Sandhu takes 1st Asian Tour victory
Hatton wins Dunhill
TAIPEI, Oct 8, (AFP): India’s Ajeetesh Sandhu shot a two-under-par 70 to claim his first Asian Tour victory at the Yeangder Tournament Players Championship in Taiwan Sunday.
Sandhu edged American Johannes Veerman to the title after trading three birdies against one bogey and ended with a total of 11-under-par 277 at the Linkou International Golf and Country Club.
Veerman almost forced a play-off when his eagle chip on the 18th hole hit the pin but ended up a runner-up for the second time in his career on the Asian Tour. Local star Lu Weichih, who came back following brain surgery in 2012, posted a 72 to finish
Also, Tony Ferguson defeated Kevin Lee to win the UFC’s interim lightweight title. Ferguson survived a slam and another takedown, secured a triangle choke, and forced Lee to tap out at 4:02 of the third round.
“Whewwww!” Ferguson shouted after the fight. “Feels good. This is exactly the way I wanted it to be.”
Ferguson improved to 23-3, and Lee dropped to 16-3.
Johnson landed a heavy body kick in the first round and was able to gain top control, working from half-guard for most of the round while neutralizing any offense from Borg.
In the second round, Borg was able to press forward and secure a short takedown before briefly taking Johnson’s back. Johnson offered a quick reversal and was once again on top of Borg in dominant position.
The third round found Borg looking to secure another single-leg takedown early, only to be reversed once again with Johnson on top. Johnson’s ever-active smothering grappling rendered Borg ineffective for most of the first three rounds.
Most of Borg’s energy was spent simply trying to escape his disadvantaged position, while fighting off submission attempts. Johnson was able to mount Borg shortly toward the end of a dominating round.
Borg pressed early in the fourth and took Johnson down with an impressive takedown. Johnson, true to form, wasted little time in scrambling back to top position and controlled from there for much of the remainder of the round.
The final round was much of the same, with Johnson securing multiple takedowns while keeping Borg on the defense. Late in the round, Johnson secured Borg’s back, executed a slam and transitioned to an armbar. Johnson locked in the submission and forced Borg to tap. and Matt Murray stopped 26 shots as the Penguins beat the Predators in a Stanley Cup Final rematch.
Olli Maatta, Ryan Reaves and Jake Guentzel also scored in Pittsburgh’s first win in its third game of the season. The two-time defending champion Penguins were coming off an ugly 10-1 loss at Chicago at Thursday night.
Reaves, acquired in a June trade with St Louis, also fought Austin Watson and Cody McLeod, finishing with 24 penalty minutes. He skated on a line with Sidney Crosby when the game turned chippy in the third period.
Murray, who allowed 11 goals on 65 shots in his first two games, posted his sixth career shutout.
Juuse Saros, who earned his first NHL win last October against Pittsburgh, stopped 30 shots for Nashville. Golden Knights 2, Coyotes 1, OT In Glendale, Arizona, James Neal’s goal at 3:46 of overtime gave expansion Vegas its second win in two games.
Neal, who scored twice in the Golden Knights’ first regular-season game Friday at Dallas, completed a comeback that saw Vegas tie the score at 1 with 1:12 to play in regulation. Anti Raanta, in his first game as the new No. 1 goaltender in Arizona, stopped 42 shots.
Vegas, unable to put a shot past Raanta for nearly the entire game, drew even at 1 on Nate Schmidt’s goal. The Golden Knights had pulled goalie MarcAndre Fleury with 2:18 to play for an extra attacker, and the move paid off. Fleury made 27 saves.
Blackhawks 5, Blue Jackets 1 In Chicago, Brandon Saad, Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews each had a goal and an assist to lead Chicago over Columbus.
Richard Panik also scored and Jan Rutta got his first NHL goal as Chicago followed up on a season-opening 10-1 rout of Pittsburgh with another solid performance.
Sonny Milano scored for the Blue Jackets, who blanked the New York Islanders 5-0 in their opener Friday in