SPORTS Saturday, October 28, 2017 23 Real score two penalties to beat Fuenlabrada in first leg Madrid Marcos Llorente fired well then found eal Madrid needed two over from 25 yards as the himself through on and second-half penalties to visitors slowly began to find aimed for the top corner, but secureR a 2-0 win over third-tier some rhythm. once again Codina made a fine side Fuenlabrada in their first And just before half-time save to send it over the top. outing in this season’s Copa a fierce volley from Llorente Vazquez curled narrowly del Rey. was superbly tipped onto the wide before Fuenlabrada Boss rested crossbar by home keeper Jordi substitute Paco Candela made almost all of his star names Codina. his mark on the game six including Cristiano Ronaldo, After the break Vazquez minutes after coming on. and tried his luck with a low drive Having already been for the first-leg clash at Estadio but Codina made the save booked, the defender was . again. penalised for holding Theo But Zidane’s second However, in the 63rd minute Hernandez at a corner and string found neighbouring Achraf overlapped down the sent off. Fuenlabrada a tough nut to right and was pulled down by This time Vazquez stepped crack for over an hour until Fran Garcia, allowing Asensio up to tuck the spot-kick out of Marco Asensio broke the to coolly send Codina the Codina’s reach and wrap up deadlock from the spot, and wrong way as he rolled the the victory 10 minutes from Lucas Vazquez added a late spot-kick into the corner. time. second from another penalty. The European champions However, Real’s evening In an unconvincing first half, went in search of a second and ended on a sour note when Real goalkeeper Kiko Casilla Asensio let fly from 25 yards Jesus Vallejo, making his almost gave away an own goal Real Madrid’s Marco Asensio (L) tussles for the ball with Fuenlabrada’s Fran Garcia only for Codina to get down Real debut, saw red for a late when he punched a corner Hakimi and was relieved to see Fuenlabrada defender corner straight at Casilla as the well and turn the ball past the challenge on Miguel Angel off his own defender Achraf it bounce wide. Armando headed another minnows grew in confidence. post. Atienza. (espn.in) Harry Kane out of FIFA increases Man United recognised World Cup Man United game prize money to as world club champs London Pochettino. $400m ottenham striker Harry “There is no sense in taking Kolkata, India Manchester they won the tournament. with the Fifa World Cup. Kane has been ruled out that risk and he 32 national teams avid Beckham and his all- And that means that United, Real Madrid and AC Milan ofT his side’s trip to Manchester making the competing at the 2018 conquering Manchester who defeated Brazilian side were Europe’s biggest success United today with a hamstring problem WorldT Cup will share $400m DUnited treble-winning team- Palmeiras courtesy of a Roy stories in the tournament, injury. bigger.” (344 million euros) in prize mates have finally been Keane goal in Tokyo, can now joined by Uruguayan duo Kane scored twice as Spurs A money, a 12 percent increase confirmed as world champions. officially be known as the 1999 Penarol and Nacional and beat Liverpool 4-1 on Sunday, tweet from the 2014 tournament, The Red Devils were world champions. Argentine giants Boca Juniors before being substituted in the from FIFA said yesterday. officially recognised with the The Intercontinental Cup as three times winners. 88th minute. Spurs The purse at the previous honour this morning by Fifa... was a competition contested However, up until today Fifa The 24-year- said the edition in Brazil was $358m 18 years after achieving the between representative clubs had not officially recognised old is the leading injury was – $35m of which was awarded feat. from Uefa and CONMEBOL. winners of the old competition Premier League “a minor strain to champions Germany, World football’s governing The winners of the as club world champions... scorer this season to the left hamstring”. with runners-up Argentina body have now decided that Champions League and the until now. with eight goals. Kane has scored pocketing $25 million. all winners of the former South American version, Copa Beckham and Keane are “The doctor 13 goals in 12 By contrast, countries who Intercontinental Cup, which Libertadores, met each other to joined by a host of other and medical staff appearances in all failed to advance beyond ran from 1960 to 1980, will now determine the best team on the big stars who can now class made the decision competitions for the group stage received $8 be recognised as club world planet. The tournament was themselves as the planet’s best. to not take the risk,” Tottenham this season million. champs for the respective year scrapped in 2004 and replaced (thesun.co.uk) said Spurs boss - who sit third in the At a meeting of the FIFA Mauricio Premier League table. council in Kolkata, world Manchester United are football’s governing body second in the table, also approved a decision level on points with to enhance the bidding third-placed Spurs. regulations for the 2026 (BBC) World Cup and appointed members of the bid evaluation task force. Dates for several upcoming FIFA tournaments, including next year’s Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France, were also confirmed. The 2018 Club World Cup will run from December 12 to 22, while the Women’s World Cup in 2019 Harry Kane (file pic) is scheduled to start on June 7 On top of the world: Manchester United with the final to take place on July 7. (AFP)