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TONY FINAU ENDS WAIT WITH NORTHERN TRUST VICTORY

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Tony Finau finally bagged his second PGA Tour title as he beat Cameron Smith in a play-off on the last day of The Northern Trust . It took him five years taste the victory again since his breakthrough at the 2016 Puerto Rico Open . Finau headed into the final day at Liberty National Golf Club trailing Smith, John Rahm , Eric van Rooyen and Justin Thomas . However, he displayed an impressive performance in the last nine, which include three birdies and an eagle in a five-hole stretch. At the end of the 72nd hole, both Finau and Smith were tied at 20 under par. The 31-year-old made par on the first play-off hole to win after Smith had driven his tee shot out of bounds. Heavy rain delayed Sunday's final round to Monday, but Finau has waited long enough to be in the winner's circle again. After 10 runner-up finishes from 142 events, he knew it was going to happen. The triumph moved him to No. 1 in the FedEx Cup Standings. Photo: Getty Image / PGA Tour SUFI SUPER YACHTS

TEN THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT MARCELL JACOBS

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We all know by now that Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs Jr. won the 100m Gold at Tokyo Olympics . He is the one who win it, filling the gap after Usain Bolt ’s 13 years total domination of the sport until his retirement after Rio Olympics in 2016. Here are the 10 things you probably didn’t know about him. 1. The historic win broke the total USA and Jamaica duopoly in the sports since Jonathan Bailey from Canada won it in 2016 and only the second European since Linford Christie Great Britain in 2002 2. He was brought up by his mother when his father, an army transferred to South Korea when he was just 3 weeks old. In school, when the teacher asked him to draw his family, Marcell Jacobs only traced his mother, and he suffered. "I hated him for missing, I reversed the perspective: he gave me life, crazy muscles, speed” 3. Hashtag #JacobsTamberi was trending all over the social media meaning that Italy won 2 golds in the span of 5 minutes apart. Gianmarco Tamberi won the Gold when

SCHAUFFELE STAVES OFF SABBATINI’S RECORD ROUND TO WIN GOLD

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While one swing by American Xander Schauffele nearly changed the dynamics of the men’s golf tournament Sunday at Kasumigaseki Country Club , it was the 61 strokes of eventual silver medalist Rory Sabbatini , representing Slovakia, that really shook the leaderboard and the chase for Olympic gold. Schauffele ultimately emerged the winner on this hot, sunny day, clinching his golden moment with one final, gutsy par-save on the final hole for a 4-under par 67 and 18-under total. But it took the mental resilience he said came by way of his upbringing, fostered by a father of German-French descent and Chinese Taipei mother who was raised in Japan. Consider it a respectful nod to the culture of the host country, where his grandparents still live. SUFI SUPER YACHTS Until that one swing on the par-5 14th hole produced a wayward drive and bogey, Schauffele remained undeterred through a scoring assault that was unfolding ahead, led by Sabbatini’s brilliant record-setting round that concluded mo

SELEMON BAREGA WINS GOLD FOR ETHIOPIA

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Ethiopia 's Selemon Barega made a thrilling sprint on the final lap to win the men's 10,000-meter gold at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday. Barega finished the race in 27:43.22 ahead of Ugandan duo Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo . In a unique atmosphere where the noise in the empty Olympic Stadium came from the speakers, providing a somewhat surreal soundtrack to proceedings. Uganda's Stephen Kissa had a huge lead but lost his pace with nine laps to go. Barega took the lead in the last 400 meters and increased the gap towards the finishing line. World record holder Cheptegei finished second in 27:43.63, and Kiplimo was third in 27:43.88. The 21-year-old Barega, whose winning time was over a minute and a half slower than Cheptegei's world record, now joins a prestigious list of Ethiopian runners to win Olympic gold in the 10,000m, notably Kenenisa Bekele and Haile Gebrselassie . Photo:   Tokyo 2020  /  Getty Images THE MATCH