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Russia’s Daniil Medvedev makes a forehand return to Italy’s Matteo Berrettini during the ATP Cup fi nal in Mel- bourne, Australia, on Feb 7. (AP) - See Page 14 Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Markram, Van der Dussen aggressive batting give hope to SA’s bid to level series South Africa reach 127-1, need further 243 in 2nd Test RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Feb 7, (AP): Aggressive batting by Aiden Markram and Rassie van der Dussen gave hope Udinese win to South Africa’s bid to level the series after Pakistan set the tourists a chal- lenging target of 370 runs on the fourth Zlatan stars, Milan day of the second and fi nal cricket Test on Sunday. blank Crotone 4-0 Markram (59) and van der Dussen (48) both stayed unbeaten and car- MILAN, Feb 7, (AP): Zlatan Ibrahimović ried the Proteas to 127-1 at stumps took his tally to more than 500 club goals on day 4 as both batsmen added 94 as he scored twice to help AC Milan beat runs and dominated the last session Crotone 4-0 and move back top of the of the day. Serie A standings on Sunday. South Africa, which lost the fi rst Ibrahimović fi red Milan ahead in the test by seven wickets but has not lost 30th minute with his 500th club goal a Test series against Pakistan in 18 and extended that tally in the second years, needs a further 243 runs on half. Ante Rebić scored two goals in the last day on a seemingly batsman- less than a minute shortly after. friendly pitch. Milan moves two points above sec- “We need to build on this partner- ond-place Inter Milan, which won 2-0 ship as we know wickets can fall in at Fiorentina on Friday. The two Milan clusters, like we lost in Karachi,” teams meet in two weeks. South Africa assistant coach Enoch Lazio can move into the top four Nkwe said. “The wicket is playing with a win at home to struggling Cagli- well so the guys need to apply to chase ari later. down the target.” Crotone came into the match rock Wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad bottom having lost fi ve of its previous Rizwan (115) earlier hit an unbeaten six matches. maiden Test century and shared a Milan thought it had taken an early record-breaking ninth-wicket stand lead but Davide Calabria’s goal was with Nauman Ali before Pakistan was disallowed as Ibrahimović had been bowled out for 298 for an overall lead offside in the buildup. of 369 runs. It did break the deadlock when But Markram and van der Dussen Ibrahimović played a one-two with launched a counterattack against spin- Rafael Leão before placing an angled ner Nauman Ali and Pakistan’s two drive into the far side of the net. fast bowlers - Hasan Ali and Faheem Ibrahimović’s 501st club goal was Ashraf - by striking 17 boundaries be- tween them. SOCCER CRICKET South Africa’s Aiden Markram, center, plays a shot while Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan, left, watches during the fourth day of the second cricket Test match between Pakistan and South Africa at the Pindi Stadium in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Feb 7. (AP) perhaps the easiest he’s ever scored as he was left unmarked, six yards out, to “They came out with good intent and tap in Theo Hernández’s low cross. attacked us,” Rizwan said. “Bowling is That was in the 64th minute and our strength and there is something for Crotone then fell apart. the spinners. We are still hopeful to Rebić headed in Hakan Çalhanoğlu’s win this match and the series.” corner in the 69th and then mo- Pakistan had made an early inroad ments later fi red in the rebound after when Dean Elgar (17) threw away his Kane scores on return, Ibrahimović’s effort had been parried wicket before tea as the left-hander by Crotone goalkeeper Alex Cordaz. chased a wide delivery from Shaheen Udinese left it late before beating Afridi (1-22) and was caught behind. Hellas Verona 2-0 to boost its survival Markram and van der Dussen then hopes. added a brisk 94 runs to bring South It took Udinese until seven minutes Africa back into contention. from time to take the lead, when Ve- Markram took 22 balls before he got Spurs down West Brom rona goalkeeper Marco Silvestri turned off the mark, but then raised his 5th the ball into his own net as he attempt- test half century off the next 49 deliv- ed to save Gerard Deulofeu’s attempt. eries with eight fours and two sixes. Deulofeu got on the scoresheet him- Van der Dussen also drove and pulled Leicester hold Wolves to 0-0 draw in Premier League self in stoppage time to seal the result, with ease and has eight fours. which saw Udinese move nine points Rizwan smashed 15 boundaries in above the relegation zone. his knock of 115 off 204 balls in nearly LONDON, Feb 7, (AP): Fábio Silva missed the best chance Benevento is a point further back af- fi ve hours before Pakistan was bowled Harry Kane returned and for Wolves in the 77th minute when he ter drawing 1-1 against Sampdoria. out after lunch. only had Kasper Schmeichel to beat. Relegation-threatened Parma was Left-arm spinner George Linde (5- scored for Tottenham to The Leicester goalkeeper extended his playing Bologna later. 64), playing in his third test match, end its three-game losing leg to defl ect the 18-year-old striker’s took a maiden fi ve-wicket haul and streak with a 2-0 win over shot wide with the sole of his boot. Keshav Maharaj picked up 3-118. Leicester substitute Jamie Vardy also Pakistan was leading by 200 when West Brom in the Premier missed a great opportunity when he head- it resumed on 129-6, but Rizwan got League on Sunday. ed wide for the visitors in injury time. invaluable support from tailenders The England captain was back Leicester stayed third, two points be- against scrappy South Africa fi elding. after recovering from the ankle hind United and four above fi fth-placed Yasir Shah (23), who was dropped injury sustained in the 3-1 loss at West Ham in the race for Champions twice, had a 53-run stand with Rizwan home to Liverpool on Jan. 28 – the League qualifi cation. before he was caught behind off Linde. start of the bad run – and he broke Wolves remained 14th with just one But it was No. 10 batsman Nauman’s win from 10 games. defi ance for 25 overs that frustrated the deadlock in the 54th minute. Meanwhile, Dominic Calvert-Lewin South Africa the most. equalized in the fi fth minute of stop- Nauman, who hit two sixes against SOCCER page time for Everton to draw 3-3 at the spinners in scoring 45 off 78 balls Manchester United, which squandered in a knock that also included six fours, Kane had already wasted four good a chance to move level on points with shared a record-breaking 97-run stand opportunities to open the scoring, fi r- fi rst-placed Manchester City in the with Rizwan. ing off target twice and testing with the English Premier League on Saturday. The partnership bettered Pakistan’s other two, but his perseverance paid Tottenham’s Serge Aurier, right, jumps for the ball with West Bromwich It looked like a goalkeeper error by previous record ninth-wicket stand off when Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg played Albion’s Mbaye Diagne during the English Premier League soccer match Robin Olsen, who let a header from against South Africa when Azhar him through for his 20th goal of the between Tottenham Hotspur and West Bromwich Albion at the Tottenham Scott McTominay squirm past him in Mahmood and Shoaib Akhtar featured season in all competitions. Hotspur Stadium in London, on Feb 7. (AP) the 70th minute, would gift United a in a 80-run stand at Durban in 1998. Son Heung-min sealed the win four victory at Old Trafford. AC Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic cel- Rizwan raised his half century minutes later, fi nishing off on a coun- before teeing up Son to fi re home. with 12 points from 23 games. However, in the last play of the ebrates after scoring his second goal off 113 balls before lunch and then terattack after Kane set Lucas Moura The 16-year-old Dane Scarlett came Leicester missed the chance to move game, a free kick from Lucas Digne during the Serie A soccer match be- reached his hundred off 185 balls clear with a clever chest pass. The Bra- on for Son for his debut in injury time. level with Manchester United after be- was glanced on and Calvert-Lewin tween AC Milan and Crotone at the when he pushed Linde to cover point zilian ran almost the length of the pitch Spurs moved seventh while West ing held 0-0 at Wolverhampton Wan- controlled the ball before prodding it San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, on for a single. Brom remained in the relegation zone derers in the Premier League. past David De Gea. Feb 7. (AP) Eintracht stretch unbeaten run Montpellier top Dijon 4-2 Kostic steers Frankfurt back into 4th in Bundesliga Golovin scores 3, fourth-place BERLIN, Feb 7, (AP): Filip Kostic with two changes at the break, bring- Monaco win 7th straight game steered Eintracht Frankfurt back to ing on midfi elder Pavel Kaderabek and fourth in the Bundesliga with a 3-1 win striker Ihlas Bebou. at Hoffenheim on Sunday, as the day’s The latter needed only a minute to PARIS, Feb 7, (AP): Aleksandr Golovin restored the lead in the 61st late game was called off due to a heavy equalize. Andrej Kramaric sent Bebou Golovin scored a hat-trick and set up when his free kick from the left went snowstorm sweeping across Germany. through and he eluded Makoto Hasebe the other goal as Monaco won 4-3 at past everyone, including unsighted Arminia Bielefeld and Werder then Hinteregger before shooting inside Nimes for a seventh straight win in the goalkeeper Baptiste Reynet, for his Bremen’s match was called off hours the right corner. French league on Sunday. hat trick. He then played striker Kevin before kickoff. Ishak Belfodil almost put Hoffenhe- Russia’s midfi eld star from the Volland through for the fourth in the im ahead when his shot fi zzed past the 2018 World Cup put Monaco 2-0 up 76th. Niclas Eliasson pulled one back post shortly afterward. with identical-looking goals inside 11 for last-place Nimes with a free kick. SOCCER But Kostic wasn’t fi nished. The minutes, ghosting to the back post to Niko Kovac’s slick coaching has 28-year-old sent in a free kick for Evan meet two crosses from the left by Fode helped move Monaco up the table, Kostic scored one goal and set up Ndicka to head in the visitors’ second Ballo-Toure. and it faces defending champion Paris the other two as Frankfurt stretched its goal in the 62nd, two minutes before he Saint-Germain in two weeks. unbeaten run to nine games and stayed crossed for André Silva, who made it 3-1. Defender Vitorino Hilton made his one point ahead of Bayer Leverkusen Frankfurt remains the best team in SOCCER 500th appearance in the French fi rst in the last qualifi cation place for the the league this year. Adi Hütter’s team division and the 43-year-old Brazilian Champions League. has collected 19 from a possible 21 Striker Wissam Ben Yedder had a fi nished on the winning side as Mont- The Serbian midfi elder broke the points, the only blip a 2-2 draw at Frei- goal disallowed soon after as Monaco pellier beat struggling Dijon 4-2. deadlock in the 15th minute, fi nishing burg on Jan 20. made a rampant start, only for its leaky Hwang Ui-jo continued his good off brilliantly from a diffi cult angle af- Offi cials felt they had no option but defense to allow Nimes to get back in form with a second-half goal but it ter being played down the left by Amin to call off the late game in Bielefeld. the game. Zinedine Ferhat set up Lu- was not enough as Bordeaux lost 2-1 at Younes. “Due to the heavy and prolonged cas Deaux and then scored himself to Brest. The South Korea forward prof- Martin Hinteregger headed over snowfall combined with frost, it’s not make it 2-2 after 30 minutes of a thrill- ited from a mix-up in defense to fi re in shortly afterward as the visitors kept up guaranteed that the game can be carried ing half. his fourth goal in the last fi ve games, Frankfurt’s Andre Silva (left), and Hoffenheim’s Kevin Vogt battle for the the pressure. Hoffenheim could offer out properly,” the German soccer league Fourth-place Monaco’s total of 35 but Benin striker Steve Mounie and ball during the Bundesliga soccer match between TSG 1899 Hoffenheim little in response. said in statement. “A new date for the goals conceded is the highest of the top midfi elder Romain Faivre netted late and Eintracht Frankfurt in Sinsheim, Germany, on Feb 7. (AP) Coach Sebastian Hoeneß reacted game will be announced shortly.” six but it has now scored 50. goals for Brest.

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