good front nine here this third round and get off to a fast start

Paris, France (SportsNetwork.com) - Ezequiel Lavezzis first-half strike held up as the winner on Friday as Paris Saint-Germain claimed a 1-0 win over Rennes at the Parc des Princes. The two-time defending Ligue 1 champions entered Fridays match looking for a fifth consecutive win across all competitions following a 1-0 win over Saint Etienne last time out. After a cagey first 28-plus minutes, the home side opened the scoring with an excellent offensive move as a six-pass offensive move culminated with a flicked pass across the box from Javier Pastore, which Lavezzi blasted into the roof of the net from close range, leaving Rennes goalkeeper Benoit Costil with no chance for a save. PSG maintained 57 percent of the ball and held Rennes to just two attempts on target to easily collect all three points and move into second place in Ligue 1 with 47 points, one behind Lyon. With the defeat, Rennes have lost two straight in league play and remain in 10th place in the league with 30 points from 23 matches played. Also in Ligue 1 this weekend, league leaders Lyon travel to the Stade Louis II to face Monaco on Sunday looking for an eighth consecutive win in league play. Last time out, Lyon rolled to a comfortable 2-0 win over Metz at the Stade de Gerland thanks to a penalty strike from leading scorer Alexandre Lacazette and a second goal by Corentin Tolisso. But all was not perfect for Lyon against Metz as Lacazette was replaced in the 34th minute due to a hamstring injury and he will be unavailable for the club this week against Monaco. Monaco is also in need of three points as the principality club sits five points adrift from the top three, while a win or draw would extend the clubs unbeaten run in league play to eight matches. 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And the gap from the Champions League places is growing as well, with Liverpool six points ahead in fourth.MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Ben Crane has waited so long to contend for another PGA Tour title that being patient through weather delays is no problem at all. Staying atop the leaderboard into the third round helps. Crane went more than 28 hours between competitive shots due to weather delays, and he was at 13 under with a four-stroke lead through six holes Saturday when another storm stopped play again at the St. Jude Classic. "What an opportunity I have," Crane said. "Certainly at the beginning of the week I never thought I would have been here, so Ill just try to go home relax, get some food in me and sleep as fast as I can because we got to come back out at 7 a.m. and restart tomorrow." Troy Merritt, a group ahead of Crane, was at 9 under, with playing partner Peter Malnati at 8 under. Billy Horschel, Retief Goosen and Camilo Villegas were 7 under on their front nines. Phil Mickelson, who hasnt won in 19 straight events dating to the British Open, had pars on each of his first nine holes and was at 5 under. Hes one of many players using the event to tune up for the U.S. Open next week at Pinehurst. Play stopped at 6:49 p.m. with officials hoping to have the leaders tee off for the final round by 9:10 a.m. Sunday, if they can avoid a fog delay like the one that delayed the start of play for an hour Saturday morning. A storm Thursday forced 60 players to wrap up the first round Friday, and only 32 finished the second before two delays, the second for a thunderstorm that left water standing in fairways, bunkers and cart paths. The third round finally started at 3 p.m. with threesomes going off both tees. At least fans got to stick around all of Saturday afternoon after being sent home early the past two days. Crane didnt tee off until 4:50 p.m. Saturday after finishing up his second round at 12:18 p.m. Friday. But this is Cranes 300th career PGA Tour start, even though his last win was in 2011 at the McGladrey Classic. Crane said he cant remember playing with a lead this late iin a tournament its been so long.dddddddddddd He is putting well here this week, and he birdied his first hole to go to 13 under for the tournament as he rolled in a nearly 19-footer on the par-4 first. After hitting his approach into the rough behind the green on No. 2, Crane made a 12-footer to save par. "Those are kind of critical putts right now, kind of keep the momentum going," Crane said. Merritt, who did not make a start on tour in 2012 or 2013 and missed his first six cuts this year, is the closest to Crane. "Anything can happen on the final day when weve seen six-shot leads falter on the last day," Merritt said. "If you can stay within a couple shots, that would be great. Anything can happen on Sunday on the PGA Tour." Mickelson tied for 49th last week in the Memorial following a visit from FBI agents and lingering questions about an insider-trading investigation. He never teed off at all Friday with the horn blowing for the second time with him at the No. 1 tee. He said he couldnt hit his irons close enough or his putts in his second round. He started bogey-birdie-bogey-birdie, though he birdied Nos. 14 and 15 to get to 5 under. He rolled in a 16-footer to save par on the par-5 16th and wasnt happy at missing a birdie opportunity with the pin at the front of the green. "I had a chance to get up and down," Mickelson said. "I think if I had birdied 16 I might have gotten one more with a little bit of momentum. ... Im certainly not that far back, but I do need to get off to a quick start. I got to get a good front nine here this third round and get off to a fast start." Divots: Local favourite John Daly was among 71 making the cut at even par. Defending champ Harris English missed the cut along with Patrick Reed, Lee Westwood and David Toms, a two-time champ here. ... David Duval withdrew after seven holes in his second round. He was at 7 over for the tournament. He was the 10th to withdraw since this event started. ' ' '