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WORLD SPORTS: Rose returns to regular job, Thompson heads Paris line-up

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/sports2/08/24/rose.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Justin Rose (GBR) of Britain celebrates his gold medal win in the men&#x27;s Olympic golf competition. <em>Photo by Andrew Boyers, Reuters</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><div><strong>Rose, after golden Olympic run, returns to regular job</strong></div><div><strong>Larry Fine, Reuters</strong></div><p>Justin Rose, still feeling the glow of winning Olympic golf gold at the Rio Games, says he hopes the experience will carry him on a strong run after claiming a prize he considers &quot;at the top&quot;.</p><p>Rose prevailed in Rio in a tight, final-round duel with British Open champion Henrik Stenson and the Briton said the reaction to his victory has been overwhelming.</p><p>&quot;The whole experience...exceeded my expectations and certainly winning has blown me away in terms of the reach that it has and the global audience that it has,&quot; Rose told reporters at Bethpage Black, where The Barclays will kick off the FedExCup playoffs on Thursday.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;ve really noticed a difference from people&#x27;s reactions.&quot;</p><p>After playing for pride and patriotism in Rio, Rose is now gearing up for a crack at the $10 million bonus prize for topping the list in the FedExCup playoffs.</p><p>&quot;Hopefully I can put a run together. Shouldn&#x27;t be one-and-done,&quot; he said.</p><p>-----------------------------------------</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/sports2/08/24/nyy.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez (24) is greeted in the dugout after hitting a solo-home run against the Seattle Mariners during the first inning at Safeco Field. <em>Photo by Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports, Reuters</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><div><strong>Sanchez making an impression with Yankees</strong></div><div><strong>Reuters</strong></div><p>Dominican rookie Gary Sanchez continued the blistering start to his New York Yankees career by blasting two home runs in Monday&#x27;s 7-5 loss to Seattle.</p><p>The 23-year-old, who was called up to the Major Leagues on Aug. 3, now has eight homers in his first 19 games, setting a Yankees record for the fastest to reach that total.</p><p>A highly touted prospect as a catcher, the Yankees signed Sanchez as an international free agent when he was 16. He is batting .385 with eight home runs and 15 RBIs. He went 3-for-4 with three RBI on Monday, with homers coming in the first and sixth innings.</p><p>Prior to the game on Monday, Sanchez was named American League Player of the Week, the first Yankees player to win the award this season.</p><p>-----------------------------------------</p><div><strong>Golf world top 10 unchanged</strong></div><div><strong>Agence France-Presse</strong></div><p>There were no changes to the top of the world golf rankings on Monday, after Rickie Fowler was the only top-10 player in action at the weekend.</p><p>There was some movement lower down the rankings, with Japan&#x27;s Hideki Matsuyama gaining four places to rise to 16th after finishing third in the Wyndham Championship.</p><p>-----------------------------------------</p><div><strong>Knox could be record-tying sixth European Ryder rookie</strong></div><div><strong>Larry Fine, Reuters</strong></div><p>Scotsman Russell Knox sits fourth on the FedExCup points list but may need a strong showing at The Barclays, which opens the lucrative PGA Tour playoffs this week, to join the European Ryder Cup team.</p><p>Knox has won twice this season and had a pair of runner-up finishes but landed outside the group of nine automatic qualifiers because his win at the WGC-HSBC Champions in China did not earn him Ryder Cup points as he was not a European Tour member at the time.</p><p>European captain Darren Clarke will announce on Aug. 30 three picks to complete a team that will go for an unprecedented fourth win in a row against the U.S. in the biennial event at Hazeltine in Minnesota starting on Sept. 30.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s important but it&#x27;s not the end of the world. If he chooses not to pick me, I&#x27;m not going to sulk in the corner,&quot; Knox told reporters at Bethpage Black on Tuesday. &quot;He has every right not to pick me. He has every right to pick me.&quot;</p><p>READ: <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/golf/news/2016/08/24/fedex-cup-begins-ryder-cup-qualifying-ends-14786"><strong>FedEx Cup begins, Ryder Cup qualifying ends</strong></a></p><p>-----------------------------------------</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/sports2/08/24/lilesa.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Feyisa Lilesa (ETH) of Ethiopia celebrates. <em>Photo by Athit Perawongmetha, Reuters</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><div><strong>Olympics protest runner fails to return to Ethiopia</strong></div><div><strong>Agence France-Presse</strong></div><p>Olympic marathon silver medallist Feyisa Lilesa failed to return to Ethiopia Monday night despite assurances he would not be punished for his Rio protest over political repression in his country.</p><p>An AFP journalist at the airport in Addis Ababa said Lilesa was not onboard the plane that landed on Monday night carrying Ethiopia&#x27;s Olympics team.</p><p>Ethiopian sports officials congratulated team members but made no mention of Lilesa&#x27;s silver medal achievement -- one of only eight medals won by Ethiopia -- and refused to answer any questions about the athlete.</p><p>On Sunday, Lilesa, who came second to Kenyan favourite Eliud Kipchoge in Rio, crossed his arms as he finished the marathon in a symbolic protest against the repressive Ethiopian regime.</p><p>The 26-year-old repeated the gesture during the race&#x27;s medal ceremony, telling reporters later that he was afraid to go back to his homeland.</p><p>-----------------------------------------</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/sports2/08/24/thompson.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Elaine Thompson (JAM) of Jamaica celebrates after winning gold. Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach, Reuters</div></figcaption></figure></div><div><strong>Sprint queen Thompson heads Paris line-up</strong></div><div><strong>Agence France-Presse</strong></div><p>Jamaica&#x27;s newly-crowned double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson will headline a strong field featuring 27 Rio medallists in Friday&#x27;s Diamond League meeting in Paris, event organisers announced on Tuesday.</p><p>French supporters will also have a chance to welcome back four of their own Olympic stars including pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie, who was left in tears after losing his title to Brazil&#x27;s Thiago Braz da Silva in front of a jeering partisan crowd.</p><p>However, Usain Bolt, who sealed a historic &quot;triple triple&quot; with gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay in his final Games, will not take part having already decided to take a break from competition.</p><p>The Jamaican superstar also missed the 2015 meeting in the French capital with a leg injury.</p><p>Nine Rio gold medallists including women&#x27;s 100m and 200m champion Thompson will take part though, with Kerron Clement set to run the 400m hurdles and fellow American Ryan Crouser competing in the shot put.</p><p>-----------------------------------------</p><div><strong>Russia suggests WADA ordered sample destruction at Moscow lab</strong></div><div><strong>Agence France-Presse</strong></div><p>Russia&#x27;s powerful Investigative Committee on Tuesday suggested the World Anti-Doping Agency could have ordered the destruction of test samples at Moscow&#x27;s anti-doping laboratory as the country tries to deflect blame over a string of doping scandals.</p><p>A bombshell report by a WADA independent commission published in November said Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of Moscow&#x27;s anti-doping laboratory, had admitted to &quot;intentionally destroying&quot; 1,417 test samples ahead of an audit.</p><p>Rodchenkov, who has fled to the United States, earlier this year revealed details of a complex system to evade anti-doping controls used at the 2014 Sochi Olympics with the close involvement of the Russian sports ministry and the FSB security service.</p><p>Russia&#x27;s investigative committee, who erroneously identified Rodchenkov as the former head of Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA, said that it has &quot;reason to believe that he could have been ordered to destroy the samples from someone in the leadership of the World Anti-Doping Agency.&quot;</p><p>&quot;This version will be considered along with the others,&quot; the investigative committee said in a statement.</p><p>&quot;By the way, this version is supported by the fact that we still have yet to be presented with concrete evidence of doping among Russian athletes.&quot;</p><p>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/"><em><strong>ABS-CBN Sports website</strong></em></a>.</p>

<p>Justin Rose, still feeling the glow of winning Olympic golf gold at the Rio Games, says he hopes the experience will carry him on a strong run after claiming a prize he considers "at the top".</p>

Justin Rose, still feeling the glow of winning Olympic golf gold at the Rio Games, says he hopes the experience will carry him on a strong run after claiming a prize he considers "at the top".