Add this to the compilation of athletes injuring themselves during a celebration.

Nascar driver Connor Zilisch won the Watkins Glen International on the weekend, and during his celebrations fell off the top of the car and broke his collarbone.

It made for fairly unusual post-race picture!

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The number of top-five finishes English golfer Tommy Fleetwood has had on the PGA Tour without winning a title. Fleetwood finished tied for third at the St. Jude Championship after starting the final round of the tournament with a one-shot lead. Fellow Englishman Justin Rose won the tournament, beating U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun in a playoff and becoming the first player over the age of 40 to win on tour this year. Fleetwood said: “All these experiences and these close calls, like I say, there’s no point in allowing them to have a negative effect on what happens next.”

“Wow, just incredible. Like, the dream actually came true today, and I’m still living in it. And I’m just so grateful to my family, to Major League Baseball for just creating such an amazing work environment, to all the umpires that I work with.”
Baseball umpire Jen Pawol after she became the first woman to umpire a regular-season Major League Baseball (MLB) game over the weekend. In the past decade, Pawol has umpired more than 1,200 minor league baseball games. MLB is North America’s top professional baseball league.

Australia’s Olivia Price became the youngest woman to win an Olympic medal in sailing at the 2012 London Olympics. Price, who was 19 at the time, won a silver medal in the Elliot 6m Match Racing event.

🎾 Alexei Popyrin, Adam Walton, and Maya Joint are the last Australians standing after the second round of the Cincinnati Open, the last warm-up tournament before the U.S. Open later this month. Australia’s top-ranked male and female players, Alex de Minaur and Daria Kasatkina, were both beaten in the second round. Walton produced a career-best performance to overcome former world number one Daniil Medvedev after losing the opening set. Popyrin, who is currently at a career-high ranking of 19, will play Andrey Rublev in the third round, and 19-year-old Joint will look to continue her impressive run when she plays the tournament’s 12th seed, Ekaterina Alexandrova.

🏉 Charlotte Caslick has been ruled out of the Women’s Rugby World Cup after she was unable to recover from ankle surgery in time. The Olympic gold medallist, who made the switch from sevens to 15-a-side to play in a World Cup, was named in Australia’s 32-player squad last week, but medical advice forced her withdrawal. She has been replaced by uncapped centre Manu’a Moleka, with coach Jo Yapp leaving the door open for Caslick to return as an injury replacement. The Wallaroos left for England on Monday afternoon and will play their first group-stage match against Samoa on 23 August.

🎯 The Australian Darts Masters saw the world’s best descend on Wollongong over the weekend. 18-year-old Englishman Luke Littler defeated Belgium's Mike De Decker 8-4 in the final. It’s the first World Series event the young darts champion has won this year after six attempts. He said: "It's not gone to plan this year in the World Series but there are plenty of opportunities to win and I've finally picked one up." The next World Series event will take place in Auckland next weekend.

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Australia won its ninth consecutive T20 international on Sunday night in Darwin, beating South Africa by 17 runs in the opening T20 of a three-match series. Here’s what to know. 

Australia looked in trouble early, losing six batters for just 75 runs. Tim David turned the innings around with 83 runs from 52 balls, helping Australia post a solid total of 178 runs. In South Africa’s chase, Ryan Rickelton hit 71 from 55 balls, but his teammates struggled to follow suit. South Africa were eventually bowled all out for 161, with Josh Hazlewood starring for Australia’s bowling attack with three wickets. David was named player of the match.

Australia have looked unstoppable in the T20 format, winning 23 of their last 27 matches. 

The next match is set to be played at Marrara Oval in Darwin tomorrow night at 7:00pm. You can watch the match on Foxtel or Kayo.

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Two professional boxers have died following different bouts at the same event in Tokyo last week. Both were 28 years old and sustained fatal brain injuries. Here’s what to know.

On 2 August, Shigetoshi Kotari collapsed after a 12-round title fight with Yamato Hata for the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) super-featherweight belt. He was taken to the hospital for emergency brain surgery, but died on Friday. 

Earlier in the night, Hiromasa Urakawa had been knocked out by Yoji Saito in the sixth round of their featherweight fight. He also underwent brain surgery but died in the days that followed. 

Both athletes required surgeries for subdural haematoma, which occurs when blood collects between the skull and the brain.

The Japan Boxing Commission (JBC) responded by immediately reducing all OPBF title fights from 12 rounds to 10 rounds. The governing body has also launched a review of weight-cutting procedures, which can increase dehydration and heighten the risk of brain injury.

The World Boxing Organisation said: “We extend our deepest condolences to the families, friends, and the Japanese boxing community during this incredibly difficult time.”

While uncommon, deaths in professional boxing still occur. The sport’s physical nature and the goal of landing head and body blows mean the risk of serious injury is always present. Three professional boxers have now died this year. In February, Ireland’s John Cooney died of a brain injury following a fight in Belfast.

Medical advances such as mandatory ringside doctors and pre-fight brain scans in some countries have reduced fatality rates compared to earlier decades, but they have not eliminated the risk.