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OCEANPORT, N.J. -- World Approval took command turning for home and held off Money Multiplier by 1 1/4 lengths Sunday to win the $300,000 United Nations Stakes at Monmouth Park.The U.N. and the $1 million Haskell Invitational here on July 31 are the Grade 1s on the New Jersey stakes calendar.World Approval had an ideal journey with Florent Geroux in the saddle. The gray 4-year-old gelding was a comfortable second for most of the 1 3/8 mile turf race as 75-1 long shot Cement Clement set the pace.I was not really worried about him, Geroux said of Cement Clement. He set the pace for me and I wanted to keep my horse as relaxed as I could.Class wasnt an issue for World Approval as this was his third straight Grade 1 appearance. He lost by a neck in the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic at Churchill Downs and ran third in the Manhattan Stakes at Belmont Park.Distance was the unknown variable. The U.N. was the longest race yet for World Approval.He showed today that he has the quality, and he can get the distance. Geroux said. He beat a top class field.Trained by Mark Casse, World Approval got his sixth win in 15 starts and took home $180,000 for Live Oak Plantation, the geldings owner and breeder.Chad Brown saddled three horses in the U.N., a race he captured in 2013 and 2015 with Big Blue Kitten. Money Multiplier was the best of his trio this time, and the only serious stretch threat to World Approval.Wake Forest, the 9-5 favorite, got third to give Brown a 2/3 finish.Mr Maybe, his other runner, was seventh.I thought they all got pretty good trips, Brown said. I dont have any excuses. The winner was very good today.World Approval paid $7.40, $3.80 and $2.80.Money Multiplier returned $5.40 and $3.60.Wake Forest paid $2.40 to show.Triple Threat was fourth, followed by Canthelpbelieving, Riviere Du Loup, Mr Maybe, Bigger Picture, Cement Clement and Noble Road.The time was 2:14.66. Jean-Pierre Dumont Jersey . The Oilers come in having lost five in a row (0-4-1) and 16 of their last 20 games, dropping a 2-1 decision to the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. Johan Larsson Jersey https://www.cheapsabres.com/1173v-chris-drury-jersey-sabres.html . -- Jaye Marie Green shot a 4-under 68 on Thursday to increase her lead to five strokes after the second round of the LPGA Tours qualifying tournament. Steve Ott Jersey . -- For the first time in two months, an opponent was standing up to Alabama. Henri Jokiharju Jersey .com) - Yankee Stadium is the home of the Bronx Bombers, but on Sunday afternoon it will open its gates to host the latest addition of the Hudson River Rivalry. MOSCOW -- Stanislav Cherchesov is the new coach of Russia ahead of its home World Cup in 2018, after a disastrous performance in the European Championship ended predecessor Leonid Slutskys tenure.The Russian Football Union announced the appointment Thursday. Board member Igor Lebedev told the state Tass news agency that Cherchesov was under contract until August 2018 and had been given a target of reaching the World Cup semifinals.Cherchesov said he wasnt overawed by the demands of a home World Cup, or rectifying the failures of the European campaign.Hand on heart, Im not worried, he said in comments reported by R-Sport. Its obvious the result wasnt the one we wanted and it needs to be sorted out. One person on his own cant do that; it has to be done by everyone. Though one person can mess it all up.A former Soviet Union and Russia goalkeeper, Cherchesov coached Legia Warsaw to the Polish league and cup double last season, but has not won a trophy in Russia despite coachhing there for most of the last decade.ddddddddddddlutsky resigned in June when Russia went out of Euro 2016 following a draw with England and defeats to Wales and Slovakia. Since then, the team has been depleted after midfielder Roman Shirokov retired, while defensive stalwart Sergei Ignashevich has signaled he wants to retire from international football to make way for younger players.Cherchesov said Thursday he wanted to make the team more open and accountable. That follows a series of scandals in Russian media over players behavior before and after the exit from Euro 2016. Forward Alexander Kokorin and midfielder Pavel Mamaev faced public anger and were briefly dropped to the reserves by their clubs as punishment after video emerged of them partying with dozens of bottles of champagne at an exclusive nightclub as the Russian anthem played. ' ' '