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French women beat Aussies Runner dies after fun Southampton sign Forster PARIS: Hosts France set up an all-northern hemisphere Women’s Rugby World LONDON: Southampton continued rebuilding their depleted squad on SYDNEY: A young man died yesterday after collapsing near the finish line of Saturday when the Premier League club signed England goalkeeper Fraser Cup semi-final stage with a 17-3 win over Australia on Saturday after England Sydney’s biggest road race, which saw 80,000 participants run from the city to and Canada drew 13-13 to leave four-times champions New Zealand out in the Forster from Celtic on a four-year deal. Bondi Beach, Australian authorities said. The 26-year-old was in the England squad for this year’s World Cup finals in cold. Ireland — whose surprise defeat last week of favourites and holders the The 27-year-old was taking part in the 14-kilometre (8.7-mile) City2Surf fun Black Ferns turned the tournament on its head — also go through to the last Brazil, although he did not play, and will provide competition for club captain run when he had a heart attack and collapsed near the end of the course, New Kelvin Davis and experienced Poland international Artur Boruc. four as Pool B winners which is already their best showing in the tournament’s South Wales police and ambulance spokesmen told AFP. He was taken to a history. The women in green have been the side to watch so far and they did The transfer fee was not disclosed by the clubs but local media said nearby St Vincent’s Hospital in a critical condition but died shortly after, a hos- Southampton had paid 10 million pounds ($16.77 million) for the highly not disappoint with a 40-5 win over Kazakhstan on Saturday to top the group pital spokesman said. The man, from the Sydney suburb of Coogee, has not ahead of New Zealand and win the right to play Pool A victors England in the regarded keeper. been named. In 2008, a 26-year-old Briton collapsed and died after suffering a Saints have allowed several internationals to leave in the first semi on Wednesday. heart attack near the end of the race at Bondi Beach. “We came here with a job to do and I think the strength of a transfer window including Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert Australian Olympian Craig Mottram won Sunday’s race in just under 42 min- and Dejan Lovren, who are at Liverpool, with Luke Shaw good side is one that can adapt according to the game,” said utes, joining a crowd peppered with celebrities alongside runners dressed as Ireland captain and centre Lynne Cantwell. joining Manchester United and teenage right back Lego superheroes and pandas, among other things. American pop star Redfoo Calum Chambers moving to Arsenal. “There were nerves, but we had it under control. The key kicked off the race with a live performance. thing was to keep it nice and simple and to allow all the new The exodus continued on Wednesday when the club’s Organisers said more than Aus$4 million (US$3.70 million) — one of the unsettled record signing Dani Osvaldo was loaned to combinations to get up to speed. “It was always going to highest amounts collected-was raised for hundreds of Australian charities. The take 20 minutes to click and we managed to put them away Inter Milan although Algeria midfielder Saphir Taider race was launched in 1971 and is one of Australia’s biggest fund-raising drivers. moved the other way. in the second half.” France’s Pool C-winning victory over More than Aus$20 million has been collected for charities over the past four Australia - the last pool match of the seventh Women’s Manager Mauricio Pochettino also left Southampton, who decades, organisers said. Mottram, 34, who was taking part in the race for the finished eighth last season with a record points tally, to join World Cup - was a torrid affair in which Les Bleus’ first time, crossed the finish line in 41 minutes and 56 seconds. “It was a tough heavier pack made the difference. —Reuters Tottenham Hotspur and was replaced by Dutchman Ronald course. I underestimated a bit,” Mottram told the Channel Seven. —AFP Koeman. —Reuters Orioles pound Cardinals, Indians roll

BALTIMORE: Caleb Joseph homered in his Sunday. fifth consecutive game, Nelson Cruz his Chicago starter Edwin Jackson (6-12) 30th and Delmon Young also went deep as the allowed four runs - three earned - and five hits Batlimore Orioles beat John Lackey and the St. in six . He is 1-5 in his past nine starts. Louis Cardinals 10-3 Saturday. All three home runs came with a man on against Lackey (1-1), ROYALS 5, GIANTS 0 making his second start since coming from James Shields threw a four-hitter and Alex Boston in a July 31 trade. The right-hander Gordon homered as the Royals won their sixth gave up nine runs and 13 hits in five-plus straight, beating the Giants. The Royals have innings to fall to 14-8 lifetime against won nine of 10 to move within 1 1-2 games of Baltimore. AL Central-leading Detroit. The Royals, who The Orioles have hit nine homers in win- have not made the playoffs since beating St. ning the first two games of the three-game set Louis in the 1985 World Series, are in second by a collective 22-5 score. Baltimore has won place in the AL wild card standings. seven straight series and leads the AL East by Shields (11-6) gave up three singles in the six games, its largest margin since September first four innings. He allowed only two Giants 1997. to reach second base. He walked Joe Panik in Joseph, a rookie, had three homers in first the fifth and he moved to second on a wild 48 games before his recent power surge. The pitch with two outs, but was stranded. Panik club record for homers in successive games is doubled in the eighth. It was Shields’ ninth six, by Reggie Jackson and Chris Davis. career , his first since Sept. 9, 2012. Tim Hudson (8-9) gave up a home run to Gordon INDIANS 3, YANKEES 0 to lead off the fifth . Corey Kluber pitched four-hit ball for a superb six innings and Jose Ramirez hit his BREWERS 4, DODGERS 1 first career homer as the Indians ended a four- Mike Fiers held the Dodgers to three hits in game skid with a victory over the Yankees. his first big league start in more than a year, Michael Brantley also homered and had and Khris Davis and Carlos Gomez homered to three hits for Cleveland, which won at Yankee give the Brewers a win. Stadium for the first time in eight games. Fiers (1-1) struck out five in eight strong Ramirez hit a two-run drive in the second innings, filling in for injured veteran Matt inning and had three hits. Derek Jeter had an Garza. The Dodgers mustered only a solo infield single in the sixth inning to pass Honus homer by Adrian Gonzalez into the second Wagner for sixth on the career list with No. deck in right field. Fiers outdueled former 3,431. But New York was 0 for 9 with six strike- Brewers Zack Greinke (12-8), who gave outs with runners in scoring position in losing up Gomez’s homer off the left-field foul pole for just the second time in eight games. that made it 3-1 leading off the sixth. Kluber (13-6) did not allow a hit until The Dodgers brought the tying run to the Jacoby Ellsbury doubled with one out in the plate in the ninth with two outs against fourth. He struck out 10 to beat New York for Francisco Rodriguez, but the closer got Matt the first time in three tries. Kemp to ground out for his 35th save. BALTIMORE: Caleb Joseph No. 36 of the Baltimore Orioles tags out Matt Holliday No. 7 of the St. Louis Cardinals at the plate on a ball hit by Jhonny Peralta No. 27 (not pictured) in the first inning during a baseball game. — AFP BLUE JAYS 3, TIGERS 2 PADRES 2, PIRATES 1 Houston’s Scott Feldman (6-8) allowed eight Nolan Reimold hit a game-winning double Eric Stults got his first road win of the sea- the 10th inning helped the White Sox to a vic- sparked Washington’s three-run 11th inning, hits and three runs with six in 6 1-3 tory over the Mariners. With Jordan Danks on and the Nationals beat Atlanta. The start of in the 10th inning and the Blue Jays rallied son, going 6 1-3 innings as the Padres beat the innings. past the Tigers, spoiling Max Scherzer’s bid to Pirates. Stults (5-13) gave up one run and sev- second base, Gordon Beckham reached when the game was delayed by 3 hours, 41 min- become the first 14-game winner in the en hits, struck out six and walked none. He Seattle shortstop Chris Taylor booted his utes, and the final out wasn’t recorded until METS 2, PHILLIES 1 grounder. Danks advanced to third and scored Sunday at 2:29 a.m. American League. entered the game with an 0-9 record away Lucas Duda singled home the go-ahead Danny Valencia singled off Joba from Petco Park. The Padres scored both runs when Gillespie, who entered as a pinch hitter Anthony Rendon and Adam LaRoche led run with one out in the 11th inning to lead the in the eighth, hit a hard single to right off off the 11th with singles against David Chamberlain to begin the 10th and Reimold in the first inning off Francisco Liriano (3-8). Mets to a victory over the Phillies. It was New followed with a double to the wall in left-cen- San Diego loaded the bases with no outs and Fernando Rodney (1-5). Carpenter (4-2), and Bryce Harper walked to York’s 11th victory over the Phillies in the last The loss ended the Mariners’ four-game load the bases. ter as Valencia scored without a play. Scherzer scored on Jedd Gyorko’s RBI single and 12 games in Philadelphia. allowed one run and four hits in eight innings. Yasmani Grandal’s sacrifice fly. winning streak and the White Sox snapped Ramos drove in Rendon with a single up Long after starters Cole Hamels and Dillon their four-game losing streak. Former Mariner the middle off Anthony Vavaro, and Devin Gee exited following their duel, Curtis Hector Noesi worked 7 1-3 innings for the Frandsen’s double to right field drove in two Granderson opened the 11th with a single off White Sox, allowing one unearned run and runs to make it 4-1. Tyler Clippard (7-2) Antonio Bastardo (5-5). Following an out, five hits with four strikeouts and a walk. Eric pitched a scoreless 10th inning, and Rafael David Wright singled and Eric Campbell Surkamp (1-0) got the last two outs of the Soriano got three outs for his 26th save in 30 walked to load the bases. Duda then lined ninth for the win and Jake Petricka worked the chances. The Nationals increased their NL Bastardo’s first pitch sharply into right field to 10th to pick up his eighth save. East lead over Atlanta to 41/2 games. score Granderson. Justin De Fratus relieved Bastardo and got the final two outs. Dana ATHLETICS 9, TWINS 4 ANGELS 5, RED SOX 4 Eveland (1-1) retired the Phillies in order in the Derek Norris hit a three-run homer, Albert Pujols homered leading off the 19th 10th for the win. Jeurys Familia earned his sec- Stephen Vogt added a two-run shot, and the inning, and the Los Angeles Angels outlasted ond save in six opportunities but had to wrig- Athletics won their 12th straight against the Boston in the longest game in the major gle out of a two-out jam to get it. Twins. Jeff Samardzija (3-1) improved to 3-0 at leagues this season. home since coming to the AL West-leading A’s Pujols’ 514th career homer and 22nd of MARLINS 4, REDS 3 in a trade from the Cubs on July 4. He fol- the season came on a 3-2 pitch from Brandon rejoined the Marlins for the first lowed winning lefties Jon Lester and Scott Workman (1-6). The towering drive disap- time in 10 years and pitched five solid innings Kazmir, who kept Minnesota in check over the peared into the seats above the 18-foot wall to get a notable win, over the slumping Reds. first two games of the series, with six tough in right-center. The 36-year-old helped the Marlins win the innings that forced him to throw 109 pitches. Boston manager John Farrell made a World Series in 2003 and played one more sea- Vogt hit his second clout in three games fol- replay challenge, claiming there was fan son in Miami before moving on. Called up ear- lowing a long funk. Oakland drew seven walks interference, but the home run stood. The lier Saturday, Penny (1-0) put the Marlins in in two innings to chase Trevor May (0-1) quick- Angels had run out of relievers, so Matt position for their second straight win over ly from his forgettable major league debut. Shoemaker (10-4) came in and retired all nine Cincinnati, which is 8-14 since the All-Star batters he faced to get the victory. The Angels break. Penny gave up Jay Bruce’s solo homer NATIONALS 4, BRAVES 1 tied the game in both the eighth and 14th and an unearned run in five innings, fanning Wilson Ramos’ bases-loaded single innings. — AP three while throwing 95 pitches. Bryan Morris gave up two hits and a run in the eighth. Steve Cishek pitched the ninth for his 29th save in 32 chances. MLB results/standings Christian Yelich had two hits, scored a run, NEW YORK: Corey Kluber No. 28 of the Cleveland Indians pitches in the first inning against and drove in two with a groundout and a sac- Cleveland 3, Ny Yankees 0; Toronto 3, Detroit 2 (10 Innings); Baltimore 10, St. Louis 3; Tampa the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. — AFP rifice fly off reliever Sam LeCure (1-4). Bay 4, Chicago Cubs 0; Ny Mets 2, Philadelphia 1 (11 Innings); San Diego 2, Pittsburgh 1; Kansas City 5, San Francisco 0; Milwaukee 4, LA Dodgers 1; Washington 4, Atlanta 1 (11 He walked none and struck out 11, two shy of Pittsburgh answered in the home half DIAMONDBACKS 14, ROCKIES 4 his season high. Chamberlain (1-5) came on to when Josh Harrison led off with a single, stole Innings); Miami 4, Cincinnati 3; Houston 8, Texas 3; Arizona 14, Colorado 4; LA Angels 5, David Peralta hit a grand slam in Arizona’s Boston 4 (19 Innings); Oakland 9, Minnesota 4; 2, Seattle 1 (10 Innings). start the 10th after Joakim Soria, who finished second and scored on Russell Martin’s RBI sin- nine-run eighth inning, Mark Trumbo home- the ninth, appeared to suffer a back injury gle. After the first inning Liriano retired the red and drove in four runs, and the American League National League while warming up before the inning. Aaron next 17 batters he faced before walking Diamondbacks routed the bumbling Rockies. Eastern Division Eastern Division Loup (4-3) worked one inning for the victory. Grandal with two outs in the seventh. He gave Arizona led 5-4 heading into the eighth W L PCT GB Washington 63 52 .548 - up three hits and a walk in seven innings. inning behind Trumbo’s a three-run homer off Baltimore 67 49 .578 - Atlanta 59 57 .509 4.5 RAYS 4, CUBS 0 Jorge De La Rosa (11-8) and seven effective NY Yankees 61 55 .526 6 Miami 57 59 .491 6.5 Toronto 62 56 .525 6 Jake Odorizzi struck out nine in six score- ASTROS 8, RANGERS 3 innings by Trevor Cahill (2-8). NY Mets 56 61 .479 8 less innings and combined with two relievers Jon Singleton drove in three runs, and the Tampa Bay 57 59 .491 10 Philadelphia 52 65 .444 12 The Rockies came apart in the bottom half Boston 51 65 .440 16 on a five-hitter to lead the Rays to a victory Astros handled Yu Darvish again in a win over of the inning with two errors, a passed ball Central Division over the Cubs. Evan Longoria drove in a run the Rangers to stretch the streak against their Central Division Milwaukee 65 52 .556 - and a wild pitch. Colorado also walked in a run Detroit 63 51 .553 - and scored two. Yunel Escobar added two hits in-state rival to seven victories in a row. and Peralta capped the eight-hit inning with Pittsburgh 62 54 .534 2.5 and three RBIs. Ben Zobrist had two hits and Darvish (10-7) allowed nine hits and six Kansas City 62 53 .539 1.5 St. Louis 61 54 .530 3 his first career grand slam over the pool in Cleveland 58 59 .496 6.5 scored twice for the Rays, who improved to a runs - five earned - in four-plus innings in his Cincinnati 59 58 .504 6 right-center. Alfredo Marte added a solo Chicago White Sox 56 62 .475 9 Chicago Cubs 49 66 .426 15 major league-best 15-6 since July 12. They will second-shortest start of the season. It was his homer. Cliff Pennington had three of Arizona’s Minnesota 51 64 .443 12.5 try to complete the three-game sweep on second straight tough outing against the 15 hits and scored three runs. Nolan Arenado Western Division Western Division Sunday. Astros after they tagged him for a season-high homered and had three RBIs for Colorado, Oakland 72 44 .621 - LA Dodgers 66 52 .559 - Odorizzi (8-9) gave up three hits and didn’t 10 hits with six runs in six innings on July 9. which has lost eight of nine. LA Angels 68 48 .586 4 San Francisco 62 55 .530 3.5 walk a batter. The right-hander came within Singleton had an RBI single in Houston’s Seattle 61 55 .526 11 San Diego 53 62 .461 11.5 two strikeouts of his career high after getting two-run first and added a two-run double as WHITE SOX 2, MARINERS 1 Houston 49 68 .419 23.5 Arizona 51 66 .436 14.5 hit hard in a loss to the Los Angeles Angels on the Astros tacked on four runs in the fifth. Conor Gillespie’s RBI single with two outs in Texas 45 71 .388 27 Colorado 45 71 .388 20