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                China eyeing a medal for                               Final day of the Presidents Cup at a glance

                    first time in 28 years






























                                                                      (AP)  —  THE  SCORE:  I N T E R N A T I O N A L  noz.
                                                                      United States 17 1/2, Inter-  STARS:  Sebastian  Munoz
               (AP) — It's been 28 years since China last won a       national 12 1/2              was  unbeaten  in  his  three  NOTEWORTHY:         Sam
               medal at the World Cup, finishing second in the                                     matches and beat world No.  Burns is the third American
               1994 games.                                            THE STREAK: The Amer-        1  Scottie  Scheffler.  Si  Woo  to play all five matches with-
                                                                      icans won the Presidents Cup  Kim was the top points-earn-  out winning. He still contrib-
               With a dominant inside presence, led by Han Xu and Li   for  the  ninth  straight  time  er by going 3-1, taking down  uted a point with two halves
               Yueru, plus talented shooters and quick guards, the Chi-  and are 8-0 in home matches.  Justin Thomas in singles.  (0-3-2).  The  others  were
               nese team has gotten off to a strong start in Australia and                                                      David Duval (1998) and Phil
               could find its way onto the podium.                    THE  STAR:  Jordan  Spieth  MATCH  OF  THE  DAY:  Mickelson (2003).
                                                                      became  the  sixth  player  to  Twelve  holes  were  won  be-
               China  is  3-1  in  pool  play,  with  the  lone  loss  coming   go 5-0 in his Presidents Cup  tween  Thomas  and  Kim  in  Q U O T E W O R T H Y :
               against the U.S. In the three victories, the Chinese team   matches.                the lead match. It came down  "There  were  multiple  goals
               won by an average of 48 points and scored close to 100                              to  a  pair  of  10-foot  birdie  that we had. I would say we
               points a game. Even a 14-point loss to the U.S. showed   THE ROOKIE: Max Homa  putts on the 18th. Kim made  checked  off  all  of  them  ex-
               that China has improved from finishing sixth in the 2018   made his Presidents Cup de-  his.                     cept leaving here with a tro-
               World Cup and fifth in last year's Olympics.           but by going 4-0 and winning                              phy." — International captain
                                                                      his  singles  match  over  Tom  SHOT  OF  THE  DAY:  Trevor Immelman.
               "Compared with the U.S. team, the confrontation and    Kim by rallying from 3 down  Scheffler chipped in from off
               intensity of the Chinese team in the first two games of   after 11 holes.           the  green  to  halve  the  11th  NEXT TIME: Royal Mon-
               the group stage are not at the same level. I hope the play-                         hole with eagles against Mu-  treal in 2024.
               ers  can  benefit  from  it,"  China  coach  Zheng  Wei  said
               through a translator. "Throughout the game, our team
               only played poorly in the first few minutes and the last       Fury rules out fighting Joshua after
               three minutes of the second quarter, and the rest of the
               time was good. I am proud of the performance of the                              deadline expires
               players!"

               U.S. coach Cheryl Reeve has seen a lot of improvement                                                            moter, had already said there
               in China and joked that she doesn't want them to get too                                                         was "no chance" of contracts
               much better.                                                                                                     being  signed  by  Monday,
                                                                                                                                while Joshua said on Sunday
               "We have all the respect in the world for China, we've                                                           that  the  negotiations  were
               seen them grow ... this is a great time for the women's                                                          down to his lawyers.
               national team," Reeve said. "It's a great time. It's a very,
               very good team."                                                                                                 Joshua had verbally accepted
                                                                                                                                Fury's offer of a 60-40 purse
               China  plays  a  more  up-tempo  unselfish  style  under                                                         split in favor of Fury.
               Zheng, who took over in May. In Monday's win over
               Puerto Rico, the team had 39 assists on its 41 baskets.                                                          The  unbeaten  Fury's  last
                                                                                                                                fight  was  in  April  when  he
               Chinese fans have taken notice. Besides the host team,                                                           knocked  out  another  Brit-
               China has drawn the biggest crowds at the World Cup.                                                             ish fighter, Dillian Whyte, in
               The players have been appreciative of the support, sign-                                                         front of around 90,000 spec-
               ing autographs and posing for pictures after games.                                                              tators at Wembley Stadium.
                                                                      (AP)  —  Tyson  Fury  has  In  a  video  posted  on  Insta-
               "I like that our fans come to watch," said Han, who is av-  ruled  out  fighting  fellow  gram,  the  WBC  champion   Fury's hopes of landing a fight
               eraging 12.3 points and 8.8 rebounds in the tournament.  British  heavyweight  An-  said:  "Well  guys,  it's  official.   with  Oleksandr  Usyk,  who
                                                                      thony Joshua after his self-  D-day  has  come  and  gone.   retained the WBA, WBO and
               She came into the tournament after having a strong sea-  imposed deadline expired.  It's gone past 5 o'clock, Mon-  IBF  belts  by  beating  Joshua
               son in the WNBA for the Liberty and has a huge fan                                  day.  No  contract  has  been   in  Saudi  Arabia  last  month,
               following.                                             Fury  set  Joshua's  camp  an  signed.                    were dashed when the Ukrai-
                                                                      ultimatum  on  Friday  night,                             nian said he did not intend to
               A win over Belgium on Tuesday would secure the No.     insisting he would walk away  "It's officially over for Joshua.   fight again this year.
               2 seed in the pool and more importantly have the team   from  the  long-anticipated  He  is  now  out  in  the  cold
               avoiding a rematch with the U.S. until the gold medal   fight  if  a  deal  could  not  be  with the wolfpack."  Fury  then  turned  his  sights
               game.                                                  done by Monday.                                           on Joshua.
                                                                                                   Eddie  Hearn,  Joshua's  pro-
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