Three Fairhaven golfers compete in state

September 20, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

CINCINNATI

Three members of the Fairhaven Special Olympics golf team will compete in the state tournament Wednesday at Meadow Links.

Andrew Gibson will represent Fairhaven in the individual stroke format while John Aho and Larry Rhoades will compete in the unified format.

Approximately 300 golfers from 25 counties are expected to play.

Canfield Football Alumni Club night

CANFIELD

The Canfield Football Alumni Club will hold its 10th annual Alumni Night on Friday when the Cardinals play host to Chaney.

Any former player interested in attending should contact Mike Pavlansky at 330-533-5507 ext 2401 or Alumni President Josh Cohol at 330-509-9995.

Browns celebrate past with ring of honor

CLEVELAND

The Cleveland Browns are celebrating their glorious past without their greatest player.

Hall of Famer Jim Brown is not attending the unveiling of the team’s ring of honor, names that will be permanently displayed inside Browns Stadium. Brown has decided to boycott the event because of his rift with team president Mike Holmgren.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell attended Cleveland’s home opener against Kansas City, flying in on Sunday after appearing Saturday at a Congressional Black Caucus with Brown in Washington.

Mosley, Mora fight to draw at Staples Center

LOS ANGELES

Sugar Shane Mosley and Sergio Mora fought to a 12-round draw in a junior middleweight bout Saturday night at Staples Center.

The 39-year-old Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KOs) had hoped to earn another big-money fight after his one-sided loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in May, while Mora (22-1-2, 6 KOs) was trying to re-establish himself as an elite fighter.

Neither fighter left the arena satisfied — and neither did the crowd, which booed both boxers.

The fight was very difficult to score. Mosley was the aggressor from the beginning, but had a difficult time landing clean punches because Mora is a standout defensive fighter.

N. Korean team beats Middlesbrough Ladies

SEOUL, South Korea

Middlesbrough Ladies soccer team has lost the first match of its groundbreaking visit to North Korea.

The Korean Central News Agency said the English team lost 6-2 Sunday to local side April 25 in Pyongyang.

Middlesbrough Ladies is on a four-day visit, continuing the town’s connection to North Korea that dates to the 1966 World Cup.

North Korea’s squad stayed in Middlesbrough during that World Cup and the local community adopted North Korea as its second team.

Middlesbrough Ladies is the first British soccer team to visit North Korea.

Austrian equestrian dies during horse trials

MILAN

Sebastian Steiner of Italy has died while competing at the Montelibretti International Horse Trials.

The 22-year-old Steiner was on a 15-year-old gelding named Cartago when they fell at the 11th fence at the event in Milan. The horse was not injured.

Ground jury president Christina Klingspor said in a statement: “On behalf of the whole sport, I would like to extend our deepest sympathy to Sebastian’s family.”

Italian rider Nibali wins Spanish Vuelta

MADRID

Vincenzo Nibali won the Spanish Vuelta on Sunday after Tyler Farrar of the United States sprinted to victory in the final stage just ahead of Britain’s Mark Cavendish.

Nibali won the overall race in 87 hours, 18 minutes, 31 seconds, while Ezequiel Mosquera finished 41 seconds back in second. Peter Velits was third, 3:04 behind the winner.

Vindicator staff/wire reports