6 March 1, 2021 Knicks Outlast Pacers Iranian Wrestlers Snatch 4 Medals 110-107 in NBA From Ukrainian Tournament TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Iranian wrestlers have managed to win four medals at the XXIV Outstanding Ukrainian Wrestlers and Coaches Memorial in Kiev. The only gold of the team was snatched by Muhammad Sadegh Firoozpoor at the 75kg category of freestyle competitions. Sajjad Abbaspour settled for a silver in the Greco Roman’s 55kg NEW YORK (AP) - Julius which hadn’t played since routing category. Randle has scored 28 points and Sacramento on Thursday night, Muhammad Mokhtari and Mehdi grabbed 10 rebounds to lift the took a 54-52 lead into halftime Bali received two bronze medals New York Knicks back to .500 thanks to a 17-3 run over the final with a 110-107 win over the Indi- 4:38, capped by Rose’s buzzer- in 72kg, and 97kg categories of ana Pacers . beating pull-up 3. Greco-Roman’s competitions re- RJ Barrett added 24 for New During the spurt, New York spectively. York, which improved to 17- forced Indiana into four missed The event was held in the Ukrai- 17 with its sixth win in its last shots and five turnovers prompt- nian capital of Kyiv from Feb. 26 10 games. Derrick Rose had 17 ing the 1,981 at Madison Square to 28. points and Immanuel Quickley Garden to chant ‘’Dee-fence!’’ 10 as the Knicks reached the .500 New York maintained its advan- mark for the first time since they tage for most of the third quarter, Barca Sink Sevilla to Keep Title Chase Alive were 8-8 on Jan. 21. and began the fourth with an 81- Whereas the Knicks appear to 78 lead. But Indiana outscored SEVILLE (Reuters) - Barce- having played two more games. be gaining positive traction, the the Knicks 18-12 over the first lona forwards Ousmane Dembele Sevilla can avenge the defeat Pacers were frustrated by their in- seven minutes of the final quarter and Lionel Messi have fired the on Wednesday when they head ability to finish out a game. and held a 96-93 advantage when Catalans to a confidence-boosting to the Camp Nou for a Copa del Doug McDermott had 20 points Sabonis drew a charge from Ran- 2-0 win at in-form Sevilla to keep Rey semi-final second leg with a for Indiana, which fell to 15-17 dle. On the ensuing possession, with its third straight loss. T.J. Turner scored on a layup to push the pressure on La Liga leaders 2-0 lead in the tie. McConnell finished with 17, the lead to five. Atletico Madrid. Barca defender Gerard Pique Domantas Sabonis had 15 points, It didn’t last as Barrett drilled Dembele latched on to a praised his side for putting their seven rebounds, and nine assists, a 3 and converted a three-point through ball from Messi and 4-1 Champions League drubbing Justin Holiday had 13 points and play to put the Knicks ahead 99- knocked it through the legs of by Paris St Germain and a shock Myles Turner 11. 98. Following a timeout, Randle Sevilla keeper Bono to give Bar- 1-1 draw with Cadiz behind The third and final regular-sea- knocked down a 3 and Barrett ca a deserved lead in the 29th them. son meeting between the Eastern converted a layup to extend the minute after dominating the first “I’m so proud of the team, we Conference teams did not have Knicks’ lead to 104-98. Indiana the stakes that their iconic playoff responded with a layup by McCo- half and barely giving their hosts Sevilla’s Fernando, right, and Barcelona’s Clement Lenglet fight for the have had some big setbacks re- series in the mid-1990s had, but nnell and a 3 by Edmond Sumner a hint of a chance. ball during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Sevilla and Barcelona cently but we have bounced back at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan stadium in Seville, Spain, Feb 27, 2021. that did not stop the franchises’ to close within one at 104-103. Sevilla improved after the and today we showed that we’re antecedents from playing a hard- That was as close as the Pacers break but Barca continued to Moriba and netted with a scrap- Sevilla, who remained fourth in still very much alive,” he said. nosed, possession-by-possession would come as Nerlens Noel and have the edge and found a sec- py finish after his first effort was the standings on 48 points, while “We have a great squad that is game that seemed familiar. Randle each made two free throws ond goal five minutes from time saved. Barca climbed above Real Ma- good enough to compete with Indiana appeared to be the to push the lead to 108-103. Sabo- when Messi played a one-two The result ended a six-game drid into second place with 53 anyone and on Wednesday we’ll sharper team for much of the first nis responded with a 3, but Knicks half after coming off a nationally reserve guard Frank Ntiliknia with teenage Ilaix winning streak in the league for points, two behind Atletico but give them a real battle. televised 118-112 loss in Boston made two free throws with 2.9 sec- Norway, Sweden Win Gold at Nordic World Ski Championships on Friday night. But New York, onds left to seal the win. land scoring a surprise silver ahead Earlier in the day, Sweden’s Sun- Ronaldo Scores as Juventus of Slovenia in the women’s compe- dling made the most of the slim tition. lead provided to her by team mate Erik Valnes left Klaebo 4.3 sec- Maja Dahlqvist in bright sunshine Held in Verona onds behind coming into the final and warm conditions as she entered lap of the 1.2km course behind the the last lap under pressure from Russians, and he waited until the Russia’s Natalya Nepryayeva. final climb before exploding past Nepryayeva’s challenge fell away Gleb Retivykh to take control of as they entered the final climb, but the race, winning by a margin of Switzerland’s Nadine Faehndrich 1.68 seconds. suddenly took up the chase to set Having won the 30km classical up a thrilling sprint finish, with sprint race on Thursday, the gold Sundling keeping her cool in the medal is the 24-year-old Klaebo’s final bend to cruise to victory. second in Oberstdorf and his fifth Faehndrich and Laurien van der OBERSTDORF, Germany (Reuters) dling snared a thrilling women’s gold overall. Graaff took an unexpected silver - Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo obliterated medal for Sweden. Finland’s Joni Maki also man- medal for Switzerland 0.95 sec- the rest of the field on the final climb to Finland took the silver medal aged to pass Retivykh on the final onds behind the Swedes, with Eva claim gold for Norway in the men’s team while the team representing the stretch to claim the silver medal for Urevc and Anamarija Lampic com- sprint event at the FIS Ski World Cham- Russian Ski Federation took bronze Finland, 0.41 seconds ahead of the ing in 2.51 seconds later to secure TURIN (Reuters) - Cristiano “I asked Ronaldo and Alex San- pionships on Sunday, while Jonna Sun- in the men’s event, with Switzer- Russians. the bronze. Ronaldo has scored his 19th goal dro to make their voices heard, but this campaign but champions Ju- it wasn’t enough.” ventus had to settle for a 1-1 draw at Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny Hellas Verona in . and the post saved Juventus just Japan’s Suzuki Runs East Asia’s Fastest Ever Marathon “We managed to take the lead, minutes into the game at the Sta- TOKYO (Xinhua) -- Japan’s Kengo Suzuki became the first runner from which was the hardest part, it’s a dio Bentegodi following a Davide East Asia to run a men’s marathon in under two hours and five minutes, as pity not being able to hold it,” said Faraoni header. he claimed the 76th and final Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon on Sunday. Juve coach . Ronaldo broke through four min- The 25-year-old clocked a time of 2:04:56, breaking the Japanese na- Pirlo’s side paid for their many utes after the break connecting tional record of 2:05:29 set by Suguru Osako at last year’s Tokyo Mara- absences and a redesigned defence with a perfect lay-off from Fed- thon. All top six finishers ran under two hours and six minutes, and a total of with and Gior- erico Chiesa to fire in. 17 finished the 42.195km race inside two hours and eight minutes. gio Chiellini out injured and Dani- missed a chance Suzuki, who failed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, is just 13 sec- lo suspended. for a second before the hour mark onds away from the Asian record set by Moroccan-born Bahraini runner Also missing were Juan Cuadra- after a Dejan Kulusevski pull-back El Hassan El-Abbassi, who clocked 2:04:43 in the Valencia Marathon in do, Arthur and to in- which the Verona defence closed 2018. jury with Alvaro Morata recover- down. But Suzuki has increased Japan’s lead in the men’s marathon over arch- ing from a viral infection. Antonin Barak headed in an rivals China, whose men’s national record is 2:08:16, set by Ren Longyun “We lacked experienced play- equaliser with quarter of an hour in the 2007 Beijing Marathon. ers, we had many youngsters on to go and the hosts were denied a Suzuki, whose previous personal best was 2:10:21, finished 12th in last the pitch and there are details that late winner with Szczesny deflect- year’s Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon, which began life in 1946 but will Kengo Suzuki crosses the finish line with a Japan record at the Lake they don’t understand,” continued ing a Darko Lazovic effort onto next year be merged into the Osaka Marathon. Biwa Mainichi Marathon on Feb. 28. Pirlo. the crossbar.