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Latest - Lydia Ko is suffering from a golfing hangover.

Less than a week after winning her first tournament in three years at the Lotte Championship in Hawaii, Ko has had a horror first round at the latest LPGA event the Los Angeles Open.

The 23-year-old world number seven fired an opening round seven over par 78 to be tied for 135th 14 shots behind the leader Jessica Korda.

Ko's round included two double bogeys.

City one step closer to Premier League title

Manchester City recovered from conceding an early goal to win 2-1 at Aston Villa and move a step closer to the Premier League title after a game in which both sides finished with 10 men.

City, who are 11 points ahead of Manchester United with five games left, need just three wins from their five remaining games to seal their third Premier League title in the last four seasons.

Set to face Tottenham Hotspur in the League Cup Final on Sunday, City will also play Crystal Palace, Chelsea, Newcastle, Brighton and Everton in a busy end to the Premier League season.

Tottenham Hotspur enjoyed some respite in a tumultuous week for the club as Son Heung-min's late penalty earned them a 2-1 victory over Southampton to revive their hopes of a top-four finish in the Premier League.

Victory lifts Tottenham into sixth place with 53 points, two points behind fourth-placed Chelsea who have a game in hand.

-Reuters

The Football Ferns have been drawn in a tough group for this year's Tokyo Olympics.

The New Zealanders will face world number one the USA, Rio 2016 silver medalists Sweden and trans-Tasman rivals Australia.

The New Zealand men have been grouped with South Korea, Honduras and Romania.

The USA women are riding a 39-game unbeaten streak and are attempting to become the first women's side to win a World Cup and an Olympic gold medal back-to-back.

Sweden eliminated the U.S. in the quarterfinals at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil, ending the Americans' quest for a fourth consecutive gold medal.

The Football Ferns lost 2-0 to the USA in their group game in Rio.

The New Zealand women have competed at the last three Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals just once, in 2012.

The New Zealand men, which is made up primarily of under-23 players, competed at the 2008 and 2012 tournaments.

Williamson makes first appearance of IPL

Black Caps captain Kane Williamson has made his first appearances at the Indian Premier League helping his Sunrisers Hyderabad side to a nine wicket win over Punjab Kings.

Williamson missed Hyderabad's first three games as he continued return to full fitness after elbow surgery.

Williamson scored and unbeaten 16 as Hyderabad chased down Punjab's total of 120 with eight balls to spare.

It is Hyderabad's first win of the competition

Chennai top the table from Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi.

Football owners apologise

The Manchester United and Liverpool owners have apologised for the European Super League proposal.

Manchester United co-chairman Joel Glazer says the club "apologise unreservedly for the unrest" caused by the proposed League.

The rare public comment from the American came after Liverpool owner John W Henry apologised to supporters.

United, Liverpool and four other Premier League sides withdrew from the ESL yesterday after a backlash.

"We failed to show enough respect for its deep-rooted traditions," Glazer said in an open letter to fans.

"Manchester United has a rich heritage and we recognise our responsibility to live up to its great traditions and values."

Henry took sole responsibility for the "unnecessary negativity", saying: "In this endeavour I've let you down.

"The project put forward was never going to stand without the support of the fans.

"Over these 48 hours you were very clear that it would not stand. We heard you. I heard you."

-BBC

World Rugby estimates 2 billion dollar loss

World Rugby chief executive Alan Gilpin estimates the sport has suffered a 42 billion hit in lost revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Gilpin was speaking as World Rugby outlined a four-year strategic plan until 2025 that includes tackling what he describes as "the three Cs of Covid, calendar and concussion".

The international, club and community games were put on hold last year due to Covid-19.

And Gilpin said: "We think from the work we've done over the last six to nine months through our member national unions that probably the overall damage is in the region of £1billion.

"We say that because we've worked, obviously, at the elite level of the game to understand the impacts of Covid and huge revenue drop-off have had.

"We don't know, of course, what the damage really is in the community game, and I don't think probably anyone does at this stage.

"What we have seen in countries that are starting to open up in the community is that players young and old are flooding back to rugby clubs in almost record numbers.

-Planet Rugby

Fognini defaulted after outburst

The Italian tennis player Fabio Fognini was defaulted during his second-round match at the Barcelona Open after he lost his temper and hurled verbal abuse that was picked up by a line judge.

Ninth seed Fognini was trailing 6-0 4-4 against Spain's Zapata Miralles when a line judge reported him for using foul language following a foot fault.

Fognini had been given a warning earlier in the match and when the chair umpire informed him of the decision to default him, the 33-year-old stormed off the court.

"I didn't tell him anything," Fognini shouted, breaking his racket at the net and throwing it away in frustration as he left the court.

Fognini is no stranger to on-court controversy. He was handed a provisional suspension for two Grand Slam tournaments and fined $150,000 for an outburst at the 2017 U.S. Open.

-Reuters

Woman to officiate at European Championship

Frenchwoman Stephanie Frappart will become the first female official to be involved in European Championship matches after UEFA confirmed the list of referees for this year's tournament.

In the past two years, Frappart became the first female to referee a men's Champions League match, a French Ligue 1 game and a men's World Cup qualifier.

Frappart was not named among the 18 referees to take charge of the 51 Euro 2020 games but she will be involved as a support match official, working either as a fourth official or a reserve assistant referee.

The European Championship, pushed back a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will be held from June 11-July 11 in cities in 12 countries.

-Reuters