Golf: Tiger Woods ruled himself out of next week’s US Open at Oakmont and the Quicken Loans event he hosts to benefit his foundation, saying he is not yet ready to return to competition. Woods has not played since undergoing microdiscectomy back surgery last September. Woods counts three US Opens among his total of 14 major championship victories.

Athletics: The Zika virus outbreak in Brazil has led Britain’s Greg Rutherford to have his sperm frozen before heading out to defend his long jump title at the Rio Olympics. Zika can cause crippling birth defects and developmental problems in babies. Rutherford’s partner Susie Verrill, who will not attend the Games with their young son, said the couple had taken the precaution because they wanted to have more children. She said: “We’d love to have more children and, with research in its infancy, I wouldn’t want to put myself in a situation which could have been prevented.”

Cricket: Cricket South Africa (CSA) have overcome their initial hesitancy and confirmed yesterday that the third and final test of the tour of Australia will be a day-night fixture at Adelaide Oval starting on Nov. 24. The Proteas had been reluctant to be involved in a day-night match having never played with a pink ball but with two warm-up matches under lights planned for the October-November tour, CSA said they were now willing to play the fixture.