Ganassi getting out of NASCAR circuit
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chip Ganassi sold his NASCAR team to Justin Marks, owner of Trackhouse Racing, and declared Wednesday that he will pull out of the nation’s top stock car series at the end of this season.
Ganassi fields two cars in the Cup Series but will transfer his North Carolina race shop and all its assets to Marks for 2022.
Olympics: Coco Gauff and Jennifer Brady will lead a U.S. Olympic tennis team that will go to the Tokyo Games without any of the country’s two highest-ranked women or four top men, according to a roster obtained by The Associated Press. The list of players heading to Japan includes 17-yearold Gauff, 2021 Australian Open runner-up Brady, Jessica Pegula and Alison Riske for women’s singles, and Tommy Paul, Frances Tiafoe, Tennys Sandgren and Marcos Giron for men’s singles . ... Caster Semenya failed in her bid to achieve the qualifying time for the 5,000 meters at the Tokyo Olympics during a meet in Belgium, running 15 minutes, 50.12 seconds. She was shooting for 15:10 . ... Zoran Dragic scored 16 points, Luka Doncic and Vlatko Cancar each added 13 and Slovenia rolled past Angola 118-68 in men’s basketball qualifying. Venezuela had a 21point lead in the third quarter trimmed to one before hanging on to defeat South Korea 94-80 . ... Canadian basketball player Kim Gaucher, who is breastfeeding her infant daughter, has won in her quest to bring the baby to the Tokyo Olympics.
NFL: Saints right tackle Ryan Ramczyk has agreed to a fiveyear contract extension making him one of the highest-paid offensive linemen in the league.
Soccer: Jadon Sancho appears finally headed to Manchester United from Borussia Dortmund after a long-running pursuit of the winger. United has agreed to a deal in principle to sign Sancho for $100 million from Dortmund . ... Tottenham’s chaotic search for a manager ended with the hiring of Nuno Espirito Santo as Jose Mourinho’s successor.
Note: Hallie Klosterman ,a junior soccer player at Russell Sage College, has been named as a collegiate award recipients by the Capital District Sports Women of the Year. The awards are Aug. 9.