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Eagle puts Bernhard Langer in Champions tournament lead

February 10, 2019 at 4:19AM
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Bernhard Langer eagled the par-5 18th for a 4-under 68 and a one-stroke lead Saturday in the PGA Tour Champions' Oasis Championship in Boca Raton, Fla.

Langer rebounded from a bogey on the par-4 17th with the eagle to reach 12-under 132 at The Old Course at Broken Sound.

Marco Dawson was second after a 67, and David Toms (67) and Brandt Jobe (65) were two strokes back at 10 under in the first full-field event of the season. First-round leader Jesper Parnevik followed his opening 63 with a 72 to drop into a tie for fifth at 9 under with Bob Estes (68), Tom Byrum (69) and Woody Austin (70).

... Kim Kaufman moved to the top of the leaderboard at the LPGA's Vic Open after a 7-under 66 gave her a two-stroke lead after two rounds in Barwon Heads, Australia. The American had a 36-hole total of 13-under, two better than Japan's Haru Nomura. Australian Su Oh was another stroke behind in third.Overnight leader Felicity Johnson of England was seven strokes behind after a 2-over 74.

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Royals sign righthander Bailey

The Kansas City Royals signed veteran righthander Homer Bailey to a minor deal Saturday that includes an invitation to big league spring training.

The 32-year-old Bailey has spent his entire 12-year career in Cincinnati, making 212 starts and going 67-77 with a 4.56 ERA. Bailey was traded from the Reds to the Dodgers in a seven-player deal in December, but he was released and became a free agent.

... Infielder Brett Lawrie, who hasn't played in the majors or minors since 2016, reached a deal with the Brewers. ... Righthander Alex Wilson agreed to a minor league contract with the Indians. The 32-year-old had a 3.36 ERA in 59 games for Detroit last year,

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U.S. splits in Fed Cup

The United States came back to split the opening singles with Australia in the Federation Cup. Ashleigh Barty gave Australia a good start in its bid to end a 35-year losing drought to the U.S. by hitting 10 aces past Sofia Kenin in winning 6-1, 7-6 (2). But Madison Keys then took only an hour to defeat Kimberly Birrell 6-2, 6-2. France led Belgium 2-0 and Belarus led by the same score against Germany.

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... Pierre-Hugues Herbert beat former champion Tomas Berdych 6-2, 7-5 to reach the Open Sud de France final where he'll face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Montpellier, France.

AROUND THE HORN

Soccer: Fernando Clavijo, a surprise starter for the 1994 U.S. World Cup team who went on to a long coaching and management career in Major League Soccer, died from multiple myeloma. He was 63.

NFL: The Cardinals signed outside linebacker Brooks Reed to a one-year contract. Reed, who has appeared in 120 NFL games, including 86 as a starter, played his first four seasons with the Texans and the past four with the Falcons.

Skiing: Aksel Lund Svindal finished second in his final race, trailing Norwegian teammate Kjetil Jansrud by 0.02 seconds at the world championships in Are, Sweden. The top American finisher was Bryce Bennett in ninth.

Figure skating: China's Wenjing Sui and Cong Han edged Canada's Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro by six hundredths of a point to win the pairs competition at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Anaheim, Calif. American pairs finished fourth through sixth, led by reigning national champions Ashley Cain and Timothy LeDuc. Haven Denney and Brandon Frazier were fifth and were followed by 2018 Four Continents champions Tarah Kayne and Danny O'Shea.

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