THE POST AIZAWL SUNDAY 10 JANUARY 2021 SPORTS 3 Bayern Munich squanders 2-goal Ivo Karlovic becomes oldest ATP Tour match winner since lead to lose to Gladbach 3-2 Jimmy Connors , JAN 09 pick his spot and he stayed cool the first set to beat Bayern Munich’s defensive before slotting the ball inside American Noah Rubin 7-6 frailties finally took their toll as the left post. (1), 6-3. Borussia Mönchengladbach “We twice lost the ball Quiroz led 5-3, lost came from two goals down to where we shouldn’t lose the ball serve twice and then beat the Bundesliga leader 3-2 and we didn’t react to it rallied, dominating the on Friday. properly,” Goretzka said. Süle tiebreaker. The victory was scored twice and Florian was again at fault when the second career ATP Tour Neuhaus provided the bow as Gladbach got its third goal in win for the 28-year-old Gladbach dealt Bayern just its the 49th, when his wayward Ecuadorian, who played at second defeat in 15 games. pass was intercepted by the University of Southern “Gladbach were very efficient. Hofmann, who played a one- California. They brutally punished three two with before Quiroz’s uncle, 1990 mistakes that we made,” coach laying the ball off for Neuhaus, champion Hansi Flick said. who let fly inside the top-right MIAMI, JAN 09 Andres Gomez, played his final ATP Tour Bayern conceded first in corner. Ivo Karlovic of Croatia became the oldest match at the inaugural each of its previous eight league “Unfortunately, they player to win an ATP Tour match in a quarter- in 1993. In other first-round play, American games but recovered to lose punished these two or three bad century, hitting 27 aces night to beat No. 7- Christian Harrison swept Tomas Martin none. passes that we had in the seeded Pablo Andujar of Spain 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 Etcheverry of Argentina, 6-4, 6-2. Harrison Flick was determined for his buildup,” Thomas Müller said. 20th minute, consequently also But the defending to set up Hofmann again just in the first round of the Delray Beach Open. next plays No. 1-seeded Cristian Garin of team to make a good start and “But in the end it’s pointless to Karlovic, who turns 42 next month, is the ending Bayern’s habit of champions’ issues hadn’t gone before halftime. The goal was Chile. Bayern was given an opening talk about the goals conceded. oldest to win on the top men’s tour since Bjorn Fratangelo beat fellow American early on when Neuhaus was conceding the first goal. Leon away, as Hofmann showed when initially flagged offside, but a We didn’t make enough of our Jimmy Connors at age 42 in 1995. The victory Goretzka then won the ball in he beat the visitors’ offside trap VAR review showed Hofmann Kevin King 6-2, 6-2; Daniel Elahi Galan of penalized through VAR for pressure in the second half.” was the veteran’s first since last February. No. Colombia eliminated Andrej Martin of handball in the penalty area. midfield, played a one-two with to score after a brilliant through was behind Niklas Süle when Leipzig can move to the top on 8 seed Frances Tiafoe defeated fellow Slovakia, 6-4, 6-4; and Cameron Norrie of Robert Lewandowski duly Leroy Sané, and doubled ball from . Stindl won Stindl played him through. Saturday with a win at home American Donald Young 6-3, 6-4. Qualifier converted the penalty in the Bayern’s lead in the 26th. the ball from Hofmann had plenty of time to over . Britain drubbed J.C. Aragone of the United Roberto Quiroz overcame a shaky stretch in States. SL spinner Akila AIFF rectifies ISL referee’s on- James Brayshaw mistakes fellow commentator Dananjaya's bowling action field decision, overturns East cleared by ICC Bengal red card Sunil Gavaskar for DUBAI, JAN 09 (AGENCIES) possible due to the ongoing NEW , JAN 09 , JAN 09 talking about Sachin Tendulkar,” Sri Lanka spinner Akila Covid-19 pandemic, a video SC defender will be available A slip of the tongue landed Brayshaw said. “I asked you, I Dananjaya, who was banned from footage was sent by Sri Lanka for Saturday’s Hero (ISL) clash commentator James Brayshaw in said ‘Is he the most loved Indian bowling for one year in August, . against Bengaluru FC as his red card in the 1-1 draw trouble when he introduced Sunil cricketer of all time?’ There have 2019 due to suspect action, has "An expert panel studied video with FC Goa has been overturned by the All Indian Gavaskar as Sachin Tendulkar been a few, yourself included.” been cleared by the International footage of Dananjaya's bowling Football Federation (AIFF) Disciplinary Committee. during a channel’s commentary Gavaskar: “I think so. I think Cricket Council. "The action provided by Sri Lanka The AIFF body reviewed video clippings of the for the third Test between Australia amongst the cricket followers, if and . International Cricket Council Cricket, as attendance and incident upon the club’s appeal against the decision you look at Dhoni, , Virat and was satisfied there was neither any intentional Brayshaw was in the hosting Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar they (ICC) today announced that assessment at an ICC accredited chair for Channel 7, nearing the are all loved by millions and following remedial work and re- centre was not possible due to serious foul or violent conduct on Fox’s part. On-field referee decisions are usually not to be end of the Indian innings, when millions of not just Indians, but assessment, the bowling action of various restrictions resulting from he introduced fellow other nationalities as well. I would Sri Lanka spinner Akila Covid-19," added the ICC reviewed unless there is persuasive evidence that there has been gross error apparent, negligence, commentators Gavaskar and imagine in India it would be Dananjaya has been found to be statement. "The panel concluded arbitrariness, malice, or bad faith in arriving at such Damien Fleming. Brayshaw perhaps Sachin Tendulkar.” legal, and he can resume bowling that the amount of elbow decision, as per CAS charter. welcomed Gavaskar to the show While Gavaskar is a well- in international cricket," said a extension in his bowling action The committee was convinced that Fox’s sending but called him Sachin Tendulkar. known cricketer and now statement from the International was within the 15-degree level of off after his sliding tackle on FC Goa’s Alexander Gavaskar took the conversation talking … Brayshaw: “We were just commentator in India, Tendulkar Cricket Council (ICC). tolerance permitted under the ICC Romario Jesuraj “was an error apparent on the part in his stride. Here is a part of the Fleming: “[This is] the great talking about him a second ago.” is one of the most popular Dananjaya was banned from Illegal Bowling Regulations," it of the referee and called for rectifying the same in exchange: man, the little master.” Fleming added: “We share a cricketers recognised in the game bowling for one year after being added. "To assist the match the interests of fair play” and necessitated Brayshaw: “Sachin Tendulkar, Brayshaw: “My apologies Sunil, birthday Sachin, the 24th of of cricket. Former Indian skipper reported during the Galle Test officials, they will be provided overturning of the red card and the subsequent one- welcome, and also Damien we were just talking about him a April”, to which Gavaskar Gavaskar was the first man to against New Zealand in August 29, with the report, images and video match ban. Fox is now eligible for selection in SC Fleming.” second ago.” quipped “not the same year score 10,000 Test runs as well as 2019. Since testing at an ICC footage of the bowler's East Bengal’s 10th round encounter against Fleming: “Sachin Tendulkar’s Gavaskar: “I am flattered, I am though”. the most Test centuries — both accredited centre was not remodelled legal bowling action." Bengaluru FC at the JL Nehru Stadium in Margao. in the commentary box?” flattered to be called Sachin Brayshaw: “Suni, we can share records which are now held by Brayshaw: “We were just Tendulkar.” with the audience why we were Tendulkar. Simona Halep ready for ‘mentally Odisha face Chennaiyin Pacers Jasprit Bumrah, hard’ quarantine at in bottom half clash Mohammed Siraj face racial body now more than ever so lots of BAMBOLIM (GOA), JAN 09 (AGENCIES) strengthening exercises and speed Odisha FC will be looking to pick up from the 4-2 abuse in Sydney, BCCI lodge work, and from the beginning of win over Kerala Blasters in the previous match when December we really stepped up the they face fellow strugglers Chennaiyin FC at the GMC complaint with ICC work on court. “Lots of drills and Stadium on Sunday. Chennaiyin have managed just repetition and now finally I am playing one win in their last eight games and their captain Siraj was allegedly called ‘monkey’ by the drunk spectator sets against other Romanian girls, Rafael Crivellaro has been ruled out for the season. from the SCG stands. getting ready for the first matches in Chennaiyin let in four goals against Hyderabad, Australia.” the same number they conceded in their first four Halep had skipped the hardcourt matches. They also suffer from having a misfiring swing in the United States due to attack, having scored just eight goals which is the concerns over the pandemic and her lowest in the league. Coach Csaba Laszlo admitted worst fears were realised when she that the team needed to do some introspection after contracted the virus in October. “I their lacklustre performance in the last match. didn’t get too sick with it thankfully but, of course, as a professional "I think the last game's performance was bad," athlete, I was worried about my lungs said Laszlo. "I don't want to run away from this SYDNEY, JAN 09 she was grateful for the five-hour so we did lots of tests and everything because altogether we made a lot of mistakes. I Simona Halep finds the prospect of window to train every day during was great,” the 2018 French Open think after this game, everybody in my team has to 14 days of quarantine ahead of the quarantine. winner said. go and think about it. From the first minute to the Australian Open daunting but the “I am also less stressed because I NEW CHALLENGE last, we were not really in the picture. We have to world number two believes the know that they have COVID so well Halep was not able to add to her change, we have to analyze the mistakes and we experience of playing at bio-secure under control in Australia and that two Grand Slam successes in 2020 have to go back to where we were before." tournaments last year will help her get once we are out of quarantine, we will during which young American Sofia Stuart Baxter's Odisha, meanwhile, will be through it. be free! “This year in lockdown has Kenin and Iga Swiatek from Poland hoping to pick up from their thumping victory over The 29-year-old Wimbledon meant that we are all a lot more used announced themselves with their first Kerala. Their win came on the back of an inspired champion had an eventful 2020 to spending time inside than we used major titles. performance from 22-year-old Indian forward season in which she ran up a 17- to be.” Halep’s last competitive match Halep did, however, win titles in Liston Colaco, who scored twice to put the team 4- SYDNEY , JAN 09 Mohammed Siraj. match , skipped the was at the French Open in early Dubai, Prague, and Rome. 2 ahead. It was the first win of the season for The Board of Control for Cricket in India Siraj was allegedly called ‘monkey’ by the U.S. Open over health fears but then October and she will hope to get some “I look back on my 2020 season Odisha. They also seem to have found an unlikely (BCCI) has lodged a complaint with the drunk spectator from the SCG stands. contracted the coronavirus. matches under her belt in a WTA 500 with pride and a sense of achievement, creative force in Jerry Mawihmingthanga, who now International Cricket Council (ICC) match Meanwhile, the ICC, after receiving a formal The start of her 2021 campaign event at Melbourne Park to warm up especially given the circumstances leads the ISL charts for assists along with Hugo referee David Boon after pacers Jasprit complaint from the BCCI has started an will involve the long journey to for the hardcourt Grand Slam. with COVID-19,” said Halep, who aims Boumous. "It's important to the degree that we Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj had to face investigation into the matter. Australia in mid-January before two With the Asian swing, including the to play both singles and doubles at the racial abuse at the Sydney Cricket Ground The SCG officials are making all weeks in quarantine ahead of the start season-ending WTA Finals, cancelled Tokyo Olympics and win a medal. needed to get those three points to give the players (SGC) during Day 3 of the ongoing 3rd Test arrangements to provide CCTV footages of the year’s first Grand Slam on Feb. in 2020 due to the pandemic, it was a “When the season shut down … the belief and the confidence to continue the roll match between India and Australia. The BCCI, available to the ICC. The incident has 8. long pre-season but Halep said she it was unclear if we could play any around," said Baxter. "The players did a fantastic which is ‘furious’ at the turn of events, has reminded all of the infamous 2008 “I know that it will be hard had enjoyed being at home and let her at all in 2020. That was tough job in retaining their confidence and their belief termed the incident ‘unacceptable’. ‘Monkeygate’ racism row that rocked the mentally, but I feel like my body and mind recover from a mentally. It gave me some time to despite the results being against us sometimes The incident took place on the third day India-Australia series in Sydney. Andrew experiences in bubbles in 2020 will stressful year. “I worked a lot on my appreciate tennis, to be grateful when quite unluckily. But, we do need that to gain a of the ongoing third test match between India Symonds had accused Harbhajan Singh of help me know a little more what to fitness,” Halep said in an email we were given the chance to play little bit of momentum and now hopefully, we can and Australia when a ‘drunk’ spectator racially abusing him and calling him a expect,” Halep told Reuters, adding interview. “I have to take care of my again.” kick on." racially abused Jasprit Bumrah and ‘monkey’. Mohammedan start I- League campaign with 1- NBA roundup: LeBron James, Lakers edge Bulls LOS ANGELES, JAN 09 Milwaukee on Wednesday. Blake had 12 points on 4-of-16 shooting. had 15, rookie LaMelo Ball had Wood recorded double-doubles points, eight rebounds, and six 0 win over Sudeva Montrezl Harrell contributed 17 Griffin had 16 points, 12 rebounds Oklahoma City Thunder 101 - 12 points and 10 rebounds and and Houston took full advantage assists. Mike Conley finished with , JAN 09 (AGENCIES) points and 14 rebounds for the and five assists, Delon Wright New York Knicks 89 Bismack Biyombo scored 11. of shorthanded Orlando, rolling to a double-double, tallying 17 points Ali Faisal's 58th minute strike helped Mohammedan Sporting Lakers, who played without contributed 16 points, five Hamidou Diallo scored 11 of Zion Williamson scored 26, a win at Toyota Center. and 10 assists. The Jazz snapped a start the I-League campaign with a 1-0 win over Sudeva Delhi Anthony Davis (left adductor rebounds and six assists, and his season-high 23 points in the Josh Hart added 19, Brandon Harden finished with 15 points two-game losing streak after at the on Saturday. Faisal pounced on a strain). Dennis Schroder also Mason Plumlee added 12 points fourth quarter as visiting Ingram and JJ Redick had 17 each and 13 assists while Wood making a franchise-record 25 3- defensive error from Sudeva's defence to slot the ball into scored 17, while Wesley Matthews for Detroit. Devin Booker led the Oklahoma City pulled away from and Steven Adams scored 13 for returned from a one-game injury pointers. the exposed goal. had 14 points and Markieff Morris Suns with 23 points and former New York. the Pelicans, who lost their third hiatus and posted 22 points and Giannis Antetokounmpo Sudeva started the match well and defended the set-pieces added 11. Piston Langston Galloway had 17. Diallo also added a season- straight to complete a four-game 15 rebounds. Six Rockets scored scored 35 points and Khris that came Mohammedan's way in a cagey first half. Kean Lewis Zach LaVine, who scored 19 DeAndre Ayton added 14 points high 11 rebounds despite coming homestand before embarking on in double figures as McLemore Middleton added 31 to lead got the first shot on target in the seventh minute for Sudeva points in the first quarter, had 38 and 12 rebounds, while Dario off the bench for the Thunder, a seven-game road trip. finished with 15 points on 5-for-5 Milwaukee. The duo also but Mohammedan's goalkeeper Mohammad Rafique Ali Sardar points and six assists for the Bulls. Saric had 12 points and Chris Paul which trailed by 11 points in the Memphis Grizzlies 115 - 3-point shooting while Tucker combined for 18 rebounds and managed to hold on to the ball. Wendell Carter Jr. collected 23 supplied 11 points, seven first quarter before coming back Brooklyn Nets 110 added 15 points. eight assists. It wasn’t enough to Mohammedan's Raphael Onwrebe had the best chance of points and seven rebounds and rebounds and nine assists. to win their second straight. Shai Dillon Brooks scored 24 The Magic, down seven keep the Bucks from losing at the first half when he received a precise low cross from Suraj Thaddeus Young chipped in 15 Boston Celtics 116 - Gilgeous-Alexander also had a points as Memphis started fast, rotation players including guards home for the first time this season. Rawat in the 17th minute but the Nigerian failed to put the points and seven boards. Coby Washington Wizards 107 double-double with 25 points and withstood blowing a 22-point lead Markelle Fultz (knee) and Evan Golden State Warriors 115 - ball into the empty net. White finished with 14 points. Jayson Tatum scored 32 points, 10 rebounds while Al Horford and ended a five-game home Fournier (back spasms), received Los Angeles Clippers 105 Sudeva came out with more intent in the second half, Bulls forward Otto Porter Jr. Jaylen Brown added 27 and added 15 points and eight assists. losing streak with a victory over a double-double from center Stephen Curry scored 38 looking for leaks in Mohammedan's defence. , left the contest in the first half with shorthanded Boston held off Julius Randle had 18 points Brooklyn. Nikola Vucevic (22 points, 12 points and Golden State used a 34- however, was left isolated at times playing as a lone striker back spasms and did not return. visiting Washington. and 12 rebounds for the Knicks, The Grizzlies won on a night rebounds). Otherwise, the Magic 6 flurry bridging the third and upfront. Forward Lauri Markkanen sat out Marcus Smart had 13 points, who had their three-game winning in which Jonas Valanciunas left were punchless offensively, falling fourth quarters to stun visiting Los The breakthrough came much against the run of play for his sixth straight contest due to the Payton Pritchard 11 and Daniel streak snapped. RJ Barrett scored after halftime due to health and into a 32-point first-half hole by Angeles in San Francisco. Mohammedan SC in the 58th minute when Ali Faisal pounced league health and protocols Theis 10 as the Celtics won for the 19 points while Elfrid Payton (16 safety protocols. According to a missing 11 of 12 treys. In the rematch of a Clippers on a defensive error by the Sudeva backline and slotted it policies. Detroit Pistons 110 - sixth time in their last seven games. points) and Austin Rivers (12 report by Fox Sports South, it was Conversely, the Rockets shot win on Wednesday night, the into the back of the net. The sheer power of the strike beat Phoenix Suns 105 Brown chipped in a game-high 13 points) also got into double digits. not due to a positive COVID-19 test. 53.3 percent from the floor prior Warriors used 20 3-pointers -- custodian Rakshit Dagar, despite him getting a hand on the Jerami Grant tied his career rebounds. Charlotte Hornets 118 - New Caris LeVert led all scorers with to the break. Utah Jazz 131 - including nine by Curry -- to shot. high with 31 points and host Bradley Beal followed a Orleans Pelicans 110 43 points and hit a career-high Milwaukee Bucks 118 prevent a two-game sweep. Sudeva Delhi FC went on the offensive and searched for Detroit rallied from a 23-point, franchise-record-tying 60 points Gordon Hayward scored 26 seven 3-pointers. He scored 19 Donovan Mitchell scored 32 Paul George had a team-high the equaliser, committing bodies in attack to salvage points first-half deficit to down Phoenix scored Wednesday with 41, but the points to lead six Charlotte players points and hit five 3-pointers in the points and Clarkson added 25 points and Kawhi Leonard 24 off the match. Kean Lewis's cross in the 80th minute failed to in overtime. Wizards lost for the seventh time in double figures as Charlotte third quarter when Brooklyn 26 to lead visiting Utah to a victory for Los Angeles, which had won find the head of a Sudeva player inside the box. Although Grant, who also snared 10 in their first nine games. Russell defeated host New Orleans. Miles stormed back. Houston Rockets over Milwaukee. Bojan its first three games at the 2-year- half-chances came in plenty for the Delhi outfit, a clear goal- rebounds, had just established a Westbrook, playing with a Bridges added 20 points, Devonte’ 132 - Orlando Magic 90 Bogdanovic chipped in 20 points old Chase Center, including a pair scoring opportunity failed to crop up. new career high in points against dislocated finger on his right hand, Graham scored 17, Terry Rozier James Harden and Christian while Royce O’Neale added 18 of blowouts last season.