Canouse’s late goal lifts D.C. United into playoff position
Russell Canouse scored in the 86th minute and D.C. United moved into playoff position with a 1-0 victory over Western Conference-leading FC Dallas on Saturday night. United (12-11-8) won its
In the new AP Top 25 poll, Ohio State moved up one spot to No. 2 and Michigan moved up six to No. 6 for its first appearance this season in the top 10. Alabama stayed No. 1. ... Texas QB Sam Ehlinger suffered a first-degree sprain in his throwing shoulder in the Longhorns’ 23-17 victory over Baylor on Saturday. He didn’t return. Coach Tom Herman said Ehlinger should be ready for the team’s next game Oct. 27 against Oklahoma State. ... Bowling Green fired coach Mike Jinks after the team’s 1-6 start. Jinks was 7-24 at Bowling Green. Defensive coordinator Carl Pelini will named interim coach.
Marc Leishman shot a seven-under 65 in the final round to win the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Leishman tied a tournament-record finish at 26-under 262, five strokes better than three players. It was the fourth PGA Tour title for Leishman. ... Brit Eddie Pepperell won his second European Tour title with a two-shot victory at the British Masters in Walton Heath, England. Pepperell shot an even-par 72 in the final round to finish at 9-under 279. The victory will move Pepperell into the world’s top 35 and almost certainly secure a first Masters appearance in 2019. ... In Gee Chun fired a final-round 6-under 66 to earn a three-stroke victory at the KEB Hana Bank Championship in Incheon, South Korea. She finished at 16-under 272 to earn her first LPGA win since the 2016 Evian Championship. ... Bernhard Langer shot a final-round 7-under 65 to claim a six-stroke victory at the SAS Championship in Cary, N.C. It was his 38th senior tour title.
Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau said All-Star G Jimmy Butler practiced with the team and is expected to third in a row, improved its unbeaten streak to seven and moved into sixth place in the East, one point ahead of the Montreal Impact with three matches left to play. The Impact have two games remaining. Canouse’s initial shot following Wayne Rooney’s free kick hit off crossbar. The rebound fell to Steve Birnbaum, who kicked it into the defense where it popped up for Canouse to head home. FC Dallas (16-7-9) had its five-game unbeaten streak ended but stayed one point ahead of Los Angeles FC in the West. COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY: No. 2 Maryland earned a 2-1 win over host No. 8 Iowa. Sophomore Brooke DeBerdine’s first goal of the year and a second-half score by junior Madison Maguire lifted the Terps, who have five victories over top-10 opponents, while 10 of their 15 wins have been against top-25 teams. Maryland (15-1, 6-1) and No. 7 Michigan (10-5, 6-1) sit atop the Big Ten standings. MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: LIU Brooklyn scored the game-tying goal with under four minutes remaining i n regulation, and Huib Achterkamp netted the game-winner in overtime to give the Blackbirds (9-3-1, 4-0 Northeast Conference) a 2-1 victory over visiting Mount St. Mary’s (2-8-3, 1-3-1). WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Mount St. Mary’s (3-7-3, 2-1-2 NEC) got an early goal from freshman Maddie Tchou and held on for a 1-0 victory over visiting Sacred Heart (3-12-0, 2-4). NHL: The Washington Capitals assigned forward Jayson Megna to the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League. LOCAL GOLF: A team representing the Middle Atlantic Golf Association defeated a team from the Golf Association of Philadelphia, 121⁄ 51⁄ in the 67th Mason-Dixon Match at R.T. Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Va. MAGA led, 41⁄ 11⁄ after the four-ball pairings, then won points in nine of the 12 singles. Mark Cusic, Erik Dulik, Joey Rice, Matt Sughrue and Ben Warnquist went 2-0 for the winners. GAP leads in the series, 3527-5. ... John Stroop defeated Carlos Sera, 2 and 1, to win the Senior Club Championship at The Golf Club at South River. Colin Bright (93) secured the Youth Club Championship, Reid Rasmussen defeated Joe Linnenkamp, 4and 3, for the Handicap Match Play title and Team Niro beat Team Schaefer, 321⁄ 211⁄ in a South River Cup match. — play in its season opener against the Spurs on Wednesday. Butler requested a trade several weeks ago and didn’t participate in team activities until last week.
Tobin Heath and Alex Morgan each scored twice in the first half and U.S. earned a spot in the Women’s World Cup next summer in France with a 6-0 victory over Jamaica in the CONCACAF qualifying tournament in Frisco, Texas.
No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic beat No. 13 seed Borna Coric 6-3, 6-4 to win the Shanghai Masters. It was a record fourth Shanghai title for Djokovic, who has won all four finals he’s contested in at the tournament. ... Fourth-ranked Juan Martin del Potro announced that he fractured his right patella bone during his match against Coric on Thursday at the Shanghai Masters. There’s no timetable yet for his return. ... No. 2 seed Caroline Garcia beat No. 1 seed Karolina Pliskova 7-6 (7), 6-3 to win the Tianjin Open in Tianjin, China. It was Garcia’s first singles title since she won the Beijing Open in Oct. 2017.
Kenyan running great Kip Keino was named as a suspect in a corruption investigation in his home country and given until the end of Monday to hand himself over to police or face arrest. The 78-year-old Keino, the former head of Kenya’s Olympic committee, is one of seven ex-officials who will face charges of corruption, abuse of office and embezzlement relating to the misappropriation of more than $545,000 that was meant to be used to fund Kenyan athletes at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Kenya’s public prosecutor said.