12 Oct 2020

Today's sports news: What you need to know

7:09 am on 12 October 2020

Latest - Lydia Ko has finished tied for 18th at the third major of the year, the PGA Championship in Pennsylvania.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL - JANUARY 19: Lydia Ko of New Zealand tees off on hole 16 during the third round of the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions on January 19, 2019, at Tranquilo Golf Course at Fours Seasons Orlando in Lake Buena Vista, FL. (Photo by Roy K. Miller/Icon Sportswire)

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Ko fired a final round one over par 71 to finish three over for the tournament and 17 shots behind winner Sei Young Kim of South Korea.

Just eight golfers finished the tournament under par.

Meanwhile Ryan Fox has completed his stint back in Europe with a top twenty finish at the European PGA Championship at Wentworth in England.

Fox pick up $130,000 for his tie for 20th... he was 12 shots behind the winner Tyrrell Hatton of England.

He played 11 tournaments since July and recorded five top 20 finishes.

Fox now returns home to await the birth of his first child.

Beale announces retirement

Kiwi international Gerard Beale has announced his retirement from rugby league

Gerard Beale reacts after his try is disallowed due to a forward pass that wasn't forward.

Gerard Beale reacts after his try is disallowed due to a forward pass that wasn't forward. Photo: PhotoSport

The Warriors veteran announced he would be calling it quits on Instagram after a 12-year NRL career highlighted by his role in Cronulla's historic grand final win over Melbourne in 2016.

After making his debut at Brisbane in 2009, he played 63 matches for the Broncos for four seasons before making 30 appearances in a two-season stop at St George Illawarra.

Beale joined the Sharks in 2015, racking up 71 games for the club, including the 2016 premiership decider, coming off the bench in the second half when winger Sosaia Feki was injured.

He joined the Warriors in 2018, adding a further 32 matches to his tally to finish his career with 194 at Premiership level.

Beale also represented the Kiwis 11 times in the Test arena.

-NRL

Petrucci wins at Le Mans

Ducati's Danilo Petrucci held his nerve in wet conditions to win the French Grand Prix in Le Mans, while Repsol Honda rookie Alex Marquez clinched his first MotoGP podium.

Danilo Petrucci- Ducati

Photo: PHOTOSPORT

The race was delayed by a heavy downpour just moments before the start time at Bugatti Circuit and changed the fortunes of Championship contenders Fabio Quartararo and Joan Mir -- who had never started a wet race before.

Pole-sitter Quartararo struggled on his Petronas Yamaha from the start, allowing Petrucci, who started third, to take the early lead as he went on to clinch his first victory of the season.

A crash for Yamaha's Valentino Rossi on the opening lap meant he has now failed to finish in each of the last three races.

Despite finishing ninth in his home race, Quartararo extended his lead in the Championship standings to 10 points over nearest challenger Mir, who finished 11th.

The MotoGP will return to Spain with the Aragon Grand Prix next weekend.

-Reuters

Rare win for Portugal rider

Ruben Guerreiro became the first Portuguese rider to win on the Giro d'Italia in 31 years when he claimed the ninth stage, a 208-km mountain ride from San Salvo.

Guerreiro beat fellow breakaway rider Jonathan Castroviejo of Spain by jumping away in the last 300 metres of the final climb.

The previous Portuguese rider to win a stage on the Giro was Acacio Da Silva in 1989.

Another Portuguese, Joao Almeida, retained the overall leader's Magia Rosa despite losing time on other top contenders in the steepest, final part of the last ascent.

The Deceuninck-Quick Step rider crossed the line four seconds behind double Giro champion Vincenzo Nibali and 18 behind Denmark's Jakob Fuglsang and Dutchman Wilco Kelderman.

Monday is a rest day.

-Reuters

Sordo wins in Sardinia

Hyundai's Dani Sordo won Rally Italy Sardinia for the second year in a row with Toyota's Elfyn Evans retaining the world championship lead.

Spaniard Sordo, driving his second rally of the season, held off Belgian team mate Thierry Neuville to win by 5.1 seconds with Toyota's Sebastien Ogier finishing third and a second further back.

Welshman Evans, who took two bonus points in the closing power stage won by reigning champion Ott Tanak, was fourth and more than a minute off the leader's pace.

Evans now has 111 points, with Ogier on 97 and Neuville 87 with two of the season's eight rounds remaining. Hyundai lead the manufacturers' standings with 208 points to Toyota's 201.

-Reuters

Te Aihe tips over

America's Cup holders Team New Zealand have flipped their first generation AC75 foiling monohull while training in heavy conditions.

Saturday's incident was the second time the team have flipped 'Te Aihe', as their yacht is named, during training.

The crew had been testing the boat's capabilities in weather and sea conditions beyond the upper limits set by America's Cup organisers for actual racing, Stuff Media, reported.

The yacht suffered damage to part of the steering system and was righted by the team's support boats and then towed back to their base.

Last December, Team New Zealand had a slow-motion tip over in their initial trials with Te Aihe.

Challengers American Magic also tipped over their first generation boat while training on the Hauraki Gulf last month.

-Reuters