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Horse racing

Favourite Daiwa Scarlet upstaged Japan Derby winner Vodka by storming to victory in the Shuka-sho, the final leg of Japan's Triple Crown for fillies, yesterday.

Daiwa Scarlet, winner of the Oka-sho, or Japanese 1,000 Guineas, earlier this year, burst clear coming off the final bend to win in one minute, 59.1 seconds in Kyoto.

Vodka became the first filly to win the Japan Derby in 64 years in May.

Athletics

Lornah Kiplagat, of the Netherlands, set a world best time when she successfully defended her half-marathon title at the world road running championships in Udine yesterday.

Kiplagat clocked one hour six minutes 25 seconds, beating the previous world best of 1:06:44 set by South African Elana Meyer eight years ago in Tokyo.

Motor racing

F1's governing body confirmed Spyker's first point last weekend after rejecting an appeal by rivals Toro Rosso. The FIA said in a statement that the appeal judges, who met in Paris on Friday, had confirmed the decision of stewards at last month's Japanese Grand Prix. Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi finished eighth in that race but was given a 25-second penalty for overtaking under a yellow warning flag, promoting Spyker's Adrian Sutil into the points instead.

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