South Africa out to Defend Their Number One Status in Tough
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NNewew VVisionision SPORT Thursday, November 8, 2012 43 Hornets coach fined $25,000 BASKETBALL New Orleans Hornets head coach Monty Williams has been fined $25,000 by the National Basketball Association (NBA) for public criticism of the NBA’s concus- sion policy, the league said on Tuesday. Williams was penalised for comments he made before Saturday’s game against the Chicago Bulls when Hornets center Anthony Davis, the first over- all pick in the 2012 draft, was sidelined by a mild concus- sion. “Now, they treat every- body like they have white gloves and pink drawers and it’s getting old,” Williams told reporters on Saturday. Federer pounds NBA results Tip, Ferrer wins New York 110 Philadelphia 88 Minnesota 107 Brooklyn 96 TENNIS Miami 124 Phoenix 99 Memphis 103 Utah 94 Roger Federer reached yet Dallas 114 Portland 91 another career milestone San Antonio 101 Indiana 79 with victory over Janko Sacramento 94 Golden State 92 Tipsarevic and David Ferrer Cleveland 108 LA Clippers 101 dipped into his seemingly endless tank of stamina to beat Juan Martin del Potro on the second day of the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday. Swiss maestro Federer glided Deng (right) was the star man as the Bulls dominated from the start of the fourth quarter to beat Orlando Magic to a 6-3 6-1 victory over out- classed Serbian Janko Tipsarevic to open his Group B account, taking his haul of victories at the elite year- ending event to 40 having qualified for an 11th consecu- tive year. Deng carries Bulls New inclusions in England side RUGBY England have named three uncapped players in a 23-man squad to face Fiji at Twickenham on Saturday with forwards Joe Launchbury and Mako Vunipola plus hooker Tom Youngs all selected. to slay the Magic England coach Stuart Lancaster said the squad has great potential with Wasps the game by the horns. CHICAGO lowing the trade of Dwight nine rebounds and five Nelson who missed a second lock Launchbury and “I think we wanted it more,” Howard to the Los Angeles blocks for the Bulls while successive game with leg Saracens loosehead prop Robinson told reporters after The Chicago Bulls domi- Lakers, suffered their first Carlos Boozer added 12 injuries. Forward Hedo Vunipola among a group of scoring seven of his 11 points nated the start of the fourth loss of the season despite 28 points and eight rebounds. Turkoglu is also out after promising youngsters. in the final period. quarter to beat the Orlando points from Arron Afflalo. Glen Davis, who had been breaking his hand in the “Saturday is a great opportu- “Coach said to do whatever Magic 99-93 on Tuesday in a In a tightly contested game, carrying the Orlando offense season opener. nity for us to put a marker it takes to get the win.” matchup of two teams trying Orlando grabbed a 71-68 and entered the game with a “There’s no All-Stars on this down and deliver a quality The Bulls were able to to adjust to playing without lead after the third quarter 25.5 points per game, could team,” Davis said. performance,” Lancaster said improve to 3-1 this season last season’s All Stars. before Chicago opened the not find his range and made “Any night, anybody can in an RFU news release. where they are without Luol Deng scored eight fourth with a 12-2 run. just 7 of 22 shots. be our star. We need to help “It’s great to have young play- 2010-11 MVP Derrick Rose, of his team-high 23 in the Robinson and Deng traded He ended up with 16 points each other, and tonight we ers such as Mako and Joe get sidelined indefinitely after fourth quarter where reserve critical jump shots during the and 10 rebounds. kind of got away from it a their opportunities in the tearing knee ligaments dur- Nate Robinson also provided scoring run to position the The Magic are playing little bit.” matchday 23 and we are ing last season’s playoffs. a spark to quickly erase a Bulls for victory. through injuries and were excited about the potential of The Magic, rebuilding fol- AFP three-point deficit and take Joakim Noah had 20 points, without point guard Jameer the squad.” South Africa out to defend their number one status in tough heavyweight Australian series SYDNEY dominance of the longer form of the game and long and solid South African batting order. mauling from the South African pace attack had they could even wrestle back the number one The South Africans were triumphant in a test them bowled out for 47 in their second innings The number one test ranking has proved noto- spot with a convincing victory over the three- series for the first time on Australian soil on in the first test in Cape Town. riously hard to hang onto over the last couple test encounter that starts in Brisbane on Friday. their last visit in 2008/9 but it is last year’s en- “It was like the first two rounds of a heavy- of years but South Africa could take a firm grip To do so, however, their batsmen will need to thralling two-match series in South Africa that weight boxing match, the guys had just found on it if they can triumph in a mouth-watering see off Dale Steyn and the most-feared pace at- resonate more with the players. their feet and the Aussies were on their way series in Australia over the next month. tack in world cricket, while their bowling unit The series was split 1-1, but only after Austra- home,” Steyn, the top-ranked bowler in the Australia were the last side to enjoy prolonged will have to consistently make inroads into a lia had managed to battle back after a brutal world, said last week..