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- Serena Williams wins U.S. Open women's singles title
- Spectacular British sporting summer ends in style
- Golf: McIlroy rallies to win BMW Championship
| Serena Williams wins U.S. Open women's singles title Posted: 09 Sep 2012 04:35 PM PDT Published: Monday September 10, 2012 MYT 7:30:00 AM Updated: Monday September 10, 2012 MYT 7:35:00 AM NEW YORK: Serena Williams won the U.S. Open women's singles title at Flushing Meadows on Sunday, beating world number one Victoria Azarenka 6-2 2-6 7-5 in a dramatic final to capture her 15th career grand slam title. Through sheer force of will as much as her unquestionable skill, the American showed all her great fighting qualities to claw her way back from the brink of defeat to become the oldest women's champion at Flushing Meadows in nearly four decades. Against the odds after losing the first set, Azarenka looked to be on the verge of an unlikely victory when she led 5-3 in the decider. She got within two points of winning the championship but was unable to prevent Williams reeling off the last four games in a row to seal her fourth U.S. Open title and enhance her status as one of the greatest players the game has seen. - Reuters |
| Spectacular British sporting summer ends in style Posted: 09 Sep 2012 05:12 PM PDT LONDON: The closing ceremony of the most successful Paralympic Games rounded off a spectacular summer of sport in Britain as the Olympic Stadium once again hosted a memorable party for athletes and fans alike on Sunday. Paralympians rose and joined in with the Mexican waves inside the vast arena in east London after the end of the 11-day festival of sport in which China finished top of the medal table. The Asian powerhouse bagged 95 golds in their 231-medal haul with Russia (36 golds, 102 overall) and hosts Britain (34 golds, 120 overall) in second and third respectively. "We've had the most extraordinary summer of sport," London Olympics chairman Sebastian Coe told a news conference on Sunday, while International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Philip Craven could barely believe the amount of coverage. "I'm floating on cloud nine, sometimes cloud 10 or 11. When you get everything in alignment you get a damn big bang and that's what we've had here." The London Paralympics sold 2.7 million tickets in total, almost 900,000 more tickets than Beijing four years ago and the unprecedented sales brought in nearly 45 million pounds ($72.12 million), exceeding organisers' original target of 35 million. The ramped up coverage and interest was felt everywhere, Alan Oliveira's shock defeat of Oscar Pistorius in the 200 metres final even "knocked out" all the football coverage in Brazil, said IPC chief executive Xavi Gonzalez. Pistorius said after his 400 metre win on Saturday that the Olympics and Paralympics in London had been "the biggest highlight" of his life. Australia's Evan O'Hanlon, who won the 100 and 200 metres in the T38 class for cerebral palsy sufferers and said having a disability is probably the "best thing" that ever happened to him, was equally overwhelmed. "You have massive profiles over here. Hopefully London and Britain have set an example and the rest of the world can follow. Thanks to everyone for watching. Even just flicking on the TV is bringing our profile up."- Reuters |
| Golf: McIlroy rallies to win BMW Championship Posted: 09 Sep 2012 04:02 PM PDT INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana: Rory McIlroy fired a five-under par 67 on Sunday to win the BMW Championship, holding off an elite field to win a second straight title in the US PGA Tour's playoff series. McIlroy, who won the Deutsche Bank Championship last week by one stroke, finished with a 20-under par total of 268, two shots in front of Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood. McIlroy, the world number one who claimed the second major title of his career at the PGA Championship last month, nabbed his fourth US tour title of the season and the sixth of his career. England's Westwood carded a 3-under 69 at Crooked Stick, while Mickelson posted a 70 for 270. McIlroy had six birdies on the day, breaking out of a four-way tie for the lead with birdies at nine and 10. Two more birdies at 15 and 16 gave him enough of a cushion to make his bogey at 18 irrelevant. McIlroy became the first player since Tiger Woods in 2009 to win in successive weeks on the US tour and he joined Woods and Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win at least six PGA Tour events before his 24th birthday. Woods, never a serious threat to the lead, finished three off the pace after a 68 for 271. He was tied for fourth with Robert Garrigus (69). The top 30 players in the playoff standings now advance to the finale, the Tour Championships at Eastlake in Atlanta. Defending FedEx Cup playoff champion Bill Haas was among those who didn't make it after a round that included a double-bogey and seven bogeys. - AFP |
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