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[title] => Olympics Drama in the distance was won by the last jump Greek Tentoglu, gold from short obstacles has a Puerto Rican woman
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[pubdate] => Mon, 02 Aug 2021 03:59:58 +0000
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[description] => Puerto Rican Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (right) rejoices in winning Olympic gold on the 100-meter hurdle. Dylan...
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Puerto Rican Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (right) rejoices in winning Olympic gold on the 100-meter hurdle.
Dylan Martinez, Reuters
Echevarría, the bronze medalist at the previous year’s Doha World Cup, already shone in qualifying with a 850-centimeter jump, which would have been enough for a gold medal in the three previous games. He kept his form in the final, jumped 841 cm in the third series and it already looked like he would follow in the footsteps of his compatriot Ivan Pedros, who won in 2000 in Sydney.
However, the leader of this year’s tables and the European champion Tentoglu, who was without a medal until the last series, also jumped 841 cm and secured gold with a better second attempt. Echevarría, who was injured in a previous attempt, could no longer answer.
Cuban long-distance player Juan Miguel Echevarría during the long-distance race at the Tokyo Olympics.
Kai Pfaffenbach, Reuters
Fans of athletics recalled a similarly dramatic duel that took place in Tokyo thirty years ago at the World Championships. In a duel between two Americans, Mike Powell then defeated Carl Lewis with a world record of 895 cm from the penultimate series.
Their compatriot JuVaughn Harrison did not reach the medal even in the distance after seventh place in Sunday’s height. He just slipped through the top eight, then improved to 815 cm, but it was only enough for fifth place. World champion Tajay Gayle from Jamaica did not get over eight meters and did not enter the shortlist. His performance was marked by an injury from Saturday’s qualification.
The final race for the women’s 100 meters hurdles. Third winner from the left is Puerto Rican Camacho-Quinn.
Phil Noble, Reuters
Camach-Quinn confirmed that she is the best on the obstacles this year. Already in the semifinals, it shone with a time of 12.26, which placed it in fourth place in the historical tables. Although she was slower in the final, she still clearly defeated the American world record holder Kendra Harrison. Megan Tapper from Jamaica finished third.
XXII. Tokyo Summer Olympics:
Athletics:
Final:
Men:
Columns:
1. Tentoglu (Greek) 841 (second attempt 815),
2. Echevarría 841 (809),
3. Massó (oba Kuba) 821,
4. Cáceres (?p.) 818,
5. Harrison (USA) 815,
6. Hashioka (Jap.) 810,
7. Montler (SWE) 808,
8. Randazzo (It.) 799.
Women:
100 m BC (wind -0.3 m / s):
1. Camach-Quinn (PRI) 12.37,
2. Harrisonová (USA) 12,52,
3. Tapperová (Jam.) 12,55,
4. Amusan (NGA) 12.60,
5. Visserová (NZL) 12.73,
6. Charltonová (Bah.) 12,74,
7. Cunninghamová (USA) 13,01,
8. Anderson (JAM) 13.24.
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[summary] => Puerto Rican Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (right) rejoices in winning Olympic gold on the 100-meter hurdle. Dylan...
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Puerto Rican Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (right) rejoices in winning Olympic gold on the 100-meter hurdle.
Dylan Martinez, Reuters
Echevarría, the bronze medalist at the previous year’s Doha World Cup, already shone in qualifying with a 850-centimeter jump, which would have been enough for a gold medal in the three previous games. He kept his form in the final, jumped 841 cm in the third series and it already looked like he would follow in the footsteps of his compatriot Ivan Pedros, who won in 2000 in Sydney.
However, the leader of this year’s tables and the European champion Tentoglu, who was without a medal until the last series, also jumped 841 cm and secured gold with a better second attempt. Echevarría, who was injured in a previous attempt, could no longer answer.
Cuban long-distance player Juan Miguel Echevarría during the long-distance race at the Tokyo Olympics.
Kai Pfaffenbach, Reuters
Fans of athletics recalled a similarly dramatic duel that took place in Tokyo thirty years ago at the World Championships. In a duel between two Americans, Mike Powell then defeated Carl Lewis with a world record of 895 cm from the penultimate series.
Their compatriot JuVaughn Harrison did not reach the medal even in the distance after seventh place in Sunday’s height. He just slipped through the top eight, then improved to 815 cm, but it was only enough for fifth place. World champion Tajay Gayle from Jamaica did not get over eight meters and did not enter the shortlist. His performance was marked by an injury from Saturday’s qualification.
The final race for the women’s 100 meters hurdles. Third winner from the left is Puerto Rican Camacho-Quinn.
Phil Noble, Reuters
Camach-Quinn confirmed that she is the best on the obstacles this year. Already in the semifinals, it shone with a time of 12.26, which placed it in fourth place in the historical tables. Although she was slower in the final, she still clearly defeated the American world record holder Kendra Harrison. Megan Tapper from Jamaica finished third.
XXII. Tokyo Summer Olympics:
Athletics:
Final:
Men:
Columns:
1. Tentoglu (Greek) 841 (second attempt 815),
2. Echevarría 841 (809),
3. Massó (oba Kuba) 821,
4. Cáceres (?p.) 818,
5. Harrison (USA) 815,
6. Hashioka (Jap.) 810,
7. Montler (SWE) 808,
8. Randazzo (It.) 799.
Women:
100 m BC (wind -0.3 m / s):
1. Camach-Quinn (PRI) 12.37,
2. Harrisonová (USA) 12,52,
3. Tapperová (Jam.) 12,55,
4. Amusan (NGA) 12.60,
5. Visserová (NZL) 12.73,
6. Charltonová (Bah.) 12,74,
7. Cunninghamová (USA) 13,01,
8. Anderson (JAM) 13.24.
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[title] => ZDF interview: Aiwanger accuses Söder of ?making false claims?
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[pubdate] => Mon, 02 Aug 2021 03:44:12 +0000
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In their dispute over corona vaccinations, Bavaria’s Vice Prime Minister Hubert Aiwanger (Free Voters) sharply rejected new criticism from Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU). After Söder’s ZDF summer interview on Sunday evening, Aiwanger accused Söder of making a ?deliberate false claim?.
Söder had said in the interview that the question was not whether Aiwanger wanted to be vaccinated or not, everyone was free to do so. But the sound and the speech behind it are problematic: when Aiwanger talks about side effects that “leave him spit” or when he says, for example, that it has not been proven whether the vaccines are effective. ?You have to be careful,? said Söder.
“It is a deliberate false claim that I would have said that it has not been proven whether vaccines work,” said Aiwanger of the German Press Agency. “On the contrary, I said that vaccination is an important component in the fight against Corona, but it must remain voluntary.”
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Aiwangers Anti-Vaccination Statements
In addition, Söder Aiwanger, who is the leading candidate for the Free Voters in the federal elections on September 26th, warned not to fish for votes ?on any edge?. ?This is a total fallacy. In the end, people choose the right ‘lateral thinkers’. “
Aiwanger said: “It is outrageous to want to label myself as a ‘lateral thinker’ because I am against compulsory vaccination and demand more sensitivity when it comes to vaccinating under 12-year-olds, which Stiko has not yet recommended.”
Söder compares Aiwanger with Weidel
In the interview, Söder had emphasized that his concern was that Aiwanger would maneuver himself into a corner when it came to corona vaccinations. Aiwanger use the same choice of words as AfD top candidate Alice Weidel.
Söder also pointed out that Aiwanger had so far supported every decision on the anti-corona measures in the Bavarian cabinet. He therefore sees no reason to dismiss Aiwanger from the cabinet. In addition, he has the feeling that the Free Voters themselves are “very unhappy with his statements”.
He now wants to give the party time to reflect on the situation to a certain extent. The reaction of the economy, which has clearly opposed Aiwanger, is also remarkable.
Söder calls for an assault offensive by the Union
Another topic of the ZDF interview was the election campaign. Söder reiterated his demand for “more speed and more power” from the Union parties. He emphasized that he worked well with the CDU boss and Union chancellor candidate Armin Laschet, but that the election campaign had been ?a bit strange? so far.
The fact that the CDU / CSU initially rose steeply in the surveys, “that was probably due to the mistakes of the others,” said Söder. These had helped, but as in football, it is better to “storm again yourself and get offensive”. This ?has to come now?, the CSU boss demanded.
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Laschet is sure to be able to rule Germany. Also, contrary to some allegations, the CDU boss has “positions that he also takes”. This will certainly “get even stronger in the next few weeks”.
Markus Söder and Theo Koll, head of the ZDF Capital Studio Berlin, sit at the ZDF summer interview in the Max Morlock Stadium in Nuremberg
Source: dpa / Daniel Karmann
In the election campaign so far, Söder criticized that so far it was ?almost all about trivialities?, ?about any books, about résumés, about laughs, and almost never about the crucial questions?. Here, too, he would like a change.
Söder: “I would have won the candidacy for chancellor”
Looking at the struggle between him and Laschet for the Union’s candidacy for chancellor, Söder said: “I would probably have won if I had had a tough argument”. However, this would not have been good for the Union’s election campaign, so he did not do it.
Now applies to him: “It is finished.” And: “I want us to win together”. For this, however, the Union ?still has to do a lot,? said Söder, without naming Laschet directly.
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His concern is that in the end there could be a majority in favor of a traffic light alliance of the Greens, SPD and FDP without the Union. He wanted to prevent that.
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In their dispute over corona vaccinations, Bavaria’s Vice Prime Minister Hubert Aiwanger (Free Voters) sharply rejected new criticism from Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU). After Söder’s ZDF summer interview on Sunday evening, Aiwanger accused Söder of making a ?deliberate false claim?.
Söder had said in the interview that the question was not whether Aiwanger wanted to be vaccinated or not, everyone was free to do so. But the sound and the speech behind it are problematic: when Aiwanger talks about side effects that “leave him spit” or when he says, for example, that it has not been proven whether the vaccines are effective. ?You have to be careful,? said Söder.
“It is a deliberate false claim that I would have said that it has not been proven whether vaccines work,” said Aiwanger of the German Press Agency. “On the contrary, I said that vaccination is an important component in the fight against Corona, but it must remain voluntary.”
also read
Aiwangers Anti-Vaccination Statements
In addition, Söder Aiwanger, who is the leading candidate for the Free Voters in the federal elections on September 26th, warned not to fish for votes ?on any edge?. ?This is a total fallacy. In the end, people choose the right ‘lateral thinkers’. “
Aiwanger said: “It is outrageous to want to label myself as a ‘lateral thinker’ because I am against compulsory vaccination and demand more sensitivity when it comes to vaccinating under 12-year-olds, which Stiko has not yet recommended.”
Söder compares Aiwanger with Weidel
In the interview, Söder had emphasized that his concern was that Aiwanger would maneuver himself into a corner when it came to corona vaccinations. Aiwanger use the same choice of words as AfD top candidate Alice Weidel.
Söder also pointed out that Aiwanger had so far supported every decision on the anti-corona measures in the Bavarian cabinet. He therefore sees no reason to dismiss Aiwanger from the cabinet. In addition, he has the feeling that the Free Voters themselves are “very unhappy with his statements”.
He now wants to give the party time to reflect on the situation to a certain extent. The reaction of the economy, which has clearly opposed Aiwanger, is also remarkable.
Söder calls for an assault offensive by the Union
Another topic of the ZDF interview was the election campaign. Söder reiterated his demand for “more speed and more power” from the Union parties. He emphasized that he worked well with the CDU boss and Union chancellor candidate Armin Laschet, but that the election campaign had been ?a bit strange? so far.
The fact that the CDU / CSU initially rose steeply in the surveys, “that was probably due to the mistakes of the others,” said Söder. These had helped, but as in football, it is better to “storm again yourself and get offensive”. This ?has to come now?, the CSU boss demanded.
also read
Laschet is sure to be able to rule Germany. Also, contrary to some allegations, the CDU boss has “positions that he also takes”. This will certainly “get even stronger in the next few weeks”.
Markus Söder and Theo Koll, head of the ZDF Capital Studio Berlin, sit at the ZDF summer interview in the Max Morlock Stadium in Nuremberg
Source: dpa / Daniel Karmann
In the election campaign so far, Söder criticized that so far it was ?almost all about trivialities?, ?about any books, about résumés, about laughs, and almost never about the crucial questions?. Here, too, he would like a change.
Söder: “I would have won the candidacy for chancellor”
Looking at the struggle between him and Laschet for the Union’s candidacy for chancellor, Söder said: “I would probably have won if I had had a tough argument”. However, this would not have been good for the Union’s election campaign, so he did not do it.
Now applies to him: “It is finished.” And: “I want us to win together”. For this, however, the Union ?still has to do a lot,? said Söder, without naming Laschet directly.
also read
His concern is that in the end there could be a majority in favor of a traffic light alliance of the Greens, SPD and FDP without the Union. He wanted to prevent that.
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[title] => NBA market, veterans arrive for the Lakers: DeRozan, Anthony and Gay?
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[pubdate] => Mon, 02 Aug 2021 03:28:29 +0000
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Every team that can count on the so-called “Big Three” has a challenge ahead of it: that of build a fairly deep rotation despite limited resources from the salary cap. After selling three members of the rotation such as Kyle Kuzma, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Montrezl Harrell to get to Russell Westbrook, now the Los Angeles Lakers need to add low-cost veterans around them, and it seems that three are already ready to give up higher salaries in order to fight for the title in Los Angeles. According to Bleacher Report’s Jake Fischer, DeMar DeRozan, Carmelo Anthony and Rudy Gay would all be interested in joining the yellow and purple to reach a ring they have never won in their careers.
deepening
Lakers, Wizards and more after the Westbrook trade
What DeRozan, Anthony and Gay can give
If for the first time his words of a few days ago left no doubt about his great desire to go home – “The Big Three of the Nets have shown that it can be done, I would have no problem playing with LeBron and AD” -, it must be considered that many other teams could offer him more money and a bigger role compared to what he would have at the Lakers, where he would in fact be the “fourth striker” in the tactical chessboard and would further narrow the field around James, given his shortcomings in the three-point shot. Definitely more chances instead for Rudy Gay, which is now definitively a reserve at this moment in his career, and above all for Carmelo Anthony, which has been coming for several years now punctually approached by the Lakers for his great friendship with James. In the last season Anthony was close to 41% three-pointers for the Portland Trail Blazers shirt, completing his transition to down-to-earth shooter and low-post player when he has a favorable mismatch, albeit both he and Gay play essentially the same role and would be a bit redundant. But when you find yourself with as little resources as the Lakers at the salary cap level, any player able to hold the court willing to accept the minimum wage is welcome: it will then be the task of coach Frank Vogel to find the right tactical suit to make them competitive, especially in one defensive half that appears less solid compared to that seen in the last two years – at least on paper.
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deepening
Lakers, Wizards and more after the Westbrook trade
What DeRozan, Anthony and Gay can give
If for the first time his words of a few days ago left no doubt about his great desire to go home – “The Big Three of the Nets have shown that it can be done, I would have no problem playing with LeBron and AD” -, it must be considered that many other teams could offer him more money and a bigger role compared to what he would have at the Lakers, where he would in fact be the “fourth striker” in the tactical chessboard and would further narrow the field around James, given his shortcomings in the three-point shot. Definitely more chances instead for Rudy Gay, which is now definitively a reserve at this moment in his career, and above all for Carmelo Anthony, which has been coming for several years now punctually approached by the Lakers for his great friendship with James. In the last season Anthony was close to 41% three-pointers for the Portland Trail Blazers shirt, completing his transition to down-to-earth shooter and low-post player when he has a favorable mismatch, albeit both he and Gay play essentially the same role and would be a bit redundant. But when you find yourself with as little resources as the Lakers at the salary cap level, any player able to hold the court willing to accept the minimum wage is welcome: it will then be the task of coach Frank Vogel to find the right tactical suit to make them competitive, especially in one defensive half that appears less solid compared to that seen in the last two years – at least on paper.
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[title] => Tamberi, what a passion for engines: from the dream car to imitation on the track
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The Italian jumper, gold medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, is a great lover of four wheels and never gives up driving. From Nissan Juke to BMW: here are its secrets
Five years ago, the disappointment of not being able to take part in the Olympic Games in Rio. Now, the revenge, with a gold medal around his neck that rewards all the efforts in the previous days. Giamarco Tamberi has redone himself in the best way. The Italian jumper takes the victory in the Tokyo final on an equal footing with the Qatari Mutaz Barshim. In the world of the Marches born in 1992, even the engines seem to play an important role.
GIFT
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Many hoped that Tamberi would return to fly high to take away the satisfaction denied by injuries. Among these is General Giorgio Bartoletti, commander of the Sports Center of the Guardia di Finanza, who wished ?Gimbo? a very rapid return to high levels, perhaps as fast as a Nissan Juke. This model was delivered to the jumper of the Fiamme Gialle in 2015.
GERMAN
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Tamberi is very active on social media. On his account, Gianmarco also showed which cars he prefers and drives most frequently. For example, he called the BMW X6 the car of his dreams. In addition, sometimes he even puts himself on the simulator to drive the virtual racing cars of the German brand. In 2019 he even launched a challenge to Lewis Hamilton.
FUN
?
Even when he is on vacation, Tamberi seems willing to give up the wheel. Its social channels capture moments of fun while traveling to exotic and little-explored places driving an unexpected vehicle, the dune buggy, a type of car originally conceived for driving on the sand.
TRACK
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Cars can sometimes come in handy for track workouts. For instance, Marcel Jacobs prepares his races by racing in the wake of a car , keeping it as a reference. A test that paid off. Tamberi himself also got behind the wheel on the track. No high speed or reckless driving: just a funny imitation of the Roman rapper 1727wrldstar, aka Algero Corredini.
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The Italian jumper, gold medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, is a great lover of four wheels and never gives up driving. From Nissan Juke to BMW: here are its secrets
Five years ago, the disappointment of not being able to take part in the Olympic Games in Rio. Now, the revenge, with a gold medal around his neck that rewards all the efforts in the previous days. Giamarco Tamberi has redone himself in the best way. The Italian jumper takes the victory in the Tokyo final on an equal footing with the Qatari Mutaz Barshim. In the world of the Marches born in 1992, even the engines seem to play an important role.
GIFT
?
Many hoped that Tamberi would return to fly high to take away the satisfaction denied by injuries. Among these is General Giorgio Bartoletti, commander of the Sports Center of the Guardia di Finanza, who wished ?Gimbo? a very rapid return to high levels, perhaps as fast as a Nissan Juke. This model was delivered to the jumper of the Fiamme Gialle in 2015.
GERMAN
?
Tamberi is very active on social media. On his account, Gianmarco also showed which cars he prefers and drives most frequently. For example, he called the BMW X6 the car of his dreams. In addition, sometimes he even puts himself on the simulator to drive the virtual racing cars of the German brand. In 2019 he even launched a challenge to Lewis Hamilton.
FUN
?
Even when he is on vacation, Tamberi seems willing to give up the wheel. Its social channels capture moments of fun while traveling to exotic and little-explored places driving an unexpected vehicle, the dune buggy, a type of car originally conceived for driving on the sand.
TRACK
?
Cars can sometimes come in handy for track workouts. For instance, Marcel Jacobs prepares his races by racing in the wake of a car , keeping it as a reference. A test that paid off. Tamberi himself also got behind the wheel on the track. No high speed or reckless driving: just a funny imitation of the Roman rapper 1727wrldstar, aka Algero Corredini.
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[title] => What Schauffele?s win means, Olympic format tweaks
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[description] => By: GOLF Editors August 1, 2021 Xander Schauffele earned a life-changing win at the Tokyo...
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GOLF Editors
Xander Schauffele earned a life-changing win at the Tokyo Olympics.
Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images
Check in every week for the unfiltered opinions of our writers and editors as they break down the hottest topics in the sport, and join the conversation by tweeting us @golf_com. This week, we discuss Xander Schauffele?s gold medal win, the Olympic format and more.
1. Xander Schauffele won gold in the Tokyo Olympics men?s golf event on Sunday, shooting a final-round 67 to edge a hard-charging Rory Sabbatini by a stroke. Schauffele, who has been competitive in many majors (nine top 10s) but struggled to close them out, called the title the biggest of his life. How does a gold medal change the narrative around Schaufelle?s young career?
Josh Sens, senior writer (@joshsens): It definitely helps quiet some of the questions about his ability to close, which were starting to get louder with each close call, no matter how well Schauffele handled them. To many observers, though, nabbing an Olympic gold is nowhere near on par with winning a major, and we?ll no doubt hear from those voices until Schauffele gets his first. One very good thing about the ?narrative? about Schauffele is that Schauffele seems not to obsess about it. Smart young man, steering clear of social media.
James Colgan, assistant editor (@jamescolgan26): Sure, it changes the narrative around Schauffele being able to win ?a big tournament.? Does it change the narrative about his struggles in winning one of the four big tournaments? No, not quite.
?Just in shock?: Xander Schauffele wins Olympic gold for the United States
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Sean Zak
Dylan Dethier, senior writer (@dylan_dethier): It?s massive. We can be honest that the Olympics? strength of field was lacking in depth while also appreciating that to Schauffele, this meant a ton. He put the pedal to the medal out of the gates on Sunday, lost his mojo for a bit on the back nine and then made impressive up-and-downs on 17 and 18 to bring home the gold. I shudder to think the takes that would inevitably be flying around this question had he missed that final four-footer, but the point is that he didn?t. He hit it dead-center. And four years from now, people will hardly remember that this Olympic field was missing some marquee names ? but they?ll remember that Schauffele owns the gold.
Michael Bamberger, senior writer: The harsh view is that he beat 59 guys, some of whom could seldom beat him, on a soft course. A far better way to view it is he did what he needed to do to win an OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL. Which, no matter how you parse it, is kind of a big deal.
2. Sabbatini posted a Sunday 61 to bring home silver for Slovakia. Rory McIlroy had a shot at bronze but came up short in a seven-player playoff won by C.T. Pan. Justin Thomas and late addition Patrick Reed failed to crack the top 20. Whose play in Tokyo most surprised ? or inspired ? you?
Meaning: Sabbatini. He?s always been streaky, but to put up a performance like that in an event that clearly meant a ton to him, playing under an adoptive flag ? that was cool. Having his wife on the bag, shouting in celebration when his birdies dropped, added a sweet dimension to it all ? not exactly standard caddie comportment but welcome anyway.
Colgan: Neither Sungjae Im nor Si Woo Kim managing a top-20 finish after taking off the Open Championship to prepare was surprising to me. Particularly considering the enormous significance the event held to both of their careers.
Why Rory Sabbatini?s unusual road to the Olympics could make him a national hero
By:
Alan Bastable
Dethier: Pan?s charge to the bronze was incredible. After an opening 74, he was the best golfer in the field over the last 54 holes, shooting 66-66-63 and fending off a bunch of blue-chippers in that seven-golfer playoff.
Bamberger: Sabo, wearing the colors of Slovakia. Which are red, blue and white. As he would surely know.
3. More than a few observers have looked at Olympic golf with a skeptical eye, in part because some of the game?s biggest stars have been reluctant to participate. With two editions of an Olympic golf event behind us (in the modern era), what?s your assessment of golf as an Olympic sport?
Meaning: It belongs but the format could use some tweaking. Our own Dylan Dethier had some of the sharper suggestions I?ve seen so far in his column earlier this week. Stroke-play is key to identifying the best player. But Olympic golf is begging for a team component.
Colgan: Throwing out the testing, restrictions, and general Covid weirdness of this year?s event (all of which were legitimate gripes), the Olympic tournament has more than proved its worth as one of the 10 biggest events in the men?s game. It might even be in the top 5. Now give us the damn team component so we can REALLY celebrate.
Olympic golf needs to look less like the majors and more like golf?s greatest team event
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Michael Bamberger
Dethier: I laid out the simplest possible solution I could think of: Have the men and women compete on the same days, team up for four-golfer teams (two men, two women) and take the three best scores out of four each day to make a team score and corresponding team medals. The individual competition would be unchanged. (In a perfect world, the top four teams would then play match play to determine medal order, but I?m not a greedy man and I?ll take any version of team format.
Bamberger: I don?t think you need an individual title at all. Just play two-person better-ball teams.
4. The Olympics has a deeply personal vibe: it can mean a lot to a golfer, not much or somewhere in between. When you consider the weight of what?s at stake paired with what is a relatively weak field compared to golf?s other big events, how do you rate the significance of a gold medal? Can/should it be mentioned in the same breath as a major title?
Meaning: It can be mentioned in the same breath, but only if you acknowledge how different they are. Which is not a bad thing.
Colgan: It?s not quite a major, but it?s worth a little bit more than everything on the PGA Tour calendar. There?s a real, tangible significance to winning an Olympic medal in the greater sports consciousness that can?t be said for non-majors. Simple as that.
?I?ve been proven wrong?: Rory McIlroy walks back prior Olympic comments
By:
Zephyr Melton
Dethier: I have a feeling Schauffele?s win will only grow in significance with time. There?s only one of these every four years, after all, and I have a feeling the fields will keep getting stronger. We don?t talk much about the strength of field for major championships in the 1980s; we count ?em just the same as today?s. Also, it?s a hell of a cocktail party intro. Schauffele might not wow random sports fans with a PGA Championship title, but Olympic gold?That translates pretty well.
Bamberger: Let?s play rank-?em: British, U.S., Masters, Olympic gold, PGA.
5. The format of Olympic golf is one of its most debated elements, with some arguing that 72 holes of stroke play is the best way to identify champion and others suggesting that a team or even a mixed-gender format would be more compelling. What say you? Keep the format for Paris 2024, or alter it?
Meaning: Change it. Stitch a team competition in with the individual, as is done already in a number of other Olympic sports. Mixed gender? Sure. Why not. Anything to help Olympic golf stand out from other tournaments, without making it gimmicky. A non-golf fan friend called me this morning to say he?d watched the event and wondered why they didn?t make it a skills challenge, with closest to the pin and long-drive competitions and such. I wouldn?t want to go there, but four rounds of stroke play is ripe for improvement.
Colgan: I would suggest the Olympic committee read Dylan?s brilliantly outlined solution to incorporating both stroke and team play. Then I would suggest they enact it as the new law of the land. The End.
The Olympics golf format is all wrong, but there?s an easy solution
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Dylan Dethier
Dethier: I?d have to agree with James, because he?s agreeing with me. Also, there are 37 swimming events; shouldn?t golf get more than two?
Bamberger: I?d ditch anything in golf related to individual play.
6. Many of today?s top players fancy themselves as proper athletes. If you had to send one golfer to an Olympic trial in another sport (with hopes of them earning a spot on Team USA), who are you assigning to which sport, and why?
Meaning: Alex Noren in table tennis? Adam Scott in surfing? Shane Lowry in the high jump? Some would do better than others, but all would reinforce what we see when athletes from other sports try to compete with the best in golf. They can?t.
Colgan: I could see Tony Finau being pretty solid in 3×3 basketball. Maybe Bryson in the hammer throw. Definitely not Justin Thomas in weightlifting.
Dethier: Collin Morikawa seems like he?d be a hell of an archer. And a visored, mulleted Cameron Smith has the ideal assistant coach vibe for just about any team in any sport.
Bamberger: I don?t know but I once asked Earl Woods what Tiger would have pursued had he not been a golfer and he said he would have been a 400-meter high-hurdler.
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Xander Schauffele earned a life-changing win at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Check in every week for the unfiltered opinions of our writers and editors as they break down the hottest topics in the sport, and join the conversation by tweeting us @golf_com. This week, we discuss Xander Schauffele?s gold medal win, the Olympic format and more.
1. Xander Schauffele won gold in the Tokyo Olympics men?s golf event on Sunday, shooting a final-round 67 to edge a hard-charging Rory Sabbatini by a stroke. Schauffele, who has been competitive in many majors (nine top 10s) but struggled to close them out, called the title the biggest of his life. How does a gold medal change the narrative around Schaufelle?s young career?
Josh Sens, senior writer (@joshsens): It definitely helps quiet some of the questions about his ability to close, which were starting to get louder with each close call, no matter how well Schauffele handled them. To many observers, though, nabbing an Olympic gold is nowhere near on par with winning a major, and we?ll no doubt hear from those voices until Schauffele gets his first. One very good thing about the ?narrative? about Schauffele is that Schauffele seems not to obsess about it. Smart young man, steering clear of social media.
James Colgan, assistant editor (@jamescolgan26): Sure, it changes the narrative around Schauffele being able to win ?a big tournament.? Does it change the narrative about his struggles in winning one of the four big tournaments? No, not quite.
?Just in shock?: Xander Schauffele wins Olympic gold for the United States
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Sean Zak
Dylan Dethier, senior writer (@dylan_dethier): It?s massive. We can be honest that the Olympics? strength of field was lacking in depth while also appreciating that to Schauffele, this meant a ton. He put the pedal to the medal out of the gates on Sunday, lost his mojo for a bit on the back nine and then made impressive up-and-downs on 17 and 18 to bring home the gold. I shudder to think the takes that would inevitably be flying around this question had he missed that final four-footer, but the point is that he didn?t. He hit it dead-center. And four years from now, people will hardly remember that this Olympic field was missing some marquee names ? but they?ll remember that Schauffele owns the gold.
Michael Bamberger, senior writer: The harsh view is that he beat 59 guys, some of whom could seldom beat him, on a soft course. A far better way to view it is he did what he needed to do to win an OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL. Which, no matter how you parse it, is kind of a big deal.
2. Sabbatini posted a Sunday 61 to bring home silver for Slovakia. Rory McIlroy had a shot at bronze but came up short in a seven-player playoff won by C.T. Pan. Justin Thomas and late addition Patrick Reed failed to crack the top 20. Whose play in Tokyo most surprised ? or inspired ? you?
Meaning: Sabbatini. He?s always been streaky, but to put up a performance like that in an event that clearly meant a ton to him, playing under an adoptive flag ? that was cool. Having his wife on the bag, shouting in celebration when his birdies dropped, added a sweet dimension to it all ? not exactly standard caddie comportment but welcome anyway.
Colgan: Neither Sungjae Im nor Si Woo Kim managing a top-20 finish after taking off the Open Championship to prepare was surprising to me. Particularly considering the enormous significance the event held to both of their careers.
Why Rory Sabbatini?s unusual road to the Olympics could make him a national hero
By:
Alan Bastable
Dethier: Pan?s charge to the bronze was incredible. After an opening 74, he was the best golfer in the field over the last 54 holes, shooting 66-66-63 and fending off a bunch of blue-chippers in that seven-golfer playoff.
Bamberger: Sabo, wearing the colors of Slovakia. Which are red, blue and white. As he would surely know.
3. More than a few observers have looked at Olympic golf with a skeptical eye, in part because some of the game?s biggest stars have been reluctant to participate. With two editions of an Olympic golf event behind us (in the modern era), what?s your assessment of golf as an Olympic sport?
Meaning: It belongs but the format could use some tweaking. Our own Dylan Dethier had some of the sharper suggestions I?ve seen so far in his column earlier this week. Stroke-play is key to identifying the best player. But Olympic golf is begging for a team component.
Colgan: Throwing out the testing, restrictions, and general Covid weirdness of this year?s event (all of which were legitimate gripes), the Olympic tournament has more than proved its worth as one of the 10 biggest events in the men?s game. It might even be in the top 5. Now give us the damn team component so we can REALLY celebrate.
Olympic golf needs to look less like the majors and more like golf?s greatest team event
By:
Michael Bamberger
Dethier: I laid out the simplest possible solution I could think of: Have the men and women compete on the same days, team up for four-golfer teams (two men, two women) and take the three best scores out of four each day to make a team score and corresponding team medals. The individual competition would be unchanged. (In a perfect world, the top four teams would then play match play to determine medal order, but I?m not a greedy man and I?ll take any version of team format.
Bamberger: I don?t think you need an individual title at all. Just play two-person better-ball teams.
4. The Olympics has a deeply personal vibe: it can mean a lot to a golfer, not much or somewhere in between. When you consider the weight of what?s at stake paired with what is a relatively weak field compared to golf?s other big events, how do you rate the significance of a gold medal? Can/should it be mentioned in the same breath as a major title?
Meaning: It can be mentioned in the same breath, but only if you acknowledge how different they are. Which is not a bad thing.
Colgan: It?s not quite a major, but it?s worth a little bit more than everything on the PGA Tour calendar. There?s a real, tangible significance to winning an Olympic medal in the greater sports consciousness that can?t be said for non-majors. Simple as that.
?I?ve been proven wrong?: Rory McIlroy walks back prior Olympic comments
By:
Zephyr Melton
Dethier: I have a feeling Schauffele?s win will only grow in significance with time. There?s only one of these every four years, after all, and I have a feeling the fields will keep getting stronger. We don?t talk much about the strength of field for major championships in the 1980s; we count ?em just the same as today?s. Also, it?s a hell of a cocktail party intro. Schauffele might not wow random sports fans with a PGA Championship title, but Olympic gold?That translates pretty well.
Bamberger: Let?s play rank-?em: British, U.S., Masters, Olympic gold, PGA.
5. The format of Olympic golf is one of its most debated elements, with some arguing that 72 holes of stroke play is the best way to identify champion and others suggesting that a team or even a mixed-gender format would be more compelling. What say you? Keep the format for Paris 2024, or alter it?
Meaning: Change it. Stitch a team competition in with the individual, as is done already in a number of other Olympic sports. Mixed gender? Sure. Why not. Anything to help Olympic golf stand out from other tournaments, without making it gimmicky. A non-golf fan friend called me this morning to say he?d watched the event and wondered why they didn?t make it a skills challenge, with closest to the pin and long-drive competitions and such. I wouldn?t want to go there, but four rounds of stroke play is ripe for improvement.
Colgan: I would suggest the Olympic committee read Dylan?s brilliantly outlined solution to incorporating both stroke and team play. Then I would suggest they enact it as the new law of the land. The End.
The Olympics golf format is all wrong, but there?s an easy solution
By:
Dylan Dethier
Dethier: I?d have to agree with James, because he?s agreeing with me. Also, there are 37 swimming events; shouldn?t golf get more than two?
Bamberger: I?d ditch anything in golf related to individual play.
6. Many of today?s top players fancy themselves as proper athletes. If you had to send one golfer to an Olympic trial in another sport (with hopes of them earning a spot on Team USA), who are you assigning to which sport, and why?
Meaning: Alex Noren in table tennis? Adam Scott in surfing? Shane Lowry in the high jump? Some would do better than others, but all would reinforce what we see when athletes from other sports try to compete with the best in golf. They can?t.
Colgan: I could see Tony Finau being pretty solid in 3×3 basketball. Maybe Bryson in the hammer throw. Definitely not Justin Thomas in weightlifting.
Dethier: Collin Morikawa seems like he?d be a hell of an archer. And a visored, mulleted Cameron Smith has the ideal assistant coach vibe for just about any team in any sport.
Bamberger: I don?t know but I once asked Earl Woods what Tiger would have pursued had he not been a golfer and he said he would have been a 400-meter high-hurdler.
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Gold marks the spot for Xander Schauffele.
The 27-year-old American birdied three of his first five holes to build as many as a four-stroke lead and made a late birdie to hang on to win the men?s individual stroke play competition at the Tokyo Olympics.
?Man, it was stressful,? he said. ?And I made that putt and it was just a huge weight lifted off my shoulders and just very relieved and happy, of course.?
Schauffele closed with a final-round 4-under 67 at the East Course at Kasumigaseki Country Club, in Saitama, Japan, about 35 miles northwest of downtown Tokyo, for a 72-hole total of 18-under 266 and a one-stroke victory over Slovakia?s Rory Sabbatini.
Japan?s Hideki Matsuyama, the first Asian to win the Masters, had his chance to win gold in his homeland. He and Schauffele played in their first final group since April at Augusta National. Trailing by one stroke entering the final day, Matsuyama fell five strokes behind after topping a fairway wood from the rough and making bogey at the par-5 eighth hole, but didn?t go down without a fight.
?I have no energy or endurance left at this point,? said Matsuyama, who tested positive for COVID-19 only weeks prior to the Olympics. ?But I kept fighting at the end with my heart.?
Olympic men?s golf: Winner?s bag | Photos
He closed to within one stroke of the lead late in the round, but his putter let him down. He lipped out for a 3-putt bogey at 15 and missed a 12-foot birdie putt at 18 that would have earned him a bronze medal. He shot 2-under 69, good for 15-under 269, and bowed out after the first hole of a seven-way playoff for the bronze that also included Ireland?s Rory McIlroy, USA?s Collin Morikawa, England?s Paul Casey, Columbia?s Sebastian Munoz, Chile?s Mito Pereira and Chinese-Taipei?s C.T. Pan.
?I never tried so hard in my life to finish third,? McIlroy said.
It took four extra holes, but ultimately it was Pan, who shot 74 in the opening round, beating just two players before capping off a furious rally with a final-round 63 and outlasted them all for the bronze.
Schauffele overcame a jittery passage when he flared his tee shot at the par-5 14thhole into trouble, had to take a penalty for an unplayable, and his backswing on his next shot struck branches as he escaped the trees.
?It got a little dicey there,? he said. ?When you?re trying to win you need some things to go your way. I took a pretty big risk trying to hack it through a bush. I missed my gap. I literally did the Matrix through these trees. Today was definitely my day.?
This medal is for my country and my family, especially my dad!
He salvaged a bogey, which dropped him back into a tie with Sabbatini, who erased a seven-stroke deficit heading into the final round with an Olympics 18-hole scoring record of 10-under 61. Sabbatini holed out for an eagle 2 at No. 6 and made 10 birdies, including finishing with birdies at 17 and 18.
?For a long time it seemed like it was inevitable that Xander was going to win and then all of a sudden he created some excitement for us,? Sabbatini said. ?So he definitely kind of put me back on edge waiting there at the end.?
Schauffele, who was 0-for-4 when holding the 54-hole lead and was winless on the PGA Tour since the 2019 Sentry Tournament of Champions, said earlier this season that he had choked when he had opportunities to win. This time, he made an 8-foot birdie at the drivable 17th hole, getting up and down from the front greenside bunker, and scrambling for par after another shaky drive to the right at the last to end his winless drought.
?It?s like riding a bicycle,? he said. ?You just don?t know until you get on and start riding it. For me, I needed to get over that hump, I needed to get a win while having a lead.?
Schauffele was a fitting champion in Japan. His mother, Ping Yi, was raised in the Land of the Rising Sun and his maternal grandparents still call Tokyo home. And it was at a Tokyo department store where his father and swing coach, Stefan, first introduced his son to the game by hitting balls in a simulator. Stefan had his own Olympic dreams shattered ? that of representing his native Germany in the decathlon ? when a drunk driver hit his vehicle head on and blinded him in his left eye in 1986. Fifty years earlier Schauffele?s grandfather, Richard, suffered a shoulder injury two weeks before the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
?I really wanted to win for my dad,? said Xander, who hugged his dad behind the green after his victory. ?I kind of wanted this one more than any other one.?
After an opening 68, he surged into the lead in the second round with an 8-under 63. Schauffele birdied the 18th hole of his third round to claim a one-streak lead through 54 holes.
With his father of German-French descent and mother born in Chinese Taipei, Schauffele credits his upbringing with giving him a resilient mentality, saying: ?I always felt I was mentally tougher than the other kids.?
He proved his mettle with a hard-working closing par, sticking a wedge from 98 yards to 4 feet to claim Olympic gold, the first Americans to do so in golf since Charles Sands and Margaret Abbott in 1900. And he did it for his dad.
?When my son stands on the podium and they play the anthem,? Stefan said, ?give me a towel. That will be a get me a towel moment, for sure.?
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Gold marks the spot for Xander Schauffele.
The 27-year-old American birdied three of his first five holes to build as many as a four-stroke lead and made a late birdie to hang on to win the men?s individual stroke play competition at the Tokyo Olympics.
?Man, it was stressful,? he said. ?And I made that putt and it was just a huge weight lifted off my shoulders and just very relieved and happy, of course.?
Schauffele closed with a final-round 4-under 67 at the East Course at Kasumigaseki Country Club, in Saitama, Japan, about 35 miles northwest of downtown Tokyo, for a 72-hole total of 18-under 266 and a one-stroke victory over Slovakia?s Rory Sabbatini.
Japan?s Hideki Matsuyama, the first Asian to win the Masters, had his chance to win gold in his homeland. He and Schauffele played in their first final group since April at Augusta National. Trailing by one stroke entering the final day, Matsuyama fell five strokes behind after topping a fairway wood from the rough and making bogey at the par-5 eighth hole, but didn?t go down without a fight.
?I have no energy or endurance left at this point,? said Matsuyama, who tested positive for COVID-19 only weeks prior to the Olympics. ?But I kept fighting at the end with my heart.?
Olympic men?s golf: Winner?s bag | Photos
He closed to within one stroke of the lead late in the round, but his putter let him down. He lipped out for a 3-putt bogey at 15 and missed a 12-foot birdie putt at 18 that would have earned him a bronze medal. He shot 2-under 69, good for 15-under 269, and bowed out after the first hole of a seven-way playoff for the bronze that also included Ireland?s Rory McIlroy, USA?s Collin Morikawa, England?s Paul Casey, Columbia?s Sebastian Munoz, Chile?s Mito Pereira and Chinese-Taipei?s C.T. Pan.
?I never tried so hard in my life to finish third,? McIlroy said.
It took four extra holes, but ultimately it was Pan, who shot 74 in the opening round, beating just two players before capping off a furious rally with a final-round 63 and outlasted them all for the bronze.
Schauffele overcame a jittery passage when he flared his tee shot at the par-5 14thhole into trouble, had to take a penalty for an unplayable, and his backswing on his next shot struck branches as he escaped the trees.
?It got a little dicey there,? he said. ?When you?re trying to win you need some things to go your way. I took a pretty big risk trying to hack it through a bush. I missed my gap. I literally did the Matrix through these trees. Today was definitely my day.?
This medal is for my country and my family, especially my dad!
He salvaged a bogey, which dropped him back into a tie with Sabbatini, who erased a seven-stroke deficit heading into the final round with an Olympics 18-hole scoring record of 10-under 61. Sabbatini holed out for an eagle 2 at No. 6 and made 10 birdies, including finishing with birdies at 17 and 18.
?For a long time it seemed like it was inevitable that Xander was going to win and then all of a sudden he created some excitement for us,? Sabbatini said. ?So he definitely kind of put me back on edge waiting there at the end.?
Schauffele, who was 0-for-4 when holding the 54-hole lead and was winless on the PGA Tour since the 2019 Sentry Tournament of Champions, said earlier this season that he had choked when he had opportunities to win. This time, he made an 8-foot birdie at the drivable 17th hole, getting up and down from the front greenside bunker, and scrambling for par after another shaky drive to the right at the last to end his winless drought.
?It?s like riding a bicycle,? he said. ?You just don?t know until you get on and start riding it. For me, I needed to get over that hump, I needed to get a win while having a lead.?
Schauffele was a fitting champion in Japan. His mother, Ping Yi, was raised in the Land of the Rising Sun and his maternal grandparents still call Tokyo home. And it was at a Tokyo department store where his father and swing coach, Stefan, first introduced his son to the game by hitting balls in a simulator. Stefan had his own Olympic dreams shattered ? that of representing his native Germany in the decathlon ? when a drunk driver hit his vehicle head on and blinded him in his left eye in 1986. Fifty years earlier Schauffele?s grandfather, Richard, suffered a shoulder injury two weeks before the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
?I really wanted to win for my dad,? said Xander, who hugged his dad behind the green after his victory. ?I kind of wanted this one more than any other one.?
After an opening 68, he surged into the lead in the second round with an 8-under 63. Schauffele birdied the 18th hole of his third round to claim a one-streak lead through 54 holes.
With his father of German-French descent and mother born in Chinese Taipei, Schauffele credits his upbringing with giving him a resilient mentality, saying: ?I always felt I was mentally tougher than the other kids.?
He proved his mettle with a hard-working closing par, sticking a wedge from 98 yards to 4 feet to claim Olympic gold, the first Americans to do so in golf since Charles Sands and Margaret Abbott in 1900. And he did it for his dad.
?When my son stands on the podium and they play the anthem,? Stefan said, ?give me a towel. That will be a get me a towel moment, for sure.?
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Manchester City will end their pursuit of Tottenham striker Harry Kane, 27, if they sign England team-mate Jack Grealish, 25, from Aston Villa. (Manchester Evening News)
Colombia playmaker James Rodriguez, 30, has been told he does not feature in manager Rafael Benitez’s plans at Everton and is free to leave if the club receives a suitable offer. (Liverpool Echo)
Atletico Madrid have moved ahead of Arsenal in the race to sign Inter Milan’s 23-year-old Argentina striker Lautaro Martinez, who is valued at around 90m euros (£76.8m). (Tuttosport – in Italian)
Tottenham have had a £43m bid for 23-year-old Argentina defender Cristian Romero accepted by Atalanta. (Talksport)
Leeds are interested in signing Spain winger Adama Troare from Wolves, with the 25-year-old valued at about £30m. (Goal)
Tottenham, managed by former Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo, are also considering a move for Traore. (Mail)
West Ham remain in talks with Chelsea over 26-year-old France defender Kurt Zouma but are struggling to reach an agreement, with Fiorentina’s Serbia international Nikola Milenkovic an alternative option. (Sky Sports)
Crystal Palace want to sign English forward Ademola Lookman from RB Leipzig on loan, but will likely face competition from Burnley and Watford for the 23-year-old. (Sun)
The agent of Tottenham defender Davinson Sanchez has held talks with Sevilla, with the 25-year-old Colombian seen as a potential replacement for France international Jules Kounde, 22, who has been linked with Chelsea. (Caracol Radio via Mail)
Wolves have expressed an interest in signing Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey from Juventus, although the 30-year-old is not convinced by a move to Molineux. (Transfer Market – Italian)
Wolves’ Spanish striker Rafa Mir has been offered to Barcelona. The 24-year-old has made just four appearances for the Black Country club since joining from Valencia in 2018 and has been sent out on loan three times. (Sport)
Sheffield United are interested in signing Manchester United’s English midfielder James Garner, 20, on loan. (Sun)
Burnley and Watford are going head-to-head in the race to sign Hibernian’s 19-year-old Scottish left-back Josh Doig, who is valued at £4m. (Mail)
Southampton are demanding a fee of £6m for Ireland striker Michael Obafemi, 21, who is attracting interest from Blackburn. (Sun)
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Manchester City will end their pursuit of Tottenham striker Harry Kane, 27, if they sign England team-mate Jack Grealish, 25, from Aston Villa. (Manchester Evening News)
Colombia playmaker James Rodriguez, 30, has been told he does not feature in manager Rafael Benitez’s plans at Everton and is free to leave if the club receives a suitable offer. (Liverpool Echo)
Atletico Madrid have moved ahead of Arsenal in the race to sign Inter Milan’s 23-year-old Argentina striker Lautaro Martinez, who is valued at around 90m euros (£76.8m). (Tuttosport – in Italian)
Tottenham have had a £43m bid for 23-year-old Argentina defender Cristian Romero accepted by Atalanta. (Talksport)
Leeds are interested in signing Spain winger Adama Troare from Wolves, with the 25-year-old valued at about £30m. (Goal)
Tottenham, managed by former Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo, are also considering a move for Traore. (Mail)
West Ham remain in talks with Chelsea over 26-year-old France defender Kurt Zouma but are struggling to reach an agreement, with Fiorentina’s Serbia international Nikola Milenkovic an alternative option. (Sky Sports)
Crystal Palace want to sign English forward Ademola Lookman from RB Leipzig on loan, but will likely face competition from Burnley and Watford for the 23-year-old. (Sun)
The agent of Tottenham defender Davinson Sanchez has held talks with Sevilla, with the 25-year-old Colombian seen as a potential replacement for France international Jules Kounde, 22, who has been linked with Chelsea. (Caracol Radio via Mail)
Wolves have expressed an interest in signing Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey from Juventus, although the 30-year-old is not convinced by a move to Molineux. (Transfer Market – Italian)
Wolves’ Spanish striker Rafa Mir has been offered to Barcelona. The 24-year-old has made just four appearances for the Black Country club since joining from Valencia in 2018 and has been sent out on loan three times. (Sport)
Sheffield United are interested in signing Manchester United’s English midfielder James Garner, 20, on loan. (Sun)
Burnley and Watford are going head-to-head in the race to sign Hibernian’s 19-year-old Scottish left-back Josh Doig, who is valued at £4m. (Mail)
Southampton are demanding a fee of £6m for Ireland striker Michael Obafemi, 21, who is attracting interest from Blackburn. (Sun)
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Xander Schauffele produced a birdie and an outstanding up-and-down over the last two holes to hold off Rory Sabbatini and claim Olympic gold by just a single shot.
Xander Schauffele Wins Incredible Olympic Gold Medal
In a hugely dramatic final round, the American produced a 67 to win by just a single shot from Rory Sabbatini, who, around an hour and a half earlier, had shot an Olympic record score of 61.
With Schauffele and Sabbatini securing the gold and silver, it would be a seven man playoff for the bronze, with Rory McIlroy, Paul Casey, Collin Morikawa, Hideki Matsuyama, Sebastián Muñoz, C.T. Pan and Mito Pereira vying for the final medal.
In an already tense day, it was C.T Pan who overcame the challengers, producing a par at the fourth playoff hole to claim the bronze for Team Chinese Taipei.
Schauffele rolls in the winning putt on the 18th green. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)
But the day was all about Schauffele, who said after his round: ?It feels good. For me I wanted this for my Dad more than anything. I tried to represent my country, and then my family. It was really fun.?
His Dad, Stefan, was an aspiring decathlete in Germany. However, 40 years ago a drunk driver slammed into his car head-on near Weisbaden. On impact, a shard of glass wedged in his left eye, and six operations couldn?t save it. Taking two years away from his sport, he would lose sight in his eye, ending his Olympic dream.
The victory was, therefore, an incredibly emotional one for the Schauffele family, but now they have that illusive gold medal.
Starting the final round just one shot ahead, he would birdie the opening two holes, with further birdies at the 5th and 8th putting him two clear going into the back nine.
As the round wore on, it was Slovakian, Sabbatini, who was emerging as his nearest challenger, with a five-under par front nine cutting down his seven shot deficit to the overnight leader.
Sabbatini had started the final round seven shots back of Shauffele. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)
In search of his first victory since the 2011 Honda Classic, he would produce six birdies and a single bogey over the back nine to secure a 10-under-par 61, and a new Olympic scoring record.
With Sabbatini in the clubhouse at 17-under-par, he would endure a long wait as the leaders played out their back nine.
It seemed that the pressure was beginning to show for Schauffele, as he bogeyed one of the easiest holes on the course, the par-5 14th.
Now in a share of the gold medal position, the American would need to find a birdie over the subsequent final holes to avoid a playoff with the Slovak.
Schauffele rolls in his putt for birdie on the 17th green. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)
As the round drew to its finale, the 27-year-old would find his birdie at the driveable par-4 17th, splashing out from the greenside bunker, he would knock in his short putt to have a one shot advantage down the last.
There was still time for yet more drama though! With the American?s drive down the last being pushed to the right, he would be blocked out with his second, forcing him into a chip out down the fairway.
Leaving himself 100-yards in, Schauffele demonstrated his superb wedge play yet again. With the ball pitching past the hole, it would spin back to under three-feet, a huge moment under pressure.
Rolling the par putt in, the American would finally complete his and his Father?s Olympic dream of a gold medal.
A special moment for the Schauffele family.
Xander’s mother was brought up in Japan and his grandparents live there now. His dad was part of the German decathlon squad before his Olympic dream was ended in a car accident. pic.twitter.com/4NF8Fz19Lz
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Xander Schauffele produced a birdie and an outstanding up-and-down over the last two holes to hold off Rory Sabbatini and claim Olympic gold by just a single shot.
Xander Schauffele Wins Incredible Olympic Gold Medal
In a hugely dramatic final round, the American produced a 67 to win by just a single shot from Rory Sabbatini, who, around an hour and a half earlier, had shot an Olympic record score of 61.
With Schauffele and Sabbatini securing the gold and silver, it would be a seven man playoff for the bronze, with Rory McIlroy, Paul Casey, Collin Morikawa, Hideki Matsuyama, Sebastián Muñoz, C.T. Pan and Mito Pereira vying for the final medal.
In an already tense day, it was C.T Pan who overcame the challengers, producing a par at the fourth playoff hole to claim the bronze for Team Chinese Taipei.
Schauffele rolls in the winning putt on the 18th green. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)
But the day was all about Schauffele, who said after his round: ?It feels good. For me I wanted this for my Dad more than anything. I tried to represent my country, and then my family. It was really fun.?
His Dad, Stefan, was an aspiring decathlete in Germany. However, 40 years ago a drunk driver slammed into his car head-on near Weisbaden. On impact, a shard of glass wedged in his left eye, and six operations couldn?t save it. Taking two years away from his sport, he would lose sight in his eye, ending his Olympic dream.
The victory was, therefore, an incredibly emotional one for the Schauffele family, but now they have that illusive gold medal.
Starting the final round just one shot ahead, he would birdie the opening two holes, with further birdies at the 5th and 8th putting him two clear going into the back nine.
As the round wore on, it was Slovakian, Sabbatini, who was emerging as his nearest challenger, with a five-under par front nine cutting down his seven shot deficit to the overnight leader.
Sabbatini had started the final round seven shots back of Shauffele. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)
In search of his first victory since the 2011 Honda Classic, he would produce six birdies and a single bogey over the back nine to secure a 10-under-par 61, and a new Olympic scoring record.
With Sabbatini in the clubhouse at 17-under-par, he would endure a long wait as the leaders played out their back nine.
It seemed that the pressure was beginning to show for Schauffele, as he bogeyed one of the easiest holes on the course, the par-5 14th.
Now in a share of the gold medal position, the American would need to find a birdie over the subsequent final holes to avoid a playoff with the Slovak.
Schauffele rolls in his putt for birdie on the 17th green. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)
As the round drew to its finale, the 27-year-old would find his birdie at the driveable par-4 17th, splashing out from the greenside bunker, he would knock in his short putt to have a one shot advantage down the last.
There was still time for yet more drama though! With the American?s drive down the last being pushed to the right, he would be blocked out with his second, forcing him into a chip out down the fairway.
Leaving himself 100-yards in, Schauffele demonstrated his superb wedge play yet again. With the ball pitching past the hole, it would spin back to under three-feet, a huge moment under pressure.
Rolling the par putt in, the American would finally complete his and his Father?s Olympic dream of a gold medal.
A special moment for the Schauffele family.
Xander’s mother was brought up in Japan and his grandparents live there now. His dad was part of the German decathlon squad before his Olympic dream was ended in a car accident. pic.twitter.com/4NF8Fz19Lz
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[title] => The Women?s Basketball Team Beats Canada And Avoids The United States In The Quarterfinals
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Ndour, Casas, Ouviña, Cazorla and Torrens form the nucleus of the team that in the first leg of the Games has recovered from its disappointing passage through the Eurobasket. His victory against Canada (66-76) culminated the perfect path in the first phase. He won the three games he played and consolidated his game, despite some gaps and details that must be improved to have more options in what awaits him from the quarterfinals. The leadership of group A allows him to avoid the United States at that junction. The premise was fundamental because the Americans maintain an unprecedented hegemony, far superior to that of the men?s team.
The United States women?s team does not lose a game At the olympic games since he was defeated by the Unified Team team on August 5, 1992. In Tokyo he is on his way to his seventh consecutive gold medal. Any other team aiming to compete in the semifinals must at all costs avoid meeting the United States first. Spain has succeeded. The first position of the group will also prevent him, probably, crossing with Belgium, another formidable rival. The draw for the quarterfinals will be held this Monday when the last day concludes.
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The 29 assists that the Spanish team added reflect their excellent associative game. The circulation of the ball, with Ouviña in command for many minutes, and the success in the last passes allowed him to get many easy baskets and compensate for his bad start in the triples. Ouviña and Casas gave great dynamism to the Spanish game with steals, assists, quick transitions often. Spain came to dominate by 20 points (36-56). In the next six minutes, his pájara paid. He only added four points and Canada was six points (54-60). Alba Torrens assumed responsibility in the Spanish attack at that time and the gap widened again.
Queralt Casas, who added 8 points and 5 assists in 17 minutes, surprised in the mixed zone, where the press awaited him. The 28-year-old player from Girona could not help crying while answering questions from journalists. ?The other day I didn?t play for a minute. I have taken the tension off. And now I can?t stop crying, ?he explained. ?For me it is a dream to be here.? Alba Torrens placeholder image He added: ?Queralt played a great game and that is the important thing. There you can see the strength of the team ?. Casas played eight minutes in the first match against Korea and remained on the bench for the entire match against Serbia. The Valencia player, designated the best in the League in the 2019-2020 season, has averaged 28 minutes, 9 points, 4 rebounds and 2.5 assists last season with her team, second in the League and Eurocup champion, the second European club competition.
Spain: Silvia Domínguez (4), Ouviña (15), Torrens (12), Gil (8), Ndour (20) -starting team-; Laia Palau (1), Cazorla (2), Carrera (6), Casas (8) and Conde (0).
Partial: 13-23-21-17, 13-20 and 19-16.
Referees: Yu, Lezcano and Mikheyev.
Saitama Super Arena.
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Ndour, Casas, Ouviña, Cazorla and Torrens form the nucleus of the team that in the first leg of the Games has recovered from its disappointing passage through the Eurobasket. His victory against Canada (66-76) culminated the perfect path in the first phase. He won the three games he played and consolidated his game, despite some gaps and details that must be improved to have more options in what awaits him from the quarterfinals. The leadership of group A allows him to avoid the United States at that junction. The premise was fundamental because the Americans maintain an unprecedented hegemony, far superior to that of the men?s team.
The United States women?s team does not lose a game At the olympic games since he was defeated by the Unified Team team on August 5, 1992. In Tokyo he is on his way to his seventh consecutive gold medal. Any other team aiming to compete in the semifinals must at all costs avoid meeting the United States first. Spain has succeeded. The first position of the group will also prevent him, probably, crossing with Belgium, another formidable rival. The draw for the quarterfinals will be held this Monday when the last day concludes.
More information
The 29 assists that the Spanish team added reflect their excellent associative game. The circulation of the ball, with Ouviña in command for many minutes, and the success in the last passes allowed him to get many easy baskets and compensate for his bad start in the triples. Ouviña and Casas gave great dynamism to the Spanish game with steals, assists, quick transitions often. Spain came to dominate by 20 points (36-56). In the next six minutes, his pájara paid. He only added four points and Canada was six points (54-60). Alba Torrens assumed responsibility in the Spanish attack at that time and the gap widened again.
Queralt Casas, who added 8 points and 5 assists in 17 minutes, surprised in the mixed zone, where the press awaited him. The 28-year-old player from Girona could not help crying while answering questions from journalists. ?The other day I didn?t play for a minute. I have taken the tension off. And now I can?t stop crying, ?he explained. ?For me it is a dream to be here.? Alba Torrens placeholder image He added: ?Queralt played a great game and that is the important thing. There you can see the strength of the team ?. Casas played eight minutes in the first match against Korea and remained on the bench for the entire match against Serbia. The Valencia player, designated the best in the League in the 2019-2020 season, has averaged 28 minutes, 9 points, 4 rebounds and 2.5 assists last season with her team, second in the League and Eurocup champion, the second European club competition.
Spain: Silvia Domínguez (4), Ouviña (15), Torrens (12), Gil (8), Ndour (20) -starting team-; Laia Palau (1), Cazorla (2), Carrera (6), Casas (8) and Conde (0).
Partial: 13-23-21-17, 13-20 and 19-16.
Referees: Yu, Lezcano and Mikheyev.
Saitama Super Arena.
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Kawhi Leonard turned down his $ 36 million player option for next season to become a free agent, a source confirmed to ESPN?s Adrian Wojnarowski on Sunday.
The expectation is that Leonard negotiates a new deal to stay with the LA Clippers, according to Wojnarowski. Leonard can potentially sign a four-year, $ 176.2 million deal or he could go one-and-one and become a free agent in 2022, when he could sign a five-year deal worth $ 235 million, according to ESPN?s Bobby Marks.
For its part, Chris paul, would also reject his $ 44.2 million option with the Phoenix Suns, The Athletic website first reported.
Leonard?s decision to decline his option follows a July 13 surgery to repair a right anterior cruciate ligament that kept him out of the Clippers? last eight postseason games. Leonard is expected to miss a lot of time as he recovers from his injury.
?We look forward to a long-term relationship with him,? Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank said last week. ?Right now, our focus, as Kawhi, is on his health. He underwent major surgery. He tore his anterior cruciate ligament. That will take a long time and we want to support him in that,? he added.
Leonard said in December that turning down his option doesn?t necessarily mean he is leaving the Clippers.
?Obviously, if I?m healthy, the best decision is to decline the player option,? Leonard said in December. ?But that doesn?t mean I?m going or staying.?
Leonard averaged 24.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.2 assists in 52 regular-season games during his second season with the Clippers. He missed nine of the 10 games in April due to a foot injury.
Paul, for his part, led the Suns to the Final, losing in six games to the Milwaukee Bucks. From Paul rejecting the option officially, the intuition is that he would return to the Suns anyway.
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Kawhi Leonard turned down his $ 36 million player option for next season to become a free agent, a source confirmed to ESPN?s Adrian Wojnarowski on Sunday.
The expectation is that Leonard negotiates a new deal to stay with the LA Clippers, according to Wojnarowski. Leonard can potentially sign a four-year, $ 176.2 million deal or he could go one-and-one and become a free agent in 2022, when he could sign a five-year deal worth $ 235 million, according to ESPN?s Bobby Marks.
For its part, Chris paul, would also reject his $ 44.2 million option with the Phoenix Suns, The Athletic website first reported.
Leonard?s decision to decline his option follows a July 13 surgery to repair a right anterior cruciate ligament that kept him out of the Clippers? last eight postseason games. Leonard is expected to miss a lot of time as he recovers from his injury.
?We look forward to a long-term relationship with him,? Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank said last week. ?Right now, our focus, as Kawhi, is on his health. He underwent major surgery. He tore his anterior cruciate ligament. That will take a long time and we want to support him in that,? he added.
Leonard said in December that turning down his option doesn?t necessarily mean he is leaving the Clippers.
?Obviously, if I?m healthy, the best decision is to decline the player option,? Leonard said in December. ?But that doesn?t mean I?m going or staying.?
Leonard averaged 24.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.2 assists in 52 regular-season games during his second season with the Clippers. He missed nine of the 10 games in April due to a foot injury.
Paul, for his part, led the Suns to the Final, losing in six games to the Milwaukee Bucks. From Paul rejecting the option officially, the intuition is that he would return to the Suns anyway.
