WEDNESDAY 8 JANUARY 2020 SPORTSPORT 07 I feel a purist will always enjoy a five-day match, Today's Action because that is where you find the challenges. We SEMI-FINAL: LEICESTER should not be looking at Test cricket as a longer EFL CUP CITY VS ASTON VILLA format of a limited-overs match: Sachin Tendulkar NBA: Spurs shock Bucks; Red Bull secure Verstappen for the Mavericks overcome Bulls next four years AFP — LOS ANGELES AFP — LONDON @HondaRacingF1, our goal San Antonio Spurs guard DeMar DeRozan (left) is to fight for a World Cham- strips the ball from Golden State Warriors forward DeMar DeRozan scored 25 Max Verstappen (pictured) pionship together. The best Glenn Robinson III (centre) during the first quarter points and Patty Mills put aside has signed a new contract is yet to come! #YesBoys.” concern about the deadly fires of their NBA game. with Red Bull until 2023, the Red Bull team principal in his native Australia to help Formula One team Christian Horner said: “With the San Antonio Spurs to a announced yesterday. the challenge of the 2021 reg- 126-104 upset of the NBA- The 22-year-old Dutch- ulation changes on the leading Milwaukee Bucks. man’s deal was due to expire horizon continuity in as Mills -- who has been using this year, and he had been many areas as possible is key. his social media accounts to earmarked as a potential “Max has proven what an offer updates on the Australian candidate to replace Lewis asset he is to the team. He bushfires -- made six three- Hamilton at Mercedes if the truly believes in the part- pointers as the Spurs drained a six-time world champion, nership we have forged with season-high 19 from beyond the also out of contract at the end our engine supplier Honda, arc and turned the tables on of the season, moves to and we are delighted to have Giannis Antetokounmpo and Ferrari. extended our relationship the Bucks, who had beaten But Verstappen, an eight- with him.” them on Saturday. time Grand Prix winner,winner, hashas Mills said facing the power- now committedd hishis long-long- house Bucks twice in quick suc- term future to RedRed Bull.Bull. cession was actually a good The move followslows CharlesCharles thing. Leclerc’s signingg of a five-five- “You can kind of lock in a year contract extensionextension little bit in a smaller version of with Ferrari lastt month.month. a playoff series,” Mills said. Verstappen, whowho finifinishedshed “You can hone in to their third in the drivers’ers’ champi-champi- strengths and weaknesses.” onship last season,on, tweeted:tweeted: But even as he focused on “Very proud andd happyhappy thatthat the task at hand, Mills said @redbullracing wiwillll stay my Monday he had been “keeping home until 2023.2023. We a close eye” on the news from started this journeyourney Australia. together and theythey “It’s very devastating what’s have supported me happening,” he said. from day 1. “It’s one of those disasters “I want to winwin and a national crisis that is hard record in the league at 32-6. Atlanta. Jokic, stung early when a 115-104 victory over the Char- with @redbull andnd to comprehend.” The Spurs, who improved Hawks guard Trae Young made lotte Hornets. “I was excited San Antonio hit 12 of 20 to 15-20, are fighting to hang a crisp pass between the about it,” Warren, who starred three-point attempts in the first onto eighth place in the West. Nuggets player’s legs to set up at North Carolina State Uni- half, tying a club record for Reigning NBA Most Val- Alex Len for a layup, responded versity, said of playing in front most made three-pointers in uable Player Antetokounmpo with the highest-scoring game of family and friends. Team Williams retains W any half. led the Bucks with 24 points, 12 of his career. There was controversy in They handed the Bucks rebounds and eight assists. Jokic connected on 16 of 25 New Orleans, where the Pel- Series champion Chadwick their first defeat since an upset Dallas’ MVP candidate from the floor as the Nuggets icans thought forward Brandon loss to Philadelphia on Luka Doncic delivered his avoided a third straight defeat Ingram was fouled by Utah Christmas Day. league-leading 11th triple- after falling to the Houston centre Rudy Gobert on a in development role It was also the Bucks’ first double of the season with 38 Rockets on Tuesday and the potential game-tying final shot. loss this season to a team points, 11 rebounds and 10 Washington Wizards on No foul was called, and the REUTERS — LONDON within the team both without a winning record, but assists to lead the Mavericks Saturday. Jazz emerged with a 128-126 trackside and in the factory Milwaukee maintained the best to a 118-110 victory over the The injury-depleted victory. Inaugural W Series champion at Grove.” Chicago Bulls. Wizards, 12th in the Eastern “All we did is exactly what Jamie Chadwick will remain “Jamie has done an NBA RESULTS Doncic scored 21 points in Conference, surprised another we were supposed to do -- took a development driver for the excellent job promoting the third quarter as the Mavs top team with a 99-94 victory the ball, drove it hard to the Williams Formula One team women in motorsport and Dallas 118, Chicago 110 took charge of a close game. over the Boston Celtics. basket, then they determined it this season with an increased we are extremely proud of San Antonio 126, Milwaukee 104 Chicago lost forward Ish Smith had another big wasn’t a foul,” Pelicans coach simulator programme as well the work she has done,” said Atlanta 115, Denver 123 Wendell Carter Jr. with 8:25 game, coming off the bench to Alvin Gentry said. as attending several races. deputy team principal Claire Sacramento 111, Golden State 98 remaining in the third, when he score 27 points for “End of game.” The team said yesterday Williams. Chadwick, who New Orleans 126, Utah 128 suffered an apparent right ankle Washington. Bojan Bogdanovic scored 35 that the 21-year-old Briton, joined the Williams Driver Charlotte 104, Indiana 115 injury. Indiana forward TJ Warren points and Joe Ingles added 22 whose success in the all- Academy last year has been Orlando 101, Brooklyn 89 In Atlanta, Denver centre was energised by a return trip for the Jazz, who pushed their female series boosted her talked of as a possible first Philadelphia 120, Oklahoma City 113 Nikola Jokic scored 47 points to to his home state of North winning streak to six games. profile last year, would “con- female Formula One race Washington 99, Boston 94 lead the Nuggets to a 123-115 Carolina, scoring a season-high Ingram scored 35 points for tinue to be fully immersed driver since 1976. victory over the Hawks in 36 points to lead the Pacers to the Pelicans. Cincinnati Reds agree to $21m, NHL: McDavid shines as three-year deal with Akiyama Oilers snap Leafs’ streak AP — CINCINNATI Akiyama gets $6m this Akiyama batted.301 and was REUTERS — TORONTO year, $7m in 2021 and honored four times as one of Outfielder Shogo Akiyama $8m in 2022. The centre the league’s top defensive Connor McDavid had a dazzling agreed to a $21m, three-year fielder could move to outfielders. goal and three assists, and the deal with the Cincinnati Reds, one of the corner spots He set a Nippon Profes- visiting Edmonton Oilers the only major league team that sional Baseball season record snapped the Toronto Maple hasn’t had a player born in in Cincinnati’s unsettled with 216 hits in 2015. Leafs’ 10-game point streak Japan. outfield. With Seibu last season, he with a 6-4 win. Akiyama, 31, became a free batted.303 with 31 doubles, four McDavid’s goal put the agent after his ninth season Centre fielder Nick triples, 20 homers and 62 RBIs, game away at 11:26 of the third. with the Seibu Lions in Japan’s Senzel is returning winning his fifth All-Star spot. He entered the zone one-on- Pacific League, where he was from surgery on his Meanwhile, the Tigers one with defenseman Morgan a five-time All-Star. The centre right shoulder, and the avoided arbitration with Rielly looking as if he intended fielder could move to one of the addition of Akiyama Michael Fulmer, agreeing to a to pass, then sharply juked left, corner spots in Cincinnati’s gives the Reds another $2.8m, one-year deal with the scooted by Rielly and finished unsettled outfield. right-hander after he missed in the top left corner. option at that spot. Akiyama gets $6m this last season while recovering Alex Chiasson and Leon year, $7m in 2021 and $8m in from Tommy John surgery. Draisaitl each had a goal and 2022. try to upgrade an offense that It's the same amount an assist for the Oilers, who Connor McDavid (left) of the Edmonton Oilers slips away from Centre fielder Nick Senzel ranked near the bottom of the Fulmer received last year when have won consecutive games. Martin Marincin of the Toronto Maple Leafs during their NHL game. is returning from surgery on his NL in runs last season. he lost his arbitration case with Oscar Klefbom, Darnell Nurse right shoulder, and the addition They also signed second the Tigers. and Kailer Yamamoto also of Akiyama gives the Reds baseman Mike Moustakas to a Fulmer was voted AL scored.