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Established 1961 Sport WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2018 Williams fulfils naked ambition Red Sox, Yankees to play MLB Guangzhou held by Tianjin, 12to claim third snooker title 13 games at London Stadium in 2019 15 Buriram surprise Jeonbuk Kuwait SC wins Amir Football Cup Club lifts trophy for 13th time KUWAIT: HH the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah presents the trophy to Kuwait SC players after the team won the HH the Amir Football Cup after beating Al-Arabi SC 3-0 at Jaber International Stadium yesterday. — KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait SC won His Highness the Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who was repre- minute. Al-Arabi tried hard to narrow the gap in the The Amir Cup was launched in the 1961-62 season. Football Cup after beating Al-Arabi SC 3-0 in a clash sented by HH the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince second half, but Hussain Al-Harbi of Kuwait SC nailed Qadsiya SC have won the cup 16 times, Al-Arabi 15 held at Jaber International Stadium yesterday, bagging Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. the third goal in the 88th minute. This is Kuwait SC’s times and Kuwait 12 times. Kazma SC won the title sev- the championship for the 13th time in the club’s history. Kuwait’s first goal was in the 5th minute and the lead third title this year after winning the Super Cup and en times, while Salmiya and Yarmouk have won the title The match was sponsored by HH the Amir Sheikh was extended by Jumaa Saeed’s header in the 33rd VIVA premier league. twice. Fahaheel won it once. — KUNA LeBron leads FIFA fines Russia Cavs sweep, over racist chants Sixers stay alive at France friendly LOS ANGELES: LeBron James led the way as the MOSCOW: World Cup hosts Russia have been fined Cleveland Cavaliers wrapped up a series sweep with a 30,000 Swiss francs for discriminatory chants by fans, ruthless demolition of the Toronto Raptors on Monday FIFA said yesterday, after racist abuse was directed at to book their place in the NBA Eastern Conference French players during a friendly in St Petersburg in finals. James, the buzzer-beating hero of Cleveland’s March. A Reuters photographer at pitch level for epic victory in game three on Saturday, scored 29 France’s 3-1 win over Russia heard monkey chants points as Toronto’s bid to avoid the ignominy of a 4-0 directed at French players on several occasions, series loss ended in a 128-93 pounding. Toronto had including when midfielder N’Golo Kante came to the entered the playoffs as the number one seed from the touchline for a throw-in. Eastern Conference, and were desperate to avoid a FIFA said it had conducted a “thorough investiga- third straight series defeat to James and the Cavs after tion” of video evidence of the match in reaching its losses in 2016 and 2017. decision. World soccer’s ruling body said it recognised But their fragility was underscored by a rampant CLEVELAND: Jose Calderon #81 of the Cleveland Cavaliers handles the ball against the Toronto Raptors in Game Four of the the gravity of the incident but added that only a limit- Cleveland on Monday, with James leading a blowout Eastern Conference Semifinals during the 2018 NBA Playoffs at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. — AFP ed number of fans were involved. win that ensures the Cavs will be well rested for the The Russian Football Union (RFU) referred ques- Eastern Conference finals, where they will play either shots, a lot of different guys stepped up. another defeat to the Cavs. “They’ve just got our num- tions to its anti-discrimination inspector Alexei Boston or Philadelphia. “Four or five different guys getting double figures ber. Things just don’t seem to go right for us,” DeRozan Smertin, whose assistant declined to comment when “It was a great series for us,” James said afterwards. for us every night - that was big for us. We’ve got to said, adding that the James-inspired Cavs were any- contacted by Reuters. Russia has pledged to crack “We had a lot of challenges, considering the dominance continue getting better but I like where we’re at right thing but a one-man band. down on racism as the country faces increased scruti- (Toronto) had in the regular season. But we had a great now.” Toronto’s miserable night saw DeMar DeRozan “It’s not just him going out there and scoring 128 ny ahead of this year’s World Cup, which it will host gameplan and we executed it. ejected in the fourth quarter while Kyle Lowry was points,” DeRozan said. “The things he does for his from June 14 to July 15 in 11 cities including Moscow, “We want to continue to improve. I think we’ve done restricted to just five points. team-mates gets them going. It’s been a challenge for St Petersburg and Sochi. that from the seven-game series against Indiana to Jonas Valanciunas was a notable beacon of resist- us over the years.” There have been other reported cases of racist these four games.” James was once more the tormentor ance, providing 18 points off the bench. But it was too In Monday’s other playoff game, T.J McConnell and abuse, however, in the run-up to the tournament. in chief for Toronto, contributing eight rebounds and 11 little, too late for Toronto, who were comprehensively Dario Saric combined to give the Philadelphia 76ers a Alexei Sorokin, chief executive of Russia’s local World assists in addition to his 29 points. outplayed in every department. lifeline with their 103-92 win over the Boston Celtics. Cup organising committee (LOC), was reported by Four other Cavaliers starters cracked double digits, The Celtics could have clinched a 4-0 sweep but TASS news agency as saying that such incidents were with Kevin Love scoring 23 points and Kyle Korver 16 ‘EMOTIONALLY DRUNK’ instead the Sixers’ win ensured there will be a game rare. “It is a shame that such discriminatory incidents points. J.R. Smith added 15 points while George Hill Raptors coach Dwane Casey said his team had paid game five in Boston on Wednesday. take place here, but thankfully they are very rare and added 12. the price for not being able to recover from shattering McConnell’s introduction into the starting line-up do not constitute a trend,” he said. “We have gone Cleveland coach Tyronn Lue said the Cavs’ defense losses in games one and three. “We were emotionally proved crucial for the Sixers, with the point guard scor- quite a long way to isolate this problem. It is impossi- and all-round offensive display had been crucial factors drunk after game one and game three,” Casey said. “I ing a career-high 19 points. Croatian power forward ble to control such human reactions in any country in in the sweep. “I think defensively we’re playing pretty thought we could bounce back, but we didnt.” Saric added 25 points while Ben Simmons finished with the world.” — Reuters good,” Lue said. “And I think in this series, we made DeRozan meanwhile was at a loss to explain yet 19 points and Joel Embiid 15. — AFP.