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ASSOCIATED British Ports is driving up investment to meet bumper overseas demand for UK-made cars. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
After 2nd gold, Shields says she’s still undecided on future (The Associated Press)
DETROIT (AP) — Boxing star Claressa Shields says she’s still weighing her options about whether to turn pro. Yahoo Sports – Boxing News
New golf event in Australia to combine stroke, match play (The Associated Press)
The PGA Tour of Australasia and European Tour will co-sanction a new tournament in Western Australia in February that will combine stroke play for three rounds and a 24-man match-play component over six holes on the final day. The Australasian Tour said Wednesday the World Super 6 Perth tournament, to be played at Perth’s Lake […]
World middleweight champ Golovkin stops Brook in 5th round (The Associated Press)
Jumping two weight classes to challenge Gennady Golovkin, Kell Brook’s ambitious challenge wasn’t given much hope. Despite that leap, a valiant Brook made it far tougher for the world middleweight champion than anticipated as they traded punches for four rounds in a thrilling, open contest Saturday night in London. After the formidable Golovkin unloaded a […]
Zack Sucher tops leaderboard in Web.com Tour Finals opener (The Associated Press)
Zack Sucher topped the DAP Championship leaderboard at 7 under Friday when second-round play was suspended because of darkness in the Web.com Tour Finals opener. Sucher bogeyed the par-5 16th and was facing a 15-foot par putt on the par-3 17th at Canterbury when play was stopped. ”Seventeen is just hard,” Sucher said. Yahoo Sports […]
Manny Pacquiao puts retirement on hold, takes on Vargas (The Associated Press)
Manny Pacquiao is determined to fight on, even without Floyd Mayweather across the ring or HBO in his corner. Five months after the fight Pacquiao expected to be his finale, the Filipino senator stood opposite unheralded welterweight champion Jessie Vargas on Thursday and declared his excitement for yet another chapter in what’s now a sprawling […]
Hall of Fame boxer Bobby Chacon dies at 64 (The Associated Press)
Hall of Fame boxer Bobby Chacon died Wednesday under hospice care for dementia. Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005, the former WBC featherweight and super featherweight champion went 59-7-1 with 47 knockouts in a 16-year pro career. ”One of the most exciting fighters in the history of the West Coast, an […]
Anthony Joshua to make 2nd defense of IBF title in November (The Associated Press)
British fighter Anthony Joshua says he will make the second defense of his IBF heavyweight title in November in the northern English city of Manchester. Joshua’s challenger at the Manchester Arena on Nov. 26 will be announced at the end of September. In a statement, Joshua says ”it has taken a bit of time to […]
Casey trying to end a long PGA Tour victory drought (The Associated Press)
Paul Casey is going after his first PGA Tour victory in seven years at the Deutsche Bank Championship, and he has plenty of names behind him to consider in the Labor Day finish. Brian Harman is three shots behind. PGA champion Jimmy Walker is another shot back. Yahoo Sports – Golf News
Paraguay’s Carlos Franco wins Shaw Charity Classic (The Associated Press)
Paraguay’s Carlos Franco rallied to win the Shaw Charity Classic on Sunday at chilly Canyon Meadows for his first PGA Tour Champions victory. Three strokes behind defending champion Jeff Maggert entering the round, the 51-year-old Franco shot his second straight 7-under 63 to beat Bernhard Langer and Michael Allen by two strokes. ”I saw Bernhard […]