26 Sports Thursday, February 28, 2019 Red-hot Flames streak past Isles, Wild stun Jets with two late goals Pacioretty’s two goals key Knights’ win over Stars UNIONDALE: Mikael Backlund and Rasmus FLYERS 5, SABRES 2 Andersson scored early in the third period Tuesday Oskar Lindblom, Jakub Voracek, James van night for the Calgary Flames, who remained red hot Riemsdyk, Travis Sanheim and Claude Giroux each with a 3-1 win over the New York Islanders in scored a goal to lead host Philadelphia past Buffalo. Uniondale, N.Y. Matthew Tkachuk opened the scoring Giroux also added an assist as the Flyers earned their for the Western Conference-leading Flames, who have fifth straight win over the Sabres in Philadelphia. won a season-high six straight, including the first two Goaltender Brian Elliott made 34 saves as the Flyers games of an Eastern Conference road trip. Calgary won their second in a row. Jack Eichel and Casey earlier had two winning streaks of five straight games. Mittelstadt each scored a goal for the Sabres. Flames goalie Mike Smith made 26 saves. Josh Bailey scored for the Islanders, who lost for the third time in PENGUINS 5, BLUE JACKETS 2 the past four games-a skid that began with a 4-2 loss Jared McCann scored twice to lead visiting at Calgary last Wednesday-to fall into a tie for first Pittsburgh past Columbus. Sidney Crosby had a goal place in the Metropolitan Division with the and assist, and Jake Guentzel and Evgeni Malkin also Washington Capitals. scored for the Penguins, who ended a two-game losing streak. They have won seven in a row against the Blue WILD 3, JETS 2 Jackets. Goaltender Matt Murray stopped 21 of 23 Minnesota scored two goals in the last 87 seconds Columbus shots. Oliver Bjorkstrand and Cam Atkinson of the game to steal a road victory over Winnipeg. scored for the Blue Jackets, whose two-game winning After Jason Zucker’s power-play goal at 18:33 of the streak ended. Sergei Bobrovsky made 22 saves for third period tied the score, Joel Eriksson Ek forced in a Columbus. rebound just 26 seconds later for the winner. Eriksson Ek’s goal stood after both a video review and a coach’s HURRICANES 6, KINGS 1 challenge from the Winnipeg bench. Ryan Donato and Dougie Hamilton scored two goals as Carolina won Eric Staal each had two assists for the Wild, who its ninth game in 11 outings by routing Los Angeles at Raleigh, N.C. Sebastian Aho, Micheal Ferland, Jaccob extended their winning streak to four games. The Jets COLUMBUS: Seth Jones #3 of the Columbus Blue Jackets gets called for slashing while trying to block a shot from Slavin and Teuvo Teravainen also scored for the got goals from Patrik Laine and Mark Scheifele. Sidney Crosby #87 of the Pittsburgh Penguins during the third period on Tuesday at Nationwide Arena in Hurricanes. Teravainen also provided three assists, Columbus, Ohio. Pittsburgh defeated Columbus 5-2. — AFP COYOTES 4, PANTHERS 3 (SO) while Jordan Staal assisted three times and Hamilton Nick Cousins, Alex Galchenyuk and Vinnie had one assist. Carolina goalie Petr Mrazek stopped 22 Hinostroza scored in a shootout as host Arizona won its shots, blanking the Kings until the final eight minutes. Stars’ Tyler Seguin and trickled across the goal line fourth straight game, defeating Florida. Jonathan Dustin Brown scored for Los Angeles off an assist from CANADIENS 8, RED WINGS 1 before Bishop could swipe it away. Vegas earned just its Huberdeau scored for the Panthers in the shootout, but Alex Iafallo. Andrew Shaw notched his first career hat trick, Max fourth win in the past 14 games (4-9-1), while Dallas fell Coyotes goalie Darcy Kuemper stopped Panthers cap- Domi had two goals and three assists, and visiting to 3-6-1 in its past 10 outings. Bishop stopped 44 shots tain Aleksander Barkov, and that was the difference in a BRUINS 4, SHARKS 1 Montreal pounded Detroit. Jonathan Drouin collected for the Stars, who got a goal from Roope Hintz. Brayden wild game. Arizona hit the post three times in the final Brad Marchand recorded his franchise-record- four assists while Tomas Tatar, Brendan Gallagher and McNabb and Nate Schmidt had goals for the Golden two frantic minutes of regulation, failing to score each tying 25th short-handed goal and added two assists as Joel Armia also scored for Montreal. Carey Price made Knights. time. Both Kuemper and Panthers goalie Roberto host Boston extended its point streak to 14 games 28 saves as the Canadiens defeated Detroit for the third Luongo made spectacular saves in overtime. (10-0-4) with a victory over San Jose. David Krejci time in three meetings this season. Anthony Mantha BLUES 2, PREDATORS 0 collected a goal and an assist for the Bruins, who scored for the Red Wings, who have lost six straight. Tyler Bozak broke a scoreless tie with 7:25 left in CAPITALS 7, SENATORS 2 defeated San Jose for the sixth straight time. Boston’s Detroit starting goaltender Jimmy Howard was pulled regulation, and rookie Jordan Binnington needed to T.J. Oshie scored twice in a four-goal second period Charlie McAvoy and Jake DeBrusk scored 37 seconds early from his third start in a row after allowing six make just 19 saves for his fifth shutout as St. Louis beat as Washington defeated visiting Ottawa. The Senators apart in the second period, and Jaroslav Halak finished goals on 22 shots in the first two periods. visiting Nashville. The Blues were finally rewarded for dominated the early minutes and scored the game’s first with 19 saves to improve to 4-0-2 in his past six outshooting the Predators 44-19 in the game as Bozak two goals, but it was all Capitals after that. Washington starts. San Jose’s Erik Karlsson exited early in the sec- GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, STARS 1 fired a Vladimir Tarasenko pass just as an unsportsman- scored twice late in the first period to tie it and added ond period after appearing to aggravate a groin injury Max Pacioretty scored twice, including the deciding like conduct penalty on Nashville’s Ryan Johansen end- four more in less than eight minutes in the second. that had sidelined him for the Sharks’ 5-3 win over goal with 5:08 to play, and Marc-Andre Fleury record- ed. Alex Pietrangelo added an empty-netter for the Evgeny Kuznetsov, Brett Connolly, Lars Eller and Tom Detroit on Sunday. Karlsson returned midway into the ed 23 saves as Vegas defeated visiting Dallas to snap a Blues. Binnington continued his stellar play, improving Wilson each finished with one goal and one assist for period, but Marchand breezed by him before back- three-game losing streak. Pacioretty’s second goal to 7-0-0 with a 1.55 goals-against average at home as the Capitals, who also got a goal from John Carlson. handing the puck past Martin Jones (28 saves) at 12:28 came as he swept behind the net and lifted the puck off a starter for St. Louis. Juuse Saros was just as tough, Anthony Duclair and Oscar Lindberg were the scorers to tie Rick Middleton for the most short-handed goals the stick of Dallas goaltender Ben Bishop, then tried to making 42 saves for Nashville, which was shut out for for Ottawa. in franchise history. center the puck. Instead, his pass deflected off the the second time in three games. — Reuters

German athletes earn more turns eye to advertising rights diaspora as new during Games league season BERLIN: German athletes and their sponsors will have gets underway more possibilities to advertise during the 2020 Olympics following an easing of restrictions, the German Cartel Office said yesterday. Athletes compet- HONG KONG: After more disappointment on the ing at the Olympic Games have been severely restricted international stage and with the 2022 World Cup in commercial advertising and promotion activities in on the horizon, Chinese football is shifting focus the weeks running up to the Olympics as well as during yet again in another attempt to join the global the Games. German athletes Lisa Mayer (L-R), Tatjana Pinto, Gina Luckenkemper and Rebekka Haase celebrate after taking fourth place in the women’s 4 x 100 metre relay. elite-this time with talent developed elsewhere. The International Olympic Committee charter rule The (CSL) season kicks 40 states that “except as permitted by the IOC off on Friday with the sport in a state of flux fol- Executive Board, no competitor, coach, trainer or offi- tion of administrative proceedings that started in 2017. planned for during the Olympics no longer need to be lowing the national team’s limp exit from cial who participates in the Olympic Games may allow He said sports organisations pursuing economic cleared by the DOSB beforehand. They can also include January’s Asian Cup and bowing his person, name, picture or sports performances to be activities were also subject to competition law. “While some terms such as “medal, gold, silver, bronze, winter out as coach. used for advertising purposes during the Olympic athletes are the key figures of Olympic Games, they or summer games.” As the Italian shuffled into retirement he left Games.” cannot benefit directly from the IOC’s high advertising It is now also permitted to use certain photographs behind an aging team in need of a complete over- This was long seen as major problem for the vast revenue generated with official Olympic sponsors. taken during the Olympic Games, while athletes are haul if President Xi Jinping’s hopes of qualifying majority of athletes who depend heavily on their visibil- However, as the games mark the height of their sporting allowed to use social media more freely during the for the World Cup are to be realised in Qatar in ity during the Olympics every four years to generate careers, self-marketing during the games plays a very Olympic Games. These changes apply only for German less than four years’ time. sponsorship and advertising revenues. important role.” athletes. The IOC, whose Rule 40 has been aimed at “This is a problem and can be a problem for “We ensure that the advertising opportunities of “Our decision grants German athletes more leeway protecting the rights of its own Olympic sponsors, had China in the next few years,” World Cup winner German athletes and their sponsors during the Olympic when it comes to marketing themselves during the already somewhat eased restrictions at the 2018 Lippi said during the Asian Cup, where his team Games, which the DOSB (German Olympic Sports Olympic Games, for example as far as the use of certain Pyeongchang winter Olympics after the Cartel Office surrendered meekly to Iran in the quarter-finals. Confederation) and IOC significantly restricted in the “Olympic” terms or their pictures taken in sports had launched its administrative proceedings for “sus- “At the moment these players are 32-, 33-years- past, are extended,” Andreas Mundt, President of the events, or social media activities are concerned.” pected abuse of a dominant position against the DOSB old and there aren’t too many younger players. Cartel Office, said in a statement following the comple- Among the changes are that advertising activities and the IOC.”—Reuters Maybe the younger players don’t have the same experience these players have.” China’s squad, with an average age of 29, was opening match of a three-match Test series against the oldest at the Asian Cup but with a lack of qual- ‘Anybody can beat Bangladesh which begins in Hamilton on Thursday. ity in the domestic ranks CSL clubs are attempting “It’s so hard to beat a side like South Africa any- to use naturalisation as a way to improve the play- anybody’: Test where, let alone in their backyard, but anybody can er pool for Lippi’s eventual successor. beat anybody.” Ninth-ranked Bangladesh, who have A lack of development work at the turn of the enjoyed home Test wins against England and Australia millennium has led to a shortage of candidates to upsets keep Black in recent years, say Sri Lanka’s victory in South Africa replace stalwarts such as and Gao Lin, stands as a beacon for them. leaving Chinese football to cast the net overseas “What Sri Lanka did was remarkable,” said for players who are eligible through parentage. Caps wary Bangladesh coach Steve Rhodes. “When the boys look Norway-born John Hou Saeter-known in China at those results it definitely will be an inspiration for as Hou Yongyong and who qualifies to play for them and I will use it in the team talk. China through his mother-became the first such HAMILTON: New Zealand captain Kane Williamson “If we play anything like we can do, we will surprise player to make his debut for a CSL side at the said yesterday recent Test upsets mean “anybody can the New Zealanders.” New Zealand dominated Sri weekend. beat anybody” and the world number two ranked side Lanka before Christmas, leaving Williamson to suggest The 21-year-old midfielder was introduced can have no room for complacency against minnows it was best to shut the rankings out of the conversation. from the bench during Beijing Guoan’s 2-0 Bangladesh. The Black Caps made history this week “It’s all about winning the series, as in every series Chinese Super Cup defeat to league champions when they were elevated to second in the ICC Test that is sort of the goal you take into it,” he said. “As Shanghai SIPG. team rankings for the first time following South Africa’s Kane Williamson we’ve seen, the rankings are sometimes in your control He was joined at the Chinese FA Cup holders by shock 2-0 defeat at home to Sri Lanka, the only time an and sometimes outside your control so it’s a very diffi- former Arsenal midfielder Nico Yennaris, who also Asian team has won a series in South Africa. as a good batting strip but Williamson said it “looks a cult thing to focus on. “We know if we are playing claimed Chinese citizenship through his mother It came hot on the heels of the eighth-ranked West little different” this year and he was undecided on what good cricket day in and day out then perhaps those after moving to the Chinese Super League from Indies also enjoying a stunning result at home by win- he would do should he win the toss. things will lean your way.” English second tier side Brentford in January. ning a Test series against England for the first time New Zealand: Jeet Raval, Tom Latham, Kane New Zealand have made one change from the side Both Saeter and 25-year-old Yennaris have since 2009. Williamson (capt), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ that played their last Test, a victory over Sri Lanka two secured their Chinese passports while others are “Sri Lanka over in South Africa was a fantastic Watling, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Neil months ago by 423 runs, with Todd Astle coming in for embarking on similar moves.— Reuters effort,” said Williamson when naming his team for the Ajaz Patel. The Seddon Park wicket is usually regarded Wagner, Todd Astle, Trent Boult. — AFP