6 November 3, 2019

Mills Scores 31 to Lead Spurs Iran’s Azmoun Could Join Past Curry-Less Warriors Real Madrid: Report TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Zenit St. Petersburg forward Sardar Azmoun is one step closer to see- ing his dream come true: Joining Real Madrid, Versiya.info report- ed. According to the Russian site, the 24-year-old player can join the Galacticos for a transfer fee of 35 million euros in the sum- mer window, because Eden Haz- Patty Mills came off the bench to score 31 points and the ard and Luka Jovic have scored beat Golden State 127-110 on Friday night, hours after the Warriors learned they will be without injured star for at least three months. just one goal in three months. The Iranian international SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Dray- The Warriors, also without injured striker has already stated he is a mond Green and the Golden State War- guard for at least riors are finding out what it’s like to be a the first half of the season, hope they supporter of Spanish club Real team saddled with injuries. won’t be missing another star. Madrid and wants to play in the Patty Mills came off the bench to Green had his left index finger team in the future. score 31 points and the San Antonio wrapped after the game and said he’s Spurs beat Golden State 127-110 on unsure if he’ll be able to play Saturday Friday night, hours after the Warriors against Charlotte. learned they will be without injured Russell couldn’t carry the Warriors PSG Stunned by Rock-Bottom Dijon in Ligue 1 star Stephen Curry for at least three alone, even with three teammates in months. double figures. Rookie Jordan Poole PARIS (AFP) - Paris Saint-Ger- ings. A sellout crowd of 18,064 was an- scored 20. main have suffered a shock 2-1 defeat Mbappe gave PSG the lead in the nounced at Chase Center, yet there Warriors fans began filing out of the at the hands of rock-bottom Dijon in 19th minute after a terrible mix-up were a noticeable number of empty arena midway through the fourth quar- a sapping setback to morale just days in the Dijon defence allowed Angel seats in the Warriors’ new arena. ter. Golden State is winless in three before they tackle Club Brugge in the Di Maria to possession and Curry’s injury has compounded home games this season. Champions League. feed Mbappe. things for a franchise that appears des- Russell scored 19 points in the first It was the third loss of the Ligue The French World Cup winner tined for a long season after appearing half and the Warriors were within two 1 season for the French champions finished with a delightful chip in the NBA Finals for five consecutive points at the break, 57-55. who could also see their lead at the over Alfred Gomis in the Dijon seasons. The Spurs took control in the third top of the table trimmed to just five goal. LaMarcus Aldridge added 22 points period, scoring 40 points and taking points by the end of the weekend. After the match was held up due for the Spurs (4-1), who were coming a 97-86 lead. That included 12 points Dijon, who started the day at to a nasty blow suffered by Fouad off their first loss of the season a night from Aldridge in the quarter and a 13-2 the foot of the table with just Chafik who collided with Gomis, earlier. Spurs run. nine points, fell behind to Kylian Dijon were on level terms. D’Angelo Russell led Golden State Mills, who starred in college for Mbappe’s fifth goal in seven games. Didier Ndong crossed from the (1-4) with 30 points. Saint Mary’s in nearby Moraga, Cali- However, Mounir Chouiar lev- right with PSG keeper Keylor Na- The game was an indication of the fornia, hit six of his nine 3-point at- elled in the sixth minute of stoppage vas clearing the ball only as far as uphill battle facing Golden State with- tempts and finished three points shy time in the first half before Venezu- Chouiar who hit the target. out Curry, who underwent surgery af- of his career high of 34 points. That elan international Jhonder Cadiz hit Two minutes into the second pe- Paris Saint-Germain’s Angel Di Maria reacts to his side’s loss at Dijon ter breaking his left hand Wednesday career-best game came against the the winner in the 47th minute. riod, Cadiz shrugged off the atten- against Phoenix. Warriors on April 26, 2012. PSG were without the injured just six goals in 11 games before Dijon had previously never de- tions of Marquinhos and Idrissa Neymar but looked more than ca- Friday’s match which was played feated PSG in the top flight in 2011, Gueye before tucking away a left pable of blowing away a Dijon out in torrential rain. conceding 31 goals in eight meet- foot shot between the legs of Na- team who had managed to score vas. South Africa Beat England to Win Rugby World Cup Hamilton Fastest in 2nd Practice at U.S. Grand Prix AUSTIN, Texas (AP) —Lewis times since 2012 and clinched Hamilton set the early pace for the the championship in 2015. British U.S. Grand Prix, punching in the driver needs only to finish eighth fastest time of Friday’s afternoon or higher Sunday to move past Ar- practice session ahead of Ferrari’s gentina’s Juan Manuel Fangio for Charles Leclerc and Red Bull’s Max second place in F1 history. Only Verstappen. Germany’s Michael Schumacher A distant eighth in the morning has more championships with session, Hamilton’s best lap in the seven. afternoon was 0.301 seconds faster The opening practice ses- than Leclerc. sions were marked by cool Hamilton is chasing a sixth ca- temperatures and a bumpy A jubilant South Africa captain Siya Kolisi holds aloft the Webb Ellis Cup. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, of Britain, steers his car during the first practice session for the reer Formula One championship track at the 7-year-old Circuit Formula One U.S. Grand Prix auto race at the Circuit of the Americas, Nov 1, 2019, in Austin, Texas LONDON (Dispatches) - South the first black man to captain the on a track where he’s won five of the Americas. Africa broke English hearts with a Springboks they will have the final ruthless display of power rugby to part of a triptych that will endure seize their third Rugby World Cup forever in the country’s collective Svitolina Beats Bencic at WTA Finals in devastating fashion. memory. SHENZHEN, China (AP) - Be- problem before the end of the first take on top-ranked Ash Barty, Aus- winner. Twenty two points from the boot For England it was a chastening linda Bencic retired in the third set set, which she won. tralia’s first female year-end No. 1. But the leg injury caused more of nerveless fly-half Handre Pol- end to a campaign that had prom- as defending champion Elina Svito- Svitolina had made it through After holding serve to 6-5 in the problems for Bencic, allowing Svi- lard and second-half tries from ised to end the 16-year wait for the lina outlasted the injured Swiss to the group stage without dropping first set against Svitolina, Bencic tolina to gain control of the match. wingers Makazole Mapimpi and World Cup glory. win 5-7, 6-3, 4-1 and reach her sec- a set. Winning the WTA Finals in received a medical timeout to have Bencic, who lost her serve in the Cheslin Kolbe ground England They were out-muscled, out-run ond straight final at the WTA Finals Singapore last season remains the her right leg treated during the first and ninth games of the sec- into the Yokohama dirt on a hor- and out-thought by a team trans- on Saturday. biggest title of her career. changeover. Back on court, Bencic ond set, received further treatment rible night for Eddie Jones’s men. formed by the leadership of skip- Bencic was already struggling in In the other semifinal, Karolina took the set on her third set point when trailing 1-2 and 3-4 at the England had trailed 12-6 at the per Kolisi and the coaching of the semifinal match with a right leg Pliskova of Czech Republic will with a backhand down-the-line changeovers. interval after taking a hammering Rassie Erasmus. in the scrum and making a series Never before has a team beaten of handling errors. in the group stages gone on to win And despite four penalties from the trophy, but this is a triumph to Quartararo Leads Yamaha Front-Row Lockout, Marquez Crashes in Sepang captain Owen Farrell they never match that of the teams of Fran- SEPANG, Malaysia (Dispatches) - Fabio Quar- during practice in Sepang on Friday. pole. looked like closing that gap as the cois Pienaar and John Smit with a tararo stormed to pole as Yamaha locked out the The Frenchman duly took first place on the Marquez suffered a massive highside at Turn Springboks produced an outstand- wider story that perhaps surpasses ing display to match those of 1995 both. front row while Marc Marquez will start the Ma- grid ahead of Maverick Vinales (Monster Energy 2 in the second qualifying session when hunting in Johannesburg and 2007 in Paris. Print Email Facebook Twitter laysian MotoGP in 11th after crashing on Saturday. Yamaha MotoGP), with Quartararo’s team-mate 20-year-old rookie Quartararo for a tow. Those were iconic moments for More Quartararo said Petronas Yamaha SR would Franco Morbidelli taking third place. The world champion was able to pick himself a nation besotted with rugby and Rugby World Cup final: South need to go even quicker in qualifying for their Quartararo clocked a sensational one minute up after that dramatic smash, but will have to when Siya Kolisi lifted the Wil- Africa beats England 32-12 in Yo- home race after twice smashing the lap record 58.303 seconds on his last qualifying lap to take come from a long way back on Sunday. liam Webb Ellis trophy aloft as kohama