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Belgium’s Dylan Teuns celebrates as he crosses the fi nish line to win the eighth stage of the Tour de cycling race over 150.8 kilom- eters (93.7 miles) with start in Oyonnax and fi nish in Le Grand-Bornand, France. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Van der Poel relinquishes lead Pogacar takes command of Tour with big win in the Alps LE GRAND-BORNAND, France, again to be a step above the rest on the ’let’s try and shake up the race,’” Po- Bornand in fourth place, seconds be- he faded fast midway through the bru- now fi ve minutes back overall in fi fth. July 3, (AP): Tadej Pogacar dealt a de- most-demanding ascents. The 22-year- gacar said. hind stage winner Dylan Teuns. tal stage, fi nishing more than 20 min- The peloton was in poor shape to moralizing blow to his remaining Tour old Slovenian set off on his own on the Teuns, a Belgian rider for the Bah- utes after the winner. hold up in the mountains after a crash- de France rivals on the fi rst day in the fourth of fi ve categorized climbs, shed- rain team, managed to conserve a slim Wout van Aert remained in second fi lled opening week and Friday’s mar- Alps, where the defending champion ding Richard Carapaz, the last man - CYCLING lead over the hard-pushing Pogacar place but fell from 30 seconds behind athon 249-kilometer (155-mile) trek. claimed the yellow jersey in Satur- and possible contender - to have kept over the fi nal peak before negotiating at the start of the stage to 1 minute, 48 The longest stage in the Tour in 21 day’s grueling eighth stage. on his wheel. Pogacar fi nished the 150.8-kilome- the tricky descent to the fi nish line. seconds behind Pogacar. years had exhausted all but a handful Pogacar strengthened his bid to re- “In the end I felt great, so before the ter (93.7-mile) trek over fi ve mountain Mathieu van der Poel relinquished Carapaz fi nished over three minutes of riders - including Pogacar. tain his Tour title after proving once last two climbs I said to my teammates, passes from Oyonnax to Le Grand- the lead he had held for six days when behind Pogacar and the Ecuadorian is And more pain was in store in the Alps. beat Paraguay 4-3 on penalties edge to set 10-man pip Chile to reach Copa last four , July 3, (AP): Jesus was sent off early in the second up showdown with Defending Copa America champions half. Brazil defended strongly with 10 men Paquetá’s winner to the left corner to advance to the semifi nals with a 1-0 of Chilean goalkeeper Claudio Bravo win on Friday against Chile. Substitute in the 46th minute gave Brazil fans Lucas Paquetá scored the only of some hope that the Selecao would beat to qualify the match only seconds before Gabriel ease into the next stage. But only two minutes later Jesus was sent off after hitting Chile’s Eugenio Mena with a MUNICH, July 3, (AP): It- fl ying kick. aly’s defenders celebrated Neymar and Brazil coach Tite said after the match that Jesus didn’t see their stops like the attack- Mena and accidentally kicked him as ing players celebrated their he tried to recover possession in the goals. midfi eld. Brazil worked so hard defensively Both had plenty of reason to be that Chile had fewer shots on goal after happy. Jesus was sent off than during the time Nicolò Barella and Lorenzo In- he played; two against three. signe scored a goal each while Paquetá came onto the pitch after a Leonardo Spinazzola make a key tense fi rst half with few opportunities second-half block to give Italy a 2-1 for both sides. He replaced Roberto win over Belgium and a spot in the Firmino. European Championship semifi nals. Brazil didn’t stop threatening Chile “Everyone, myself included, is with Neymar’s dribbles and quick really playing with a smile on their counter-attacks. But Chile were much faces,” said Insigne, whose team ex- closer to the equalizer; they had an Ed- tended their national record unbeat- uardo Vargas goal disallowed for off- en run to 32 games. side and English-Chilean Ben Brereton kept his team in hit the bar with a header in the 68th the game with a penalty right before minute. An exhausted Neymar said after the halftime but the Belgians missed match that play- further chances to equalize in the ing with 10 men second half as Italy’s defenders ex- was a great test celled. for Brazil. He Barella put Italy in the lead in was not close to the 31st minute when Jan Vertong- scoring as in oth- hen failed to properly clear the ball. er Copa America Marco Verratti passed to Barella, matches, but he who eluded two Belgium defenders was key by hold- before sending it in off the far post. ing possession. Chile’s said his SOCCER team will leave Paqueta the tournament with some pride. Insigne got the second in the 44th Peru advanced to the semifi nal after when he put a curling shot inside the beating Paraguay on penalties 4-3 after far top corner after skipping past one a 3-3 score in regular time, in the most defender and facing two more. thrilling Copa America match yet. Belgium were awarded the pen- alty when Giovanni Di Lorenzo Belgium’s , (left), challenges for the ball with Italy’s Marco Verratti during a Euro 2020 soccer championship quarterfinal match between SOCCER pushed Jeremy Doku shortly before Belgium and Italy at the Allianz Arena in Munich, . (AP) halftime. Lukaku then made it 2-1 by Brazil and Peru played the latest sending his shot down the middle. It Copa America fi nal in 2019, with the was only the second goal Italy have Hamilton manages fourth place hosts winning 3-1. Jesus was also sent conceded at the tournament. off in that match at Rio’s Maracana Italy will next play Spain in the Stadium. Monday’s encounter will semifi nals on Tuesday at Wembley be at the same Nilton Santos Stadium Stadium in London. The Spanish de- Verstappen takes Austrian GP pole where Brazil beat Chile. feated on penalties in St. SPIELBERG, Austria, July 3, (AP): Relentless Max Ver- sporadic bursts of sunshine splashing the Red Bull ring. Brazil coach Tite, who was recently Petersburg. stappen clinched his third straight pole position with a com- One grandstand was packed with orange-shirted Dutch fi ned by South American soccer body In the second half, Spinazzola just manding drive for Red Bull at the Austrian Grand Prix on fans cheering on Verstappen every time he drove past. Oth- CONMEBOL for criticizing the tour- did enough to deny Lukaku on the Saturday, while title rival Lewis Hamilton could only man- ers sat on grass banks dotted around the 4.3-kilometer (2.7- nament’s organization, once more line with what seemed to be a certain age fourth place for fl agging Mercedes. mile) circuit nestled in the Styrian mountains. criticized the quality of the Nilton San- Hamilton was under pressure in his fi nal lap and went too In the fi rst section of qualifying, known as Q1, Verstappen tos pitch, despite minor improvements equalizer when Kevin De Bruyne made recently. played the ball to the far post. wide on the last two turns. On the day he announced a two- showed his intent. He topped the charts with Hamilton .26 seconds adrift and The Copa America fi nal will be De Bruyne started the match after year contract extension, the seven-time F1 champion was played at the Maracana Stadium on recovering from a left ankle injury, even upstaged by 21-year-old countryman Lando Norris, only fourth fastest behind two-time F1 champion Fernando Alonso (Alpine) and Norris. July 10. but remained out with who qualifi ed second for McLaren ahead of Verstappen’s Earlier Peru beat Paraguay 4-3 on a leg injury. teammate Sergio Perez. Hamilton moved to the top in Q2, only for the Dutch con- tingent to roar as Verstappen replaced him. He topped Q2 by penalties in the most thrilling tourna- Belgium played as they had in the Norris almost caught Verstappen, too, placing just .05 ment match so far. seconds behind him. .331 seconds from Hamilton and .449 from Bottas. 1-0 win over Portugal with defense a Spain’s Jordi Alba celebrates as There were celebrations in the Williams garage as George Regular time at the Olimpico Sta- priority. A back three quickly became a Switzerland players react during Russell scraped it into Q3 with 10th place - quite an achieve- dium in Goiania fi nished 3-3 after a back fi ve whenever Italy had the ball as the penalty shootout during the MOTOR RACING ment in a car lacking genuine pace. hard-fought match that included red and Euro 2020 soccer championship Williams pushed both Ferraris out of Q2, with Carlos cards to key players of both teams and retreated to help out. quarterfinal match between Swit- two goals by Italian-born Gianluca La- Verstappen leads Hamilton 5-2 in poles this season and Sainz Jr. placing 11th and Charles Leclerc 12th. Martínez brought on Dries zerland and Spain, at the Saint Pe- Earlier Saturday, Verstappen dominated the third and fi nal padula for Peru. Mertens and with tersburg stadium in Saint Peters- the pressure is on Hamilton heading into Sunday’s race. He The decisive moment in the quarter- burg. (AP) practice. about 20 minutes remaining. Chadli trails Verstappen by 18 points and 4-3 for wins. The Red Bull driver fi nished .54 seconds ahead of Bottas fi nal came after Peruvian goalkeeper A bad day for Mercedes saw Valtteri Bottas qualifying stopped Alberto Espi- nearly set up an equalizer within Oyarzabal as many from the Swit- and a sizable .69 in front of Hamilton. seconds of coming on, but his cross in fi fth. Verstappen’s main time gains were in terms of straight- nola in the shootout. Miguel Trauco zerland team fell to their knees in- Cool and overcast conditions had been forecast for the fi - converted his shot to put the runners- was too high for Lukaku and it fell side the center circle. line speed - a familiar strength this season - and on corners nal practice and qualifying, which would have favored Mer- 1 and 3. up of the 2019 Copa America back in behind Thorgan Hazard. Spain are two wins away from cedes, but both sessions were held in warm weather with contention. Chadli then had to go off with emulating the country’s golden gen- what appeared to be a hamstring in- eration, which won European titles jury after being on the fi eld for only in 2008 and 2012. about fi ve minutes. Sergio Busquets and Rodri failed Spinazzola followed in the 79th to convert in the shootout for Spain, after he pulled up sharply while which have missed its last fi ve penal- chasing the ball. ties in normal time. Mikel Oyarzabal converted the Meanwhile, and decisive spot kick to give Spain Kasper Dolberg scored a goal each a place in the European Cham- to give Denmark a 2-1 win over the pionship semifinals following a Czech Republic and a spot in the Euro- 3-1 penalty shootout victory over pean Championship semifinals. Switzerland. Denmark have developed into a The match had ended in a 1-1 surprise contenders at Euro 2020 after draw through extra time. theirtournament began with midfielder Oyarzabal scored past goalkeeper Christian Eriksen suffering cardiac ar- rest on the field in the team’s opening Yann Sommer, whose penalty save game. on France striker Kylian Mbappe’s Denmark haven’t gotten this far at shot in a shootout in the round of 16 a major tournament since winning the had put Switzerland into the quarter- European title in 1992. fi nals at the tournament for the fi rst Delaney scored with a header in the time. fifth minute and Dolberg made it 2-0 Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the pulls up to the winner Spain’s players and coaching staff in the 42nd. The Czechs got one back circle after taking pole position during the qualifying session ahead of the Chile’s Francisco Sierralta (left), and Brazil’s Neymar battle for the ball dur- poured onto the fi eld at Saint Pe- from Patrik Schick in the 49th. It was Austrian Formula One Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring racetrack in Spiel- ing a Copa America quarterfinal soccer match at the Nilton Santos stadium tersburg Stadium to celebrate with Schick’s fifth goal of the tournament. berg, Austria. The Austrian Grand Prix will be held on Sunday. (AP) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP)

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