Francesco Molinari edges Lee Westwood for HSBC Champions victory

Francesco Molinari outlasted Lee Westwood in a spirited duel Sunday in the HSBC Champions at Shanghai for a one-shot victory to win his first World Golf Championship.

Molinari closed with a five-under-par 67 at Sheshan International for his first win this season. The Italian spoiled Westwood’s debut as the world’s No. 1 player, although the Englishman put up a fight worthy of his ranking. Two shots behind on the par-five 18th, Westwood had a 25-foot eagle putt to force a playoff, but it stayed left of the hole the entire way. He wound up with a 68.

Molinari finished at 19-under 269.

Tiger Woods closed with a 68 and tied for sixth, 12 shots behind. Woods didn’t win a PGA Tour event this year, a first in his career.

John Cook successfully defended his title in the Champions Tour’s season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship at Harding Park in San Francisco, while Bernhard Langer took his first season points title.

Cook shot four-under 67, holing a 15-foot par putt on the 18th hole to beat Michael Allen by two strokes.

Langer (69) tied for third with David Frost (71) at 12 under to wrap up the Schwab Cup points race and $1-million annuity.

Top-ranked Jiyai Shin won the Mizuno Classic for her second LPGA Tour victory of the season and eighth overall, closing with a five-under 67 for a two-stroke victory over Yani Tseng at Shima, Japan.

Shin finished at 18 under after opening with rounds of 65 and 66 on the Kintetsu Kashikojima course. Tseng, from Taiwan, shot a 66.

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Federer beats Djokovic in final

Roger Federer reclaimed his hometown title from Novak Djokovic, beating the defending champion, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, in the Swiss Indoors final at Basel.

The top-seeded Federer broke the Serb’s serve early in the first, and twice in the deciding set to cruise to victory in under two hours. Federer’s 65th singles title moved him past Pete Sampras into sole possession of fourth on the list in the modern era. Jimmy Connors leads with 109.

David Ferrer beat Marcel Granollers, 7-5, 6-3, to win the Valencia Open in Spain, virtually assuring himself of a spot in the season-ending ATP Tour finals.

Ana Ivanovic ended her season by returning to the top 20 with a 6-2, 7-6 (5) victory over Alisa Kleybanova of Russia in the Tournament of Champions final at Bali, Indonesia.

Gebre Gebremariam of Ethiopia won the New York City Marathon in 2 hours 8 minutes 14 seconds, becoming the first man to win New York in his marathon debut since Alberto Salazar in 1980.

Kenya’s Edna Kiplagat was a surprise winner in the women’s marathon, finishing in 2:28:20, and Shalane Flanagan became the first American woman in two decades to finish second.

Edison Pena, who less than a month ago was in a collapsed mine in Chile awaiting rescue, ran and walked on a bad knee to complete the 26.2 miles about 20 minutes ahead of his 6-hour goal.

Jockey Calvin Borel was fined and fellow rider Javier Castellano was fined and suspended for six days after a fight in the winner’s circle Friday at Churchill Downs.

The Kentucky Board of Stewards fined Borel $5,000 and Castellano $2,500 for their fight after the conclusion of the Breeders’ Cup Marathon.

X-rays on the injury suffered by Kings defenseman Willie Mitchell on Saturday found no break or fracture, but he is scheduled to undergo an MRI exam Monday, a club spokesman said.

Mitchell left the game early in the second period. He was seen at the team’s Tip-A-King event Sunday with a brace on his left wrist.

The Kings, per NHL policy, have said only that it’s an upper-body injury.

—Helene Elliott