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THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015 SPORTS Suarez back in training Lanka officials in sex bribe Park returns to the pool COLOMBO: Three male officials have been identified in the MADRID: Barcelona forward Luis Suarez has returned to training with his team mates, SEOUL: Olympic gold medallist Park Tae-hwan, serving an 18 month ban for sex bribe scandal that rocked Sri Lankan women’s cricket doping, will return to action in a public pool in Seoul on Monday after parents suggesting he will be able to play a part in Saturday’s King’s Cup final against Athletic but there are no grounds or evidence to justify criminal Bilbao after two weeks out with a hamstring problem. of local school children allowed him to join a class, local media reported. Park, proceedings against them, the country’s cricket board said The Uruguay international sustained the injury in the Champions League semi-final, who became South Korea’s first swimming gold medallist when he won the yesterday. second leg at Bayern Munich and missed Barca’s final two La Liga games, including the 1- 400 metre freestyle at the 2008 Beijing Games, was banned by world govern- Sri Lanka’s sports ministry last week revealed an investi- 0 win at Atletico Madrid when they secured a fifth title in seven years. ing body FINA in March after testing positive for testosterone before “All the available players from the first team trained,” Barca said on their website gation had found that members of the national women’s September’s Asian Games. Park’s ban means he isn’t allowed to train at facili- (www.fcbarcelona.es) on Wednesday. “Luis Suarez worked with them without yet being team had been forced to perform sexual favours for offi- ties operated by the government or the Korea Swimming Federation (KSF) but given the medical all clear.” cials in order to earn or keep their places in the squad. he was granted permission on Wednesday to use the Olympic Swimming Pool Barca are chasing a treble of titles and after hosting Bilbao at the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said its has received the report in Seoul, Yonhap News reported. The pool is where his coach Roh Min-sang Nou Camp, when they will bid for a record-extending 27th domestic which mentions cases of sexual harassments in 2013 and operates. Yonhap, citing facility operators, said parents of other swimmers in cup crown, they take on Juventus in the Champions League final in 2014 and much of it was corroborated in another report the class gave the 25-year-old Park permission to join their Berlin on June 6. The Catalan giants are the only Spanish club to the board had separately commissioned. “...both reports children. Park, also a double world champion and one of have won the treble, achieving the feat under Pep Guardiola in have concluded that, there have been a few incidents of the country’s most popular athletes, made a tearful apolo- 2008-09. Suarez had a slow start at Barca after his ban for biting an sexual harassment which were committed by two male gy in March for the failed test attributed to an injection at opponent at the World Cup expired at the end of October but officials but that there was no evidence of any physical inti- a local clinic. Park said he should have taken more care to has been in impressive form since the turn of the year. macy and that, there were no grounds to justify criminal find out what the doctor was injecting him with. Last The 28-year-old has scored 24 goals in 41 appearances in proceedings,” the SLC said in a statement. Both the reports month, the unnamed doctor pleaded not guilty of failing all competitions this season and has also laid on 16 assists, also identified a third male official for “improper conduct” to disclose the substances contained in the injec- developing a fine understanding with fellow South which did not amount to sexual harassment, the statement tion, as well as violating the medical code and American forwards Lionel Messi and Neymar. —Reuters read.—Reuters causing Park bodily harm.—Reuters Royals stumble as Cardinals triumph NEW YORK: Mark Teixeira homered and 16-0 with a 1.21 ERA in his last 20 starts drove in four runs, Adam Warren pitched against NL East teams. two-hit ball into the seventh inning and the Julio Teheran (4-2) gave up eight runs New York Yankees beat the Kansas City and 10 hits in 4 1-3 innings against the two- Royals 5-1 Tuesday night to send the AL time defending NL West champions, who champions to their first three-game skid have won four of five after getting swept in this season. a three-game series at San Francisco by a Warren (3-3) was perfect until Mike combined margin of 10-0. Moustakas beat out a hit to second base- man Stephen Drew on the outfield grass in ASTROS 4, ORIOLES right-center with one out in the fourth. The Scott Feldman outpitched Chris Tillman, only other hit he allowed was Paulo Chris Carter keyed a seventh-inning rally Orlando’s first major league homer in the and Houston beat Baltimore for its 10th win sixth. in 13 games. Luis Valbuena had two hits and Lifted after 6 1-3 innings, Warren struck two RBIs for the Astros, who scored all their out five without walking a batter in the best runs with two outs. of his 12 big league starts. Teixeira was the Feldman (4-4) gave up one run and four only Yankees’ starter without a hit during hits in six innings against his former team. their 14-1 rout of Kansas City on Monday, The right-hander was 5-6 in his lone season which stopped a six-game losing streak. He with the Orioles (2013) but is 4-0 with a 2.41 more than made up as New York won con- ERA lifetime against them in Baltimore. Luke secutive games for the first time since May Gregerson worked a perfect ninth for his 10-11. 13th save. Tillman (2-6) allowed two runs and five CARDINALS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 4 hits over seven innings. He hasn’t won since Jaime Garcia won for the first time in April 18 and has dropped five straight deci- nearly a year, working six solid innings, and sions, tying a career high. Randal Grichuk homered to help St. Louis beat Arizona. PADRES 4, DODGERS 0 Grichuk and Jhonny Peralta had two RBIs Matt Kemp hit a three-run double down each for the Cardinals, who are a major the left-field line with two outs in the 10th league-best 30-16. Garcia (1-1) hadn’t won inning, and San Diego beat Los Angeles. since June 15 at home against the Kemp equaled his RBI total from his previ- Nationals. Rookie Yasmany Tomas had two ous 15 games with one big hit for the doubles and three RBIs for Arizona, but also Padres, who broke open a scoreless game made two big outs. He struck out against by batting around in the extra inning to win NEW YORK: Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez (left) greets Mark Teixeira after scoring on Teixeira’s first-inning, two-run home run in a baseball Matt Belisle with the bases loaded to end for just the second time in seven games. game against the Kansas City Royals. —AP the seventh and hit a ground ball for the Jedd Gyorko snapped an 0-for-13 skid final out with the tying runs in scoring posi- with a single leading off the 10th against turn a potential double play on pinch-hitter under manager Dan Jennings. Players piled out of their dugout for a tion against Seth Maness, who earned his Joe Smith (1-2). After Yangervis Solarte and Jonathan Herrera’s grounder to second. wild celebration near second base after third save in four chances. Nick Ahmed Will Venable walked, Smith struck out Justin That extended the inning, and Russell RANGERS 4, INDIANS 3 Schumaker’s pinch hit ended the Reds’ homered for the Diamondbacks, who have Upton before Kemp put his drive into the lined a 1-0 pitch beyond center fielder Mitch Moreland hit a tiebreaking homer longest slump since they dropped 11 in a lost eight of their last nine against St. Louis. corner, clearing the bases. Derek Norris then Denard Span’s reach for his third hit of the in the eighth inning, and Texas beat row under manager Jack McKeon in 1998. scored Kemp with a single off Vinny game. That made a winner of Hector Cleveland for its seventh consecutive victo- Cincinnati had the second-longest losing GIANTS 6, BREWERS 3 Pestano. Rondon (3-0), who worked a scoreless ninth. ry. Prince Fielder also connected for a three- streak in the majors this season, trailing Madison Bumgarner won another game run shot as the Rangers (23-23) got back to Colorado’s 11-game slide from April 28 to in May and three San Francisco players TIGERS 1, ATHLETICS 0 TWINS 2, RED SOX 1 .500 for the first time since the sixth game May 13. Brooks Brown (0-2) walked Marlon homered in a 6-3 victory over Milwaukee. David Price outdueled Jesse Chavez to Mike Pelfrey was sharp for seven innings, of the season. Fielder is batting .583 (14 for Byrd opening the ninth. Kristopher Negron’s Bumgarner (6-2) gave up four hits and win for the first time in four starts, and Trevor Plouffe and Kurt Suzuki hit back-to- 24) with five homers and 15 RBIs in his last sacrificed, and Schumaker hit an opposite- three earned runs in six innings to improve Detroit bounced back from a shutout a day back RBI doubles in the first inning, and five games.