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FOXBOROUGH: Sony Michel #26 of the New England Patriots runs with the ball during the first half against the Miami Dolphins at Gillette Stadium on Sunday in Foxborough, Massachusetts. — AFP
LOS ANGELES: Tom Brady and the New England Patriots who was nevertheless already focusing on a looming disappointment and resolve. The defeat spoiled a landmark day for Colts kicker Adam emphatically answered their doubters Sunday, marching to Thursday clash with Indianapolis. “This was the hardest I’ve worked to put myself in a Vinatieri, who surpassed Morten Andersen for most career a 38-7 NFL victory over the previously unbeaten Miami “It’s a short week and we’ve got to get ready an try to position to help this team succeed and having this happen field goals in NFL history. Vinatieri passed Andersen with Dolphins. The five-time Super Bowl champion Patriots go beat the Colts,” he said. crushes me,” he wrote. “If I’ve learned anything from his 566th career field goal in the first half and his 567th emerged from their early season doldrums to avoid losing The Dolphins next take on the Cincinnati Bengals, who before, it’s not a time for self pity and negativity.” had given Indianapolis a 34-31 lead in overtime. three straight games for the first time since the 2002 sea- shook off an ugly leg injury to tight end Tyler Eifert to That was just one of a bevy of close games on Sunday. The Raiders rallied past the Browns for a 45-42 win. son. New England scored three touchdowns in the second edge the Falcons 37-36 in Atlanta. The Tennessee Titans, Houston Texans and Oakland Derek Carr threw four touchdown passes and a two-point quarter and led 38-0 before the Dolphins put a touchdown The Bengals built a 28-24 halftime lead before losing Raiders all won in overtime, while the Dallas Cowboys, conversion with 30 seconds left in regulation and Matt on the board late in the fourth, improving to 2-2 as they Eifert, who was in obvious pain after he was brought down Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Chargers notched nar- McGrane converted a 29-yard field goal in overtime. avoided falling three games behind AFC East division after a third-quarter catch with his right ankle twisting row victories. The Titans converted three fourth downs in Sebastian Janikowski’s 52-yard field goal as time expired leaders Miami. badly. He was carted off the field with the leg in an air cast. overtime to beat the reigning Super Bowl champion lifted the Seahawks to a 20-17 win over Arizona. Coach The Dolphins were denied their first 4-0 start since Hall The Bengals fell behind 36-31 before Cincinnati quar- Philadelphia Eagles 26-23. Pete Carroll called it a “bittersweet” victory after Seattle of Fame coach Don Shula’s final season in 1995. terback Andy Dalton authored a last-gasp touchdown The Texans snapped a nine-game losing streak as they saw safety Earl Thomas carted off with a broken left leg in Brady threw for 274 yards and three touchdowns and drive, connecting with A.J. Green on a 13-yard scoring edged the Indianapolis Colts 37-34. the third quarter-Thomas making a defiant gesture toward the Patriots demonstrated the consistency they lacked in pass to seal the victory. Houston’s Ka’imi Fairbairn nailed a 37-yard field goal as the Cardinals bench as he was driven away. defeats to Jacksonville and Detroit. “There’s no quit in our guys,” Dalton said. “Even with overtime expired to seal the Texans’ first win since last In Dallas, Brett Maher booted a 38-yard field goal as The only downside for the Patriots was the departure of the setbcks we didn’t flinch, we just kept going.” November. Houston had regained the ball with 24 seconds time expired to seal the Cowboys’ 26-24 victory over tight end Rob Gronkowski with a right ankle injury in the Amid reports he was heading for likely season-ending remaining when the Colts threw an incomplete pass on Detroit. The Chargers rallied from an early deficit to edge third quarter. “Today is a big one to build on,” said Brady, surgery Eifert, who caught a 15-yard TD pass, tweeted his fourth down and four in an aggressive bid for the victory. the San Francisco 49ers 29-27. —AFP
“I leave with a clear conscience. A young and in Kaliningrad and then face Turkey in the Black Sea Russia’s Akinfeev promising generation (of players) has appeared in resort of Sochi three days later. Russia,” he added. “We must believe in our youth and support them.” At the World Cup, Akinfeev played Russia squad calls time on his every minute of Russia’s matches as they confounded Goalkeepers: Guilherme Marinato (Lokomotiv pre-tournament predictions by reaching the last Moscow), Andrey Lunev (Zenit St Petersburg), Anton eight, where they were beaten by eventual finalists Shunin (Dynamo Moscow) international career Croatia in a penalty shoot-out. Defenders: Georgy Dzhikia (Spartak Moscow), Akinfeev saved a penalty from Iago Aspas in the Fyodor Kudryashov, Yegor Sorokin (both Rubin last-16 shoot-out against Spain that secured Russia a Kazan), Elmir Nabiullin, Igor Smolnikov (both Zenit MOSCOW: CSKA Moscow goalkeeper Igor place in the quarter-finals. He made his debut for St Petersburg), Roman Neustadter Akinfeev, Russia’s World Cup captain, announced Russia in 2004. He was a member of the national (Fenerbahce/TUR), Konstantin Rausch (Dynamo yesterday he was retiring from international football squad which reached the last four of Euro 2008 and Moscow), Andrei Semyonov (Akhmat Grozny), Mario after playing 111 times for his country. Akinfeev, 32, played for Russia at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Fernandes (CSKA Moscow). said after 15 years with the national side he had Zenit’s Andrey Lunev played in last month’s games Midfielders: Yury Gazinsky (Krasnodar), decided to give way to his younger colleagues and to against Turkey and the Czech Republic and now Alexander Golovin (Monaco/FRA), Alan Dzagoev focus completely on his club duties. looks set to have the chance to establish himself as (CSKA Moscow), Roman Zobnin (Spartak Moscow), “Every story has its beginning and its end. So, my Russia’s first-choice goalkeeper. Anton Shunin of Alexander Erokhin, Daler Kuzyaev (both Zenit St story with the national team has come to its logical Dynamo Moscow and the Brazilian-born Guilherme Petersburg), Alexei Ionov (Rostov), Ruslan conclusion,” he said in a statement on CSKA’s web- Marinato are also in the squad for this month’s Kambolov (Rubin Kazan), Alexei Miranchuk site. “It was a great honour for me to captain Russia’s MOSCOW: CSKA Moscow’s Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev attends Nations League games against Turkey and Sweden. (Lokomotiv Moscow), Denis Cheryshev a training session at Moscow’s VEB Arena yesterday on the eve of the national side at a home World Cup. I hadn’t even Alexander Golovin of Monaco and Alan Dzagoev (Valencia/ESP). Forwards: Artem Dzyuba, Anton dreamt it could happen. But it has happened and it UEFA Champions League group G football match between PFC CSKA of CSKA are also in a 25-man squad after recovering Zabolotny (both Zenit St Petersburg), Dmitry Poloz Moscow and Real Madrid CF. — AFP was probably the peak of my career. from injuries. Russia take on Sweden on October 11 (Rubin Kazan). —AFP