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p15_Layout 1 3/4/15 9:02 PM Page 1 THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2015 SPORTS Guangzhou edge Wanderers Brown in line for return Park takes relaxed approach SYDNEY: Guangzhou Evergrande striker Ricardo Goular staggering price LONDON: England full-back Mike Brown is expected to be available to SINGAPORE: Free of the burden that comes with the world number one tag by scoring a hat-trick for the Chinese champions in their 3-2 win at face Scotland in his side’s penultimate Six Nations encounter after a con- ranking, South Korea’s Park In-bee is looking forward to a more relaxed year holders Western Sydney Wanderers in their AFC Champions League clash cussion, head coach Stuart Lancaster revealed yesterday. on the LPGA Tour that she hopes will lead to an elusive British Open title. yesterday. The 23-year-old Brazilian, who joined the big-spending Chinese Brown was knocked unconscious during England’s 47-17 win over Italy The 26-year-old world number two was displaced by 17-year-old Super League winners in January for a record fee of 15 million euros on Valentine’s Day and missed last weekend’s 19-9 loss to Ireland after New Zealander Lydia Ko at the top of the rankings in January and ($16.70 million), scored in the 19th minute and then netted twice receiving two setbacks during the return-to-play protocols. But the 29- Park was hoping to reap the benefits of being away from the more in the second half to give Guangzhou their second win year-old Harlequins man is due to resume full-contact training on pressures pole position brought. “I let Lydia have my number one in Group H. Iacopo La Rocca found the equaliser in the Thursday, clearing the way for him to be passed fit for the home game spot earlier this year so if I can capture that back at some point 57th minute for the hosts but Goulart, who also scored the with Scotland on March 14. that would be a very good,” Park told reporters on Wednesday. only goal for the 2013 champions last week in a 1-0 win “We’re pretty confident about Mike,” Lancaster told a press conference. “But I’m just going to try and have fun out here and not worry over FC Seoul, put the Chinese side in front a minute later. “He’s had a reasonable amount of time now and certainly all the signs about so many numbers or so many stats or things like that from everyone, including from Mike himself, is that he’s back to 100 per- The Wanderers paid for their lapse in concentration as the it is enjoying it that is the most important thing. “I’ve cent. “He has to tick the final box and then I’m sure he’ll be training on Brazilian tapped in after being set up by Gao Lin. The been in number one spot and number two spot before Friday. He has been symptom-free since last week.” Alex Goode stood in and it’s a lot more relaxing position. You don’t have as duo combined again to put Guangzhou, for Brown in England’s defeat in Dublin and was outjumped in the build- coached by Italy’s World Cup winning captain much pressure as number one and people expect a lit- up to the Robbie Henshaw try that was to prove the match’s pivotal tle bit less than you than being in number one Fabio Cannavaro, up 3-1 in the 64th moment.—AFP minute.—Reuters spot.”—Reuters Lavillenie ready to shine at indoor Euro PRAGUE: French pole vault star Renaud Ukraine in what should be a thrilling Lavillenie owns a world record that long women’s 800m. The Czech Republic’s Pavel seemed impossible to reach, but he will be Maslak, who clocked a world-leading hungry for more as the European Athletics 45.27sec in the 400m last month, will seek Indoor Championships start in Prague to please the home crowd after winning in today. The 28-year-old won three consecu- Gothenburg and at the 2014 world indoor tive European indoor titles from 2009- championships in Sopot, Poland. 2013, then went on to vault 6.16 metres a Eelco Sintnicolaas of the Netherlands year ago to break Ukrainian Sergey Bubka’s and France’s Antoinette Nana Djimou will world record dating from 1993. defend titles from Gothenburg in hep- Having cleared a world-leading 6.02 tathlon and pentathlon, respectively. metres so far this year, Lavillenie has Another top star, Germany’s David Storl, unveiled ambitious plans for Prague, say- the outdoor world champion from 2011 ing he would have a go at his record in the and 2013, is the odds-on favourite in men’s Czech capital’s O2 Arena. shot put. “I feel good. I am still in good shape and Major absentees include French sprint- I am ready for my major goal for the sea- ers Christophe Lemaitre and Gothenburg son,” he said after a meeting in Malmo, champion Jimmy Vicaut, and their British Sweden last week where he managed a rival Dwain Chambers. modest 5.92 metres by his standards. The controversial 36-year-old misses The reigning Olympic champion will Prague after the British federation picked notably take on Poland’s Piotr Lisek with a Richard Kilty, Sean Safo-Antwi and season best of 5.90, and his own brother Chijindu Ujah for the 60m race. Valentin, five years his junior, who has Britain’s Olympic long jump champion cleared 5.80 metres this season. Greg Rutherford has pulled out of the Germany’s Bjoern Otto and Malte Mohr, indoors on short notice, preferring to focus the silver and bronze medalists from Euro on the outdoor season peaking at the 2013 in Gothenburg, have both been ruled world championships in Beijing in August. out with injuries. His withdrawal has made things easier Also defending gold from Gothenburg, for world-leading Frenchman Kafetien Spanish high jumper Ruth Beitia will face Gomis, who will seek to improve his sea- Russian duo Mariya Kuchina and Svetlana son best of 8.18m. The men’s high jump Shkolina as well as Poland’s Kamila should fall to Ukraine’s Andrii Protsenko Licwinko who leads this year’s rankings as out-of-form Russian rival Ivan Ukhov, NEWARK: Cory Schneider No. 35 of the New Jersey Devils shoots the puck away from Matt Cullen No. 7 of the Nashville Predators during the with a leap of 2.02 metres. who cleared 2.42m in Prague last year to third period at the Prudential Center. —AFP Britain’s Jennifer Meadows will take on equal the European record, will not be defending champion Nataliya Lupu from present.—AFP Predators fall to Devils Singapore’s rising mercury NEWARK: Cory Schneider made 33 saves, and Nicklas Backstrom and Jason Chimera each had their second consecutive game. the playoff-hopeful New Jersey Devils beat NHL- two assists for the Capitals, who solidified their challenge for Ko’s hot streak leading Nashville 3-1 on Tuesday night, sending hold on the first wild-card playoff spot in the DUCKS 4, COYOTES 1 the Predators to their season-worst fourth East before starting a five-game homestand. Andrew Cogliano scored twice, Frederik SINGAPORE: Singapore’s steamy tem- people think you should win every week straight loss. Adam Larsson and Eric Gelinas Braden Holtby had 27 saves. Ovechkin, who has Andersen stopped 29 shots in his return from peratures will be no less a challenge than because you are, but that’s really not the scored first-period goals in front of a sparse won the Richard Trophy as the league’s goal- injury, and the Ducks got a point from one of the star-studded field at the HSBC case,” she said. crowd that came out on a snowy night. Mike scoring leader the last two years and four times their newcomers. A day after being acquired Women’s Champions for teenaged world “Hopefully I’m going to keep myself Cammalleri was awarded a goal with 1:14 overall, now has 43. Scott Hartnell had two goals from Pittsburgh, Simon Despres assisted on number one Lydia Ko’s bid for her third cool. I think that’s the big thing here. You remaining in the game. and an assist - and was stopped on a penalty Cogliano’s first goal. Ryan Kesler added an acro- successive title. The 17-year-old New can be playing good golf and then the Mike Fisher had the lone goal for Nashville shot - while David Savard also scored for the batic short-handed goal, and Jakob Silfverberg Zealander discovered it was not just heat gets to you and you start making a (41-17-7), which entered the night with a Blue Jackets, 0-6-1 in their last seven. also scored as the Ducks moved into a tie with sweaty palms that golfers have to cope couple of mistakes. I’m going to keep league-leading 89 points. This is the Predators’ Sergei Bobrovsky started in goal for slumping Nashville atop the Western Conference with in the humid Southeast Asian citys- myself cool and try and have some fun.” worst skid since last March. Backup goalie Carter Columbus, making his first appearance in 18 with their third straight win. tate when she played in the 2012 Queen Enjoyment was central for Ko on Hutton made 21 saves for Nashville, which lost at games since sustaining a groin injury on Jan. 21. Tobias Rieder scored in Arizona’s 10th straight Sirikit Cup.