Football
Cristiano Ronaldo has been ruled out of the Manchester United squad ahead of Saturday’s Premier League clash with Chelsea and told to train away from the team until after the match.
United manager Eric ten Hag acted swiftly after Ronaldo (an unused substitute) made his way to the dressing room before the end of Wednesday’s 2-0 win over Tottenham.
Ronaldo has suggested that “the heat of the moment” came through to him when he decided to leave the field.
• Steven Gerrard has stepped down as manager of Premier League club Aston Villa after less than a year.
The Birmingham club said Gerrard “quickly left the club” after the 3-0 defeat to Fulham. Villa have won just two of their 11 league games and are one place above the relegation zone.
golf
PGA: Trey Marinax and former US Open champion Gary Woodland shared the lead at 6-under 65 each after the CJ Cup opener in Ridgeland, South Carolina.
Rory McIlroy and Tom Kim, 20, who played together in the same group as Rickie Fowler, were shot again at the age of 66.
McIlroy needed a win to reach No. 1 in the world rankings for the ninth time in his career, and he got off to a good start with no bogeys. Kim won Las Vegas two weeks before him, making him the first player since Tiger Woods to win two of his PGA Tour titles before turning 21.
LPGA: Atthaya Thitikul set a tournament record with a 9-under 63 to take the lead after the first round of the BMW Ladies Championship in Wonju, South Korea.
She was one stroke ahead of Minsol Kim and three ahead of the three players A Lim Kim, Andrea Lee and Yaeun Hong.
European Tour: Marcus Armitage posted a course-record 8-under 63 to take a one-stroke lead after the opener of the Mallorca Open in Palma, Spain.
Dutchman Daan Huijin finished second with a 7-under 64.
basketball
NBA: Tony Brown, who officiated more than 1,100 NBA games for nearly 20 years, has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his family has announced. he was 55 years old.
Brown was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in April 2021 and recovered enough to return to work at the NBA Replay Center last season. According to his family, he recently entered hospice care in Atlanta.
tennis
Napoli Cup: Second seed Matteo Berrettini avenged last week’s defeat in Florence with a comfortable win over Roberto Carvalles Baena in Naples, Italy.
Mackenzie McDonald of the United States defeated third seed Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4 6-4 in the second round.
Several players had to play two matches as the start of the tournament was postponed by two days due to multiple issues with the playing surface.
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