SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2014 SPORTS Soccer results/standings Swansea rout Villa

English results Playing today Fulham 2 (Dejagah 55, Amorebieta 58) Hull 2 Burton v Chesterfield. (Jelavic 75, Long 87); Manchester United 4 (Rooney 41-pen, 48, Mata 63, 73) Norwich 0; results Swansea 4 Southampton 2 (Alcaraz 1-og, Coleman 31-og) Aberdeen 1 (Rooney 31) St Johnstone 1 (May 8); Everton 0; Stoke 0 Tottenham 1 (Rose 33); Dundee Utd 5 (Ciftci 8, 41, Armstrong 61, Dow 72, Swansea 4 (Bony 10, 90-pen, Shelvey 26, Graham 81) Motherwell 1 (Ainsworth 88); Ross Hernandez 73) Aston Villa 1 (Agbonlahor 22); County 2 (Kiss 41, Brittain 77-pen) Kilmarnock 1 West Brom 1 (Berahino 11) West Ham 0. (Boyd 88). Aston Villa 1 Playing today Played Friday Crystal Palace v Manchester City, Liverpool v Partick 1 (Doolan 26) St Mirren 1 (McLean 45-pen) Chelsea, Sunderland v Cardiff. Playing today Celtic v Inverness CT, Hibernian v Hearts. Playing tomorrow Arsenal v Newcastle. Scottish Football League results SWANSEA: Jonjo Shelvey produced a goal of the Championship season contender to inspire Swansea to a 4-1 rout Championship Alloa 0 Dundee 3; Dumbarton 4 Hamilton 1; of Aston Villa that all but secured their Premier 1 Leeds 3; Bournemouth 4 Morton 1 Falkirk 1; Queen Of The South 2 League survival yesterday. Nottingham Forest 1; Burnley 1 Ipswich 0; Livingston 0; Raith 1 Cowdenbeath 2. Former Liverpool midfielder Shelvey beat Villa Charlton 1 Blackburn 3; Derby 4 Watford 2; Division One goalkeeper Brad Guzan with a stunning 45-yard Doncaster 1 Reading 3; Huddersfield 0 Leicester Arbroath 1 Dunfermline 2; East Fife 1 Brechin 2; 2; Middlesbrough 3 Barnsley 1; QPR 1 Millwall 1; Forfar 4 Ayr 2; Rangers 3 Stranraer 0; volley at the Liberty Stadium to put his side 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday 1 Bolton 3; Wigan 0 Stenhousemuir 1 Airdrie 2. ahead in the first half. Blackpool 2. Division Two Ivory Coast striker Wilfried Bony had opened Played Friday Clyde4 Albion 0; Elgin 5 East Stirling 0; Montrose the scoring for Swansea before Gabriel Brighton 2 Yeovil 0. 2 Annan Athletic 1; Peterhead 0 Stirling 4; Agbonlahor levelled. Inspired by Shelvey’s Division One Queen’s Park 1 Berwick 3. moment of magic, Swansea dominated the sec- Bradford 2 Crawley 1; Bristol City 0 Crewe 0; Carlisle 0 Oldham 1; Colchester 4 Brentford 1; German League results ond half and were rewarded with Pablo Coventry 1 Wolves 1; Leyton Orient 2 Tranmere 0; Mainz 2 (Okazaki 30, Moritz 44) Nuremberg 0; Hernandez’s strike before Bony added to his tally Notts County 2 Swindon 0; Preston 3 Gillingham Hoffenheim 0 Eintracht Frankfurt 0; with a stoppage-time penalty. 1; Rotherham 2 Milton Keynes Dons 2; Bayern Munich 5 (Ribery 20, Pizarro 54, 57, Barring a remarkable mathematical swing LONDON: Swansea City’s Wilfried Bony (right) shoots to score his team’s opening goal during Shrewsbury 2 Peterborough 4; Stevenage 3 Schweinsteiger 61, Robben 74); Werder Bremen 2 against them over the final two weeks, Swansea’s their English Premier League soccer match against Aston Villa at the Liberty Stadium. — AP Walsall 2. (Gebre Selassie 10, Hunt 36); Hertha Berlin 2 second successive win has effectively secured Played Friday (Brooks 61, Allagui 77) Eintracht Braunschweig 0; Port Vale 1 Sheffield Utd 2 Wolfsburg 2 (Perisic 3, 70) Freiburg 2 (Mehmedi their top flight status. Karim El Ahmadi slipped the ball down the from a Wayne Routledge cross on the hour. Divsion Two 61, Terrazzino 83); Bayer Leverkusen 2 (L. Bender Villa, meanwhile, are now without a win in six flank to Marc Albrighton, whose curling cross was Monk’s men continued to probe and press and AFC Wimbledon 0 Morecambe 3; Bury 4 7, Castro 35) 2 (Kirch 29, matches and only four points above the relegation converted by Agbonlahor from close range. were rewarded for their dominance when Portsmouth 4; Dagenham and Redbridge 0 Reus 39-pen). zone with a tough run-in. The goal ended a Premier League drought of Hernandez made it 3-1. Northampton 3; Exeter 2 Scunthorpe 0; Playing today Bony opened the scoring in the 10th minute three hours and 42 minutes for Lambert’s team. The Spaniard was free at the back post when Fleetwood 1 Southend 1; Mansfield 1 Torquay 3; Augsburg v Hamburg, Schalke v Borussia when he latched on to a through-ball from But Shelvey’s wonder-strike put Garry Monk’s Shelvey crossed, cut in field and scored via the Oxford 1 Accrington 2; Plymouth 1 Hartlepool 1; Moenchengladbach. Rochdale 2 Cheltenham 0; Wycombe 1 Bristol Played Friday Shelvey that pierced Villa’s high defensive line. side back in front three minutes later. After chest- head of Ryan Bertrand, who was back defending Rovers 2; York 1 Newport 0. Hanover 0 VfB Stuttgart 0. Centre-back Nathan Baker appealed for offside, ing down Villa captain Ron Vlaar’s clearance, he hit the goal-line. but the flag stayed down and Bony side-footed a missile of a volley from 45 yards that cleared the Villa’s misery was compounded in stoppage- English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals past Guzan with ease to bag his 14th league goal stunned Guzan and curled into the top corner. time when Baker pushed substitute Marvin Emnes against, points): of the season.Villa equalised in the 22nd minute Jonathan De Guzman should have extended in the back and conceded a penalty which Bony Liverpool 35 25 5 5 96 44 80 Scottish Premiership table thanks to some slick football down the right. Swansea’s lead when he shanked the ball wide slammed home.—AFP Chelsea 35 23 6 6 67 26 75 Celtic 34 28 5 1 85 19 89 Man City 34 23 5 6 91 35 74 — champions Arsenal 35 21 7 7 62 41 70 Aberdeen 35 19 8 8 48 31 65 Everton 36 20 9 7 57 36 69 Motherwell 35 19 4 12 59 58 61 Rose blooms for Spurs Tottenham 36 20 6 10 52 49 66 Dundee Utd 35 16 9 10 62 43 57 Man Utd 35 18 6 11 60 40 60 Inverness 34 15 8 11 40 35 53 international’s hand. Southampton 36 14 10 12 52 45 52 St Johnstone 35 15 7 13 44 35 52 Adam became a hate figures for Newcastle 35 14 4 17 39 54 46 St Mirren 35 9 8 18 37 56 35 Stoke 0 fans of north London side Spurs Stoke 36 11 11 14 39 50 44 Hibernian 34 8 10 16 29 46 34 because of a controversial tackle Crystal Palace 35 13 4 18 28 41 43 Ross County 35 9 7 19 40 59 34 on Paulinho in the reverse fixture Swansea 36 10 9 17 51 52 39 Partick 35 7 13 15 39 59 34 which sidelined the midfielder for Hull 35 10 7 18 36 45 37 Kilmarnock 35 9 6 20 43 61 33 West Ham 36 10 7 19 38 49 37 Hearts 34 8 7 19 35 59 16 Tottenham 1 a month. West Brom 35 7 15 13 42 54 36 — relegated But the issue of a handshake Aston Villa 35 9 8 18 36 53 35 Note: Hearts deducted 15 points for entering administra- with Adam didn’t arise after Stoke Norwich 36 8 8 20 28 60 32 tion manager kept him Fulham 36 9 4 23 37 79 31 STOKE-ON-TRENT: Danny Rose on the bench as an unused substi- Cardiff 35 7 9 19 31 6530 Scottish Football League tables was the key man as Tottenham Sunderland 34 7 8 19 33 57 29 Championship tute. Note: Top four teams qualify for next season’s Champions Dundee 35 20 6 9 52 25 66 Hotspur enjoyed a first away win A niggly match at the Britannia League; fifth-place team qualifies for Europa League; bot- Hamilton 35 18 10 7 58 39 64 for more than two months with a Stadium saw Shawcross angry ear- tom three teams relegated to Championship Falkirk 35 18 9 8 56 32 63 1-0 victory against 10-man Stoke ly on after what he felt was a fore- Q of South 35 16 6 13 52 38 54 yesterday. arm in the face from Spurs striker English Football League tables Dumbarton 35 15 6 14 64 62 51 The defender scored his first Emmanuel Adebayor went unpun- Championship Livingston 35 12 7 16 49 56 43 Premier League goal of the season Leicester 45 30 9 6 82 43 99 Raith 35 11 9 15 48 59 42 ished by referee Andre Marriner. — champions Alloa 35 11 7 17 33 48 40 in the 33rd minute and was then Adebayor was heavily involved Burnley 45 26 14 5 70 35 92 Cowdenbeath 35 11 6 18 49 71 39 fouled by Ryan Shawcross in the in creating the only goal of the — promoted Morton 35 6 8 21 30 61 26 incident that saw the Stoke cap- game, beating Glenn Whelan on Derby 45 25 9 11 83 51 84 — relegated tain sent off minutes after half- the right of the area before send- QPR 45 22 11 12 57 42 77 time for a second bookable ing in a pinpoint cross for Rose, Reading 45 19 13 13 68 54 70 Division One offence. who headed past Stoke goalkeep- LONDON: Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen tackles Stoke’s Glenn Whelan Wigan 44 20 10 14 57 44 70 Rangers 35 33 2 0 105 17 101 (right) during the English Premier League soccer match. —AP Brighton 45 18 15 12 53 39 69 — champions Victory saw north London side er Asmir Begovic. Blackburn 45 17 16 12 66 59 67 Dunfermline 35 19 5 11 67 53 62 Tottenham move to within three Stoke’s Marko Arnautovic fired free-kick but, with Rose still on the for Spurs to maintain their man Bournemouth 45 18 12 15 67 65 66 Stranraer 35 13 9 13 54 56 48 points of fifth-placed Everton, and wide at the start of the second half turf, sent off Shawcross to the fury advantage, took Rose off moments Ipswich 45 17 14 14 58 53 65 Ayr 35 13 7 15 61 65 46 a Europa League place, following and home hopes of getting back on of Stoke supporters. later and replaced him with Zeki Nottingham 45 16 17 12 66 62 65 Stenhousemuir 35 11 12 12 54 65 45 the Merseysiders’ 2-0 defeat by Rose was subsequently booed Fryers. Middlesbrough 45 15 16 14 58 49 61 Forfar 35 12 7 16 54 59 43 level terms then suffered a setback Watford 44 15 15 14 72 57 60 Brechin 35 12 6 17 56 68 42 Southampton earlier yesterday. when Shawcross was dismissed. every time he touched the ball by Stoke had several efforts on Bolton 45 14 16 15 57 58 58 Airdrie 35 11 9 15 45 57 42 Prior to kick-off, plenty of atten- Already booked for a first-half home fans and the full-back was goal, the best six minutes from Leeds 45 16 8 21 58 66 56 East Fife 35 9 5 21 30 65 32 tion had been devoted to the foul on Christian Eriksen, the cen- booked himself for pushing Geoff time when Austria’s Arnautovic Sheffield 45 13 14 18 62 63 53 Arbroath 35 9 4 22 52 73 31 Potters’ , with Spurs tre-back caught Rose on the shin Cameron in the chest after being burst through only to shoot weak- Huddersfield 45 13 11 21 54 64 50 boss Tim Sherwood insisting his with his studs. Initially, Marriner let brought down by the Stoke ly at Spurs and France internation- Blackpool 45 11 13 21 38 63 46 Division Two players would shake the Scotland Charlton 44 11 12 21 35 60 45 Peterhead 35 22 7 6 72 37 73 play continue and did not give a defender. Sherwood, clearly keen al goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. — AFP Millwall 45 10 15 20 45 74 45 — champions Doncaster 45 11 11 23 39 69 44 Annan Athletic 35 18 6 11 67 49 60 Birmingham 44 11 10 23 56 71 43 Clyde 35 17 6 12 49 44 57 Nineteen countries Barnsley 45 9 12 24 42 74 39 Stirling 35 15 10 10 56 49 55 Berahino boosts — relegated Berwick 35 15 7 13 62 47 52 still bidding for Euro Yeovil 45 8 13 24 43 71 37 East Stirling 35 12 8 15 44 57 44 2020 as 13 drop out — relegated Montrose 35 11 10 14 42 55 43 Albion 35 11 8 16 40 54 41 Albion’s survival Division One Elgin 35 9 9 17 62 71 36 SWITZERLAND: Thirteen of the 32 countries which originally expressed interest in hosting matches at Euro 2020 have Wolves 45 30 10 5 86 31 100 Queen’s Park 35 5 9 21 36 67 24 forward and slid the ball to Morgan Amalfitano, dropped out while 19 have confirmed they are still in the — champions who had plenty of time and space on the right Brentford 45 27 10 8 70 43 91 race, UEFA said yesterday. England and Germany were the — promoted West Brom 1 of the box to tee-up Berahino to finish. The England Under-21 international was just only two countries to put forward bids to stage the semi- Preston 45 23 16 6 71 44 85 finals and final of the tournament which will be staged Leyton Orient 45 24 11 10 82 44 83 Matches on TV inches from the line as he prodded the ball over Rotherham 45 23 14 8 84 57 83 for his ninth West Brom goal of the season, in around the whole continent, European soccer’s governing Peterborough 45 23 4 18 72 58 73 (Local Timings) his first start in eight games. body added in a statement. Swindon 45 19 9 17 62 57 66 West Ham 0 West Ham continued to push forward, with In a radical departure from the traditional format for Sheff Utd 44 17 12 15 45 44 63 English Premier League major tournaments, UEFA announced in 2011 that the Euro Keynes Dons 45 17 9 19 62 62 60 Carroll seeing a volley take a deflection and Port Vale 45 18 6 21 59 73 60 Sunderland v Cardiff 14:00 cleared behind, before bringing a great diving 2020, when the tournament celebrates its 60th anniversary, beIN SPORTS 11 HD would be staged in 13 cities in 13 different countries. Walsall 45 14 16 15 49 48 58 WEST BROMWICH: West Bromwich Albion save out of Foster with a firm header from Liverpool v Chelsea 16:05 Twelve of those will each stage three group matches plus Bristol City 45 13 18 14 69 66 57 boosted their bid for Premier League survival as Mohamed Diame’s cross. Albion were back on Bradford 45 13 17 15 55 53 56 beIN SPORTS 9 HD the attack as Sessegnon and Graham Dorrans a match from either the round of 16 or knockout stage while Crawley Town 44 14 13 17 47 53 55 beIN SPORTS 11 HD Saido Berahino’s goal sealed a vital 1-0 win against West Ham yesterday. broke forward, but the latter could only fire the 13th will stage the two semi-finals plus final. Each coun- Oldham 44 14 12 18 48 57 54 Crystal v Man City 18:10 try can use one host city in what UEFA said at the time would Gillingham 45 15 7 23 59 78 52 beIN SPORTS 9 HD Berahino’s first half strike gave ’s wide from the edge of the area. Coventry 45 16 13 16 73 75 51 side their first victory on home turf at the They enjoyed a spell of pressure after the be a one-off format. Colchester 45 12 14 19 52 61 50 Italian Calcio League Hawthorns since the Spaniard took over from interval, with Sessegnon twisting and turning Turkey, which had wanted to bid for the whole tourna- Notts County 45 15 4 26 63 76 49 Verona v Catania 13:30 the sacked in January. before striking into the side netting, Adrian get- ment before UEFA announced the new format, was among Crewe 45 12 12 21 52 79 48 beIN SPORTS 3 HD ting down to save Billy Jones’ low shot and the countries to pull out of the race. Tranmere 45 12 11 22 51 77 47 Baggies goalkeeper clawed away Cagliari v Parma 16:00 an header in the 19th minute and Dorrans dragging an attempt wide. West Brom Under the bidding timetable, potential host nations were Carlisle 44 11 11 22 43 73 44 beIN SPORTS 6 HD Stevenage 45 11 9 25 46 70 42 the Hammers striker also had another headed were almost left to rue those missed opportuni- given until Friday to send detailed bid dossiers to UEFA. UEFA Torino v Udinese 16:00 — relegated effort hit the woodwork in the second half. ties when Carroll met a corner and powered a said that the 19 countries who had sent dossiers were: beIN SPORTS 3 HD Shrewsbury 45 9 14 22 43 64 41 header against the crossbar. Livorno v Lazio 16:00 But the hosts hung on for a vital win that Azerbaijan (Baku), Belarus (Minsk), Belgium (Brussels), — relegated With the last two home games for Albion beIN SPORTS 4 HD takes them five points clear of the relegation Bulgaria (Sofia), Denmark (Copenhagen), England (London), Note: Coventry deducted 10 points for entering adminis- Atalanta v Genoa 21:45 zone with three games to play. The Hammers, ending up as 3-3 draws, due to the concession Macedonia (Skopje), Germany (Munich), Hungary (Budapest), tration beIN SPORTS 3 HD meanwhile, are six points above the bottom of late equalisers, Baggies fans were taking Israel (Jerusalem), Italy (Rome), Netherlands (Amsterdam), three but may not be entirely at ease after their nothing for granted in the closing stages. But Ireland (Dublin), Romania (Bucharest), Russia (St Petersburg), Division Two Spanish League they were celebrating come the final whistle Rochdale 45 24 9 12 68 46 81 fourth consecutive defeat. Scotland (), Spain (Bilbao), Sweden (Stockholm) and Espanyol v Almeria 13:00 — promoted Albion were ahead against the run of play in and their top-flight safety should soon be Wales (Cardiff). beIN SPORTS 2 HD Scunthorpe 45 20 20 5 66 42 80 the 11th minute as Stephane Sessegnon burst sealed as well. — AFP Both England and Germany sent bids for a group stage Valencia v Atletico 18:00 — promoted beIN SPORTS 15 HD package as well as the finals, UEFA said. Armenia, Croatia, Chesterfield 44 21 15 8 67 39 78 beIN SPORTS 2 HD Czech Republic, Finland, France, Greece, Kazakhstan, Poland, Fleetwood 45 22 10 13 65 50 76 Bilbao v Sevilla 20:00 Portugal, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine were the Burton 44 19 15 10 47 39 72 beIN SPORTS 4 HD York 45 18 16 11 50 39 70 countries who previously expressed interest in bidding but Villarreal v Barcelona 22:00 Southend 45 18 15 12 55 39 69 did not submit dossiers. beIN SPORTS 13 HD Oxford Utd 45 16 14 15 52 47 62 The host nations will be selected at UEFA’s executive com- beIN SPORTS 2 HD Plymouth 45 16 11 18 48 55 59 mittee meeting in Geneva on Sept. 19. Turkey had been Bury 45 13 19 13 59 51 58 German League expected to bid for the semi-finals and final but on Friday Portsmouth 45 14 16 15 53 63 58 Augsburg v Hamburger 16:30 said it wanted to concentrate on hosting the whole of Euro Dagenham 45 14 15 16 50 57 57 Dubai Sports 2024 instead. Mansfield 45 14 15 16 48 58 57 Schalke v Borussia 18:30 Switzerland said it believed its chances were slight after it AFC Wimbledon 45 14 14 17 47 54 56 Dubai Sports Newport 45 13 16 16 54 58 55 co-hosted Euro 2008 with Austria and did not want to risk “wasted effort” on an unsuccessful candidacy. Cheltenham 45 13 16 16 51 60 55 French League Accrington 45 13 15 17 51 54 54 French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet told a Sochaux v PSG 15:00 Hartlepool 45 14 11 20 50 54 53 news conference on Friday that France had pulled out beIN SPORTS 12 HD Morecambe 45 13 14 18 52 64 53 beIN SPORTS 5 HD because it was already hosting the whole of Euro 2016. Exeter 45 13 13 19 52 57 52 Lyonnais v Bastia 18:00 “We are extremely happy to have received so many bids Bristol Rovers 45 12 14 19 43 53 50 beIN SPORTS 5 HD to host Euro 2020,” said UEFA president Michel Platini. “The Northampton 45 12 14 19 39 56 50 Lille v Bordeaux 22:00 Wycombe 45 11 14 20 43 54 47 60th year anniversary edition of the tournament will be an beIN SPORTS 13 HD Torquay 45 12 9 24 42 63 45 LONDON: West Bromwich Albion’s Saido Berahino (second left) celebrates scoring historic one with matches played in many European coun- — relegated against West Ham United with his teammates during their English Premier League tries. — Reuters soccer match. — AP