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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 |
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Sastre crowned Tour
de France champion
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PARIS: Spain’s Carlos Sastre wrapped up his maiden Tour de France
triumph here on Sunday following the final stage of the race into
Paris.
Sastre, a 33-year-old climbing
specialist who rides for the CSC team, became the eighth Spaniard to
win the race’s yellow jersey and the third consecutively after
Oscar Pereiro (2006) and Alberto Contador (2007).
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Nadal
closes in on Federer with Toronto Masters title
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TORONTO: Rafael Nadal took another huge step closer
to dethroning Roger Federer as world No. 1 with a 6-3, 6-2 victory
over Nicolas Kiefer in the Toronto Masters final on Sunday.
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Federer
shrugs off impending danger posed by Nadal
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CINCINNATI, Ohio: Roger Federer has shrugged off the
impending danger posed by Rafael Nadal’s seemingly unstoppable
march towards his world No. 1 spot.
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Del
Rosario wins in Lipa
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NATIONAL team mainstay Liza del Rosario beat Prima-Batang
X’s Jerht Santos in the stepladder finals, 252-185, to capture the
Open Masters title in the just-concluded Fourth Lipa City National
Invitational tournament...
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5
champions earn slots in World 10-Ball tilt
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TWO current world champions, two winners in
qualifying events and Europe’s No. 1 female player have secured
slots in the inaugural staging of the World Pool-Billiard
Association (WPA) 10-Ball Championship in September.
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