8 Aug 2022

In today's sports news: What you need to know

11:52 am on 8 August 2022

Latest - Dame Lisa Carrington has won the K1 500 title at the Canoe Sprint World Championships in Canada.

New Zealand's Lisa Carrington celebrates after winning gold in the women's kayak single 500m final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo on August 5, 2021. (Photo by Luis ACOSTA / AFP)

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Carrington finished almost a full boat lenght ahead of Anja Osterman of Slovenia with Anna Lucz of Hungary third.

It is the eighth time Carrington has won the 200 title since her first win in 2011.

She also finished fourth in the K2 500 with Alicia Hoskin, just 0.03 seconds from the third placed Belgians.

Yesterday Carrington won the K1 500 title for the third time and she was fifth in the K4 500 with Alicia Hoskin, Olivia Brett and Tara Vaughn.

Top 10 for Ko in Scotland

Lydia Ko has finished tied for seventh at the British Open.

On the final day Ko fired a three under par 68, her best round of the tournament.

She was five shots behind Ashleigh Buhai of South Africa , who beat In Gee Chun of South Korea in a play-off.

In the five majors this year Ko finished tied for 25th at the Chevron Championship, fifth at the US Open, tied for 46th at the Women's PGA, tied for third at the Evian Championship and tied for seventh at the Women's Open.

Ko is ranked fourth in the world.

Meanwhile Daniel Hillier finished tied for 35th, 15 shots from the winner at the latest World Tour event in Wales.... Josh Geary was tied for 49th.

Haaland stars for City

New Manchester City signing Erling Haaland marked his Premier League debut with a double as the champions began their title defence with a clinical 2-0 victory over West Ham United at the London Stadium.

Manchester City's Norwegian striker Erling Haaland

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Pep Guardiola's City were awarded a penalty after 36 minutes when Haaland charged past the West Ham defence to latch onto a through ball and take it around Alphonse Areola before being fouled by the substitute goalkeeper.

City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne then defended a series of crosses before slipping through a delightful pin-point pass to Haaland, who timed his run to perfection and slotted home with a fine left-footed finish in the 65th minute.

Meanwhile the Erik ten Hag era at Manchester United began with a 2-1 defeat at home to Brighton & Hove Albion as the Dutch manager was shown just how much work is ahead of him.

There were yet more loud and angry protests against United's owners, the American Glazer family, before the kick-off and it was also a familiar scene on the field.

German Pascal Gross scored twice for Brighton.

Substitute Josh Dasilva scored a superb equaliser with four minutes remaining as Brentford came from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Leicester City.

-Reuters

Bagnaia too strong at Silverstone

Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia picked up where he left off before MotoGP's summer break by winning the British Grand Prix at Silverstone for his second victory in a row.

Ducati Lenovo Team rider Francesco Bagnaia.

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Spaniard Maverick Vinales had to settle for second for Aprilia, 0.426 seconds behind after a thrilling battle over the closing laps, while Australian Jack Miller was third on the other factory Ducati.

Bagnaia drove his car into a ditch in Ibiza after celebrating the previous win, the Italian subsequently found to be over the legal alcohol limit, and he will not be doing that again.

"Tonight I will take a taxi," he assured reporters when reminded of that incident.

Yamaha's reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo finished only eighth, after serving a long lap penalty, but increased his championship lead over Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro, who was ninth, to 22 points after 12 of 20 rounds.

Quartararo now has 180 points, Espargaro 158 and Bagnaia, last year's overall runner-up, is closing the gap but still well adrift on 131.

-Reuters

Tanak gives Hyundai win in Finland

Estonian Ott Tanak won Rally Finland for the third time and gave Hyundai their first victory on the fast gravel roads.

Estonian driver Ott Tanak celebrates with champagne on the podium as he won the 2019 FIA World Rally Championship after finishing second on the 55th Catalonia 2019 FIA World Rally Championship on October 27, 2019 in Salou, near Tarragona.

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Toyota's runaway world championship leader Kalle Rovanpera finished second with team mate and fellow Finn Esapekka Lappi third despite rolling on the penultimate stage.

Lappi finished with a patched-up radiator, topped up with water from one of the region's many lakes, and no windscreen.

Tanak, the 2019 world champion, led from Friday morning and clinched victory by 6.8 seconds with Rovanpera opting not to take any risks.

Rovanpera took a maximum five bonus points from the final stage to stretch his championship lead over Tanak, who took two extra points, to 94 after eight of 13 rounds.

Toyota are 88 points clear in the manufacturers' standings.

The next round of the championship is in Belgium on Aug. 18-21.

-Reuters