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Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Sunday. Authentic Darius Phillips Jersey . A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EDT:- RIO DE JANEIRO -- Five days before the opening of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, IOC President Thomas Bach holds a news conference that is expected to be dominated by the Russian doping scandal and the final preparations for South Americas first games. News conference underway.- SPRINGFIELD, N.J. -- The third round of the rain-delayed PGA Championship is finally over and second-round co-leader Jimmy Walker holds a one-shot lead over defending champion Jason Day.- CLEVELAND -- Serious about winning it all this season, the Cleveland Indians acquire left-handed reliever Andrew Miller from the New York Yankees in exchange for four players.- CLEVELAND -- A person familiar with the situation says Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy has blocked his proposed trade to the Cleveland Indians.- HOUSTON -- He was the first player Jerry Colangelo ever spoke to about joining a new U.S. national team program and now hes the last one still standing. Carmelo Anthony may never win an NBA title, but hes on the verge of becoming mens basketballs most decorated Olympian and seemingly securing his spot in the Hall of Fame.- NEW YORK -- The US Olympic womens team plays its final exhibition game when the Americans take on rival Australia at Madison Square Garden. Game starts 4 p.m.- TORONTO -- The Blue Jays and Orioles play for first place in the AL East. Toronto won the first two games of this three-game series to take a half-game lead over Baltimore and give the Orioles five straight losses since ending a five-game winning streak. Game starts 1:07 p.m.- CHICAGO -- Mariners ace Felix Hernandez (5-4, 3.45) hopes to get back on track in a primetime game against the Cubs. Left-hander Brian Matusz will be called up from Triple-A Iowa to start for Chicago, giving Kyle Hendricks and the rest of Chicagos rotation an extra day of rest. Game starts 8:08 p.m.- LONG POND, Pa. -- With heavy rain hitting the track, Pocono Raceway hopes to avoid its second Monday race of the season. Martin Truex Jr. sits on the pole for the 400-mile race. Race starts 1:15 p.m.- OCEANPORT, N.J. -- Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist gets a chance to avenge the only loss of his career when he meets up with Preakness winner Exaggerator and four others in the $1 million Haskell Invitational. Post time 5:49 p.m. Authentic Jessie Bates III Jersey . LOUIS -- St. Authentic Davontae Harris Jersey . -- Matt Kuchar and Harris English ran away with the Franklin Templeton Shootout, shooting a 14-under 58 on Sunday in the final-round scramble to break the tournament course record. http:///...ogan-woodside-jersey . The 27-year-old Scrivens will be joining his third NHL club since signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent in 2010. The move also reunites with him with head coach Dallas Eakins from their time together with the American Hockey Leagues Toronto Marlies. SHANGHAI -- The international rugby federation is set to tackle the Chinese market, supporting a local push to attract 1 million players over the next five years and create professional leagues.World Rugby on Wednesday announced a $100 million commitment by Alisports, a division of e-commerce giant Alibaba, to develop the game in China over the next decade.World Rugbys strategic mission is to grow the global rugby family, World Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper said. China is central to that mission.We are confident that we can build a strong and sustainable platform from which to ensure that China is in the best possible position to become a major force on the international stage with strong mens and womens sevens and 15s teams, sustainable leagues, model development and participation programs and real major event hosting potential.Asia is a growth market for rugby union, which went professional in 1995 and has been dominated by New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, England and France at the highest level in the traditional 15-a-side format.Japan has contributed heavily to the growth on the continent, with a long-established professional set up and growing strength on the international scene. Japan caused one of the biggest upsets ever at a Rugby World Cup by beating two-time champion South Africa last year in England, and will host the 2019 World Cup.Japan also left its mark on rugbys return to the Olympics, when iit upset New Zealand in the mens rugby sevens competition in Rio de Janeiro. Authentic Auden Tate Jersey. Fiji won the mens gold medal -- the countrys first ever Olympic medal -- and Australia won the womens gold, the first ever awarded in womens rugby or in the abbreviated seven-a-side format.At the 2014 Asian Games, Japan beat Hong Kong for the mens gold medal in rugby sevens and China edged Japan 14-12 in the womens final.Rugbys growth in Asia has been driven by sevens in recent years, but the development in China is targeted at both 15s and sevens and using school and university programs to expand the sport.The Chinese Rugby Football Association said there were 30 registered players in China in 1991, when the sport re-emerged from a dormant period in the country at a university in Beijing. That has grown into the thousands as rugby became an official sport of the military.Rugby is a great Olympic team sport with strong values, which is why we are so excited about its undoubted potential in China, Alisports CEO Zhang Dazhong said in a statement. We will work tirelessly to promote the development of rugby in China with a goal of inspiring one million new players in five years.We believe that rugby in China will take off as an attractive, inclusive mass-participation sport of sportsmanship and character. Cheap Jerseys WholesaleNFL T-shirts From ChinaWholesale Jerseys Free ShippingNFL Jerseys CheapCheap JerseysYouth NFL Jerseys ChinaWholesale NFL Hoodies ' ' '