Sport SUNday 15 August 2021 Top-seeded Medvedev outlasts Hurkacz to reach Toronto semi-finals It was definitely not easy. He (Hubert Hurkacz) was on top of me. But to win matches like this gives you a huge boost of confidence. It’s a pleasure to be standing here and giving interviews.
Daniil Medvedev Sport | 14 CRICKET: (AT TEA): Pakistan 217 and 117 for 4 (Abid 34, Babar 28 n.o.) lead West Indies 253 (Brathwaite 97, Afridi 4-59) by 81 runs Qatar win gold at Arab Table Tennis Championships Khalil Ahmad Al Mohannadi, President of the Arab Table Tennis Federation and Qatar Table Tennis Association and First Vice-President of the International Table Tennis Federation, poses for a photograph with an official and the Qatar U-13 team members and coaches after presenting the medals to the winners in Amman, Jordan, yesterday. Both Qatar U-13 and U-11 teams were crowned champions in their respective age groups. Qatar U-13 team defeated Egypt 3-0 in the finals whileU -11 team defeated their Tunisian counterparts 3-2 on Friday. Qatar national men's team secured the bronze medal after their 3-0 defeat against Jordan Qatar U-11 team members receiving their trophy. in the semi-finals. Solskjaer hails United Record-setting Salah shines as forward options after rampant win over Leeds Liverpool cruise past Norwich REUTERS – MANCHESTER
REUTERS – NORWICH made great steps in pre-season and this was Manchester United coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said another big step today." his squad has plenty of goals in it and he does not Liverpool eased into the new Premier With a capacity crowd cheering them expect the team to be over-reliant on Bruno Fern- League season as goals by Diogo Jota, on, Norwich matched Liverpool in the andes again, after the Portuguese’s hat-trick led Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah opening stages and could have gone ahead United to a 5-1 thrashing of Leeds United. earned them a 3-0 victory at promoted when Teemu Pukki got in behind Van Dijk Fernandes was United’s top scorer with 18 Norwich City yesterday. but opted to try and beat Alisson at his near Premier League goals last season, seven more than With defensive linchpin Virgil van Dijk post and the Brazil goalkeeper made the the next-highest scorer, and was again crucial to his back after nine months out with a serious save. side as his first hat-trick for the club inspired United knee injury, Liverpool enjoyed a relatively Minutes later Liverpool were to a fine opening day victory. trouble-free evening at Carrow Road. ahead as Trent Alexander- “It has been a very, very good day,” Solskjaer said. Norwich had their chances but once Jota Arnold's ball in from the right “When Bruno gets goals like this, timing his runs, it gave Liverpool the lead in the 26th minute was mis-controlled by Salah does not really matter who scores. We definitely have the visitors were in command. and the ball ran to Jota who tucked a shot loads of forwards who can chip in. He will not have Salah set up Firmino to make it 2-0 in home. that burden on himself. the 65th minute and then sealed the points There was an element of fortune about “You can see the forwards we have in this team nine minutes later with a neat finish. Liverpool's second as a rebound off a with Mason (Greenwood), Jadon (Sancho), Marcus The Egyptian striker has now scored on Norwich defender fell to Salah whose instant (Rashford), Anthony (Martial), Dan (James) - they can the opening weekend for the past five cross was an open invitation for Firmino to play in different positions. Edinson Cavani is the only seasons - a Premier League record. score. one who has a fixed position. But the focus was very much on Norwich were deflated and they fell Mohamed “We should leave them to enjoy and develop their Dutchman Van Dijk whose absence was a further behind when Salah curled in with Salah careers. The goals will come.” United have not key factor in Liverpool's disappointing his left foot after a corner fell to him on the celebrates mounted a sustained title challenge since Sir Alex defence of their Premier League title last edge of the area. after scoring Ferguson’s final campaign as coach in 2012-13, with season. Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said Liverpool’s Solskjaer now in his fourth season in charge. "It was a tough game for many reasons it was job done on a great day for football third goal The Norwegian, however, was pleased to see his and 3-0 sounds comfortable," Van Dijk, who with the return of capacity crowds. against side lay down an early marker this time around. signed a new contract with the Anfield club "We were not here to show the most Norwich “Sir Alex always used to say enjoy yourself, play this week, told Sky Sports. exciting football, just to get the basis for the City, with a smile on your face, you have to enjoy the priv- "It's about getting into normal habits, new season, and we did. Football is back," yesterday. ilege and responsibility of playing in front of 75,000 shouting at your team mates, repetition. I've the German said. supporters, and millions behind TV,” he said.
Paris Saint-Germain’s PSG fans give Messi huge ovation Achraf Hakimi, Georginio Wijnaldum, Ap – PARIS squad for the game. He only Italy’s Euro 2020 star goal- Gianluigi recently returned from an extended keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, Donnarumma, Lionel Messi stood and smiled, holiday after helping Argentina win Netherlands captain Georginio Sergio Ramos looking transfixed as Paris Saint- the Copa America. Although he has Wijnaldum, and former Inter Milan and Lionel Germain fans chanted the soccer started training with PSG, Messi is right back Achraf Hakimi were all Messi pose on great’s name - “Leo Messi, Leo not yet match fit. given loud ovations. the podium Messi” - before yesterday's In a scene which few could But nothing compared to the as they are French league game against have predicted even recently, huge one reserved for Messi, a presented to the Strasbourg. former Real Madrid captain four-time Champions League and fans inside the PSG’s latest signing joined Sergio Ramos applauded Messi - six-time Golden Ball winner. stadium before four other recruits as they were his eternal Barcelona nemesis and He joined PSG on a two-year yesterday's presented before some 49,000 the all-time record scorer in “Cla- deal this week after his new deal match against fans at Parc des Princes before sicos” between Barcelona and with Barcelona sensationally col- Strasbourg. kickoff. Madrid - as he joined him on the lapsed and left him in tears as PSG Messi was not in the actual podium. moved quickly.
Pramac Racing’s Jorge Martin Pramac’s Martin smashes lap record celebrates after qualifying in pole to grab Austrian MotoGP pole position position.
Reuters – Spielberg Prix, a race he went on to win for his first STARTING GRID (Top 12): MotoGP victory. 1. Jorge Martin (Pramac Racing) Pramac Ducati’s Jorge Martin crashed in The pole was his third in eight races 2. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) final practice and then smashed the lap started, with the former Moto3 champion 3. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) record to take his second pole position in missing two Grands Prix weekends after 4. Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing) a row at the Austrian Grand Prix yesterday. breaking his right hand and ankle in April. 5. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) The Spanish rookie’s best and last lap of Pramac team mate Johann Zarco was 6. Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) one minute 22.643 seconds was 0.034 fourth on the grid, after setting a lap record 7. Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) quicker than Yamaha’s championship leader in Friday practice, with Honda’s Marc 8. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) Fabio Quartararo around Spielberg’s Red Marquez fifth and Australian Jack Miller Bull Ring, with factory Ducati rider sixth for Ducati and reigning champion Joan 9. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) Francesco Bagnaia completing the front row. Mir seventh. 10. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) Martin took pole at the same circuit last Italian great Valentino Rossi qualified 11. Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda Team) weekend when it hosted the Styrian Grand only 18th. 12. Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) Sport SUNday 15 August 2021 14 Root’s unbeaten hundred fuels Brathwaite misses century as Windies take robust England reply against India 34-run lead over Pakistan REUTERS – LONDON REUTERS – KINGSTON Scoreboard Pakistan 1st Innings - 217 England captain Joe Root West Indies captain Kraigg smashed his second hundred Brathwaite fell agonisingly West Indies 1st Innings (overnight 2-2) of the series to steer his team short of a century but still K. Brathwaite run out ...... 97 to 314-5 at tea on day three of steered his side to a 34-run K. Powell c Imran Butt b Abbas ...... 0 the second Test against India lead over Pakistan before bad N. Bonner lbw b Abbas...... 0 yesterday at Lord’s. light brought a premature end R. Chase c Rizwan b Ali ...... 21 Root became the second to play on the second day of J. Blackwood c Abbas b Afridi ...... 22 English batsman after Alastair the first Test on Friday. K. Mayers lbw b Afridi ...... 0 Cook to score 9000 Test runs Brathwaite was run out for J. Holder c Rizwan b Ashraf ...... 58 en route to his 132 not out. His 97 shortly before the close as J. da Silva not out ...... 20 22nd Test hundred was the hosts finished the day on K. Roach lbw b Abbas ...... 13 studded with 12 fours. 251 runs for eight wickets in J. Warrican not out ...... 1 Moeen Ali was batting on their first innings, having Extras (b3, lb10, nb6) ...... 19 20 at the break with England resumed on their overnight Total (87 overs, 8 wkts) ...... 251 50 runs behind but fancying a score of 2-2. To bat: J. Seales first innings lead. With West Indies in trouble Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Powell), 2-1 (Bonner), It was a significant turna- after being reduced to 100-5, round from 23-2 in reply to Brathwaite anchored a rescue 3-51 (Chase), 4-100 (Blackwood), 5-100 (May- India’s first innings total of 364 mission during a 96-run sixth- ers), 6-196 (Holder), 7-221 (Brathwaite), 8-249 when Root walked out to bat wicket partnership with Jason (Roach) on Friday. Holder. Bowling: Mohammad Abbas 21-9-42-3, Having added 85 runs with Their effort took Windies Shaheen Shah Afridi 20-5-59-2 (1nb), Yasir Rory Burns to arrest the slide, close to Pakistan’s first Shah 13-1-46-0, Faheem Ashraf 14-6-37-1, Has- Root forged a century part- innings tally of 217 after an Ali 19-4-54-1 (5nb) nership with Jonny Bairstow to Holder was given a reprieve further consolidate England’s before he had even scored, an position. lbw decision being overturned Shah as he approached his They batted throughout the when television reviews century and was caught well morning session, much to the showed Shaheen Shah Afridi’s short when Hasan Ali’s direct frustration of the Indian delivery pitching just outside throw hit the stumps. bowlers who tried all they leg stump. “It was a misjudgement could but just could not sep- Holder made good use of from me,” he said. arate them. Root, who has scored more England’s Joe Root celebrates after reaching his century against the opportunity to go on and Pakistan’s hopes of While Root, who scored 64 than 27% of England’s runs in India at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London, yesterday. score 58. quickly snagging the last three and 109 in the drawn series 2021, brought up his hundred The overturned decision home wickets were stymied, opener in Nottingham, main- with a tight single off Jasprit Scoreboard denied Pakistan speedster despite taking the second new tained his red-hot form, Bumrah. Shaheen a third wicket in four ball as the tail added 30 runs India 1st Innings 364 Ollie Robinson lbw Siraj ...... 6 Bairstow regained his mojo The 30-year-old took off England 1st Innings (119/3 overnight) Mark Wood run out Jadeja ...... 5 balls after he had Jermaine for the loss of just one more with a fighting 57, his first Test his helmet and soaked in the R. Burns lbw b Shami...... 49 James Anderson b Shami ...... 0 Blackwood caught at mid on wicket, which was the third fifty in 20 innings. applause from the crowd D. Sibley c Rahul b Siraj...... 11 Extras (5b, 6lb, 17nb, 5w) ...... 33 and then trapped Kyle Mayers of the innings for Mohammad Mohammed Siraj had before being embraced by Jos H. Hamed b Siraj...... 0 Total (128.0 overs, all out) ...... 391 lbw with his next ball for Abbas. Bairstow caught in the slip Buttler. Joe Root not out...... 180 Fall of Wickets : 1-23, 2-23, 3-108, 4-229, 5-283, figures of 2-59. Joshua da Silva (20 not after cramping him for room Ishant Sharma dismissed Jonny Bairstow c Kohli b Siraj ...... 57 6-341, 7-341, 8-357, 9-371, 10-391 Brathwaite, showing some out) and Jomel Warrican (1) as the batsman tried to pull a Buttler for 23, nipping one back Jos Buttler b I Sharma ...... 23 Bowling: Ishant 24-4-69-3 (1nb), Bumrah 26-6-79- anxiousness in the 90s, will resume on Saturday Moeen Ali c Kohli b I Sharma ...... 27 0 (13nb), Shami 26-3-95-2 (1w, 1nb), Siraj 30-7-94-4, short-pitched delivery from to hit the top of the off-stump Sam Curran c R Sharma b I Sharma ...... 0 Jadeja 22-1-43-0 (2nb) attempted a needless second seeking to extend the home round the wicket. from a perfect length. run off the bowling of Yasir side’s lead.
Medvedev outlasts Hurkacz NBA Summer League to reach Toronto semi-finals Lewis, Marshall
AP – TORONTO Daniil Medvedev of help Pelicans Top-seeded Daniil Medvedev of Russia outlasted Russia plays a seventh-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland 2-6, shot against remain unbeaten 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5) on Friday night to reach the National Hubert Bank Open semi-finals. Hurkacz of Medvedev will face 6-foot-10 American John Poland. in Las Vegas Isner, a 7-6 (5), 6-4 winner over 11th-seeded Gael Monfils of France in the late match, AP – LAS VEGAS The 25-year-old Medvedev, ranked second in the world, has 11 ATP Tour victories, winning this Kira Lewis Jr. scored 22 points, and Naji year in Mallorca and Marseille. He had 23 aces to Marshall continued his strong NBA beat Hurkacz a month after falling to him in the Summer League with 16 points, 11 fourth round at Wimbledon. rebounds, five assists and three steals Monster Energy Yamaha's Spanish rider Maverick “He had his chances and he was probably the and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Vinales better player for at least two sets for sure, but that’s Cleveland Cavaliers 87-74 on Friday tennis,” Medvedev said. night. The 24-year-old Hurkacz, ranked 13th, won Marshall, a second-year forward, Vinales apologises this year in Miami and Delray Beach. The 36-year- seeded Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain 6-3, 7-6 (1). had no turnovers and also blocked a shot old Isner won two weeks ago in Atlanta for his Tsitsipas lost to Novak Djokovic in the French to help the Pelicans improve to 3-0. Bro- 16th career title. Open final in May. He made it to the final of the deric Thomas led the Cavaliers with 15 to Yamaha after Third-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece Canadian Open in 2018, losing to Rafael Nadal. points. No. 3 overall draft pick Evan will face American qualifier Reilly Opelka in the Ruud had won 14 straight matches, with tour- Mobley was held to eight points on other semifinal. Tsitsipas beat sixth-seeded Casper nament victories in Austria, Switzerland and 4-of-11 shooting. He did have 11 being suspended Ruud of Norway 6-1, 6-4, and Opelka edged 10th- Sweden. rebounds.
Reuters – Spielberg WARRIORS 94, THUNDER 84 First-round draft picks Moses Moody Suspended Spanish MotoGP rider Maverick Vinales and Jonathan Kuminga carried Golden apologised to Yamaha yesterday after being with- State past Oklahoma City. drawn from the Austrian Grand Prix for allegedly Moody scored 22 points on 8-for-14 trying to destroy his bike’s engine at the previous shooting, and Kuminga had 18 points race. and seven rebounds. Yamaha said on Thursday they had pulled the Kuminga was the seventh player 26-year-old out of the race at the Red Bull Ring selected in the NBA draft and Moody was due to “the unexplained irregular operation of the the 14th. JaQuori McLaughlin added 14 motorcycle”. points and four assists. Rob Edwards had Onboard footage posted by MotoGP on the 23 points on four 3-pointers for the sport’s official website showed the rider repeatedly Thunder. hitting the rev limiter in the pit lane on the last lap Theo Maledon had 18 points, six with the headline “Is this the reason why Yamaha rebounds and five assists. suspended Vinales in Austria?”. Vinales said it was a sad situation triggered by Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus hits JAZZ 84, HEAT 65 frustration. a shot against Victoria Azarenka Trent Forrest continued his hot play “I want to apologise to Yamaha because at the during the quarter-finals of the with 19 points 10 rebounds and six end everything was about frustration, also a lot Montreal Open, on Friday. assists and former Kansas center Udoka of nerves. I rode the bike in a different way in the Azubuike had 18 points on 8-of-8 last laps,” he said in a MotoGP.com interview. shooting and added nine rebounds in “It was a big explosion of emotion, Sabalenka stops Azarenka Utah’s victory over Miami. frustration. Elijah Hughes added 17 points to help “I have a warrior soul, I want to be there on the Jazz improve to 3-0 in Las Vegas. the track, fighting every lap. It wasn’t like that but to reach Montreal semis Omer Yurtseven led Miami with 16 anyway it is a decision that I respect from Yamaha, points, 11 rebounds and three steals. I am still a rider for Yamaha.” AP – MONTREAL Pliskova of the Czech Republic in the semifinals. The Heat shot just 31.9% from the Speaking to Sky Sports Italy, Vinales also said Pliskova beat Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-4, field and made only 5 of 17 3-pointers. he had not wanted to endanger anyone or himself Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka beat Victoria 6-0. and it was hard to watch the weekend’s action as Azarenka, 6-2, 6-4 on Friday in a quarter-final Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur beat American Jessica TIMBERWOLVES 91, BUCKS 64 a spectator. between players from Belarus at the National Bank Pegula rallied to beat 13th-seeded Ons Jabeur Jaylen Nowell had 26 points on Yamaha has not replaced him for the race. Open. of Tunisia 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-0 in the late match to 11-of-22 shooting and six rebounds and The nine-times MotoGP race winner had fallen Sabalenka, ranked No. 3, trailed 4-2 in the set up a semi-final against Italy’s Camila Giorgi. Minnesota routed poor-shooting Mil- out with Yamaha already and is due to leave at second set before winning four games in a row. The 27-year-old Pegula, the daughter of Buffalo waukee. Jaden McDaniels added 17 the end of the season after terminating his con- She had seven aces in the 79-minute match. Bills and Sabres owners Kim and Terry Pegula, points and Jared Brownridge had 12 tract a year early. “I’m really happy with this, it was a tough won her lone WTA Tour title in 2019, beating Giorgi points for Minnesota, which won its third He is expected to join Aprilia for 2022, although match,” Sabalenka said. ”(Azarenka) played really in the Citi Open final in Washington. Jabeur won Summer League game. nothing has been announced. well. The second set was a little tricky. I’m really the Viking Classic in June in England to become Brandon Randolph had 17 points for Vinales is sixth overall in the standings after happy that I came back in the end of the set and the first Arab player to win a WTA Tour singles the Bucks, They shot 27.9% from the field 10 races but 77 points behind his French team mate won it actually.” title. and made 6 of 34 shots from 3-point and world championship leader Fabio Azarenka was seeded eighth. Giorgi beat 17-year-old American Coco Gauff range. Quartararo. Sabalenka will face fourth-seeded Karolina 6-4, 7-6 (2). SUNday 15 August 2021 SPORT 15 Qatar skydivers win bronze at FAI World Championships
Team Qatar's four-way formation skydiving team in action. Qatar finished third in the four-way formation competition with 160 points after six rounds as bad weather forced the organisers to abandon the remaining Team Qatar's jumpers and officials pose for a photograph after winning four rounds. Belgium (193) clinched the gold the bronze medal in the four-way formation skydiving category at the medal while USA (169) finished second.I n 24th FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale - World Air Sports the eight-way category, Qatar finished fourth Federation) World Championship of Formation Skydiving in Kemerovo, after seven rounds with 131 points. Russia, yesterday.
FOOTBALL SCORES PREMIER LEAGUE Fernandes fires hat-trick as United Norwich City 0 - 3 Liverpool Burnley 1 - 2 Brighton & Hove Albion Everton 3 - 1 Southampton Chelsea 3 - 0 Crystal Palace thrash Leeds in PL season opener Watford 3 - 2 Aston Villa Leicester City 1 - 0 Wolverhampton REUTERS – MANCHESTER Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes scoring Wanderers their first goal against Leeds United yesterday. Manchester United 5 - 1 Leeds United Bruno Fernandes scored his first hat-trick in English football in front of a raucous Old Trafford as Manchester United thrashed BUNDESLIGA Leeds United 5-1 to get their Premier Borussia Dortmund 5 - 2 Eintracht League season off to a flying start yesterday. Frankfurt French midfielder Paul Pogba also FC Augsburg 0 - 4 TSG 1899 starred with four assists - one more than Hoffenheim he managed in the whole of last season in VfL Wolfsburg 1 - 0 VfL Bochum the league - to help United run riot in front VfB Stuttgart 5 - 1 SpVgg Greuther of their first full crowd in 17 months. Fürth Fernandes got the goalscoring Arminia Bielefeld 0 - 0 SC Freiburg underway on the half hour mark, before a Luke Ayling thunderbolt out of nowhere FC Union Berlin 1 - 1 Bayer 04 levelled things up three minutes into the Leverkusen second half. It was only a short reprieve for Leeds, LIGUE 1 however, as Man United livewire Mason Lille OSC 0 - 4 OGC Nice Greenwood fired the hosts back in front before Fernandes added a quickfire third to put Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side in command. Fernandes completed his treble with Gladbach hold another fine finish on the hour mark, before Brazilian Fred got in on the act to complete the rout and cap champions a memorable afternoon for the hosts, who laid down an early marker in the Premier League title race. Chelsea begin title bid Bayern 1-1 in “My objective every season is being better than the last,” Fernandes told BT Sport. Bundesliga “Every performance I do, I want to do better and better. I’ve started with three goals but it’s a long way to go. with 3-0 win over Palace season opener “We know the quality of the players who have come in, but the team was already very good. We showed it last season. AP – LONDON We didn’t win trophies, but the team was growing up. Our REUTERS focus has to be game by game. We’ll achieve something with Chelsea began its bid to follow up a Champions – MOENCHENGLADBACH this mentality.” Pogba missed a glorious chance to open the League title with another Premier League trophy by scoring, slotting wide with the goal at his mercy, and the York- beating Crystal Palace 3-0 yesterday, illustrating the Champions Bayern Munich had shire side then grew into the match with Mateusz Klich forcing size of the task facing newly hired manager Patrick to work their way back from a a fine save from home goalkeeper David de Gea before striker Vieira at the visitors. goal down in their Bundesliga Rodrigo headed wide. Defenders Marcos Alonso and Trevoh Chalobah season opener on Friday as The hosts, who welcomed new signing Raphael Varane - with his first goal for Chelsea, on his Premier League they earned a 1-1 draw at onto the pitch pre-match, began to look nervy with the pressure debut - scored either side of a close-range strike by Borussia Moenchengladbach of an expectant crowd, anticipating their first sustained league US forward Christian Pulisic in a dominant display thanks to last season's top title challenge since Sir Alex Ferguson’s final season in 2012-13, by Thomas Tuchel’s team. scorer Robert Lewandowski. seemingly weighing upon them. The win came three days after Chelsea won the The Bayern Munich But their top goalscorer from last season, Fernandes, came UEFA Super Cup by beating Villarreal in a penalty forward, who scored an all- up with the goods once more to settle the nerves, collecting a shootout. time league record 41 goals last perfect pass from Pogba before slotting under onrushing Leeds While it makes for a perfect start to the season season, volleyed in from a keeper Illan Meslier. for the European champions, Palace could be facing corner to level in the 42nd Ayling’s strike from 25 yards out sparked scenes of wild up to a tough year under Vieira, the former Arsenal minute after Alassane Plea had celebration among Leeds’ travelling supporters, who had waited and France star who replaced Roy Hodgson in charge put the hosts in front in the 17 years to see their side truly compete down the M62 motorway for his first senior managerial role in English soccer. 10th. at Old Trafford. Even without Romelu Lukaku, who completed Lewandowski was denied Their joy, however, was shortlived, as another sublime his move from Inter Milan for a club-record $135m several times by Gladbach pass from Pogba picked out the onrushing Greenwood, with on Friday, Chelsea had far too much going forward keeper Yann Sommer but the the Yorkshire-born teenager giving United the lead again less for Palace - with even two defenders chipping in hosts had their own share of than two minutes later. with goals. missed chances in the second Soon enough it was three, as the effervescent Pogba picked Alonso was dangerous throughout and capped an half. The game also saw the out Fernandes again, before Lindelof floated a pass over the impressive display by curling a free kick over the return of fans to the stands with top for the Portuguese to add this third. Fernandes is the first defensive wall and inside the near post in the 27th some 23,000 spectators allowed United player to score a hat-trick on the opening day of a league minute. Pulisic made it 2-0 by converting a finish from in the 60,000-capacity arena. season since Lou Macari against Birmingham City in 1977-78. close range after Palace goalkeeper Vicente Guaita Elsewhere, Borussia Fred’s finish in the 68th minute made it five, with fans failed to gather a low cross by Cesar Azpilicueta from Dortmund striker Erling calling for a sixth - a repeat of last season’s haul against Leeds the right. Haaland scored twice and set up at Old Trafford - as big-money summer signing Jadon Sancho The 22-year-old Chalobah completed a memo- another three goals as the hosts came off the bench. rable few days by scoring the third goal. It was a bril- steamrolled past Eintracht Chelsea’s Marcos Alonso celebrates with team- While a sixth goal was not to be, the emphatic victory will liant one, too, as he collected a pass midway into Frankfurt 5-2 yesterday to put no doubt underline United’s credentials as contenders for the mate Mason Mount after scoring their first goal Palace’s half on the right, advanced, and drilled a down a marker in their Bun- title. against Crystal Palace, yesterday. low shot in off the far post from 25 meters. desliga opener.
Qatar Racing Limited’s Suspicious Cieren Fallon guides Suspicious to victory. Pic: Racingfotos makes a winning debut at Doncaster
The Peninsula – Doncaster Reaching the two-furlong pole, strides to win by a neck. The George the leaders began to accelerate Scott-trained and Callum Shepherd- The 2-year-old filly Suspicious (GB) sharply on the good to firm ground ridden Kick On Girl (IRE) (Vadamos (Nathaniel x White Cay) opened her and jockey Cieren Fallon switched x Elkmait) was the nearest to the duo scorecard on her debut in the EBF Suspicious to the running rail. as she finished two and a half lengths Maiden Fillies’ Stakes at Doncaster Showing a smart turn of foot, she back in third. yesterday, for the silks of Qatar quickly came to the lead alongside Suspicious was a yearling pur- Racing Limited. the Saeed bin Suroor-trained and Pat chased by Qatar Racing Limited Trained by Ralph Beckett, Sus- Cosgrave-ridden Beautiful Secret racing manager David Redvers at the picious was behind the leaders in this (GB) (Invincible Spirit x Beautiful Deauville Select Yearling Sale in 2019. mile race on the straight. Steady in Forest). Bred by Overbury Stallions & the early stages under a lead from The two fillies pulled clear of the Dukes Stud, she is out of the Dala- Maggie’s Joy (GB) (Time Test x Pure rest of the field with a furlong still khani mare White Cay, who has pro- Joy), the fillies ran in a tightly packed left to run. They battled neck and duced two Stakes performers in group with little change in the neck to the line, with Suspicious Dynamic (Teofilo) and Cay Dancer running order. gaining the advantage in the final (Danehill Dancer).