Motor Racing: An Argentine judge has ordered the late Formula One great Juan Manuel Fangio‘s body to be exhumed in a paternity case, a media report said. Oscar “Cacho” Espinosa, also a former racing driver, says he is the son of five-times world champion Fangio, who is buried in his home town of Balcarce in Buenos Aires province. The exhumation for DNA tests on Fangio was ordered by judge Rodrigo Castaldo. Fangio, one of Argentina’s greatest sportsmen who died aged 84 in July 1995, never married and it was thought had no children. Espinosa, now 77, said in an interview in 2000 that Fangio had given him racing tips. He asked in 2013 for paternity tests to be carried out.
Diving: Mexico’s Rommel Pacheco won the gold medal in men’s 3m springboard at the Pan American Games to earn an automatic qualifying spot for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Pacheco, who competed at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, capped a polished series of dives with his most difficult, a forward 4-1/2 somersault, to score 483.35 points. The men’s 3m springboard is among a handful of disciplines in 10 sports at the July 10-26 Pan Am Games that offer athletes a chance to secure a spot in the Rio Olympics, which are scheduled for Aug. 5-21 next year.
Golf: Jordan Spieth charged to a two-stroke lead with a stunning finish to the third round at the John Deere Classic. Only days before he will attempt to complete the third leg of the Grand Slam, Spieth used a mixture of precision and luck to finish birdie, eagle, birdie at TPC Deere Run. He holed out with a sand wedge from 107 yards at the par-five 17th, before running in a 15-foot birdie at the last for a 10-under-par 61, his best round on the PGA Tour. At the British Open he will have a chance to become the first player since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win the first three majors of the year.
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Tennis: Martina Hingis (left) completed the doubles-double at Wimbledon yesterday after she and Leander Paes walloped Alexander Peya and Timea Babos 6-1 6-1 to win the mixed doubles trophy at the All England Club. Twenty four hours after partnering another Indian, Sania Mirza (right), to the women’s doubles crown, the 34-year-old combined with Paes to scoop their second mixed title of the year after also triumphing at the Australian Open. Hingis, the 1997 Wimbledon singles champion, claimed her third mixed title and her overall grand slam doubles tally now stands at 13. Paes now has eight mixed doubles titles to go with eight men’s doubles trophies he has won at the majors.
Rugby Union: South Africa have left captain Jean de Villiers out of their squad for their Rugby Championship opener against Australia in Brisbane on Saturday. The centre has been released to Western Province to get game-time in the province’s friendly matches in the build-up to the domestic Currie Cup season. De Villiers returned to action after seven months on the sidelines with a knee injury for the final 20 minutes of the 46-10 victory for the Springboks over a World XV at Newlands on Saturday. He is the only member of the 23-man squad who did duty in the exhibition game not to travel to Australia.