CHINA DAILY Tuesday, May 24, 2016 SPORTS 23

BOXING SOCCER Digest

MARATHON Forest parks set to host events Title rematch The G.O. Forest marathon series, which features running through forests, has been unveiled by the State Forestry Administration of China and Beijing Malon Sports and Cul­ ture Co Ltd. won’t be dull The 2016 series features three stops: Beijing Badaling Nation­ Champ Ruenroeng, with two knockdowns in al Forest Park on June 19, the Quickjabs their first fight after Casim­ 75­km extreme run at the challenger Casimero ero decked him in Round 3 — Changbai Mountain natural Several past and present though it was ruled a slip. protection area in mid­Septem­ have a score to settle IBF champions have been Wednesday’s undercard ber and the rain forest run in invited to attend the conven­ will feature Xiong Chao­ Xinglong, Hainan province in By MURRAY GREIG tion, including Mike Tyson, zhong, the pint­sized power December,which will host two murraygreig@chinadai­ Larry Holmes and Roy Jones puncher from Kunming, half marathons in two days. ly.com.cn Jr.… The official weigh­in for Yunnan province, who Organizers plan to add more Wednesday’s card will take became China’s first profes­ runs in national forest parks Power thrills, but speed place at The Great Wall on sional world champion when next year and eventually kills. Tuesday afternoon … At the he captured the WBC straw­ expand the event to overseas On Wednesday night at awards banquet, Amnat weight (105 lbs) belt in 2013. locations. National Olympic Park’s Dia­ Ruenroeng will be presented Xiong’s record of 26­6­1 mond Stadium, two fighters with the Jersey Joe Walcott includes 14 knockouts, and CYCLING with extraordinarily fast fists Award, the IBF’s highest hon­ he has won four of five since Qinghai Lake race will crank up the punch or,as Fighter of the Year. being dethroned by Mexico’s count when International Oswaldo Novoa in 2014. scheduled for July Boxing Federation world fly­ Now ranked No 3 in the The Tour of Qinghai Lake weight champion Amnat world, Xiong will face No 5 pedals off on July 17 in Xining Ruenroeng of Thailand puts body’s annual convention, Jose Jimenez of Colombia in of Qinghai province and ends his title on the line in a much­ being held this week in Bei­ a 12­round eliminator for the on July 30 in Baiyin of Gansu anticipated rematch with No jing. IBF’s mini flyweight crown. province. A total of 161 riders 1 contender Johnriel Casim­ “Every IBF­licensed official Last month, former world representing 23 professional, ero of the Philippines. in the world will be at the No 1 super featherweight continental and regional Based on what happened rematch, so this time John­ contender Harold Knight teams from 15 countries and 11 months ago, you get the riel only has to be concerned joined Xiong’s training team regions will race 3,631 kilome­ feeling these guys don’t par­ with getting in the ring and and will be in his corner on Jordi Alba celebrates after scoring the first goal for Barcelona in Sunday’s Copa del Rey final ters, peaking at an altitude of ticularly like each other. fighting his fight,” a member Wednesday night. Knight, against Sevilla at Vicente Calderon Stadium in Madrid. Barca won 2­0. JUAN MEDINA / REUTERS 4,120 meters. Last June in Bangkok, the of his camp said at a March who trained world heavy­ The Tour of Qinghai Lake undefeated Ruenroeng (17­0, media conference to weight champion Lennox pro road bicycle race has been 5 KOs) was awarded a announce the bout. Lewis from 1990 to 2013, staged annually since 2002. It 12­round decision in a foul­ “Last time, he was fighting summed up Xiong’s fight Another Copa del Rey caps is sanctioned by the Interna­ filled war of attrition that saw both the champion and the plan in one word: “Pressure.” tional Cycling Union (UCI) as a American referee Larry Dog­ referee.” “He has to be the aggressor 2.HC (high class) race as part of gett toss away the rule book While the 26­year­old … keep moving forward and the Asia Tour. Last year’s win­ Barca’s sensational season ner was Croatia’s Rogina Rado­ and turn a blind eye on multi­ Casimero has not fought in throwing punches in bunch­ ple clinches, throwdowns the interim, Ruenroeng, 36, es,” Knight said after a recent slav,with Team Adria Mobil. and head butts more remi­ notched a lopsided decision sparring session in Beijing. By ASSOCIATED PRESS was eliminated by Atletico outside the area as the Brazil­ China hosted more than niscent of cartoon wrestling over Japan’s Myung Ho Lee “X­Man packs a lot of pow­ in Madrid Madrid in the quarterfinals ian tried to get into position 3,000 pro and amateur races than world­class boxing. last December in Thailand. er in both fists, but it’s no of the European tournament. to score. last year. According to Wang Although he was on the “I have something to prove good if he doesn’t use it. We’ll Barcelona finished its sea­ “It was a spectacular end to Sevilla further lost defend­ Wei, a senior official of the Chi­ receiving end of most of the after the way our first fight be looking to put maximum son on a high by capturing the season,” Barcelona coach er Daniel Carrico with two nese Cycling Association, the fouls, Casimero (21­3, 13 went; I won the decision, but pressure on Jimenez.” the Copa del Rey title to add Luis Enrique said. yellow cards just before Ney­ nation boasts 20 million KOs), a former world junior it wasn’t pretty,” the champ In another featured pre­ to its Spanish league trophy “Not only because of how mar’s late goal at Atletico cycling enthusiasts and 15 Chi­ flyweight champ, didn’t com­ said through an interpreter. lim, Cai Zongju (7­1, 1 KO), won just a week ago. we won the league, but also Madrid’s Vicente Calderon nese professional teams are plain about the scoring (116­ “Casimero is the mandato­ the No 1­ranked female mini­ Jordi Alba scored seven because of how we won this Stadium. registered with UCI. 110, 115­110 and 113­112). ry challenger, so I look for­ mumweight from Jinan, minutes into extra time and final, when we had to play a “Despite this loss, we end The Filipino did, however, ward to beating him again — Shandong province, will Neymar sealed the victory man down for a long time. the season with our heads Alaphilippe wins campaign for a rematch at a hopefully by a knockout. Aft­ challenge Thailand’s Samson late to give Barcelona a 2­0 The players couldn’t have up,” Sevilla coach Unai Tour of California neutral site and the IBF er that, I want to unify the Tor Buamas (37­3, 19 KOs) for win over Sevilla for its second shown more character.” Emery said. agreed to stage it as the high­ title.” the vacant IBF Interconti­ straight Copa del Rey title on Barcelona played with 10 Sevilla, trying to win its France’s Julian Alaphilippe light of the sanctioning Ruenroeng was credited nental title. Sunday. men from the 36th minute sixth Copa title and first since captured the overall crown in After a scoreless 90 min­ after defender Javier Mas­ 2010, controlled possession the Tour of California on Sun­ utes, Alba found the net with cherano was sent off with a after Barcelona went a man day, after Britain’s Mark Cav­ a low left­footed shot into the straight red card for pulling down and was close to scor­ endish outsprinted Slovakia’s ZoupreppingforUSdebut far corner after a superb long the jersey of Kevin Gameiro ing several times, with its Peter Sagan to win the final pass into the area by Lionel to keep the French striker best chance coming on a low stage for the third consecutive Messi. from entering the area with shot from outside the area by year. Zou Shiming will make histo­ Vasyl Lomachenko of Ukraine. on April 13. Neymar closed the scoring only the goalkeeper to beat. Banega that struck the post Cavendish won the 85.7­mile ry when he takes a bite out of Zou (8­1, 2 KOs) celebrated Zou has joined Hall of Fame in stoppage time after anoth­ The Catalan club also lost in the 50th. final stage in 3hrs, 1min, 12sec, the Big Apple next month. his 35th birthday last week. trainer Freddie Roach in Los er perfect pass from Messi to Luis Suarez with an apparent Barcelona relied on coun­ with Sagan second and Alex­ On June 11, the double He’s coming off an impressive Angeles to prepare for the give Barcelona its 28th Copa muscle injury early in the sec­ terattacks but never threat­ ander Kristoff of Norway third. Olympic gold medalist from TKO victory over Brazil’s Natan bout. Zhang Chuanliang, who trophy. ond half. ened much until extra time Zunyi, Guizhou province, will Coutinho in Shanghai in Janu­ coached Zou as an amateur “It’s a great way to end the The Uruguay striker, who started with both teams field­ SKI MOUNTAINEERING make his US pro debut when ary, but should be tested by the and guided him to gold at the season,” said Barcelona mid­ cried on the bench after ing 10 men. Global interest he becomes the first Chinese 19­year­old Ajtai, who owns a 2008 and 2012 Olympics, also fielder Andres Iniesta. “It was being substituted, was cru­ Barca’s previous best in conference boxer to be featured in a record of 15­2, with 10 KOs. made the trip and will be in a wonderful season. We con­ cial for Barcelona in the final chance came on a free kick 10­rounder at New York’s iconic Ajtai turned pro just 11 Zou’s corner on June 11. tinued to add to the club’s his­ stages of the Spanish league, taken by Messi and easily The recent Qinghai Gangshi­ Madison Square Garden, taking months ago, and eight of his Top Rank promoter Bob tory.” scoring 14 goals in the last saved by Sevilla goalkeeper ka international ski mountain­ on Hungary’s Jozsef Ajtai in a victories have come against Arum said an impressive win It was the seventh time in five matches. Sergio Rico in the 70th. eering conference attracted flyweight title elimination bout. opponents with winning over Ajtai could set up a team history that Barcelona Sevilla, which won the It was the second final more than 80 skiers and enthu­ The fight will be the fea­ records. The Hungarian has rematch between Zou and IBF won both domestic titles in Europa League final against between the teams this sea­ siasts from Canada, the US, tured prelim on a card head­ fought three times in 2016, world champion Amnat Ruen­ the same season. Liverpool on Wednesday,also son, with Barcelona needing Germany,Italy,South Korea, lined by the WBO junior scoring three straight KOs. roeng, who won a lopsided For much of the season, played the extra time with 10 extra time to win the Europe­ Pakistan and 18 Chinese cities lightweight title clash His most recent outing was a decision in their 2015 title bout Barcelona had hopes of men after midfielder Ever an Super Cup last August. and provinces. between champion Rocky first­round stoppage of Bot­ in Macao. repeating the treble from a Banega was shown a straight The teams exchanged Ski mountaineering is a dis­ Martinez of Puerto Rico and ond Sipos (4­2) in Slovakia MURRAYGREIG year ago, when it also won red in second­half stoppage home victories in the Spanish cipline that involves climbing the Champions League, but it time for fouling Neymar just league. and descending mountains on skis. If the mountain cannot be ascended on skis, the competi­ tor carriers them to the top. Scoreboard Organized by the Ski Moun­ taineering Federation, Asian Ski Mountaineering Federa­ BASEBALL Tour of California (par 70, USA unless noted, Garcia wins with par 2. (2) Jordan Spieth (USA) 10.78 Results of the final on Sunday: Leading results and standings after Sunday’s on first playoff hole): 3. (3) Rory McIlroy (GBR) 9.64 Gold medal match tion and the China Mountain­ Results of MLB games on Sunday (home team in eighth and final stage of the Tour of California: 265 ­ Sergio Garcia (ESP) 63­66­68­68, Brooks 4. (4) Bubba Watson (USA) 7.73 Canada: 2 (McDavid 11:24, ass. Duchene; Duche­ CAPS): eering Association, the week­ Stage result: Koepka 65­64­65­71 5. (5) Rickie Fowler (USA) 7.41 ne 59:59, ass. Marchand) Finland: 0 DETROIT 9 Tampa Bay 4 1. Mark Cavendish (GBR/Dimension Data) 3hr 266 ­ Matt Kuchar 65­67­65­69 6. (6) Henrik Stenson (SWE) 7.08 NY METS 3 Milwaukee 1 Bronze medal match long conference included 1min 12secs, 2. Peter Sagan (SVK/Tinkoff) same 267 ­ Colt Knost 70­63­69­65, Spencer Levin 68­66­ 7. (7) Adam Scott (AUS) 6.94 Russia: 7 (Voinov 6:23, ass. Kalinin, Shirokov; Seattle 5 CINCINNATI 4 time, 3. Alexander Kristoff (NOR/Katusha) s.t., 4. 67­66, Charles Howell 65­70­66­66, Robert Garri­ 8. (8) Dustin Johnson (USA) 6.70 competitions, seminars and Mozyakin 13:41, ass. Datsyuk, Orlov; Telegin Washington 8 MIAMI 2 Danny van Poppel (NED/SKY) s.t., 5. John Degen­ gus 65­70­66­66, Tim Wilkinson (NZL) 67­69­63­68, 9. (9) Danny Willett (GBR) 6.13 29:36, ass. Datsyuk, Mozyakin; Dadonov 32:49, rescue missions. PHILADELPHIA 5 Atlanta 0 kolb (GER/Giant) s.t., 6. Niccolo Bonifazio (ITA/ Bud Cauley 64­65­68­70 10. (10) Justin Rose (GBR) 5.91 ass. Panarin, Shipacyov; Panarin 35:22, ass. Belov, BOSTON 5 Cleveland 2 TFS) s.t., 7. Jean­Pierre Drucker (LUX/BMC) s.t., 8. 268 ­ Justin Hicks 70­65­68­65, Kyle Reifers 68­65­ 11. (11) Branden Grace (RSA) 5.25 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 3 Kansas City 2 Ariel Richeze (ARG/Etixx­Quick­Step) s.t., 9. Dylan 65­70 12. (15) Sergio Garcia (ESP) 5.09 Chudinov; Mozyakin 53:13, ass. Datsyuk; Shipa­ Texas 9 HOUSTON 2 Groenewegen (NED/TLJ) s.t., 10. Travis McCabe 269 ­ Charley Hoffman 67­66­72­64, Tony Finau 13. (12) Patrick Reed (USA) 5.04 chyov 59:53, ass. Dadonov, Panarin) USA: 2 ICE HOCKEY Toronto 3 MINNESOTA 1 (USA/Holowesko) s.t. 68­67­68­66, Dustin Johnson 64­68­70­67, Chad 14. (13) Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 4.93 (Vatrano 34:29, ass. Warsofsky, Nelson; Vatrano Arizona 7 ST. LOUIS 2 Overall standings: Campbell 66­69­66­68, Steve Marino 69­64­66­70, 15. (14) Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 4.67 43:42, ass. Warsofsky) Team Canada LA ANGELS 10 Baltimore 2 1. Julian Alaphilippe (FRA/Etixx­Quick­Step) 31hr Gary Woodland 71­64­64­70 16. (19) Brooks Koepka (USA) 4.25 NY Yankees 5 OAKLAND 4 47min 50sec, 2. Rohan Dennis (AUS/BMC) at 270 ­ Wes Roach 64­66­73­67, Michael Thompson 17. (16) Brandt Snedeker (USA) 3.97 SOCCER strikes gold again LA Dodgers 9 SAN DIEGO 5 (17 innings) 21sec, 3. Brent Bookwalter (USA/BMC) 43, 4. 70­65­68­67, Chez Reavie 67­66­69­68, Danny Lee 18. (17) Phil Mickelson (USA) 3.85 SAN FRANCISCO 1 Chicago Cubs 0 Andrew Talansky (USA/Cannondale) 52, 5. Law­ (NZL) 63­69­69­69, Sean O’Hair 66­69­65­70, Jordan 19. (18) Zach Johnson (USA) 3.82 Spanish Cup Defending champion Canada Colorado at PITTSBURGH, ppd son Craddock (USA/Cannondale) 1:22, 6. Samuel Spieth 64­65­67­74 20. (23) Matt Kuchar (USA) 3.80 Result of the Copa del Rey final on Sunday: blanked previously undefeated Sanchez (ESP/BMC) same time, 7. George Ben­ Barcelona 2 (Alba 96, Neymar 120+2) Sevilla 0 ­ BASKETBALL nett (NZL/Lotto­Jumbo) 1:50, 8. Jurgen Van den LPGA Kingsmill Championship European Tour Race to Dubai after extra time Finland 2­0 in the gold medal Result of an NBA playoff conference finals game on Broeck (BEL/Katusha) 1:53, 9. Neilson Powless Leading scores after Sunday’s final round of the As of Monday: game at the world champion­ Sunday (home team in CAPS): (USA/Axeon) 1:57, 10. Laurens Ten Dam (NED/ LPGA Kingsmill Championship at Williamsburg, 1. (1) Danny Willett (GBR) 2780274 International friendlies Giant) 2:13 ship tournament in Moscow on Virginia (par 71, USA unless noted): 2. (4) Rory McIlroy (GBR) 1988305 Results on Sunday: 1 2 3 4 T 270 ­ Ariya Jutanugarn (THA) 69­69­65­67 3. (2) Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 1547861 At Manchester, England: Sunday. GOLF Golden State 28 19 33 25 105 271 ­ Su Oh (AUS) 69­70­67­65 4. (3) Rafael Cabrera­Bello (ESP) 1425396 England 2 (Kane 3, Vardy 83) Turkey 1 (Calhano­ Connor McDavid teamed up OKLAHOMA CITY 34 38 45 16 133 272 ­ Kim Sei­young (KOR) 67­72­67­66, Gerina Pill­ 5. (5) Henrik Stenson (SWE) 1045465 glu 13) PGA Byron Nelson Championship er 67­71­68­66 (Oklahoma City leads best­of­seven series 2­1) Leading scores after Sunday’s final round of the 6. (7) Lee Westwood (GBR) 947674 At Miami: with Matt Duchene to score 274 ­ Hur Mi­jung (KOR) 69­71­70­64, Lexi Thomp­ 7. (6) Branden Grace (RSA) 936353 Puerto Rico 1 (Betancur 42) United States 3 (Ream PGA Byron Nelson Championship at Irving, Texas son 72­69­67­66, Pornanong Phatlum (THA) 67­72­ midway through the first peri­ CYCLING (par 70, USA unless noted, Garcia wins with par 8. (8) Joost Luiten (NED) 742534 20, Wood 34, Arriola 56) 65­70 9. (9) Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 712172 od, cutting in from the right and on first playoff hole): 275 ­ Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 70­69­69­66, Brittany Giro d’Italia 10. (11) Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) 672522 TENNIS 265 ­ Sergio Garcia (ESP) 63­66­68­68, Brooks Lincicome 66­73­69­67 flicking the puck over Finnish Results from the 15th stage of the 2016 Giro d’Ita­ 11. (10) Lee Soo­min (KOR) 661297; 12. (41) Bradley Koepka 65­64­65­71 276 ­ Caroline Masson (GER) 67­70­71­68, Jessica lia, a 10.8 km time trial between Castelrotto and 266 ­ Matt Kuchar 65­67­65­69 Dredge (GBR) 615984; 13. (12) Chris Wood (GBR) French Open goaltender Mikko Koskinen. Alpe di Suisi: Korda 69­68­70­69, Minjee Lee (AUS) 66­71­68­71, 267 ­ Colt Knost 70­63­69­65, Spencer Levin 68­66­ 590040; 14. (49) Russell Knox (GBR) 580905; 15. (13) Results on Sunday: Stage Chun In­gee (KOR) 73­69­62­72, Ryu So­yeon It was McDavid’sfirst goal of 67­66, Charles Howell 65­70­66­66, Robert Garri­ Wang Jeung­hun (KOR) 568826; 16. (14) Scott Men’s 1st rd 1. Alexander Foliforov (RUS) Gazprom 28min (KOR) 71­64­69­72 Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) bt Benjamin Becker gus 65­70­66­66, Tim Wilkinson (NZL) 67­69­63­68, Hend (AUS) 566673; 17. (15) Marcus Fraser (AUS) the tournament, coming in his 39sec, 2. Steven Kruijswijk (NED/LNL) same time, 277 ­ Mo Martin 70­69­70­68, Amelia Lewis 69­68­ (GER) 6­2, 6­2, 6­4; Nick Kyrgios (AUS x17) bt Mar­ Bud Cauley 64­65­68­70 560372; 18. (16) An Byeong­hun (KOR) 529795; 19. 3. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) at 23secs, 4. 71­69, Mika Miyazato (JPN) 65­71­70­71 co Cecchinato (ITA) 7­6 (6), 7­6 (6), 6­4; Igor Sij­ 10th game, but last year’sNo 1 268 ­ Justin Hicks 70­65­68­65, Kyle Reifers 68­65­ (17) Andy Sullivan (GBR) 525518; 20. (18) Matthew Sergey Firsanov (RUS/GAZ) 30, 5. Michele Scarpo­ 278 ­ Brittany Altomare 71­72­67­68, Austin Ernst sling (NED) bt Adrian Ungur (ROM) 6­1, 6­2, 7­6 (5); 65­70 Fitzpatrick (GBR) 509290 NHL draft pick by the Edmon­ ni (ITA/AST) 36, 6. Esteban Chaves (COL/ORI) 40, 68­71­71­68, Lydia Ko (NZL) 73­68­68­69, Chella Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) bt Donald Young 7. Ilnur Zakarin (RUS/KAT) 47, 8. Joe Dombrowski 269 ­ Charley Hoffman 67­66­72­64, Tony Finau Choi (KOR) 68­74­65­71, Cristie Kerr 68­74­64­72, ton Oilers racked up eight ICE HOCKEY (USA) 7­6 (1), 6­2, 6­3; Beno Paire (FRA x19) bt (USA/CAN) 52, 9. Bob Jungels (LUX/ETI) 1min 68­67­68­66, Dustin Johnson 64­68­70­67, Chad Laetitia Beck (ISR) 67­72­66­73 Radu Albot (MDA) 6­2, 4­6, 6­4, 1­6, 6­4 Campbell 66­69­66­68, Steve Marino 69­64­66­70, 279 ­ Kim Hyo­joo (KOR) 70­72­70­67, Sakura Yoko­ assists in that time. 04sec, 10. Rafal Majka (POL/TIN) 1:09 Result of an NHL playoff conference finals game Women’s 1st rd Gary Woodland 71­64­64­70 mine (JPN) 71­69­69­70 Overall on Sunday (home team in CAPS): Su­Wei Hsieh (TPE) bt Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) With Russian President Vlad­ 1. Steven Kruijswijk (NED) Lotto 60hr 41min 22sec, 270 ­ Wes Roach 64­66­73­67, Michael Thompson 280 ­ Kelly Shon 73­70­70­67, Brooke M. Henderson 7­6 (6), 6­3; Petra Kvitova (CZE x10) bt Danka 70­65­68­67, Chez Reavie 67­66­69­68, Danny Lee (CAN) 70­71­71­78, Karrie Webb (AUS) 73­67­70­70, imir Putin looking on, McDavid 2. Esteban Chaves (COL/ORI) at 2min 12sec, 3. 1 2 3 OT T Kovinic (MNE) 6­2, 4­6, 7­5; Anastasia Pavlyuchen­ (NZL) 63­69­69­69, Sean O’Hair 66­69­65­70, Jordan Park Hee­young (KOR) 72­69­67­72, Stacy Lewis Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) 2:51, 4. Alejandro Tampa Bay 0 2 1 1 4 kova (RUS x24) bt Sara Sorribes (ESP) 6­2, 6­0; Vik­ also earned an assist on Duche­ Spieth 64­65­67­74 70­66­70­74, Amy Yang (KOR) 69­67­69­75 Valverde (ESP/MOV) 3:29, 5. Rafal Majka (POL/ PITTSBURGH 1 2 0 0 3 torija Golubic (SUI) bt Alison Riske (USA) 6­2, 1­6, TIN) 4:38, 6. Ilnur Zakarin (RUS/KAT) 4:40, 7. 6­2; Lucie Safarova (CZE x11) bt Vitalia Diatchen­ ne’sempty­netter with one sec­ (Tampa Bay leads best­of­seven series 3­2) Andrey Amador (CRC/MOV) 5:27, 8. Bob Jungels EPGA Irish Open World rankings ko (RUS) 6­0, 6­2 ond remaining. (LUX/ETI) 7:14, 9. Kanstantsin Siutsou (BLR/DDA) Leading scores after Sunday’s final round of the As of Monday: Note: Only 10 of the scheduled 32 matches were 7:37, 10. Jakob Fuglsang (DEN/AST) 7:55 PGA Byron Nelson Championship at Irving, Texas 1. (1) Jason Day (AUS) 13.23 World Championship completed due to rain. CHINADAILY­AGENCIES