ac milan began the defence of their serie a title in italy with a 4—2 win over udinese.between lecce and inter milan. while torino have a 2—0 lead over monza. new zealand made up for last weekend's defeat to south africa in the rugby championship by beating the springboks 35—23 injo'burg. it looked like the all blacks were staring at a sixth defeat in seven as they trailed with ten minutes to go, but late tries from david havili and scott barrett completed a much needed comeback. argentina currently lead australia 26—10. simona halep will return to the world's top ten next week after a gritty performance to reach the canadian 0pen final. the romanian came from a set down to beatjessica pegula 2—6, 6—3, 6—4 in toronto and secured her place in the top ten for the first time in over a year. halep will face either karolina pliskova or beatriz haddad maia in sunday's final. romania's popovici set a new world record of 16.86 seconds to win the men's 100m freestyle at the european championships in rome. the 17—year—old double world champion knocked 0.05 seconds off the previous