6 September 24, 2020 Nuggets Hold Off Lakers Lewandowski, Neuer, De Bruyne 114-106 in NBA Nominated for UEFA Player Prize Player of the Year -- on October 1, finals to Lyon. when UEFA hold the draw for this Barcelona’s Lionel Messi just season’s Champions League group missed out on being shortlisted, stage at their headquarters in Nyon, coming fourth in the vote by a jury Switzerland. comprising the 80 coaches of the Lewandowski and Neuer starred clubs that participated in the group as Bayern won the Champions stages of last season’s Champions League, beating Paris Saint-Ger- League and Europa League, along main 1-0 in the final in Lisbon in with 55 selected journalists, one August. from each of UEFA’s member as- Polish striker Lewandowski sociations. scored an astonishing 55 goals in 47 England star Lucy Bronze is a games as Bayern won the treble of contender to win the women’s prize Champions League, Bundesliga and for the second year running after German Cup. He top-scored in the helping Lyon win the Champions LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Jamal utes as Denver held on for a 114- Champions League with 15 goals. League for the fifth season in a row Murray scored 28 points as the Den- 106 victory in game three to reduce Goalkeeper Neuer also played before recently signing for Man- ver Nuggets held off a ferocious late the Lakers’ lead to 2-1 in the best- a key role in Bayern’s triumphant chester City. fightback from the Los Angeles Lak- of-seven series. Robert Lewandowski and Manuel Neuer both starred as Bayern Munich campaign, while Belgian play- Her Lyon colleague, the France ers to roar back into contention in But the Nuggets -- who looked won the Champions League maker De Bruyne scored or set up defender Wendie Renard, is also the Western Conference finals series in complete control for long pe- on Tuesday. riods of the contest -- were given BERLIN (AFP) - Bayern Mu- er of the Year prize for last season, 33 goals in the English Premier shortlisted alongside the Danish Murray nailed two crucial late a mighty scare by the Lakers in a nich duo Robert Lewandowski and European football’s governing body League and was nominated despite striker Pernille Harder, who re- three-pointers in the closing min- thrilling fourth-quarter battle. Manuel Neuer have been nominated announced on Wednesday. City finishing second to Liverpool cently joined Chelsea after helping alongside Manchester City’s Kevin The winner will be announced domestically and going out of the Wolfsburg get to the Champions De Bruyne for the UEFA Men’s Play- –- along with the UEFA Women’s Champions League in the quarter- League final. Japan’s ‘King Kazu’ Breaks Records Medvedev Falls at First Hurdle in Hamburg Again in J-League Match HAMBURG (Dispatches) - Top for the first time, Roberto Bautista seed Daniil Medvedev suffered a Agut celebrated a convincing 6-4 stunning 6-4 6-3 defeat by French- 6-3 victory over two-time defend- man Ugo Humbert in his first clay- ing champion Nikoloz Basilashvili court match of the 2020 season at of Georgia. the Hamburg European Open on After the match, Bautista Agut Tuesday. was greeted with a message of sup- Fresh off his run to the U.S. Open port from former world number semifinals, world number five two and fellow Spaniard Alex Cor- Medvedev struggled to find his retja. feet on clay as he was broken three Corretja joked that parenting du- times by Humbert in a lacklustre ties may take a toll on Bautista performance. Agut, who would now be tired Humbert, an aggressive base- from sleepless nights rather than liner, stole the show in front of a his on-court heroics. limited-capacity crowd at Rothen- In this Jan 27, 2020 photo, Russia’s Daniil Medvedev hits a return against “It was very tiring last week,” said baum stadium in the opening set Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka during their men’s singles match on day Bautista Agut. “Alex knows well. I eight of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. when he outlasted Medvedev in a think he has three or four kids. The 53-year-old Yokohama forward Kazuyoshi Miura (white shirt) beats Kawasaki 32-shot rally, finishing with an em- 10-17. failed to progress beyond the first “I am very proud of my family Frontale forward Leandro Damiao during their J-League football match phatic forehand. The 24-year-old Russian will round in his three previous appear- and very happy to have a new baby The result leaves Medvedev’s now focus on a quick turnaround ances. in our lives and it was a really nice TOKYO (AFP) - Kazuyoshi Mi- Wednesday’s appearance was Ka- match record on clay at a dismal at the French Open, where he has One week after becoming a father experience to live with my wife.” ura, the 53-year-old Japanese foot- zu’s first in a J-1 match since 2007 baller known as “King Kazu”, proved and garnered plenty of attention Wednesday he was worthy of his “Impressive! Kazu is my hero,” Roma Given Defeat by Serie crown after setting another record in one of his fans tweeted. a J-League first-division match. “Thanks to him, I became a foot- Miura was in the starting line-up ball fan. He’s forever young.” A for Using Ineligible Player for Yokohama FC’s clash against Miura, who has been with Yoko- ROME (Reuters) - Serie A side of the season at Verona’s Mar- Kawasaki Frontale, and at 53 years, hama FC since 2005, was subbed AS Roma have been penalized cantonio Bentegodi stadium last six months and 28 days old easily after 56 minutes in a match which with a 3-0 defeat for irregularly Saturday. smashed the record for oldest-ever saw his side lose 3-2. fielding player Amadou Diawara Daily newspaper La Gazzetta J-League first division starter set by In 2017 he became the oldest in the 0-0 draw against Hellas Ve- dello Sport reported on Monday Masashi Nakayama in 2012. player to score a goal in a profes- rona last weekend, the league said that Roma were ready to appeal Nakayama was a comparative sional match, and insists he won’t in a statement on Tuesday. the decision, on grounds the spring chicken when he set the re- hang up his boots until he turns 60. Midfielder Diawara, who mistake had been made with- cord aged just 45. Miura made his Japan debut in turned 23 in July, had not been out any intention to violate the Kazu has already set records this 1990 and was a close call for the included in the senior player list rules. year, becoming the oldest player in country’s first-ever World Cup at the beginning of the season, It is not the first time that Serie Japan’s league cup competition. appearance in 1998, but failed to even though he was no longer A has handed down a defeat for He was named in a J-1 squad ear- make the final squad for France de- eligible for the under-22 list formal errors. In 2016 Sassuolo lier this month, but stayed on the spite scoring 55 goals in 89 games AS Roma’s Guinean midfielder Amadou Diawara (left) controls the ball where he was named. lost 0-3 to Pescara for fielding bench. for the national side. during the Italian Serie A football match Hellas Verona vs As Roma on Despite this, the Guinean fea- Antonino Ragusa, who was not Sept 19, 2020 at Marcantonio Bentegodi stadium in Verona. tured in Roma’s opening game in the official player list. Striker Morata Returns to Juventus on Loan ROME (Dispatches) -- Al- If Virus Persists varo Morata is set to start his second stint at Juventus as the defending Serie A champions an- Tokyo Olympic Athletes Face Tracking Apps, Says Task Force nounced his return from Atletico TOYKYO (AFP) - Olympic it -- or save their whereabouts on Madrid. athletes could face strict controls a “map app”, according to docu- The 27-year-old joined Ju- on movement and repeated coro- ments prepared for the meeting. ventus from Real Madrid in navirus tests under measures dis- They may also be required to 2014. During his two-season spell with the Old Lady, the cussed Wednesday by a task force undergo frequent coronavirus Spaniard scored 27 goals in 93 charged with finding ways to safe- testing -- including three days be- outings and won five trophies, Spanish striker Alvaro Morata on Tuesday ly hold the postponed Tokyo 2020 fore leaving home, another on ar- including two Scudetti and two returned to Juventus on loan from Atletico Games. rival, and others during their stay. Italian Cups. With less than a year until the They will, however, be allowed Having returned to the Me- Madrid, the Turin club announced. Olympics, organizers and Japa- to train during any quarantine. rengues on a buy-back clause Atletico Madrid, where he has nese officials met for the second “Tests are one of the most im- in 2016, Morata then joined played for the last season and time with a long list of possible portant issues from the two per- Chelsea before a move to At- a half. He will be part of this requirements on the agenda. spectives of securing safety and a letico Madrid in January 2019. year’s team, with an option Athletes may have to submit a sense of security for athletes,” To- “The Spanish striker’s return for a one-year extension to the detailed plan of their activities in kyo 2020 chief executive Toshiro to Juventus is now official.