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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2014 SPORTS Mallya says Force India will race on

SAO PAULO: Force India co-owner Vijay told him he was meeting Donald Mallya has rejected speculation about Mackenzie, co-chairman of rights hold- his Formula One team’s finances, saying ers CVC, to discuss the matter on they will be racing for years to come. Tuesday. “If I don’t hear by the end of the Speaking at the Brazilian Grand Prix, week I’ll send him a gentle reminder,” he where only nine teams competed on added. Sunday, Mallya said Force India would Force India is co-owned by Mallya not be following Marussia and Caterham and the Sahara Group run by Subrata onto the sporting scrapheap. Roy, one of India’s best known tycoons, “All this speculation I think needs to who is in a Delhi jail over the conglomer- stop,” the liquor baron told Reuters. “It’s ate’s failure to refund billions of dollars not doing anybody any good...the bot- raised in outlawed bonds. tom line is we’re OK.” Mallya said the “Sahara is by no means financially team’s 2015 car was almost ready. Asked weak or bankrupt,” said Mallya. “On the whether Force India would be definitely contrary Sahara has a huge amount of racing in 2015 and beyond, he replied: financial resources. It is just that they “Of course. Absolutely.” have been asked to refund money to Since last month’s Russian Grand Prix, investors and there’s a dispute there.” Marussia have folded and Caterham Mallya also has troubles of his own, gone into administration. with United Bank of India in September Force India, Lotus and Sauber, whose declaring him and his grounded carrier finances have also caused concern, want Kingfisher Airlines “wilful defaulters”, a more equal distribution of the sport’s although a court has halted execution of revenues but their request for a ‘base the decision. payment’ appeared to have fallen on Debt-laden Kingfisher has not flown deaf ears in Brazil. for two years for want of cash. A report Commercial supremo Bernie in Britain’s Sunday Telegraph said Force Ecclestone told reporters on Sunday that India had reported a net annual loss of the teams as a whole shared $900 mil- 38.5 million pounds ($61.21 million) to NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Saints center Jonathan Goodwin (55) and San Francisco 49ers defensive end Justin Smith (94) dive for a Drew lion in revenues and ruled out extra pay- Dec. 31, 2013. That was up from a previ- Brees fumble in overtime of an NFL football game in New Orleans, Sunday. The 49ers recovered the fumble on the way to 27-24 win. — AP ments. ous 33.4 million. The team are currently However, Mallya said Ecclestone had sixth in the championship. — Reuters 49ers edge Saints in OT, Kuwait wins two gold in Asian Clay Target Cardinals lose quarterback

Shooting tournament NEW ORLEANS: Colin Kaepernick completed a Russell Wilson threw two interceptions, the 98 yards rushing, while Smith went 17 of 29 for 51-yard pass on fourth down to sustain a tying Seahawks committed three total turnovers, and 177 yards. Smith scored two plays after Sherman By Abdellatif Sharaa In the junior event Indian shooter drive, Ahmad Brooks sacked and stripped Drew Eli Manning picked apart Seattle’s secondary for punched the ball out of the hands of Bills punt Ananth Singh was second with a score of Brees in overtime, and Phil Dawson kicked a 35- the first half. It all didn’t matter because of Lynch returner Leodis McKelvin and then pounced on KUWAIT: Two gold medals and one silver 114, and his compatriot Karam Singh was yard field goal to cap San Francisco’s stirring 27- leading Seattle’s unstoppable run game. the loose ball at Buffalo’s 26. That wasn’t the only were won by Kuwait skeet shooters on third with 113-125. 24 victory over New Orleans on Sunday. The 350 total yards rushing by Seattle (6-3) Bills miscue in a game Buffalo settled for two the final day of the Fourth Asian Clay The tally of Kuwait medals in the The victory snapped a two-game skid for the were a franchise record and the most by any NFL field goals on four trips inside the Chiefs 20. Target Shooting Tournament in Al-Ain, championship now stands at four gold, Niners (5-4) and marked the first home loss for team since Kansas City had 352 in 2012. Marcell Dareus had three of Buffalo’s six sacks. UAE. two silver and two bronze. the Saints (4-5) in more than a season. Lynch carried 21 times, but there was plenty Head of Kuwait team, Secretary Al-Osaimi thanked chairman and The Saints had won their past 11 at home of running to go around. Wilson added 107 Cowboys 31, Jaguars 17 overall, and the past 20 at home including the yards on 14 carries and a 1-yard TD run with 5:19 Tony Romo returned after missing last week General of Arab and Kuwait Shooting board members of Kuwait Shooting Club playoffs, when coached by Sean Payton, who left. Most of Wilson’s runs were designed as New because of a back injury and helped the Federations Obaid Al-Osaimi expressed for their support and congratulated was suspended in 2012. York (3-6) failed to keep contain. Cowboys snap a two-game losing streak by satisfaction at the results the Kuwait them for the achievements they made. Brooks’ decisive blow on a sack of Brees had throwing three touchdown passes. shooters obtained in the skeet event as Al-Osaimi dedicated the achieve- to feel like poetic justice to the Niners line- Jets 20, Steelers 13 Originally hurt two weeks ago, Romo started the team of Zaid Al-Mutairi, Saud Habib ments to HH the Amir, HH the Crown backer. His unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Michael Vick threw two touchdown passes for Dallas (7-3) and completed 20 of 27 passes and Mansour Al-Rashidi won the gold Prince, HH the Prime Minister and Kuwait a vicious sack and strip in the Superdome a year and the Jets forced four turnovers while shutting for 246 yards against the Jaguars (1-9) at medal with the score of 287-375, while people. ago allowed the Saints to pull out a late come- down Ben Roethlisberger to end an eight-game Wembley Stadium. This was the last of three reg- Abdelaziz Al-Saad won first place in the Al-Osaimi thanked President of the back victory in these teams’ previous meeting. losing streak. Roethlisberger threw six touch- ular-season NFL games this year in the British junior event with the score of 118-125, Asian Shooting Confederation, Vice-pres- Brees was intercepted twice, but also passed down passes in each of his last two games, and capital. Romo threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to while Zaid Dakhil Al-Mutairi won the ident of International Shooting for three scores, the last to Jimmy Graham to was playing in front of a MetLife Stadium crowd Jason Witten in the first quarter and then hit Dez men’s silver. Federation, Honorary President of Kuwait give the Saints a 24-21 lead with 1:52 left in reg- that appeared nearly half-filled with Terrible Bryant for a pair of TDs in the second, the first Al-Osaimi said the event witnessed Shooting Sport Federation Sheikh ulation. Graham also caught a desperation pass Towel-waving Steelers fans. But the Jets (2-8) from 35 yards and the second from 68. Romo fin- fierce competition as UAE men’s team Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al- in the end zone at the end of regulation, but was wouldn’t allow Roethlisberger to get into much ished with a season-high passer rating of 138.8. took second place with 285 and the Sabah for his efforts and encouragement called for offensive interference. of a rhythm. DeMarco Murray ended up with 100 yards Kazakh team took third with 282-375. of the shooters. Roethlisberger finished 30 of 43 for 343 yards rushing on 19 carries and 31 yards receiving for Broncos 41, Raiders 17 and connected with Martavis Bryant for an 80- Dallas. He had his record streak of eight straight Peyton Manning threw five touchdown pass- yard TD with 1:16 left. The Steelers (6-4) attempt- 100-yard games to start a season snapped by es in less than 17 minutes and the Broncos hand- ed an onside kick, but Eric Decker recovered to the Cardinals last week. Bryant gained all of his ed the Raiders their 15th straight loss. Manning seal it for the Jets - who avoided setting a fran- 158 yards in the second quarter, and did it by threw a pair of early interceptions that put chise mark for consecutive losses. breaking several tackles on each touchdown Denver (7-2) in a hole against the NFL’s only win- Jaiquawn Jarrett had two interceptions, a catch. less team. That all changed with a short pass sack and a fumble recovery for the Jets, who that C.J. Anderson turned into a spectacular 51- hadn’t won since beating Oakland in Week 1. Ravens 21, Titans 7 yard catch and run. The touchdowns didn’t stop Vick, who became the first quarterback in Justin Forsett ran for 112 yards and two until Manning’s day was done after three quar- NFL history to run for 6,000 career yards, threw touchdowns to back a strong performance by ters. Manning added two TD passes to Julius touchdown passes to T.J. Graham and Jace the Baltimore defense. Thomas and two more to Emmanuel Sanders as Amaro. Vick was 10 of 18 for 132 yards and ran The Ravens (6-4) bottled up rookie quarter- the Broncos rebounded from last week’s loss at eight times for 39 yards. back Zach Mettenberger, who went 16 for 27 for New England by beating up on the Raiders (0-9). 179 yards and an interception in his first road Manning went 31 for 44 for 340 yards. He Lions 20, Dolphins 16 start. He was sacked five times and rarely got the extended his record with at least two touch- Matthew Stafford led Detroit to another chance to comfortably plant both feet in the down passes in 15 straight games and his streak thrilling victory in the final minutes, throwing an pocket. Tennessee didn’t get its initial first down of 48 games with at least one TD pass is third 11-yard touchdown pass to Theo Riddick with 29 of the second half until 4:37 was left in the longest, breaking a tie with Johnny Unitas. seconds remaining. game. Soon after that, newcomer Danny Gorrer There was almost nothing positive from the Calvin Johnson had seven catches for 113 intercepted a pass to clinch the victory. Raiders in their first blowout loss since interim yards and a touchdown in his first game back The Titans (2-7) have lost seven of eight. It Kuwait skeet team with their medals. coach Tony Sparano replaced the fired Dennis from an ankle injury, and the Lions (7-2) won was 7-7 at halftime, but Tennessee had three Allen after four games. their fourth straight game. Their past three victo- three-and-outs in the third quarter while the ries have been by a combined six points, all with Ravens took control. Cardinals 31, Rams 14 fourth-quarter comebacks. Peyron wins The Cardinals put together another dominant The Dolphins (5-4) managed one touchdown Falcons 27, Buccaneers 17 fourth quarter, but the victory was dampened - after they blocked a Detroit field goal attempt Matt Ryan threw for 219 yards and one touch- by an injury to quarterback Carson Palmer. and Dion Jordan returned it deep into Lions ter- down, helping the Falcons stop a five-game los- transatlantic Palmer went down in the final period, then ritory. Miami’s Ryan Tannehill threw for 201 ing streak that left the Bucs with a five-game backup Drew Stanton and the Arizona defense yards, but it was Stafford who made the final big skid of their own. The Falcons (3-6) won for the rallied the Cardinals with three touchdowns over play, snapping a sidearm pass to a sliding first time since embarrassing their NFC South Route du Rhum a span of 3 minutes, 48 seconds. Riddick in the back left corner of the end zone. rivals 56-14 on Sept. 18, a game in which the Rookie John Brown’s diving grab of Stanton’s Bucs (1-8) lost quarterback Josh McCown to a POINTE-A-PITRE: Frenchman Loick He had also thought about mak- 48-yard touchdown pass put the Cardinals (8-1) Chiefs 17, Bills 13 thumb injury. McCown returned to Tampa Bay’s Peyron won the single-handed ing a stopover in Madeira for repairs up 17-14 with 7:40 to play. The pass came on the Anthony Sherman recovered a fumble to set starting lineup for the first time since loss, transatlantic Route du Rhum race in after spotting a crack developing in first series after Palmer hurt his left knee while up Alex Smith’s 8 yard touchdown run in the throwing for 301 yards and two TDs. His 1-yard a record time yesterday cementing one of the hulls of his trimaran. trying to avoid the rush. Palmer was able to walk fourth quarter. Jamaal Charles also scored on a pass to Austin Seferian-Jenkins put the Bucs off the field but a short time later was taken to 39-yard run as the Chiefs (6-3) scored twice in ahead 17-16 early in the fourth quarter. But Ryan his reputation as one of his country’s But he quickly sent photos of the the locker room on a cart. Patrick Peterson got span of 4:31 to overcome a 13-3 deficit. The drove the Falcons down the field, throwing a 5- best ever yachtsmen. Peyron who damage to the team’s sporting his first two interceptions of the season, return- Chiefs’ defense then made a stand at its 15 by yard touchdown pass to Roddy White and a 2- stepped in at the last minute to take director Ronan Lucas, as well as the ing the second 30 yards for a touchdown to forcing Kyle Orton to throw four consecutive point conversion to Harry Douglas. control of the trimaran Banque designers of the massive 31.5m tri- make it 24-14. Moments later, Austin Davis fum- incompletions and turn the ball over on downs. Steven Jackson scored on a 1-yard run and Populaire VII and at one stage con- maran, and perservered after being bled and Antonio Cromartie returned it 14 yards Kansas City improved to 6-1 since opening Matt Bryant kicked four field goals for the sidered abandoning, dominated the reassured here was no structural for a score as Arizona outscored the Rams 21-0 the season with two losses. Charles finished with Falcons. — AP race, aided in his quest when rival damage.The problem was due to the in the fourth quarter. St. Louis (3-6) was shut out Thomas Coville crashed into a bad weather over the first two days in the second half. At 8-1, the Cardinals have the freighter soon after the competition of the race, he said. “I was shaken best record in the NFL and their best after nine NFL standings began in France. about like never before in this boat.” games since going 11-1 as the Chicago Cardinals He set a new record for the jour- in 1948. Asked if it was safe to sail across Baltimore 21, Tennessee 7; Kansas City 17, Buffalo 13; Detroit 20, Miami 16; San Francisco 27, New Orleans 24 (OT); ney of 3,542 nautical miles (6,560 the Atlantic in a 30-metre multi-hull Dallas 31, Jacksonville 17; NY Jets 20, Pittsburgh 13; Atlanta 27, Tampa Bay 17; Denver 41, Oakland 17; Arizona 31, St. Packers 55, Bears 14 km), crossing the finish line off yacht, Peyron snapped: “Yes,” and Louis 14; Seattle 38, NY Giants 17; Green Bay 55, Chicago 14. Guadeloupe in seven days, 15 hours Aaron Rodgers threw six touchdown passes insisted the boat was an ideal size American Football Conference National Football Conference and eight minutes, more than two to tie the Green Bay game record and match the for the race. “But I don’t like it when NFL record for a half. AFC East NFC East hours faster than the previous mark W L T OTL PF PA PCT people ask me ‘is it safe?’” Rodgers was 18 of 27 for 315 yards, throwing Philadelphia 6 2 0 0 234 177 .750 set by Lionel Lemonchois in New England 7 2 0 0 281 198 .778 Dallas 7 3 0 1 261 212 .700 Peyron, 54, took the lead just six scoring passes of 73 and 40 yards to Jordy 2006.Peyron, three time winner of Buffalo 5 4 0 0 191 182 .556 NY Giants 3 6 0 0 195 247 .333 hours out of the French port of Saint Nelson. The Packers led by four touchdowns ear- the British single-handed transat- Miami 5 4 0 0 227 171 .556 Washington 3 6 0 0 197 229 .333 Malo on November 2, after a fierce ly in the second quarter, and Rodgers watched lantic race, stepped in to skipper NY Jets 2 8 0 0 174 265 .200 NFC North storm took out Coville and several most of the second half from the sideline. AFC North Detroit 7 2 0 0 182 142 .778 Banque Populair VII six weeks ahead Cleveland 6 3 0 0 209 172 .667 others. Former Olympic pole vault The 190th meeting of the NFL’s oldest rivalry Green Bay 6 3 0 0 277 205 .667 of the Route du Rhum after Armel Le Cincinnati 5 3 1 0 197 211 .611 champion Jean Galfione was also quickly turned into a blowout. The 55 points tied Minnesota 4 5 0 0 168 199 .444 Cleac’h injured himself. He has taken Pittsburgh 6 4 0 0 261 239 .600 among those who crashed out of a Packers record at Lambeau Field. Chicago 3 6 0 1 194 277 .333 part six times before but never won. Bears quarterback Jay Cutler had another Baltimore 6 4 0 0 261 181 .600 the race from St Malo in western AFC South NFC South Confronting heavy seas through- night to forget in Green Bay. He threw two inter- France to Guadeloupe, which is held Indianapolis 6 3 0 0 290 211 .667 New Orleans 4 5 0 2 251 225 .444 out the race, Peyron revealed he ceptions, giving him 12 in four games in Carolina 3 5 1 0 177 236 .389 every four years. Houston 4 5 0 1 206 197 .444 contemplated abandoning the race Titletown. The Bears have lost five of their last Tennessee 2 7 0 0 144 223 .222 Atlanta 3 6 0 0 219 238 .333 at one point. “The last day was espe- He managed to stay ahead of the six. They’ve given up at least 51 points in two Jacksonville 1 9 0 0 158 282 .100 Tampa Bay 1 8 0 2 167 272 .111 cially difficult,” Peyron said. “I was 91-strong field all the way through consecutive games. AFC West NFC West really afraid all the time and at one to the finish line. The renowned Denver 7 2 0 1 286 202 .778 Arizona 8 1 0 0 223 170 .889 point the trimaran almost turned French sailor came third in the last Seahawks 38, Giants 17 Kansas City 6 3 0 0 217 151 .667 Seattle 6 3 0 0 240 191 .667 over after I fell asleep at the helm.” Route du Rhum in 2010. — AFP Marshawn Lynch rushed for a season-high San Diego 5 4 0 0 205 186 .556 San Francisco 5 4 0 0 195 202 .556 140 yards and career-best four touchdowns. Oakland 0 9 0 0 146 252 0 St. Louis 3 6 0 0 163 251 .333