Here is a summary of current sports news briefs.
Reports: Falcons hope to crush Deshaun Watson draft
The Cleveland Browns are set to sit down with Deshaun Watson after Monday night meetings with the New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers, but a surprise candidate for the Houston Texans quarterback has come on the scene, according to reports. ESPN reported that the Atlanta Falcons were in contention as the dormant team hoped to land Watson.
Tennis-Medvedev Wimbledon hopes could hinge on political insurance – UK minister
US Open champion Daniil Medvedev may have to guarantee that he will not support Russian President Vladimir Putin if he is to attend Wimbledon this year, British Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston said on Tuesday. Huddleston said he wouldn’t be comfortable with a “Russian athlete flying the Russian flag” winning the Grand Slam on grass in London.
Golf-Stenson named European captain for 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome
Henrik Stenson was named European captain for next year’s Ryder Cup on Tuesday, becoming the first Swede to hold the position in the competition’s history. Stenson, the 2016 British Open champion, has helped Europe win three of his five Ryder Cup appearances as a player, including the last home tournament at Le Golf National in 2018.
Packers sign QB Aaron Rodgers to $150 million deal, lower cap to $22 million
Aaron Rodgers signed the dotted line and returned to the Green Bay Packers on Tuesday with a three-year, $150 million deal that lowers his salary cap by $18 million. Rodgers reportedly took less money than the Packers were offering in hopes of allowing Green Bay to retain more talent.
Football-Russia Dzyuba denies asking not to be chosen due to events in Ukraine
Artem Dzyuba, one of Russia’s all-time top scorers, denied on Tuesday that he asked the team’s coach not to choose him for the national team due to the conflict in Ukraine. “I didn’t join the Russian national team because of political problems. It’s a matter of family situation, but I don’t want to go into details,” he told Sport-Express newspaper.
Soccer-CAS upholds UEFA ban on Russian teams as court deliberates
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld UEFA’s ban on Russian teams from participating in its competitions while the CAS deliberates the case, it said on Tuesday. Football’s governing bodies, FIFA and UEFA, had jointly decided that all Russian teams, whether national or club, would be suspended from participating in FIFA and UEFA competitions until further notice. order after Moscow invaded Ukraine.
Nordic skier-turned-musher wins 50th Iditarod race in Alaska
Brent Sass, a 42-year-old former varsity Nordic skier, slid into Nome early Tuesday morning to win the Iditarod Trail sled dog race in Alaska, the 50th year the grueling 1,000-mile endurance event ( 1,610 km) was Course. A cheering crowd greeted Sass and his team of dogs when they reached the finish line on Nome’s Front Street at 5:38 a.m. His elapsed time of eight days, 14 hours and 38:43 minutes was one of fastest times in 50 years of the Iditarod. the story.
Tennis-Badosa title defense meets Fernandez challenge; Azarenka, exit Kvitova
Defending champion Paula Badosa outlasted her friend and fellow Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo 7-6(4) 6-1 in Indian Wells on Monday to set up a tantalizing fourth-round clash against US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez. After edging Sorribes Tormo in the tiebreaker in an 82-minute first set, Badosa cruised through the second to stay on track to become the first woman to defend the Indian Wells title since Martina’s victory Navratilova in 1990 and 1991.
NBA roundup: Karl-Anthony Towns scores Wolves record 60
Karl-Anthony Towns scored a franchise-record 60 points and grabbed 17 rebounds and the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves retired in the second half for a 149-139 win over the stumbling San Antonio Spurs on Monday. The career-high total for Towns is also an NBA high this season. His previous career high (also the franchise mark) was 56, set in March 2018. He reached that point Monday late in the third quarter, a span in which he had 32 of Minnesota’s 46 points and scored his team’s last nine points. .
Golf-Emotional Smith savors victory for family players after long COVID separation
Cameron Smith was overwhelmed with emotion as he savored the biggest Players Championship win of his career on Monday, sharing his triumph with the Australian family after being cut off from them for more than two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 28-year-old mother, Sharon, and her sister Mel were spectators on the green side at TPC Sawgrass as Smith earned a one-shot victory over Indian Anirban Lahiri after a weather-delayed final round.
(With agency contributions.)
