p15_Layout 1 5/9/17 8:31 PM Page 1 WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 SPORTS Driver ‘deliberately’ knocked Jiangsu end Adelaide Flood quits Toulouse as Chris Froome off his bicycle United’s campaign Lyon sign S African duo LONDON: Reigning Tour de France champion Chris Froome said yes- ADELAIDE: A late goal from midfielder Ji Xiang clinched a 1-0 win and top TOULOUSE: English fly-half Toby Flood has quit fallen French Top 14 terday he was deliberately knocked off his bicycle by a hit-and-run spot for Jiangsu Suning in the AFC Champions League Group H, ending giants Toulouse by mutual agreement, the club said yesterday. The 31- driver while training in southern France. The British rider posted a pic- Adelaide United’s Asian campaign in Adelaide. Ji scored with a clinical fin- year-old had a year left on his contract but “will not see out his final season ture of his badly damaged bike on Twitter but said he had escaped ish nine minutes from the end of normal time to net the Chinese team’s with the club” which he joined in 2014. The former England international injury. “Just got rammed on purpose by an impatient winner off only their second shot on target for the match. Adelaide, who has played 60 games for Toulouse scoring 337 points. Capped 60 times for driver who followed me onto the pavement!” tweet- needed to win and hope that South Korea’s Jeju United would lose to England, he previously played for Newcastle Falcons and Leicester Tigers. ed the 31-year-old Froome, a three-time winner of Japan’s Gamba Osaka to progress to the knockout phase, bombarded the His departure is the 12th from the club which has had a disastrous the Tour, road cycling’s most prestigious race. Jiangsu goal with 20 shots, including nine to one in the opening half, but season, the 19-time French champions failing to make the Top “Thankfully I’m okay. Bike totaled. Driver kept could not score. But coupled with their defeat, Jeju downed Gamba Osaka 14 play-offs for the first time in 41 years. Elsewhere in the Top going!” The picture was geotagged from Beausoleil, 2-0 at home to advance to the round of 16. Adelaide, ACL finalists in 2008, 14 yesterday, Lyon signed South African forwards Francois van near Froome’s home in Monaco, and retweeted more finished third in the group, five points behind Jeju, after an Asian cam- der Merwe from defending champions Racing 92 and Etienne than 12,000 times in just a few hours. Froome rides paign which returned one win, three draws and three losses. Jiangsu left Oosthuizen from Super Rugby side Sharks.And Bordeaux- for the British-based Team Sky and will defend his their overseas stars Brazil’s Alex Teixeira and Colombian Roger Martinez at Begles announced the arrival of Rory Teague as their new backs title when the Tour de France begins in Dusseldorf, home and were also without suspended Brazilian international Ramires. coach. The 32-year-old has worked on England’s coaching Germany, on July 1. Sky said Froome returned Adelaide were Australia’s last hope of making it through to the knockout staff since last year and will travel with the England home to get a spare bike and continued his train- rounds after Western Sydney Wanderers and Brisbane Roar failed to get squad for the two-Test tour in Argentina next month ing after the incident. — AFP out of their respective groups.— AFP before taking up his new position in France.—AFP BALTIMORE: Anthony Rendon #6 of the Washington Nationals forces out Mark Trumbo #45 of the Baltimore Orioles at second base in the fifth inning during a baseball game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on May 8, 2017. —AFP Yankees pull all-nighter, hammer Reds CINCINNATI: Brett Gardner and Matt bases-loaded single in the first off Rookie Brad Brach worked the ninth for his eighth sixth for the 10th time in his last 11 starts. Oct. 5 in the NL wild-card game. Holliday homered and Japanese pitcher Davis (1-2), a former Yankees prospect. save. After Brach gave up a one-out RBI Masahiro Tanaka won his fifth consecutive double to former Oriole Matt Wieters, pinch- METS 4, GIANTS 3 CARDINALS 9, MARLINS 4 start as the New York Yankees shook off a ORIOLES 6, NATIONALS 4 runner Trea Turner strayed too far from sec- Neil Walker hit a game-ending single Cardinals ace Carlos Martinez drove in long game and a short night’s sleep, beat- Trey Mancini capped a three-homer ond base on a groundout to first and the with two outs in the ninth inning as the four runs, compensating for the two homers ing Cincinnati 10-4 in Major League binge in the first inning against Gio game ended with a rundown in which New York Mets put turmoil aside to beat he gave up to Marcell Ozuna and leading St. Baseball on Monday for their sixth victory Gonzalez as Baltimore beat Washington for Adam Lind was tagged out between third reeling San Francisco. Michael Conforto Louis over Miami for its season-best fourth in a row. The Yankees have the best record its season-high fifth straight victory. Kevin and home. Gonzalez (3-1) came in with a scored for New York’s first walk-off win this straight win. Martinez (2-3) came into the in the majors at 21-9 and are 12 games Gausman (2-3) limited baseball’s most National League-leading 1.64 ERA for the season, giving the Mets their seventh victo- game hitless this year. He hit a two-out, over .500 for the first time since the end of potent offense to two runs over seven team with the best record in the NL. ry in 10 games. Jeurys Familia (1-0) needed three-run double off Adam Conley (2-3) in the 2015 season. Their biggest challenge innings. He retired the first 10 batters and just five pitches in a perfect ninth, finishing the second inning and singled home a run was overcoming the fatigue from an 18- struck out eight in his longest outing of the BLUE JAYS 4, INDIANS 2 a five-hitter started by Jacob deGrom, who in the fourth. Martinez struck out seven in inning, 5-4 win at Wrigley Field early year. Joey Rickard hit a leadoff homer and Marcus Stroman pitched six shutout struck out 11 in six innings. Hunter Pence six innings and finally received some run Monday. The Yankees didn’t land in the Mark Trumbo added a solo shot before innings and Kevin Pillar made a sensational and Buster Posey homered for San support. Miguel Socolovich pitched three Cincinnati area until 5:08 a.m., and the sun Mancini connected with a runner on to catch in center field as Toronto beat Francisco. Josh Osich (0-1) took the loss. innings to earn his first career save. Miami’s was up when some of them finally fell make it 4-0. The Orioles hold a 37-24 advan- Cleveland in a playoff rematch. Ryan Goins New York has been dealing with drama all Giancarlo Stanton hit his 11th homer in the asleep. Players sipped caffeinated drinks tage over their neighboring rivals in the so- hit a two-run homer and Justin Smoak added homestand, from an injury that will likely ninth, his third shot in two days. Ozuna also and yawned in the clubhouse pregame. called “Beltway Series,” which began in 2006. a two-run single as the Blue Jays beat the keep star pitcher Noah Syndergaard out has 11 homers. Matt Carpenter had a two- Tanaka (5-1) gave them what they needed Caleb Joseph had a career high-tying four team that eliminated them from last year’s until after the All-Star break to a suspension run triple for the Cardinals, who have won after their all-nighter, going seven innings hits for the Orioles. Baltimore (21-10) owns AL Championship Series. Former Blue Jays of pitcher Matt Harvey, who failed to show seven consecutive road games. Marlins on 112 pitches to rest the bullpen. He the second-best record in the majors slugger Edwin Encarnacion, who signed a up for a game. The Giants, who have lost manager Don Mattingly was ejected for allowed four runs - Joey Votto drove in behind the AL East-leading New York $60 million, three-year contract with five of six, were playing at Citi Field for the arguing balls and strikes after Martinez three with a single and a homer - while Yankees. Bryce Harper homered and drove Cleveland last winter, received a warm wel- first time since beating the Mets 3-0 last struck out the side in the second.— AP ending the Reds’ five-game winning streak. in two runs for the Nationals. After the come and a video tribute in his return to Gary Sanchez got New York going with his Orioles let a six-run cushion shrink to three, Toronto. Encarnacion got a standing ovation before his first at-bat and went 2 for 3 with a walk. Pillar made the defensive play of the Baseball results/standings game - perhaps the season - in the sixth, div- ing on the warning track in center to catch a deep drive by Jose Ramirez and strand run- LA Dodgers 12, Pittsburgh 1, San Diego 5, Texas 1, Oakland 3, La Angels 2 (11 innings), Kansas City 7, Tampa ners at second and third.