SOCCER
U.S. warms up with Turkey
Fabian Johnson scored his first international goal and Clint Dempsey doubled the lead after a defensive lapse as the United States beat Turkey 2-1 Sunday in Harrison, N.J., in the second of three World Cup warm-up matches for the Americans before they head to Brazil. Tim Howard played the first half in his 99th international appearance, and with his 54th victory surpassed Kasey Keller to set the American record for victories by a goalkeeper. The U.S. went ahead when Johnson made a run and laid the ball off to Bradley. As Johnson continued his run, Bradley chipped the ball over the defense to Johnson, who slotted in with a left-footed volley from 6 yards in the 26th minute. Johnson, playing at right back, had not scored in 20 previous international appearances.
FIFA has declined comment on a British newspaper report that questions the integrity of choosing Qatar as 2022 World Cup host. The Sunday Times said a “senior FIFA insider” was its source for “hundreds of millions of emails, accounts and other documents” detailing payments Qatari official Mohamed bin Hammam gave football officials allegedly to build support for the bid. The newspaper said it shared evidence with FIFA ethics prosecutor Michael Garcia who is investigating the 2018-2022 World Cup bidding contests. FIFA did not comment, instead suggesting “please kindly contact the office” of Garcia’s law firm in New York City. The law firm, Kirkland and Ellis, did not respond immediately to requests for comment, or to confirm that Garcia will meet Qatar bid officials today in Oman.
MOTOR SPORTS
Crampton gets NHRA victory
Richie Crampton raced to his first career Top Fuel victory Sunday in Englishtown, N.J., in the NHRA Summer nationals to become the 100th category winner in NHRA history. Crampton, the Australian making his ninth career start, powered his Morgan Lucas Racing-owned dragster to a 3.819-second pass at 320.51 mph to beat points leader Doug Kalitta at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. Cruz Pedregon won in Funny Car, Jeg Coughlin in Pro Stock and Andrew Hines in Pro Stock Motorcycle. Pedregon was the class of the Funny Car field all weekend, going from No. 1 qualifier to the race victory with a 4.126 at 301.33 in his Toyota Camry over Del Worsham. Pedregon won for the first time this season to push his career total to 35. Coughlin race to his second Pro Stock victory of the season and 58th overall, beating Greg Anderson in the final round. Coughlin, the defending and fivetime season champion, has reached the final in the last three events, also winning in Georgia and finishing second last weekend in Kansas. Hines beat Harley-Davidson teammate Eddie Krawiec in the Pro Stock Motorcycle final for his second victory of the year and 34th overall.
BASEBALL
Marlins, Pirates make trade
Right-hander Bryan Morris has been traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Miami Marlins, who gave up the 39th overall pick in Thursday’s draft. The pick was to be the Marlins’ third. Miami also placed catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia on the seven-day concussion list Sunday and recalled catcher J.T. Realmuto from Double-A Jacksonville. Morris will join the Marlins today and is expected to give their struggling bullpen a boost. He’s 4-0 with a 3.80 ERA in 21 games this year, and he has a career ERA of 3.46 in 81 games. He was a first-round draft pick by the Dodgers in 2006.
The Kansas City Royals have recalled third baseman Mike Moustakas from Triple-A Omaha and activated left-hander Francisley Bueno from the 15-day disabled list. Infielder Danny Valencia was placed on the 15-day DL with a sore left hand, and right-hander Aaron Brooks was optioned to Omaha. Moustakas was at third base and batted eighth against the Blue Jays on Sunday. The four year veteran and one-time top prospect was batting .152 with 4 home runs and 17 RBI when he was demoted to the minor leagues earlier this month. He appeared in eight games with Omaha, batting .355 with 1 home run and 8 RBI. Valencia injured his hand on a swing on May 24, and missed five games before returning to the lineup Friday and going hitless in two games.
The Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday placed right fielder Wil Myers on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained his right wrist. Myers was injured on the final play of a 3-2 loss Friday to the Boston Red Sox when his hand slapped the ground as he landed following a collision with center fielder Desmond Jennings. The collision led to a game-ending triple by A.J. Pierzynski in the 10th inning. Myers, who also sat out Saturday’s game, is batting .227 with 5 home runs and 25 RBI this season. Tampa Bay recalled Jerry Sands from Triple-A Durham to replace Myers. The 26-year-old Sands was batting .268 with 12 doubles, 9 home runs and a team-high 36 RBI for the Bulls. Infielder Tim Beckham (right knee surgery) was transferred to the 60-day DL.
The Oakland Athletics have called catcher Stephen Vogt up from Triple-A Sacramento and optioned right-hander Fernando Rodriguez back to the minors. The team announced the move before Sunday’s game, when Vogt was in the lineup as the starting catcher against the Los Angeles Angels. Vogt was batting .364 with 3 home runs and 19 RBI in 21 games in Sacramento and was needed with first baseman Brandon Moss (right calf) and outfielder Josh Reddick (knee) out with injuries. Both are day to day. Rodriguez was 1-0 with a 1.13 ERA in 6 games with Oakland.
A.J. Pollock will have surgery on his fractured right hand in the next few days and Arizona Manager Kirk Gibson said he expects the young outfielder to be sidelined approximately 5 to 8 weeks. Gibson, speaking before Sunday’s game against Cincinnati, said that timetable was just a guess. The Diamondbacks placed Pollock on the 15-day disabled list and purchased the contract of outfielder David Peralta from Double-A Mobile, Ala. Peralta was in the Arizona lineup in left field for Sunday’s game. Pollock was hit in the hand by the Reds’ Johnny Cueto in the eighth inning of Saturday night’s 5-0 loss to Cincinnati. He had been one of the team’s best players over the past month, batting .344 since April 4.
HORSE RACING
Chrome walks, 6 work
One day after impressing onlookers with a strong workout, Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner California Chrome was limited to walking around shedrow Sunday morning. He is expected to return to the Belmont track today. But about half of the field expected to challenge California Chrome in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes held their final workouts Sunday at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. Wicked Strong, fourth-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, worked 5 furlongs in 59.17. Derby runner-up- Commanding Curve was timed in 47.20 for 4 furlongs. Preakness runner-up Ride On Curlin worked 7 furlongs in 1:28.03. Two horses trained by Todd Pletcher — Commissioner (4 furlongs in 49.94) and Matterhorn (4 furlongs in 49.74) — worked side by side. Another probable, Matuszak went 5 furlongs in 1:00.92.
MOTOR SPORTS
Castroneves easily wins Detroit Grand Prix
Helio Castroneves won the second Detroit Grand Prix race of the weekend Sunday, finishing 1.6836 seconds ahead of Penske Racing teammate Will Power.
Castroneves’ lead was so large that when he made his final pit stop on Lap 49 he still was ahead when he got back on the track.
The competition got closer after cautions led to restarts with seven and three laps left, but Castroneves could not be caught.
The Brazilian has 29 IndyCar victories, tying Rick Mears for 11th on the career. Castroneves finished 0.060 seconds behind Ryan Hunter-Reay last week in the Indianapolis 500 in his bid to join Mears as a four-time winner in open-wheel racing’s signature event.
Power won Saturday and played a big part in a sloppy start Sunday.
He was penalized for avoidable contact on the opening lap, failing to turn right and causing Josef Newgarden to hit him from behind to trigger a three-car crash. That led to the first of two cautions within the first ten laps after a false start briefly delayed the race beginning.
Despite a drive-through penalty, Power was able to pull into contention later in the race with aggressive moves.
No one, though, was faster than Castroneves.
Hunter-Reay, meanwhile, had a poor ending to a rough weekend after the biggest victory of his career.
He started 21st in the 22-car field on Saturday and Sunday because of crashes. Hunter-Reay ended the first race by crashing on the final lap and the second one did not last as long due to an electrical problem knocking him out after 61 laps.