In the USA: The RugbyWorlds Cup Sevens competition wraps up today, after a frenetic weekend, atCandlestick Park in San Francisco. TheAustralian team was beat by France and the USA narrowly lost to England inSaturday's action. The USA will now faceScotland in a placings game on Sunday, the best they can finish now fifth.England will play South Africa in one semifinal while New Zealand and Fiji playthe other on Sunday afternoon, before turning around and playing for thechampionship later in the afternoon. En France: Spaniard Omar Frailewon stage 14 of the Tour de France after overtaking fellow escapee JasperStuyven on the steep climb up to, and then beyond, the Mende aerodrome. The Belgian Stuyven hopedto win the stage on Belgium's national day, but Spain was happy to take thewin. The pair were among the finalsurvivors of a 32-man breakaway who were 20 minutes ahead of the peloton at theend of the 188km stage from Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateux. The time cut was extended so the majority ofthe field would not be eliminated from the race. Current maillot jaune holder, Welshman Geraint Thomas crossed the linemore than 18 minutes after Fraile, following Sky team-mate Kenyan and Englishman Chris Froome andHolland's Team Sunweb's Tom Dumoulin over the line as the top three in the generalclassification finished in a group. They were eight seconds behind LottoNL-Jumbo'sPrimoz Roglic, with the man fourth overall having attacked three kilometresfrom the finish to gain a slight advantage. The General Classification at the end of the day showed Geraint Thomasretaining his lead of one minute 39 seconds over Froome, with Dumoulin afurther 11 seconds back. The day was foreseen to be a fairly boring, flattish stagewith some hills and climbs, but an early large break and the tiredness of someof the teams of the peloton, led to an unforeseen fracturing and added excitement. The Tour continues today, the 15th stage, which is a 181.5 kmrun from Millau to Carcassonne. Thestage include three major climbs, a category one, two and three. In the USA, the Major League Baseball All Star Game tookplace this past week, with an almost preprogrammed American League victory asthe result. At the All Star Break, action in the American League wasgreatest in the perennial competition between the Boston Red Sox and the NewYork Yankees, both above .600 in the American League Eastern Division. In the American League Central, the ClevelandIndians stand along above .500 in their division. In the West, the competition is a bit fiercerat this point in the season, with the Houston Astros and the Seattle Marinersabove .600 and the Oakland Athletics above .500. National League Central competition is fierce, as usual, withthe Milwaukee Brewers, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Pittsburgh Pirates and theChicago Cubs all above .500. ThePhiladelphia Phillies are ahead in the East, joined by the Atlanta Braves, whoare just above .500. In the West all ofthe teams are above .500, except for the San Diego Padres, who are just at.400. Play continues on Sunday, and daily, until the end of theregular season. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
