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Latest - New Zealand driver Scott McLaughlin has won the latest Indycars race in the United States.

McLaughlin, who started second on the grid at mid-Ohio, took the lead from pole-sitter Pato O'Ward during a pit stop while the race was on a yellow flag.

He then held the lead for the rest of the race.

"You're thinking about your fuel, but thankfully Chevy gave us great fuel mileage and drivability off the restarts that allowed me to get a bit of a gap from Palou in the Honda there," McLaughlin said.

"I'm really proud of the guys (and) the car they gave me."

It's his second career victory after taking the chequered flag in the opening race of the season at St Petersburg in Florida.

Fellow New Zealander Scott Dixon was fifth.

Swede Marcus Ericsson leads the championship with Dixon sixth overall and McLaughlin up two spots to seventh.

Million dollar payday for Fox

Auckland golfer Ryan Fox has continued his good European form finishing second at the Irish Open in County Kilkenny.

Fox finished three shots behind Adrian Meronk who made history by becoming the first Polish winner on the World Tour.

Fox was alone in second place, continuing his recent hot streak with a fourth top-three finish in his past six events.

Fox did have the best round of the day, an 8 under par 64 and was challenging for the lead, until Meronk finished strongly to take the title.

Fox picks up just over a million dollars for second place.

He's scheduled to play the Scottish Open this week before the Open Championship at St Andrews.

Warriors win at home

The Warriors celebrated their long awaited return to Mt Smart Stadium in style with a 22-2 win over Wests Tigers.

Back on home soil for the first time in 1038 days the Warriors made sure their legion of fans went home happy with their fifth win of the season.

They scored three tries and led 14-2 at half time.

A crowd of more than 26,000 were on hand to watch the Warriors homecoming.

The Warriors are up one spot to 13th in the standings.

The Warriors don't play again til Friday the 15th against the Eels in Parramatta.

Indian cricketers on top

India tightened their grip on the rearranged fifth test against England, with an overall lead of 257 and with seven wickets in hand, despite Jonny Bairstow's belligerent hundred on day three of the contest at Edgbaston.

A charged-up Bairstow smashed a rapid 106, his third hundred in four innings, providing the bedrock for England's 284 all out in reply to India's 416.

The tourists reached 125-3 at stumps in their second innings with the dour Cheteshwar Pujara (50) and the daredevil Rishabh Pant (30) in the middle.

India are 2-1 up in the series which could not be completed last year following COVID-19 cases in the India camp ahead of the final match at Old Trafford.

-Reuters

Groenewegan wins stage three

Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen of Team BikeExchange-Jayco clinched the third stage of the Tour de France in Denmark in a photo finish as Wout van Aert took second place to retain the overall leader's yellow jersey.

It was a sweet victory for Groenewegen who was suspended for nine months by the International Cycling Union in 2020 for causing the crash that severely injured Fabio Jakobsen at the Tour of Poland. Jakobsen won Saturday's stage two.

"It was a long way (back). I want to say thanks to my team, family and friends to bring me back to the Tour in a good shape. It's beautiful," said Groenewegen.

"Not physically but mentally it was a hard time, of course. This is for my wife and my son. It means a lot for me."

Belgian Jasper Philipsen crossed the line in third and Peter Sagan of Slovakia finished the 182km flat ride from Vejle to Sonderborg in fourth spot.

Monday is a rest day before the riders head to France and tackle the mountains for the first time on Tuesday in a 171.5km journey from Dunkirk to Calais.

-Reuters

Nets and Lakers to swap guards

The Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers are discussing swapping star guards Kyrie Irving and Russell Westbrook.

According to Yahoo Sports, the teams "are actively engaged in discussions."

Both Westbrook and Irving exercised their one-year, multimillion-dollar options last week, tying them for another season to teams where they just don't seem to fit.

Westbrook, 33, has a $76 million option for 2022-23. Irving, 30, will play under a $59 million deal.

According to Yahoo, the teams haven't been able to reach agreement on the other pieces of the trade package, including draft picks. The Nets reportedly want the Lakers also to take 30-year-old guard Joe Harris and the two years and $62 million left on his contract.

The Lakers instead want shooting guard Seth Curry, 31, who has one year left on his contract at $13.7 million.

-Reuters