Cricket: England’s cricketers will not face new ground rules as a result of David Warner’s bar-room bust-up with Joe Root. Australia batsman Warner on Friday issued a full mea culpa for throwing a punch at his English counterpart in the early hours of last Sunday morning, when members of both teams were at a pub in Birmingham. Warner has been banned by Cricket Australia until the first Test of the Ashes next month, but the England and Wales Cricket Board are satisfied that none of the players present at the time did anything wrong.
Rugby Union: Tries to wingers Julian Savea and Ben Smith and replacement Beauden Barrett helped New Zealand to a 30-0 victory over France in the second test in Christchurch yesterday and seal the three-match series with a game to spare. Flyhalf Aaron Cruden slotted 15 points with the boot as the All Blacks took nearly every scoring opportunity they had and played an intelligent game built around kicking behind the French line. New Zealand won the first match 23-13 at Eden Park in Auckland earlier this month and the final test is in New Plymouth this week.
Basket, NBA: Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh (picture) was fined $5,000 for violating the league’s anti-flopping policy during the Finals. The incident occurred in the second quarter of Miami’s Game Four victory over San Antonio Spurs on Thursday that tied the best-of-seven series at 2-2. The NBA instituted an anti-flopping policy this season to cut down on the practice of players faking fouls.
Golf: Phil Mickelson rolled in an 18-foot birdie putt in fading light at the 18th hole to grab a share of the lead in the second round of the US Open when play was suspended due to approaching darkness. The putt gave Mickelson a round of two-over-par 72 for a total of one-under 139 and tied him with fellow-American Billy Horschel, who fired a dazzling three-under 67 on a brutally difficult day at the weather-delayed championship.
Motor Racing: Jose Froilan Gonzalez, the ‘Pampas Bull’ who in 1951 became the first driver to win a Formula One World Championship grand prix for Ferrari, has died in Buenos Aires at the age of 90, reports said. Gonzalez beat compatriot and five-times world champion Juan Manuel Fangio to win the 1951 British Grand Prix at Silverstone after making his championship debut with Maserati in Monaco a year earlier.