TUESDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2020 SPORTSPORT 07 CRICKET FOOTBALL It's an important win and home wins always increase Third and Final ODI: AFC Champions confidence within the team: Pakistan captain Azhar New Zealand vs League, Group Stage Ali after a crushing innings-and-44-run victory over India matches ACTION Bangladesh in the first Test. TODAY’S Kadri injured in Jason and Laura to Avalanche win; Jets down lead Britain’s medal Blackhawks charge in Berlin REUTERS — MINNESOTA REUTERS — LONDON The husband and wife duo have 10 Olympic Nathan MacKinnon and Jason and Laura Kenny will gold medals between Gabriel Landeskog had goals, spearhead Britain’s assault on them with sprinter Jason Pavel Francouz stopped 34 the World Track Champion- needing just one more to shots, and the visiting Colorado ships in Berlin this month after move past track cycling Avalanche beat the Minnesota being named in a high-powered great Chris Hoy as Wild 3-2. squad yesterday. Pierre-Edouard Bellmare The husband and wife duo Britain’s most successful Olympian. also scored for Colorado, Utah Jazz's Joe Ingles have 10 Olympic gold medals which won the final four games (centre) celebrates with between them with sprinter of its five-game road trip. team-mates Rudy Gobert Jason needing just one more to Nazem Kadri had an assist (left) and guard Jordan move past track cycling great Olympic Games for the track for the Avalanche before Clarkson after a win over Chris Hoy as Britain’s most suc- cyclists and, as has always been leaving the game late in the the Houston Rockets. cessful Olympian. our clear intention for this stage second period because of an They share the record with of the cycle, our focus now is injury. He returned in the third six. Endurance rider Laura on those riders who we believe period before going back to the Kenny, formerly Trott, is a four- have the potential to win a locker room. time Olympic gold-medallist. medal in Tokyo.” Avalanche coach Jared The world championships Barker was Britain’s only Bednar told ESPN that Kadri Bojan's buzzer beater in Berlin is a dress rehearsal for gold medallist at last year’s suffered a lower-body injury the Tokyo Olympics when track world track championships in and will be re-evaluated when cycling’s heavyweight nations, Poland, that coming in the the team returns to Denver. namely Britain, Australia, the scratch race. Jets 5, Blackhawks 2 lifts Jazz over Rockets Netherlands, the US and She was also part of the Andrew Copp tallied a goal Germany, will be looking to team pursuit squad beaten to and an assist -- including the REUTERS — HOUSTON Ja Morant records his 3-pointer in the second score some psychological gold by Australia, after which game-winning goal at 13:27 first career triple-double overtime. points. Laura Kenny withdrew from of the third period -- to back Bojan Bogdanovic hit a with 27 points, 10 New York saw its four- Olympic medallists Ed the competition because of a 24-save effort from goal- 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift assists and 10 rebounds game winning streak end Clancy, Katie Archibald, Elinor illness. tender Connor Hellebuyck the Utah Jazz to a 114-113 as visiting Memphis despite getting 35 points and 18 Barker, Phil Hindes and Katy “Training has been going and lead host Winnipeg past victory over the host Houston rallied late to defeat rebounds from Julius Randle. Marchant are also included. well, and it feels like everything Chicago. Rockets. Washington in the Reggie Bullock added 21 points Twenty riders will form the is starting to come together for The Jets have won three in Bojan had just two field goals and Mitchell Robinson had 15 British squad in Berlin, with the team now so I’m excited to a row and four of five (4-0-1), and eight points for the night, nation’s capital. points and 11 rebounds. many looking to secure their see how my team mates and I while Chicago lost its third 13 below his season average. Los Angeles Clippers 133 - spots for Tokyo. get on in Berlin,” said Barker, straight game (0-1-2) in the But Utah executed the final while Ben Simmons had 19 Cleveland Cavaliers 92 “The bar in track cycling is part of Britain’s women’s team opener of a five-game road trip inbound play to perfection, points, 10 assists and 10 Lou Williams scored 25 continuously being raised, pursuit squad that won Olympic through western Canada. with Bojan making a 28-footer rebounds for his fifth triple- points and Paul George 22 as which is great for keeping the gold in Rio de Janeiro. Blackhawks captain over James Harden and PJ double. Tobias Harris con- Los Angeles rebounded from a sport healthy, but also means In the London world cham- Jonathan Toews, a Winnipeg Tucker, the final clutch 3 in a tributed 14 points for the demoralizing defeat one night the fight for every medal is pionships before the 2016 native, earned an assist for his sequence of them down the Sixers, who improved to 24-2 earlier for an easy road victory much tougher so Berlin will be Games, Britain topped the 800th career NHL point. stretch. at home. over Cleveland. interesting,” Stephen Park, medal table with five golds Toews had been held in Harden registered a triple- Memphis Grizzlies 106 - Marcus Morris Sr. had 10 British Cycling’s performance before dominating on the Rio check entering play Sunday, double (28 points, 10 rebounds, Washington Wizards 99 points in his Clippers debut as director said in a statement. boards by claiming six of the 10 going pointless in four games 10 assists) with his pass to Ja Morant recorded his first Los Angeles distanced itself “The world championships golds on offer, including three on the heels of a six-game Robert Covington, whose career triple-double with 27 from a surprising 27-point in Berlin mark an important for Jason Kenny and two for stretch in which he tallied four 3-pointer with 28 seconds left points, 10 assists and 10 defeat against Minnesota on milestone on the path to the Laura Kenny. goals and nine assists. gave the Rockets a 110-109 rebounds as visiting Memphis Saturday. The Clippers won Meanwhile, Andreas Atha- advantage. rallied late to defeat Wash- without Kawhi Leonard, who Jason Kenny (right) and nasiou scored two third-period Boston Celtics 112 - ington in the nation’s capital. received a day of rest on the Laura Kenny pose with goals as host Detroit ended Oklahoma City Thunder 111 Kyle Anderson added 16 for second night of a back-to-back their medals at 2016 Rio Boston’s six-game winning Kemba Walker scored 27 Memphis while Jonas Valan- scenario. Olympics in this file photo. streak. points to help Boston to a road ciunas had eight points and 18 Portland Trail Blazers 115 Athanasiou hadn’t scored win over Oklahoma City. rebounds. - Miami Heat 109 since a two-goal game on Walker hit a pair of crucial Jaren Jackson Jr. posted a Damian Lillard recorded 33 November 16. Brendan Perlini 3-pointers late to seal the double-double with 14 points points and eight assists to lead scored his first goal of the victory for Boston, which won and 11 rebounds, with Tyus Portland past visiting Miami. season for Detroit, which had its seventh straight. The Celtics Jones adding 13 points off the Gary Trent Jr. contributed gone 1-9-1 in its previous 11 have won 10 of their past 11 bench for Memphis. 22 points and four steals off the games. games. Atlanta Hawks 140 - New bench, and Trevor Ariza scored Jonathan Bernier made 39 Philadelphia 76ers 118 - York Knicks 135 19 of his 21 points in the first saves for the Wings, who have Chicago Bulls 111 Trae Young scored 11 of his half as the Trail Blazers won for the league’s worst record but Furkan Korkmaz scored 31 48 points in the second the seventh time in the past 10 have two victories over Boston points to carry host Phila- overtime as Atlanta held on to games. this season. delphia past Chicago. defeat visiting New York. Carmelo Anthony scored 15 Torey Krug scored his Joel Embiid added 28 John Collins added 32 points points, CJ McCollum added 13 eighth goal of the season for points, 12 rebounds, five assists and 16 rebounds for the Hawks. and Hassan Whiteside had 11 the Atlantic Division-leading and four blocked shots for his DeAndre Hunter added 19 points, 17 rebounds and four Bruins. 30th double-double this season points, including a crucial blocked shots. Dodgers finalise deal for Betts, Price: Report REUTERS — LOS ANGELES Another deal is expected arbitration process serve as Tampa Bay Rays, was in his to follow involving the continued reminders that too first season with the Astros that After several days of uncer- Dodgers that would send often players are treated as year and was the winning tainty, outfielder Mookie Betts outfielder Joc Pederson commodities by those running pitcher in Game 7 of both the and left-hander David Price and right-hander Ross the game.” AL Championship Series and reportedly are heading to the Stripling to the Los For his six-year career, all World Series. Los Angeles Dodgers as part of with the Red Sox, Betts has He also pitched for Houston Angeles Angels. a deal that was agreed upon on a.301/.374/.519 batting line with in 2018 before signing a two- Sunday.