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SAN DIEGO: San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates (85) runs as cornerback Kyle Fuller (23) and outside linebacker Jonathan Anderson (58) defend during the second half of an NFL football game Monday, in San Diego. — AP Cutler rallies Bears to win over Chargers

CHICAGO: Trailing by nine points after three quarters, Lambo’s 31-yard field goal in the half’s waning sec- the Chicago Bears rallied to beat San Diego 22-19 on onds pushed the Chargers’ advantage to 16-7. The Bears NFL results/standings Monday, handing the Chargers (2-7) a fifth consecutive sliced their deficit to 13-7 when Cutler clicked with tight loss. end Martellus Bennett on a 1-yard pass midway Buffalo 23, Baltimore 20; Arizona 13, Tampa Bay 10; Minnesota 34, Pittsburgh 27; Kansas City 31, NY Giants 7; Indianapolis 37, Jacksonville 3; Chicago (3-5) quarterback Jay Cutler hit tight end through the second quarter. Seattle 23, Houston 20 (OY); Cleveland 17, Cincinnati 6; Detroit 40, Chicago 32; Tennessee 38, NY Jets 13; Washington 24, Oakland 14; Denver Zach Miller for a 25-yard with 3:19 left, and Earlier in the quarter, Chicago cornerback Tracy 52, Philadelphia 20; San Diego 30, Dallas 21; New England 30, Atlanta 23. running back Jeremy Langford rushed over for the two- Porter stripped wide receiver Dontrelle Inman of the Conference National Football Conference point conversion to open up the three-point cushion, ball, and it was recovered by linebacker Christian Jones, AFC East NFC EAST the Bears’ first lead of the night. The Chargers’ skid is with the Bears taking over at the San Diego 41-yard line. W L T OTL PF PA PCT Dallas 2 2 0 0 104 85 .500 their longest since they dropped six in a row in 2011. Two plays later, though, cornerback New England 4 0 0 0 89 57 1.000 Philadelphia 1 3 0 0 99 138 .250 Culter completed 27 of 40 passes for 345 yards and went 68 yards for a pick-six and a 13-0 Chargers advan- Miami 3 0 0 0 74 53 1.000 Washington 1 3 0 0 91 112 .250 two . He also lost a and was inter- tage. Lambo missed the point after. It was Verrett’s first NY Jets 2 2 0 0 68 88 .500 NY Giants 0 4 0 0 61 146 0 cepted once. Bears receiver Alshon Jeffery caught 10 touchdown and second of his career off Buffalo 2 2 0 0 88 93 .500 NFC North AFC North passes for 151 yards. Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers Cutler’s second turnover of the first half. Chicago 3 1 0 0 127 114 .750 Cincinnati 2 2 0 0 81 81 .500 was 26-for-42 passes for 280 yards with one touchdown The Bears appeared poised to score late in the first Detroit 3 1 0 0 122 101 .750 Baltimore 2 2 0 0 91 87 .500 and no . It was the first time he did not quarter, when they advanced to the Chargers’ 10-yard Green Bay 1 2 0 0 96 88 .333 Cleveland 2 2 0 0 64 70 .500 throw for at least 300 yards in six games. San Diego line. However, Chicago retreated 5 yards on an offside Minnesota 1 3 0 0 115 123 .250 running back Danny Woodhead produced 111 total penalty, then linebacker Melvin Ingram sacked Cutler Pittsburgh 0 4 0 0 69 110 0 NFC South yards and a touchdown. and forced a fumble, which was recovered by safety Eric AFC South New Orleans 3 0 0 0 70 38 1.000 Kicker Josh Lambo’s second field goal, this one from Weddle. The Chargers weren’t able to convert the Indianapolis 3 1 0 0 105 51 .750 Carolina 1 2 0 0 68 36 .333 22 yards, increased the Chargers’ lead to 19-14 with turnover into points. Tennessee 3 1 0 1 98 69 .750 eight minutes to play. Before Lambo’s kick, San Diego The Chargers struck first after Gould was wide left Houston 2 2 0 1 90 105 .500 Atlanta 1 3 0 0 94 104 .250 had a touchdown pass from Rivers to tight end Antonio on a 47-yard field goal attempt to end the game’s first Jacksonville 0 4 0 0 31 129 0 Tampa Bay 0 4 0 0 44 70 0 Gates wiped away when right guard D.J. Fluker was possession. Gould also missed from 34 yards in the AFC West NFC West flagged for being downfield. The Bears pulled within third quarter. Rivers found Woodhead for a 14-yard Denver 4 0 0 0 179 91 1.000 Seattle 4 0 0 0 109 47 1.000 16-14 with 14 minutes remaining on Langford’s one- scoring pass and a 7-0 lead. Woodhead ran a wheel Kansas City 4 0 0 0 102 41 1.000 San Francisco 2 2 0 0 79 95 .500 yard touchdown run. It capped a 93-yard, 15-play drive route from the left side of the formation and was wide San Diego 2 2 0 0 108 102 .500 Arizona 2 2 0 0 69 89 .500 in which Chicago converted four third downs, the final open for the score as the Bears bungled their zone cov- Oakland 1 3 0 0 71 91 .250 St. Louis 1 3 0 0 69 121 .250 one on rookie Langford’s score. erage. — Reuters Russia responds as doping scandal threatens to spread MOSCOW: Russia rejected yesterday explosive deductions and conclusions” in WADA’s report. “Russia is not the only country, nor athletics the accusations of doping and corruption and prom- Calls for Russia, fourth in the 2012 London only sport, facing the problem of orchestrated ised a rapid response to avoid suspension from Olympics medal table, to be banned from next doping in sport,” the report, triggered by German the 2016 Olympics due to the scandal that year’s Olympic Games are growing. UK Athletics broadcaster ARD’s documentary last December, threatens to spread far beyond the borders of chief Ed Warner told BBC Radio 4: “Lord Coe... says warned. WADA’s independent commission chair- Russia and athletics. that his (IAAF) council is meeting on Friday or man Dick Pound added: “We certainly do not think “Until any proof has been put forward it is Saturday to consider sanctioning Russia and possi- that Russia is the only country with a doping prob- hard to accept any accusations as they seem bly to suspend them. My strong advice would be: lem and we don’t think athletics is the only sport rather groundless,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry you’ve absolutely got to do that.” with a doping problem. “It seems pretty clear from Peskov stated. Meanwhile, the Moscow anti- That view was echoed by Australia’s national both the ARD programme and subsequent devel- doping laboratory was stripped of its accredita- Olympic Committee. “We would very much sup- opments that Kenya has a real problem. It’s been tion by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) port Russian track and field athletes not being very slow to acknowledge that there is a problem.” in the first concrete measure taken since the allowed to compete in Rio if their federation is not “If they don’t do a good job (investigating dop- publishing of a damning report by a WADA inde- code-compliant to WADA,” the 2016 Australian ing) then I think somebody else will do a job for pendent commission. Olympic team’s chef de mission Kitty Chiller said in them.” According to several anti-doping specialists, Athletics was rocked by allegations of Russian Sydney. “If Russia is not in Rio, I think the reputa- the risk of abuse is especially high in countries with “state-sponsored” doping contained in the report tion of athletics will be enhanced because the pub- strong rulers. published on Monday. IAAF president Sebastian lic will know every athlete competing is clean and “Frauds like this can only be State-run with ST PETERSBURG: A file picture taken on July 25, 2015 shows Russian Sports Coe has given the Russian athletics federation is competing in the true spirit of the Olympic secret service involvement,” a specialist who Minister Vitaly Mutko (L) arriving to attend the preliminary draw for the 2018 (ARAF) “until the end of the week” to respond or Games.” The crisis engulfing the sport long-viewed wished to remain anonymous told AFP. He raised World Cup qualifiers at the Konstantin Palace in Saint Petersburg. Russia yester- risk possible suspension. Despite the Kremlin’s dis- as the flagship of the Olympic Games comes hot the case of China, recalling that in the build-up to day pledged to cooperate with anti-doping and international athletics authori- missive reaction, ARAF assured Coe that it would on the heels of FIFA’s own corruption turmoil. And the 2008 Beijing Olympics a German reporter ties after a damning report into allegations of doping and corruption in athlet- contact the IAAF “in the very near future” outlining worryingly according to WADA, the athletics scan- posed as a swimming coach in search of finding ics in the country. — AFP its anti-doping programme and “its reaction to the dal is by no means confined to Russia nor athletics. ways to improve performance. — AFP