MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2013 SPORTS19 KFA in accord with MoI to broadcast 150 matches this year

By A Saleh the current football season which account that the problem of not round of Viva League on Oct 18-19. matches. includes “Viva” league, HH the Amir broadcasting matches was solved He said only 90 match were broad- He said it is in the interest of local KUWAIT: Marketing committee and HH the Crown Prince Cups, fol- after an agreement between KFA and cast last season. clubs when matches are broadcasted, spokesman at the Kuwait Football lowing an agreement with the Information Ministry to broadcast 150 Al-Saffar said KFA will receive $2 and the Information Ministry prom- Association Abdallah Al-Saffar said Ministry of information. matches of the three tournaments, million, bearing in mind that the EPL ised KFA to improve the quality of the 150 matches will be broadcast during Al-Saffar said on his twitter and this will start with the sixth receives three billion pounds for the broadcast. West Ham stun Spurs

Tottenham 0

West Ham 3

LONDON: New Zealand defender Winston Reid inspired West Ham to their first victory at Tottenham in 14 years as the Hammers climbed out of the relegation zone with a 3-0 win yesterday. Reid’s first goal since September 2012 opened the scoring midway through the sec- ond half before Ricardo Vaz Te and Ravel Morrison both netted to end the east London club’s long wait for a first triumph at White SPAIN: Atletico Madrid’s Brazilian forward Diego da Silva Costa (center) vies Hart Lane since April 1999. with Celta’s forward Toni (left) and Celta’s midfielder Borja Oubina during the It was a stunning victory for Sam Spanish League football match. — AFP Allardyce’s side, who started the day in the bottom three and hadn’t even scored an away goal this season before Sunday’s London der- Costa nets twice as by. Their biggest win over Spurs since April 1994 was also their first Premier League suc- Atletico beat Celta cess since beating Cardiff on the opening day LONDON: West Ham United’s Guy Demel (right) blocks the ball in front of Tottenham of the season. Hotspur’s Jermain Defoe (bottom) during an English Premier League soccer match. — AP BARCELONA: Diego Costa scored his Spanish Lacklustre Tottenham could have no com- league-leading ninth and 10th goals of the sea- Spanish League results/standings plaints about their first defeat in seven match- son to give Atletico Madrid a 2-1 victory over EPL results/standings Atletico Madrid 2 (Diego Costa 42, 62) Celta es in all competitions and only their second Celta Vigo yesterday, extending its club record Vigo 1 (Nolito 71); Sevilla 2 (Gameiro 6, Rakitic league loss of the campaign. Norwich City 1 (Pilkington 68) Chelsea 3 (Oscar 4, Hazard 85, Willian 86); Southampton 2 (Lallana 19, with an eighth win in as many games to start the 90+2) Almeria 1 (Rodri 23); Getafe 3 (Pedro Much of the pre-match attention had Rodriguez 83) Swansea City 0; Tottenham Hotspur 0 West Ham United 3 (Reid 66, Vaz Te 72, Morrison 79); domestic campaign. Leon 16, 22, Colunga 27) Real Betis 1 (Gomez- focused on the behaviour of both sets of fans, West Bromwich Albion 1 (Yacob 42) Arsenal 1 (Wilshere 63). The win at its Vicente Calderon Stadium kept og 51). who were under the microscope following Atletico level on points with Barcelona at the top offensive chanting from Hammers supporters English Premier League table after yesterday’s early matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals of the table and five points ahead of Real Madrid Spanish League table before yesterday’s late against, points): match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, in the corresponding fixture last season and after both rivals won on Saturday. Arsenal 7 5 1 1 14 8 16 Newcastle 7 3 1 3 9 12 10 goals against, points): Tottenham’s insistence that their followers Diego Costa was born in Brazil but holds a should stop using the word “Yid” in their Liverpool 7 5 1 1 11 5 16 West Brom 7 2 3 2 7 6 9 Spanish passport, and his latest performance Barcelona 8 8 0 0 28 6 24 Chelsea 7 4 2 1 10 4 14 West Ham 7 2 2 3 7 5 8 Atletico Madrid 8 8 0 0 21 6 24 songs. Yid is a term for Jew which is often Southampton 7 4 2 1 7 2 14 Cardiff 7 2 2 3 7 9 8 will surely give Spain coach Vicente del Bosque considered derogatory, but some Spurs fans even more reason to stick to his plan of calling Real Madrid 8 6 1 1 17 9 19 Man City 7 4 1 2 17 8 13 Swansea 7 2 1 4 8 11 7 Villarreal 8 5 2 1 15 7 17 chant the word, or refer to themselves as Tottenham 7 4 1 2 6 5 13 Stoke 7 2 1 4 4 7 7 him up to join the world champions for the 2014 Getafe 8 4 1 3 12 11 13 “Yiddos” or the “Yid Army”, as an act of defi- Everton 7 3 3 1 10 9 12 Fulham 7 2 1 4 5 9 7 World Cup in Brazil. Bilbao 7 4 0 3 12 12 12 ance towards those who taunt them over Hull 7 3 2 2 6 7 11 Norwich 7 2 1 4 5 9 7 Diego Costa made up for a missed penalty Valencia 7 4 0 3 10 10 12 Man United 7 3 1 3 10 9 10 Crystal Palace 7 1 0 6 5 13 3 by tapping in Filipe Luis’ cross three minutes Espanyol 8 3 2 3 11 11 11 their Jewish fan base. Aston Villa 7 3 1 3 9 8 10 Sunderland 7 0 1 6 5 16 1 before halftime and he added another goal with Levante 8 2 4 2 8 14 10 Spurs fans were quick to ignore their club’s a move that combined finesse and power in the Malaga 8 2 3 3 11 7 9 plea, chanting “We’ll sing what we want” wide of the far post. Downing’s corner bounced back to him off Sevilla 8 2 3 3 13 14 9 62nd. His double gave him two more goals than before breaking into a defiant chorus of “Yid But, with Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe Nolan and the centre-back slammed the ball Elche 8 2 3 3 8 11 9 Army”. Barcelona’s injured Lionel Messi and three more Real Betis 8 2 2 4 8 10 8 struggling to make any impact in a rare start past Lloris from close-range. than Madrid star . Granada 8 2 2 4 5 8 8 Initially it seemed like the subdued fare on against his former club, Kevin Nolan nearly Spurs looked shell-shocked and it got even “I don’t like missing penalties. That’s normal. Sociedad 8 1 4 3 6 9 7 the pitch would be overshadowed by the punished the hosts when he got in front of worse for the hosts six minutes later when The good thing is that I had the chance to score Celta Vigo 8 1 3 4 8 12 6 chanting. West Ham, opting for a cautious for- Paulinho and volleyed just wide from Mark Noble’s astute pass allowed Vaz Te a clear run the other goals,” Diego Costa said. “I don’t think Valladolid 8 1 3 4 7 13 6 mation which often left them with six mid- Noble’s chipped free-kick. on goal. about my number of goals. I just want to go step Osasuna 8 2 0 6 6 13 6 fielders and no forwards, kept Andre Villas- Vallecano 8 2 0 6 6 21 6 Defoe should have put Spurs ahead less Vaz Te’s initial shot was blocked by Lloris by step and hope I can keep scoring. The impor- Almeria 8 0 3 5 11 19 3 Boas’s team at bay until Gylfi Sigurdsson’s than a minute into the second half, but but the ball rebounded back off the tant thing is that we win, not who scores.” speculative effort brought Jussi Jaaskelainen Jaaskelainen was quickly off his line to block Portuguese forward and past the stranded Diego Costa also added that he was ready to into action for the first time. faced so far,” Enrique said. “If they keep playing his tame shot. Spurs keeper into the empty net. To a play for Spain, a country that had “given him Villas-Boas’s side needed the kind of Determined to make amends for that miss, memorable afternoon for West Ham, they everything” professionally during the past five at this level it would be silly not to consider them for the title.” moment of individual inspiration that Gareth Defoe lashed in a fierce strike which whistled added a third goal in the 79th minute when years. Bale provided so often before his move to just over from the edge of the area. former Manchester United midfielder Celta substitute Manuel “Nolito” Agudo While Diego Costa continued to impress, his Real Madrid. With Spurs labouring to break down the Morrison ran from inside his own half, nut- halved the deficit in the 71st and the forward strike partner David Villa had a game he will like- ly want to forget. Celta goalkeeper Yoel Andros Townsend, one of the players stout Hammers defence, Villas-Boas sent on megging Michael Dawson en route, before threatened to grab the equalizer late, but a tiring Villas-Boas hopes can replace Bale, almost Atletico held on to the three points. Rodriguez turned back a number of his shots club record signing . But it was clipping his shot over the exposed Lloris to before Villa wasted a pass from Diego Costa that rose to the challenge when he cut inside and Allardyce’s side who snatched the lead in the trigger a mass exit from the stunned home Elsewhere, Ivan Rakitic headed in Marko flashed a powerful long-range shot narrowly Marin’s short cross in injury time to give Sevilla a had left him alone with only the goalkeeper to 66th minute when Reid’s header from Stewart fans. — AFP 2-1 win at home over last-place Almeria, which beat. The 31-year-old Villa aggravated a case of remained the only winless team in the first divi- arthritis in his left ankle just before the miss and sion. Getafe, meanwhile, eased to its third win in immediately asked to be substituted in the 58th. a row by beating visitors Real Betis 3-1 thanks to Atletico also lost captain Gabi Fernandez to a Hamburg rout Nuremberg Pedro Leon’s two goals and a third from Adrian left knee sprain late, leading to the debut of Colunga. Leon caught Betis goalie Guillermo French midfielder Joshua Guilavogui. Rodriguez was particularly outstanding in BERLIN: Hamburg powered out of the This was only the second game for Van important to help the self-confidence come Sara off his line expecting a cross from his free Bundesliga’s bottom three with a stunning 5-0 Marwijk, 61, who coached Holland to the 2010 back.” Dutch midfielder kick, with the attacking midfielder instead lob- the 25th when he blocked two clear chances fol- lowing teammate Hugo Mallo’s foul of Filipe win at Nuremberg yesterday to give Bert van World Cup final. He replaced Thorsten Fink last opened the scoring with a superb scissor-kick bing the ball over the ‘keeper and into the net to Marwijk his first victory as their coach. month after a disastrous start left Hamburg in volley on 17 minutes. The Hamburg captain open the scoring before he headed in a second Luis in the area. Diego Costa stepped up to take Germany Under-21 striker Pierre-Michel the relegation places. then provided the final passes for Lasogga to goal. Later, Valencia visits . the resulting penalty, but Rodriguez smothered Lasogga needed just eight second half minutes The Dutchman has promised to tighten fire home his first two goals while the ex- Atletico coach Diego Simeone and his players his shot and was quick enough to retreat to his may insist they are not contemplating a chal- far post to swat away Villa’s attempt to poke in to claim his first Bundesliga hat-trick in a devas- Hamburg’s defence, but it was their attack Hertha Berlin forward completed the hat-trick lenge for the league title with their mantra of the rebound. tating spell as Hamburg scored four goals in which ran riot at Nuremberg. “I like attacking when he pounced on a loose ball and smashed “just going forward game by game,” but Celta But Rodriguez could do nothing when just 14 minutes. football, although tactical discipline belongs to his shot inside the inside post. coach Luis Enrique is one of many who consid- Celta’s Alex Lopez knocked the ball back into his “It’s great to get the hat-trick, but it’s more that and we still lose the ball too often, but it’s Midfielder Tolgay Arslan bagged the fifth 16 ers them a contender. own area where Filipe Luis squared for both important that things went so well for the getting better,” said Van Marwijk, whose reign minutes from time to leave Nuremberg reeling. “It’s not for me to talk about them, but they Diego Godin and Diego Costa to tap the ball in. team,” said Lasogga, who claimed the fastest opened with a draw at Frankfurt last week. “A The rout lifts Hamburg up to 14th, while are the most dangerous opponent we have The goal was awarded to Diego Costa. — AP away hat-trick in Bundesliga history. 5-0 win doesn’t happen every week, but it’s Nuremberg slip into the bottom three.—AFP Napoli rout Livorno to close in on Roma

MILAN: Napoli moved back up to second over him and into the net. respective positions in the table after a shaky place and within two points of Serie A lead- Emeghara spurned the chance to reduce start to the season. ers Roma after a comprehensive 4-0 win over the arrears when he hit a stunning volley on Verona, who stunned Milan in their sea- Livorno yesterday. the stroke of half-time which came off the son opener last month, thumped struggling Roma had taken their record to seven Napoli woodwork. Bologna 4-1 away to leave the hosts second wins out of seven with a stunning 3-0 defeat It was a miss Livorno lamented barely 10 from bottom and one only of only three of Inter Milan at the San Siro on Saturday to minutes after the restart when Jose Callejon teams, along with Sassuolo and Sampdoria, leave the Nerazzurri seven points adrift. collected Pandev’s through ball to beat Bardi who are without a win in seven games. However Napoli seized their chance with an angled drive which appeared to take The win moved Verona up to fifth ahead against league new boys Livorno to close the a slight deflection. of Sunday’s late games when Lazio or gap and heap pressure on third-placed Bardi kept out a curling free kick by Fiorentina could overtake the Serie A new Juventus, who host Milan in one of two late Belgian international Dries Mertens and boys. games on Sunday. another long-range strike by Inler. But in the Udinese climbed into the top half of the With Gonzalo Higuain still sidelined, dying minutes the Italy under-21 goalkeeper table thanks to a 2-0 home win over Cagliari Napoli coach Rafael Benitez handed Goran could only parry a shot by Lorenzo Insigne with goals coming courtesy of Danilo and Pandev a place in his starting line-up and the into the path of Marek Hamsik, who prompt- Antonio Di Natale. Macedonian needed only three minutes to ly netted to claim his fifth goal of the cam- Former Inter Milan striker Antonio repay the Spaniard by putting the hosts in paign. Cassano scored Parma’s third in a 3-1 home front. After Livorno had threatened through Juventus remain third but are now under win over promoted strugglers Sassuolo. Nigerian-born Swiss Innocent Emeghara, pressure for a win that would move them Torino spurned the chance to move up Pandev missed doubling the hosts’ lead level on points with Napoli, while defeat for to seventh when Eder scored an injury-time when he fired over Francesco Bardi’s cross- Milan would heap further pressure on penalty at the death to snatch a 2-2 win for bar. Napoli had the momentum but when Massimiliano Allegri’s injury-hit side. hosts Sampdoria after Alessio Cerci had giv- Gokhan Inler scored the hosts’ second on 26 Due to results elsewhere yesterday, Milan en the visitors a 76th minute lead from the minutes he got a helping hand, quite literally, have dropped to 12th and already sit 13 spot. Cerci’s sixth strike in seven games from Bardi, who after getting his hands to points off the pace. Verona, Udinese and leaves the Italian leading the Serie A scoring ITALY: Napoli’s Jose Callejon celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between the long-range drive allowed it to bounce Parma all scored precious wins to maintain charts. — AFP Napoli and Livorno at the Naples San Paolo stadium. — AP