DOCSLIB.ORG

Struggling Cavs Fall to Pacers

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Struggling Cavs Fall to Pacers FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 2 BBASEBALLASEBALL | Page 5 Swaggering Astros Spurs return crowned to European World Series big time champs Friday, November 3, 2017 CRICKET Safar 14, 1439 AH Australia GULF TIMES skipper Smith out to re-open England’s ‘scars’ SPORT Page 6 SQUASH/QATAR CLASSIC Momen to take on El Shorbagy in fi nal By Sports Reporter nothing is off the table. I’m in the Doha fi nal and I’ll give it my all and con- tinue to believe in myself.” Earlier in the day, two-time gypt’s Tarek Momen entered champion Mohamed El Shor- his maiden World Series fi - bagy defeated World No 1 Gregory nal to set up an all-Egyptian Gaultier of France 3-0 to enter the Qatar Classic title clash fi nal for a fourth consecutive year. Eagainst two-time champion Mo- El Shorbagy, who lost to Karim Ab- hamed El Shorbagy yesterday. del Gawad twelve months ago in the World No.7 Momen produced fi nal, and Gaultier were meeting for a stellar performance at the Kha- the 21st time in what is one of the lifa International Tennis and Squash fi ercest rivalries of the modern era Qatar Olympic Committee President HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al-Thani and Qatar’s ambassador to Germany Saoud bin Abdulrahman al-Thani with International Complex to defeat Germany’s giant but, after coming through a spell- Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach in Prague yesterday. HE Sheikh Joaan attended various meetings of the ANOC General Assembly in the Czech capital. killer Simon Rosner 3-0 in the semi- binding opening game, it was the fi nal, their sixth meeting on the PSA 26-year-old from Alexandria who World Tour. prevailed to end the Frenchman’s SPOTLIGHT “I’m really happy, I can’t believe 30-match unbeaten run over a best- I’m in my fi rst World Series fi nal – of-fi ve games format. it’s amazing,” Momen said. El Shorbagy, who showed little Momen kept his nerve on the big tiredness after a brutal fi ve-game stage, coming out fi ring in the early clash with Ali Farag the day before, stages to pile the pressure on the attacked with intensity from the off German No 1, profi ting from a series to avenge his defeat to Gaultier at the of unforced errors to take the open- Tournament of Champions in New ing game and set up the foundations York in January. Barshim named for an 11-9, 11-5, 11-7 victory. “I’m really happy to be back in the Rosner, who defeated third seed fi nal here, it’s where I won my fi rst Marwan El Shorbag and World ever World Series and to be back in Champion Karim Abdel Gawad in my fourth consecutive fi nal is an the quarter-fi nal and second round, honour,” said El Shorbagy. respectively, was off colour yester- “He made a fool of me in that day. match in New York and I thought Momen, who had defeated com- about it all summer – it motivated best Asian athlete patriot Mohamed Abouelghar, Aus- me to get back to my best in the off tralia’s Cameron Pilley and Eng- season and I really wanted to go out land’s three-time world champion there today and beat him 3-0,” the Nick Matthew in the tournament, 26-year-old, who is aiming for his said he was spurred on by the sup- third title in Doha, said. portive crowd. “Without the way that he beat me “I think I had a physiological edge at the ToC that day, I wouldn’t be as – with the crowd supporting me and hungry as I am now. I had a bad sea- at ANOC Awards having been in a semi-fi nal before son by my standard last year but I – and I took advantage of it. Ear- feel like I’m better every tournament By Our Correspondent lier this season I wasn’t in the zone and every match this season so far Prague mentally but I knew I wasn’t far off and I’m really pleased to be compet- and fi nally it materialised this week,” ing for the title here once again,” the Momen said. 2013 and 2015 champion said. he accolades just keep pour- “I was on court and I didn’t think ing in for Mutaz Barshim. I would get this emotional,” the RESULTS (SEMI-FINALS) Barely a month after be- 29-year-old said with tears in his [3] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt Ting nominated for the IAAF’s eyes. [1] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) 3-0: 14-12, Athlete of the Year Award, the Qa- “I have been waiting for this mo- 11-9, 11-1 (55m) tar high jumper, who swept aside all ment for so long but I’m not done [8] Tarek Momen (EGY) bt Simon competition this past season, was de- here so I don’t know why I’m crying Rösner (GER) 3-0: 11-9, 11-5, 11-7 clared the Best Male Athlete from Asia – it’s not over! (40m) at the annual ANOC (Association of Talking about the fi nal he said, FINAL National Olympic Committees) gala “I’ve had some huge matches [3] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) v annual awards in Prague yesterday. against Mohamed before and I have [8] Tarek Momen (EGY) The two-time Olympic medallist won against him as well so I know and 2017 IAAF world champion ac- cepted the award from pole vault leg- end Sergey Bubka on the opening day of the ANOC general assembly, the largest meeting of the Olympic move- ment outside the Olympic Games. Mutaz Essa Barshim receiving his Best Male Athlete from Asia trophy from pole vault legend Sergey Bubka in Prague “First of all I am very happy to yesterday. At right, Barshim with his coach Stanislaw Szczyrba. be here and to win this award,” said Barshim. “I thank my family, espe- which took place this year, and submit and rarely looked like dislodging the ba is of the opinion that Barshim’s best cially my mother, and my team for a shortlist to the jury. bar with his elegant run-up and leap. is yet to come. keeping me going,” he added. Barshim The ANOC Jury comprised of repre- With the gold medal duly secured “The best age for a high jumper is also singled out his coach Stanislaw sentatives from each of the Continen- he went agonisingly close to clearing 28, 29, 30. So he is on his way to the Szczyrba, crediting him for his suc- tal Associations, the ANOC Athletes’ 2.40 but there was no disappointment top. He is physically and mentally cess as an athlete. Commission Chair, ASOIF President, and the 26-year-old can target a crack stronger now,” the coach had said last Qatar Olympic Committee Presi- AIOWF President and ANOC Secre- at the world record on home soil when month. dent HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al- tary-General. Doha hosts the next World Champi- Thani, Qatar’s ambassador to Germa- Barshim was unbeaten last season, onships in 2019. ANOC Awards list: ny and former QOC Secretary-General sweeping all Diamond League com- “My fi rst big world championships Asia Best Female Athlete: Song Yu, China (Judo) Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman al- petitions before being crowned world gold and I was so determined to win Best Male Athlete: Mutaz Essa Barshim, Qatar Thani were present on the occasion. champion in London where he won it,” Barshim said then. “I was expect- (High Jump) The ANOC Awards were established the the global high jump title with a ing it tonight so I am glad I managed Africa by ANOC President Sheikh Ahmad al- leap of 2.35 metres. to fulfi l my target,” Barshim had said Best Female Athlete: Farida Osman, Egypt (Swimming) Fahad al-Sabah and held for the fi rst The 26-year-old, whose 2.43m best after his London success. Best Male Athlete: Chad Le Clos, South Africa time in Bangkok in 2014. is the second-highest in history after Later, he told Gulf Times, “It (Swimming) The winners of each award were se- Cuban Javier Sotomayor’s 2.45 set al- was very important (to go past that America lected by the ANOC Jury from a short- most a quarter of a century ago, has Sotomayor barrier). It will give me an Best Female Athlete: Yulimar Rojas, Venezuela list provided by each of the continental won silver and bronze at the last two extra push the next time I line up to (Triple Jump) Best Male Athlete: Trinidad and Tobago associations. Continental associations Olympics and silver in the 2013 World write more history. I want my name 4x400m relay team were asked to monitor athletes’ per- Championships. to be mentioned at the mere mention Europe formances across the international At the London World Champion- of high jump. And that will only hap- Best Female Athlete: Sarah Sjostrom, Swe- federations’ World Championships, ships, he blew away the opposition. He pen by quality jumps and by breaking den (Swimming) Best Male Athlete: Marcel Hirscher, Austria World Cups and Grand Prix events qualifi ed without a single failed jump records.” His coach Stanislaw Szczyr- (Alpine Skiing) Title clash: Tarek Momen (L) and Mohamed El Shorbagy. Gulf Times 2 Friday, November 3, 2017 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOCUS What’s going wrong at Chelsea? Spurs stun Real 3-1, sacked. “What’s gone wrong AFP London for Chelsea? One word: Matic,” Neville told BBC radio.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Revised: 3/10/8
    AMA SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY PARTS UNLIMITED THE DAYTONA 200 BY HONDA DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY - DAYTONA BEACH, FL ROUND 1 OF 12 - MARCH 5-8, 2008 AMA Formula Xtreme Series PROVISIONAL RESULTS - DAYTONA 200 BY HONDA POS. # NAME HOMETOWN BIKE INTERVAL TEAM 1 57 Chaz Davies Knighton, United Kingdom Kawasaki ZX-6R 69 Laps Attack Performance/Kawasaki 2 15 Steve Rapp Manhattan Beach, CA Kawasaki ZX-6R +18.922 Attack Performance/Kawasaki Motor Corp 3 72 Larry Pegram Pataskala, OH Ducati 848 68 Laps Ducati/Leo Vince/Pegram Rcng 4 36 Martin Cardenas Medellin, Columbia Suzuki GSX-R600 +1.865 Suzuki/M4/EMGO/Pirelli/GPL 5 317 Richard Cooper BMW HP2 Sport 67 Laps -none listed- 6 146 Brian D. Parriott Calistoga, CA BMW HP2 Sport +17.211 BMW AG/Mersoleil Wines/San Jose BMW 7 65 Bobby Fong Stockton, CA Suzuki GSX-R600 +31.062 Safety First/Suzuki/Michelin 8 474 Bostjan Skubic Ljubljana, Slovenia Yamaha YZF-R6 +50.472 Inotherm/Akrapovic/Yamaha 9 585 Steve Atlas Irvine, CA Honda CBR600RR 66 Laps Corona/Honda 10 33 Fernando Amantini Caracas, Venezuela Kawasaki ZX-6R +13.401 -none listed- 11 25 David Anthony Murrieta, CA Suzuki GSX-R600 +32.923 Suzuki/Wyotech 12 98 Jake P. Zemke Paso Robles, CA Honda CBR600RR +34.491 Erion Racing/Honda/Parts Unlimited 13 116 Rob Frost Lincoln, United Kingdom Honda CBR600RR +39.018 McMahon Plastering/T7 Honda 14 87 Taylor Knapp Lapeer, MI Kawasaki ZX-6R +1:10.404 Ray C's Extreme/Pirelli/Arai 15 777 Jonas McCluskey Horton, MI Yamaha YZF-R6 +1:19.489 Elm Plating Co/Full Throttle Mtrsprts 16 831 Robert McLendon Pensacola, FL Triumph Daytona 675 +1:26.649 D&D Cycles/Triumph Motorcycles 17 484 Bostjan Pintar Skofja Loka, Slovenia Yamaha YZF-R6 65 Laps Inotherm/Akrapovic/Yamaha 18 105 Eric C.
    [Show full text]
  • El Somni Continua
    FUTBOL COPA BÀSQUET EUROLLIGA El Barça no pot El somni continua ensopegar avui al Palau contra l’Estrella Roja L’Espanyol acarona les semifinals de la copa després de superar totalment el Sevilla, que va fer el gol en el minut 90 3-1 (20.45 h, Esport 3) 0,5 ALBERT SALAMÉ EUROS ANY 14. NÚM. 4717 ANY 14. · www.lesportiudecatalunya.cat · @lesportiucat · www.lesportiudecatalunya.cat DIVENDRES, 23 DE GENER DEL 2015 · 2015 DE GENER DEL 23 DIVENDRES, Futbol i eleccions XAVI TORRES OPINIÓ La marca Dakar TONI ROMERO Bon dia, què ha fet Bekele? MARC NEGRE EL CAS NEYMAR I LA SANCIÓ DE LA FIFA MARQUEN L’ANY DE BARTOMEU 2·OPINIÓ L’ESPORTIU. DIVENDRES, 23 DE GENER DEL 2015 AVUI FA... Jordi Camps DIARI DE REDACCIÓ Lluís Simon Odegaard Fitxar jugadors de setze anys per amagar el fracàs d’una eliminació no ho havia fet ni Núñez. De vegades, ja se sap, l’alumne supera el mestre. PUGEN I BAIXEN Sandro Rosell plega 2014 FUTBOL. El president del FC Barcelona, Sandro Rosell, va anunciar, inesperadament, la se- va dimissió. Rosell va presentar la renúncia enmig de la polèmica pel cost del fitxatge del brasiler Neymar i va denunciar amenaces a la seva família. El dirigent havia estat escollit el 2010 amb més de 35.000 vots. El vicepresident esportiu, Josep Ma- ria Bartomeu, va agafar el relleu. ■ FOTO: EFE VELIMIR PERASOVIC VALERO RIVERA CIUTAT BARCELONA TER STEGEN BÀSQUET HANDBOL ESGRIMA FUTBOL L’entrenador croat ha L’extrem català és el Les millors especialis- El porter alemany del estat acomiadat del Va- màxim golejador de la tes de l’espasa esta- Barça va deixar a zero lència pels mals resul- selecció espanyola en ran aquest cap de set- la seva porteria contra tats de la temporada: el mundial d’handbol i mana en el trofeu Ciu- l’Atlético i encara no eliminat de l’Eurolliga, va ser decisiu en el tat de Barcelona d’es- ha rebut cap gol en els li va anar d’un pèl no triomf contra Qatar, grima que es farà a quatre partits que ha entrar en la copa.
    [Show full text]
  • MM 207 Vk Com Englishmagaz
    Every Wednesday February 18, 2015. £2.10 FREE SPORT SPECIAL + FREE YEARS 1955-2015 DVD WORTH £14.99 Only £2.49 postage Guy Martin to retire? OMotoGP back at Silverstone OHow to fit a new exhaust OLong-term MT-07 Triumph Ducati Bonnie Scrambler Retro looks, The new king modern twist of cool? Harley 883 Iron American icon for under £8k FIRST GROUP TEST SCRAMBLER! Why Ducati’s new V-twin is the best way to spend £7k www.motorcyclenews.com FREE SPORT EXTRA 2015 WSB PREVIEW At last, the bike racing season is about to kick off, driving away the dreary winter and filling our lives with colour and excitement. The first series to get going is World Superbikes and we’ve got six Brits capable of winning races and the title. We have exclusive interviews with every one of them and Tom Sykes and Jonathan Rea are strain- LONDON BIKE SHOW ing at the leash. We’ve also drafted in Carl Fogarty to give his expert views. On top of that there’s exclu- sive pictures from the first MotoGP test in Sepang and interviews with rookies Jack Miller, Eugene Laverty, Loris Baz and Maverick Vinales. KING CARL’S A SHOW-STOPPER When Carl Fogarty isn’t putting a Foggy is loving every minute of his Crocodile penis in his mouth, he’s reinvigorated fame, but still feels more Chaz Davies’ 2015 Ducati superbike wowing his still-loyal legion of fans. He at home looking at bikes. He said: “It’s gets an in-depth technical analysis opened the Carole Nash MCN London great being at the MCN Show and Motorcycle Show on Friday and the seeing all the new metal.
    [Show full text]
  • Chaz Hoping Tunnel Vision Gives Him Edge
    ROUND FOUR MONZA SBK RACE BULLETIN 12.05.13 energYzone.Worldsbk.COM 2013 AT A GLANCE PHILLIP ISLAND AUSTRALIA 1 FEBRUARY 24 MOTORLAND ARAGÓN ARAGÓN 2 APRIL 14 ASSEN THE NETHERLANDS 3 APRIL 28 MONZA ITALY 4 MAY 12 DONINGTON EUROPE 5 MAY 26 PORTIMÃO PORTUGAL 6 JUNE 9 IMOLA CHAZ HOPING TUNNEL ITALY 7 JUNE 30 VISION GIVES HIM EDGE MOSCOW RACEWAY 8 RUSSIA Davies hopes his attempt to reduce drag and improve JULY 21 BMW Motorrad GoldBet his slipstreaming ability will lead to more competitive performances at the hallowed circuit near Milan. SILVERSTONE rider Chaz Davies hopes his UNITED KINGDOM diligent work in the German “It was a really interesting afternoon”, he said. “When 9 AUGUST 4 testing on a track, you try new development parts manufacturer’s wind tunnel and different settings, but you are not working on NÜ RBUrgring your body. So it was great to experiment in a stable GERMANY will help him compete for 10 SEPTEMBER 1 environment with my riding position, to move myself more race wins as the around on the bike, to have elbows and shoulders in INTERCITY eni FIM Superbike World different positions and to then see in the data what ISTANBUL difference it makes.” 11 TURKEY Championship heads to the SEPTEMBER 15 high-speed Monza circuit “I have learned that I have to try to get myself inside the bike sooner on the exit of the corner in order to LAGUNA SECA this weekend. reduce the drag and be faster on the straights. It USA 12 SEPTEMBER 29 was good to see what difference that will make, if The Welshman, the 2011 FIM Supersport World we can improve that for the next race.
    [Show full text]
  • Games Goals Glory: the A-Leagues Teams, Players, Coaches and Greatest Moments Pdf
    FREE GAMES GOALS GLORY: THE A-LEAGUES TEAMS, PLAYERS, COACHES AND GREATEST MOMENTS PDF Roy Hay | 208 pages | 01 Oct 2016 | HARDIE GRANT BOOKS | 9781743791806 | English | South Yarra, Australia A-League records and statistics - Wikipedia The season was originally scheduled to begin in late February but postponed before a ball was kicked; however, a rejigged version with two groups of eight teams will begin on Saturday, with Group A based in Dalian and Group B in Suzhou. Each side will play the other teams in their group twice before those finishing in the top four progress to a knockout round Championship Stage to decide the Chinese Super League winners, Players the bottom four entering into a Relegation Stage where they will face off in a bid to avoid dropping into the second tier. Guangzhou Evergrande have been by far the most Games Goals Glory: The A-Leagues Teams side in the Chinese Super League in the last Coaches and Greatest Moments. The Guangdong-based club have picked up eight of the last nine championships and also claimed two Continental titles when they lifted the AFC Champions League trophy in and Their stranglehold did momentarily slip inhowever, when Shanghai SIPG edged them out and they were run close last season by the Shanghainese and traditional heavyweights Beijing FC, with the two sides likely to be their main rivals for the foreseeable future. For several years, Guangzhou have boasted the best foreign and domestic stars in the Chinese game and there remains a Coaches and Greatest Moments core from the two-time Continental Games Goals Glory: The A-Leagues Teams side that includes Zhang Linpeng, Huang Bowen and Elkeson.
    [Show full text]
  • Signature Redacted Author
    1 Using Machine Learning to Derive Insights from Sports Location Data by Joel Brooks Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY June 2018 @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2018. All rights reserved. Signature redacted Author.. - -- 'A 1- - .... ..................... A5 epartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science April 2, 2018 CertifiedCetiid byySignature redacted ....... ... ... .. ..... John Guttag Dugald C. Jackson Professor Thesis Supervisor Signature redacted Accepted by ........... I ((J Leslie A. Kolodziejski Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Chair, Department Committee on Graduate Students MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY JUN 18 2018 LIBRARIES ARCHIVES 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 MITLibraries http://Iibraries.mit.edu/ask DISCLAIMER NOTICE Due to the condition of the original material, there are unavoidable flaws in this reproduction. We have made every effort possible to provide you with the best copy available. Thank you. The images contained in this document are of the best quality available. 2 Using Machine Learning to Derive Insights from Sports Location Data by Joel Brooks Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science on April 2, 2018, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Abstract Historically, much of sports analytics has aimed to find relationships between discrete events and outcomes. The availability of high-resolution event location and tracking data has led to many new opportunities in sports research. However, it is often challenging to apply machine learning to understand a particular aspect of a sport.
    [Show full text]
  • MEDIA GUIDE 2 | Dear Media Friends and Colleagues
    2017 MEDIA GUIDE 2 | Dear Media Friends and Colleagues, We are delighted to present the 2017 edition of the WorldSBK We have once again produced the Media Guide as an all- Media Guide, complete with all information needed throughout inclusive reference book for all Media Representatives, which the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship, accompanying contains more information regarding teams, riders, bikes, results, you for what is set to be an exhilarating season. With new riders, statistics, circuit profiles, rules and regulations than ever before. an updated WorldSBK grid format, and newly introduced support Supporting your passion and work across the 13 Rounds of the class for the talents of tomorrow. Championship, this Guide will continue to help you in producing that much appreciated coverage. WorldSBK continues to bring fans of the world’s fastest production-based motorcycle series new and exciting initiatives, Due to the devotion and professionalism from all parties keeping them on the edge of their seats. By introducing the involved, the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship World Supersport 300 series, it will allow a new generation of continues to reach pure motorsport success, and we take this talent to learn and grow through the renowned Championship. opportunity to extend our thanks to the Media in all forms. You On top of this, the reshuffled grid in WorldSBK Race Two brings will be guaranteed a warm welcome from our Communications more thrill than ever before, as riders will now fight right through Department over the course of the season, as we hope to the pack to take victory.
    [Show full text]
  • Injury Issues Throughout the Year, but He Was Consistent Enough Take Advantage of It
    NNBABA | Page 5 RRUGBYUGBY | Page 6 James pours Wallabies hit in 57 as 60 vs Japan Cavs topple in European Wizards warm-up Sunday, November 5, 2017 CRICKET Safar 16, 1439 AH Munro fires New GULF TIMES Zealand against India to level series SPORT Page 7 WORLD SUPERBIKE Broken records: Rea lays waste to 15-year-old mark By Sahan Bidappa World champion Doha amasses 556 points onathan Rea might have hoped the 2017 season didn’t end for him. For, the Kawa- in the season to break saki rider not only won his third successive WorldSBK title with two and half rounds to Colin Edwards’ 2002 Jspare, he also smashed many records on his way through a dominating year. record; Mahias wins Last night at the Losail International Circuit, the Northern Irishman fi nished the season with Supersport another record to his name. The 30-year-old broke American Colin Edwards’ 15-year-old all- time points record with victory in Race 2 of the Qatar round of the WorldSBK championship. Having already won the Race 1 on Friday, Rea needed another 25 points to rewrite the record books and that is exactly what he delivered. It was Rea’s 16th win of the season last night, which meant he ended the season with 556 points com- pared to Edwards’ 552 set in the 2002 season. It was also Rea’s 16th career double win, which equalled the total of both Troy Bayliss and Carl Fogarty. “I don’t have words to describe. I just want to thank my family, my team and most of all my ri- vals Chaz (Davies) and Tom (Sykes) because they pushed me to improve, gave me motivation to work better, to get smarter.
    [Show full text]
  • Developing a Data-Driven Player Ranking in Soccer Using Predictive Model Weights
    Developing a Data-Driven Player Ranking in Soccer Using Predictive Model Weights Joel Brooks Matthew Kerr John Guttag Massachusetts Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Technology Technology Cambridge, MA Cambridge, MA Cambridge, MA [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ABSTRACT example, assists do not capture passes that would have been Quantitative evaluation of the ability of soccer players to assists except for an errant shot, or an excellent save by the contribute to team offensive performance is typically based opposing team's goalkeeper. Opta [17] extends the idea of on goals scored, assists made, and shots taken. In this paper, assists to include all passes that lead to shots (whether or we describe a novel player ranking system based entirely on not they lead to a goal) in their \key passes" metric, but the value of passes completed. This value is derived based both this metric and assists are only applicable to passes on the relationship of pass locations in a possession and shot immediately preceding a shot. There may be players who opportunities generated. This relationship is learned by ap- are excellent passers that create many opportunities for their plying a supervised machine learning model to pass locations team, but rarely make the last pass before a shot or goal. in event data from the 2012-2013 La Liga season. Interest- Instead, we want to be able to quantitatively measure the ingly, though this metric is based entirely on passes, the importance of any pass. We accomplish this by first training derived player rankings are largely consistent with general a classifier that uses information about the locations of a set perceptions of offensive ability, e.g., Messi and Ronaldo are of passes to identify when that group of passes results in a near the top.
    [Show full text]
  • Barca Take the Lead
    Sports FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2017 Wenger ‘not interested’ in Barcelona job LONDON: Arsene Wenger said he had no interest same. “Of course I am not looking for jobs in other think I have to convince you that my preference in succeeding Luis Enrique as Barcelona coach yes- clubs or jobs off other people. “I am focused on has always been Arsenal,” he told a press confer- terday, but admitted his future as Arsenal manager me, getting to the next level and trying to improve ence at Arsenal’s training base. remains up in the air. Luis Enrique announced after and always trying to see what you can do better “But of course I am objective and lucid enough Barcelona’s 6-1 win over Sporting Gijon on and reinvent yourself and that’s what I try to do. to make the right decision for myself and the club Wednesday that he will step down from his role at That’s basically it.” as well. The club is free to make the decision it the end of the season in order to take a break. Wenger’s position is once again under scrutiny wants and I will respect that.” Wenger also said he Wenger, 67, is due to make a decision on after Arsenal fell off the pace in the Premier League would not be worried about the potential impact whether to extend his 20-year association with title race and lost 5-1 at Bayern Munich in the first of making a statement about his future similar to Arsenal either this month or next and he reiterated leg of their Champions League last 16 tie.
    [Show full text]
  • Jonathanvierapodría Llegarlapróximacampaña
    08 MD MIÉRCOLES, 1 DE FEBRERO DE 2012 JonathanEl jugador de Las Palmas podríaVieratener un precontratopodríacon el Atlético de Madrid llegar la próxima campaña El conjunto rojiblanco regresa este fin de semana alacompetición doméstica FOTO: J.A.S Los rojiblancos disputan un total de siete partidos El BM Atlético prepara un mes de febrero infernal Redacción Madrid mes de febrero de infarto en el que Jonathan Viera, mediapunta de Las Palmas que está en la órbita del Atlético de Madrid de cara al futuro FOTO: MD jugarán siete partidos. El calenda- n El BM Atlético de Madrid ya lle- rio arrancacon la visita aVallado- Redacción Madrid grandes de la Liga española ein- de delantero, aunque su posición va díaspreparando al vuelta ala lid ydespués, dos partidos en casa cluso algún equipodelaPremier naturalesdemediapunta. Ape- competición tras el parón por el contra el Torrevieja yelSilkeborg n Jonathan Viera, jugador del UD League se ha interesado por él. sar de ser diestro, disparamuy Europeo de Serbia. La diferencia ya en Champions. Después, el Las Palmas, podría tener firmado Todo fue araíz de su debut en bien con la izquierda yesuno de es que hoy lo hará el equipo al equipo viaja aHuesca, recibe al un precontrato con el Atlético de Segunda División con el UD Las esos jugadores descarados que completo ya que regresan todos Füchse Berlín yalNaturhouse La Madrid para la próxima tempora- Palmas, equipo en el que se ha siempre está reclamando el balón. los internacionales del conjunto Rioja yfinaliza febrero en la pista da. Eso es lo que creen en la capital formado, en diciembre de 2010.
    [Show full text]
  • Sylvain Set to Shrug Off the Pain Barrier
    ROUND TEN NÜRBURGRING SBK RACE BULLETIN 01.09.13 energyZone.Worldsbk.COM 2013 AT A GLANCE PHILLIP ISLAND AUSTRALIA 1 FEBRUARY 24 MOTORLAND ARAGÓN ARAGÓN 2 APRIL 14 ASSEN THE NETHERLANDS 3 APRIL 28 MONZA ITALY 4 MAY 12 DONINGTON EUROPE 5 MAY 26 PORTIMÃO PORTUGAL 6 JUNE 9 IMOLA SYLVAIN SET TO SHRUG ITALY 7 JUNE 30 OFF THE PAIN BARRIER MOSCOW RACEWAY 8 RUSSIA not to do the surgery, so I have been doing a lot of JULY 21 Sylvain Guintoli hopes physio and exercises in order to recover as quickly as possible and be ready for Nürburgring.” SILVERSTONE returning to full fitness UNITED KINGDOM can give him the boost “I was far from happy after I got injured, and there was 9 AUGUST 4 a lot of frustration looking at the challenge for the title. he needs to win the eni Everybody knows that in order to battle up front you NÜ RBUrgring need to be very fit, but in one way or another you have GERMANY FIM Superbike World 10 SEPTEMBER 1 to train. I don’t do motocross, for example, because Championship. I think it’s too dangerous – but then I dislocated INTERCITY my collarbone while cycling! Those things happen, ISTANBUL The Aprilia rider goes into this weekend’s round at unfortunately, and I have to say that the Moscow 11 TURKEY the Nürburgring in Germany with a 13-point lead over round was a very tough one. I focused on doing the SEPTEMBER 15 Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes at the head of the standings.
    [Show full text]