SPORT 17 Games Like This We Have to Learn Barcelona Manager How to Manage Better
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FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 2019 SPORT 17 Games like this we have to learn Barcelona manager how to manage better. We had Ernesto Valverde after TODAY’S ACTION better, clearer chances but we 2-1 win over Slavia lacked the cold-blooded Prague at the UEFA 5:20pm: Al Shahania vs Al Sailiya at Al Ahli Stadium calmness in their half which could Champions League. 7:30pm: Al Arabi vs Al Rayyan at Al Arabi Stadium have sealed the result. NBA RESULTS Tiger roars back after horror Indiana 111, Detroit 119 Charlotte 126, Chicago 125 Orlando 94, Cleveland 85 Brooklyn 126, Minnesota 127 Miami 120, Memphis 101 start to share lead in Japan Philadelphia 107, Boston 93 Dallas 108, Washington 100 AFP The American pair head San Antonio 120, New York 111 INZAI, JAPAN into second round with a one- Utah 100, Oklahoma City 95 shot lead over home hero Phoenix 124, Sacramento 95 Tiger Woods got off to a horrific Hideki Matsuyama, after Portland 100, Denver 108 start before roaring back with Woods endured a roller coaster nine birdies in 15 holes to share round at Accordia Golf Nar- the inaugural Zozo Champi- ashino Country Club in Inzai onship lead in Japan yesterday City. Irving scores as Rory McIlroy struggled. McIlroy had a day where he After slumping to three- couldn’t find his usual range 50 in Nets’ over par after three holes, with his irons and his putter Woods recovered in stunning was cold in a two-over 72 fea- defeat to fashion to finish with a back- turing a double bogey six at the nine of 29 and a six-under 12th. round of 64 alongside US Open It was Woods’ lowest Timberwolves champion Gary Woodland. season-opening round in his “I certainly was not long career and came as the REUTERS expecting to shoot six-under 43-year-old chases an 82nd US NEW YORK par after that start,” admitted PGA Tour victory to tie the all- Woods. time record held by Sam Snead. Karl-Anthony Towns collected 36 “It was ugly early and it was That had not seemed points and 14 rebounds as the visiting nice to be able to flip it and remotely possible early on as Minnesota Timberwolves overcame a really get it going. Now I’m in Woods exhibited signs of rust Tiger Woods of the US 50-point performance from Kyrie a position where we’re going from a two-month layoff for hits a second shot at the Irving in a 127-126 overtime victory to have a long, long weekend arthroscopic left knee surgery. over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday second hole during the of a lot of golf that hopefully I Starting his round on the in the season opener for the both first round of the Zozo can keep it going.” 10th tee, the 15-time major teams. Championship in Inzai, Irving had the ball in his hands on Chiba, yesterday. the final possession, but the six-time ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP (TOP SCORERS) All-Star lost his footing off the dribble winner dropped three shots in packed galleries in golf-crazy eight-iron 200 yards and hit it and forced a shot that caromed off the 64 - Tiger Woods (USA), Gary Woodland (USA) as many holes with three con- sell-out crowd of 17,734. 200. That’s not something I rim as time expired. 65 - Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) secutive bogeys. “It was loud, it was very normally do.” Towns sank a career-high seven 67 - Kang Sung-hoon (KOR), Daniel Berger (USA), Ryan Palmer (USA) He steadied himself with a loud,” said Woods. The Zozo Championship 3-pointers, and Andrew Wiggins added 68 - Andrew Putnam (USA), Billy Horschel (USA), Xander Schauffele (USA), CT Pan (TPE), par at the 13th before turning “The people here in Japan offers a $9.75m prize pot as the 21 points for the Timberwolves, who Joaquin Niemann (CHI), Ryo Ishikawa (JPN), Rikuya Hoshino (JPN) his round completely on its have come out and supported middle leg of the Tour’s new overcame squandering an 18-point, 69 - Louis Oosthuizen (RSA), Emiliano Grillo (ARG), Corey Conners (CAN), Satoshi Kodaira (JPN), head with three birdies in a row this event and it’s been a lot of near $30m three-tournament second-quarter lead to hand Brooklyn Paul Casey (ENG), Matthew Wolff (USA), Bubba Watson (USA), Keegan Bradley (USA), Keith to get back to level par. fun to play in front of them Asian swing. It began last week its seventh straight season-opening Mitchell (USA), Kevin Tway (USA), Adam Schenk (USA) His fourth gain in five holes again. I haven’t done it in a at the $9.75m CJ Cup in South loss. 70 - Charles Howell III (USA), Vaughn Taylor (USA), Justin Thomas (USA), JT Poston (USA), To- at the 18th saw him turn for while and I’ve missed it.” Korea, won by Justin Thomas Irving shot 17 of 33 from the field moharu Otsuki (JPN), An Byeong-hun (KOR), Sergio Garcia (ESP), Danny Lee (NZL) home in one-under 35. Woods made his final gain at who shot a level par 70 yes- in his first game since he and the 71 - Dylan Frittelli (RSA), Shane Lowry (IRL), Rory Sabbatini (SVK), Adam Hadwin (CAN), Im By now Woods was firmly the ninth where he barked for terday, and concludes at next injured Kevin Durant elected to sign Sung-jae (KOR), Park Sang-hyun (KOR), Kevin Na (USA), Max Homa (USA), Troy Merritt (USA), in the groove and three more his ball to “get down” out of the week’s $10.25m WGC-HSBC with Brooklyn in the summer. birdies in a row from the third, rough. Champions in Shanghai. The point total was the seventh best Adam Long (USA), Chan Kim (USA), Collin Morikawa (USA), Tommy Fleetwood (ENG), Ian his 12th hole, took the charging “This grass, Zoysia, man. Under threat of a tropical in franchise history and the most by a Poulter (ENG) Tiger into a share of the lead at You can get some serious flyers storm moving through the area Nets player making his debut, eclipsing 72 - Rory McIlroy (NIR), Harold Varner III (USA), Patrick Reed (USA), Tony Finau (USA), Ryan four under. out here, monster flyers,” said from late morning, today’s the 30 posted by Hall of Famer Nate Moore (USA), Mikumu Horikawa (JPN), Yosuke Asaji (JPN), Pat Perez (USA), Lucas Glover (USA), A two at the short seventh Woods. second round will start an hour “Tiny” Archibald with then-New Jersey Seung-Su Han (USA), Joel Dahmen (USA put Woods ahead on his own “The one I hit on the last earlier at 7am with the last in 1976 as well as D’Angelo Russell in to a deafening roar from hole, we were trying to hit an three balls teeing off at 9am. 2017. Nationals rout Astros to seize Downbeat Hamilton command of World Series doubts title triumph at Mexican Grand Prix AFP Then the Nationals, the most HOUSTON prolific scoring team when down AFP this is one of his least favoured to their final out in an inning, MEXICO CITY tracks -- he has won just once, Powered by a devastating made the magic happen again in 2016, in four races although six-run seventh inning, the with devastating results. If things go his way, Lewis he did enough in 2017 and 2018 Washington Nationals seized Howie Kendrick, hitless Hamilton (pictured) can clinch to secure the world titles in command of the World Series by against Verlander, chopped an his sixth drivers’ world title Mexico. routing Houston 12-3 on infield single to shortstop to triumph in the rarefied atmos- Hamilton, who leads the Wednesday, moving halfway to score Robles for a 4-2 lead, phere of the Mexican Grand Prix championship by 64 points with the US capital’s first title since keeping the bases loaded. this weekend. four races, including Mexico still 1924. Cabrera, who struck out in It would be a monumental to come, knows he can take a Kurt Suzuki, Adam Eaton and three earlier at bats, singled to achievement, nudging him cautious approach without Michael Taylor smacked home centerfield to drive in Turner and ahead of five-time champion scrapping for victory on Sunday. runs, Asdrubal Cabrera drove in Soto for a 6-2 Washington lead. Juan Fangio and making him the He will secure the title by three runs and Stephen Strasburg Ryan Zimmerman singled to second most successful driver out-scoring his Mercedes team- pitched six strong innings as the third and a throwing error by in Formula One history behind mate Valtteri Bottas, who lies Nationals grabbed a 2-0 edge in Houston’s Alex Bregman allowed only Michael Schumacher whose second, by at least 14 points. But Major League Baseball’s best-of- both Kendrick and Cabrera to seven titles between 1994 and he accepts that the Finn will be seven final. score, boosting the Nats’ lead to 2004 remain the pinnacle. a very competitive rival and Suzuki’s solo homer off Hou- 8-2 before Pressley was removed The 34-year-old Eng- unlikely to wave him through to ston’s Justin Verlander opened and Josh James ended the inning. lishman, though, holds out little the chequered flag. Washington’s seventh-inning The onslaught wasn’t over. hope of either winning the race Both the in-form Ferrari fireworks and ensured the Robles struck out in the eighth at a venue ill-suited to the team and Red Bull, for whom 36-year-old Astros ace would Houston native and Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Simone but reached first after catcher strengths of his Mercedes car or Max Verstappen will hope to remain winless after a sixth Biles high fives Houston Astros centre fielder Jake Marisnick after Martin Maldonado dropped the sealing the title.