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Latest- Jonas Vingegaard won the 11th stage of the Tour de France, a 151.7-km gruelling Alpine trek from Albertville, to snatch the overall leader's yellow jersey from Tadej Pogacar.

Last year's runner-up Vingegaard attacked 4.9km from the finish to drop the defending champion, who had been attacked relentlessly by the Dane's Jumbo-Visma team all day long.

Vingegaard never looked back on his way to an iconic victory at top of the Col du Granon, a punishing 11.3-km climb at an average gradient of 9.2 percent.

Colombian Nairo Quintana took second place, 59 seconds behind, with France's Romain Bardet finishing third, one minute and 10 seconds off the pace.

Pogacar, who started the day 39 seconds ahead of Vingegaard in the overall rankings, crossed the line in seventh place, 2:51 behind the winner, his face a mask of exhaustion.

Overall, Vingegaard leads Bardet by 2:16 and third-placed Pogacar by 2:22.

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Tall Blacks dominate Asia Cup opener

The Tall Blacks are off to a winning start at the FIBA Asia Cup with a 100-47 victory over India in Jakarta.

The inexperienced New Zealand side scored 30 points in the opening quarter - including going on a 23-0 run in just 5 and a half minutes - while restricting India to 12 points in the opening period.

New Zealand's dominance continued in the second quarter, getting out a 64-21 lead at halftime, but India showed more resolve in a much more even third quarter, with the Tall Blacks managing to notch up 100 points in the last minute of the final quarter.

Eight players scored in double-digits for New Zealand in the win, led by Sam Mennenga who had 21 points on 7-10 shooting.

Mennenga was also one rebound shy of a double-double.

The other players to score at least 10 points were Taine Murray (13 points), Taylor Britt (12 points), Flynnn Cameron (10 points), Kruz Perrott-Hunt (10 points), Taki Fahrensohn (10 points), and Sam Timmins (10 points).

For India, Arvinnd Kumar Muthu Krishnan led the team in scoring with 13 points.

South Africa pull out of Australia tour

South Africa have withdrawn from the one-day international series with Australia in January after host board Cricket Australia (CA) was unable to accommodate a request to reschedule.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) had asked to shift the series, which was scheduled for Hobart (12 January), Sydney (14 January) and Perth (17 January), as it clashes with their new domestic Twenty20 competition.

"Unfortunately, due to the congested international schedule including the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, there are no alternative dates available," CA said in a statement.

CA said South Africa had agreed that Australia would be awarded the competition points, pending approval from the International Cricket Council.

"CSA offered four options (for new dates). Unfortunately, and to our disappointment, none of these were acceptable to Cricket Australia," CSA chief executive officer Pholetsi Moseki said.

"As difficult as this decision has been, the long-term sustainability of our new T20 League is reliant on having all our domestic players available."

South Africa's forfeit could affect their chances of qualifying directly for next year's one-day World Cup in India.

The Proteas are 11th in the World Cup Super League standings, with only the top seven teams apart from hosts India to qualify directly for the 10-team tournament.

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Woods and McIlroy join select membership

Former British Open champions Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Paul Lawrie have become Honorary Members of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.

American Woods, a 15-times major champion, is bidding to win the British Open for the fourth time this week at St Andrews to add to his victories in 2000, 2005 and 2006.

"I am grateful for this invitation to become an Honorary Member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews," the 46-year-old said.

"It is not only the home of golf but a place in this world that I hold near my heart."

Northern Ireland's McIlroy won the Open at Royal Liverpool in 2014, one of his four major titles.

"It's a privilege to represent a club that has done so much for golf over so many years and I'm proud to play my part in promoting golf around the world," he said.

Scotland's Lawrie, who won the 1999 British Open, will have the honour of striking the first tee shot of the 150th Open on Thursday.

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Sprinter banned from Commonwealth Games over security risk

Northern Ireland sprinter Leon Reid has been barred from competing at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham following a security risk assessment.

Reid was given a suspended sentence in February after being found guilty of allowing his flat to be used to produce cocaine and was ordered to do 220 hours of unpaid work.

He was one of 18 men charged with drugs and firearms offences last year, all of which he denied.

The 27-year-old won bronze in the 200m at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and reached the semi-finals in the event at last year's Tokyo Olympics while representing Ireland.

Commonwealth Games Northern Ireland (CGNI) said on Tuesday it was disappointed to confirm that Reid had been denied entry to the 2022 Commonwealth Games following a "security risk assessment".

"Leon had been selected by CGNI and had been entered into the 200m event prior to the June 29 deadline.

"Commonwealth Games NI is currently seeking clarity on any potential appeal mechanism, and the athlete has been offered well-being support as he deals with this news."

Reuters has contacted Birmingham 2022 organisers for comment.

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Australian athletes can't support peers at Commonwealth Games

Australian athletes will be banned from supporting their team mates at other Commonwealth Games events at Birmingham due to the risk of Covid-19 transmission, team chef de mission Petria Thomas said.

They will also have to wear face masks when not in their rooms or exercising at the Games as part of team health protocols.

"We have to put these measures in place to minimise the transmission of Covid and other diseases as well," Thomas said.

Covid continues to disrupt global sport, with a number of swimmers forced to pull out of the recent swimming world championships in Budapest after testing positive.

Around 5,000 athletes from 72 nations and territories are due to compete at Birmingham.

The Office for National Statistics estimated 3.95 percent of people in England, or one in 25, were Covid positive during the week ending June 29.

Athletes were subject to strict Covid protocols while in a "closed loop" at the Beijing Winter Olympics and also at last year's summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Unlike the Olympics, athletes will not have to leave Birmingham soon after their events finish.

Thomas said Australia's athletes would be permitted to stay and support team mates but not at their competition venues.

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IndyCar champ switches teams for 2023

Reigning IndyCar champion Alex Palou announced he will be joining McLaren for 2023, hours after his current employers Chip Ganassi Racing said he was staying with them.

Ganassi said in a statement they had exercised an option to retain the Spanish driver and quoted him saying it was "a great feeling knowing I'll be back with Chip Ganassi Racing next season."

The 25-year-old said on Twitter he had found out about that press release from the media and it had been issued without his approval.

He added that the quote, which also spoke of how Ganassi had welcomed him with open arms from day one, had not come from him.

"As I have recently informed CGR, for personal reasons, I do not intend to continue with the team after 2022," said the Spaniard.

British-based McLaren, who are rivals of Ganassi in IndyCar with the Arrow McLaren SP team, then issued a statement saying Palou would race for them in 2023 and also test their 2021 Formula One car.

"I'm extremely excited to join the driver roster for such an iconic team as McLaren," it quoted Palou as saying.

"I'm excited to be able to show what I can do behind the wheel of a Formula One car and looking at what doors that may open."

McLaren are competing in IndyCar, Formula One, Formula E and Extreme E next year.

-Reuters