THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2014 SPORTS

Rooney wants a trophy Future bleak for Sarita Champion Klitschko LONDON: believes he will replace as England’s SEOUL: Sarita Devi’s amateur boxing career could be finished after her record scorer before too long but knows that unless the national team win “unacceptable” behaviour at the Incheon Asian Games where the Indian unimpressed another trophy he will remain in the shadow of the 1966 world champions. fighter refused to accept her bronze medal on the podium, the president of the governing AIBA said yesterday. “It was totally unacceptable behaviour BERLIN: World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has brushed off the latest Appointed England captain at the start of this season, Rooney is expected to extreme efforts by USA boxer Shannon Briggs yesterday to earn a shot at the for any competition in any sport,” Taiwan’s Ching-kuo Wu told Reuters by win his 100th in the Euro 2016 qualifier against Slovenia at Wembley on Ukrainian’s belts. Saturday. He will receive a special presentation on the pitch from World Cup telephone. “I think her boxing career is finished. The disciplinary commission Briggs, 42, gate-crashed Klitschko’s opening training session in Hamburg, as he winner Charlton, who scored 49 international goals in 106 appearances and is examining the case and will shortly give its final decision.” prepares for Saturday’s world title bout against Bulgaria’s Kubrat Pulev, before being tops England’s list ahead of (48) and Jimmy Greaves Sarita was furious after losing her semi-final to local favourite Park Ji-na ejected from the building by security guards. “The people don’t want (44). Rooney, who has 43 international goals, says in an inter- in the women’s lightweight division. Her husband launched an expletive- Klitschko anymore. Champ, come out at last,” bellowed the American in view in Saturday’s match programme that winning a tourna- laden tirade at the judges and Sarita lodged a protest against the decision his latest effort to get a world title fight with Klitschko. ment, which England have only ever done in 1966 when they but it was rejected, triggering cries of foul play from the Indian team. The “I’m the real champ. The world wants to see the Klitschko-Briggs beat West Germany in the World Cup final at Wembley, is following day, she refused to wear the medal when it was presented to her, fight. “I’ll knock Klitschko’s teeth out.” Briggs then peeled off his shirt what matters most. taking it only in her hand before trying to drape it over Park. When the pres- and pounded his fists on the building’s glass doors, demanding: “Give “I could sit here saying I’ve got 200 caps and 100 goals for entation was over, Sarita left the medal behind, despite being told to take it me something to eat!” This is not the first time Briggs has gone to my country, but the ultimate is to win a trophy and that’s with her. The International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) then sus- extreme measures to get Klitschko’s attention. He gate crashed what we all want to do,” he says. “That’s why we play pended her and banned her from the Women’s World Boxing the press conference before Klitschko’s last fight against football, to win. That’s the target and hopefully Championships on South Korea’s Jeju Island this week. “Every athlete should Australia’s Alex Leapai in April, then a scuffle broke out sometime soon we can achieve that. fully respect the decisions of referees and judges. So this boxer is facing very when Briggs approached Klitschko while he was eating in “To be England’s greatest ever goals scorer severe punishment,” added Wu. “She has damaged her own country, India an Italian restaurant in Miami. would be massive. The record has stood for so has been damaged.” Wu’s comments will come as a shock to Boxing India, He even taunted Klitschko, the WBO, IBF, IBO and many years, there have been plenty of players who who were working to get Sarita’s suspension lifted and put her back on track WBA champion, from a speedboat while the Ukrainian was stand-up paddle surfing in Florida. —AFP haven’t been able to break it. —Reuters for a place at the 2016 Rio Olympics. — Reuters Rangers and Devils advance

NEW YORK: Mats Zuccarello scored the first of New York’s three first-period goals and Henrik Lundqvist made 33 saves for his third shutout of the season as the Rangers ended Pittsburgh’s seven-game winning streak with a 5-0 victory Tuesday night. Martin St. Louis and Kevin Klein added goals in the first, Derick Brassard had a pow- er-play tally in the second, and Rick Nash - who had two assists - scored a short-handed goal in the third for the Rangers, who broke a two-game losing streak. Lundqvist earned his 53rd NHL shutout, extending his Rangers record. The Penguins (10-3-1), who complete a five-game trip Friday in Toronto, hadn’t allowed a power- play goal in 10 games, and their streak reached 39 kills before Brassard’s goal. Marc- Andre Fleury stopped 30 shots for Pittsburgh, which is 5-1-1 on the road.

DEVILS 3, WILD 1 Tuomo Ruutu and Mike Cammalleri scored second-period goals that helped New Jersey end a four-game skid with a win over Minnesota. Travis Zajac sealed the victory with a power-play score into an empty net in the closing seconds. Jaromir Jagr had two assists. Cory Schneider made 23 saves in his 16th straight start. He is the only NHL goalie to start every game this season. Ryan Carter scored against his former team and Darcy Kuemper stopped 20 shots for the Wild, who lost their fourth straight.

ISLANDERS 6, AVALANCHE 0 Nick Leddy and Anders Lee scored early, and Jaroslav Halak stopped 20 shots for his second straight shutout as New York beat Colorado to win its fourth straight. Travis Hamonic, Nikolay Kulemin, Casey Cizikas and Ryan Strome also scored to help the Islanders get their first home victory since Oct. 25. New York extended its shutout streak to 181 minutes, 11 seconds, and has allowed just three goals in its last four game. Leddy opened the scoring at 1:33 on a shot from the left point, and Lee added a power-play goal at 5:21 from in close for his NEW YORK: Pittsburgh Penguins’ Blake Comeau (17) falls over New York Rangers’ John Moore (17) during the first period of an NHL hockey game. — AP second of the season. Avalanche goalie win their third straight. BLUES 6, SABRES 1 which had won two straight. The Oilers Kucherov had Tampa Bay’s other goal in the Semyon Varlamov made 40 saves. Cam Atkinson and David Savard scored Jori Lehtera scored a natural hat trick dropped to 0-7-1 against fellow Western third. for the injury-plagued Blue Jackets, who are for St. Louis with the game’s first three Conference teams this season. CAPITALS 4, BLUE JACKETS 2 0-8-1 since Oct. 23. The nine-game skid goals, and Brian Elliott stayed unbeaten Ben Scrivens replaced Viktor Fasth at the STARS 4, COYOTES 3 Alex Ovechkin and Marcus Johansson equals the longest in franchise history; in his career against punchless Buffalo. start of the second period. Fasth stopped 14 Ryan Garbutt scored on a short-handed each scored two goals as Washington Columbus went 0-7-2 from Dec. 10-26, 2009. Joakim Lindstrom had two goals and of the 17 shots he faced. Scrivens made 18 breakaway with 1:16 left to give Dallas a victo- extended Columbus’ losing streak to nine The Blue Jackets played a seventh straight David Backes also scored for the Blues. saves and did not allow a goal. ry over Arizona, ending a seven-game losing games. Braden Holtby stopped 24 shots, and game without top goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, Jaden Schwartz assisted on all of streak. Tyler Seguin had two goals and Erik Nicklas Backstrom and Andre Burakovsky who has a broken finger. Curtis McElhinney Lehtera’s goals, and Vladimir Tarasenko BLACKHAWKS 3, LIGHTNING 2 Cole also scored for the Stars, who overcame a had two assists apiece to help the Capitals started in his place and fell to 0-5-1. had assists on the first two. St. Louis’ top Corey Crawford made 25 saves and three two-goal deficit. Kari Lehtonen stopped 33 line has combined for 25 points in the more stops in the shootout to lead Chicago shots. last six games. over Tampa Bay. Patrick Kane scored the only Dallas took a 3-2 lead on Cole’s goal at Alexander Steen also had three goal in the tiebreaker as Chicago won for the 15:19 of the third period. The Coyotes tied it assists and Kevin Shattenkirk added two. third time in four games and stopped Tampa 58 seconds later on Mikkel Boedker’s goal. Tyler Ennis scored his team-leading fifth Bay’s six-game winning streak. The Connor Murphy and Joe Vitale also scored for goal early in the third period for the Blackhawks had lost their last five games Arizona. Sabres, held to no more than one goal against the Lightning, with four of the defeats for the 11th time in 16 games. Buffalo coming in a shootout or overtime. CANUCKS 4, SENATORS 3 has totaled three goals in three losses to Crawford stopped Ryan Callahan and Daniel Sedin scored 4:05 into overtime to St. Louis the last two seasons, all by Nikita Kucherov before Kane beat Ben Bishop lift Vancouver over Ottawa. The Canucks Ennis. Elliott fininshed with 28 saves to with a backhander high on the glove side. gained a share of first place with their eighth improve to 11-0-2 against Buffalo. The Crawford then denied Steven Stamkos to seal win in 10 games. The Senators lost their third Sabres have scored an NHL-low 19 goals. it. straight. Brad Richards and Marcus Kruger scored in Sedin converted a pass from twin brother PANTHERS 4, SHARKS 1 regulation for the Blackhawks, who have won Henrik as they each earned their second point Aleksander Barkov scored and consecutive home games after dropping of the night. Shawn Matthias, Alex Burrows Roberto Luongo made 21 saves as three in a row at the United Center. and Kevin Bieksa scored for the Canucks in Florida beat San Jose to snap a three- Bishop had 37 saves for the Lightning. regulation. Mike Hoffman, Kyle Turris and game slide. Tomas Fleischmann, Derek Cedric Paquette scored in the first, and Mark Stone had the Ottawa goals.— AP MacKenzie and Jimmy Hayes also scored for the Panthers, who have won six of seven against the Sharks. Joe Thornton NHL results/standings had San Jose’s goal. Antti Niemi made 26 saves. New Jersey 3, Minnesota 1; NY Islanders 6, Colorado 0; NY Rangers 5, Pittsburgh 0; Washington 4, Columbus 2; Montreal 3, Winnipeg 0; Florida 4, San Jose 1; St. Louis 6, Buffalo 1; Nashville 3, CANADIENS 3, JETS 0 Edmonton 2; Chicago 3, Tampa Bay 2 (SO); Dallas 4, Arizona 3; Vancouver 4, Ottawa 3 (OT). Carey Price made 29 saves for his first Western Conference Eastern Conference shutout this season in Montreal’s victory Pacific Division Atlantic Division over Winnipeg. 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