SHOW    JUMPING

By Kim Mandel
For the Herald

Hernán Mones Ruiz, a frequent visitor to the winner’s circle this season, took the XXVII Tortugas Country Club Derby riding Corsario on a almost summer like afternoon.
This prestigious event usually produces a great deal of excitement, but this time the suspense continued almost...  Read More

RUGBY
World Cup

By Francis Cross
For the Herald

PARIS — Argentina defeated Ireland 30-15 to win the Group D of the IRB Rugby World Cup and qualified for the quarterfinals at the Parc des Princes yesterday.
Now they will face Scotland on Sunday, while France will have to clash against favourites New...  Read More

MONTPELLIER — South Africa outclassed the United States in their final Pool A match to win 64-15 on Sunday in a match that was little more than a momentum-building exercise for next weekend’s quarterfinal against Fiji.
South Africa, fielding a near full-strength line-up despite having already topped the pool ahead of...  Read More

SOCCER
English Premier League

LONDON — Everton beat Middlesbrough 2-0 yesterday to move up to fifth place in the Premier League.
Defender Joleon Lescott and midfielder Steven Pienaar scored at Goodison to take Everton to 13 points, six fewer than leaders Arsenal, which won 1-0 at West Ham on Saturday.
Boro had three...  Read More

SOCCER
Apertura Tournament

River Plate salvaged an unlikely point in the National A Division Apertura Tournament yesterday when in-form Radamel Falcao García scored in the eighth minute of stoppage time to draw 3-3 with Rosario Central.
Having taken the lead in the third minute of additional time, Central’s furious players surrounded the...  Read More

Spanish League

MADRID — Champions Real Madrid rode their luck away against Getafe before running out 1-0 winners to return to the top of the Primera Liga yesterday.
Real had never won at the Coliseum in the league and suffered another testing time in the south of the capital as Michael...  Read More

GOLF
Presidents Cup

MONTREAL — The United States won the Presidents Cup for the first time on foreign soil yesterday, beating the Internationals by 19-1/2 points to 14-1/2 at a sun-drenched Royal Montreal Golf Club.
Needing only three points from the 12 offer in the last-day singles, the US clinched the trophy...  Read More

TENNIS

SEOUL, South Kore — Top-seeded Venus Williams rallied to beat Russia’s Maria Kirilenko 6-3 1-6 6-4 and win the Korean Open yesterday.
Williams, who hadn’t lost a set this tournament heading into the final, was forced to work for her win for the first time at Olympic Park in a...  Read More

FIELD HOCKEY
Men’s First Division A

Quilmes A crushed Banco de Desarrollo 5-2 as only three games were played yesterday.
The victory lifted Quilmes A to second place with 45 points. They trail Banco Provincia by three.
Santiago Hourquebié, Guillermo Rao, Gabriel Encinas and Juan Manuel Saladino — twice — netted for Quilmes...  Read More

MOTOR RACING
Japanese Grand Prix

FUJI — McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton won a wet and wild Japanese Grand Prix yesterday to take a huge stride towards becoming the first rookie to win the Formula One championship.
While the 22-year-old Briton splashed through the spray to chalk up his fourth victory in just 15...  Read More

AMERICAN FOOTBALL
College

GAINESVILLE, Florida — Freshman Wes Byrum kicked a 43-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Auburn Tigers to a 20-17 victory over fourth-ranked Florida on Saturday.
The loss snapped an 11-game winning streak for the defending national champions and gave the Gators their first home loss under...  Read More

BASEBALL
Major Leagues

OAKLAND — With manager Mike Scioscia resting many of his banged-up regulars, Kelvim Escobar earned his career-best 18th victory and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2 in the American League on Saturday.
Juan Rivera and Erick Aybar each hit RBI singles and Jeff Mathis added a...  Read More