ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2021 SPORTS 15 Napoli win at Udinese Roma snatch 2-2 draw against title rivals Inter Milan MILAN, Jan 10, (AP): Gianluca “We had the chance to kill off the the 56th. Hakimi fired Inter in front Mancini’s late goal saw Roma snatch game but couldn’t manage it, and let seven minutes later when he col- a 2-2 draw at home to title rivasl Inter Roma back into it late on - because lected a pass on the right, cut inside Milan on Sunday and dent their op- we were out of energy. It’s a shame and curled a strike into the far top ponents Serie A aspirations. because, with a few minutes to go, we corner. Mancini headed in the equalizer were beating a strong side.” Inter appeared to be heading for four minutes from time after goals The match in the Italian capital was a valuable win but Roma upped the from Milan Škriniar and Achraf a direct battle for second spot and pressure in the dying minutes. Man- Hakimi appeared to have handed In- Inter threatened cini had an effort well saved by Samir ter the win. Lorenzo Pellegrini had to take an early Handanović but the defender headed scored the opener for Roma. lead but Romelu in the resulting corner for the equal- The result left Inter three points Lukaku’s header izer. behind Serie A leaders AC Milan, was acrobatically Tiémoué Bakayoko headed in a fi ngertipped over free kick in the fi nal minute to hand the bar by Pau Napoli a 2-1 win at Udinese. SOCCER López. Instead it was A defensive howler had seen Kevin which won 2-0 at Benevento on Sat- Roma that took Lasagna equalize for Udinese in the urday. Both Milan teams are looking the lead in the 27th to cancel out Lorenzo Inisgne’s penalty. to end Juventus’ nine-year grip on the Mancini 17th minute title. when Pellegrini’s Napoli moved to within nine points Inter, which play Juventus next shot took a slight of Milan having played a match less. weekend, remained three points defl ection to go into the bottom left At the other end of the table, above third-place Roma. J corner after a swift counterattack. returning Parma coach Roberto “Let’s not forget that Roma are Lautaro Martínez had a goal ruled D’Aversa saw his team lose 2-0 at fighting for the same thing we are,” out for offside shortly before the home to Lazio in his fi rst match back Inter coach Antonio Conte said. break but Inter has often performed in charge. “Going away to the third-place better in the second half this season Parma remained in the relegation team in the league and playing like and so it proved again. zone, two points from safety and Udinese’s Kevin Lasagna, (left), scores during the Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Napoli at the Dacia this means we’re an organized and Inter went close several times be- three above bottom club Crotone, Arena in Udine, Italy, on Jan 10. (AP) strong team. fore Škriniar headed in a corner in which lost 2-1 at Hellas Verona. Crowd abuse delays play; India 98-2 Best of the Rest Diggins wins title: Jessie Dig- gins won a fi rst title for the United States in cross-country skiing’s Tour de Ski on Sunday. Leading the women’s time standings after seven events, Dig- chasing 407 to pull off ‘unlikely’ win gins placed second in the 10-kil- ometer fi nal stage of the 10-day competition raced in Italy and Switzerland. ‘As series hosts, we unreservedly apologize to our friends in the Indian cricket team’ Her fi nal time of more than three hours was 1 minute, 24 sec- onds ahead of Russian Yulia Stu- SYDNEY, Jan 10, (AP): pak. Ebba Andersson of Sweden A day after making a for- was third. mal complaint about ra- In 15 years of the marathon competition, Diggins’s third place cial abuse from the Sydney three years ago is the only other Cricket Ground crowd, In- podium fi nish by an American man or woman. dia fast bowler Mohammed Four different Norwegians Siraj heard more of the combined to win the past seven same Sunday and didn’t editions of the women’s Tour de Ski. The cross-country skiing wait another moment to get power did not enter the 2021 com- it stopped. petitions be- The fourth day of the third Test cause of safety con- match between Australia and India cerns over were largely overshadowed by an the corona- eight-minute stoppage shortly be- virus pan- fore the end of Australia’s second demic. innings. Diggins, Siraj, who had been fi elding near the from Saint fi ne leg boundary and had just conced- Paul, Min- ed 17 runs in an over as the Australian nesota, won batsmen chased quick runs, complained an Olympic gold medal to the umpires and pointed to a section at the 2018 Diggins of the crowd. He had the full support of Pyeo- his captain and team-mates, just as he ngchang Winter Games in team had the previous night when – after the sprint with Kikkan Randall. (AP) conclusion of play – he made similar ❑ ❑ ❑ complaints that were reported to the In- ternational Cricket Council. Natalie extends lead: Rus- On Saturday, he was advised to let sia’s Tatyana Ivanova rallied the umpires know immediately when it to defeat series points leader Na- happened. On Sunday, he did just that. talie Geisenberger of Germany in a women’s World Cup luge race Sunday. Ivanova fi nished two runs in 1 CRICKET minute, 23.594 seconds. Geisen- berger, who led after the fi rst run, fi nished in 1:23.646. Russia’s Umpires Paul Reiffel and Paul Viktoriia Demchenko was third Wilson halted the game while police in 1:23.755. and security questioned people in the It was the eighth runner-up fi n- crowd. Police later escorted a group of ish in as many races this season men away from their seats. They were for Geisenberger, who extended questioned by stadium authorities and her lead over fellow German Julia police and ejected from the ground. India’s Rohit Sharma hits the ball to be out caught for 52 runs during play on day four of the third cricket Test between India and Australia at the Sydney Taubitz to 29 points in the overall Police and Cricket Australia are Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia, on Jan 10. (AP) standings with four races remain- continuing investigations. The game’s ing. international governing body said six Summer Britcher was 10th for men were ejected. the U.S., while Brittney Arndt “There is no place for discrimina- Austria’s Schwarz leads season-long standings was 12th and Ashley Farquhar- tion in our sport and we are incredibly son was 14th. disappointed that a small minority of Russia also won the team relay. fans may think that this abhorrent Gut-Behrami wins tricky World Cup super-G (AP) behavior is acceptable,” ICC Chief ❑ ❑ ❑ Executive Manu Sawhney said in a ST ANTON, Austria Jan 10, (AP): It took the veteran Shiffrin. The American star is skipping speed races to Kirsten, Marinaro star: Kir- statement. “We have a comprehensive skills of Lara Gut-Behrami to win a tricky World Cup sten Moore-Towers and Mi- Anti-Discrimination Policy in place ... focus on slalom and giant slalom. super-G on Sunday. Overall leader Petra Vlhova, who also specializes chael Marinaro build their skat- and we welcome the action taken by ing programs with large crowds ground authorities and Cricket Aus- Even Gut-Behrami veered off the best racing line in technical rather than speed races, placed 19th. in mind. tralia today.” before making two gates on a fast, twisting course Shiffrin and Vlhova will be favored in a slalom Which made watching them- Minutes after play resumed, Aus- as she fi nished 0.16 ahead of Marta Bassino of Italy. Tuesday under the night lights at Flachau, Austria. selves win the pairs event of the tralia declared their second innings World Cup super-G champion Corinne Suter was Meanwhile, Marco Schwarz salvaged Austria’s Skate Canada Challenge, a unique closed on 312-6 when Cameron Green third, trailing her Switzerland team-mate by 0.20. tough weekend in Switzerland by winning a World virtual event of pre-recorded pro- was dismissed for 84 on the last ball Racing early with the No. 5 bib, Gut-Behrami took grams, bittersweet. They were Cup slalom on Sunday to lead the season-long stand- happy to be back competing in before the tea interval, setting India a a route few could follow – 11 of the fi rst 25 top- ings. victory target of 407. At stumps, India ranked starters failed to complete the course. any fashion after an almost year- were 98-2, still needing 309 on Mon- Schwarz rose from fourth place after the fi rst run to long layoff, but lamented the loss Australia’s Matthew Wade dives to They included Sofi a Goggia, the winner of Satur- race though fast-fading light in the afternoon and fi n- of fans. day to pull off an unlikely win and take the ball during play on day four day’s downhill, who lasted barely 10 seconds before retain the Border-Gavaskar trophy. ish 0.14 seconds ahead of Linus Strasser of Germany. Of all the sports played out in of the third cricket Test between skiing out.