LeBron James scored 39 points, grabbed 16 rebounds and dished out 11 assists in one of his greatest performances, sparking Cleveland over Golden State 95-93 in over-time Sunday to level the NBA Finals. The four-time NBA Most Valuable Player played 50 minutes in the dramatic triumph, which was not decided until Iman Shumpert stole the ball from Steph Curry to deny the Warriors a shot at the final buzzer. “Total
Sweden’s David Lingmerth downed Justin Rose with a par at the third playoff hole on Sunday to win his first US PGA Tour title at the Memorial. Hours after 14-time major champion Tiger Woods wrapped up the worst-scoring tournament of his career with a lonely final round, Lingmerth and Rose took the tournament hosted by Jack Nicklaus the distance and beyond. Lingmerth found the fairway while Rose was in the
Stan Wawrinka won the French Open by beating No. 1-seeded Novak Djokovic 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in the final Sunday, thwarting Djokovic’s bid to complete a career Grand Slam. The eighth-seeded Wawrinka, so long in the shadow of his Swiss Davis Cup teammate and pal, Roger Federer, collected his second major title after last year’s Australian Open. In doing so, Wawrinka put a stop to Djokovic’s 28-match winning streak and
By Ben Everill DUBLIN, Ohio, June 7 (Reuters) – It was far from vintage Tiger Woods but at least the 14-times major champion rebounded on Sunday at the Memorial Tournament to beat his third round score by 11 shots. A day after posting a career-worst 13-over 85 at Muirfield Village, Woods scratched out a two-over 74, showing glimpses of good form but once again countering it with plenty of bad.
Malmö (Sweden) (AFP) – Sweden’s Alex Noren played a solid final round on Sunday to easily protect his overnight lead and win the Scandinavian Masters by four shots over last week’s Irish Open winner Soren Kjeldsen. A final round of one-under par 71 was enough to see the former Oklahoma University student home on a day when birdies were at a premium. Noren’s 72-hole total of 276 was 12-under par
Tiger Woods shaved 11 strokes off his career-worst 85 of Saturday with a three-over par 74 to conclude his Memorial tournament on Sunday. Woods, the former world number one who has slumped to 172nd in the world, finished with a 72-hole total of 14-over 302. Erratic off the tee all week, Woods was making progress on the front nine, following an early bogey with three birdies.
By Ben Everill DUBLIN, Ohio, June 7 (Reuters) – It was far from vintage Tiger Woods but at least the 14-times major champion rebounded on Sunday at the Memorial Tournament to beat his third round score by 11 shots. A day after posting a career-worst 13-over 85 at Muirfield Village, Woods scratched out a two-over 74, showing glimpses of good form but once again countering it with plenty of bad.
