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Latest - Giannis leads Bucks to NBA Finals Game 3 win

The Milwaukee Bucks have claimed their first win of the NBA Finals series after beating the Phoenix Suns 120-100 in Milwaukee.

The result gives the Milwaukee franchise their first NBA Final's win in almost 47 years.

Giannis Antetokounmpo was integral to the Bucks' victory in Game 3, scoring 41 points and grabbing 13 rebounds, his second 40+ point game in a row.

The Suns' series lead has been cut to 2-1 in their first game away from home, after they took out the opening two games of the Finals which were played in Phoenix.

The Bucks will have the chance to tie the series when they host the suns again this Thursday at 1pm.

Tom Walsh and Dame Valerie Adams have both won their respective shot put events at a meeting in Poland.

Walsh threw 21.60 metres to win the men's competition, his sixth straight win in the leadup to the Olympics.

He threw 22.22 metres last week in Hungary.

Dame Val threw a season best 19.75 metres to comfortably win the women's event in her last outing before heading to her fifth Olympics next week.

19.75 metres is the fourth best throw this year.

Lauren Bruce was fourth in the hammer with a best throw of 69.82 metres.

The Tokyo Olympics open on July 23rd

NRL heads to safety

Twelve National Rugby League teams, including the Warriors will relocate to three Queensland hubs on Wednesday for at least one month to ensure the competition continues.

Nine teams from Sydney along with Canberra Raiders, Newcastle Knights and Warriors will all move to southeast Queensland amidst concerns about the number of COVID-19 cases in Sydney.

The remaining NRL teams -- three from Queensland and the Melbourne Storm -- will continue to be based in their home cities. The plans are awaiting final approval from the Queensland government.

Each team's bubble will include a combined 41 players and staff, with family members also able to join after 14 days of quarantine on arrival in Queensland.

Players will remain under the same bio-security restrictions enforced by the NRL last month, limiting their movements to games, training and essential household tasks for at least two weeks.

The Warriors are 13th on the table after losing 20-12 to the Sharks last night.

-Reuters

SVG king of Townsville

Shane van Gisbergen has completed a double victory in the latest Supercars round in Townsville.

The New Zealand again finished ahead of Holden team-mate Jamie Whincup.

In the second and final race of the Townsville 500, van Gisbergen and his Red Bull teammate Whincup started side-by-side on the front row and led from start to finish.

Shell Ford Mustang driver Anton De Pasquale finished third, the same result recorded on Saturday.

The result was van Gisbergen's 10th victory of the season and the 50th of his career.

It means he now joins Scott McLaughlin, Craig Lowndes, Jamie Whincup, Mark Skaife, Garth Tander, Marcos Ambrose and Glenn Seton as the only drivers to have won ten or more races in a season.

No driver in history has ever won ten races and not gone on to win the Championship, meaning the 2016 title winner is now in the box seat for his second Championship crown.

Fisher-Black helps team to Giro domination

New Zealand cyclist Niamh Fisher-Black has helped her professional team to complete domination of the Giro d'Italia.

Team SD Worx swept the podium in the 10-stage tour with Anna van der Breggen of the Netherlands claiming the title.

20 year old Fisher-Black, who finished ninth overall, won the white jersey for the best young rider.

It was twice world champion van der Breggen's fourth overall title at the Giro d'Italia Donne.

Fellow New Zealander Mikayla Harvey finished 28th overall.

Boks back training

The Springboks have resumed training ahead of a three-test series against the British & Irish Lions, after six rounds of COVID-19 testing and a six-day preventative self-isolation period cleared a large group of players to return to the field.

But captain Siya Kolisi, coach Jacques Nienaber and 12 other players who tested positive in the week are still in isolation and could miss the first test in Cape Town on July 24.

Along with Kolisi, loose forward Dan du Preez, prop Ox Nche, hookers Bongi Mbonambi and Scarra Ntubeni and wing Makazole Mapimpi all tested positive this weekend, adding to a number of players who contracted the virus last weekend.

Flyhalf Handre Pollard had previously been named among those who returned positive tests along with Lood de Jager, Vincent Koch, Frans Malherbe, Sbu Nkosi, Marvin Orie and Frans Steyn.

Those positive tests, as well as for several members of team management, led to Friday's warm-up test against Georgia being cancelled.

-Reuters

American wins stage 15 of Tour

American Sepp Kuss claimed his maiden victory on the Tour de France with a solo ride in the 15th stage as defending champion Tadej Pogacar was barely bothered in the 191.3-km mountain trek from Ceret to Andorra.

The Jumbo-Visma rider prevailed from the day's breakaway thanks to a sharp attack in the last climb before holding off Alejandro Valverde in the descent to the finish with the Spanish veteran taking second place 23 seconds behind.

Dutchman Wout Poels finished third, 1:15 off the pace before Pogacar and his main challengers crossed the line 4:51 behind Kuss.

Pogacar heads into Monday's rest day with an advantage of five minutes and 18 seconds on Colombian Rigoberto Uran with Dane Jonas Vingegaard in third place a further 14 seconds adrift.

-Reuters

More withdrawls from Open

The Open Championship field took another couple of hits as Masters champions Hideki Matsuyama and Bubba Watson withdrew ahead of Thursday's start at Royal St. George.

New Zealander Danny Lee withdrew earlier because of a back injury.

Matsuyama, who tested positive for COVID-19 after the first round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic on July 2, won't travel due to United Kingdom health protocols.

Matsuyama will focus on the Tokyo Olympics, which begins its golf competition on July 29.

Watson, a two-time Masters winner, withdrew after having direct contact with someone who tested positive.

They'll be replaced in the field with Americans Harold Varner III and Brendan Steele.

Ryan Fox and Danil Hillier are the two New Zealanders in the Open Championship field.

Fox finished tied for 44th at the Scottish Open.

--Reuters