Iwobi, Lacazette Lead Arsenal to Win at Huddersfield Zaha Earns Palace a Point at Home to West Ham
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Established 1961 27 Sports Sunday, February 10, 2019 Iwobi, Lacazette lead Arsenal to win at Huddersfield Zaha earns Palace a point at home to West Ham LONDON: Arsenal returned to winning ways with points from safety. a 2-1 victory over bottom side Huddersfield Town In another game Wilfried Zaha’s deflected goal yesterday, but remain the only side without an away earned Crystal Palace a 1-1 draw at home to fellow clean sheet in the Premier League this season. Londoners West Ham United in the Premier Arsenal had suffered four defeats in their last League yesterday. It had looked as though Mark nine league games, including a 3-1 loss at Noble’s 27th-minute penalty and Palace’s profliga- Manchester City last week, but Alex Iwobi put them cy in front of goal would condemn Palace to a ahead in the 16th minute with a deflected shot. damaging loss in their bid to climb away from rele- Huddersfield pressed and harried but rarely trou- gation trouble. bled the Arsenal goal in the first half, with the dif- But Zaha eventually beat West Ham’s keeper ference in quality showing as the visitors doubled Lucasz Fabianski with a shot that looped up off the their advantage through Alexandre Lacazette’s 10th boot of Issa Diop. West Ham had been the better league goal of the season a minute before halftime. side before the break with Noble calmly putting Adama Diakhaby had two good chances to get them ahead from the spot after Palace keeper Huddersfield-who had drawn once and lost 11 of Vincente Guita hauled down Michail Antonio. their previous 12 league games-back into the Palace, who began the day four points and four match, but failed to really test Bernd Leno in the places above the bottom three, were much Arsenal goal. Sead Kolasinac put through his own improved in the second half and created numerous net in stoppage time to give Huddersfield late chances to equalise. Substitute Michy Batshuayi hope, scoring Huddersfield’s first goal in over nine should have scored before James McArthur struck hours of football in all competitions, but the visi- the post with only Fabianski to beat. tors held on for the win. The draw left Palace with 27 points from 26 LONDON: Arsenal’s Nigerian striker Alex Iwobi (R) shoots but fails to score during the English Premier League foot- Victory moved Arsenal level on points with fifth- games, three points above the relegation zone ball match between Huddersfield Town and Arsenal at the John Smith’s stadium in Huddersfield, northern England placed Chelsea, who play Manchester City on while West Ham, in 10th place, have now gone five yesterday. — AFP Sunday, while Huddersfield stayed bottom, 13 games without a win all competitions. — Reuters was last week. ISSF agenda. 161 shooters Al-Ruwaisan thanked KSSC It was clear that shooters’ preparations were high Board of Directors due to their in the ladies trap event, as Omani shooter Reem Al- support for Kuwaiti referees Housani said she trained hard for the tournament as participate in and remove all obstacles, in she seeks the gold medal. Phillips strikes addition to nominations to par- She said Omani women shooters have been com- Amir’s Shooting ticipate in international events. peting for seven years and won gold in the Arab Gulf late to send Leeds Qatar federation head of the competitions. She said she is familiar with Kuwait technical committee Abdallah ranges. Grand Prix Al-Hammadi lauded the out- Qatari shooter Khouloud Al-Khalaf said she hopes top in Championship Hamad Al-Ruwaisan standing organization of a to win a medal during this Grand Prix, as per her rep- LONDON: Winger Jack Clarke was taken to hos- tournament that has a clear resentations. She said competitions will definitely be By Abdellatif Sharaa pital as Kalvin Phillips’ header in the 11th minute of name HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah fierce during the second day of qualifying. Al-Khalaf added time salvaged a 1-1 draw for Leeds United Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. He said competitions said her ambition is to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 at Middlesbrough to send them to the top of the KUWAIT: The third day of HH the Amir of Kuwait 8th will be hard between shooters, because it is on the Olympics. International Shooting Grand Prix, being held at second tier Championship yesterday. Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex, The huge amount of injury time was due to will see three gold medals given to shooters of 10m air Leeds’ highly-rated 18-year-old Clarke being tak- rifle for men and women, 50m pistol for men. en ill and after undergoing medical attention was The Grand Prix will also see qualifying rounds for stretchered off while being given oxygen and tak- men and women in the 10m pistol and trap, in addition en to hospital. to the three position rifle for men. “What we know is that he didn’t feel well,” Head of the shotgun referees committee Hamad Al- Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa said. “We don’t Ruwaisan said 161 shooters of both genders are par- know the reasons yet. But when he was taken to ticipating in the shotgun events of the Grand Prix, 84 the dressing room he was better. He was taken to in the trap and 77 in the skeet, as the Double Trap has hospital to see if he is alright.” been scrapped internationally. Leeds later issued a statement reassuring fans He said that an elite group of world shooters and about Clarke, who had been taken off at half-time. Olympians are keen to participate in the tournament, “The player is responsive and attending hospital as it became well known on the international shooting with the club’s head of medicine and performance. federation agenda on annual basis. “On behalf of everyone at Leeds United, we He said a large number of Kuwaiti referees are offi- would like to thank the medical staff from both ciating the Grand Prix, 17 of whom are international, clubs for their response to the incident.” and this has been achieved through courses organized The draw sends Bielsa’s side a point clear of by Kuwait Shooting Sport Club, the latest of which Norwich at the top though the Canaries can reclaim that position if they beat East Anglian rivals bottom-placed Ipswich Town today. Sheffield United lie in third position-three points Dortmund surrender off Leeds-after missing a golden opportunity of Matches on TV going top themselves surrendering a 3-0 lead on Friday to be held 3-3 by Aston Villa. three-goal lead in (Local Timings) ‘Boro had taken the lead through Lewis Wing two minutes into the second-half, slotting home Hoffenheim draw ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE from George Friend’s cut-back. Leeds-who have Tottenham Hotspur v Leicester City 16:30 had a poor run of late losing four of their last six beIN SPORTS HD 2 matches coming into Saturday’s game-should have BERLIN: Despite a dazzling display from Jadon Sancho, Manchester City v Chelsea FC 19:00 levelled in the 71st minute. Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund threw away a three- beIN SPORTS HD 2 Patrick Bamford returning to his former club- goal lead at home yesterday as Hoffenheim’s stunning late for whom he scored a hat-trick against Leeds last fightback forced a 3-3 draw. SPANISH LEAGUE year-fired wide from four yards out with the goal Dortmund could have gone 10 points clear of Bayern CD Leganes v Real Betis 14:00 gaping. Middlesbrough’s Ireland goalkeeper Munich, who host Schalke later on Saturday, with victory. beIN SPORTS HD 3 Darren Randolph also kept the hosts noses in Sancho opened the scoring, set up two goals and hit Valencia C.F v Real Sociedad 18:15 front with some stunning saves, thwarting Kemar the post as the hosts dazzled over 70 minutes at Signal beIN SPORTS HD 3 Roofe twice. — AFP Iduna Park. Sevilla FC v SD Eibar 20:30 However, with the leaders cruising at 3-0 up thanks to beIN SPORTS HD 3 goals by Sancho, Mario Goetze and Raphael Guerreiro, Athletic de Bilbao v FC Barcelona 22:45 Hoffenheim came off the ropes with Algeria forward Ishak beIN SPORTS HD 3 Belfodil netting twice. Cardiff lead Despite the draw, Dortmund are eight points clear at the ITALIAN CALCIO LEAGUE top of the table. Bologna FC v Genoa CFC 14:30 The result will give Mauricio Pochettino food for thought beIN SPORTS HD 4 Premier League before his Tottenham team host Dortmund on Wednesday at Atalanta v spal 17:00 Wembley in the Champions League, last 16, first leg. Torino FC v Udinese Calcio 17:00 tributes to Sala In the absence of top-scorer and playmaker Marco Reus, beIN SPORTS HD 8 sidelined with a thigh injury, Sancho stepped up with one of UC Sampdoria v Frosinone Calcio 17:00 beIN SPORTS HD 4 his best performances since joining Dortmund from LONDON: Cardiff City led the Premier League’s tributes US Sassuolo Calcio v Juventus FC 20:00 Manchester City in August 2017. to Emiliano Sala yesterday in the first round of English beIN SPORTS HD 4 The 18-year-old looked to have scored a fortuitous top-flight matches since his death was confirmed earlier AC Milan v Cagliari Calcio 22:30 opener when the ball bounced off him and into Hoffenheim’s this week. The Argentinian’s body was formally identified beIN SPORTS HD 4 net with 11 minutes gone, but the video assistant referee by a coroner in Dorset, southwest England, on Thursday, a spotted the ball had hit his upper arm.