Reuters Sports News Summary
Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.
49ers QB Garoppolo on stinker: 'It's the first step'
Zero yards, 0.0 passer rating and one first step to forget. That was Jimmy Garoppolo's return for the San Francisco 49ers in Monday's preseason game against the Denver Broncos, his comeback from a torn ACL.
Muchova advances, Zhang ousted in Bronx Open
Czech Republic's 10th seed Karolina Muchova beat Slovakia's Viktoria Kuzmova 7-5 6-2 to move into the second round of the Bronx Open while fourth seed Zhang Shuai was knocked out in straight sets on Monday. Muchova, who reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final at Wimbledon last month, won an incredible 93% of her first serve points. She did not face a single break point in the match, wrapping up the contest in 69 minutes.
Team GB lose European dressage silver after Dujardin elimination
Britain dropped out of the silver medal position at the Dressage European Championships in Rotterdam on Tuesday after Charlotte Dujardin's score was excluded because blood was found on her horse. Three-times Olympic gold medalist Dujardin had produced her personal best Grand Prix score of 81.91% on the 10-year-old mare, Mount St John Freestyle, to put Britain second behind Germany, with Netherlands in third.
MLB roundup: Cards lose no-hit bid in eighth
Dakota Hudson held the visiting Milwaukee Brewers hitless for 6 2/3 innings Monday night, propelling the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-0 victory. Hudson (12-6) exited with a no-hitter intact with two outs in the seventh inning after walking Eric Thames with his 111th pitch. Yasmani Grandal ended the combined no-hitter one inning later with a two-out double off reliever Giovanny Gallegos.
CAS to hear Chinese champion Sun's case in public
A case in which China's multiple world and Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang is accused of anti-doping violations will be held in public in a break from usual procedure, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said in a statement on Tuesday. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has appealed to CAS against a decision by swimming's governing body FINA to clear Sun of wrongdoing during a random drug test last September.
Canadian 11-time world champion says she is no drug cheat
Canada's 11-times canoe world champion Laurence Vincent Lapointe maintained she is not a drug cheat on Tuesday but conceded there will be people who will never believe her. Canoe Kayak Canada (CKC) announced on Monday that Vincent Lapointe had returned an adverse analytical finding following an out-of-competition doping test in late July.
NOCs confident Tokyo 2020 can overcome heat, water quality issues
Searing heat and water quality issues have dogged Tokyo 2020 organizers in recent weeks but delegates to a Chef de Mission seminar on Tuesday said they are confident their hosts will find solutions ahead of next year's Summer Olympics. The three-day visit by the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), which includes a progress update and venue tour, comes after recent test events highlighted potential problems for next year's Games, which kick off on July 24.
Stephens splits with coach Groeneveld ahead of U.S. Open
American Sloane Stephens has parted ways with her coach Sven Groeneveld less than a week before the U.S. Open gets underway, the former champion has said. Stephens, who only teamed up with Dutchman Groeneveld in May, has not announced a replacement ahead of the year's final Grand Slam, which begins on Monday.
Geoghegan Hart and Poels to co-lead Ineos charge in Vuelta
Tao Geoghegan Hart and Wout Poels will be co-leaders for Team Ineos at the Vuelta a Espana which starts on Saturday, with Tour de France winner Egan Bernal and Geraint Thomas sitting the three-week race out, the team announced on Tuesday. Ineos has already confirmed that Bernal and Thomas would prepare for next month's road world championships in Yorkshire rather than travel to Spain.
Mayfield: 'Can't believe' Giants drafted Daniel Jones
Baker Mayfield offered his usual no-holds barred opinion when discussing the Giants drafting Daniel Jones, telling GQ he "can't believe" New York selected the Duke quarterback sixth overall in April. Mayfield was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 draft and went 6-7 as a starter as a rookie with the Cleveland Browns. Jones was drafted by the Giants after Mayfield's former Oklahoma teammate, quarterback Kyler Murray, went first to the Arizona Cardinals.
