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Kim’s lead trimmed to two at PGA CJ Cup Byron Nelson

HOUSTON: South Korean Kim Si-woo clung to a two-stroke lead after firing a three-under par 68 in Saturday’s third round of the PGA Tour CJ Cup Byron Nelson tournament. The 30-year-old from Seoul, seeking his first victory since the 2023 Sony Open in Hawaii, stood on 21-under 192 after 54 holes at TPC Craig Ranch in suburban Dallas. Kim, who fired a 60 on Friday to grab a five-stroke advantage, stumbled with three bogeys in four holes ending at the 11th but then made three birdies in the next four holes to regain the solo lead entering the last round. “Wanted to go in low again but it was a rough start,” Kim said. “I played great the last six or seven holes.” Top-ranked defending champion Scottie Scheffler, a four-time major winner, and fellow American Wyndham Clark, the 2023 US Open champion, each fired 65 to share second on 194 with Germany’s Stephan Jaeger, American Tom Hoge and South Korean Im Sung-jae sharing fourth on 196. “I putted really nice,” Clark said.

Usyk stops kickboxer Verhoeven in 11th round of heavyweight title fight in Egypt

GIZA, Egypt: Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk survived a scare to earn an 11th-round stoppage against Rico Verhoeven, a Dutch kickboxer who pushed the undefeated Ukrainian to his limits on Saturday. In a chaotic ending, the 39-year-old Usyk dropped the challenger late in the penultimate round, and the referee waved it off after Usyk pounced when Verhoeven beat the count shortly before the bell. “I thought it was an early stoppage but in the end it’s not up to me,” Verhoeven said moments later while still in the ring with the Pyramids of Giza in the background. Usyk (25-0, 16 KOs) holds the WBC, WBA and IBF belts. For the 37-year-old Verhoeven, it was just his second time fighting as a boxer. Cuban heavyweight stuns Olympic medalist Torrez On the undercard, US heavyweight Richard Torrez Jr.

Springer, Blue Jays hand Pirates' Skenes back-to-back defeats - ESPN

TORONTO — George Springer hit his 65th leadoff home run and the Toronto Blue Jays sent Paul Skenes to losses in consecutive starts for the first time this season, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 Saturday for their fourth straight win and seventh in 10 games.

Iran says World Cup base camp moved from U.S. to Mexico - ESPN

PHOENIX — The president of the governing body of Iranian soccer said Saturday that the nation's World Cup training base has been moved to Mexico from the United States after getting approval from FIFA.

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Reports: Gio Reyna in, Diego Luna out of USMNT World Cup roster - ESPN

Gio Reyna will be included in the United States' 2026 World Cup roster, while midfielder Diego Luna is among the notable absentees, according to multiple reports.

DR Congo stick to pre-World Cup plan to meet Denmark, Chile in friendlies

KINSHASA: The Democratic Republic of Congo have ‌no plans to change their warm-up preparations for the World Cup despite a warning from the United States that the team must isolate for 21 days before arriving in the country, a team official said on Saturday. Andrew Giuliani, executive director of the White House Task Force for the World Cup, confirmed to ESPN on Friday that the Congolese delegation needed to maintain a bubble where they are training in Belgium and isolate for 21 days or risk being denied entry after a deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus in the central African country. The Congolese team are to be based ‌in Houston at ‌the tournament and will play an opening Group ‌K ⁠fixture against Portugal ⁠on June 17, followed by matches against Colombia on June 23 in Guadalajara, Mexico, and against Uzbekistan on June 27 in Atlanta. “We’ve been very clear to Congo that they should maintain the integrity of their bubble for 21 days before they can then come to Houston on June 11,” Giuliani said. “We’ve made it very clear to the Congo government as well that ⁠they need to maintain that bubble or they risk ‌not being able to travel to the ‌United States. We cannot be any clearer.” But a team spokesperson said that at this ‌stage there was no change to their schedule in the coming ‌weeks, which includes a friendly against Denmark in Liege, Belgium, on June 3 and another against Chile in Cadiz, Spain, six days later. The team had planned a three-day trip to Kinshasa next week as a celebratory send-off before heading to ‌their first World Cup in 52 years but that was canceled before the US warning. “We have kept our ⁠training program.

Iran to base World Cup camp in Mexico after switch from Arizona

WASHINGTON: Iran will base their ‌squad in the Mexican border city of Tijuana during this year’s World Cup after soccer’s world governing body FIFA approved a request to move the training camp from Arizona, the head of Iran’s football federation said on Saturday. “We will be based in the Tijuana camp, which is near the Pacific Ocean and on the border between Mexico and the United States,” Iran’s soccer ‌federation President Mehdi ‌Taj said in a video ‌posted ⁠on its Telegram ⁠social media account. Taj added that the move would help avoid visa-related complications and that the squad would be able to travel directly to Mexico aboard Iran Air flights. FIFA did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Iran will play ⁠their first two Group G matches in ‌Los Angeles, against New ‌Zealand on June 15 and Belgium on June 21, ‌before facing Egypt in Seattle on June ‌26. “The total distance between us and the venue of our games in Los Angeles is 55 minutes by flight,” Taj said, adding that Tijuana was closer ‌to their match venues than the team’s previously planned camp in Arizona. Iran has ⁠faced ⁠uncertainty for months over travel and security arrangements for the World Cup, which will be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico. Iranian officials said this month that their players and staff had yet to receive US visas less than a month before the start of the tournament. Taj said FIFA had been asked for guarantees over visas, security and the treatment of the Iranian delegation. The World Cup runs from June 11 to July 19.

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Kim’s lead trimmed to two at PGA CJ Cup Byron Nelson

Usyk stops kickboxer Verhoeven in 11th round of heavyweight title fight in Egypt

Springer, Blue Jays hand Pirates' Skenes back-to-back defeats - ESPN

Iran says World Cup base camp moved from U.S. to Mexico - ESPN

Reds All-Star pitcher Andrew Abbott proposes to Cincinnati TV anchor girlfriend

Reports: Gio Reyna in, Diego Luna out of USMNT World Cup roster - ESPN

DR Congo stick to pre-World Cup plan to meet Denmark, Chile in friendlies

Iran to base World Cup camp in Mexico after switch from Arizona