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At the World Parasitic Championships in Singapore, Faye Rogers won the 400-meter freestyle race, and Alice Tai won the 100-meter butterfly competition.

Rogers won the S10 freestyle in a time of 4:32.34, up from his silver medalist from Monday, winning the 200-meter individual medley on Tuesday.

Bianka Pap, Hungary’s Bianka Pap, and Rogers, who won gold in the 100-meter butterfly at the 2024 Paralympics, finished third in 3.92 seconds.

“My race plan was just focusing on swimming,” I said. Mission accomplished there, Rogers said, “I still believe I went out a little too fast, but we didn’t die off as much toward the end.

I can’t ask for much more than that, because that was a record-breaking PB and a gold medal.

In the same vein, Tai won her third gold medal of the year in the S8 100m butterfly competition in 1:11.20, placing third behind teammate Brock Whiston.

Tai has won the S8 100m backstroke and S8 400m freestyle, respectively.

Tai said, “I didn’t anticipate winning that one.” My fly is “always a little unpredictable, but it just worked out today.” The LA 2028 Paralympics cycle seems to be headed in the right direction.

Iona Winnifrith, age 14, won silver in the SB7 100-meter breaststroke.

The Briton set a new national record by finishing second to Mariia Pavlova, who was the youngest Paralympics participant at the 2024 Games.

Olivia Newman-Baronius won bronze in the same event’s female category while Harry Stewart won bronze in the 100-meter breaststroke SB14.

Arsenal expect Noni Madueke to miss about six to eight weeks with the knee injury sustained in the 1-1 draw with Manchester City on Sunday.

However, the 23-year-old England international is not believed to have suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

The summer signing from Chelsea was substituted at half-time of the Premier League match with City and has been undergoing tests to discover the severity of the problem.

Sources are indicating medics are waiting for the swelling to subside before making a definitive diagnosis on the injury, but it is understood that Madueke will be sidelined for a minimum of six weeks, though that timescale is thought to be the best-case scenario.

If the initial prognosis is confirmed, Madueke will not return to action until November at the earliest, ruling him out of a clutch of key domestic and European games for the Gunners.

The attacker is set to miss England’s forthcoming games against Wales and Latvia, while also making him a doubt for World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Albania in mid-November.

Noni Madueke’s knee injury, which was sustained in Arsenal’s 1-1 draw with Manchester City on Sunday, should cause him to miss about six to eight weeks.

However, it is not believed that the England international, age 23, had an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

The Chelsea summer signing has been going through tests to determine the extent of the problem, having been substituted at half-time of their Premier League clash with City.

According to sources, doctors are awaiting a definitive diagnosis of the injury before placing a patient on a ventilator for at least six weeks, even though that is the ideal scenario.

Madueke will miss a number of important domestic and international games for the Gunners if the initial forecast is confirmed, which would preclude him from playing until at least November.

The attacker is expected to miss England’s upcoming games against Wales and Latvia, but he is also expected to miss Serbia and Albania’s mid-November World Cup qualifiers.

Scottie Scheffler, the world’s number one player, says he will use the money he earned to support his neighborhood at this week’s Ryder Cup.

All 12 of the American players, plus captain Keegan Bradley, are being given $500, 000 (£370, 000), with $300, 000 (£220, 000) of that already put aside as a charitable donation.

Each player has their own preferences for how to use the extra funds.

US Ryder Cup players have received $200,000 to donate to charity since 1999, whereas European players have received no such donation since 1999.

When Bradley said on Monday, “The charity dollars hadn’t changed since 1999 and they asked me shepherd their way into 2025,” he said he would be giving all of his money to charity.

We felt that this was the best way to introduce the Ryder Cup to the modern era.

Scheffler told BBC Sport that despite having plans for the money, he would not be sharing them with the media on Tuesday. He was the first US player to do so.

The four-time major winner said, “My wife and I like to do a lot of things in our neighborhood community, and I’ve never been one to announce what we do.”

I avoid giving charitable donations in exchange for some kind of recognition. The money that we will receive has a plan for itself.

The PGA of America has given us the power to do something really cool, in my opinion.

Scottie Scheffler, the world’s number one player, says he will use the money he earned to support his neighborhood at this week’s Ryder Cup.

All 12 of the American players, plus captain Keegan Bradley, are being given $500, 000 (£370, 000), with $300, 000 (£220, 000) of that already put aside as a charitable donation.

Each player has their own preferences for how to use the extra funds.

US Ryder Cup players have received $200,000 to donate to charity since 1999, whereas European players have received no such donation since 1999.

When Bradley said on Monday, “The charity dollars hadn’t changed since 1999 and they asked me shepherd their way into 2025,” he said he would be giving all of his money to charity.

We felt that this was the best way to introduce the Ryder Cup to the modern era.

Scheffler told BBC Sport that despite having plans for the money, he would not be sharing them with the media on Tuesday. He was the first US player to do so.

The four-time major winner said, “My wife and I like to do a lot of things in our neighborhood community, and I’ve never been one to announce what we do.”

I avoid giving charitable donations in exchange for some kind of recognition. The money that we will receive has a plan for itself.

The PGA of America has given us the power to do something really cool, in my opinion.

2025 Ryder Cup

Venue: Bethpage Black, New York Dates: 26-28 September

The recent killing of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk has increased the risk of the Ryder Cup being targeted by someone wanting to “make a statement”, according to the man leading security at the event.

US President Donald Trump will visit the Bethpage Black course, a short distance outside New York, once the competition gets under way on Friday.

Fifty thousand spectators will also descend on the course in Long Island for each of the three days of action.

After Kirk was shot dead in Utah on 10 September, a vast and multi-agency security operation is being implemented for the showpiece golf contest between teams representing Europe and the United States.

“If anything, the likelihood of somebody trying to use an event like this to make a statement is only increased,” Major Stephen Udice of New York State Police, and incident commander for the Ryder Cup, told BBC Sport.

“Some would argue it’s much higher. We are planning as if there’s threats.

“We have multiple different layers that someone looking to cause chaos and harm is going to have to get through.

Speaking from a command centre specially built on the outskirts of the course, Udice insisted that “a tremendous amount of resources” had been assigned to the event.

“It is on par with a Super Bowl and a World Series, but what makes this even more challenging is that it’s in a 1,400-acre park, not a contained stadium,” he said.

Trump, who attended a memorial service for Kirk in Arizona this week, has visited various sporting events this summer, including the final of the men’s US Open tennis at Flushing Meadows in New York on 7 September.

Additional security measures caused delays there, with hundreds of fans missing the start of the match, and it remains to be seen how the president’s arrival at the Ryder Cup affects the day’s routine.

“It’s definitely going to create another challenge, but that’s also something that we incorporated into our plan a year and a half ago” said Major Udice.

“We’re trying to strike that balance between minimising the interruption to all the spectators but also keeping the president safe.”

Trump, a golf fanatic who owns courses around the world, is expected to arrive at Bethpage late on Friday morning and watch the afternoon fourballs.

It had been reported that the event’s PGA of America organisers were concerned about his initial plan to be present for the opening tee shots just after 07:00 EST (12:00 BST).

“It’s the hardest thing we’ll have to do, probably,” Ryder Cup director Bryan Karns told BBC Sport when asked about the challenge posed by the president’s visit.

“There’s some things that would certainly take a little bit longer, but I think not to the point that someone would be precluded from getting to a seat on the first tee. Obviously there are some logistical challenges, but none that we can’t solve.”

When asked if Trump’s arrival could mean a risk that play has to be paused, Karns said, “No, we won’t delay play, that’s pretty much set in stone in terms of how we operate. We don’t have the luxury of flipping the lights on and finishing this at 8 or 9pm.

“Obviously, we take our lead from the Secret Service and the White House, who have been incredibly collaborative. We have not felt like we’re not being listened to, and that’s been reassuring to us.”

When asked if Kirk’s recent murder and the highly divided political landscape in the US had added to the security challenge, Karns said: “This sort of event is unifying.

“New Yorkers, above all others, really rally together from opposite sides of the street, from totally different backgrounds, and these sort of moments are healing opportunities.