SPORTS DIGEST

AQUATICS

FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Gwangju, South Korea)

MEN

50m Butterfly final: 1 Caeleb Remel Dressel (USA) 22.35secs, 2 Oleg Kostin (Rus) 22.70, 3 Nicholas Santos (Bra) 22.79, 4 Michael Andrew (USA) 22.80, 5 Szebasztian Szabo (Hun) 22.90, 6 Andrii Govorov (Ukr) 22.91, 7 Benjamin Proud (Gbr) 23.01, 8 Andrey Zhilkin (Rus) 23.11.

100m Breaststroke final: 1 Adam Peaty (Gbr) 57.14secs, 2 James Wilby (Gbr) 58.46, 3 Zibei Yan (Chn) 58.63, 4 Yasuhiro Koseki (Jpn) 58.93, 5 Kirill Prigoda (Rus) 59.09, 6 Andrew Wilson (USA) 59.11, 7 Dmitriy Balandin (Kaz) 59.14, 8 Anton Chupkov (Rus) 59.19

WOMEN

100m Butterfly final: 1 Margaret Macneil (Can) 57.29secs, 2 Sarah Sjostrom (Swe) 56.61, 3 Emma Mckeon (Aus) 55.83, 4 Elena Di Liddo (Ita) 57.11, 5 Brianna Throssell (Aus) 57.16, 6 Kelsi Dahlia (USA) 57.09, 7 Louise Hansson (Swe) 56.22, 8 Marie Wattel (Fra) 57.07.

200m Individual Medley final: 1 Katinka Hosszu (Hun) 2mins 7.53secs, 2 Shiwen Ye (Chn) 2:8.60, 3 Sydney Pickrem (Can) 2:8.70, 4 Melanie Margalis (USA) 2:8.91, 5 Rika Omoto (Jpn) 2:9.32, 6 Seo Yeong Kim (Kor) 2:10.12, 7 Siobhan-marie O’connor (Gbr) 2:10.43, DQ: Yui Ohashi (Jpn).

BASEBALL

Drew Smyly impressed on his debut as the Philadelphia Phillies edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1. The left-hander allowed just one run over six innings during the series finale at PNC Park. Rhys Hoskins hit his 21st home run to clinch victory for Philadelphia in the 11th inning.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Arizona Diamondbacks 4 Milwaukee Brewers 7,Atlanta Braves

7 Washington Nationals 1,Baltimore Orioles 5 Boston Red Sox 0, Chicago Cubs 1 San Diego Padres 5, Cincinnati Reds 1 St Louis Cardinals 3, Cleveland Indians 5 Kansas City Royals 4, Detroit Tigers 4 Toronto Blue Jays 3 (10 innings), Houston Astros 5 Texas Rangers 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 9 Miami Marlins 0, Minnesota Twins 7 Oakland Athletics 6, New York Yankees 4 Colorado Rockies 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 Philadelphia Phillies 2, San Francisco Giants 3 New York Mets 2 (12 innings), Seattle Mariners 3 LA Angels 9, Tampa Bay Rays 4 Chicago White Sox 2.

GOLF

OFFICIAL WORLD RANKINGS: 1 Brooks Koepka (USA) 11.47, 2 Dustin Johnson (USA) 9.50, 3 Rory Mcilroy (Nirl) 8.40, 4 Justin Rose (Eng) 8.21, 5 Tiger Woods (USA) 7.04, 6 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 6.57, 7 Bryson Dechambeau (USA) 6.44, 8 Jon Rahm (Spa) 6.40, 9 Justin Thomas (USA) 6.25, 10 Patrick Cantlay (USA) 6.00, 11 Xander Schauffele (USA) 5.99, 12 Tony Finau (USA) 5.49, 13 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 5.34, 14 Rickie Fowler (USA) 5.30, 15 Gary Woodland (USA) 5.29, 16 Matt Kuchar (USA) 5.24, 17 Shane Lowry (Irl) 4.98, 18 Paul Casey (Eng) 4.95, 19 Adam Scott (Aus) 4.76, 20 Webb Simpson (USA) 4.37, 21 Jason Day (Aus) 4.34, 22 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 3.82, 23 Patrick Reed (USA) 3.80, 24 Bubba Watson (USA) 3.79, 25 Matt Wallace (Eng) 3.71, 26 Marc Leishman (Aus) 3.63, 27 Chez Reavie (USA) 3.47, 28 Kevin Kisner (USA) 3.41, 29 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng) 3.25, 30 Phil Mickelson (USA) 3.22, 31 Keegan Bradley (USA) 3.20, 32 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 3.18, 33 Kevin Na (USA) 3.16, 34 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 3.09, 35 Rafael Cabrerabello (Spa) 3.03, 36 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 3.02, 37 Jordan Spieth (USA) 3.01, 38 Eddie Pepperell (Eng) 3.00, 39 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 2.97, 40 Ian Poulter (Eng) 2.92, 41 Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 2.92, 42 Cameron Smith (Aus) 2.80, 43 Billy Horschel (USA) 2.77, 44 Alex Noren (Swe) 2.77, 45 Andrew Putnam (USA) 2.65, 46 Haotong Li (Chn) 2.64, 47 Brandt Snedeker (USA) 2.60, 48 Jim Furyk (USA) 2.54, 49 Lucas Bjerregaard (Den) 2.54, 50 Cheng-tsung Pan (Tai) 2.46.

SPEEDWAY

FIXTURE

Tonight: Championship Shield Semi-final 1st leg – Glasgow v Eastbourne (7:30).

TENNIS

ATP CHAMPIONS RANKINGS 2019: 1 Novak Djokovic (Ser) 12415pts, 2 Rafael Nadal

(Spa) 7945, 3 Roger Federer (Swi) 7460, 4 Dominic Thiem (Aut) 4595, 5 Alexander Zverev (Ger) 4325, 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) 4045, 7 Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 4040, 8 Karen Khachanov (Rus) 2890, 9 Daniil Medvedev (Rus) 2625, 10 Fabio Fognini (Ita) 2535, 11 Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 2500, 12 Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) 2380, 13 Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa) 2320, 14 John Isner (USA) 2290, 15 Borna Coric (Cro) 2195, 16 Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo) 1995, 17 Marin Cilic (Cro) 1940, 18 David Goffin (Bel) 1860, 19 Gael Monfils (Fra) 1815, 20 Matteo Berrettini (Ita) 1800, 21 Milos Raonic (Can) 1765, 22 Stan Wawrinka (Swi) 1715, 23 Felix Auger-aliassime (Can) 1715, 24 Guido Pella (Arg) 1560, 25 Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) 1530, 26 Dusan Lajovic (Ser) 1456, 27 Lucas Pouille (Fra) 1385, 28 Benoit Paire (Fra) 1368, 29 Denis Shapovalov (Can) 1355, 30 Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 1335, 31 Laslo Djere (Ser) 1335, 32 Taylor Harry Fritz (USA) 1320, 33 Gilles Simon (Fra) 1310, 34 Alex De Minaur (Aus) 1285, 35 Kyle Edmund (Gbr) 1280, 36 Jan-lennard Struff (Ger) 1265, 37 Christian Garin (Chi) 1234, 38 Nicolas Jarry (Chi) 1135, 39 Pierre-hugues Herbert (Fra) 1108, 40 Sam Querrey (USA) 1100, 41 Frances Tiafoe (USA) 1080, 42 Radu Albot (Mol) 1046, 43 Jordan Thompson (Aus) 1037, 44 Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) 1023, 45 Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) 1020, 46 Ugo Humbert (Fra) 1019, 47 Pablo Cuevas (Uru) 1013, 48 Nick Kyrgios (Aus) 1000, 49 Joao Sousa (Por) 965, 50 Marton Fucsovics (Hun) 965. Selected others: 54 Cameron Norrie (Gbr) 950, 55 Daniel Evans (Gbr) 942.

WTA RANKINGS: 1 Ashleigh Barty (Aus) 6605pts, 2 Naomi Osaka (Jpn) 6257, 3 Karolina Pliskova (Cze) 6055, 4 Simona Halep (Rom) 5933, 5 Kiki Bertens (Ned) 5130, 6 Petra Kvitova (Cze) 4785, 7 Elina Svitolina (Ukr) 4638, 8 Sloane Stephens (USA) 3802, 9 Serena Williams (USA) 3411, 10 Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) 3365, 11 Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) 3136, 12 Belinda Bencic (Swi) 2963, 13 Angelique Kerber (Ger) 2875, 14 Qiang Wang (Chn) 2872, 15 Johanna Konta (Gbr) 2790, 16 Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) 2652, 17 Madison Keys (USA) 2555, 18 Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 2478, 19 Anett Kontaveit (Est) 2335, 20 Elise Mertens (Bel) 2305, 21 Petra Martic (Cro) 2156, 22 Caroline Garcia (Fra) 2105, 23 Amanda Anisimova (USA) 2018, 24 Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Can) 1966, 25 Julia Goerges (Ger) 1955, 26 Donna Vekic (Cro) 1950, 27 Garbine Muguruza (Spa) 1865, 28 Sofia Kenin (USA) 1845, 29 Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) 1842, 30 Maria Sakkari (Gre) 1790, 31 Su-wei Hsieh (Tpe) 1775, 32 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) 1750, 33 Danielle Collins (USA) 1638, 34 Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) 1619, 35 Shuai Zhang (Chn) 1565, 36 Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr) 1556, 37 Alison Riske (USA) 1437, 38 Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 1380, 39 Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) 1355, 40 Daria Kasatkina (Rus) 1325, 41 Katerina Siniakova (Cze) 1316, 42 Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr) 1260, 43 Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus) 1210, 44 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 1185, 45 Monica Puig (Pur) 1173, 46 Karolina Muchova (Cze) 1160, 47 Saisai Zheng (Chn) 1150, 48 Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) 1133, 49 Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk) 1105, 50 Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) 1095.