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Pan claims first tour win by one stroke over Kuchar

Taiwan’s Pan Cheng-tsung held steady when it counted and won his first PGA Tour tournament with a one-stroke victory over Matt Kuchar as world No. 1 Dustin Johnson stumbled badly on the back-nine at the RBC Heritage on Sunday. Pan, who goes by the initials CT, collected a birdie and two pars on his last three holes to shoot a 4-under and end a tense final round at 12-under.

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Taiwan’s Pan Cheng-tsung held steady when it counted and won his first PGA Tour tournament with a one-stroke victory over Matt Kuchar as world No. 1 Dustin Johnson stumbled badly on the back-nine at the RBC Heritage on Sunday. Pan, who goes by the initials CT, collected a birdie and two pars on his last three holes to shoot a 4-under and end a tense final round at 12-under. Kuchar, finishing ahead of Pan, used a birdie at the last to also shoot a 67 and waited as Pan, ranked 113 in the world, held steady at the end. Johnson had begun the round with a one-stroke lead but had three bogeys and two double-bogeys to drop seven shots in a five-hole stretch on the back-nine. He finished tied-28th.

Paris

Fed Cup: France to face Australia in final 

France set up the Fed Cup final against Australia when Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic, who once were barely on speaking terms, teamed up to crown a 3-2 victory over Romania in their semifinal on Sunday. Former Roland Garros doubles champions Garcia and Mladenovic beat Simona Halep and Monica Niculescu 5-7 6-3 6-4 to secure the winning point and a final date against Australia in November. Six-time champions Australia, whose most recent title was in 1974, reached their first final in 26 years by seeing off Belarus 3-2 in Brisbane. — Agencies

Kabul

Hassan in Afghanistan World Cup squad

Afghanistan named fast bowler Hamid Hassan, who last played for the side in July 2016, in their 15-man squad for the ODI World Cup on Monday. Squad: Gulbadin Naib (c), Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Noor Ali Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Asghar Afghan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Aftab Alam, Hamid Hassan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.

Lahore

Good to be World Cup underdogs: Sarfaraz

Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed said that being underdogs in the ODI World Cup eases the pressure on his young team. “When we go as favourites then it’s a problem, but if we go as underdogs then other teams feel the danger, so I think being underdogs is good for us,” Ahmed said. 

Mumbai

Shuttlers blame BAI for missing Asian C’ship

HS Prannoy and B Sai Praneeth claimed that administrative goof-ups by the Badminton Association of India have robbed them of participation at the Asia Badminton Championship, an allegation that BAI refuted. India will be represented by Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma in the men's singles at the $400,000 event in Wuhan, China, commencing on Tuesday after the BAI allegedly did not confirm the entries of Prannoy and Praneeth to the organisers. "According to the process, Badminton Asia Confederation sent the allocations informing who all have qualified from a country. Countries like Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia have four entries even though Indonesia and Malaysian players are ranked way below me and Praneeth," Prannoy said. "Icame to know BAI didn't reply to the e-mails confirming our entries," added the 26-year-old. BAI, however, said in a statement that Badminton Asia asked for only two entries in the men's singles and it sent the names of Srikanth and Verma based on their world rankings. — Agencies 

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