ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2021 SPORTS 14 Russia fend off Germany to advance to 5th-place game Cantlay outlasts DeChambeau CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 30, (AP): Veronika Korzhakova and Oxana Bratisheva scored in a 3:08 span early in the third period and in BMW Championship playoff Russia beat short-handed Germany 3-2 to advance to the fi fth-place game in the women’s world hockey Durant holds off Langer in The Ally Challenge championship. “It was diffi cult for us because we knew we didn’t have a chance to OWINGS MILLS, Md., win a medal anymore,” Korzhakova Aug 30, (AP): Clutch down said. “But it was a new day and a the stretch and for six dy- new game. We rebooted and had a namic playoff holes, Pat- fresh mind, fresh legs, fresh every- thing.” rick Cantlay put a fi tting Russia will face Japan on Tues- end to an epic battle with day, with the winner getting a spot Bryson DeChambeau by in Group A next year. Japan beat the making an 18-foot birdie Czech Republic 3-2. putt on the 18th hole to win the BMW Championship. ICE HOCKEY Hilary Knight, (centre), of the United DeChambeau missed a 6-foot States, tries to hold her position as putt for 59 on Friday and missed In the semifi nals Monday, the Japan’s Shiori Koike checks in front four birdie putts to win in regula- of Japan goalie Nana Fujimoto dur- fi ve-time defending champion ing second-period quarterfinal IIHF tion and in the playoff Sunday. United States will face Finland, and women’s world championship hock- And then he missed the most im- Canada will play Switzerland. In the ey game action in Calgary, Alberta, portant putt of the week from just quarterfi nals Saturday, the United on Aug. 28. (AP) inside 10 feet to extend the playoff. States beat Japan 10-2, Canada topped Germany 7-0, Finland edged “This was an important game for the Czech Republic 3-0 and Swit- us because we are playing for fi fth GOLF zerland beat Russia 3-2 in overtime. place, which would give us the right Anna Savonina also scored for to be in Group A for the next world Cantlay made putts from 8 feet for Russia. championship,” Bobariko said. par, 8 feet for bogey and 20 feet for Tanja Eisenschmid and Kerstin Morozova made 15 saves, and birdie on the fi nal three holes of regu- Patrick Cantlay holds the trophy after winning the BMW Championship golf tournament, on Aug. 29, at Caves Val- Spielberger scored for Germany, Merkusheva stopped all nine shots lation for a 6-under 66, the last one to force a playoff at Caves Valley in the ley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md. (AP) limited to 15 skaters because of in- she faced. Franziska Albl made 23 saves for Germany. PGA Tour’s fi rst appearance in Balti- move him to the top of the FedEx Cup Wiesberger hit his tee shot at the Tour title, winning with a birdie on the juries. Spielberger gave Germany a more in nearly 60 years. He holed par 2-1 lead on a long shot with 2:38 left Hanae Kubo, Rui Ukita, and standings, the victory gave Cantlay the par-4 18th into a bunker, then found the seventh extra playoff. The 39-year-old putts of 6 feet and 7 feet on the 18th sixth and fi nal automatic spot on the water with his second shot. The Aus- Garcia-Heredia closed with a 3-under in the second, prompting Russian Akane Shiga scored for Japan and hole in the playoff. Nana Fujimoto made 31 saves. Ale- US Ryder Cup team. trian player fi nished with a 65. 68 to match Denmark’s Marcus Hellig- coach Yevgeni Bobarik to replace The last one gave him the victory, Cantlay now starts the Tour Cham- Henrik Stenson was third at 11 under kilde, Iceland’s Haraldur Magnus and goalie Nadezhda Morozova with na Mills and Daniela Pejsova scored his PGA Tour-leading third of the sea- pionship with a two-shot lead based on after a 63. Northern Ireland’s Michael Hoey at 11 Valeria Merkusheva. for the Czech Republic. son and fi fth overall. Not only did it his standing as the race concludes for In Columbus, Ohio, Adam Sven- under. Hoey dropped out on the fi rst the $15 million prize. sson won the Nationwide Children’s playoff hole and Magnus on the third. DeChambeau also closed with a 66. Hospital Championship, closing with ... Michael Blair won the Prince Edward They fi nished at 27-under 261. No one a 4-under 67 for a two-stroke victory Island Open, beating Maxwell Sear with has ever shot 261 on the PGA Tour and in the second of three Korn Ferry Tour a birdie on the fi rst hole of a playoff in didn’t take home the trophy. Finals events. the Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada Sungjae Im birdied his last two Already headed to the PGA Tour event. Blair fi nished with a 1-under 71 to holes for a 67 to fi nish alone in third, next season as a top-25 fi nisher in the match Sear at 9 under. Sear also closed four shots behind. Rory McIlroy regular-season points race, Svensson with a 71. ... Trish Johnson of England closed with a 67 to fi nish fourth. fi nished with a tournament-record won the Senior LPGA Championship In Grand Blanc, Michigan, Joe Du- 17-under 267 total on Ohio State’s in French Lick, Indiana, closing with a rant made a 5-foot bogey putt on the Scarlet Course. The 27-year-old Ca- 3-under 69 for a one-stroke victory over par-4 18th for a one-stroke victory over nadian has three career victories, also Becky Morgan of Wales. Also the 2017 Bernhard Langer in The Ally Challenge. winning the Club Car Championship in winner, Johnson fi nished at 7-under 209 The 57-year-old Durant closed with March in Georgia. on the The Pete Dye Course at French a 4-under 68 in windy conditions to Bronson Burgoon (66) and Stephan Lick Resort. Morgan shot a 69. ... Paul- fi nish at 17-under 199 at Warwick Jaeger (71) tied for second. ine Roussin Bouchard of France won Hills. He won for the fourth time on The Korn Ferry Tour Championship the Ladies European Tour’s Didriksons the PGA Tour Champions after win- is next week at Victoria National in Skafto Open in Sweden in her second ning four times on the PGA Tour. Newburgh, Indiana. professional start. Roussin Bouchard A stroke behind Langer and Doug Other Tours: Scott Vincent of Zimba- followed a second-round 60 with a 68 Barron entering the round, Durant had bwe won the KBC Augusta for his fi rst to fi nish at 11 under, a stroke ahead of four birdies in a six-hole stretch on the Japan Golf Tour title. He closed with Sweden’s Linn Grant (62) and Argen- front nine and added a birdie on the a 4-under 68 to fi nish at 17-under 271. tina’s Magdalena Simmermacher (64). par-5 16th. He drove left on 18 into an Ryo Ishikawa was a stroke back after a ... Mone Inami closed with a 6-under 67 adjacent fairway, clipped a branch hit- 67. ... Alfredo Garcia-Heredia of Spain for a one-stroke victory over Jeon Mi- ting over the trees, left his third short took the B-NL Challenge in the Neth- jeong in the Japan LPGA’s Nitori La- of the green and chipped past. erlands for his fi rst European Challenge dies. Inami fi nished at 16 under. Langer parred the 18th, hitting into two bunkers, in a 70. Two days after shooting his age on his 64th birthday, the German star had just one back-nine birdie - matching Durant on the 16th. Langer has 41 Champions victories, four off Hale Irwin’s record. Steven Alker was third at 15 under after a 67. Barron (72), Steve Flesch (64) and K.J. Choi (66) were 14 under. Vijay Singh had an albatross on 16 - holing out with a 5-wood - in a 67 that left him 13 under. In Crans-Montana, Switzerland, Rasmus Hojgaard shot a 7-under 63 and won the European Masters by a stroke when Bernd Wiesberger closed with a bogey after hitting into green- side water. The 20-year-old Hojgaard fi nished at 13-under 267 for his third European Tour victory. The Dane eagled the par- Joe Durant tees off on the eighth hole during The Ally Challenge golf tour- 5 14th and played the fi nal six holes nament, on Aug. 29, at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club in Grand in 5 under. Blanc, Michigan. (AP) Medina Spirit wins in comeback DEL MAR, Calif., Aug. 30, (AP): Ken- today,” Baffert said. “It just shows berto Rispoli said. “He got beat by the tucky Derby winner Medina Spirit held the class that he has and determina- winner of the Kentucky Derby. What off Rock Your World in the stretch to tion. This is the reason he won the are you going to do? I can’t ask any- win the $100,000 Shared Belief by 1 Kentucky Derby, he’s that good a thing more of my horse.” 1/4 lengths at Del Mar for embattled horse.” Iowa Derby winner Stilleto Boy paid trainer Bob Baffert. $3.80 to show. Medina Spirit raced for the fi rst time Medina Spirit tested positive for the since fi nishing third as the 9-5 favorite HORSE RACING corticosteroid betamethasone, which is in the Preakness on May 15, days af- not allowed on race day in Kentucky. ter the colt’s medication positive from Sent off at 8-5, Rock Your World re- His Derby victory remains the subject the Derby on May 1 was revealed by turned $2.80 and $2.20. The colt, who of a court battle. Baffert. beat Medina Spirit in the Santa Anita Baffert said the Pennsylvania Der- Ridden by John Velazquez, Medina Derby in April, fi nished 17th in the by at Parx Racing on Sept. 25 or the Spirit ran a mile in 1:37.29. He paid Kentucky Derby and sixth in the Bel- Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita $3.80, $2.40 and $2.10 at 4-5 odds. mont Stakes. on Oct. 2 are possibilities for Medina “It’s a relief. I was a little nervous “He ran a huge race,” jockey Um- Spirit’s next start.