MONDAY-JUNE 14, 2021 Sport 05 Denmark star Eriksen stable after collapse CAFA Women’s on pitch during Euro 2020 match vs Finland Championship: Afghanistan beats Tajikistan by one goal

KABUL: Afghanistan's U-20 Afghanistan lost its first Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan are national football team beat Tajiki- match in the tournament 11-0 to participating. stan 1-0 on Saturday night in the Uzbekistan. The CAFA Junior Champion- U-20 Women’s Championship The Afghan team will face Iran ship is an international football 2021 in Dushanbe. The competi- on Monday in its third match of tion is by the Central Asian the tournament. competition in Central Asia for Football Association (CAFA). The tournament started in member nations of the Central Afghan striker Zahra Foladi Dushanbe on June 9 and will end Asian Football Association scored the one goal that won the on June 18. (CAFA). match in the 17th minute. Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Iran, The Kabul Times

Denmark midfielder Christian date on Eriksen's status, saying in to the ground. has agreed to restart the match Eriksen is stable in hospital after a tweet: "The player has been Referee Anthony Taylor im- between Denmark and Finland collapsing during his country's transferred to the hospital and has mediately blew his whistle and tonight at 20:30 CET (TBC). opening Euro 2020 game against been stabilised." brought proceedings to a halt. The last four minutes of the Finland in Copenhagen. The Danish FA also sent out Denmark and Finland immediate- first half will be played, there will The Inter star went down dur- a tweet saying: "Christian Eriks- ly called for the medical staff, who then be a 5-minute half-time break ing the opening half of the Group en is awake and is undergoing fur- raced onto the pitch to administer followed by the second half. B match and required extensive ther examinations" at the hospi- treatment. The 29-year-old came up medical attention on the pitch be- tal. His Danish team-mates through Ajax's academy before fore he was removed on a stretch- Eriksen's agent Martin formed a shield around him as the going on to become a star for the er. Schoots told Dutch radio station medics provided treatment, before Dutch giants. After Eriksen was taken to the NPO Radio 1 that Eriksen was white sheets were held up around Eriksen's exploits in the Neth- hospital, UEFA sent out word awake, saying: "I've been in con- him to provide privacy. erlands earned him a move to Tot- that his condition was stable. The tact with his father for a while and Following several minutes of tenham in 2013, where he would Danish FA also confirmed that he says that Christian is breath- on-field treatment, UEFA an- go on to become one of the north Eriksen was awake and undergo- ing and can talk, that's the good nounced that the match was sus- London club's top players. ing further tests. The game was news. He is conscious, but every- pended. The European governing After six and a half seasons initially suspended before it was one is in shock. His girlfriend is body said just over an hour later with Spurs, Eriksen moved to In- later restarted after a delay of with him.” that following a request from both ter in January 2020. Eriksen took French Open: Novak Djokovic and Rafael more than 90 minutes, with Fin- What happened? teams' players, the match would time before becoming a key figure land winning 1-0. Play came to a halt just be- be resumed. in Milan, but was a major part of Nadal went one better than Andrea Bocelli What was said? fore half-time as Eriksen, without Following the request made Antonio Conte's 2020-21 Serie A UEFA provided the first up- any players around him, dropped by players of both teams, UEFA title winners. goal in playing out their own operatic classic England Collin McHugh slides into cricket key role in Rays bullpen players face with forearm tightness, threw off review of the mound for the first time (10 pitches) and will continue to build social media volume for two weeks, then start facing hitters. … Reliever Chaz posts Roe, out since an early-April shoulder strain, made his fourth England’s cricket authorities rehab appearance Friday for Tri- will review players' social media ple-A Durham, striking out two to “address any historical issues” in a nine-pitch, 1-2-3 . following fast bowler Ollie Rob- Miscellany inson's suspension for discrimi- L to R: Angie Neukam, 52, and natory posts on Twitter in 2012- Austin Neukam, 6, of St. Peters- 13. burg, and Rays designated hitter The England and Wales Crick- smile for a pho- et Board’s announcement Satur- As Andrea Bocelli's rendition matches that you will remember Incredibly, Djokovic is the to. day opened the door to taking dis- of Nessun Dorma rang around the forever." first player in 116 matches to beat L to R: Angie Neukam, 52, and ciplinary action against other play- Stadio Olimpico in Rome, so the The great Spaniard went into Nadal in best-of-five sets on clay Austin Neukam, 6, of St. Peters- ers, if necessary. two tenors of tennis played out the contest having won 105 of his after losing the opener. burg, and Rays designated hitter Robinson was suspended an operatic classic of their own previous 107 matches on the Pa- Asked what it meant to beat ST. PETERSBURG — The McHugh was with the Astros to Austin Meadows smile for a pho- from international cricket last Sun- on a bonkers Friday night 900 risian clay, losing only to Robin Nadal at a Grand Slam he has win Collin McHugh earned Satur- know how big of a weapon he can to. [ ARIELLE BADER | Times ] day pending a disciplinary inves- miles north at Roland Garros. Soderling in the French Open owned almost exclusively since day for two dazzling of be. · Attendance was a Tropica- tigation into the racist and sexist Never has a tennis match had fourth round in 2009 and Djok- 2005, Djokovic said it was diffi- relief was a small reward for the “He’s nasty,” Kiermaier said. na Field season-high 9,225. But tweets he posted as a teenager. such an immeasurable amount of ovic in the last eight six years ago. cult to put into words. impressive work he has done since “I hated facing him back in the this was only the fourth game since The 27-year-old Robinson, interest on social media as Novak He had won all 13 of his pre- "I mean, he has been the most returning from a back strain that day. … He said about a month the Rays expanded capacity back who made his test debut in the Djokovic's stunning four-set vic- vious semi-finals but, in a 58th dominant player of the Roland landed him on the . ago, ‘Don’t let the kid get hot.’ to around 20,000, drawing 7,173, first match of a series against New tory against 'The King of Clay' match between the pair that for Garros history. He lost two, now In 18 innings over 11 appear- He was kind of joking around. But 7,616 and 6,211. For the first 28 Zealand last week at Lord’s, has Rafael Nadal at the French Open. three sets maybe surpassed any three times, in his entire career ances, McHugh has allowed one he meant that at the same time. … games capacity was 9,021, which apologized. Andy Murray called it "per- that came before, Djokovic found here," Djokovic said. run (for a 0.50 ERA), 10 hits, six I get excited every time he takes they reached only for the April 9 The review will “address any fect" while Andy Roddick said it the answers to the greatest chal- "The amount of wins that he walks and has logged 31 strike- that mound because the way he home opener. historical issues, remind individ- was one of the "best matches" he lenge in sport to win an instant has made on this court is incredi- outs (of 69 batters, for a 44.9 per- can spin the ball and make it go · The Rays have won all five uals of their personal responsibil- had ever seen and golfer Sergio classic 3-6 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-2. ble. Each time you step on the centage), working as an opener and many different ways.’’ games against the Orioles this sea- ities going forward, and help them Garcia described it as "out of this The biggest cheer of the night court with him, you know that multi-inning bridge reliever. Sat- Kiermaier, on why he missed son, 11 of the past 12 overall and learn lessons along the way,” the world". We even had Cher tweet- came with the announcement that you have to kind of climb Mount urday was a prime example, as he Brett Phillips’ entertaining reac- 10 straight series at the Trop dat- ECB said. ing about it. Who even knew the the fans, who had been expected Everest to win. faced seven Orioles and struck out tion to being by a pitch in the ing to July 17. 'Goddess of Pop' was a tennis fan! to be ejected to comply with Par- "It's just one of these match- five. fourth inning: · The O’s lost their 14th In his press conference, Djok- is' 11pm curfew, were in fact be- es that I really will remember for “McHugh was awesome,” “I actually didn’t see it right straight road game overall, their ovic said it was the "most beauti- ing allowed to stay. a very long time, not just because Rays manager said. when it happened. I was taking a longest such streak since moving ful" match he had ever played in The French Open and local I won the match but because of “He’s got just great feel for the potty break. I was going pee in to Baltimore in 1954, but only the Paris. authorities had quickly shifted the atmosphere, the occasion was right now. He’s picking up the urinal to clear that up. ....That third-longest such streak in the The world No 1 said: "Defi- gears ... a "Thank you, Macron" very special." from righties (and) from was a No. 1 one by the way. Let’s majors this season, behind the nitely the best match that I was chant referring to France's presi- Nadal, always the most mag- lefties. He’s throwing the ball over just be very cordial about that, Diamondbacks (19) and Rangers part of ever in Roland Garros for dent, Emmanuel Macron rang nanimous of losers, said: "That's the plate early. Then that slider people. Come on now.” (16). me, and top three matches that I around Court Philippe Chatrier sport, you know. Sometimes you he’s featuring right now from the Medical matters · Austin Meadows’ fifth-in- ever played in my entire career, before a passionate rendition of win, sometimes you lose. I tried side, it looks like a Frisbee going First baseman Ji-Man Choi ning single snapped an 0-for-15 considering the quality of tennis, La Marseillaise. to give my best. up there. played in the second of two ex- stretch. playing my biggest rival on the Djokovic saved a set point at "It was probably was not my “Hitters can’t give up on it tended spring games with no is- · Kiermaier logged his 102nd court where he has had so much 5-6 in a pivotal third set full of best day out there. My position and then it just expands and car- sues from the left groin strain that career stolen base, tying Ben Zo- success and has been the domi- spellbinding rallies before taking on shots were not that effective. ries out of the zone and looks like landed him on the injured list, and brist for third on the Rays’ all- nant force in the last 15-plus years, the tie-break. He then reeled off Against a player like him who a strike for a long time.” he could be activated Sunday or, time list. Carl Crawford had 409 and the atmosphere, which was the last six games of the match to takes the ball early, I was not able Rays centerfielder Kevin Ki- more likely, Monday. … Starter and B.J. Upton 232. completely electric. take his record over career-long to take him out of his positions, ermaier saw enough when , out since early April "Just one of these nights and rival Nadal to 30-28. then is (becomes) very difficult.