Surfer KELLY SLATER will end his "glittering career" after the '19 world tour. The 11-time world champion made the announcement at the World Surf League championship at Jeffreys Bay, South Africa, where he made his return this week after suffering a foot injury in the event last year. He said, "My basic plan is to get myself really healthy, again, and get ready for April next year. And next year will be my last year on tour -- and just be done with it" (AAP, 7/2). ... British tennis player NAOMI BROADY is "prepared to sacrifice the chance to play" at Tokyo 2020 "to maintain her longstanding refusal to represent her country in the Fed Cup." Broady, who lost to GARBIÑE MUGURUZA at Wimbledon on Tuesday, "fell out with the Lawn Tennis Association" in '07. The governing body cut her funding and support after pictures emerged of her "provocatively posing next to a condom machine during a night out." Since then, Broady has "steadfastly refused any approach concerning Fed Cup representation, which means that she is ineligible to play at the Olympics" (LONDON TIMES, 7/3). ... Triathlete and Ironman champion TERENZO BOZZONE was "seriously injured after being hit by a truck." Bozzone was cycling in Auckland, New Zealand, when he was hit just after 2pm on Tuesday. A witness said that "they saw the truck pull over on the side of the road, then drive off at speed" (STUFF, 7/3). ... Former EPL side Newcastle United coaching assistant GEORGE ORMOND was found guilty of "committing 36 counts of sexual abuse against 18 victims over a 24-year period" from '73-97. A jury of six women and five men, who heard evidence from 50 witnesses during the six-week trial at Newcastle Crown Court, "took two days to return the verdicts" (London GUARDIAN, 7/3).
