15 SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2019 sports Solari committed to Real but future in Southampton stun Spurs serious doubt AFP | Madrid ond-half comeback ensured action today. English Premier League antiago Solari has said he Ayoze Perez they remain two points above Dele Alli made his return after Crystal Palace 1 - 2 Brighton Sremains fully committed • the relegation zone despite Car- seven weeks out with a ham - Cardiff City 2 - 0 West Ham United to his job as Real Madrid and Newcastle stun diff’s 2-0 win over West Ham. string injury and the England coach despite speculation Everton with three- Brighton also boosted their international duo combined to Huddersfield Town 0 - 2 Bournemouth that Sunday’s match against goal comeback survival hopes thanks to Antho- great effect for Kane’s opener Leicester City 3 - 1 Fulham Real Valladolid could be his ny Knockaert’s brilliant strike to on 26 minutes. Newcastle United 3 - 2 Everton last. Jamie Vardy win 2-1 at Crystal Palace, while Kane freed Alli in behind the Solari arrived an hour and • Newcastle battled back from 2-0 Southampton defence and he Southampton 2 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur 20 minutes late for his press brings up century down to beat Everton 3-2. then returned the favour to pick conference at Valdebebas with double to finish Despite their poor domestic out the England captain at the German Bundesliga yesterday and there was an form of late, Spurs were boost- back post, who controlled and air of resignation in his re- Fulham resistance Borussia Dortmund 3 - 1 VfB Stuttgart ed by victory at Borussia Dort- slotted low past Angus Gunn for sponses to questions about mund in midweek to reach the his 200th career goal. Bayern Munich 6 - 0 VfL Wolfsburg his future. AFP | London quarter-finals of the Champions However, Spurs wasteful- RB Leipzig 0 - 0 FC Augsburg After three consecutive League. ness in failing to add to their defeats at home, twice to Sport-Club Freiburg 2 - 1 Hertha BSC ottenham’s winless run But Tottenham are now in lead came back to cost them as Barcelona in the Copa del in the Premier League grave danger of missing out on Southampton improved after Rey and La Liga, and once to Tstretched to four games Champions League football the break and secured a vital Spanish La Liga Ajax in Champions League, as Mauricio Pochettino’s men next season. Pochettino’s side three points in their attempt to Alaves 1 - 1 Eibar the expectation is Madrid threw away an early lead remain in third but their lead beat the drop. are ready to make a change. through Harry Kane to lose 2-1 over Manchester United, Arse- Fresh from scoring his first Atletico de Madrid 1 - 0 Leganes at Southampton yesterday. nal and Chelsea is a precarious professional goal away to Man- The Saints’ spirited sec - one with all three chasers in chester United last weekend, French Ligue 1 Strasbourg 2 - 2 Lyon Schalke coach *Scores as of closing survives to face City right-back Yan Valery levelled ton 2-0 in front, but Newcastle from Stuart Armstrong’s cross. struck three times in 19 sec - AFP | Berlin James Ward-Prowse then ond-half minutes through Ron- completed the comeback with don and Ayoze Perez’s double nder-fire Schalke boss a stunning free-kick curled into for a deserved win. UDomenico Tedesco will the top corner to leave Hugo Brendan Rodgers secured remain in charge for Tues- Lloris helpless. his first win as Leicester boss day’s Champions League Newcastle remain six points thanks to Jamie Vardy’s sec - last 16 tie at Manchester above the relegation zone and ond-half double to beat Fulham City despite his team’s lat- moved up to 13th thanks to a 3-1, who are now 13 points adrift est heavy Bundesliga defeat. thrilling fightback of their own of safety. City host Schalke at the to beat Everton. Huddersfield also look dead Etihad Stadium looking to Dominic Calvert-Lewin put and buried as Bournemouth finish off the Germans in the visitors in front on 18 min- cruised to their first away win their last 16 after a 3-2 first- utes before a moment of high since October with a 2-0 victory leg win in Gelsenkirchen controversy when Jordan Pick- at the John Smith’s Stadium. thanks only to late Leroy ford pulled down Salomon Ron- Callum Wilson opened the Sane and Raheem Sterling don. scoring on his return from a goals. two-month injury layoff to aid Tedesco, 33, is hanging Vardy double his chances of making Gareth onto his job despite a 4-2 A penalty was awarded, but Southgate’s England squad defeat away to Werder Bre- the England number one was later this week before Ryan men on Friday after Schal- not sent-off and then saved Matt Fraser doubled the Cherries’ ke were also routed 4-0 at Tottenham Hotspur’s English defender Kyle Walker-Peters (C) vies with Southampton’s English midfielder James Ward- Ritchie’s resulting spot-kick. advantage 24 minutes from home by Fortuna Duessel- Prowse (L) and Nathan Redmond Richarlison soon put Ever- time. dorf last weekend. Simmenauer, Shaikh Hamad lead race Juve increase Serie A lead AFP | Milan winners in gripping National Race Day oise Kean scored a brace Mas Juventus warmed up TDT | Manama Shaikh Jaber bin Ali Al Khalifa. for next week’s Champions In race two, Besler from Tur- League showdown with At- even different winners rose key managed to clinch a nar- letico Madrid by easing past Sto the occasion in an electri- row victory over Simmenauer. lowly Udinese 4-1 to up open a fying and extra-special edition Besler won in 29m 10.817s. Only 19-point lead at the top of Serie of National Race Day, held over 0.261s separated the pair in the A on Friday. the weekend at Bahrain Inter- end, with German Leon Koehler Cristiano Ronaldo, Mario national Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir. finishing in third place overall. Mandzukic and Paulo Dybala Leading the pack were JB Besler and Simmenauer were started on the bench ahead of Simmenauer, Shaikh Hamad joined on the Pro podium by Al next Tuesday’s game where bin Isa bin Ebrahim Al Khali- Zubair. Koehler was the victor Juventus need to overturn a fa, Ahmed Almuyini and Abdul in the ProAm class, finishing 2-0 defeat in the last 16, sec- Udinese’s Ghanaian defender Samee Syed, each of whom en- ahead of Hack and His Highness ond-leg game in Turin. Cars in action during Porsche GT3 Cup race at BIC Nicholas Opoku (L) tackles Juventus’ joyed a double in their respec- Shaikh Isa bin Abdulla. But 19-year-old Kean was Italian forward Moise Kean tive championships. Action in the Porsche GT3 Cup was 3.774 seconds behind andAl In the Am category, it was impressive as he partnered JB Simmenauer won two of and the BIC 2,000cc Challenge Wahaibi 9.893s back. All three Karlsson, Shaikh Jaber bin Ali Federico Bernardeschi up and finishing, but needs to im- the three races in the Porsche was held along BIC’s 5.412-kilo- were also the top finishers in and Michael Sauer on the po- front, scoring a first-half dou- prove his movement and ball GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East, metre Grand Prix Track, while the Pro Class. dium. ble in his first Serie A start of control, but that’s inevitable while Shaikh Hamad claimed racing in the BMR 600, BSBK and In the ProAm, Saul Hack from In the third and final Porsche the season. for a kid born in 2000,” said an impressive double in the BIC the BSSP 125 was held down the South Africa was the winner GT3 Cup race of the weekend, The young Italian interna- coach Massimiliano Allegri. 2,000cc Challenge. Almuyini circuit’s 2.55-kilometre Inner ahead of Bahrain’s His Highness Simmenauer and Besler were at tional opened his account after “It’s going to be completely and Syed followed suit in the Track. Shaikh Isa bin Abdulla Al Khal- it again, this time with the for- 11 minutes from a low Alex different game against Atleti- Bahrain Motorcycle Racing In the Porsche GT3 Cup, Sim- ifa, who should have claimed mer once taking the chequered Sandro cross from close range. co, we need to be sharper and (BMR 600) and Bahrain Super- menauer from France claimed the class victory but was given flag by a slim margin. He added a second six min- quicker, but we will be ready.” sport Championship (BSSP) 125. the first chequered flag of the a five-second time penalty for Simmenauer won in 29m utes before the break, picking Kean also won a penalty in Others claiming a win apiece meeting after completing the a jump start. Magnus Oehman 13.471s, just 0.478s ahead of up the ball after a Seko Fofana the 67th minute after being were Berkay Besler in the Por- series’ opening 14-lap sprint in from Sweden was third. Besler, while Al Zubair re - midfield blunder, cutting into brought down. Emre Can con- sche GT3 Cup, and Hasan Al 29 minutes 11.488 seconds. He In the Am category, Thomas mained consistent with his sec- the box and finishing off past verted and Blaise Matuidi nod- Awadhi and Masoud Behbehani finished ahead of the Omani Karlsson, also from Sweden, ond overall podium appearance goalkeeper Juan Musso. ded in a Rodrigo Bentancur in the Bahrain Superbike Cham- duo of Al Faisal Al Zubair and won ahead of countryman Mi- of the round.