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Latest - Young New Zealand driver Liam Lawson has won his second race of the German touring car (DTM) season.

Lawson, driving a Ferrari, has held off Mercedes' Maximilian Götz of Germany in race one at the Red Bull Ring in Austria.

Another Mercedes driver, Switzerland's Philip Ellis, has finished third ahead of Lawson's Ferrari teammate Alex Albon, who represents Thailand.

Lawson, 19, won the season opening race at Monza in June and is back up to third in the championship standings.

Race two at the Red Bull Ring starts at 11:15pm (NZT).

Routliffe advances to third round in New York

New Zealand's Erin Routliffe and Canadian partner Leylah Fernandez are through to the third round of the women's doubles at the US Open in New York.

They've scored a 6-2 6-2 second round win over young American pair of Ashlyn Krueger and Robin Montgomery in 57 minutes.

It was a dominant display from the 26-year-old New Zealander and 18-year-old Canadian, who made headlines yesterday with her stunning third round singles win over defending champion Naomi Osaka.

They will play the Romanian pair of Monica Niculescu and Elena-Gabriela Ruse for a place in the quarterfinals.

Routliffe, who entered the tournament with a ranking of 108, is already projected to climb to around 78 by making the third round at Flushing Meadows.

NZ team finish Tokyo campaign

Gold medal-winning New Zealand shot putter Lisa Adams has finished seventh in the F38 discus final at the Tokyo Paralympics.

In conditions which were once again wet and difficult for throwing, the 30-year-old produced a commendable best of 29.69m on Saturday night.

The result brought an end to the New Zealand team's campaign at the Games.

The team, who would not march in Sunday night's closing ceremony due to Covid-19 precautions, finished the Paralympics with 12 medals, including six gold, three silver and three bronze.

Earlier on Saturday, canoer Scott Martlew finished eighth in the Men's Va'a Single 200m final, while shooter Michael Johnson rounded out his fifth Paralympic Games with a 13th placing in the R9 Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH2.

Cantlay continues to lead Tour Championship

Patrick Cantlay threatened to pull away in the Tour Championship before a late-round stretch that made it tight again at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.

Cantlay will hold a two-shot advantage on Jon Rahm going into the final round after posting a 3-under par 67 in the third round.

Cantlay had three birdies across a four-hole stretch before playing a six-hole span in 2 over. He recovered for a birdie on No. 18, so his score reads 20 under (after beginning the tournament at 10 under based on the format used).

"I think everything that I'm telling myself is just to stay totally present and shoot the lowest score I can every day and not get ahead of myself," Cantlay said.

"Sunday will feel like a normal Sunday, I'm sure."

Cantlay and Rahm will play in the final pairing again as they battle for the $US15 million prize.

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Sharma puts India in driver's seat

A dominant India have taken control of the fourth test against England at The Oval, extending their lead to 171 at stumps on day three, as Rohit Sharma struck his first test hundred away from home and eighth overall.

The visitors were on 270-3 when bad light brought a premature end to proceedings.

Earlier, the England bowlers were made to toil by the combination of Rohit (127) and Cheteshwar Pujara (61), who put on a partnership of 153 for the second wicket, making run-scoring look easy despite seamer-friendly overcast conditions.

Rohit constructed his innings perfectly, resolutely defending outside the off stump and taking runs off anything loose, with Moeen Ali's off-spin often a target. He found an able partner in Pujara, who played with uncharacteristic aggression, hitting nine boundaries.

England threatened a brief comeback after Ollie Robinson removed both Rohit and Pujara in the first over with the second new ball, but skipper Virat Kohli (22 not out) and Ravindra Jadeja (nine not out) steadied the innings.

The five-test series is tied at 1-1.

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Home pole for Verstappen

Max Verstappen put Red Bull on pole position for his home Dutch Grand Prix in front of 70,000 ecstatic fans, with Formula One rival and championship leader Lewis Hamilton alongside.

Hamilton, three points clear in the standings after 12 races, was 0.038 seconds slower for Mercedes than Verstappen's best effort of one minute 08.885 seconds around the seaside circuit.

The Briton's team mate Valtteri Bottas qualified third with Frenchman Pierre Gasly fourth for Red Bull's sister team AlphaTauri.

The pole was the sixth in the last seven races for Verstappen, and the 10th of his career.

The race will be the first Dutch Grand Prix in 36 years, the return driven by Verstappen's success and huge following.

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Roglic all but wraps up red

Clement Champoussin (AG2R Citroen) claimed a surprise victory on a dramatic stage 20 at the Vuelta a Espana with a stunning late attack as Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) all but sealed the general classification for a third consecutive year.

Slovenian Roglic finished the stage in second, six seconds behind Champoussin, but two seconds and as many places ahead of Enric Mas (Movistar) who, barring any mishaps, will finish the race second.

It was a nightmare day for Mas's team mate Miguel Angel Lopez, who started the day third.

The Colombian slid down the standings before abandoning the race just 20 kilometres from the end, one day short of the finish line.

Roglic has a 2:38 lead over Mas, who in turn leads Haig by 2:10 with the podium spots looking secure ahead of Sunday's final stage, a 33.8km individual time trial from Padron to Santiago de Compostela.

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Strong start for Europeans

A red-hot European team stormed out to a three-point lead over the United States on the first day of the Solheim Cup at a windswept Inverness Club in Ohio.

Europe took a 3-1/2 to 1/2 lead after the morning round of foursomes, winning three matches and tying the fourth on the final hole to stun the hosts and their throngs of red, white and blue-clad fans.

The morning results were a gut punch for the home side, especially European veteran Mel Reid and rookie Leona Maguire's 1-up victory over world number one Nelly Korda and sister Jessica.

The U.S. team managed to stop the bleeding in the afternoon session of four-ball but will need to take better advantage of their opportunities over the next two days to stop the defending champions from repeating at the biennial competition.

Day two of the competition will feature four matches of foursomes and four matches of four ball. The final day will consist of 12 singles matches.

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