Cycling
Trentin wins Stage 6, while Martin retains his lead
DELEMONT, Switzerland – Matteo Trentin held off Daniele Bennati in a final sprint to narrowly win the sixth stage of the Tour de Suisse on Thursday as Omega Pharma-QuickStep teammate Tony Martin retained his overall lead.
Trentin, who was led out perfectly by Martin in the final kilometer, attacked with 200 meters to go and edged out Bennati by half a wheel.
Francesco Gavazzi was third on the 120-mile trek from Buren an der Aare to Delemont, beating Ben Swift to make it an all-Italian podium.
Martin retained his six-second advantage over Dutch cyclist Tom Dumoulin.
NBA
Judge rejects wife’s bid for injunction against Sterling
LOS ANGELES – A judge Thursday rejected an urgent request by Shelly Sterling’s attorney asking that husband Donald Sterling and his lawyers be ordered to stop harassing her doctors and legal team in their dispute over the planned sale of the Los Angeles Clippers.
A petition filed by Shelly Sterling’s attorneys quoted allegedly threatening remarks made by Donald Sterling in phone calls and a letter sent by his lawyer to two doctors who declared him mentally incapacitated.
Superior Court Judge Michael Levanas urged both parties to tone down their communications.
A trial next month will look into assertions that Donald Sterling mentally is incapacitated and determine whether he properly was removed as an administrator under the terms of the family trust, which owns the Clippers, leaving Shelly Sterling alone as trustee with authority to sell the team. A $2-billion sale to former Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer is pending.
Top NBA prospect Embiid has a foot fracture
Kansas center Joel Embiid is scheduled to have surgery Friday to repair a stress fracture in his right foot, a stunning development that could affect the top choices in next week’s NBA draft.
Embiid, one of the top three candidates the Cleveland Cavaliers were considering for the No. 1 overall pick, fractured the navicular bone in his right foot, agent Arn Tellem said Thursday. Embiid will be unable to participate in any additional workouts and will not attend the draft in New York.
Soccer
Morgan scores twice in 2-2 friendly against France
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – Alex Morgan scored the second of her two second-half goals in the 85th minute to give the United States (7-2-3) a 2-2 tie with France on Thursday in an exhibition.
Making her second appearance in six days for the national team after a seventh-month layoff because of a stress fracture in her left ankle, Morgan scored for the first time in more than a year.
Morgan scored the tying goal off a rebound, beating goalkeeper Sara Bouhaddi.
The U.S. star has 46 goals in 72 games for the national team. She returned to play Saturday night in the Americans’ 1-0 victory over France in Tampa, Fla.
France opened the scoring in the 27th minute on Louis Necib’s penalty kick.
Morgan came on in the second half for Heather O’Reilly and tied it in the 57th minute with a shot from 25 yards that hit off the left post and deflected in.
France regained the lead on Amadine Henry’s goal in the 68th minute.
Tennis
25-seed Almagro pulls out of Wimbledon championships
LONDON – Nicolas Almagro of Spain withdrew from Wimbledon because of a left foot injury.
The withdrawal of the 25th-seeded clay-court specialist means Vasek Pospisil of Canada has been elevated into the seedings at No. 31, with Russia’s Dmitry Tursunov staying at 32.
The draw for the Grand Slam tournament will take place Friday, with the event starting Monday.
Associated Press
