The Maine Celtics selected guards Kendall Smith and Zak Irvin in the NBA G League Draft on Saturday.
Maine selected Smith with the 29th pick in the first round. He played in 35 games for three teams in the G League, including 25 for Santa Cruz last season. Smith averaged 10.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 7.5 assists for Santa Cruz.
Irvin was taken in the second round with the 40th overall pick. He played three seasons for the Westchester Knicks from 2017-20, averaging 10.4 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 83 games.
The Celtics open training camp on Tuesday.
WOMEN’S WORLD CUP: Defending champions the United States will face the Netherlands in the group stage next summer, setting up an immediate replay of the 2019 World Cup final.
The draw was held at a ceremony in Auckland, New Zealand, on Saturday.
Four-time champion United States finds itself in Group E with Vietnam, the Netherlands and a win that will seal an expanded tournament for the first time among 32 teams drawn in eight by four.
The U.S. will play all of its home games in New Zealand during the 10-stadium tour of Australia and New Zealand in July and August 2023. The match against the Netherlands will be played in Wellington on the 27th of July. The US beat the Dutch. 2-0 at the end of 2019 in France.
PREMIER LEAGUE: Nottingham Forest stunned Liverpool 1-0 in the Premier League.
The latter position earlier in the day secured the second win of the season in the game at the City Ground.
Taiwo Awoniyi struck in the 55th-minute to end Liverpool’s revival, which has eliminated Rangers, Manchester City and West Ham in its first three games.
• Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored his first goal in five months to help Everton beat Crystal Palace 3-0 and end a three-game losing streak in the Premier League.
• Erling Haaland took his goal tally to 22 this season as Manchester City moved within a point of Premier League leaders Arsenal.
The Norway international struck twice in the 3-1 win over Brighton at the Etihad Stadium to continue his impressive scoring streak.
PGA: Rory McIlroy made two eagles to cap his day at the CJ Cup in South Carolina. His 4-under 67 was enough for one shot and a clear path back to number 1 in the world.
McIlroy hit a 6 iron that went downhill and rolled out to 2 feet for eagle on the par-5 fourth. He hit a drive 376 yards and made his second eagle with a 30-foot putt from the green off the green at the par-5 12th.
The rest of the round was pretty much the same, a good mix of birdies and sloppy bogeys, adding to one over Jon Rahm, Kurt Kitayama and K.H. Lee.
EUROPEAN TOUR: Ryan Fox and Yannik Paul are tied at two-under at the Mallorca Open in Palma, Spain, after finishing third round, while Richard Mansell shoots 61.
Paul had three eagles and three birdies in his 9-under 62, while Fox (65) also had six birdies to rest at 16 under entering the final day at Son Muntaner Golf. Club.
Overnight leader Dale Whitnell (68) and Marcus Armitage, with his second 8-under 63 of the week, were two shots back.
LPGA: Atthaya Thitikul made five birdies on the back nine and took a one-over lead on the final day of the BMW Ladies Championship in Wonju, South Korea.
The 19-year-old Thai player’s 5-under 67 left her at 15-under 201, with Lydia Ko and Andrea Lee both a shot behind.
Thitikul surged into the lead after a terrific round of birdies that included three pars from No. 13.
The 17-time LPGA Tour winner Ko played a bogey-free 66 to stay in contention.
Lee, the overnight leader, failed to match his two-under par of 66 as he made three bogeys and five birdies for a 70 on Saturday.
NASCAR CUP SERIES: William Byron will start from a good position on Sunday. He won the pole in Saturday’s qualifying rounds at Homestead-Miami, turning in a lap of 32.454 seconds.
He was 0.049 seconds ahead of the other candidate Christopher Bell. Another driver still in the playoffs, Chase Elliott, will start third.
Among the other drivers still in the playoffs: Ryan Blaney will start 13th, Hamlin 14th, Logano 17th, Briscoe 19th and Chastain 20th.
NASCAR XFINITY: Noah Gragson gave JR Motorsports two drivers in the Xfinity Series championship final with his win at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Gragson led 127 of 200 laps then held off Ty Gibbs and AJ Allmendinger on a late restart to earn his eighth win of the season and 13th of his Xfinity Series career.
Gragson joins teammate Josh Berry, who won last week in Las Vegas for the Chevrolet team owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr., as the two drivers lock horns in the championship finale at Phoenix Raceway in the 5th of November. week at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia.
NASCAR TRUCKS: Chandler Smith, Zane Smith and Ben Rhodes became the last drivers to punch their ticket to the finals next month when Ty Majeski, already in the race, won at Homestead-Miami Speedway .
The drivers finished the championship in points. Majeski earned the first opportunity for ThorSport Racing with his first career Truck Series win at Bristol last month.
FORMULA ONE: With the popularity of Formula One and the increase of viewers in the United States, ESPN and the series of world motor sports announced a new campaign until 2025.
ESPN has broadcast F1 in the United States since 2018 and the new deal will maintain commercial-free, broadcast coverage for all sports in on ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC, all owned by The Walt Disney Co. F1 in the U.S.
NAPOLI CUP: Second-seeded Matteo Berrettini will face fourth-seeded Lorenzo Musetti – in a first-ever meeting between the two players – after winning their respective rounds. in the outdoor tournament, strong field in Naples, Italy.
Berrettini recovered from a set down with a leg injury to beat American Mackenzie McDonald, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3.
It was easy for Musetti, who beat Miomir Kecmanović 6-3, 6-4 in just 89 minutes.
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