Jessica Korda leads with a 64
Jessica Korda birdied three of the final four holes at Wilshire Country Club for a seven-under 64 and a onestroke lead after the first round of the Hugel Air Premia LA Open.
Korda had eight birdies and a bogey at Wilshire Country Club. She won the season-opening Diamond
Resorts Tournament of Champions in January and sister Nelly Korda followed with a victory a month later in the Gainbridge LPGA in the second event of the year.
Tiffany Chan and Moriya Jutanugarn were a stroke back. Michelle Wie West matched Lexi Thompson with a 70.
USC women’s basketball coach Mark Trakh retired, the school announced, leaving USC with a 155-114 record in nine seasons. He is the second-winningest coach in program history after coaching the Trojans from 2004 to 2009 and 2017 to 2021.
“This is a perfect time for a transition in the Trojan basketball program,” Trakh, 65, said in a statement. “I can’t imagine a more optimal time for all of us to embrace a fresh start.”
Trakh’s coaching career spanned 26 years at three schools with a .591 winning percentage. USC finished 1112 last season.
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The United States will face rival Sweden as it pushes to become the first women’s soccer team to win the World Cup and Olympic gold back to back.
The Americans, ranked No. 1 in the FIFA rankings, learned their Group G will include No. 5 Sweden, No. 9 Australia and No. 22 New Zealand during Wednesday’s draw held in New Zealand.
No. 2 Germany, the 2016 Olympic gold winner, and No. 4 France did not qualify for the Olympics.
The Super League is far from dead and its clubs have not given up on the idea of the breakaway competition despite having to shelve the project just a few days after it was announced, Real Madrid President Florentino Perez said.
Athlete protests and political messages will remain banned at the Olympics, the IOC said Wednesday, after a survey found that a majority of competitors were in favor of keeping the ban in place.
That means raising a fist on the podium or taking a knee would still risk punishment at the Tokyo Games this year.
The IOC said it surveyed more than 3,500 athletes over the last year and that 70% said it was “not appropriate to demonstrate or express their views” on the field of play or at the opening or closing ceremony.
The Canadian Football League is pushing back the start of its season nearly two months to Aug. 5 and reducing the number of games played from 18 to 14 because of the pandemic . ... The International Ice Hockey Federation is scrambling to reschedule the women’s world championships after health officials in Nova Scotia, Canada, scrapped plans to hold the tournament next month because of COVID-19 concerns . ... The Spanish city of Bilbao has been dropped by UEFA as a host for soccer’s upcoming European Championship.
Rafael Nadal needed three sets to beat his 111thranked opponent in his first match at the Barcelona Open, and Fabio Fognini was disqualified for alleged verbal abuse.