sportnola.com – 5 breaking sports news for today. The Western Force has added a New Zealand player to its coaching staff, Paul Tito, the new forward coach of the Super Rugby team.

Hawkes Bay coach Mark Ozich joined in last week as an attack specialist.

Tito returned to New Zealand last year after three years in France and was part of an apprenticeship Tim NPC Wellington.

Previously, he coached Taranaki to the success of the National Provincial Championship in 2014, 15 and 16 won the Ranfurly Shield and the National Championship while at the club.

Tito played for the Chiefs and Hurricanes as well as the Cardiff Blues.

Tony Lewis, Chief Executive Officer of Western Force, welcomed Tito’s presence.

“Paul (Tito) is another fantastic addition to the coaching team. He’s a coach with a winning mentality, but most of all he has a lot of international experience both as a player and as a coach.

“I am confident that he will bring incredible leadership, knowledge and communication to help take the Western team to the next level.”

Two more ATP finalists confirmed

The new US Open champions Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas from Greece have qualified together with the top placed Novak Djokovic for the ATP finals at the end of the season.

Medvedev became the latest major winner yesterday as he finished Djokovic’s quest for a record 21 major titles that would help the Serb become the first man in 52 years to complete a calendar year Grand Slam.

The ATP final will be played between the top eight men’s singles and doubles teams, and the Russian won the 2020 season finale when the final tournament was held in London before moving to Turin, Italy.

Djokovic has won the final five times in the past and was the first player to qualify for this year’s event when he tied Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal for a record of 20 men’s major titles with his win at Wimbledon.

The number two in the world, Tsitsipas, is also a former ATP Finals champion and won the 2019 title November.

Meanwhile, the end-of-season WTA finals will be held in Guadalajara, Mexico instead of Shenzhen, China, starting on November 8th.

In July, the WTA removed the Asian swing tournament from its calendar for the second time in a row due to the pandemic, only the fate of the WTA finals is uncertain.

The WTA Finals are set to return to Shenzhen from 2022 and the Chinese city will host each edition until 2030.

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F1 crash for investigation

The Formula 1 governing body will investigate the crash at the Italian Grand Prix between title challenger Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton because, according to race director Michael Masi, it was “unusual”.

The Australian said FIA safety experts were still investigating the crash, although it was relatively slow.

As a result of the collision, Red Bull Verstappen came off the sidewalk and landed in Hamilton’s Mercedes, with the inside of the rear wheel hitting the helmet of the seven-time world champion through the protective bar.

“There are different incidents, so not necessarily a big impact or something like that, but we see what is unusual,” said Masi.

The flight attendant Monza blamed the world championship leader Verstappen and sent the 23-year-old Dutchman back three places for the next race in Russia.

FIA President Jean Todt posted a photo of Red Bull aboard a Mercedes on Twitter with the comment “Happy Hello there”.

Several F1 drivers have credited the device with saving their lives, including Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and former Haas driver Romain Grosjean.

BCCI boss says canceled tests have nothing to do with IPL

Indian cricket board chairman Sourav Ganguly said her players refused to play the fifth and final Test against England due to COVID-19 concerns and denied the upcoming Indian Premier League played a role in the decision have.

The Old Trafford test was canceled almost two hours before it was scheduled to start last Friday as the tourists, who were 2-1 tied, failed to field the team after their physical therapist tested positive for COVID-19.

“The players refused to play but you can’t blame them,” Ganguly told Indian newspaper The Telegraph.

“Physio Yogesh Parmar had very close contact with the players … he mingled freely with the players and even did their COVID-19 tests.

He also massaged her, he was a part of her daily life.

“The players were devastated to learn that he tested positive for COVID-19. They were afraid that they would get infected and were very scared. “

Former England captain Michael Vaughan has stated that positive testing will “confuse” Indian players ahead of the IPL, which resumes September 19 in the United Arab Emirates.

But Tom Harrison, CEO of the England and Wales Cricket Board, said the cancellation had nothing to do with the IPL, and Ganguly reiterated those comments.

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Paine is operated on on the neck

Australia’s test team captain Tim Paine will undergo neck surgery on Tuesday for a pinched nerve but believes he will be able to lead his country to the Ashes streak later this year.

Cricket Australia said Paine had pain in his neck and left arm from “protruding discs that reduced his ability to exercise at full intensity and were unresponsive to treatment”.

“The consensus among spinal surgeons and CA medical team is to have surgery now that will give them plenty of time to fully prepare for the summer,” Paine said in a statement.

“I hope to start exercising again by the end of this month and return to full training in October. I’m ready for the first test and I’m really looking forward to a great summer. “

The first test against England at Gabba in Brisbane is set to begin on December 8th, followed by the next four games in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth.

Paine received the captaincy test after Steve Smith was sacked after the 2018 Newlands ball damage scandal, and he led Australia to keep The Ashes after a draw in England in 2019.

The 36-year-old captain came under fire in multiple locations after Australia lost the Home Test series to India earlier this year, but survived demands for his sacking.

Taylor is retiring

Zimbabwean Brendan Taylor has announced his retirement from international cricket and posted on social media that today’s 50-over game against Ireland in Belfast will be his last.

The former captain scored some impressive wins for his side who struggled, scoring 60 non-commissions in the 2007 Twenty20 international match against Australia and an unbeaten 105 in the Test against Bangladesh, ending a six-year gap in the longest format.

The 35-year-old has scored 2,320 runs in 34 tests and 6,677 runs in 204 ODIs, recording 17 international centuries, most of all Zimbabweans, ahead of Andy Flower (16) and Grant Flower (12).

Zimbabwe was defeated in today’s game.