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MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2016 SPORTS Ground-breaking US Mourinho, Ronaldo deny French daredevil diver Lee dies at 96 tax evasion claims wins at Val D’Isere LONDON: Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho and VAL-D’ISRE: French journeyman Mathieu Faivre swept to a daredevil victory LOS ANGELES: Legendary diver Sammy Lee, the first Asian American to win Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo on Saturday denied at the World Cup giant slalom at Val D’Isere yesterday, sweeping past Olympic gold for the United States, has died of complications from pneumonia hiding millions of euros in offshore accounts in a effort to Austrian icon Marcel Hirscher to do so. It was a first ever World Cup win for at the age of 96. Lee’s son, Sammy Lee II, said Saturday that his father died avoid the tax man. An international consortium of media the 24-year-old from Nice whose swashbuckling peacefully in a Southern California hospital. Born in Fresno to organisations claimed that a huge data leak involving 18 descent was cheered wildly. Hircher, winner of Korean immigrant parents, Lee won Olympic gold for the United million documents showed Portuguese skipper Ronaldo hid six world cup giant slaloms last season, was States in London in 1948 and successfully defended his 10- 150 million euros from image rights in a British Virgin Islands fastest on the first leg with Faivre second meter diving Olympic championship in Helsinki in 1952. He tax havens. According to the European Investigative before producing a killer second run. “It was was the first male diver to repeat as Olympic champion. He Collaborations (EIC) consortium, Mourinho is said to have a wonderful day, training with the French later coached some of the United States’ best Olympic divers, concealed 12 million euros in a Swiss account owned by a team has really built up my confidence,” he including Greg Louganis, Bob Webster and Pat McCormick. In British Virgin Islands company. But Gestifute, a firm repre- said after the race. Making a slight early error addition to his involvement in the sport, Lee served in senting the two men, has rejected allegations of facilitating Hirscher dug deep but could only assure sec- the US Army for 13 years, retiring with the rank of tax evasion. In a statement, the company, founded by agent ond, which keeps him ahead of Kjetil Jansrud in major. He earned his medical degree from the Jorge Mendes, said: “One newspaper makes the unfounded the overall World Cup standings after the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and allegation that Gestifute, its clients and its advisers of hav- Norwegian crashed out on the first leg. served for a time on the President’s Council on Physical ing, directly or indirectly, created, organised or designed tax Frenchman Alexis Pinturault, who came Fitness and Sports. He was appointed US Presidential structures to facilitate tax evasion using tax havens. “The third in a race contested on the slopes Representative to the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, 1972 most serious and malicious allegations in the inquiries relate where the 1992 Albertville Winter Munich Olympics and 1988 Seoul Olympics.— AFP to Jose Mourinho and Cristiano Ronaldo.” —AFP Olympics giant slalom was held. — AFP Cheika predicts gain from Wallaby pain TWICKENHAM: Australia coach Michael try-scorer on Saturday, as well as Dane Cheika is confident there will be a long- Haylett-Petty, Reece Hodge, Samu Kerevi term benefit to the Wallabies from a diffi- and powerful No 8 Lopeti Timani. cult 2016 that ended with a 37-21 defeat “We’ve made decisions around this by England. Australia were overpowered season as opposed to starting next sea- in the second half on Saturday as son when the calendar isn’t perhaps as England recorded their fourth win over packed,” said Cheika. “I still believe it’s the Wallabies this year and a 14th in a the right decision and you have to take row against all opponents. the pain when it comes. The result meant Australia had lost “But I still think we’ve gained a lot on nine of their 15 Tests in 2016, leaving what we’ve done this year around the Cheika with a win percentage for the new players.” The build-up to Saturday’s year almost as bad as the one that saw match had featured plenty of verbal England coach Eddie Jones dismissed as sparring between Cheika and Jones, Wallaby boss over a decade ago. The 40 once team-mates at Sydney club percent win rate was Australia’s worst Randwick. Cheika said Jones risked tar- since the Wallabies managed just 38.5 nishing his legacy in Australia and had a percent in 2005 — a return that got chip on his shoulder. Jones the sack. But after taking Australia But Jones, speaking after the match, to last year’s World Cup final, there is no said the Wallabies had been invited into suggestion that Cheika is in imminent England’s dressing room for a drink he danger of suffering a similar fate. And hoped would suit Australian tastes. having introduced 13 debutants this “We’ve got cold beers actually not warm year, Cheika was confident his invest- beers,” said Jones. Cheika confirmed the ment in new talent would yield a divi- offer had been taken up, saying: “They dend at the 2019 World Cup in Japan. invited us into the dressing room and the “This year has been about teaching lads are in there now having a beer. ourselves a few things,” said Cheika after “Everyone is playing hard off the field Australia, 10-0 up early on, were eventu- and on the field. “But at the end of the ally outscored four tries to two by day one team wins and you respect that England at Twickenham. and everyone goes on with their busi- ALBERTA: Slovenia’s Ilka Stuhec, center, celebrates her win with second place finisher Switzerland’s Lara Gut, left, and third lacep finisher “We’ve played the top two teams ness.” Despite the verbal jousting, Cheika Hungary’s Edit Miklos following the women’s World Cup downhill ski race at Lake Louise, Alberta, Saturday. — AP (New Zealand and England) seven times insisted he still had a huge regard for this year with a whole bunch of new Jones’s coaching ability. “We go hard at players and that’s going to be good even each other sometimes and sometimes if the outcomes haven’t been good.” we don’t. But there is respect there always. “When you win you stay humble Stuhec wins again ‘DEVELOP TALENT’ and when you lose you pay respect and He added: “I know we’ll be criticised that’s the way she rolls.” for losing but you have to wear that As for the so called ‘war of words’ sometimes. “When you don’t take those between the coaches, Cheika said: “We decisions, it’s like I have to keep my job at were at the referee’s conference and in Lake Louise all costs. “But I don’t think like that. I feel I there were no dramas. have a responsibility to develop talent “It’s all been pumped up and has no and give them opportunities.” relevance at the end of the day because LAKE LOUISE: Ilka Stuhec won the women’s calm myself down after yesterday and prepare Goggia of Italy is in third on 207, followed by Among those who’ve made their it’s about the 23 best players and in this World Cup downhill at Lake Louise on Saturday, myself for the race today which, apparently, I did Stuhec on 200. Wallaby bow this year are Sefa Naivalu, a instance it was England.” — AFP holding off World Cup overall champion Lara pretty well,” added Stuhec, who nevertheless Shiffrin improved on her 18th place from Gut for her second victory in as many days. admitted that she was on pins and needles wait- Friday. While she was pleased with her Slovenia’s Stuhec, who notched the first World ing to see if anyone would get past her-tension progress, she indicated she doesn’t have her Cup win of her career in the first downhill of the she didn’t face after winning Friday as the 29th sights set on supplanting compatriot Lindsey season on Friday, topped the podium again in starter. Gut was delighted to pick up her first Vonn as the sport’s queen of speed. Vonn, 1min 24.95sec. downhill podium finish of the season. owner of 18 wins at Lake Louise, missed the Switzerland’s Gut, who failed to earn a point “I’m happy and since this year I finally have stop in the Canadian Rockies this year with a last weekend at Killington after a heavy crash the feeling that I know what I’m doing on this broken arm suffered in a November crash, but and was shut out of the podium in fourth place slope,” said Gut. expects to be back early in 2017. on Friday, finished second in 1:25.06 to seize sec- “It’s a good improvement, and I’m looking “I don’t know how many more downhills I’ll ond place in the overall World Cup standings. forward to tomorrow for the super-G. I’m going do this year, but just doing it at all and feeling Hungary’s Edit Miklos was third in 1:25.38. to try to ski even faster and cleaner.” American that speed is an amazing experience,” Shiffrin “I think (running early) was really an advan- slalom star Mikaela Shiffrin, who is making her said.

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