6 October 29, 2020 Real Snatch Draw at Gladbach Djokovic Wins Vienna Opener to With Late Casemiro Goal Close on Sampras Record Nadal. ner is appearing at his first tourna- Sampras achieved the feat six ment since his heavy loss to Nadal years in succession between 1993 in the Roland Garros final two and 1998. weeks ago. Djokovic was playing in Vienna Djokovic is also attempting to for the first time since he won the beat Federer’s all-time best of 310 title there in 2007, and dropped weeks spent on top of the rankings. serve twice in a tricky opening set. On Monday, Djokovic began his Krajinovic served for the first set 292nd week in total as world num- at 5-4 and then held a set point in ber one. the tie-break but couldn’t take ad- Djokovic and U.S. Open winner vantage. Dominic Thiem are two of six top A couple of breaks in the second 10 players in the draw in the Aus- set allowed Djokovic to clinch vic- trian capital. Real Madrid’s Casemiro, second right, celebrates after scoring his tory -- his 38th in 40 matches this Second seed Thiem overcame Vi- side’s second goal during the Champions League Group B soccer match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and Real Madrid at the Novak Djokovic needs one win to ensure he finishes the year as world year. taliy Sachko 6-4, 7-5 in his opening Borussia Park in Moenchengladbach, Germany, Oct 27, 2020. number one for the sixth time “First set, I think he was the bet- match at home. ter player. He was serving for the The Ukrainian lucky loser was MOENCHENGLADBACH “We didn’t think this would be first set and I was lucky. He missed making his tour-level debut, having VIENNA (Dispatches) - Novak against Borna Coric to ensure he (Reuters) - Real Madrid scored such a drama,” Real coach Zine- a smash at 6/6 in the tie-break,” said entered the draw after Kei Nishikori Djokovic hgas defeated Filip Kraji- equals the achievement of his child- two goals in the final minutes with dine Zidane said. “But my team Djokovic. pulled out due to injury. novic in the first round in Vienna to hood idol. Karim Benzema and Casemiro to showed that they know how to “A few points here and there can Chile’s Cristian Garin shook off edge closer to Pete Sampras’s all-time The 33-year-old Serb has been rescue a 2-2 draw at Borussia Mo- react. change the momentum of the match. the frustration of losing a lengthy record of ending the year as world the top-ranked player at the end of enchengladbach in their Champi- “We always play to win and In the second set, I stepped it up, I second set tie-break to take down number one on six occasions. a season five times: in 2011, 2012, ons League Group B match and show the hunger to win. No way played better and I am just pleased Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 6-7 (9/11), 6-3. Djokovic beat compatriot Kra- 2014, 2015 and 2018. snap a three-game losing run in were we happy with the draw.” with the way I finished the match.” He will face Thiem for a place in jinovic 7-6 (8/6), 6-3 and needs He shares that mark with career the competition. Gladbach, who also conceded to win his next match in Austria rivals Roger Federer and Rafael The 17-time Grand Slam title win- the quarter-finals. Marcus Thuram fired in for a 90th-minute equalizer in their the lead in the 33rd minute and 2-2 draw at Inter Milan last tapped in on the rebound in the week, are second in the group Bayern Edge Past Lokomotiv 2-1 to Stretch Winning Run 58th before Benzema cut the on two points, with Shakhtar MOSCOW (Reuters) - Bayern but they squandered a string deficit in the 87th minute and top on four after a 0-0 draw with Casemiro bagged a stoppage- Inter. Munich’s Joshua Kimmich vol- of chances to double their lead time equalizer. Zidane had been hoping to leyed in a 79th-minute winner as and also hit the post before An- The 13-time European cham- carry his side’s momentum from they battled past hosts Lokomo- ton Miranchuk punished their pions, who had lost their previ- their 3-1 weekend win over Bar- tiv Moscow 2-1 in their Cham- wastefulness following a quick ous three games including a 3-2 celona in into the game. defeat by Shakhtar Donetsk last Yet despite their confidence in pions League Group A match to break from Ze Luis. week, earned their first point in possession, chances were few extend their winning run in the Bayern, winners of five tro- the competition. and far between. competition to 13 consecutive phies in 2020, are top of their games. group on six points, after also Woods Wins Stage Seven as Leon Goretzka headed them beating Atletico Madrid 4-0 last in front in the 13th minute week in their opener. Richard Carapaz Retains Lead World Champion Coleman to Miss Olympics After Doping Ban TOKYO (Reuters) - World 100 AIU in June. meters champion Christian Cole- “We regret to say that we do man will miss next year’s Tokyo not think there is any mitigation Olympics after being banned for which can fairly be relied upon two years for breaching where- to reduce the sanction from the abouts rules, the Athletics Integ- two-year period,” the AIU said rity Unit (AIU) said. in a statement on its website. Coleman, who narrowly es- “Unfortunately, we see this In this Sept 28, 2019 file photo, Christian Coleman of the United States caped a ban last year for miss- case as involving behavior by celebrates winning the gold medal in the men’s 100 meter final race at ing three doping tests, was the athlete as very careless at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. Canada’s Michael Woods powered to victory in the final kilometer to provisionally suspended by the best and reckless at worst.” win stage seven by four seconds

LONDON (Dispatches) - Mi- Carthy is 18 seconds behind Cara- President Bartomeu Resigns After Messi Row chael Woods claimed victory from paz, with Ireland’s Daniel Martin BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu the breakaway on stage seven of two seconds further back. the Vuelta a Espana as Richard The riders twice ascended the has resigned from the club ahead of a vote of no confidence that was due to Carapaz retained the overall lead. 7.8km-long category one Puerto be held next month after some 20,000 fans signed a petition demanding that EF Pro Cycling’s Woods dis- de Orduna climb - after 59km and he step down. tanced a lead group of four other again at 132km. The rest of the board of directors also resigned. riders with 1km remaining to finish Valverde, at three minutes back “It’s a thought-out, serene, informed decision” to resign, Bartomeu said four seconds ahead of Omar Fraile in the general classification, was in a televised speech. and Alejandro Valverde. the best placed overall in an initial Bartomeu, 57, has been facing growing resentment in the last year due to Ineos Grenadiers’ Carapaz fin- 36-strong breakaway, with Guil- the club’s worsening finances and the team’s decline on the pitch, which ished in the peloton, 56 seconds laume Martin and Nans Peters also behind, on the 160km stage from joining a lively five-man race at came to a head with their 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions Vitoria-Gasteiz to Villanueva de the front in the closing stages. League quarterfinals in August. Valdegovia. Canadian Woods attacked on the He has been widely criticized after talisman forward re- Britain’s Hugh Carthy remains final ascent of the Orduna and, af- quested a transfer following the Champions League humiliation and was Barcelona FC’s President Josep Maria Bartomeu speaks during an official second. ter being caught by his pursuers, facing a vote of no confidence from the club’s ‘socios’. presentation of Barcelona’s new Dutch coach, Ronald Koeman (not in frame), Woods’ 26-year-old team-mate made his decisive move. at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, on Aug 19, 2020. UEFA Reiterates ‘Strong Opposition’ to European Super League ZURICH (Dispatches) - UEFA Tursday night Bartomeu declared for the continent’s high rollers The idea was knocked on the Super League. This is not a prom- posed to a Super League”. has repeated its “strong opposi- that one of his last acts as the first surfaced through a series of head by European football boss ise. It is a fact”. Any Super League involving tion” to a European Super League Catalan team’s chief had been to leaked emails and documents in Aleksander Ceferin the following Responding to Bartomeu’s only Europe’s wealthiest clubs after the controversial project re- accept a proposal for Barcelona to November 2018 claiming that a February. Tuesday night admission for the would be in direct conflict with ceived a surprise shot in the arm play in “a future European Super host of Europe’s biggest clubs He vowed that while he and An- first time of the project’s exis- the UEFA-run Champions League from Josep Maria Bartomeu as he League” which “would guarantee were working on plans for a 16- drea Agnelli, president of the Eu- tence UEFA told AFP that Ceferin and Europa League, competitions stood down as Barcelona president. the financial stability of the club”. team Super League to kick off as ropean Club Association (ECA), “has clearly indicated on several open to any team based on their In a resignation bombshell on The notion of a splinter league early as 2021. were in office “there will be no occasions UEFA is strongly op- domestic league performances.