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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-