Danes upset Dutch at Euro
Denmark provided the upset and Germany was typically reliable as each earned 1-0 wins at the European Championship in Ukraine.
The Danes held off a wasteful Netherlands in Kharkiv, and highly touted Germany wore down Portugal with a late winner in Lviv as tournament co-host Ukraine staged its opening matches.
Earlier in Poland, Russia’s football federation was charged by UEFA after footage emerged of Russian fans attacking stadium stewards after their team’s 4-1 victory over the Czech Republic in Wroclaw on Friday.
The Netherlands, which faced its own racist taunts in training before the match, missed a series of chances in its unexpected loss.
Star strikers Robin van Persie, top scorer in the English Premier League, and Arjen Robben were disappointing as the World Cup runner-up failed to convert any of its 28 attempts on goal.
Justin Wilson was the surprise winner of the IndyCar Firestone 550 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, where Graham Rahal wrecked while leading a topsy-turvy race that took out several contenders.
In gymnastics, John Orozco, a 19-year-old from the Bronx, won his first Visa Classic U.S. national all-around championship in St. Louis, edging out defending champion Danell Leyva. Sam Mikulak of Corona del Mar and a 19-year-old sophomore at University of Michigan, finished third.
Those three and 12 others, including 2008 Olympic team bronze medalist and high bar silver medalist Jonathan Horton advanced to the Olympic trials. Glen Ishino of Santa Ana and the University of California also advanced. He finished eighth in the all-around.
The Florida men’s team took home its first outdoor national championship and the Louisiana State women won their 15th title in 31 years at the NCAA track and field meet at Des Moines, Iowa. The SEC sweep snapped a three-year title run by the women and men of Texas A&M — and the Aggies join the league next fall.
Betfair Hollywood Park will reduce purses starting Thursday because of smaller field sizes and a subsequent decline in wagering handle.
The track said Saturday that the purses of three stakes races will be cut by $50,000 each.
The Grade I American Oaks will be reduced from $400,000 to $350,000; and both the Landaluce and Grade III Hollywood Juvenile Championship will go from $200,000 to $150,000. All three races are to be run July 14. The track says the smaller fields and reduced wagering handle were both unanticipated. Non-claiming and maiden allowance races will be cut by $2,000 and claiming races will be reduced by $1,000. .