Daniel Ricciardo ends the Mercedes reign of dominance

MONTREAL – Daniel Ricciardo won the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday, breaking the Mercedes stranglehold on the Formula One circuit.

The Red Bull driver earned his first Formula One victory and the first win this year for any driver other than Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. Ricciardo passed Rosberg, the points leader and pole-sitter, with two laps to go. Hamilton was knocked out in the 48th lap with a brake problem.

Rosberg finished second, easily protecting his lead in the championship standings. The German has 140 of a possible 175 points through seven races, with two victories and five second-place finishes. Hamilton remains second in the standings with 118 points.

Boxing

Golden Boy finds a permanent home in the Hall of Fame

CANASTOTA, N.Y. – Oscar De La Hoya was inducted Sunday into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

The Hall of Fame’s 25th class also included two of De La Hoya’s contemporaries in the modern era – Puerto Rican star Felix “Tito” Trinidad and Joe Calzaghe of Wales.

Also inducted were: George Chaney, Charles Ledoux and Mike O’Dowd in the old-timer category; Tom Allen in the pioneer category; and promoter Barry Hearn, referees Richard Steele and Eugene Corri, journalist Graham Houston; and Sports Illustrated photographer Neil Leifer in the non-participant and observer categories.

Cycling

Defending champion Froome wins 1st stage of Dauphine

LYON, France – British rider Chris Froome geared up for the Tour de France by winning the first stage of the Criterium du Dauphine on Sunday.

Froome won the eight-stage race last year. He completed the 6.4-mile time trial around Lyon in 13 minutes, 13 seconds.

Spaniard Alberto Contador, a two-time Tour de France champion, finished second, eight seconds behind Froome. Bob Jungels took third, nine seconds back, and Andrew Talansky placed fourth, 11 seconds off the pace.

The second stage on Monday is a 96.9-mile trek from Tarare to Col du Beal.

Golf

Crane soars to first win since 2011; Park parks in first

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Ben Crane won the St. Jude Classic by a stroke Sunday for his first PGA Tour title since 2011, despite closing with a 3-over 73.

Crane went wire to wire for his fifth career victory. He played 30 holes on the last day because of rain delays at TPC Southwind. He finished the final 12 holes of his third round in the morning to lead by three shots entering the final round. He two-putted for bogey on the final hole to win.

ATZENBRUGG, Austria – Mikael Lundberg beat Bernd Wiesberger in a playoff Sunday to win the Lyoness Open for his first European Tour title in six years and third overall.

The Swede birdied the first playoff hole with a gutsy long putt to wrap up the victory.

Lundberg, who made three birdies in a row on his way to a 65, and Wiesberger, who shot 69, were tied at 12 under after the fourth round.

WATERLOO, Ontario – Inbee Park won the Manulife Financial Classic on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title in more than 11 months, matching the course record with 10-under 61 for a three-stroke victory over Cristie Kerr.

RIDGEDALE, Mo. – Fred Funk and Jeff Sluman teamed to win the Champions Tour’s Legends of Golf on Sunday, and Jim Colbert and Jim Thorpe topped the Legends Division for players 65 and older.

Sluman and Funk finished with a 6-under 48 at Top of the Rock, the first par-3 course used in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event, to beat Jay Haas and Peter Jacobsen by a stroke.

The winners finished at 20-under 159.

Associated Press