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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2016 SPORTS Dick Advocaat promises to Brazil judge orders US Townsend set to replace reinvigorate Fenerbahce swimmers not to leave Cotter as Scotland boss ISTANBUL: Experienced Dutch coach Dick Advocaat yesterday vowed to reinvigorate the RIO DE JANEIRO: A judge in Brazil has issued an order to LONDON: Gregor Townsend will replace Vern Cotter as the head coach of fortunes of Fenerbahce with attacking football as he was officially unveiled as the new prevent US swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen from the Scotland national side at the end of the 2016/17 season, the Scottish coach of the Istanbul giants. Advocaat had arrived in Istanbul earlier this week as the sur- leaving the country on the grounds they gave conflicting Rugby Union announced yesterday. New Zealander Cotter’s contract prise choice to replace Vitor Pereira, whose one-year stint ended in an acrimonious parting accounts of their robbery outside the Rio Games on expires in June 2017 and the SRU has now made public its intention to with the club unilaterally terminating the contract of the Portuguese coach. ‘The most Sunday, a Brazilian newspaper said yesterday. Lochte, one install Townsend, a former Scotland international, into the role when his important thing is that we try to take the initiative in the game,’ said Advocaat as he was of swimming’s most decorated Olympians, had already current deal as head coach of the Glasgow Warriors ends at the introduced at the signing ceremony at Fenerbahce’s Sukru Saracoglu Stadium. ‘We have to returned to the United States ahead of the court ruling, the same time. ‘Gregor’s abilities as a head coach are evident and he play attacking football. It’s simple. And to be successful everyone in the squad is increasingly becoming one of the most sought-after coaches newspaper quoted Brazilian police as saying. It was unclear has to be involved in what we do.’ In a colorful managerial career spanning in the game,’ said SRU chief executive Mark Dodson in a state- over three decades, Advocaat had most recently managed clubs including if Feigen had also left the country. Lochte said he, Feigen ment. Townsend, 43, took charge of Glasgowóone of Zenit St Petersburg and Sunderland. The former Dutch national coach also and two other team mates were travelling back to the Scotland’s two professional teams along with Edinburghóin enjoyed a successful stint of over three years with Scottish giants Rangers Athletes’ Village in a taxi in the early hours of the morning 2012 after three years as an assistant coach with the national from 1998-2001. Fenerbahce lost out to local rivals Besiktas in the race after a party when armed men carrying police badges side. He has since taken Glasgow to the Celtic League play- for the league title last season but the final nail for Pereira was the pulled them over. The gunmen ordered them to drop to offs in each of his four seasons in charge and led them to team’s defeat at the hands of Monaco in the third qualifying the ground and demanded their wallets and belongings, their first title in 2015 after they also topped the regu- round of the Champions League earlier this month. — AFP Lochte said. lar season table. —AFP Red Sox overpower Orioles 5-3 BALTIMORE: Mookie Betts homered twice and drove in five runs, helping the resurgent Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 Tuesday night for their fifth straight victory. Betts hit a three-run drive in the fifth inning and added a tiebreaking two-run shot in the seventh. He’s batting .426 with 12 homers and 18 RBIs in 11 games against the Orioles this season. Betts had three homers and eight RBIs in a 16-2 win over Arizona on Sunday. The victory lifted Boston into a tie with Baltimore in the AL East. The Orioles started the day atop the division by .001 over Toronto, which played a late game against the Yankees. Boston starter Eduardo Rodriguez had a no-hitter before leaving in the fifth inning with left hamstring tightness. Matt Barnes kept the Orioles hitless until Steve Pearce reached on a dribbler that got past the mound with one out in the seventh. Brad Brach (7-2) allowed Betts’ sec- ond homer. Brad Ziegler (1-3) got his first win since being acquired from the Diamondbacks, and Craig Kimbrel got his 21st save. BLUE JAYS 12, YANKEES 6 Russell Martin homered twice, including a go- ahead shot in an eight-run eighth inning, and Troy Tulowitzki had four hits as Toronto erased a six-run deficit to beat New York. Edwin Encarnacion hit a tying homer and drove home three runs in the eighth as Toronto took advantage of a complete meltdown by New York’s bullpen. Tulowitzki also went deep to help the Blue Jays pull off their biggest comeback of the season and move back atop the AL East, just ahead of Baltimore and Boston. Impressive rookie Gary Sanchez homered twice for New York, including a titanic, three-run drive deep into the rarely reached second deck in left field. It was the first time both starting catch- ers had multiple home runs in an American League game since at least 1913, the Yankees said. Scott Feldman (6-4) replaced ineffective starter Marco Estrada after a rain delay and struck out five in three innings of one-run relief. Adam Warren (1- 1) began the eighth for New York and gave up four runs in 1/3 of an inning. DODGERS 15, PHILLIES 5 DENVER: Catcher Wilson Ramos #40 of the Washington Nationals tags out Carlos Gonzalez #5 of the Colorado Rockies at home plate for the third out of the seventh inning at Coors Field Chase Utley got curtain calls after each of his on August 16, 2016. — AFP two home runs - including a grand slam - in his first game in Philadelphia since last season’s bases loaded in the 10th inning, forcing home out homer in the sixth. Kluber is 5-0 with a 1.80 and could miss the remainder of the regular sea- Fernando Salas pitched a scoreless ninth for his trade to Los Angeles. Those cheers came after the winning run for AL-leading Texas. Carlos ERA in seven starts since a July 3 loss at Toronto. son, while Maness will have Tommy John sur- third save, and Brett Oberholtzer (3-2) earned the fans greeted him with a 1 Ω-minute ovation Beltran had tied the game with his fourth hit, a Cody Allen pitched a perfect ninth for his 23rd gery, likely sidelining him until 2018. Seung win with a scoreless eighth. The Angels’ 11-game before he struck out leading off a rout of the two-run single, after John Axford (4-4) walked save. Jose Quintana (9-9) lost for the first time Hwan Oh pitched a scoreless ninth, striking out streak tied a franchise worst. Phillies. Utley was a six-time All-Star in 13 sea- the bases loaded. Marc Rzepczynski came on and since June 28. three, for his 12th save of the season. sons as Philadelphia’s second baseman, helping the A’s opted to intentionally walk Adrian Beltre, REDS 6, MARLINS 3 the team win five straight NL East titles and the reloading the bases. Odor was hit in the shoulder CUBS 4, BREWRES 1, GAME 1 ROYALS 6, TIGERS 1 Tucker Barnhart’s first career grand slam 2008 World Series. Fans showed their apprecia- on the next pitch. Oakland tied the game in the CUBS 4, BREWERS 1, GAME 2 Danny Duffy allowed one run in 7 2/3 innings capped Cincinnati’s five-run first inning, giving tion with a long cheer before he struck out in the ninth off closer Sam Dyson, then took a 4-2 lead Jason Hammel threw seven innings of two-hit and Kansas City hit four homers. Raul Mondesi, Anthony DeSclafani all the support he needed to first inning at Citizens Bank Park. in the 10th when five of its first six batters ball, Anthony Rizzo jumped onto a wall to make Alex Gordon and Eric Hosmer all homered off beat his former team. With Miami leading 1-0, the In the fifth, Utley hit a two-out solo homer off reached against Keone Kela (4-1). Yonder Alonso a remarkable catch of a foul ball and Chicago Justin Verlander (12-7), while Kendrys Morales Reds loaded the bases with three straight two- Vince Velasquez (8-5) and raced around the had an RBI double and scored on Ryon Healy’s beat banged-up Milwaukee to sweep a day-night went deep off Mark Lowe. Duffy (10-1) allowed out singles in the first against Jose Urena (1-4), bases in customary fashion. Fans clamored for a single for the A’s. doubleheader. Javier Baez hit a two-run homer three hits and two walks, striking out five. who was recalled from Triple-A New Orleans earli- rare curtain call by a visiting player, and Utley while Hammel (13-5) struck out seven to extend er Tuesday. Coming off his first loss this season, obliged to another standing ovation. In the sev- ROCKIES 6, NATIONALS 2 his scoreless streak to 22 innings. In the opener, METS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 5 DeSclafani (7-1) appeared to injure his left ankle enth, Utley hit a grand slam off Michael Mariot, DJ LeMahieu had three hits and reached base Trevor Cahill (2-3) came off the disabled list to Noah Syndergaard earned his first victory in making a sudden stop while running the bases in and fans again cheered him back out of the for the ninth straight plate appearance and throw five innings of two-hit ball in his first start seven starts, helping himself with a two-run the fourth.