Bale Snaps Goal Drought As Real Edge Past Huesca
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SPORT Monday 10 December 2018 PAGE | 07 PAGE | 10 Australia Battle for EPL wobble in tough crown heats up run chase as as Liverpool India sniff win leapfrog City Bale snaps goal drought as Real edge past Huesca AFP MADRID Gareth Bale ended a three-month goal drought in La Liga to give Real Madrid a nervy 1-0 win away to basement club Huesca Top swimmers yesterday, taking his side back into the top four at the expense of Alaves. The Wales forward, who had challenge FINA not found the net in the league since Sept. 1 but had scored in the Champions League, gave Real an with lawsuit ideal start by volleying home a cross from Alvaro Odriozola in REUTERS FINA had threatened sanc- the eighth minute. MIAMI tions against those swimmers Huesca, bottom of the table taking part in the event, which with a meagre seven points and Three world-class swimmers was put together by organ- without a win since the opening have filed a lawsuit in the isers of the International day of the season, did not lay United States, challenging Swimming League (ISL). The down against the European what they allege is the world governing body, in a champions though, and it took monopoly world governing statement, said it had taken a flying save from Thibaut body FINA has over the note of the filings in Courtois to prevent Ezequiel control of international California. Avila levelling soon competitions. “As world and Olympic afterwards. The lawsuit, brought on champions, the swimmers in Bale was denied another goal behalf of three-times question will understand that in the second half by Huesca’s Olympic gold medallist FINA’s attention is focused on keeper and the home side laid Katinka Hosszu (pictured) the 950 swimmers, including siege to Real’s area in the final of Hungary and US world two of the athletes in question, stages but fell short of an champions Tom Shields and from 180 member federations equaliser as Courtois tipped a Michael Andrew, followed taking part in the 14th World dangerous free kick over the bar the cancellation of a new Swimming Championships in Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale (centre) celebrates after scoring his team’s first goal during the in stoppage time and Dani professional swimming Hangzhou,” FINA said. Spanish league match against SD Huesca at the El Alcoraz Stadium yesterday. Carvajal made a frantic event scheduled for “FINA will nonetheless clearance. December 20-21 in Turin. give the filings our full Real’s eighth win in nine with coach Julen Lopetegui but particularly after the break. side for digging in and seeing out “FINA’s insistence that the attention and mount a robust games in all competitions under Real are still struggling to dom- “In the first half we played the result. world’s best swimmers may defense if required to do so. coach Santiago Solari saw them inate games, even against well, we controlled the game “We knew how to defend our compete only on FINA’s terms Meanwhile in Hangzhou, the climb above Alaves into fourth seemingly weak opposition and we did things the right goal until the end,” added the and its efforts to enforce that FINA Athletes Committee in the standings on 26 points such as Huesca. way,” he said. coach. rule are nakedly anti-compet- will consult with aquatics after 15 games, five behind They have made significant “In the second half it was “Bale scored a great goal itive,” said the lawsuit which athletes to continue its work leaders Barcelona. advances in defence, though, and complicated, we had the wind which earned us the three points, the trio said was filed “on of making sure athlete voices It was a marked this was their sixth clean sheet against us and it was difficult to as did the team’s character. 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It was the Celtics’ largest Chicago 77, Boston 133 major league baseball margin of victory in franchise history. Memphis 88, LA Lakers 111 player Luis Valbuena, Jaylen Brown scored a team-best 23 points Indiana 107, Sacramento 97 who was killed in a car off the bench, and Jayson Tatum made all four Dallas 107, Houston 104 accident along with 3-point attempts while scoring 18 points as team-mate Jose Castillo. the Celtics won their season-best fifth straight The corpse of Castillo contest. Terry Rozier added 15 points, Kyrie Hawks 106, Nuggets 98 was moved earlier in the Irving and Semi Ojeleye each scored 13 and John Collins scored a career-high 30 points morning to a different Marcus Morris tallied 12 for Boston.