LOS ANGELES, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Jang Su-Yeon, who needed a sponsor invite to get into the event, fired a bogey-free 65 to grab a three-shot lead heading into the final round of the weather-plagued Lotte Championship on Friday. South Korea’s Jang reached a total of 17-under 199 and is aiming to become the first sponsor’s […]
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Golf: Unheralded Jang leads Lotte Championship
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Golf: Cauley takes early lead at RBC Heritage
HILTON HEAD, United States, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – American Bud Cauley roared home with birdies on four of his final five holes for an eight-under 63 and a two-shot lead at the PGA Tour’s RBC Heritage Classic on Thursday. “You never go out thinking ‘you’re going to shoot that,’” Cauley said. “I just got into the […]
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Tennis: Sock avoids upset to reach Houston semis
HOUSTON, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – High seeds John Isner and Sam Querrey were sent packing in three sets, while No. 1 seed Jack Sock survived a scare at the ATP Tour’s Houston event Friday. Second-seeded Isner was ousted by fellow American Ernesto Escobedo 7-6 (8/6), 6-7 (6/8), 7-6 (7/5) and third-seeded Querrey lost 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 […]
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Sri Lanka garbage mountain death toll rises to 10
COLOMBO, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – The death toll from a collapsed garbage mountain in Colombo has risen to 10 after four children died in hospital overnight from the disaster, authorities said Saturday. Colombo National hospital spokeswoman Pushpa Soysa said two boys and two girls were among the 10 people confirmed killed following the Friday incident. They […]
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Tennis: ATP Houston results – collated
LOS ANGELES, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Results from the ATP tournament in Houston, Texas, on Friday (x denotes seeded player): Quarter-finals Jack Sock (USA x1) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP x6) 7-6 (8/6), 1-6, 6-4 Steve Johnson (USA x4) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP x5) 6-2, 6-4 Thomaz Belluci (BRA x8) bt Sam Querrey (USA x3) 6-4, 3-6, […]
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Tennis: Schiavone, 36, into Bogota final
BOGOTA, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone shrugged off her 36 years to reach the Bogota final on Friday, despite her modest world ranking of 168. The Italian, champion at Roland Garros in 2010, downed Sweden’s Johanna Larsson 7-5, 6-4 and will face Lara Arruabarrena, the world number 65, in Saturday’s final. […]