SPORTS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2013 Chamakh, Toure score in England, double for Diouf in Germany PARIS: In-form Marouane Chamakh scored his penalty spot. and came close twice to hitting the net. European league without a win this season. third goal in three games for Crystal Palace before they lost 2-1 to Chelsea, while Yaya Toure was inspi- Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City) Brahima M’baye (Livorno) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang rational in Manchester City’s 6-3 demolition of Egyptian winger Elmohamady came as close as Senegalese midfielder M’Baye has had a mixed (Borussia Dortmund) league leaders Arsenal. Salomon Kalou and Jean- anyone to breaking the deadlock in his side’s 0-0 first season in Serie A so far for promoted Livorno, The Gabon left winger scored his ninth goal of Daniel Akpa Akpro were both on the scorecard in draw at home to Stoke City. He had a dipping half- and the trend continued for the 19-year-old-on- the season as Borussia Dortmund fought back from France, while in Germany Mame Diouf scored two volley tipped over the crossbar by visiting goal- loan from Inter Milan-in a 2-0 defeat to old rivals two-goals down to draw 2-2 at Hoffenheim. goals in the last five minutes to rescue a 3-3 draw keeper Asmir Begovic in the first half and also saw Lazio. Faced with an uphill climb for the second Dortmund pulled a goal back just before the break for Hanover at home to Nuremburg. the Bosnian international push away a second-half half, Livorno coach Davide Nicola made double when Hoffenheim goalkeeper Jens Grahl failed to header. substition immediately after the restart, with deal with a corner and Robert Lewandowski ENGLAND M’Baye replaced by Nahuel Valentini. stabbed the ball towards the empty net for Yaya Toure (Manchester City) Sebastien Bassong (Norwich City) Aubameyang to tap it home. Toure was a key driving force as City overpow- Norwich centre-back Bassong was involved in FRANCE ered Arsenal 6-3 at the Etihad Stadium to close to an unfortunate incident during his side’s 1-1 draw Salomon Kalou (Lille) SPAIN within three points of the Premier League leaders. with Swansea City that left opposition winger The former Chelsea striker broke his eight Youssek El-Arabi, Yacine Brahimi (Granada) The powerful Ivorian was at fault as Theo Walcott Nathan Dyer with a suspected fractured ankle. match scoring drought with two goals in five first- El-Arabi produced a contender for miss of the scored a first-half equaliser for Arsenal after tamely Dyer’s ankle buckled following an aerial challenge half minutes to help Lille defeat Bastia 2-1. The season as he somehow contrived to strike the post conceding possession in midfield, but he atoned with the Cameroon international on the halfway Ivory Coast man who is set to head to the World from close range when presented with an open by helping to tee up a goal for Alvaro Negredo. He line and he was stretchered off before being taken Cup next June gave Lille the firepower to solidy goal from Brahimi’s pass in Granada’s 2-0 win at also claimed City’s sixth goal from the penalty spot to hospital. their third place in Ligue 1 which lifts them back to Rayo Vallecano on Saturday. Luckily for the after Wojciech Szczesny tripped James Milner. within four points of leaders Paris Saint-Germain. Moroccan, his blushes were spared as Fran Rico put ITALY the Andalusians ahead shortly afterwards before Marouane Chamakh (Crystal Palace) Saphir Taider (Inter) Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (Toulouse) Brahimi teed up Riki to seal the points two minutes Chamakh scored his third goal in three games Taider was back in Inter’s starting line-up for a The 21-year-old right back scored a 77th minute from time. for Palace at Chelsea, converting Joel Ward’s left- trip to Napoli which became more urgent after winner for Toulouse as they surprised fifth placed wing cross with a deft volley in the 29th minute to Fiorentina dislodged the Nerazzurri from fourth Nantes in Brittany. The French-born Ivory Coast Nabil El-Zhar (Levante) cancel out Fernando Torres’s opener. The Moroccan place earlier in the day. The Algerian, however, defender helped his side climb to 10th spot in Moroccan winger El-Zhar helped Levante come striker has won praise from new Palace manager made little serious impact in a busy first half which Ligue 1 and in the hunt for European places with a from behind to beat Elche 2-1 Tony Pulis, but he finished on the losing side in a 2- saw Napoli take a 3-2 lead at the interval. Inter goal that gave Toulouse a valuable 2-1 win. on Friday as he provided the cross for the first of 1 defeat after Ramires restored Chelsea’s lead. coach Walter Mazzarri replaced Taider on the hour striker David Barral’s two goals as they snapped a mark with Mateo Kovacic to no avail as Napoli GERMANY four-game losing streak. Steven Pienaar (Everton) scored a fourth. Mame Diouf (Hanover 96) South African midfielder Pienaar claimed two The Senegal striker scored two goals in five min- Alex Song (Barcelona) assists as Everton beat Fulham 4-1 to strengthen Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus) utes just before the final whistle to rescue a point Song started for just the sixth time in the league their claim to a top-four place. He teed up Leon On their first match since a Champions League as Hanover 96 came from three-goals down to this season in Barca’s 2-1 win over Villarreal on Osman for Everton’s opener in the 18th minute and exit in midweek, Juve put four unanswered goals draw 3-3 at home with Nuremberg on Saturday. Saturday. The Cameroonian played for just over an then cut the ball back for Seamus Coleman to past struggling new boys Sassuolo, and Asamoah Diouf netted the 92nd-minute equaliser as hour before being replaced by Xavi as the Catalans restore the Toffees’ lead with 17 minutes remaining should have had his name on the scoresheet. The Hanover scored three goals in the last half an hour went in search of a winner with the score at the after Dimitar Berbatov had equalised from the Ghanaian played a deeper forward role than usual to leave Nuremberg as the only team in a major time tied at 1-1. — AFP Penner’s late goal lifts Ducks past Oilers, 3-2 ANAHEIM: Dustin Penner scored the game-winning goal late in the third period as the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Edmonton Oilers 3-2. Penner, with an assist from Ryan Getzlaf, delivered with 3:17 remaining in the game. For Getzlaf, it was the 14th consecutive contest in which he recorded a point. Anaheim right winger Corey Perry had his string of seven straight games with a goal snapped, but that mattered little to the Ducks, who extended their unbeaten run in regulation at home to a franchise- best 13-0-2. The Ducks (23-7-5) remain the Khaled Al-Mudhaf lone club without a home loss in regula- tion. They also defeated the Oilers (11-21-3) for the fifth consecutive time and 10th in Al-Mudhaf in Gulf 12hr the past 11 meetings. with McLaren 12C GT3 Blackhawks 3, Kings 1 Marian Hossa, Kris Versteeg and Patrick Test of endurance for Kuwait’s Khaled Sharp scored goals, while goalie Antti NEW YORK: Carl Hagelin #62 of the New York Rangers tries to carry the puck up ice against Kris Raanta stopped 21 shots as the Chicago Russell #4 of the Calgary Flames at Madison Square Garden on Sunday in New York City. — AFP Blackhawks defeated the Los Angeles Kings Kuwait’s most prominent racing driver, ing the first hour of the race. 3-1. With the win, Chicago improved to 24- Khaled Al-Mudhaf had a most challenging Jordon Grogor took the start of the race 7-5. The victory also moved Chicago coach and testing time in the Gulf 12hr at 9:30am and swapped over to Khaled Joel Quenneville into a tie with Pat Quinn NHL results/standings Endurance race that saw several technical after one hour. Khaled took over as car was (684) for fourth place on the NHL’s all-time and mechanical challenges for the drivers running in 7th place overall. He completed coaches win list. Scotty Bowman, now a Washington 5, Philadelphia 4 (So); Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 0; Florida 2, Montreal 1; NY Rangers 4, Calgary and crew in the first few hours. Racing the 24 laps in the car during his first stint, and special assistant for the Blackhawks, holds 3 (SO); Chicago 3, Los Angeles 1; Anaheim 3, Edmonton 2. McLaren 12c GT3 carbon chassis 3.8ltr V6 had some close battles with the top run- the record with 1,244 wins, followed by Al twin turbo was a first for Khaled and ning GT3 cars trying to make some way up Arbour (782) and Dick Irvin (692). Western Conference Eastern Conference Mohammed. A technical masterpiece in its the grid. Pacific Division Atlantic Division W L OTL GF GA PTS Boston 22 9 2 92 70 46 own right this high tech race car was intro- Rangers 4, Flames 3 (shootout) Anaheim 23 7 5 111 89 51 Montreal 20 12 3 88 75 43 duced to the racing world only in 2012, it Khaled’s pit stop Benoit Pouliot scored the game-winning utilizes some of the latest technology during the race Los Angeles 22 8 4 94 68 48 Tampa Bay 19 11 3 90 80 41 goal in a seven-round shootout to lead the San Jose 20 7 6 108 82 46 Detroit 15 11 9 89 94 39 derived from the McLaren F1 team.