SUNDAY SPORTS

The McIlroy family won twice over at the British Open. Twenty-five-year-old Rory McIlroy won his third P-G-A Tour major, bringing the young golfer a step closer to a career grand slam. McIlroy’s father, Gerry, and three of Gerry’s friends placed a combined bet of 400 pounds in 2004 on McIlroy winning the British Open before he turned 26. The odds were 500-to-1, so the group will collect 200-thousand pounds or $340-thousand dollars.

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Lydia Ko continued the torrid start to her LPGA career at the Marathon Classic. The 17 year old hit a wedge to put her ball within four feet of the hole for birdie on the 72nd hole to win the Marathon Classic. She’s the youngest player to top $1 million in career earnings on the L-P-G-A Tour.

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The Toronto Blue Jays won, even if Mark Buehrle still didn’t. Melky Cabrera broke a tie game with a solo homer in the seventh inning and singled home two more runs in the eighth to give Toronto a 9-6 win over the Texas Rangers. Buehrle went six innings, giving up five runs, in his eighth unsuccessful attempt to record a win since June 1st.

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Odrisamer Despaigne came within four outs of the first no-hitter in San Diego’s 46-year major league history, and the Padres beat the New York Mets 2-1. Despaigne didn’t allow a hit until Daniel Murphy doubled to left-centre with two outs in the eighth.

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Grant Green hit a bases-loaded single off Fernando Rodney with two out in the ninth inning after Albert Pujols tied the score with an R-B-I double, and the Angels pulled out a 6-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners.


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Sebastien Bourdais and Mike Conway came away winners at the rain-impacted Honda Indy Toronto. Bourdais won the first race of the doubleheader which had been originally scheduled for yesterday afternoon. That race had to be rescheduled when rain made the track at Exhibition Place too slippery. Conway went on to win the second race for his second checkered flag of the season.


(Canadian Press)