After 5 years in jail, ex-gang member Peake wins New Zealand Open and qualifies for British Open
The 31-year-old from Western Australia called the win 'life-changing' after sinking an 8-foot par putt on the 72nd hole to avoid a four-way playoff with fellow Australian Jack Thompson, South African Ian Snyman and Japan's Kazuki Higi.
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Tour de France Stage 18 results: Tadej Pogacar holds off Jonas Vingegaard in French Alps
Tadej Pogačar didn't win the hardest stage of the 2025 Tour de France on Thursday, but the defending champion and this year's favorite showed again that there's likely nobody capable of taking the yellow jersey from him. Australian Ben O'Connor won Stage 18 of the Tour de France to vault into the top 10 of the overall standings as riders had to overcome 5,450 meters in climbs up three different summits, including the toughest one to the finish line at Courchevel Col de la Loze. But Pogačar's ability to maintain his sizable lead over chief rival Jonas Vingegaard is leaving little room for drama with just three stages remaining in this year's Tour de France. Vingegaard made several attacks throughout the day to try to shake loose of Pogačar, who he trailed by more than four minutes for the overall lead entering Stage 18. But the three-time Tour de France champion never allowed Vingegaard from his sight, and then left his chief rival behind once again in the final kilometer to take second place in the stage. Here's a look at the complete stage 18 results and 2025 Tour de France standings after Thursday, July 24, as well as what's coming up for cycling's biggest race: 2025 TOUR DE FRANCE: How to watch, schedule and standings for cycling race Stage 18 results Here are the final results of the 171.5-kilometer Stage 18 course from Vif to Courchevel Col de la Loze in the French Alps at the 2025 Tour de France on Thursday, July 24 (with position, rider, team, time): Ben O'Connor, Team Jayco Alula (5 hours, 3 minutes, 47 seconds) Tadej Pogačar, UAE Team Emirates XRG (5:05.32) Jonas Vingegaard, Team Visma | Lease A Bike (5:05.41) Oscar Onley, Team Picnic Postnl (5:05.45) Einer Rubio Reyes, Movistar Team (5:05.47) Felix Gall, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team (5:06.12) Primoz Roglic, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe (5:06.33) Adam Yates, UAE Team Emirates XRG (5:06.50) Tobias Johannessen, Uno-X Mobility (5:06.56) Sepp Kuss, Team Visma | Lease A Bike (5:07.13) Tour de France 2025 standings Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia: 66 hours, 55 minutes, 42 seconds Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark: 67:00.08 (4 minutes, 26 seconds behind) Florian Lipowitz, Germany: 67:06.43 (11 minutes, 1 second) Oscar Onley, Great Britain: 67:07.05 (11 minutes, 23 seconds) Primoz Roglic, Slovenia: 67:08.31 (12 minutes, 49 seconds) Felix Gall, Austria: 67:11.18 (15 minutes, 36 seconds) Kevin Vauquelin, France: 67:11.57 (16 minutes, 15 seconds) Tobias Johannessen, Norway: 67:14.13 (18 minutes, 31 second) Ben Healy, Ireland: 67:21.23 (25 minutes, 41 seconds) Ben O'Connor, Australia: 67:25.01 (29 minutes, 19 seconds) 2025 Tour de France jersey leaders Yellow (overall race leader): Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia Green (points): Jonathan Milan, Italy Polka dot (mountains): Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia White (young rider): Florian Lipowitz, Germany Who's wearing the rainbow jersey at 2025 Tour de France? In addition to the four traditional colored jerseys at the Tour de France, the reigning world road race champion wears a rainbow-colored jersey. It's white with five colored stripes – blue, red, black, yellow and green (same as the colors of the Olympic rings) – and is currently worn by Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia. 2025 Tour de France next stage Stage 19 of the 2025 Tour de France is a 129.9-kilometer course on mountain terrain from Albertville to La Plagne in the French Alps on Thursday, July 24. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Tour de France standings: Tadej Pogacar's lead grows in French Alps
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Kent give themselves a chance in tense battle with Glamorgan
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (day three) Kent 155 & 360: Finch 68, Stewart 63; Carlson 3-24 Glamorgan 327 & 25-2 Glamorgan (5 pts) need 164 more runs to beat Kent (3 pts) with eight second-innings wickets standing Match scorecard Glamorgan go into the final day on a precarious 25-2 chasing 189 to beat Kent after the visitors ground out a decent second innings total of 360. They were left 14 tricky overs to bat in the evening gloom, with Wes Agar and Matt Parkinson sending back Asa Tribe and Zain Ul Hassan cheaply. Middle-order men Harry Finch (68) and Grant Stewart (63) were the main Kent contributors while Ben Compton, Chris Benjamin and Joey Evison all fell in the forties. Glamorgan were forced to work hard for their wickets on a slow pitch with the Kookaburra ball, and without opening bowler Timm van der Gugten. Kiran Carlson (3-24) helped clean up the lower order after fellow off-spinner Ben Kellaway (2-83) went off following a marathon spell. Kent began the day at 106-1, 66 runs behind, and lost just two wickets in each of the first two sessions to get a foothold back in the match. Compton, who was leading the race towards 1,000 first-class runs, was fortunate to survive an inside edge off James Harris on 44 but could not take advantage as he was bowled for 48 off 147 balls by off-spinner Ben Kellaway. It was a battle of patience with no slip fielders and a slow scoring rate and Daniel Bell-Drummond fell with the visitors still six behind, the captain looking dismayed to be given out for 22 as his attempted pull lobbed up to sub keeper Alex Horton, deputising for Chris Cooke. Chris Benjamin, like Compton, had lasted for more than three hours for his 46 when he drove at a wide one from James Harris and dragged it on to his stumps. The new ball brought a rare clutch of boundaries as Joey Evison and Harry Finch put together a stand of 84 before Evison, on 49, drove Ul Hassan to cover. Grant Stewart was dropped at slip off Kellaway on one and that cost Glamorgan as he added 68 more with Finch to give Kent something to bowl at. Carlson, bowling after Kellaway left the field with a back issue, broke the stand as Finch chipped a return catch and claimed two more cheap wickets despite Stewart blasting three consecutive sixes. The Australian-Italian all-rounder was last out trying to hit another maximum off Leonard while the injured Joe Denly watched on after coming in last. It always looked likely to be a torrid time for Glamorgan and so it proved, with a ferocious spell from Agar who had Tribe caught at short-leg for four. Spinner Parkinson's second ball had Ul Hassan leg-before for 10, before Carlson and night-watchman Harris hung on to leave an absorbing game still up for grabs going into the final day.
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Australian pitches will challenge England
Australian pitches will provide a different challenge for England's batters in this winter's Ashes, says Steve Smith. The first Ashes Test begins in Perth on 21 November, a highly-anticipated series after the thrilling draw in 2023, with England looking to regain the urn for the first time since 2015. Former captain Smith, who is representing Welsh Fire in this year's Hundred, averages 56.01 in Tests against England but is expecting a tougher challenge for batters this time around. "Their batters are going to be challenged a little bit differently to the wickets they have had over in England for a while, which have looked pretty flat and good for batting," Smith told BBC Sport. "The wickets in Australia in the last three or four years have been very tricky for top order batters. It is going to be a good challenge for them. "But it's going to be a wonderful series. I have been watching the India and England series and there has been some great cricket played there, so I think the Ashes this year is going to be an absolute belter." Smith, 36, also said the respective pace attacks were the strength for both teams. Australia's top order struggled in the recent series against West Indies on bowler-friendly surfaces where the highest team total was 286 across three Tests. And despite plenty of recent chat around Mitchell Starc, 35, Josh Hazlewood, 34, and Scott Boland, 36, coming to the end of their Test careers, the three combined to skittle West Indies for just 27 earlier this month - a performance so dominant that their skipper and fellow quick Pat Cummins did not bowl an over in the innings. However, Smith has also noted a change of approach from England in comparison to the 2023 series which was only a year into Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum's time in charge. "They have started to play a little bit differently in the last couple of weeks in terms of playing the situation, as opposed to going out and trying to be the entertainers that they said they wanted to be," Smith added. "They are actually trying to win the games now which is perhaps different to what was said in their comments previously." The Hundred to help Olympic ambitions Smith was originally signed by Welsh Fire for the first edition of The Hundred in 2020, but the tournament was postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. But he says playing in the competition is on his "bucket list" as he focuses on playing more franchise cricket around the world in order to regain his place in Australia's T20 side and to play in the Olympics. The Los Angeles Games in 2028 will see cricket featured for the first time since 1900. "I decided to stop playing one-day cricket so I can play more franchises, with the aim to make the Olympic team," Smith said. "So to play more shorter-form tournaments around the world is only going to be beneficial. "It has been a long run for me and I have been doing this a long time. I am still enjoying it and particularly the shorter formats, and want to keep putting my name out there." The Hundred starts on 5 August with a double header between London Spirit and Oval Invincibles, while Welsh Fire take on Northern Superchargers in their first game two days later. Get cricket news sent straight to your phone
