Zac Blair is headed back to the PGA Tour.

Blair recorded his first Korn Ferry Tour victory Sunday at the Ellie Mae Classic, winning by a shot to secure his place among the 25 card earners after next week’s regular-season finale in Portland. Blair moved from 31st to 10th on the tour’s money list. “I’ve been playing really good the last four or five weeks, kind of knew that I was close, but at the same time I was kind of in a weird situation where I was playing a lot, so I knew I had to either take a break or get my card,” Blair said after shooting 3-under 67 to finish at 17 under, just ahead of runner-up Brandon Crick. “It was nice to lock it up, get it done, and [I’m] excited to get back out there [on Tour]. The 28-year-old Blair, who played four seasons on the PGA Tour before losing his card prior to this season, was competing for the sixth straight week on the Korn Ferry Tour. Before that, he had just one week off after capping a nine-week stretch with a missed cut at the U.S. Open. Yet he had enough in the tank to post four rounds of 67 or better at TPC Stonebrae. His final round included just three birdies, but he also made no bogeys. He nearly dropped a shot at the last, leaving himself a ticklish 3-footer after missing his birdie roll from 35 feet. “Not really the putt you want on Poa annua greens, last in, but at the same time, any putt to win obviously is a pretty good one,” Blair said. “Glad I made it.” Full-field scores from the Ellie Mae Classic In his four previous seasons on Tour, Blair only cracked the top 100 in points once, finishing 59th in his rookie season in 2014-15. His last top-10 finish on Tour came at the 2017 Houston Open. But he has seemingly rediscovered his game of late, notching four finishes of T-11 or better in five weeks prior to the Ellie Mae. Finishing two shots back of Blair was Stanford product Maverick McNealy, who bogeyed his final hole to drop into solo third at 15 under. However, McNealy’s finish moved the 2015 Haskins Award winner to 20th in the money list, which is likely good enough to clinch a spot among the top 25 after next week. He’s 88 points ahead of No. 26 Marty Dou. The top 25 money leaders following the Portland Open earn PGA Tour cards while 25 more cards will be available during the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, which begin in two weeks.

Blair recorded his first Korn Ferry Tour victory Sunday at the Ellie Mae Classic, winning by a shot to secure his place among the 25 card earners after next week’s regular-season finale in Portland. Blair moved from 31st to 10th on the tour’s money list. “I’ve been playing really good the last four or five weeks, kind of knew that I was close, but at the same time I was kind of in a weird situation where I was playing a lot, so I knew I had to either take a break or get my card,” Blair said after shooting 3-under 67 to finish at 17 under, just ahead of runner-up Brandon Crick. “It was nice to lock it up, get it done, and [I’m] excited to get back out there [on Tour]. The 28-year-old Blair, who played four seasons on the PGA Tour before losing his card prior to this season, was competing for the sixth straight week on the Korn Ferry Tour. Before that, he had just one week off after capping a nine-week stretch with a missed cut at the U.S. Open. Yet he had enough in the tank to post four rounds of 67 or better at TPC Stonebrae. His final round included just three birdies, but he also made no bogeys. He nearly dropped a shot at the last, leaving himself a ticklish 3-footer after missing his birdie roll from 35 feet. “Not really the putt you want on Poa annua greens, last in, but at the same time, any putt to win obviously is a pretty good one,” Blair said. “Glad I made it.” Full-field scores from the Ellie Mae Classic In his four previous seasons on Tour, Blair only cracked the top 100 in points once, finishing 59th in his rookie season in 2014-15. His last top-10 finish on Tour came at the 2017 Houston Open. But he has seemingly rediscovered his game of late, notching four finishes of T-11 or better in five weeks prior to the Ellie Mae. Finishing two shots back of Blair was Stanford product Maverick McNealy, who bogeyed his final hole to drop into solo third at 15 under. However, McNealy’s finish moved the 2015 Haskins Award winner to 20th in the money list, which is likely good enough to clinch a spot among the top 25 after next week. He’s 88 points ahead of No. 26 Marty Dou. The top 25 money leaders following the Portland Open earn PGA Tour cards while 25 more cards will be available during the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, which begin in two weeks.

West Ham are close to agreeing a deal to sign teenage defender Goncalo Cardoso from Boavista. The 18-year-old centre back is on the verge of completing a £2.75m move to the Premier League side, which would see him become their fifth signing of the summer transfer window.

Paulo Dybala: Man Utd end talks with Juventus striker over wage demands

Manchester United have ended talks with Paulo Dybala because of the Juventus striker’s wage demands. United entered talks with the Argentine, 25, as part of a proposed swap deal involving Romelu Lukaku, 26. However, they were dubious about whether Dybala wanted to join them and viewed his wage demands as excessive. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has targeted young, hungry players and United officials concluded further bids for Dybala would be a move away from that. Dybala joined Juventus from Palermo in 2015 and scored 10 times for the Italian side last season, including the only goal in the first leg of the Champions League group match against United at Old Trafford in October. Uncertainty remains over the future of Belgium international Lukaku, who joined the Red Devils from Everton for an initial £75m in July 2017 and scored 12 league goals last term. Last month United rejected a 60m euro (£53.9m) bid from Juventus’ Serie A rivals Inter Milan for the forward. But Solskjaer says he has “no doubt” France midfielder Paul Pogba – who has also been linked with a move – still wants to play for the club. United have reached an agreement to sign England centre-back Harry Maguire from Leicester for £80m – a world record fee for a defender, with the transfer due to be finalised in the near future.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo said Sunday that he is not worried about the Americans’ chances as they begin preparations for the FIBA World Cup, even after a wildly unpredictable process was needed just to fill a training-camp roster for the tournament that starts in China at the end of the month.

TAIPEI • Jeremy Lin’s summer began with a National Basketball Association (NBA) championship ring as a member of the Toronto Raptors, but things have gone downhill from there. Now a free agent and possibly despairing of another opportunity to play in the league, the veteran point guard spoke emotionally over the weekend of hitting “rock bottom”. Appearing on Good TV, a Taiwanese station specialising in Christian programming, he addressed an audience on the importance of never giving up. To make his point, he summarised a path through the NBA that did not play out as he had planned and has left him hoping to latch on somewhere and prove himself all over again. “Man, it’s hard, life is hard,” said the 30-year-old Lin, wiping tears from his eyes, “because I’ve always wanted to do things the right way, and I’ve given more of myself to God every single year, and every year, it gets harder. “In English, there’s a saying, and it says once you hit rock bottom, the only way is up. “But rock bottom just seems to keep getting more and more rock bottom for me. So, free agency has been tough. Because I feel like, in some ways, the NBA’s kind of given up on me.” Born in California to Taiwanese immigrants, Lin became the first Asian American to win an NBA title.

LOS ANGELES • Wearing an easy smile and sounding relieved, Anthony Davis officially held up his Los Angeles Lakers jersey as dozens of cameras clicked away. His introduction at the National Basketball Association team’s practice facility in El Segundo, California, on Saturday night marked the end of a costly months-long courtship and the dawn of a promising partnership with LeBron James. Yet the splashy photo opportunity, where more than 100 reporters watched Davis show off his new No. 3 jersey, was another reminder that nothing about his journey to Los Angeles has been easy.

What is volleyball?

Volleyball is a popular team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team’s court under organized rules.

What are the main skills used in volleyball?

There are 6 basic skills in the sport volleyball, these are:

• Passing
• Digging
• Spiking
• Setting
• Blocking
• Serving

Passing & Digging

Volleyball digging is essential for having a successful defense. The job of a volleyball digger is to prevent the ball from hitting the floor after being spiked by the opposing team. To dig, the volleyball players must anticipate the spike and be prepared to quickly dive in any direction.

Spiking

A volleyball spike or attack is the strategy used to send the ball over the net to the opponent in such a manner that ball is not returnable. The spike is performed by moving the arm in a way such that you angle the ball to land on the ground of your opponent’s side of the court.

Setting

The Set is an overhead pass used to change the direction of the dig and put the ball in a good position for the spiker. It is usually the team’s second contact. Setting is the tactical centre of Volleyball. A setter must be good enough to keep the big blockers from dominating the net.

Blocking

Blocking is a skill in volleyball used to prevent the opponent from a successful attack hit. A block technique is used to deflect the ball coming from an attacker. The blocker is trying to block the ball back into the opponent’s court.

Serving

The volleyball serve is one of the six basic volleyball techniques. A serve is used to put the ball into play to start the volley. The serve is the only skill controlled solely by one player. Advanced players take advantage of this fact by developing their serving skills.

Basic Volleyball Rules

• 6 players on the floor at any one time – 3 in the front row and 3 in the back row
• Maximum of 3 hits per side
• Points are made on every serve for wining team of rally (rally-point scoring).
• Player may not hit the ball twice in succession. (A block is not considered a hit.)
• Ball may be played off the net during a volley and on a serve.
• A ball hitting a boundary line is in.
• A ball is out if it hits an antennae, the floor completely outside the court, any of the net or cables outside the antennae, the referee stand or pole, the ceiling above a non-playable area.
• It is legal to contact the ball with any part of a player’s body.
• It is illegal to catch, hold or throw the ball.
• A player cannot block or attack a serve from on or inside the 10-foot line.
• After the serve, front-line players may switch positions at the net.