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Sweden’s , (left), challenges for the ball with Spain’s Rodri during the Euro 2020 soccer championship Group E match between Spain and Sweden at La Car- tuja stadium in Seville. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Spain misfi re, held to goalless draw by Sweden Ronaldo sets record as Portugal rout Hungary at Euros

BUDAPEST, Hungary, June 15, (AP): some of the most dangerous ones. Cristiano Ronaldo set the record for , who plays for Span- most goals at the European Champi- ish club Real Sociedad, had a shot from onship with two of them in Portugal’s inside the area hit the post after defl ect- 3-0 victory over Hungary at a packed ing off Spain defender Marcos Llorente Puskas Arena. in front of the goal line. Ronaldo scored his 10th goal at the Early in the second half, Marcus LA Clippers even tournament from the penalty spot in Berg was inside the area with the ball the 87th minute and then added a sec- coming his way, but he mishit his shot. ond in injury time. He has now scored Álvaro Morata had Spain’s best 11 goals over fi ve continental tourna- chance just a few minutes before Isak ments. He entered the match even with but his shot missed wide with goal- Michel Platini at nine goals. keeper the only opponent Portugal defender Raphael Guer- to beat. Olsen also saved a close-range reiro scored the fi rst goal three minutes before Ronaldo’s fi rst with a shot that series with Jazz defl ected off a defender and wrong- SOCCER footed goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi. Ronaldo had missed an easy chance Poland’s Karol Linetty, (left), tries to Hawks rally past 76ers near the end of the fi rst half when he block a shot from Slovakia’s Lukas header by substitute Gerard Moreno in hit a shot over the crossbar from close Haraslin during the Euro 2020 soc- the 90th minute. range. cer championship Group E match Spain pressed until the end, but kept LOS ANGELES, June 15, It was the fi rst match of the tour- between Poland v Slovakia at the misfi ring. The Swedes will also play in Russia relied on Marek Hamsik, Skriniar (AP): Kawhi Leonard and nament to be played in front of a full Saint Petersburg Stadium in St. Pe- Spain’s matches at Euro 2020 are against Poland. played a crucial role at both ends of the crowd amid the coronavirus pandemic. tersburg, Russia. (AP) being played in Seville instead of Bil- Both teams were without players fi eld and scored the winning goal in Paul George each scored 31 The fi rst nearly-full stadium at this bao - the original host city for the con- because of the coronavirus. Spain lost Slovakia’s 2-1 win over Poland . points - the second straight year’s European Championship is giv- where their goalkeeper started the tinent-wide tournament - because the captain Sergio Busquets and Sweden Lewandowski endured another ing Hungary some boisterous support. high contagion rate of the virus in the was without Mattias Svanberg and tough match in a major soccer tourna- game they have both had match. over 30 points - and the It is the only stadium at this year’s Spain 0, Sweden 0 northern city wouldn’t allow for many . They were all still ment, with the uncompromising Skrin- tournament to allow a full capacity fans to attend games. in isolation after testing positive for iar helping to stifl e the Bayern Munich Los Angeles Clippers beat amid the coronavirus pandemic. In Seville, the chances came and A limited crowd of 12,517 attended COVID-19 last week. striker. Lewandowski didn’t have a the Utah Jazz 118-104 The Hungarian fans bellowed out went but neither Spain nor Sweden the match at La Cartuja, where Spain Slovakia 2, Poland 1 clear-cut chance and now has only two the national anthem and then broke out managed to put any of them in the net. will also play Poland on Saturday and goals in 12 matches at a World Cup or on Monday night to even into loud chanting and slow-clapping Spain dominated possession and Slovakia on June 23. A quarterfi nal In St. Petersburg, Slovakia defender European Championship. their Western Conference in a bid to encourage their team before kept the pressure on the opposing area match will also be played at the sta- Milan Skriniar stopped Robert Lewan- The center back then demonstrated the game. for most of the match but the Swedes dium. dowski from scoring at one end, and he also has an eye for goal by stretch- second-round series at two Hungary’s most vocal support con- held on for a 0-0 draw at the European Sweden, which haven’t advanced then showed the world player of the ing to bring down the ball at a corner games apiece. gregated behind one of the goals. Por- Championship. past the group stage at the European year just how to do it on the other. and swivelling to toe-poke his shot Leonard provided the highlight tugal’s red-shirted and fl ag-waving Sweden managed only a few chanc- Championship since 2004, next face Underlining his growing importance into the net from 15 meters in the 69th for a national team that’s for so long of the night with his dunk late in followers fi lled a small section behind es at La Cartuja Stadium, but they were Slovakia on Friday in St. Petersburg. minute. the second quarter. He got the ball just beyond the 3-point line, drove past Royce O’Neale in the lane and then slammed it over Derrick Favors to give the Clippers a 62- 38 lead with 1:24 remaining in the second quarter. Leonard and George have each scored at least 20 points in all 11 games this postseason. They are just the third duo in NBA history to do that in a team’s fi rst 11 playoff games and the fi rst since Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant with the Lakers in 2003. Jerry West, who watched Monday’s game from courtside, and Elgin Bay- lor were the other duo with the 1962 Lakers. Marcus Morris added 24 points and went 5 of 6 on 3-pointers for fourth-seeded Los Angeles. Game 5 is Wednesday night in Salt Lake City. Donovan Mitchell led Utah with 37 points, George making him the fi rst player since Golden State’s Ste- phen Curry in 2019 to have six straight 30-point games in the playoffs. Joe Ingles added 19 and Bojan Bogdanovic 18 for the top-seeded Jazz, who has lost back-to-back play- off games for the fi rst time this year.

BASKETBALL

Utah won the tip and scored on Atlanta Hawks’ Trae Young (11) shoots against Philadelphia 76ers’ Shake Milton (18) during the second half of Game 4 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Philadelphia Bogdanovic’s dunk before the Clip- 76ers in Atlanta. (AP) pers scored the next 10 points and never looked back as Leonard had fi ve points during the early run. LA’s largest lead in the fi rst quarter Japan ‘extend’ Paraguay beat Bolivia 3-1 was 19 as it was 6 of 12 on 3-pointers and forced six Utah turnovers. Morris hit a pair of free throws with perfect record 5:21 remaining to put the Clippers up SEOUL, South Korea, June 15, 51-22, which was their largest lead of (AP): A hat trick in six minutes Chile hold Argentina at Copa America the night. They had a 24-point advan- by Ado Onaiwu highlighted tage at halftime (68-44), which is tied RIO DE JANEIRO, June 15, (AP): Li- And then Messi opened the scoring attacking team in the second half and his teammates showed the same diffi - for their second biggest in postseason Japan’s 5-1 victory over franchise history. Kyrgyzstan in Asian qualifying onel Messi scored a stunning free kick, in the 33rd after a free kick that Chile- earned a penalty after video review. culty to deliver goals as they did in the repeatedly dribbled through the Chil- an goalkeeper Claudio Bravo couldn’t Arturo Vidal’s shot from the spot was 2-2 draw at Colombia in a World Cup LA led 105-85 with 6:48 remaining for the World Cup on Tuesday. before the Jazz countered with a 17-7 Group F winners Japan com- ean defense and created opportunities stop despite getting a touch on the ball stopped, but Eduardo Vargas nodded qualifi er in Barranquilla last week. regularly for his Argentina teammates. to his left. Argentina continued to pres- into the empty goal to level the scoring “This match got complicated to run to cut it in half with 2:10 left. pleted a perfect record of eight sure Chile, which were missing injured in the 57th. wins out of eight in the second Despite Messi’s intense perfor- us,” an exhausted Messi said after the Hawks 103, 76ers 100 mance, Argentina were held 1-1 by striker Alexis Sanchez. Messi continued to create opportu- draw. “We needed to be calm, have In Atlanta, Trae Young overcame a round. The third round starts in Chile in their Copa America opener. But Chile transformed into a more nities until the end of the match, but the control of the possession and play September. cold start to score 25 points, including The game at the Nilton Santos stadium more quickly. The penalty changed the a fl oater that gave Atlanta the lead with In his first international start, in Rio de Janeiro was also marked by a match, too.” Onaiwu put Japan ahead in 1:17 remaining, and the Hawks rallied tribute to Diego Maradona, who died Striker González admitted he had to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 103-100 Osaka from the penalty spot in November at age 60. “made too many mistakes.” after 27 minutes and quickly , tying the Eastern Conference semifi - Messi, who turns 34 later this month, “We should have been much better nal at 2-2. added two more. might have one of his fi nal chances of at the fi nishing. I am upset, but also Philly blew an 18-point lead and Kyrgyzstan pulled a goal winning a title with Argentina at the happy for what we showed today,” he may have bigger concerns: Big man back just before the break Copa America. said. Joel Embiid spent time in the locker thanks to a Mirlan Murzaev Chile’s Vidal said getting a draw de- room in the second quarter and didn’t penalty, just the second Japan spite Messi’s performance was a good make a fi eld goal in the second half. conceded in the group. SOCCER result for his team, which is in transi- Embiid has been playing with torn car- Sho Sasaki restored Japan’s tion with new coach Martin Lasarte. tilage in his right knee. three-goal cushion with 18 “Leo always makes you change your Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 22 minutes remaining and Takuma He said ahead of opening game that formation. Thank God we managed to points for the Hawks, and John Collins Asano added a fifth five min- winning with his national team is “the secure a draw,” he said. “We are still had 14 points and 12 rebounds. Young utes later to take Japan’s total biggest dream” of his decorated career, recovering our intensity, changing the made only 8 of 26 shots but had 18 as- to 46 in the second round. despite all the individual success and system a little. It was a tough match, sists. Game 5 is Wednesday night in Elsewhere, in Osaka, club titles with Barcelona. we tried to keep the order.” Philadelphia. Embiid fi nished with 17 Tajikistan defeated Myanmar Paraguay beat Bolivia 3-1 in the Copa America was moved at late points and 21 rebounds. Tobias Har- 4-0 to take second place in the other Group A match. notice to Brazil after Colombia and ris scored 20 points for the Sixers, and Argentina appeared to be ready Argentina were dropped as co-hosts. Seth Curry had 17, missing a potential group behind Japan and keep to start giving Messi what he craves. Many health experts criticized the alive their hopes of moving to tying 3-pointer at the buzzer. Coach Lionel Scaloni’s lineup wast- move to a country where the COV- The Sixers led 60-42 late in the fi rst the third round as the one of the ed three clear opportunities between ID-19 death toll is nearing 490,000. four best-performing runners- half but Atlanta chipped away in the the 16th and 18th minutes, one from Argentina’s Lionel Messi (front), and Chile’s Eugenio Mena battle for the Argentina and Chile also drew 1-1 third quarter. Bogdanovic opened the up. Lautaro Martínez and two for Nicolás ball during a Copa America soccer match at the Nilton Santos Stadium in two weeks ago in Santiago del Estero fi nal period with a 3-pointer to give González. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP) in a World Cup qualifying game. Atlanta its fi rst lead of the half, 83-82.

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