LONDON (AP) Australia foiled India plans to milk ideal bowling conditions by batting brilliantly on the first day of the World Test Championship final at the Oval on Wednesday. Travis Head's fighting 146 and Steve Smith's careful 95 led Australia to 327-3 after they were forced to bat first by India.
PARIS (AP) French Open doubles player Miyu Kato and her partner were forced to forfeit a match when Kato accidentally hit a ball girl in the neck with a ball after a point on Sunday.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) The Fijian Drua ended a week marred by personal loss with a collective triumph as they beat the Queensland Reds to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in only their second season in Super Rugby Pacific.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) Veteran All Blacks lock Sam Whitelock will quit rugby in New Zealand to join the French Top 14 club Pau after this year’s World Cup. The 34-year-old Whitelock is the most-capped All Blacks lock of all time, having played 143 matches since his debut in 2010.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) Anna Nordqvist had all three of her matches go the distance, and only a clutch wedge kept her from playing even more Friday as she was among 16 players who advanced out of group play in the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play.