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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2016 SPORTS Aubameyang seals Dortmund’s late fightback win Socer League results/standings League tables after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): English Premier League table Deportivo 25 6 14 5 33 31 32 Leicester 27 16 8 3 49 29 56 Malaga 26 8 8 10 23 23 32 Tottenham 27 15 9 3 49 21 54 Valencia 26 7 10 9 30 29 31 Arsenal 27 15 6 6 43 26 51 Real Betis 26 6 10 10 21 36 28 Man City 26 14 5 7 48 28 47 Espanyol 26 8 4 14 26 50 28 Man Utd 27 12 8 7 36 26 44 Getafe 26 7 5 14 26 40 26 West Ham 27 11 10 6 41 31 43 Rayo Vallecano26 6 8 12 36 53 26 Southampton27 11 7 9 35 26 40 Las Palmas 26 6 6 14 25 40 24 Stoke 27 11 6 10 29 33 39 Sporting Gijon26 6 6 14 30 46 24 Liverpool 26 10 8 8 38 36 38 Levante 26 5 5 16 24 48 20 Watford 27 10 7 10 29 28 37 Granada 25 5 5 15 26 51 20 Chelsea 27 9 9 9 40 37 36 Everton 26 8 11 7 46 35 35 French Ligue 1 table West Brom 27 9 8 10 27 34 35 Paris SG 27 23 4 0 67 13 73 Crystal Palace27 9 5 13 29 35 32 Monaco 28 13 11 4 40 30 50 Bournemouth27 7 8 12 30 44 29 Caen 28 13 3 12 30 36 42 Swansea 27 6 9 12 25 36 27 Nice 28 11 8 9 39 32 41 Norwich 27 6 6 15 30 51 24 Rennes 28 10 11 7 36 33 41 Newcastle 26 6 6 14 27 49 24 Saint-Etienne28 12 5 11 33 32 41 Sunderland 27 6 5 16 32 51 23 Nantes 27 10 10 7 26 24 40 Aston Villa 27 3 7 17 21 48 16 Lyon 27 11 6 10 38 29 39 Angers 28 10 8 10 29 29 38 Italian Serie A table Lorient 28 9 10 9 40 41 37 Juventus 26 18 4 4 46 15 58 Bastia 27 11 4 12 27 29 37 Napoli 26 17 6 3 54 21 57 Bordeaux 28 9 10 9 37 43 37 Roma 27 15 8 4 55 28 53 Marseille 27 8 12 7 37 28 36 Fiorentina 26 16 4 6 47 26 52 Montpellier 28 10 5 13 36 33 35 Inter Milan 26 14 6 6 34 23 48 Lille 28 7 13 8 21 23 34 AC Milan 27 13 8 6 39 28 47 Guingamp 28 8 8 12 33 40 32 Sassuolo 26 9 11 6 32 31 38 Reims 28 8 8 12 32 39 32 Lazio 26 10 7 9 34 34 37 Gazelec Ajaccio27 6 10 11 28 38 28 DORTMUND: Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (right) and Hoffenheim’s Fabian Schaer challenge for the ball during the German Bologna 27 10 5 12 29 31 35 Toulouse 28 4 10 14 27 47 22 Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in Dortmund, Germany yesterday. — AP Chievo 27 9 7 11 32 36 34 Troyes 28 2 8 18 20 57 14 BERLIN: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang netted of the table clash against Pep Guardiola’s half penalty, before Javier Hernandez pulled a Empoli 27 9 7 11 33 40 34 again as Borussia Dortmund scored three goals Bavarians in Dortmund. Hoffenheim remain sec- goal back. On Saturday, Bayern continued their Torino 27 8 8 11 33 34 32 German Bundesliga table in the final ten minutes for a dramatic 3-1 come- ond from bottom and four points from safety. seemingly unstoppable march to an historic Atalanta 27 7 9 11 26 31 30 Bayern Munich23 20 2 1 58 11 62 back win over ten-man Hoffenheim yesterday in Borussia Moenchengladbach went fourth after fourth consecutive league title with a 2-0 win at Udinese 27 8 6 13 24 40 30 Dortmund 22 16 3 3 54 24 51 the Bundesliga. Hoffenheim captain Sebastian a fightback earned a 2-2 draw at Augsburg. Wolfsburg.Guardiola’s outfit now have 62 points Genoa 27 7 7 13 27 32 28 Hertha Berlin23 11 6 6 31 24 39 Rudy gave his side the lead in Dortmund before Brazilian striker Raffael had sent Gladbach into a out of a possible 69, their tally exactly double Sampdoria 27 7 7 13 39 46 28 M’gladbach 23 11 3 9 45 40 36 being sent off and the hosts were just ten min- half-time lead before the game exploded into that of Wolfsburg, who are eighth. A tight strug- Palermo 27 7 6 14 27 47 27 utes from their first home defeat of the season. life with three goals in five second-half minutes. gle was settled by second-half goals from Frosinone 27 6 5 16 26 53 23 Leverkusen 22 10 5 7 31 23 35 Schalke 04 22 10 4 8 31 29 34 The game turned when Rudy was shown a Despite their midweek Europa League exit at Kingsley Coman and Lewandowski, who netted Carpi 274 914244421 straight red card-on his 26th birthday-for bring- the hands of Liverpool, Augsburg, who are 13th, his 33rd goal in all competitions. Verona 27 2 12 13 24 45 18 Mainz 05 22 10 3 9 29 28 33 VfL Wolfsburg23 8 7 8 32 31 31 ing down Aubameyang, who was through on roared back with two goals in quick succession. Elsewhere, bottom side Hanover gained goal, on 58 minutes. Winger Henrikh Iceland striker Alfred Finnbogason thumped a ground in the relegation battle with a shock 2-1 Spanish La Liga table Ingolstadt 0423 8 6 9 17 24 30 Cologne 23 7 8 8 24 29 29 Mkhitaryan spared Dortmund’s blushes with an header home on 50 minutes, his first goal since win at Stuttgart after an eight-match losing Barcelona 25 20 3 2 67 20 63 80th-minute equaliser before substitute Adrian joining from Olympiakos, before Brazil winger streak. Japan midfielder Hiroshi Kiyotake Hamburg 23 7 7 9 26 31 28 Atletico Madrid26 18 4 4 36 11 58 Ramos headed Lukasz Piszczek’s cross home on Caiuby slotted neatly home just three minutes capped his first start since November after VfB Stuttgart 23 8 4 11 35 44 28 Real Madrid 26 16 6 4 71 25 54 85 minutes. Mkhitaryan then laid on the third later. Gladbach’s American winger Fabian injury by setting up both goals for defender Augsburg 23 6 7 10 26 33 25 Villarreal 26 15 7 4 33 18 52 when he sprinted clear, drew Hoffenheim keep- Johnson gave the perfect response as he Christian Schulz. It means just four points sepa- Sevilla 25 11 8 6 36 26 41 Darmstadt 9823 6 7 10 25 36 25 er Oliver Baumann and passed for Aubameyang smashed home his shot on 55 minutes to make rate the bottom three sides, but Hanover Celta Vigo 26 12 5 9 39 44 41 Eintracht 22 5 7 10 27 37 22 to tap home in the second minute of stoppage it 2-2. The visitors should have won as Sweden’s remain five points from safety. Hamburg drew Athletic Bilbao26 11 5 10 38 35 38 Werder Bremen23 5 6 12 27 46 21 time. Oscar Wendt fired wide late on while only a 1-1 at home to Ingolstadt while Werder Bremen Eibar 26 10 6 10 40 35 36 Hoffenheim 22 3 9 10 22 3318 It was the 22nd goal of the season for the Marwin Hitz save denied Borussia captain Granit are deep in the relegation battle despite their 2- Real Sociedad26 9 7 10 36 35 34 Hanover 96 23 5 2 16 21 38 17 Gabon striker, who is one behind the league’s Xhaka. Mainz warmed up for Wednesday’s 2 draw at home to Darmstadt. On Friday, top scorer, Bayern Munich’s Robert league game at Bayern by moving up to fifth Hertha Berlin strengthened their grip on third Lewandowski. The win allows second-placed with a 3-1 win at home to Bayer Leverkusen. place with a 1-0 victory at Cologne as Vedad Borussia to trim Bayern’s lead at the top of the Mainz’s Yunus Malli and Jhon Cordoba net- Ibisevic scored the winner to break their run of Bangladesh stun Sri table to eight points before next Saturday’s top ted first half goals, then Malli netted a second- six games without a win.—AFP Lanka; Sabbir hits 80 Monaco held; DHAKA: Sabbir Rahman scored a brilliant of the regular captain Lasith Malinga, half-century to set up a 23-run win for Mathews opened the bowling and struck Bangladesh over Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup Mohammad Mithun plumb in front for a Caen surprise Twenty20 in Dhaka yesterday. Sabbir hit 80 duck in the second ball of the innings. off 54 balls as Bangladesh posted a Mathews then took a catch off Nuwan Saint-Etienne respectable 147-7 and then restricted Sri Kulasekara to remove the other opener Lanka to 124-8 for their maiden win over Soumya Sarkar, also for a duck, giving Sri PARIS: Monaco were held to a goalless draw by the islanders in the Twenty20 format.