SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Lucas Glover chipped in for eagle early and made a birdie late, his only two sub-par holes Saturday for a 2-under 69 that was just enough for him to share the lead with Lee Hodges in the John Deere Classic that now has plenty of possibilities.

Hodges had four birdies in a six-hole stretch on the back nine of the TPC Deere Run for a 67 to join Glover at 16-under 197 going into the final round.

Nine players were within four shots of the lead, a group that ranges from 50-year-old Zach Johnson to NCAA champion Preston Stout of Oklahoma State.

Glover’s three-year exemption on the PGA Tour from winning twice in 2023 expires this year, and he began the season still recovering from labrum surgery.

“You pretty much know you’ve got to go low or you’re not going to win,” Glover said. “Everybody is going to have to be aggressive, so I’ve got to hit it a little better tomorrow to achieve the ultimate goal.”

Hodges hit his stride on the back nine, with six consecutive holes leaving birdie chances of 15 feet or closer. He converted four of them to join Glover. But there is little room for error.

Zac Blair (67), Ben Kohles (66) and Jackson Suber (66) were one shot behind. Another stroke back was Doug Ghim (67). Still lurking three shots behind was Johnson, who has such a strong history at the John Deere Classic — the Iowa native considers it his home tournament — that he skipped the U.S. Senior Open at Scioto this week.

Johnson poured in a 35-foot birdie putt on the last hole for a 66. He will have a chance to join a small group of players to have won on the PGA Tour Champions and the PGA Tour in the same calendar year. Phil Mickelson was the most recent in 2021.

Stout, playing on a sponsor exemption, shot 66 and was in the group four shots behind that included Max Homa and Ryo Hisatsune.

Not to be overlooked was Rickie Fowler, who had to get up and down from par on his last hole Friday to make the cut on the number. Starting the third round 11 shots out of the lead, Fowler bogeyed his last hole and still shot 63 to get within five shots. Also five shots behind was Blades Brown, the 19-year-old who already has had two chances to win on the PGA Tour this year.

Hodges won his only tour title in Minnesota in 2023. He has had conditional status this year after finishing outside the top 100 in the FedEx Cup, but one more good round could change his status. Hodges, just like everyone else in the mix, had the same outlook.

He had a big lead in Minnesota and found himself trying to hang on. Sunday at TPC Deere Run figures to be entirely different.

“Tomorrow will be a little more fun,” Hodges said. “I get to go attack and just beat people. I’m just going to keep my pedal down and just shoot lower than anybody tomorrow.”

Kohles has already won on the Korn Ferry Tour this year and will be going for his first PGA Tour win. Seven of the top 11 players have yet to win on the PGA Tour, including Blair. The Utah native had a two-shot lead at one point until hitting into a hazard and taking double bogey on the 11th hole.

Glover made his first bogey of the tournament when he missed the green at No. 9. The third round was halted for about an hour because of a late storm. Glover returned to make a 6-foot birdie putt on the 17th and close with a par.

One Manchester United alumnus was reduced to tears after learning he was no longer wanted by a former employer

The privilege of playing for Manchester United in the Sir Alex Ferguson era left a profound mark on many who once called Old Trafford home. And Mexico’s all-time record goalscorer, Javier Hernandez, was no exception.

Known for wearing his heart on his sleeve both on and off the field, Hernandez’s career hasn’t been all highs, however. And one departure in particular left him in tears after discovering he’d been shipped out.

Hernandez, whose old Mexico team host England in the World Cup on Sunday, arrived at Manchester United in 2010. This was the same summer he announced himself on the international stage at the World Cup in South Africa.

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He netted twice across four appearances when he was still on the books at Guadalajara, but soon completed a move to England for a fee in the region of £7million.

The 38-year-old proved just as troublesome in the Premier League as he had on the world stage, registering 20 goals across all competitions during his debut campaign in Manchester. Ferguson’s side claimed the Premier League title and advanced to the Champions League final that season, where Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona denied United a coveted double at Wembley.

‘Chicharito’ spent the 2014/15 campaign on loan at Real Madrid as chances at Old Trafford dried up. He later left United permanently in the summer of 2015 when he signed for Bayer Leverkusen.

While Hernandez’s United tenure had drawn to a close, he demonstrated he was still capable of causing problems for defences in the Bundesliga. He later managed to find the net 16 times during a turbulent spell with West Ham before joining Sevilla in 2019.

A brief stint in Seville yielded little reward, however, and Hernandez brought his European career to a close in January 2020 when he made the switch to MLS outfit LA Galaxy. While there were further bright moments to be had across the Atlantic for the Mexican, Hernandez was visibly emotional when acknowledging that embarking on a new chapter meant closing another in Europe.

“I wanted to speak to you guys because the thing is about to get done, it’s almost certain that I’m going to LA,” Hernandez said in an emotional video as he broke down in tears. “It’s okay, everything is perfect, it’s only that, well, it’s like the beginning of my retirement.

“We’re saying goodbye to a career that we put a lot of effort on,” he added. “We’re going to look at the bright side, but whether we like it or not we are retiring from the European dream.”

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With his European dream extinguished, Hernandez’s ambitions Stateside were only just taking shape. He found the net 39 times in 82 outings for LA Galaxy before heading back to his childhood club CD Guadalajara.

While he has yet to officially confirm his retirement, he hasn’t featured for any club since last year. Hernandez stands alone as Mexico’s all-time record goalscorer with 52 goals in 109 appearances, while Wolves’ Raul Jimenez is closest in competiton on 47 goals in 128 outings for El Tri.

Jimenez has found the net twice at the 2026 World Cup, most recently in Mexico’s round-of-32 clash against Ecuador. He will spearhead the attack against Thomas Tuchel’s England on Sunday at the Mexico City Stadium.

Jimenez is the focal point of the Mexican frontline, much as Hernandez was all those years ago. And the 35-year-old will be eager to move a step closer to matching, or even eclipsing, Hernandez’s all-time record when he stares down the Three Lions.

Moses Itauma recalls one sparring session where a former opponent “came for revenge” and attempted to take his head off.

While the 21-year-old has won most of his professional contests in double-quick fashion, it seems he is rarely afforded any such luxury in the gym.

In fact, Itauma insists his training camp is often tougher than the fight itself, which seemingly proved to be the case for his last outing.

While Jermaine Franklin offered some resistance, he was nonetheless dropped twice and ultimately stopped in round five of their heavyweight encounter in March.

Seeking a greater challenge, Itauma is now gearing up to face Filip Hrgovic, an Olympic bronze medallist and top 10 heavyweight, at London’s O2 Arena on August 29.

As always, the quality of his sparring will represent a critical factor, just as it was ahead of his August 2025 contest with Dillian Whyte.

While their fight ended in a one-round blowout, Itauma had come prepared for a gruelling affair after sharing hard rounds with Polish veteran Mariusz Wach.

Speaking with DAZN, Itauma revealed his suspicion ‘The Viking’ undertook a revenge mission after suffering a second-round stoppage defeat to the talented prodigy in 2024.

“For the Dillian Whyte fight I had Mariusz Wach in [camp]. He didn’t even ask how much I was going to pay him; he didn’t even ask where he was going to stay. That guy just came for revenge.

“I’d done six rounds with two sparring partners, then Mariusz Wach jumped in and this guy was trying to take my head off.”

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At the age of 46, Wach will now face Tyson Fury on July 24, offering ‘The Gypsy King’ a low-risk warm-up fight at the Max Muaythai Stadium in Pattaya, Thailand.

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Bohemian Angel experienced a false start last week, but the four-year-old mare is slated to make her debut for Phillip Stokes this Saturday at Murray Bridge.

The mare, previously trained by Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman, was accepted for a 1000-metre race at last Saturday’s Morphettville Parks meeting. However, the stable opted to postpone her first run for the new yard until this weekend.

Stokes’ son and assistant trainer, Tommy, expressed satisfaction with the decision. He noted that their highly-rated stablemate Tobikko was narrowly defeated by Bardigrub, and Bohemian Angel will now race against her own sex in this weekend’s benchmark 64 event over 1100 metres.

“We had her in at the Parks track but she drew wide,” Stokes stated. “Plus, we had another horse in it that went good, we just try to avoid that (clashing), and wanted to make sure she’s ready to fire first-up.”

An added advantage of delaying Bohemian Angel’s stable debut is that she will encounter a heavy track, a condition Stokes is confident she will perform well on.

The daughter of Harry Angel’s sole public appearance for the Stokes stable thus far was a 900-metre Traralgon jumpout on June 16, where she outpaced classy stablemate Snow Mercy.

“We wanted to see her in trial conditions before we had a real opinion of her and we sent her to Traralgon a couple of weeks ago and she trialled up really good from off the speed,” Stokes explained. “It was probably a Heavy 8 that day and she handled it perfectly and beat a horse that’s won a Group 3 in Snow Mercy. The trial form is good, her trackwork at home has been really good and I think it’s just the perfect race.”

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Jamie George admitted England were punished for their indiscipline as they crashed to a fifth straight Test defeat after being outclassed 45-21 by South Africa at Ellis Park.

Tommy Freeman and Guy Pepper were shown yellow cards for illegal tackles that meant Steve Borthwick’s tourists were forced to play the final seven minutes of their Nations Championship opener with only 13 men.

Inevitably they then leaked tries to Malcolm Marx and BJ Dixon to complete a harrowing evening in Johannesburg.

England have now been hit with 10 yellow cards and one red in their six games in 2026 to continue the self-destructive theme that was raised by their post-Six Nations review as an area of concern.

Captain George said: “There are some clear things we need to make sure we get better at and as players we have to take a lot more responsibility with regards to our discipline, which let us down.

“Outside of that, there were periods where we put the Springboks under a lot of pressure. Speaking to their guys they know they have been in a Test match.

“We are going to be a significantly better team off the back of this experience with a young team coming here and understanding how we put them under a lot of pressure and also understanding how we let that pressure get to us a little bit.

“This is going to be a great learning experience for us but we are gutted because we genuinely believed we could come here and win.

“We are going to rally round, stay tight and we are all looking forward to getting to Liverpool and putting in a great performance against Fiji.”

Freeman was sent to the sin-bin for a dangerous tackle in the 71st minute and a minute later Pepper followed him into the stands for a late challenge.

In reality the game had already been lost after the world champions cranked up the power in the second half and Borthwick refused to blame either player.

The head coach said: “If you look at the Tommy Freeman one you see a slight timing error, there wasn’t anything malicious or reckless there. He was trying to make a tackle and he was apologetic for the tackling height.

“The Guy Pepper one, South Africa put players under pressure because that is the way they play and they are very good.

“We want our execution and decision making to be at a very high level and these young players will learn from this experience of playing against the best in the world.”

Borthwick confirmed that full-back George Furbank will miss the rest of the July tour after he was withdrawn from the team to face South Africa because of appendicitis.

The England boss said: “He went into hospital on Friday evening with abdominal pain, he had surgery this morning on his appendix and he is still in hospital recovering.

“I spoke with him earlier, he is gutted and he will miss the next couple of weeks. He will be delayed in South Africa to fly back at a later date.”