SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2014 SPORTS

Soccer results/standings Swansea relegation fears

English results 1 Scunthorpe 1; Oxford 0 York 1; Rochdale 0 Aston Villa 0 Southampton 0; Cardiff 1 Southend 3; Torquay 0 Dagenham and Redbridge eased by Bony double (Whittingham 51-pen) Stoke 1 (Arnautovic 45- 1; Wycombe 1 Northampton 1. pen); Chelsea 1 (Eto’o 12) Sunderland 2 (Wickham Scottish Premiership results 18, Borini 82-pen); Newcastle 1 (Ameobi 23) Hearts 2 (Hamill 65-pen, Carrick 90) Ross County Swansea 2 (Bony 45, 90-pen); Tottenham 3 0; Kilmarnock 1 (Maksimenko 54) Partick 2 (Paulinho 35, Kane 48, Kaboul 62) Fulham 1 (Higginbotham 57, Sinclair 85); Motherwell 3 Newcastle 1 (Sidwell 37); West Ham 0 Crystal Palace 1 (Jedinak (Sutton 5, 90 Francis-Angol 44) Celtic 3 (Stokes 45, 59-pen). Samaras 56, Griffiths 86); St Johnstone 2 Playing today (Anderson 32, May 76) Dundee Utd 0; St Mirren 2 Everton v Manchester United, Hull v Arsenal, (McLean 1, McGowan 15) Hibernian 0. Swansea 2 Norwich v Liverpool. Played Friday Playing tomorrow Inverness CT 0 Aberdeen 0 Manchester City v West Brom. Scottish Football League results English Football League results Championship Championship Cowdenbeath 4 Livingston 0; Dumbarton 0 NEWCASTLE: A double by leading scorer Barnsley 0 Leeds 1; Leicester 1 QPR 0; Queen Of The South 3; Falkirk 2 Raith 1; Hamilton Wilfried Bony gave Swansea an invaluable win Middlesbrough 1 Millwall 2; Nottingham Forest 1 2 Alloa 1; Morton 1 Dundee 0. in their battle against relegation yesterday as Birmingham 0; Watford 3 Ipswich 1. Division One they beat out of form Newcastle 2-1 for their Played Friday Airdrie 2 East Fife 1; Ayr 1 Dunfermline 1; Forfar 0 first away win since November. The 25-year- Blackburn 0 Yeovil 0; Blackpool 0 Burnley 1; Arbroath 2; Stenhousemuir 0 Rangers 4; Stranraer old Ivory Coast international scored at the end Bournemouth 2 Sheffield Wednesday 4; Charlton 1 Brechin 2. 0 Bolton 0; Doncaster 0 Derby 2; Huddersfield 1 Division Two of each halfóthe second from the penalty spot Brighton 1; Wigan 3 Reading 0. Annan Athletic 1 Queen’s Park 1; Berwick 1 East for his 14th league goal of the seasonóto take Division One Stirling 0; Montrose 0 Clyde 2; Peterhead 2 Albion them six points clear of the bottom three with Played Friday 0; Stirling 2 Elgin 2. three games remaining and a vastly superior Bradford 1 Peterborough 0; Brentford 1 Preston 0; Italian League results goal difference to boot. Bristol City 2 Notts County 1; Carlisle 1 Walsall 1; AC Milan 3 (Balotelli 43, Taarabt 51, Pazzini 84) Defeat for Newcastle was their fifth succes- Colchester 0 Oldham 1; Coventry 1 Swindon 2; Livorno 0; Atalanta 1 (Denis 87) Verona 2 (Donati sive one in the leagueóShola Ameobiís 23rd Crawley 2 Leyton Orient 1; Gillingham 2 Tranmere 53, Toni 72); Catania 2 (Leto 45, Bergessio 63) minute goal their first in those five 0; Port Vale 1 Milton Keynes Dons 0; Shrewsbury 1 Sampdoria 1 (Okaka 61); Chievo 0 Sassuolo 1 gamesóand leaves manager Alan Pardewís Crewe 3; Sheffield Utd 1 Stevenage 0; Wolves 6 (Berardi 40); Genoa 1 (De Maio 3) Cagliari 2 (Sau Rotherham 4. 37, Ibarbo 82); Juventus 1 (Pogba 64) Bologna 0; position under some threat. Division Two Lazio 3 (Mauri 42, Candreva 61-pen, 90+4) Torino Newcastle had suffered an early blow when Burton 3 Hartlepool 0; Portsmouth 3 Bristol 3 (Kurtic 52, Tachtsidis 67, Immobile 89); Parma 0 Pape Cisse had to go off injured. However, he Rovers 2. Inter Milan 2 (Rolando 48, Guarin 89); Udinese 1 wasnít replaced by readymade replacement Played Friday (Fernandes 55) Napoli 1 (Callej?n 38). Loic Remy but a fullback in the shape of AFC Wimbledon 2 Newport 2; Accrington 1 Playing later: Mathieu Debuchy. Mansfield 1; Bury 4 Plymouth 0; Cheltenham 1 Fiorentina v Roma That didnít prevent the hosts going 1-0 up Fleetwood 2; Chesterfield 1 Exeter 1; Morecambe in the 23rd minute as Shola Ameobi scored his first league goal since December 2012 playing English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals a one-two with strike partner Luuk de Jong against, points): before slotting the ball past Michael Vorm. LONDON: Newcastle’s French striker Yoan Gouffran (left) tackles Swansea’s Welsh defender Ben Liverpool 34 24 5 5 93 42 77 Ross County 34 8 7 19 38 58 31 Both de Jong and referee Chris Foy didnít Davies (right) during the English Premier League football match. —AFP Chelsea 35 23 6 6 67 26 75 Hearts 34 8 7 19 35 59 16 last out the first-half either as the former had Man City 33 22 5 6 88 34 71 — relegated to go off and finally Remy was sent on for his stroke of half-time as Bonyóthe clubís record the bar. Bony too was denied as he was Arsenal 34 20 7 7 59 41 67 Note: Hearts deducted 15 points for entering signing last summer when he arrived from slipped in by Marvin Emnes but Newcastle Everton 34 19 9 6 55 34 66 administration, second bottom team goes into rel- first appearance after missing six games with a Tottenham 35 19 6 10 51 49 63 egation play-offs, bottom team relegated calf injury. Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem for 13.9 million ëkeeper Tim Krul got down to save with his Man Utd 33 17 6 10 56 38 57 Scottish Football League tables Foy too had to be replaced by fourth offi- eurosódarted in unseen to head home Ben legs. Southampton 35 13 10 12 50 45 49 Championship cial Anthony Taylor after he was hit in the face Daviesís corner. However, he was not to be denied with the Newcastle 35 14 4 17 39 54 46 Hamilton 34 18 10 6 57 35 64 by the ball and although he got back on his The second-half provided little in the way late penalty as the lively Emnes was brought Stoke 35 11 11 13 39 49 44 Dundee 34 19 6 9 49 25 63 feet he was unable to carry on. of chances with Swansea going close through down by Chieck Tiote and he calmly stroked Crystal Palace 35 13 4 18 28 41 43 Falkirk 34 18 8 8 55 31 62 Jonathan de Guzman, his volley just scraping the ball past Krul.—AFP West Ham 35 10 7 18 38 48 37 Q of South 34 15 6 13 50 38 51 Swansea, though, drew level right on the Swansea 35 9 9 17 47 51 36 Dumbarton 34 14 6 14 60 61 48 Hull 33 10 6 17 34 40 36 Livingston 34 12 7 15 49 54 43 Aston Villa 34 9 8 17 35 49 35 Raith 34 11 9 14 47 57 42 West Brom 33 6 15 12 40 51 33 Alloa 34 11 7 16 33 45 40 Penalty drama Norwich 34 8 8 18 26 53 32 Cowdenbeath 34 10 6 18 47 70 36 Cardiff 35 7 9 19 31 6530 Morton 34 6 7 21 29 60 25 Fulham 35 9 3 23 35 77 30 — relegated keeps Cardiff Sunderland 34 7 8 19 33 57 29 Division One Note: Top four teams qualify for next season’s Rangers 33 31 2 0 100 16 95 in trouble Champions League; fifth-place team qualifies for — champions Europa League; bottom three teams relegated to Dunfermline 34 18 5 11 65 52 59 CARDIFF: Cardiff Championship Stranraer 34 13 9 12 54 53 48 English Football League tables Ayr 33 13 7 13 58 59 46 remain deep in relega- Championship S’housemuir 34 11 12 11 53 63 45 tion trouble despite Cardiff 1 Leicester 43 28 9 6 79 43 93 Forfar 34 11 7 16 50 57 40 Peter Whittinghamís — promoted Brechin 34 11 6 17 54 67 39 Burnley 43 24 14 5 67 35 86 penalty equaliser in Airdrie 34 10 9 15 43 56 39 Derby 43 23 9 11 77 48 78 yesterdayís 1-1 Premier QPR 43 21 10 12 54 40 73 East Fife 34 9 5 20 29 63 32 League draw against Stoke 1 Wigan 42 20 10 12 57 40 70 Arbroath 34 9 4 21 51 71 31 Stoke. Brighton 43 17 14 12 50 38 65 Division Two Peterhead 34 22 7 5 72 33 73 Ole Gunnar Reading 43 17 13 13 63 53 64 Solskjaerís team fell Ipswich 43 17 13 13 56 50 64 — promoted Nottingham 43 15 17 11 63 58 62 Annan 34 18 6 10 66 47 60 behind in controversial circumstances at the Cardiff City Bournemouth 43 17 11 15 61 62 62 Clyde 34 16 6 12 45 44 54 Stadium when referee Howard Webb gave Stoke a dubious Blackburn 43 15 16 12 59 56 61 Stirling 34 14 10 10 52 49 52 penalty which Austrian striker Marko Arnautovic converted. Watford 42 15 15 12 69 51 60 Berwick 34 14 7 13 59 46 49 The Bluebirds drew level with a penalty of their own in the M’’brough 43 14 16 13 55 46 58 East Stirling 34 12 8 14 44 52 44 ITALY: Juventus’ defender Angelo Ogbonna fights for the ball with Bologna’s goal- Albion 34 11 8 15 40 50 41 second half as Whittingham fired home from the spot. Bolton 43 13 16 14 54 56 55 keeper Gianluca Curci during the Italian football match. —AFP But Cardiff couldnít find a winner leaving them third from Sheffield 43 13 14 16 59 57 53 Montrose 34 10 10 14 40 54 40 Leeds 43 15 8 20 55 63 53 Elgin 34 8 9 17 57 71 33 bottom and two points from safety with only three games Huddersfield 43 12 11 20 52 61 47 Queen’s Park 34 5 9 20 35 64 24 remaining. Birmingham 42 11 10 21 53 64 43 Italian League table Juventus still on Cardiff manager Solskjaer had included Aron Gunnarsson Doncaster 43 11 10 22 38 66 43 Juventus 34 29 3 2 72 22 90 among his substitutes despite reports linking the Iceland Millwall 43 10 13 20 44 73 43 Roma 33 24 7 2 68 19 79 international with an alleged leak of team information to Charlton 42 10 12 20 31 55 42 Napoli 34 20 8 6 64 36 68 Blackpool 43 10 12 21 35 62 42 Fiorentina 33 17 7 9 56 37 58 course for recor Crystal Palace before a league game between the clubs earlier Barnsley 43 9 12 22 40 69 39 Inter Milan 34 14 14 6 57 35 56 this month. But Gunnarsson, who has denied any wrongdoing Yeovil 43 8 13 22 42 67 37 Parma 34 13 12 9 53 44 51 ROME: Juventus remain on course for a tention for a Europa League spot, but two in the matter, didnít come on, leaving the officials to take the Division One AC Milan 34 14 9 11 53 44 51 record-breaking points haul as they closed behind AC Milan, who eased to a 3-0 victo- spotlight instead. Wolves 43 29 9 5 82 29 96 Torino 34 13 10 11 52 45 49 in on the Serie A title with a 1-0 win over ry at home to Livorno. Cardiff made a bright start and Mats Daehli teed up Jordon — promoted Verona 34 15 4 15 52 58 49 struggling Bologna yesterday. Immobile must have imagined he had Mutch, who should have done better than shoot straight at Brentford 43 27 9 7 67 37 90 Lazio 34 13 10 11 47 47 49 Stoke goalkeeper Asmir Begovic from close-range. — promoted Atalanta 34 14 4 16 39 46 46 A 64th minute goal from French starlet give Torino all three points and level with Leyton Orient 43 23 11 9 79 41 80 Sampdoria 34 11 8 15 41 51 41 was enough to give the Turin AC Milan as he put Torino ahead in the 89th It took a piece of brilliant defending from Stokeís Ryan Rotherham 43 22 13 8 81 55 79 Udinese 34 11 6 17 36 47 39 giants all three points and take them to 90 minute, only for to grab Shawcross to deflect Fraizer Campbellís shot away for a corner Preston 43 21 16 6 63 41 79 Genoa 34 10 9 15 37 45 39 for the season. his second of the game and salvage a point as the hosts pressed again. Peterborough 43 21 4 18 64 55 67 Cagliari 34 8 12 14 33 46 36 With four matches remaining, and hav- four minutes into stoppage time. But Stoke almost took the lead on the counter-attack Swindon 43 18 9 16 61 55 63 Chievo 34 8 6 20 30 50 30 through former Cardiff striker Peter Odemwingie when the Port Vale 43 18 6 19 58 70 60 ing lost only twice in the league all season, Milan encountered little resistance from Sassuolo 34 7 7 20 33 62 28 Juventus can reasonably expect to become Livorno in the San Siro as they cruised to Nigerian international surged away before forcing Cardiff Sheffield Utd 42 16 11 15 43 43 59 Bologna 34 5 13 16 27 52 28 Milton 43 17 7 19 58 58 58 Livorno 34 6 7 21 36 67 25 the first club to break the 100-points barri- their fifth consecutive victory. goalkeeper David Marshall into a fine save from the edge of Walsall 43 14 15 14 46 44 57 Catania 34 5 8 21 26 59 23 er. It also moved them 11 points clear of Goals from , just before the area. Mark Hughesí team were indebted to Begovic just Crawley Town 42 14 13 15 46 50 55 their only remaining title rivals, Roma, who half-time, Moroccan Adel Taarabt, six min- before half-time as the Bosnian raced off his line to clear Bradford 43 12 17 14 53 51 53 could reduce the arrears later in the utes after the break, and Giampaolo before Campbell could pull the trigger and moments later Bristol City 43 12 17 14 66 65 53 Gillingham 43 15 6 22 57 74 51 evening when they take on Fiorentina in Pazzini, six minutes from time, secured the produced a fine save to push Whittinghamís free-kick onto a Oldham 42 13 11 18 47 57 50 Matches on TV Florence. points. post. And Stoke took advantage of those escapes to snatch Coventry 43 16 11 16 72 74 49 A draw would be enough for Roma to Inter suffered a nerve-racking few min- the lead in first half stoppage-time. Odemwingie went easily Colchester 43 11 13 19 48 60 46 (Local Timings) secure second place and automatic qualifi- utes around the interval at Parma, with down under the slightest of challenges from South Korea Tranmere 43 12 10 21 51 75 46 cation for the Champions League as third- missing a penalty just Kim Bo-Kyung and Webb awarded the penalty, Crewe 43 12 10 21 52 79 46 English Premier League place Napoli could only manage a 1-1 draw before the break before Portuguese striker with Arnautovic stepping up to convert from the spot to Carlisle 42 11 11 20 42 68 44 Norwich v Liverpool 14:00 away at Udinese. Rolando made amends shortly afterwards mark his 25th birthday. It was a debatable decision and Notts County 43 13 4 26 60 76 43 beIN SPORTS 9 HD Shrewsbury 43 9 14 20 39 55 41 Hull City v Arsenal 16:05 But Napoliís hold on the last Champions by scoring with a diving header. Cardiff were furious, but they got a spot-kick of their own six Stevenage 43 10 9 24 42 65 39 beIN SPORTS 9 HD League spot is not yet under serious threat, Argentine-born Gabriel Paletta was sent minutes after half-time. Steven Nzonzi tripped Campbell, Note: Coventry deducted 10 points for entering Everton v Man United 18:10 despite Inter Milanís 2-0 away win over off for a second yellow card and even Webb gave the penalty and Whittingham drove his strike administration beIN SPORTS 9 HD Parma. though Parma continued to press Inter, the down the middle to restore parity. Juan Cala thought he had Division Two Spanish League Torino striker enhanced numerical advantage told in the end as completed Cardiffís fightback moments later, but Webb and Scunthorpe 43 19 20 4 65 40 77 his officials were back in the thick of the action as the effort Almeria v Celta 13:00 his claim for a place in Italyís World Cup Fredy Guarin grabbed a second for Inter a Chesterfield 43 20 15 8 66 39 75 squad with his 20th goal of the season. But minute from time. Veteran striker Luca Toni was correctly ruled out for offside. Begovic made a great save Rochdale 43 22 9 12 64 45 75 beIN SPORTS 10 HD Rayo v Real Betis 18:00 his last-minute effort was in vain as Lazio pressed his own claim for a place in the from Steven Caulkerís shot and the Cardiff centre-back then Fleetwood 43 21 9 13 63 49 72 beIN SPORTS 10 HD grabbed a point with the last kick of the World Cup squad with the winner away to hit the post from the rebound, with the ball bouncing up for Burton 43 19 14 10 46 38 71 Sevilla v Granada 20:00 Southend 43 17 14 12 53 38 65 game in the Olympic Stadium to secure a 3- Atalanta, in Bergamo, in a 2-1 victory, Cala to head in from close range, but the hostsí celebrations beIN SPORTS 4 3 draw. which took the much-travelled 37-year- were premature because the Spanish defender was in an off- York 43 16 16 11 48 39 64 beIN SPORTS 4 HD Oxford 43 16 14 13 51 44 62 Barcelona v Bilbao 22:00 The point left Torino eighth, still in con- oldís tally for the season to 18.—AFP side position.—AFP Plymouth 43 16 10 17 46 52 58 beIN SPORTS 10 HD Bury 43 13 18 12 55 46 57 Dagenham 43 14 15 14 50 53 57 German Bundesliga Mansfield 43 14 15 14 47 53 57 Nuremberg v Bayer 16:30 Newport 43 13 15 15 53 56 54 Dubai Sports Villa hold Southampton Portsmouth 43 13 15 15 48 59 54 Stuttgart v Schalke 18:30 Wimbledon 43 13 14 16 45 50 53 Dubai Sports Cheltenham 43 12 16 15 49 58 52 They snapped the sequence by avoiding defeat Boruc, back in the team after a back problem, was a French League Accrington 43 12 15 16 49 52 51 against an enterprising Southampton team, but virtual spectator during the first half, with Villa fail- Morecambe 43 12 14 17 48 62 50 Monaco v Nice 15:00 Aston Villa 0 they are not safe yet as the result left them only ing to muster a single attempt at goal. beIN SPORTS 5 Hartlepool 43 13 10 20 47 52 49 five points clear of the relegation zone with four The hosts corrected that statistic early in the Exeter 43 12 13 18 49 55 49 beIN SPORTS 5 HD Bastia v Ajaccio 18:00 matches to play. second half, but Karim El Ahmadiís effort was tame Wycombe 43 11 14 18 42 51 47 beIN SPORTS 5 Despite Villaís pressing need for points, it was and Boruc fielded it comfortably. Bristol Rovers 43 11 14 18 40 50 47 beIN SPORTS 5 HD Southampton 0 eighth-place Southampton who made all the early Southampton captain Adam Lallana then Northampton 43 11 14 18 36 55 47 Girondins v Guingamp 18:00 Torquay 43 10 9 24 37 61 39 running at Villa Park, dominating possession in squandered a good opportunity when he com- beIN SPORTS 1 trademark fashion. pletely miscued from a Shaw cross and Marc Scottish Premiership table beIN SPORTS 1 HD Celtic 34 28 5 1 85 19 89 In the fifth minute Luke Shaw hared down the Albrighton almost punished him, only for the Villa Lorient v Montpellier 18:00 BIRMINGHAM: Aston Villa ended a difficult week — champions beIN SPORTS 3 left flank and crossed for Rickie Lambert, who put wingerís shot to be saved at the second attempt by Aberdeen 34 19 7 8 47 30 64 beIN SPORTS 3 HD with a 0-0 draw at home to Southampton yester- his header straight at Villa goalkeeper Brad Guzan, Boruc. Motherwell 34 19 4 11 58 53 61 Stade Reims v Sochaux 18:00 day that inched them closer to safety in the and moments later the England striker saw a shot Moments later Lallana had the ball in the net Dundee Utd 34 15 9 10 57 42 54 beIN SPORTS 4 Premier League. deflected wide. after neatly controlling a long ball, but the goal Inverness 34 15 8 11 40 35 53 beIN SPORTS 4 HD Villa suspended assistant manager Ian Mid-way through the half, Steven Davis was was ruled out for a clear offside. Southampton St Johnstone 34 15 6 13 43 34 51 Valenciennes v Nantes 18:00 Culverhouse and head of football operations Gary Hibernian 34 8 10 16 29 46 34 beIN SPORTS 6 presented with a clear sight of goal after Nathan coach Mauricio Pochettino sent on Sam Gallagher St Mirren 34 9 7 18 36 55 34 beIN SPORTS 6 HD Karsa earlier this week, following a run of four suc- Baker inexplicably left James Ward-Prowseís cross, for Ward-Prowse and the teenage striker almost Kilmarnock 34 9 6 19 42 59 33 cessive defeats that had seen Paul Lambertís side but the Northern Irishmanís shot was brilliantly made an immediate impact, stabbing a cross from Partick 34 7 12 15 38 58 33 slither towards the bottom three. saved by Guzan. Southampton goalkeeper Artur Lambert towards goal, but Guzan saved.—AFP