Stenson takes one-shot lead at Deutsche Bank

Golf: Henrik Stenson is starting to hit his stride at a good time.

Coming off a runner-up finish in the opening FedEx Cup playoff event last week, Stenson erased a five-shot deficit in seven holes and played bogey-free for a 6-under 65 at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Massachusetts. His only birdie on the back nine was a two-putt on the par-5 18th that gave him a one-shot lead over Rickie Fowler.

Stenson was an afterthought at the majors this year, where he finished at least 10 shots behind the leaders in all four of them.

“It’s a good time to start playing well,” said Stenson, who was at 13-under 200. “It’s a big event and lots to play for. I’m happy with the progress I made and it gave me a little bit of a confidence boost last week that I had a nice tournament. I hope I can have another one here tomorrow.”

Fowler had a 67, missing out on a chance to share the lead when his 5-iron into the 18th was too strong and he had to scramble to salvage a par.

They took advantage of a collapse by Charley Hoffman. After opening with a birdie, Hoffman put his second shot into the hazard at the par-5 second hole and made bogey, and it slipped away from there. He shot 41 on front, had five bogeys in a seven-hole stretch and didn’t make another birdie until his last hole for a 76.

Jordan Spieth was headed for a return to No. 1, and he’s not even here after missing his second straight cut.

PGA champion Jason Day would have to win the Deutsche Bank to go to No. 1 in the world, and the Australian finally hit the wall. Day made a double bogey on the reachable par-4 fourth hole and never quite recovered. He had a 73, his first round over par since closing with a 74 at the U.S. Open in June.

Rory McIlroy needs to finish 10th alone to remain No. 1, but he had to birdie his last two holes for a 71. He was 15 shots out of the lead. McIlroy, playing for only the second time since the U.S. Open because of an ankle injury, had made only nine birdies in 54 holes.

China beats Japan in volleyball World Cup

Volleyball: China beat Japan 25-17, 22-25, 25-21, 25-22 in Nagoya, Japan, to win its fourth women’s volleyball World Cup title and secure a berth at the 2016 Olympics.

Zhu Ting scored 27 points as China improved to 10-1 atop the standings. Serbia finished second followed by the United States in third.

The U.S. defeated the Dominican Republic earlier Sunday while Serbia outlasted Argentina.

• John Hyden becomes second-oldest AVP winner: John Hyden became the second-oldest winner in AVP Kingston beach volleyball tour history, teaming with Tri Bourne to take the Cincinnati Open.

At 42 years, 11 months, Hyden trails only Karch Kiraly, the winner of the last of his tour-record 122 titles in 2005 at 44 years, 9 months.

The fourth-seeded Bourne and Hyden beat Jake Gibb and Casey Patterson 21-15, 21-18 in the final.

Lang returns 2 INTs for TDs; Marshall wins

College Football: Tiquan Lang returned two interceptions for touchdowns and Marshall beat Purdue 41-31 in Huntington, West Virginia.

Marshall, the 2014 Conference USA champion, finally beat a team from a major conference at home after going 0-5 since 2005.

With Marshall ahead 34-31 and 2:50 left, Purdue had plenty of time left. But Lang intercepted Austin Appleby in the middle of the field and returned it 55 yards for a score with 1:20 left.

It marked the first time in school history that a Marshall player returned two interceptions for scores.

U.S. adds Bradley for Brazil game

Miscellany: U.S. soccer coach Jurgen Klinsmann added Toronto FC midfielder Michael Bradley to the team that will face Brazil on Tuesday night in Foxborough, Massachusetts, and said forward Clint Dempsey will remain with the Seattle Sounders as he recovers from a hamstring injury.

The U.S. beat Peru 2-1 on Friday night in Washington, and Klinsmann is using the exhibitions to decide his roster for the playoff against Mexico on Oct. 10 that will determine CONCACAF’s representative at the 2017 Confederations Cup.

Klinsmann also added Chicago Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson and Stanford University forward Jordan Morris, and returned defender Matt Besler to Sporting Kansas City and goalkeeper William Yarbrough to Club Leon.

• McDonnell outpoints Kameda again to retain title: Jamie McDonnell successfully defended his WBA bantamweight title, knocking down Tomoki Kameda in the 12th round en route to a unanimous decision in Corpus Christi, Texas.

The 29-year-old McDonnell improved to 27-2-1 with his second straight victory over Kameda.

• Liz Johnson wins U.S. Women’s Open bowling title: Liz Johnson won the U.S. Women’s Open bowling title for the second straight year and fourth time overall, beating Shannon O’Keefe 190-189 in North Brunswick, New Jersey.

The 41-year-old Johnson, from Cheektowaga, New York, became the first player to successfully defend the title since Dorothy Fothergill in 1969.

• Rodriguez wins 15th Vuelta stage: Joaquin Rodriguez powered up the final ascent of the mountainous 15th stage of cycling’s Spanish Vuelta in Sotres, Spain, to reduce Fabio Aru’s overall lead to just one second on Sunday.

He finished the 109.2-mile ride, culminating at the Sotres category-one summit, in 4 hours, 33 minutes, 31 seconds.

• Americans win at ISTAF meet in Berlin: Dawn Harper-Nelson led an American 1-2 in the women’s 100-meter hurdles and compatriot Candyce McGrone claimed victory in the 100 sprint at the ISTAF track and field meet in Berlin.

Harper-Nelson, the 2008 Olympic champion, clocked 12.82 seconds to edge Sharika Nelvis.

McGrone won the sprint in 11.11, beating Marie-Josee Ta Lou of Ivory Coast.