TROON, Scotland- - American Xander Schauffele celebrated achieving a lifelong dream after winning his second major title with an ice-cool two-shot victory at the British Open on Sunday. The 30-year-old Olympic champion also won this year's PGA Championship to end his long wait for a first major crown.
NOTTINGHAM, England- England's Ollie Pope rode his luck to make 121 and lead the hosts to a rapid 416 all out on the first day of the second test against West Indies at Trent Bridge on Thursday. Dropped on 46 and 54, Pope compiled his sixth test century as the hosts built on Ben Duckett's sparkling 71 in the morning to establish a strong position. Put in to bat, England lost Zak Crawley to the third ball of the match, caught at slip by Alick Athanaze off Alzarri Joseph, but Duckett hit four boundaries in a row to get started and sped to his fifty off 32 balls. The left-hander looked well on course for his fourth test century until he pushed at a full ball from Shamar Joseph and nicked a low catch to Jason Holder at second slip. Pope, dropped by Athanaze at gully just before lunch, should also have been caught by Holder after the interval before Joe Root, on 14, top-edged an attempted pull off Jayden Seales and skied a catch to Alzarri Joseph. Harry Brook moved briskly to 36, including a six over backward point, before he edged a paddle sweep off spinner Kevin Sinclair to Kirk McKenzie at short leg and the bowler celebrated with a backward somersault. Pope grew in confidence, moving to his hundred with a crisp four through square leg before removing his helmet and raising his bat to the crowd. Pope edged a catch to Kavem Hodge off Alzarri Joseph but captain Ben Stokes made a welcome return to form with the bat, hitting eight fours in his 69 before being caught off part-time spinner Hodge. Jamie Smith (36) and Chris Woakes (37) chipped in down the order and England will feel confident of taking advantage of a positive start to move 2-0 up in the series following their innings victory in the first test at Lord's.
FRANCE- - Jasper Philipsen sprinted to victory as his team Alpecin-Deceuninck timed their lead-out to perfection on Tuesday's 16th stage of the Tour de France, a 189 km flat ride from Gruissan to Nimes.
FRANCE - Richard Carapaz of EF Education-EasyPost climbed solo to victory on stage 17 of the Tour de France, a 178km ride from Saint-Paul-Trois-chateaux to Superdevoluy on Wednesday. Carapaz, who has also won stages on the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana, finished 37 seconds ahead of Jayco Alula's Simon Yates to claim his first win on the Tour de France, with Movistar's Enric Mas third, nearly a minute behind. The 31-year-old Carapaz also became the first Ecuadorian to win a stage at the Tour. "This means everything to me. We have been trying it since the beginning.
Spain's Mikel Oyarzabal scores their second goal against England during their Euro 2024 Final at Berlin Olympiastadion, in Germany.
