TUESDAY 3 MARCH 2020 SPORTSPORT 07 CRICKET CRICKET The MotoGP class cancellation for Qatar is difficult news to Bangladesh vs PAKISTAN SUPER take, because now we do not know how long we will have to Zimbabwe LEAGUE wait before we can start racing, considering the next GP in 2nd ODI, (D/N) Lahore Qalandars vs Thailand has been postponed for all classes: Valentino Rossi ACTION TODAY’S TODAY’S In Sylhet Quetta Gladiators Baseball: NBA RESULTS NHL: Flyers beat New Orleans 114, LA Lakers 122 Final Olympic Golden State 110, Washington 124 Denver 133, Toronto 118 Rangers for 6th qualifying Sacramento 106, Detroit 100 tournament Minnesota 91, Dallas 111 straight win Charlotte 85, Milwaukee 93 NEW YORK postponed LA Clippers 136, Philadelphia 130 AGENCIES – Travis Konecny and Derek Grant each recorded a REUTERS – TAIPEI goal and an assist as the Philadelphia Flyers extended their winning streak to a season-high The World Baseball six games with a 5-3 victory over the host New Softball Confederation York Rangers on Sunday afternoon. (WBSC) said yesterday The Flyers tied a season high with three power- it has postponed its final play goals and added a short-handed tally en route qualification tour- to their ninth win in the past 10 meetings with the nament for the Tokyo Rangers. Philadelphia also improved to 16-5-1 in Olympics to June its last 22 games and remained three points behind because of the corona- Washington for the lead in the Metropolitan virus epidemic. Division. The six-team event, Los Angeles Lakers forward Philadelphia’s Matt Niskanen and Sean Cou- originally scheduled for LeBron James (right) drives turier scored power-play goals in the first period, April 1-5 in Taiwan, will past New Orleans Pelicans while Michael Raffl scored a short-handed marker. now take place June forward Brandon Ingram Grant scored the Flyers’ only even-strength goal, 17-21 to safeguard the during their NBA game at and Konecny added the third power-play goal. health of players, per- the Smoothie King Center sonnel and spectators. on Sunday. Capitals 4, Wild 3 The flu-like virus Alex Ovechkin tallied twice in a three-point that originated in China outing to carry Washington to a win over Min- late last year has killed nesota in St. Paul, Minn. nearly 3,000 people, Ovechkin, who scored twice in Washington’s infected over 86,500 Lebron's triple-double three-goal first period, raised his season total to globally and is forcing 45, tying him with the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Auston the cancellation or post- Matthews for the NHL’s second-most. Richard ponement of numerous Panik and Tom Wilson netted goals, and Evgeny sporting and other Kuznetsov had two assists for Washington, which events. leads Lakers to victory has won three of four and snapped a four-game “After consulting road losing streak (0-4-0). with medical and gov- AFP – LOS ANGELES helped the Hornets keep it close and 118-109 home victory against the Pel- ernmental authorities, Charlotte trailed by just two entering icans on Tuesday, is the clear MVP Blue Jackets 5, Canucks 3 a joint decision by the LeBron James and Giannis Antetok- the final quarter. Charlotte is in 10th winner in some people’s eyes. Emil Bemstrom scored the go-ahead goal on WBSC and the local ounmpo stepped up their MVP place in the Eastern Conference two Williamson scored a career-high the power play with 1:37 remaining in regulation organising committee campaigns with dominant perform- spots back of a playoff position. 35 points, marking his 11th consec- as Columbus rallied to defeat visiting was taken to postpone ances on Sunday over a couple of Antetokounmpo seized control in utive game with 20-plus points for Vancouver. the event,” WBSC said teams battling for playoff spots. the waning minutes, putting the Bucks the Pelicans, who are in nine place Riley Nash, Zach Werenski and Kevin Stenlund in a statement. Reigning league MVP Antetok- up 88-83 with a turnaround jump in the Western Conference one spot each had a goal and an assist for the Blue Jackets, Hosts Taiwan, Aus- ounmpo poured in 41 points and shot. He then pulled down an offensive out of a playoff spot. who scored four times in the final 7:21 to overcome tralia, China, the Neth- grabbed 20 rebounds as Milwaukee rebound, drew a foul and made two James had 11 of his 19 first-half a 3-1 deficit. Gustav Nyquist added an empty-netter erlands and the teams notched another one-sided NBA free throws drove for another layup points in the second quarter, making with 11 seconds to go, and Ryan Murray had two that finish second and victory, a 93-85 triumph over the and added another free throw as he all five of his shots, including one assists. third in the March 22-26 Hornets in Charlotte. scored the Bucks’ last seven points to three-pointer, as the Lakers led 63-61 WBSC Americas qual- James had a triple-double of 34 seal the game. at halftime. Kings 4, Golden Knights 1 ifier in the United States points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds as Antetokounmpo, who handed out The Los Angeles Clippers, locked Rookie goaltender Cal Petersen made 42 saves will compete. the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the six assists, became the first Bucks in battle with Denver for second place and Anze Kopitar scored two goals as Los Angeles Four countries have New Orleans Pelicans 122-114. player with a 40-20-5 stat line since in the West, rallied in the third snapped the franchise-record-tying eight-game qualified for the Tokyo The Bucks pushed their league- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1974. quarter for a 111-91 victory over the winning streak of Vegas in Las Vegas. Games due to begin on leading record to 52-8 with their sixth Remarkably, Antetokounmpo short-handed Philadelphia 76ers. Alex Iafallo had a goal and an assist and Trevor July 24 - Japan, Israel, straight win since the all-star break. amassed the numbers in just 35 The Sixers got off to a hot start Lewis scored a goal for Los Angeles, which won South Korea and Antetokounmpo said that was all minutes on the court. despite the injury absences of stars its third consecutive game. Drew Doughty and Ben Mexico. The winner of that mattered as the team’s streak of Elsewhere, the Western Con- Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid, Hutton each added two assists for the Kings, who the Americas qualifer 100-point regular-season games ference leading Lakers bounced back leading by as many as 14 points on improved to 6-2-1 in their past nine games. will take the fifth berth ended at 83. from a loss to the Memphis Grizzlies the way to a 39-34 first-quarter lead. while the Taiwan event “I don’t think anybody cares about by beating rising star Zion Williamson They were up by two at halftime, Flames 3, Panthers 0 will decide the final that,” he said of the triple-digit scoring and the Pelicans in New Orleans. and it was knotted at 89-89 with 4:39 Cam Talbot made 38 saves, and captain Mark place. streak that stretched back to February James carried the team on his left in the third when the Clippers Giordano had three assists in his third game back Baseball is returning 23, 2019. “We as players just come in back as the Lakers overcame the produced an 18-5 scoring run to take from an injury absence, leading Calgary to a to the Games for the here and try to get a win.” In this “old- absence of forward Anthony Davis, control. Kawhi Leonard scored 30 shutout win over Florida at Sunrise, Fla. first time since Beijing school” victory, the Bucks never trailed who missed out on facing his former points and Paul George added 24 as The loss was the seventh in a row at home for 2008. in the second half, although their 15 team because of a sore knee. the Clippers notched their fourth Florida, tying a franchise record previously set in turnovers in the first three quarters James, who had 40 points in a straight win. 2003. Boks clinch LA Sevens in extra-time thriller Six Nations AFP – LOS ANGELES Sakoyisa Makata scored in extra- to go ahead time as South Africa fought back from 19-0 down to defeat Fiji 29-24 and claim victory in the Los as planned Angeles leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series on Sunday. AFP – PARIS Makata’s sudden-death winner completed an extraordinary Remaining fixtures in the Six Nations Championships comeback for the Blitzboks, who were expected to go ahead as planned, although also trailed 24-12 with just over a changes could not be ruled out amid efforts to contain minute to go against the Fijians. the coronavirus, organisers said yesterday. Fiji, chasing back-to-back The March 7 match between Ireland and Italy in tournament wins following their Dublin has already been postponed but other matches victory at the Sydney Sevens last will be maintained unless governments monitoring the month, looked to be on course for spread of the virus decide otherwise, a spokeswoman the title after storming into an early for the organisers said. lead at the Dignity Health Sports Rugby officials were meeting in Paris yesterday to Park. consider whether more changes to the Six Nations cal- The South Pacific islanders endar were needed as the number of infections and the powered into the lead with death toll from the virus mounts.