Now, they’ve (virtually) performed all of it. After an undefeated streak of six matches, 5 of them far too shut for consolation, South Africa have survived a rain-reduced match and efficiently chased a tough goal to e-book their spot within the semi-finals. Within the course of, they knocked co-hosts West Indies out and have topped their Tremendous Eight group, which implies they’re additionally more likely to keep away from India within the remaining 4. We’ll say it once more: is that this their time?

All of the proof factors to a change of fortunes for a crew that has so lengthy coveted an ICC trophy and equally lengthy, been denied. South Africa at the moment are profitable video games they need to be dropping, scrapping like their rugby counterparts, the Springboks, who gained the quarterfinals, semifinals and remaining, every by one level final 12 months, and discovering methods to beat strain. There’s a new-found tenacity to them and it’s seen them get to a T20 World Cup knockout for the primary time in a decade.

By the way, once they acquired to the ultimate 4 in 2014 match, Aiden Markram had simply led the under-19 crew to the age-group World Cup. Now, he finds himself captaining the senior aspect and he’s doing in another way and to nice success. Markram took the brand new ball on this match, and bowled himself for a full quota of 4 overs. He determined to depend on a non-traditional energy: spin. South Africa had by no means bowled this many overs of spin in a T20 World Cup match (and solely bowled extra twice earlier than in opposition to Sri Lanka in 2021) and the change of tack labored a allure. Between them, South Africa’s spinners took 5 for 79 in 12 overs.

They had been largely chargeable for preserving West Indies quiet and for a number of of the 57 dot balls West Indies confronted of their innings – the equal of 9.3 overs – and essentially the most at this T20 World Cup. Solely an 81-run stand between Kyle Mayers and Roston Chase stored West Indies within the sport, and so they had been the one two batters to get a person rating of greater than 15.

And as soon as the tears have dried, West Indies will look to their batting as the main cause they had been unable to advance. Their bowlers had been labored with what that they had and had South Africa 15 for two in two overs, earlier than the rain got here down. Chase’s 3 for 12 and Josephs’ 2 for 25 stored them in it however even with South Africa seven down, West Indies had been unable to tug off a miracle.

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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Maximiliano Araújo scored when he despatched a long-range shot into the highest far nook within the sixteenth minute, Darwin Núñez and Matías Viña added late targets and Uruguay beat Panama 3-1 on Sunday night time in its Copa America opener.

Looking for a report sixteenth Copa America title, Uruguay dominated with 20 photographs, together with seven on course. Amir Murillo scored late into stoppage time for Panama.

The match drew 33,425 to Arduous Rock Stadium, house of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins. The stadium is the location of the July 14 remaining and 7 video games throughout the 2026 World Cup.

The US defeated Bolivia 2-0 in Sunday’s earlier Group C sport at Arlington, Texas.

Uruguay performs Bolivia at East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Thursday, when Panama faces the U.S. in Atlanta. The group ends July 1 with a U.S.-Uruguay sport at Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, and a Panama-Bolivia match in Orlando, Florida. The highest two groups transfer on to the quarterfinals.

Uruguay is tied with Argentina for a report 15 Copa America titles however hasn’t superior previous the quarterfinals since successful its final championship in 2011.

Panama did not get previous the group section in 2016, its solely earlier look as a visitor at South America’s championship.

“I believe we have been too cautious in entrance of this group,” Panama coach Thomas Christiansen mentioned by an interpreter. “At some factors we had a sure degree of concern. The second half was a bit completely different. We had alternatives. We performed a bit greater and did nicely. That’s what I instructed the gamers. Regardless that we misplaced in opposition to one of many favourite contenders, we’re a group that continues to be keen.”

Araújo scored the primary objective after he obtained a move from Viña from simply outdoors the penalty space, took a contact and turned. He tapped the ball twice and curled a left-footed shot previous goalkeeper Orlando Mosquera’s outstretched left arm for his second objective in 9 worldwide appearances.

Núñez made it 2-0 within the eighty fifth minute after Panama turned over the ball within the middle circle. Nicolás de la Cruz performed an extended cross to Araújo, whose header deflected off a shoulder of Murillo to Núñez. He volleyed from 12 yards for his twelfth objective in 24 appearances, his ninth in his final six matches.

Viña boosted the margin to 3-0 with a header from de la Cruz’s free kick within the first minute of stoppage time, outjumping defender Abdiel Ayarza for his first worldwide objective.

Murrillo in the reduction of the ball for area within the fourth minute of stoppage time, sending Araújo spinning, and beat goalkeeper Sergio Rochet from 15 yards within the fourth minute of stoppage time for his ninth objective.

Uruguay has undergone a rebuilding course of beneath Argentine coach Marcelo Bielsa after the retirement of Edinson Cavani and Diego Godín, and a younger roster has proven its capacity to contend. Uruguay beat Lionel Messi and Argentina and likewise Brazil in World Cup qualifiers, then routed Mexico 4-0 in a pleasant early in June.

“It’s solely pure that they’re candidates for the title,” Bielsa mentioned by an interpreter of Argentina, a group he coached from 1999 to 2004. “As for Uruguay’s expectations, we’ll see that and construct it match by match. My expectation is that every match more and more helps us to enhance on our errors.”

Mosquera made 4 saves to maintain the sport shut till late.

Luis Suárez, the 37-year-old striker who’s Uruguay’s profession main scorer and was the participant of the match in 2011, didn’t play.

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EUGENE, Ore. — Noah Lyles gained the boys’s 100-meter remaining Sunday with a time of 9.83, incomes him a spot on his second Olympic crew.

Kenny Bednarek (9.87) and Fred Kerley (9.88) completed second and third, respectively, on the U.S. monitor and subject trials and also will go to Paris.

Christian Coleman, an Olympic silver medalist who entered as considered one of Lyles’ high opponents, completed fourth with a time of 9.93. He gained’t signify the U.S. within the 100 however is predicted to be a part of the 4×100 relay pool.

Lyles stated coach Lance Brauman instructed him earlier than the race to “go on the market and deal with enterprise.”

“Coach is a person of few phrases when it comes right down to the finals,” he stated. “We each know that if I do what I’ve been doing in follow, the race goes to handle itself. And that’s precisely what occurred right now.”

Lyles, who may even run the 200 on the trials this week, stated he is getting increasingly snug within the 100.

“Each time I did a block begin, there wasn’t a variety of considering. It was form of simply doing,” he stated. “It was rather a lot nearer to how I really feel within the 200, which is what I’ve been ready to really feel for a really very long time. Each time I get that feeling, it makes the race that rather more assured.” 

Lyles ran his semifinal 100-meter warmth Sunday in 9.80 seconds, the quickest time within the spherical at Hayward Discipline. He superior to the semifinal with a 9.92 run Saturday evening — the very best time within the 35-man subject.

The most important non-final results of the evening got here within the males’s 400 meters. Quincy Wilson, a 16-year-old highschool sophomore who attends the Bullis College in Potomac, Maryland, close to Washington, ran a 44.59 within the semifinal. That mark set the brand new U18 world file — besting his personal world file of 44.66 set Friday.

If he finishes within the high three in Monday’s remaining, he’ll grow to be the youngest male U.S. Olympic monitor and subject athlete in historical past.

Wilson was in fifth place coming down the ultimate flip within the semis. He stated his mindset on the time was to “keep calm.”

“I didn’t get out the best way that I wished to, however like my coach stated, the race begins at 300,” he stated after the race. “Developing from fifth to 3rd, it means rather a lot. For those who take a look at me, I’m not as robust, so it’s 100% coronary heart inside.”

Lyles is in search of to grow to be the “quickest man on Earth,” a title an American hasn’t held in 28 years and one which belongs to Jamaica’s Usain Bolt (9.58).

In August, Lyles claimed three gold medals on the world championships in Budapest, Hungary, by profitable the 100 and the 200 and anchoring the U.S. 4×100 relay.

His two particular person victories on the occasion marked the primary time anybody has achieved the double on the worlds since Bolt in 2015 — and made him simply the fifth man ever.

Lyles didn’t qualify for the 100 in 2020, ending seventh out of eight runners within the Olympic trials remaining. He did declare the bronze medal within the 200, nevertheless.

4 years later, he stated, the unhappiness he felt at developing brief fueled his run this 12 months. 

“It’s wonderful to lastly be right here,” Lyles stated Saturday. “In Tokyo, I felt like I had blown an enormous alternative. The extra I look again at it, the extra I’m like, ‘Wow, if I by no means had that second occur, I by no means would have produced what I’ve achieved up till now.’ I don’t assume there can be the drive in me as a lot because it has the final couple years.”

Lyles stated the expertise has additionally pressured him to ask himself how he can do higher.

“Annually has been an enormous enchancment to the place now I’m coming in because the world champion and the American file holder,” he stated. “I didn’t have any of these titles again on the final one, so it’s an enormous confidence booster.”

Protection of the U.S. Olympic Monitor and Discipline Trials for the 2024 Paris Video games will proceed dwell Monday on NBC, Peacock and USA.  

EUGENE — Noah Lyles sprinted with an autumn-like breeze at his again, shaded from the setting solar by seats rising to kind the west aspect of Hayward Discipline, from beginning blocks towards the end line of the U.S. Olympic Trials 100m away, after which he stored on going, across the flip and down the backstretch of the rust-colored monitor, one other 150m past what was required. He ran from Oregon towards France and the Paris Olympic Video games, from a terrific now towards an ever-more promising subsequent. He ran towards all these issues.

Lyles additionally ran whereas additional and extra fully fulfilling a prophecy written right here eight years in the past, so way back that it was in a special stadium (and in some ways, a special time). He was simply 18 years previous, working in a crimson, white and blue equipment from his highschool in suburban Washington, D.C. The Trials love few issues greater than precocity and Lyles offered it: He gained a semifinal within the 200m and completed fourth within the ultimate, lacking the Olympic group by simply .09-seconds. The game of monitor and area, in the meantime, loves nothing greater than translating that precocity to sure future greatness. Noah Lyles, the game determined, could be nice.

However anticipated greatness — and particularly Olympic greatness, the sort that counts most in monitor and area — virtually all the time takes a little bit extra time than scheduled, and is rarely assured. Lyles has gained 4 particular person world titles, however only a bronze medal within the 200m on the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Sunday night time, Lyles, now 26 years previous, tied his private better of 9.83 seconds, established in successful the world title final summer season in Budapest. He drew away from 2022 world champion Fred Kerley and Tokyo Olympic 200m silver medalist Kenny Bednarek with 30m left within the race, and as he hit the road threw his proper arm into the air, and raised his index finger in celebration.

Subsequent Saturday he’ll run the ultimate of the 200m (offered he will get by the rounds, which is a near-certainty) and attempt to make the U.S. group in a second occasion and doubtlessly turn into the primary U.S. male sprinter to win the Olympic 100/200m double since Carl Lewis in 1984.

And the prophecy now? Wanting extra prescient than ever. “That is mainly the play,” mentioned Lyles in his post-race press convention. “And the play is nice proper now.”

Do not misunderstand: Lyles’s resume is fabulous. If he retired tomorrow (he will not, however stick with me), he could be among the many greatest U.S. sprinters in historical past. Though not the easiest — that might lie forward. He gained the 200m world title in 2019, and in 2022 once more gained the world title, in 19.31 seconds, breaking Michael Johnson’s American file. Final summer season he gained the 100m and 200m at worlds, and ran on Staff USA’s gold medal 4x100m relay. It is what occurred in the course of all these world titles that muddies Lyles’s file.

He went to the Covid-delayed Tokyo Olympics in 2021 as the favourite within the 200m, however completed solely third. Requested after the race what he considered his bronze medal, he mentioned, “Boring.” (He is nonetheless not loopy about it. After Saturday’s first spherical of the 100, requested concerning the medal, he mentioned, “I do not like that factor”). However there was rather more. In a protracted post-race interview with a bunch of reporters, Lyles wept overtly and talked his wrestle with despair (which he had revealed publicly in a social media put up months earlier). He recalled a dialog wherein he and his girlfriend talked about “… What a tough 12 months it has been.”

Lyles’s coach, Lance Brauman mentioned, “Lengthy story brief, Covid was exhausting on him. He was dinged up most of 2021, so we weren’t in a position to do the work he wanted for the hundred,” — [Lyles did not make the U.S. team in the 100m in 2021] ” — then he acquired in fairly good condition and he simply acquired beat on the Video games. I imply, it is solely the second time he is ever been overwhelmed in an expert 200. It simply got here at a very dangerous time for him.”

Three years have handed. Lyles’s three world titles are proof that he has recaptured his athletic peak (or is ascending towards it). He mentioned his psychological well being is far improved, as properly. “It is a fully completely different 12 months [from 2021],” mentioned Lyles. “I imply one, I am not depressed. That helps. In 2021, there was much more stress simply due to the despair and coming off Covid. The sucky factor about Covid is that all of us needed to cease the development that we had from the earlier 12 months and we had been on a whole lot of useless time. We had been coaching in parks, coaching in random locations. However now coming off 2023, I had a terrific 12 months to construct upon for this 12 months.”

One thing extra. Lyles has all the time tried to make his races into performances, as if following in Usain Bolt’s [very large] footwear. At instances it appeared pressured, particularly in 2021. However now, Lyles appears ebullient on the monitor, and off it, he has peppered his season with media and social-media gags just like the silver briefcase that he — or, this weekend, Snoop Dogg — brings into the stadium. Earlier than the 100m ultimate, he was launched final of the 9 starters and exploded from the tunnel behind the blocks as if already working the race and bounded 30m down the monitor.

“Often I do not really feel stress as a result of I am simply having enjoyable,” mentioned Lyles. “All I gotta do is be me. I continuously inform children, ‘Be your self,’ and if individuals see that as being corny, shoot, I am corny. However guess what? I am successful whereas being corny.”

Brauman says he has overtly inspired it. “He must be himself and that is who he’s and I am all for it. He loves it, and it will get him going. My factor is, if we’re at observe and I ask him a query or I’ve one thing to say, he listens and pays consideration and works exhausting and that is all you may ask for in my job. As for the remainder of it, I imply if that stuff will get him going, if it will get him excited and he needs to be a showman, I am all for it.”

Lyles was prepared within the ultimate. After working a decent 9.92 seconds and shutting down after 60m in Saturday’s warmth, Lyles simply gained his semifinal early Sunday night in 9.80 seconds, with an excessive amount of wind at his again for file or personal-best functions. Lyles’s sharpness however, the ultimate could be intensely aggressive: Lyles was in Lane 7; outdoors him in Lane 8 was Kerley, inside him in Lane 6 was Bednarek, and down in Lane 4 was Christian Coleman, the 2019 world 100m champion who missed the Tokyo Olympics after lacking a number of drug exams.

It was such a tricky area — and all the time is — that Brauman instructed him, “Simply ensure you’re on the group.” And added for reporters later, “That group is the toughest group on the planet to make. Meets like these, you do not even fear about time.” (Simply ask Coleman, who completed a crushing fourth, .05-seconds behind Kerley).

Lyles has been working since 2021 to enhance his begin, and acquired a strong — if not blinding — begin within the ultimate. Each Kerley and Bednarek had been marginally in entrance of him, however Lyles’s high gear is one of the best on the planet. “I did not really feel like I needed to press very exhausting,” mentioned Lyles. “I felt like my knees had been going straight into the monitor, they had been instantly beneath me, and each step I took felt extra highly effective than the final. So I am like, I acquired this race, and I instructed myself I wasn’t going to ease up on the finish….”

However up went his arm, and on the high, a single index finger.

“Subsequent time I run,” mentioned Lyles. “No celebrations.”

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler needed to wait out a local weather protest on the 18th inexperienced and Tom Kim’s tying birdie on the final gap of regulation.

These occasions solely delayed what appears to be inevitable on the PGA Tour this season: one of the best golfer on this planet strolling off with the trophy.

Shrugging off a protest that interrupted the event on the 72nd gap whereas the leaders had been lining up their putts, Scheffler gained the Vacationers Championship on the primary gap of sudden dying on Sunday for his sixth win of the yr, probably the most in a single season on the PGA Tour since Tiger Woods had six in 2009.

“When one thing like that occurs, you don’t actually know what’s occurring, So it could form of rattle you a bit bit,” Scheffler stated.

“That may be a traumatic state of affairs, and you’d hate for the event to finish on one thing bizarre occurring due to a state of affairs like that,” he stated. “Tom and I each tried to calm one another down so we may give it our greatest shot there on 18.”

Scheffler closed with a 5-under 65 and a 22-under 258 whole on the TPC River Highlands, and Kim matched him with a final-round 66.

Tom Hoge and Sungjae Im tied for third, two pictures again, with Patrick Cantlay, Tony Finau, Justin Thomas and Akshay Bhatia tied for fifth at 18 beneath. Bhatia was additionally within the closing group that was disrupted by the protest.

“I used to be scared for my life,” he stated. “I didn’t even actually know what was occurring. … However fortunately the cops had been there and stored us secure, as a result of that’s, you understand, that’s simply bizarre stuff.”

It was Scheffler’s fourth victory of the yr within the tour’s $20 million, limited-field signature occasions, incomes him a payday of $3.6 million. He additionally gained the Masters and The Gamers Championship.

And Scheffler nonetheless has two months to go.

“As a lot as I really like him, I might have liked to take that away from him,” stated Kim, who shares a birthday and a friendship with Scheffler. “However I’m completely satisfied for him, and after I tapped out, after he tapped out, he stated some very nice phrases and it meant so much to me.”

Scheffler had a one-stroke lead heading to the 18th inexperienced on Sunday when six folks stormed the course, waving smoke bombs that left a crimson and white powdery residue on the placing floor. Some wore white T-shirts with the phrases “NO GOLF ON A DEAD PLANET” in black lettering.

They had been tackled by police and brought off.

The activist group Extinction Revolt, which has a historical past of disrupting occasions around the globe, claimed accountability for the protest. In a press release emailed to The Related Press, the group blamed local weather change for {an electrical} storm that injured two folks at a house close to the course on Saturday.

After a delay of about 5 minutes, when event officers used towels and blowers to take away the powder and some other marks that may have an effect on play, Scheffler left a 26-foot putt from the perimeter on the sting of the cup and tapped in for par.

Kim then made a 10-foot birdie putt for a 66 to match Scheffler.

“Clearly it’s a disruption and also you don’t need it to occur, however for me it simply form of slowed issues down,” Kim stated. “It took the that means of the putt away for a second. As a result of for the previous 17 and a half holes all you’re eager about is golf, and instantly when that occurs your thoughts goes into a whole — like, you’re nearly not even enjoying golf anymore. I assumed it was a dream for a second.”

The opening location on the 18th was moved for the playoff to keep away from the components of the inexperienced affected by the protesters.

Scheffler hit his approach in the playoff to 11 feet whereas Kim discovered a greenside bunker. Kim’s blast from a plugged lie ran 36 toes previous the opening, leaving Scheffler with a simple two-putt par for the victory. Afterward, his spouse, Meredith, met him on the inexperienced, carrying their 6-week-old son, Bennett.

“It’s enjoyable competing towards your pals,” Scheffler stated. “However on the similar time, it’s tough. As a result of a part of me needs him to overlook the putt and a part of me needs him to make the putt. … However he ought to keep in mind that putt he made on 18, as a result of it was fairly particular. And he’s an excellent participant and an excellent champion.”

Coming off a tie for forty first within the U.S. Open – by far his worst end of the yr — Scheffler trailed Kim by three strokes after the primary spherical, by two after the second spherical and by one heading to the tee on Sunday.

Scheffler took a one-shot lead over Kim with three straight birdies on Nos. 13-15 — he had putts for eagle on two of them. Whereas Hoge signed for a 62 to complete at 20 beneath, and Im joined him there, Scheffler and Kim matched pars over the following two holes to arrange the shocking end.

Scheffler and Kim share a June 21 birthday — Scheffler is six years older — they usually celebrated with New Haven pizza earlier than the event about 30 miles north. The Dallas-area residents performed collectively within the closing group on Sunday, chatting and joking round.

However solely one in all them may maintain the trophy on the finish.

And identical to it’s been so usually, it was Scheffler.

Kim stated being in a pack of leaders along with his birthday buddy allowed him to give attention to his personal sport.

“You don’t want to fret about him, as a result of he’s going to play properly,” Kim stated. “Clearly he’s an exceptional participant, world No. 1, all these titles. However on the similar time for me he’s simply Scottie Scheffler, he’s only a good good friend.

“To return down with somebody that I play lots of golf with, who beats me so much at residence — and, sadly, he beat me within the playoff too,” Kim stated. “However it undoubtedly made it much more gratifying on the market.”

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CROMWELL, Conn. — Former College of Texas star Scottie Scheffler defeated Tom Kim on the primary gap of a playoff on Sunday afternoon to win the Vacationers Championship at TPC River Highlands. The No. 1 participant on the earth, Scheffler gained for the sixth time this yr and have become the primary participant since Arnold Palmer in 1962 to report six PGA TOUR victories in a season earlier than the month of July.

Scheffler registered a 72-hole whole of 22-under 258 (65-64-64-65) and was pressured right into a playoff when Kim birdied the 18th gap on Sunday to achieve 22-under (62-65-65-66). On the primary gap within the playoff, the 18th gap, Scheffler made a par whereas Kim recorded a bogey and Scheffler gained for the sixth time in his final 10 begins.

Scheffler’s present historic run has included victories on the Arnold Palmer Invitational offered by Mastercard, THE PLAYERS Championship, the Masters, the RBC Heritage, the Memorial Event and the Vacationers Championship. Scheffler is simply the sixth participant in PGA TOUR historical past to register not less than six victories in a season earlier than July. The opposite 5 embrace: Jimmy DeMaret (1940), Byron Nelson (1945), Ben Hogan (1946), Sam Snead (1950) and Arnold Palmer (1960 and 1962).

The win on the Vacationers Championship was Scheffler’s sixth victory of the season and twelfth profession PGA TOUR win. He’s the primary participant since Tiger Woods in 2009 to win six instances on the PGA TOUR in a season. Scheffler is simply the fourth totally different participant within the final 40 years to win not less than six instances in a single TOUR season. Tiger Woods (2000) and Vijay Singh (2004) every gained 9 instances, whereas Woods gained eight instances in 1999 and 2006 and 7 instances in 2007, and Woods (2005 and 2009) and Nick Worth (1994) each posted six wins.

The win marked the 104th official PGA TOUR victory for The College of Texas Males’s Golf program, completed by 17 totally different people within the 98-year historical past of the TOUR. 

All-Time PGA TOUR victories by Former Longhorns

Identify	Variety of PGA TOUR Wins
Ben Crenshaw	19
Tom Kite	19
Jordan Spieth	13
Justin Leonard	12
Scottie Scheffler	12
Mark Brooks	7
Bob Estes	4
Phil Blackmar	3
Wes Ellis	3
Rik Massengale	3
Jhonattan Vegas	3
Brandel Chamblee	1
Harrison Frazar	1
Dylan Frittelli	1
David Gossett	1
Cody Gribble	1
Wes Quick Jr.	1
Complete: 17 gamers	104 PGA TOUR wins

PETALUMA, Calif. — If at first you do not succeed…

Wild Thang took residence the prize for the 2024 World’s Ugliest Canine on the Sonoma Marin County Truthful on Friday.

It is the fourth time the 8-year-old Pekingese has competed within the contest.

He got here in second 3 times earlier than clinching the crown.

Rome, a 14-year-old pug, was the runner-up and winner of the Individuals’s Selection award.

“Rome is an incredible pet. I imply he’s simply very personable. He’s very, he’s just about everyone’s favourite,” stated Rome’s proprietor Michelle Grady.

There have been eight opponents on this yr’s contest.

The winner will get a trophy and $5,000.

PETALUMA, Calif. (Grey Information) – An 8-year-old Pekingese named Wild Thang has been topped the World’s Ugliest Canine in California on Friday.

The World’s Ugliest Canine contest is held yearly on the Sonoma-Marin Honest in Petaluma.

Wild Thang, this yr’s champion, has completed in second place within the contest thrice in earlier years.

The canine’s look is characterised by a lolling tongue and unruly fur.

He was born and raised in Los Angeles till lately shifting to Oregon along with his proprietor Ann Lewis.

He and his proprietor took house the highest prize, a $5,000 test.

In accordance with Wild Thang’s bio, he contracted distemper as a pet from a rescue foster, which prompted his tongue to stay out.

Regardless of his bodily points, Wild Thang’s proprietor stated he’s joyful and wholesome.

The World’s Ugliest Canine contest has been a spotlight on the truthful for nearly 50 years.

It promotes adopting canines, particularly senior canines, from shelters as an alternative of breeders.

Copyright 2024 Grey Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. The Related Press contributed to this report.

John Drive was hospitalized after a fiery crash in the course of the NHRA Virginia Nationals on Sunday.

The 75-year-old racing legend was extricated from his automotive after an engine explosion brought on his Humorous Automotive to make a number of impacts with the surface retaining partitions. Per a statement from John Force Racing, Drive was hospitalized for “additional analysis” in an intensive care unit at a close-by medical heart.

The assertion mentioned that Drive was “injured” within the crash, however didn’t specify his accidents apart from saying he was acutely aware and speaking with NHRA security group members after the crash.

The explosion occurred after Drive received his first-round race.

Drive is probably the most profitable racer in NHRA historical past. He has received 16 Humorous Automotive titles and has 157 NHRA race wins all through his illustrious profession. Drive received his first NHRA title in 1990 and 12 extra titles from 1991-2004.

His most up-to-date championship got here in 2013, although he’s at present second within the factors standings behind fellow JFR racer Austin Prock and has received two of the primary eight Humorous Automotive races in 2024.

Drive started his skilled drag racing profession in 1978 and his three daughters have all pushed on the high ranges in NHRA. Ashley Drive Hood and Courtney Drive have since retired from driving whereas Brittany Drive drives a High Gas dragster for her father’s group.

Sunday’s crash is not the primary brutal wreck Drive has been concerned in throughout his profession. In 2007, Drive suffered a damaged ankle and dislocated wrist, amongst different accidents, in the course of the Fall Nationals in Ennis, Texas. Drive needed to be airlifted to a hospital after that crash and was pressured to take a seat out the remainder of the season. Drive’s crash that yr got here simply months after JFR driver Eric Medlen was killed in a testing crash in March. Medlen died after struggling a head damage when his automotive began violently tire shaking.