6 August 3, 2020 Lowry Scores 33 to Lead Alireza Beiranvand Shortlisted Raptors to 11th Straight for AFC Player of Year Over Lakers TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand has been short- listed for the best AFC player of the year. The goalkeeper, who has recently joined Belgian team Antwerp from Persepolis, is in the six-player list. Qatari player Akram Afif is also in the list and hopes to win the award for the second successive year. Salem Al-Dawsari from Al Hilal, Kuwaiti club Al-Qadisiya’s player Ah- mad Al-Dhafiri, Urawa Reds of Japan’s center back Tomoaki Makino and Kim Kyung-jung, striker of South Korean football club Gangwon FC, also are candidates in the list. Three-man shortlist for the Asian Football Confederation’s men’s player of the year will be announced on November 25 and the winner will re- ceive the annual accolade on December 5. Toronto Raptors’ Kyle Lowry (7) plays against the Los Angeles Lakers during the second half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Aug. 1, Hamilton Tops Bottas for Home Pole After Qualifying Spin 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. LONDON (Dispatches) - finished 12th. LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. Davis had just 14 points after he Lewis Hamilton continued his That was one place ahead of (AP) -- Kyle Lowry had 33 scored 34 in a win against the fine Formula One form by beat- Nico Hulkenberg, who is stand- points and a career-high 14 re- Los Angeles Clippers in their ing Mercedes team-mate Valtteri ing in for Sergio Perez at Rac- bounds and the defending NBA first game back on Thursday Bottas to pole position on home ing Point after the Mexican’s champion Toronto Raptors re- night. Kyle Kuzma scored 16. soil at the British Grand Prix. positive coronavirus test. started their season by beating The Lakers shot a season-low Having overcome a spin in Along with Albon and Hulken- the slow-starting Los Angeles 35.4% from the field. Q2, Hamilton produced two berg missing out, there was fur- Lakers for the 11th straight James hit consecutive 3-point- impressive laps in Q3 and a ther drama in Q2 as Hamilton time, 107-92 on Saturday night. ers for a 76-72 lead early in the track-record time of 1:24.303 spun at Luffield, spraying grav- OG Anunoby scored 23 points fourth quarter. put him 0.313 seconds clear of el onto the track which led to a for the Raptors, the second- Anunoby responded with con- Bottas at Silverstone. red flag. place team in the Eastern Con- secutive 3s for a 78-76 lead. The The Finn had been fastest in Fortunately for the champion- ference. They haven’t lost to Raptors continued to pull away FP3 and the first two sessions ship leader, he was able to con- Los Angeles since the 2014- and Anunoby made a layup for of qualifying but had no answer two straight wins. and ninth, the latter promoted tinue with the damage to his car 2015 season. a 90-83 lead. when it mattered. Lando Norris caught the eye above Sebastian Vettel, whose not significant. Lowry had a strong second With James and Davis strug- Max Verstappen was third for again to take fifth for McLar- second lap time was deleted due He later looked relieved after half to help turn back a surge by gling, the Raptors jumped to a Red Bull with Charles Leclerc en, with Racing Point’s Lance to exceeding track limits. taking what ultimately proved the Lakers, the Western Confer- 13-0 lead behind Anunoby and taking fourth for Ferrari, with Stroll separating him from As well as being a poor day for to be a comfortable seventh ence leaders who are 1-1 in the Lowry before the Lakers got both those cars over a second team-mate Carlos Sainz. Vettel, there was more frustra- British Grand Prix pole, im- restart. The Lakers’ magic num- back into it behind their bench. behind Hamilton, who came Renault duo Daniel Ricciardo tion for Alex Albon as he failed proving on a record he already ber for clinching the top seed in The Lakers’ reserves outscored into the event on the back of and Esteban Ocon took eighth to reach the final shoot-out and holds. the West remains at one. the Raptors 13-2 in the first Lowry’s biggest shot was a quarter and 31-6 in the first half 3-pointer from the right wing to help Los Angeles to a 44-41 Juve Crash on Season Finale, Inter Second in Serie A for a 97-86 lead with 3:01 to halftime lead. Kuzma had nine Friday when Maurizio Sarri’s side connected with a Nicolo Zaniolo play. points and Alex Caruso seven. need to overturn a 1-0 first-leg defi- cross for his second of the night as LeBron James had 20 points James had seven points and cit. Juventus fell to their third defeat in and 10 rebounds, and Anthony Davis just one in the first half. Cristiano Ronaldo was rested for four matches. the final match with nothing left to Inter Milan finish just one point play for against fifth-place Roma behind the champions after win- who are already assured of the Eu- ning the three-team race for second Australia’s Kyrgios Withdraws ropa League group stage next term. spot. Sarri had threatened to field Ju- Antonio Conte’s side ended Ata- From U.S. Open ventus’s Under-23 team after his lanta’s 17-match unbeaten run go- tired troops fell 2-0 to Cagliari dur- ing back to January 20, to finish the ing the week. season on a high before they play Argentine Gonzalo Higuain Getafe in the Europa League next spearheaded the Juventus attack week. and finished off an Adrien Rabiot Danilo D’Ambrosio nodded in the cross after just six minutes in the first goal after just one minute with Cristiano Ronaldo looks on as Juventus fell to their second consecutive defeat. Allianz Stadium. Ashley Young doubling their lead MILAN (AFP) - Juventus crashed with a 2-0 win over direct rivals At- But Diego Perotti inspired a after 20 minutes with a stunning to their second consecutive defeat as alanta in Bergamo, who fell to their Roma fightback setting up Nikola curling shot. the Serie A champions finished their first league defeat since January. Kalinic to nod in the equalizer after Atlanta, who meet Paris Saint- season with a 3-1 home loss against Juventus had already wrapped 23 minutes. Germain in the Champions Roma, days before their Champions up their ninth straight league title Perotti gave Roma the lead from League quarter-finals, finish in League campaign resumes. and are looking towards their last the penalty spot before the break third place for their second con- Inter Milan took second place 16 home game against Lyon next and six minutes into the second half secutive season. In this file photo taken on February 25, 2020 Australia’s Nick Kyrgios Belgian Van Aert Powers to Strade Bianche Victory hits the ball during his Mexico ATP Open 500 men’s singles tennis match PARIS (Reuters) - Team Jumbo-Vis- heat was exhausting but I really fo- against France’s Ugo Humbert in Acapulco, Guerrero State, Mexico. ma’s Wout van Aert stormed to victory cussed on hydration and keeping cool at the Strade Bianche one-day race on and, in the end, I got something left,” WELLINGTON (Reuters) - the sport’s greatest arenas, Arthur Saturday, as elite cycling returned af- Van Aert said. Australia’s Nick Kyrgios has with- Ashe Stadium. ter a five-month break due to the CO- Dutchwoman Annemiek van Vleu- drawn from the U.S. Open and “But I’m sitting out for the peo- VID-19 crisis. ten won the women’s race for a again criticized some of his fellow ple, for my Aussies, for the hun- The Belgian rider, who finished second consecutive year as she con- professionals for their decisions dreds and thousands of Ameri- third in the previous two editions of tinued her winning run after the re- to ignore health advice during the cans that have lost their lives, for the 184 kilometer race, launched his sumption of the season. coronavirus pandemic. all of you. It’s my decision.” decisive solo attack with 13km re- In the closing stages, the 37-year- Kyrgios follows compatriot and Kyrgios had no problems with maining on the final sector of gravel old Mitchelton–Scott rider chased women’s world number one Ash the USTA scheduling the tourna- road. down Spaniard Margarita Victoria Barty, who withdrew from the ment or players competing if they The 25-year-old finished 30 sec- Garcia (Ale BTC Ljubljan), who had Aug. 31-Sept. 13 tournament ear- chose, “so long as everyone acts onds clear of Italian Davide Formolo attacked with 45km to go. lier this week. appropriately and acts safely”. (UAE Emirates) on the Piazza del World road champion Van Vleuten FILE PHOTO: Tour de France - The 217.5-km Stage 10 from “I will not be playing this year The 25-year-old said he recog- Campo in Siena, while German Max- went on to drop her rival on the Via Saint-Flour to Albi at the U.S. Open,” Kyrgios said nized that lower-wage employees imilian Schachmann (Bora-Hansgro- Santa Caterina before cruising to the in a video on social media on at the event, such as restaurant he) took third spot.