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India’s Srinivasan cleared Selanne hangs up skates Koepka poised to follow of IPL corruption FINLAND: Ten-times NHL All-Star Teemu Selanne, who in Uihlein’s footsteps played 1,451 games and won the Stanley Cup in 2007 MUMBAI: International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman Narayanaswami Srinivasan has been with the , has retired from the game at the BELEK: Europe’s rookie of the year award was launched in 1960 and had never cleared in a report submitted to India’s top court by a committee probing allegations of cor- age of 44. been won by an American until Peter Uihlein took the prize 12 months ago-now ruption in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 competition. Nicknamed “the Finnish Flash”, Selanne was named it looks like there will be two US success stories in a row. Brooks Koepka’s maiden The Supreme Court had relieved Srinivasan of his duties as the country’s cricket board victory at the Turkish Airlines Open on Sunday has put him in pole position for president to ensure a fair investigation into the controversy, in which his son-in-law Gurunath MVP at this year’s Sochi Olympics where he led Finland to the accolade and the 24-year-old said it would be great to follow in Uihlein’s foot- Meiyappan was indicted for illegal betting on the 2013 IPL. a bronze medal. “The career is over for sure,” Selanne told steps. “It would be nice to have him hand that trophy to me,” Koepka told The report said Srinivasan, who took over as ICC chairman in July, was not guilty of betting Finnish TV station MTV yesterday. “I have distanced myself reporters after a seven-under 65 secured a one-shot victory over Britain’s Ian and fixing nor of having tried to prevent the investigation. from . I’ve been to some NHL games (and) I Poulter at the penultimate European event of the season. Meiyappan, an official of the Chennai Super Kings IPL franchise, was arrested in May last have followed my sons’ games. It feels good to be living Koepka said it was remarkable how much he and his compatriot year by Mumbai Police probing illegal betting on the lucrative tournament but without a timetable.” had achieved in their short time on tour. “It’s unbelievable,” he he was released on bail after two weeks. Legal sports betting in India is con- After a successful career with Jokerit in Finland, the added. “He came over maybe five or six months before me. My fined to horse racing. speedy right winger crossed the Atlantic to join the was always to come overseas and take advantage of it.” It Srinivasan, often described as the most powerful man in cricket, was Winnipeg Jets in 1992. took a few near-misses for Koepka to realise his potential but also accused of having a conflict of interest because his India Cements By the time he played his last NHL game, a playoff when his chance came in Turkey he grabbed it with both company owns the Chennai franchise. The Supreme Court will hear argu- hands. The American said an incident in the final round proved ments in the case on Nov. 24 but the report is expected to clear the way defeat by the Los Angeles Kings in May this year, he had to him that his previous failures had not been in vain. “I caught for the Chennai native Srinivasan’s return as the head of the Indian cricket notched 684 goals and made 773 assists in the league. a bad break on 15,” he explained. board. Controversy surfaced when former test bowler Shanthakumaran He made 96 appearances for his country but never “There was a sprinkler head or something and I was on a Sreesanth and two other local cricketers, all playing for the won a gold medal, settling for one Olympic silver and two downslope for my second shot. “It was almost impossi- Rajasthan Royals franchise, were arrested on suspicion of tak- bronzes and a silver and a bronze at the world champi- ble to get to the pin, I hit a tree and came up short ing money to concede a fixed number of runs. —Reuters onships. — Reuters but I didn’t react.” —Reuters Sharks win, Wild triumph

RALEIGH: Tomas Hertl scored his fourth goal of the season and rookie goalkeeper Troy Grosenick stopped 45 shots in his NHL debut to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 2-0 win over Carolina on Sunday. Hertl scored at 18:46 of the first period on a Sharks’ two-on-one drive to the net. His shot skittered underneath Carolina defenseman Andrej Sekera and between the pads of Anton Khudobin. Joe Thornton added an empty-net goal with 7.3 seconds left in the game for the Sharks. San Jose (10-8-2), playing its sixth game of a seven- game road trip, evened their record to 3-3 on the trip. The Sharks have played 15 of their first 21 games on the road and will play at Buffalo on Tuesday before returning home. Carolina lost its third straight game, all by one goal. Khudobin (0-4-2), the Carolina backup goalkeeper, fin- ished with 17 saves and is still seeking his first win at home.

WILD 4, JETS 3 Marco Scandella scored at 1:01 of after missing two games with an illness to give Minnesota a win over Winnipeg. Minnesota was reeling after blowing a 3-0 lead in the third period and getting outplayed MONTREAL: Jiri Sekac No. 26 of the Montreal Canadiens celebrates with teammate Lars Eller by the scrappy Jets. But Scandella’s third goal of No. 81 (not pictured) during the NHL game in this file photo. — AFP the season - a low wrist shot from just inside the blue line that beat Michael Hutchinson - pre- vented the Wild from losing their second game NHL results/standings this year after losing a three-goal lead. Zach Parise scored two goals in his return San Jose 2, Carolina 0; Minnesota 4, Winnipeg 3 (OT); Montreal 4, Detroit 1; Chicago 6, Dallas 2; from a concussion and helped give Minnesota a Florida 6, Anaheim 2; Arizona 2, Edmonton 1. 3-0 lead after the first. But Winnipeg scored three Western Conference Eastern Conference goals in five minutes in the third to tie it and fire Atlantic Division up the loud contingent of Jets fans. Michael Pacific Division WL OTLGFGAPTS Montreal 14 4 1 55 47 29 MEXICO: Charley Hoffman of the United States celebrates with the trophy after win- Frolik ended Niklas Backstrom’s shutout bid at Tampa Bay 12 4 2 66 48 26 ning the final round of the OHL Classic. — AFP 5:55 with a wrist shot from the left side of the Anaheim 11 4 4 51 46 26 Boston 11 8 0 51 49 22 net. Then Evander Kane scored his second goal Vancouver 12 6 0 53 52 24 Detroit 8 4 5 45 42 21 Hoffman bags Mexico Classic this season when his backhander from the bot- Calgary 11 6 2 59 50 24 Ottawa 8 5 4 47 45 20 tom of the right circle bounced off Backstrom’s Los Angeles 9 5 4 45 40 22 Toronto 9 7 2 56 51 20 Florida 6 4 5 33 37 17 MEXICO: American Charley Hoffman, Deutsche Bank Championship. pads and in between his legs at 8:19. San Jose 10 8 2 56 53 22 Buffalo 4 13 2 30 68 10 helped by some brilliant iron play down “Danny made a couple of bogeys com- Arizona 8 9 1 47 57 17 Metropolitan Division the stretch, clinched his first PGA Tour title ing down the stretch and I was able to keep CANADIENS 4, RED WINGS 1 Edmonton 6 10 2 44 60 14 Pittsburgh 12 3 1 60 35 25 in four years with a one-shot victory at the giving myself opportunities for birdie, Brendan Gallagher had a goal and an assist Central Division NY Islanders 11 6 0 54 50 22 $6.1 million OHL Classic at Mayakoba in made a couple. while Dustin Tokarski made 28 saves as the St. Louis 12 4 1 49 33 25 NY Rangers 7 6 4 49 53 18 New Jersey 8 8 2 46 53 18 Mexico on Sunday. “I’m really happy. It’s been a while in Montreal beat Detroit. Two nights after domi- Nashville 11 4 2 43 35 24 Three strokes off the pace heading into between (wins) but I kept calm out there. A nating the Blackhawks in a 4-1 win, the Red Washington 7 7 3 50 49 17 Chicago 10 7 1 51 36 21 Philadelphia 7 7 2 51 53 16 the final round, Hoffman surged past fast- pretty low-stress round, when all is said and Wings took too long to get untracked against Winnipeg 9 7 3 37 42 21 Columbus 6 10 1 44 59 13 starting Danny Lee with two birdies after done.” another Original Six rival. Detroit only managed Minnesota 10 7 0 50 39 20 Carolina 5 9 3 37 51 13 the turn on the way to a five-under-par 66 Lee, who burst onto the world stage by 10 shots in the first two periods despite four Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one on the El Camaleon course at the ocean winning the 2008 U.S. amateur title before power plays. Colorado 6 8 5 47 61 17 point in the standings and are not included in resort of Playa del Carmen. becoming the European Tour’s youngest Montreal took a 1-0 lead at 3:20 of the sec- Dallas 6 8 4 49 61 16 the loss column (L). Hoffman could afford the luxury of a ever champion aged 18 at the 2009 ond, shortly after killing a Red Wings . bogey at the last as he finished at 17-under Johnnie Walker Classic, launched his siz- Detroit botched a line change, allowing away. Defensemen Duncan Keith and Brent highest-scoring performance of the season by 267, a stroke better than fellow American zling birdie blitz at the par-four third. Brandon Prust to pick up a loose puck and beat Seabrook scored in the first period as Chicago the Panthers, who had an NHL-low 27 goals Shawn Stefani, who closed birdie-bogey for The 24-year-old sank a 10-foot putt at Jimmy Howard with a wrist shot from the top of won for the third time in four games. Dallas’ entering the game. Al Montoya made 33 saves a 69 in pursuit of his first PGA Tour win. the ninth to make it seven in a row as he the faceoff circle. Curtis McKenzie recorded his first NHL goal for the Panthers, who hadn’t won in Anaheim New Zealander Lee, also hunting a maiden reached the turn in seven-under 29 with a The Canadiens doubled their lead with a and Shawn Horcoff also scored for the Stars, since Nov. 9, 2008. victory on the circuit, stormed into the lead one-stroke lead. Stefani reeled off three fluke goal at 8:36, as P.K. Subban’s slapper from with seven consecutive birdies from the successive birdies from the fifth for an out- who have dropped two straight and won just the blue line hit the inside of Kyle Quincy’s left two of their last 11. COYOTES 2, OILERS 1 third but lost momentum after the turn to ward nine of 33 to stay in contention. thigh and deflected over Howard’s shoulder. card a 67 for a share of third at 15 under Lee, looking increasingly tense on the Mikkel Boedker scored the game winner as PANTHERS 6, DUCKS 2 the Arizona defeated Edmonton. Brandon with American Andres Gonzales (67). back nine, bogeyed the 12th, 15th and BLACKHAWKS 6, STARS 2 “I was behind a little bit and I just kept 18th as his victory hopes evaporated while Nick Bjugstad had two goals and two Gormley also scored for the Coyotes (8-9-1) Patrick Kane and Kris Versteeg each had a hitting good shots and gave myself Hoffman took control with birdies at the assists, and Brad Boyes scored twice during the who have put together back-to-back victories goal and two assists, and the Chicago rallied chances,” a beaming Hoffman, 37, told Golf 13th and 16th, where he lasered his Florida’s four-goal second period in a victory after dropping three in a row. with four goals in the third period to defeat Channel after clinching his third win on the approach to inside two feet and knocked in over Anaheim. Vincent Trocheck and Jonathan scored for the Oilers (6-10-2), who have lost PGA Tour, and his first since the 2010 the putt. — Reuters Dallas. Kane connected from a sharp angle early Huberdeau also scored as Florida opened a three straight and have yet to beat a Western in the third period to snap a 2-2 tie. Jonathan four-game road trip with a stunning blowout Conference opponent this season, falling to 0- Toews, Versteeg, and Brandon Saad scored in a of the West-leading Ducks. Jussi Jokinen and 8-1 in the conference. 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