Vladimir Klitschko suffered a hairline fracture in his left hand in the first round of his IBF world heavyweight championship defence against Lamon Brewster on Saturday, his manager said. Klitschko, 31, retained his IBF world title with a technical knockout after six rounds against Brewster. The Ukrainian, who won every round on all three judges' scorecards, dominated from the start. Klitschko's manager Bernd Boente was quoted by German sport news agency SID as saying the fracture was detected during a hospital examination near Cologne. Klitschko's left hand would be in a cast for four weeks.

Golf

World number one Tiger Woods blamed his putting for a disappointing sixth-place finish at the Congressional Country Club, on Sunday. "Didn't putt well," lamented Woods, who hosted the inaugural $6 million tournament in suburban Washington, DC. "I hit good putts and they didn't go in... I left a lot of putts short. "I had a lot of trouble getting the ball to the hole and I needed to putt well and they were just not going to go in." South Korean K.J. Choi won the tournament with a nine-under 271 for his second title in the last five weeks.

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