AA-Postscript 2.Qxp:Layout 1
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 SPORTS Rashford will Alberts replaces Frank Masley, 3-time US be Man Utd star injured de Jager Olympian in luge, dies LONDON: Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has predicted that his BRISBANE: Springbok flanker Willem Alberts was yester- WILMINGTON: Frank Masley, a three-time Olympian and the first Olympic flagbear- teenage team-mate Marcus Rashford will one day “take over everything”, in com- day called up after Lood de Jager was ruled out of next er in US luge history, died Saturday after a fight with cancer. He was 56. USA Luge ments broadcast yesterday. Rashford, 18, made a stunning breakthrough last season, weekend’s Rugby Championship Test against New said Saturday that Masley died at his Wilmington home. Masley raced in 1980 scoring eight goals in his first 18 United appearances and earning a berth in England’s Zealand with a knee injury, team officials said. The lock Olympics in Lake Placid, was voted the U.S. flagbearer in the 1984 Sarajavo Games, Euro 2016 squad. Ibrahimovic’s arrival has cost Rashford his first-team place, but he will be sidelined for two weeks with a bruised knee suf- and also competed in Calgary in 1988. He won a record 10 made a big impact off the bench in Saturday’s 2-1 loss to Manchester City and his fered during South Africa’s 23-17 loss to the Wallabies in national championships. “Frank was the guy everyone liked Swedish team-mate believes the future will be his. “First of all, he’s Brisbane. The team said following recent injuries to Siya and respected, even when he was beating you on the ice,” 18, he’s still young. He has a lot of time,” Ibrahimovic told Kolisi and Sikhumbuzo Notshe it was decided to call on said Ron Rossi, a former teammate who also served as MUTV. “I think the way you have to approach a player like Alberts to join the touring party. Alberts plays for French USA Luge’s executive director. “I had the utmost respect that, where everyone is talking about the talent and what club Stade Francais and will join the squad in for him as a competitor, but more so as a person - and he’s able to do and what kind of potential he has, is to Christchurch today. Faf de Klerk and Johan Goosen, who that was affirmed by the life he led after luge.” Masley remember he still has a lot of time. “It’s not like he needs to both underwent scans after Saturday’s match, will remain graduated from Drexel in Philadelphia with a degree in take over the world today. The club knows that, the coach with the squad. Scrum-half De Klerk received a blow to civil engineering. He was inducted into the Delaware knows that and the team knows that. “We know his quality the chest while fullback Goosen landed awkwardly on his Hall of Fame in 1997. “Having known Frank since the and what he’s able to do. What the world is seeing now, we ankle after he contested a high ball. The Springboks left beginning of his luge career almost four decades ago, I already know because we see it every day. “There is no need to for New Zealand yesterday and will take on the All Blacks am personally humbled and honored to have known rush to push him and put a lot of pressure on him in Christchurch on Saturday. A loss to New Zealand would him, and most grateful that he chose luge so he would because that can have the opposite effect. “Time by put South Africa at the bottom of the Rugby become part of our family,” said Dwight Bell, USA time, he will take over everything. It’s about hav- Championship standings, having already lost to Luge’s board president. Masley is survived by wife ing patience.” —AFP Argentina and the Wallabies. —AFP Donna and three children. —AP Panthers outclass Bulldogs to advance in NRL finals SYDNEY: Penrith Panthers unleashed a Canberra with James Maloney kicking the dazzling second half to end the winning penalty goal five minutes from Canterbury Bulldogs’ National Rugby time. League season with a 28-12 victory to The Broncos knocked out the Titans 44- march on in the finals series yesterday. 28 in Brisbane on Friday. It was part The young Panthers stormed home revenge for the Storm, who were beaten with a 24-point second half after trailing in last season’s preliminary final by the the Bulldogs 6-4 at half-time to set up an Cowboys at home. enthralling semi-final with the Raiders in Melbourne’s fast-moving defence kept Canberra on Saturday. the Cowboys in check, while their Fijian Last season’s grand finalists Brisbane winger Suliasi Vunivalu collected his 23rd Broncos will face defending champions try of the season. North Queensland Cowboys in the other New Zealand Test prop Jesse Bromwich semi-final in Townsville on Friday. Penrith barrelled over to stretch Storm’s lead to finished full of running to outscore the 14-6 before the Cowboys Test ace Bulldogs five tries to two with skipper and Johnathan Thurston set up winger Kyle roving fullback Matt Moylan their out- Feldt’s try in the corner with a superb standing performer. catch and pass. While the Panthers were celebrating But Cameron Smith made the game their stylish win the Bulldogs join the Gold safe for the Storm with a late penalty goal. Coast Titans as the first teams eliminated Maloney kept alive dreams of a maiden from this season’s eight-team play-offs. premiership title for Cronulla when he Melbourne Storm and Cronulla Sharks broke a 14-14 deadlock in the final min- are one game away from playing in the utes. grand final after gripping victories on It was a brave effort from the Sharks, Saturday. who had influential captain Paul Gallen The Storm, who finished top of the reg- ruled out on game day with a back injury ular season standings, ground out a 16-10 and also lost State of Origin second-rower win over the Cowboys in Melbourne and Wade Graham early in the game with an will have next week of the finals off along injury. with Cronulla. The Sharks fell behind to two convert- In Saturday’s other qualifying final, the ed tries but held the home side to just Sharks fought back from 12-0 down to two points for the final hour to take the clinch a 16-14 victory over the Raiders in match. —AFP Hamlin wins at Richmond, Newman steals spotlight RICHMOND: It was yet another Denny perature soaring. Newman’s team was Hamlin runaway for Joe Gibbs Racing on penalized 15 points this week by NASCAR Saturday night in what turned out to be an for failing post-race inspection at anticlimactic end to NASCAR’s regular season. Darlington, and the punishment made his The fireworks came off the track at task of trying to race his way into the Chase Richmond International Raceway, where extremely difficult. EUGENE: Dakota Prukop #9 of the Oregon Ducks throws the ball against the Virginia Cavaliers at Autzen Stadium yesterday in Eugene, Tony Stewart intentionally wrecked Ryan But few expected him to be so harsh Oregon. —AFP Newman before Newman angrily chided toward Stewart, who employed Newman for his former boss for the accident that offi- five years until Newman was let go from cially ended Newman’s chances to make Stewart-Haas Racing at the end of the 2013 Prukop passes for 3 TDs and the playoffs. season. The verbal beat down from Newman “Just disappointing that you have some- came with 37 laps left, before Hamlin fin- body old like that that should be retired the ished off his third career Sprint Cup win at way he drives. It’s just ridiculous,” Newman Ducks beat Virginia 44-26 his home track while giving JGR its third said. “I don’t think there was any reason oth- consecutive victory at the track and ninth in er than him just being bipolar and having the last 15 races. anger issues. Google Tony Stewart, you’ll see EUGENE: Dakota Prukop threw for 331 yards touchdown in the third quarter that put the 392 yards and four touchdowns to lower-tier Newman called Stewart “bipolar,” said all kinds of things he’s done. Look it up on and three touchdowns, Royce Freeman ran for Ducks up 37-13. UC Davis. The Ducks ranked last in the Pac-12 the retiring race car driver had anger issues, YouTube, everything else. Quite the guy.” 207 yards and two scores, and No. 24 Oregon Allen finished fifth in the 110-meter hur- for touchdowns allowed with 37.5 points per and all but outright referenced the 2014 Stewart, who last week intentionally defeated Virginia 44-26 on Saturday night. dles last month in the Rio Games, becoming game. Virginia also managed four touch- incident in which Stewart fatally struck a wrecked Brian Scott, is retiring at the end of Olympic hurdler Devon Allen caught four just the fourth active college player in the downs. sprint car driver. the season and already had his spot in the passes for 141 yards and a touchdown, which modern era to compete in the Olympics. “I guess he thought he was in a sprint car Chase secure headed into Richmond. He’d he celebrated by pretending to clear hurdles Albert Reid rushed for 126 yards and a UP NEXT again and didn’t know how to control his had time to cool down before addressing in the endzone, and the Ducks got their sec- touchdown for Virginia.