS’ PLAYERS BENGALURU:ISL champions Bengaluru FC have signed goalkeeper Prabhsukhan Singh Gill and midfielder Suresh Singh Wangjam form Indian Arrows.