SPORTS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Toomua to miss tour games Dortmund dealt double Stenson sets sight on majors EDINBURGH: Wallabies centre Matt Toomua will miss the remaining two blow for Bayern clash SWEDEN: Buoyed by his brilliant turnaround, world number three Henrik Stenson has matches of Australia’s European tour because of a hamstring injury, coach Ewen set his sight on becoming the first Swedish male golfer to win a major title. McKenzie said yesterday. He will be replaced in the squad later this week by BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund were dealt a double injury blow for Saturday’s key Bundesliga showdown against Bayern Munich with Stenson’s six-shot victory at last week’s DP World Tour Championship made him the NSW Waratahs winger Peter Betham, who won his first cap in the third Bledisloe both defenders Mats Hummels and Marcel Schmelzer ruled out with first man to land the Race To Dubai and US FedExCup double in the same year. Cup Test against New Zealand in October. injury. The pair limped out of Germany’s 1-0 friendly win over England The 37-year-old, who was ranked outside the world’s top 100 just 12 months back, Medical tests showed that Toomua had suffered a hamstring strain following on Tuesday and scans revealed centre-back Hummels is out until came agonisingly close to major breakthrough when he finished second at the British training, and that was enough to rule him out of the two remaining tour games 2014 with a torn ligament in his right ankle, while left-back Schmelzer Open and third at the PGA Championship. - against Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday and Wales at the Millennium is out for three weeks with a torn left calf. “I would go there (to the majors) with more confidence after being able to achieve Stadium the following week. “Bad news for me today. I won’t be able to play any more this year the things I have achieved this season,” Stenson said in a conference call with reporters McKenzie said it was a disappointing blow for the talented so all I can do is support the guys in the next weeks,” Hummels wrote yesterday. on his Facebook page. 23-year-old playmaker, who had been outstanding in his debut “I am also very excited because I felt at the Open Championship and Test season, earning 10 caps and securing his role at centre in “It will be very difficult, but I am optimistic we can make it through these games.” The timing is bad for Dortmund, who must beat Napoli the US PGA I probably didn’t play the best out of all these weeks. And I the starting lineup for the opening three games of the tour. still came that close. “If things would have fallen my way I would have “Matt has had a fantastic season and has done a terrific job at home in the Champions League next Tuesday, then Marseille away on December 11, to keep alive their dreams of reaching the knock- potentially won both those majors this summer.” for the Qantas Wallabies in a new position,” McKenzie said. “It’s out stages. With Hummels’ centre-back partner Neven Subotic out for Stenson has struggled with a wrist-joint injury extremely disappointing to lose him at this point and not have six months with torn knee ligaments and right-back Lukasz Piszczek on his right hand and has constantly been on him available for our final two games. only just back from surgery, it means Dortmund are without their “However, he’s shown all the positive attributes we pain-killers but still managed to scorch the first-choice back four against the European champions. course in Dubai. The injury forced him to pull out want in our players and are looking forward to seeing Subotic’s possible replacement, ex-Germany defender Manuel him use his international experience to continue his Friedrich, 34, who was released by Bayer Leverkusen at the end of last of this week’s South African Open but the Swede development during the Super Rugby competition season, picked up an injury in a practice match on trial with will tee off at the Thailand Golf Championship from next year.” —AFP Dortmund on Tuesday, according to German daily Bild. —AFP Dec. 12-15. —Reuters Bruins and Avalanche roll

NEW YORK: Tuukka Rask made 43 saves - includ- ing a stop on a first-period shot - as the Boston Bruins spoiled the return of New York for- ward Rick Nash in a 2-1 victory over the Rangers on Tuesday. Rask, playing on back-to-back days for the first time this season, denied Chris Kreider’s penalty shot and turned away every- thing else except for Derick Brassard’s power- play in the second. Shawn Thornton and Daniel Paille, with his 10th career short-handed goal, provided all the offense Rask needed in the second period as the Bruins (14-6-1) finished a 2- 1 road trip after winning at Carolina on Monday. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 20 shots, but most of the action was at the other end. The Rangers have only two goals in three games, splitting a pair of 1-0 decisions in the previous two. New York has dropped three in a row at home.

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Western Conference Eastern Conference Nissan NV350 Urvan drives Atlantic Division Pacific Division FLYERS 5, SENATORS 2 Boston 14 6 1 59 38 29 Quadruple F1 World had a goal and two assists, WLOTLGFGAPTS Tampa Bay 14 7 0 66 55 28 Anaheim 15 6 2 72 59 32 Toronto 13 7 1 62 49 27 Steve Mason made 32 saves as Philadelphia beat Detroit 9 6 7 54 62 25 Champions at Abu Dhabi Ottawa. Claude Giroux, Sean Couturier, Wayne San Jose 13 3 5 72 50 31 Montreal 11 9 2 58 47 24 Simmonds and Adam Hall also scored for the Phoenix 14 4 3 73 66 31 Ottawa 8 9 4 60 67 20 Flyers, who are 4-0-1 in their last five games after Los Angeles 15 6 1 63 48 31 Florida 6 12 4 49 72 16 a 4-10-1 start. Vancouver 11 8 4 58 61 26 Buffalo 5 17 1 42 72 11 Clarke MacArthur and Kyle Turris both had a Calgary 7 11 3 59 79 17 Metropolitan Division Edmonton 6 15 2 60 83 14 Pittsburgh 13 8 0 59 48 26 power-play goal for the Senators, who have lost Washington 12 8 1 69 59 25 two in a row. Timonen and Simmonds scored 23 Central Division NY Rangers 10 11 0 43 52 20 seconds apart to snap a 2-all tie in the third peri- Chicago 14 4 4 79 66 32 Carolina 8 9 4 40 59 20 od. Mason stoned Turris on a penalty shot with St. Louis 14 3 3 70 47 31 New Jersey 7 8 5 42 49 19 5:06 left to preserve the two-goal cushion. Colorado 15 5 0 64 42 30 NY Islanders 8 11 3 63 73 19 Minnesota 13 5 4 57 50 30 Philadelphia 8 10 2 40 50 18 Columbus 7 11 3 52 64 17 CANADIENS 6, WILD 2 Dallas 11 7 2 58 56 24 Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one Max Pacioretty had a natural hat trick in the Winnipeg 10 10 3 61 66 23 point in the standings and are not included in second period as Montreal cooled off Nashville 10 9 2 48 63 22 the loss column (L). Minnesota. Michael Bournival, Daniel Briere and Golf World Cup under scrutiny Down Under MELBOURNE: Organisers’ hopes of a triumphant spending four days playing with Jase (Day), I unaccounted for. “(I’m) definitely, you know, look- start for the re-tooled World Cup of Golf in thought it would be good for both of us to do that, ing forward to seeing my mum at the end of this Melbourne this week have been dampened by for sure. “It is an interesting week with an individual week just to give her a hug, I know that she has players’ coolness toward the tournament’s new for- thing and a teams thing and we are going to want gone through some hard times,” Day said, as he ABU DHABI: Building on the success of its guests, and equipment for the team. For the mat and a personal tragedy afflicting Australia’s to beat each other but we are also going to want to battled to contain his emotions. “Everyone that I global partnership as Official Light Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this year, the highly Jason Day. win, so I do not really know how that sits.” have talked to have said a prayer for me and my Commercial Vehicle Supplier, Nissan will con- versatile, multi-purpose NV350 Urvan was The team component of the biennial tourna- US PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem family and I am trying to do the same for everyone tinue to supply NV350 Urvan to the quadru- selected. ment has been watered down to a footnote, with defended the emphasis on the individual as a more else.” Scott is likely to vie for the individual trophy ple World Championship-winning Formula Nissan Middle East Managing Director, the format reverting to 72 holes of strokeplay to “marketable” format. “We think that it has a better with world number seven Matt Kuchar, who won One team, Infiniti Red Bull Racing. Samir Cherfan commented, “This year, we are reward the best individual and offer a test event for chance of fulfilling its mission which is to create the last World Cup in China for the United States The Nissan NV350 Urvan with its well pleased to offer the NV350 Urvan once again the Rio 2016 Games, where golf will return to the more interest in the game in unique ways,” he said. with team mate Gary Woodland. thought-out functionality and reliability is the in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. We are confident Olympic programme after 112 years. “But we will see. If we go down this road and it Kuchar will represent the US with world number perfect vehicle to support the Team in their that the innovation, versatility and superior The previous editions since 2000 had compatri- doesn’t work, we will adjust but we are going to 46 Kevin Streelman this time, and along with Scott, intensive people and material transportation convenience of our product will provide ots pairing up and relying on each other in four- give this every chance to work and we are excited has enjoyed an ideal preparation after playing the activities. excellent support for the team’s race opera- somes and four-ball competitions, but the winning ... to see what happens this weekend.” Australian Masters at the same course. Infiniti Red Bull Racing, which is based in tions, and hopefully lead to a successful result team will now be decided by the aggregate of their US Masters champion Scott and Day form one Scott and Kuchar engaged in an enthralling Milton Keynes in the UK, concluded an official in the race.” individual scores in strokeplay. of the most potent combinations at the tourna- final-round shootout on Sunday, with the American global supplier contract for light commercial Christian Horner, Team Principal, Infiniti With $7 million of the total $8 million in prize ment but world number 18 Day will tee off coming back from five strokes behind to seize the vehicles with Nissan in 2012. Under this con- Red Bull Racing, commented, “The LCV part- money allocated for the individual category, play- weighed down by the loss of eight of his relatives lead before stumbling on the last few holes to gift tract, Nissan’s Light Commercial Vehicle nership with Nissan contributed to our team’s ers will compete fiercely at Royal Melbourne both who were killed when Typhoon Haiyan pounded the local hero the title by two strokes. Business Unit supplies the team with com- success last year. It responded to our varied as a team and against compatriots. the Philippines earlier this month. “To at least give him a run it was awfully good,” mercial vehicles at Formula One venues transportation needs in all our races, and “It is a little strange, I must say,” world number Day, whose mother is of Filipino heritage, is said 35-year-old Kuchar. “Last week is forgotten around the world. The vehicles that are sup- proved to be a trusted and indispensable two Adam Scott, who will represent Australia with mourning his maternal grandmother, an uncle and about and the same goes for Adam... He won and plied provide support for all transportation partner. We are very reassured that the NV350 Day, told reporters yesterday. a number of cousins, according to local media that helps with confidence but you have got to do needs, including the movement of staff, Urvan will once again be supporting our race “I mean I was kind of hoping that I would be reports, and said other family members were still it all over again.” —Reuters