SPORT 07 We Showed a Lot of Creativity and Attacking Intent to Beat a CRICKET FOOTBALL Very Good Serbia Side
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MONDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2019 SPORT 07 We showed a lot of creativity and attacking intent to beat a CRICKET FOOTBALL very good Serbia side. Portugal coach Santos Afghanistan vs Euro qualifying Getting the opening goal just pleased with 4-2 win Bangladesh Northern Ireland vs Germany over Serbia ACTION Day 4 at Chattogram Estonia vs Netherlands before halftime was vital. TODAY’S Kosgei runs fastest-ever Basketball World Cup: Jokic women’s half-marathon AFP ejected as Spain stun Serbia LONDON AFP The plain-speaking Djord- WUHAN, CHINA Serbia’s Stefan Jovic (centre) and Spain’s Ricky Rubio jevic said he had already spoken Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei ran the lose their balance during the Basketball World Cup to Jokic about the incident. fastest half-marathon ever by All-Star Nikola Jokic was ejected Group J second round game in Wuhan, yesterday. “We don’t have time for long a woman yesterday, winning for “a stupid reaction” in the meetings, he knows (he was the Great North Run in a time third quarter as strongly fancied wrong),” said Djordjevic. of one hour, four minutes and Serbia were stunned 81-69 by “He’s a tough kid, one of the 28 seconds. Spain to blow the Basketball greatest right now, (so) we need Her time was 23 seconds World Cup wide open yesterday. him on the floor. quicker than the world record Led by Ricky Rubio of the “I hope it won’t happen again set in 2017 by fellow Kenyan Phoenix Suns, Spain set up a and this is a moment for him to Joyciline Jepkosgei but the quarter-final meeting with sur- grow.” course in the northeast of prise packages Poland on Bogdan Bogdanovic of the England is not eligible for Tuesday while Serbia will need Sacramento Kings was again key records. Kosgei, who won this to pick themselves up quickly for for Serbia, keeping them within year’s London Marathon, led a Argentina on the same evening. range of Spain with 26 points, 10 Kenyan sweep of the top four Spain and European rivals rebounds and six assists. places, with Magdalyne Masai Serbia had already qualified for Rubio racked up 19 points for second (1:07.36) and Linet the last eight in China but Group the Spanish while veteran Marc Masai third (1:07:44). J supremacy and a supposedly Gasol had six rebounds and six Mo Farah won the men’s easier game in the next round assists. elite race for a record sixth suc- was at stake. “They really kicked us cessive year as he warms up to Serbia, the reigning world today,” said Bogdanovic, who has defend his Chicago Marathon and Olympic silver medallists been in sparkling form at the title next month. behind the Americans, had World Cup and was unlucky to Four-time Olympic looked imperious in their pre- be on the losing side. champion Farah, 36, was vious four matches, but this loss like the stupid reaction of my from a slow start in the first quarter, their chances of making Spain coach Sergio Scariolo pushed hard by Tamirat Tola, will raise questions about their player, who should be on the quarter to lead by eight points at a comeback suffered a fatal blow was full of praise for the 27-year- but proved too strong in the title credentials. floor. half-time in Wuhan. when Denver Nuggets’ Jokic -- old Bogdanovic, calling him final mile for the Ethiopian, fin- Coach Sasha Djordjevic said “We can even lose with him, Serbia, who had looked the one of the World Cup’s biggest “ridiculous” and “an unbe- ishing the 13.1-mile course in Spain were the better team and why not if the other team is chief threat to the young roster names -- was thrown out. lievable player”. 59min 7sec and winning by six refused to use the loss of Jokic -- better? But he should stay on the of reigning champions the US, The 24-year-old was irri- Argentina topped Group I -- seconds. Abdi Nageeye of the turfed out after yelling at a floor and be one of the leaders.” were rattled for the first time in tated initially by the close atten- and teed up a meeting with Netherlands was third (59:55). referee -- as an excuse. In one of the most eagerly China and on their way towards tions of Spain’s defence and Serbia -- after a dominant 91-65 “You just have to take it one But he hard harsh words for anticipated games of the tour- a first defeat. made his feelings clear to the victory over Poland. Both had year at a time. Hopefully, come his key man, saying: “I did not nament so far, Spain surged back Midway through the third officials. already reached the last eight. Tokyo time, we will be in the mix.” Farah, a two-time Olympic champion in both the 5,000m and 10,000m, is aiming to establish himself Yelich joins 40-30 club, Brewers top Cubs among the world’s elite mar- athon runners. REUTERS St. Louis Cardinals for first place Colten Brewer fell in between He claimed his first mar- MIAMI in the National League Central. second baseman Brock Holt and athon title last year when he The Cubs learned before the right fielder J.D. Martinez and won in Chicago in a time of Christian Yelich hit a walk-off game that shortstop Javier Baez kicked into the stands. On the 2:05.11 -- a European record. double with two strikes and two has a hairline fracture in his left next pitch, Encarnacion ham- outs in the bottom of the ninth thumb and could be out for the mered a curveball from Brewer inning, and the Milwaukee rest of the season. The star that soared over the seats atop Farah wins Brewers celebrated a 3-2 win 26-year-old is hitting.281 with the Green Monster in left-center over the visiting Chicago Cubs 29 homers and 85 RBIs in 133 field and landed on Lansdowne Great North on Saturday night. games. Street. Yelich laced an opposite- Edwin Encarnacion hit a Tyler Beede emerged from Run for sixth field line drive that bounced on two-run homer that completely some recent struggles to throw one hop off the wall in left field exited Fenway Park in the fourth five scoreless innings, and Kevin successive year to score Tyler Austin from first inning, and J.A. Happ pitched 6 Pillar’s RBI groundout was all the base. It capped a terrific night 1/3 outstanding innings as New offense visiting San Francisco REUTERS for Yelich, who finished 2-for-2 York won in Boston. needed to shut out Los Angeles. LONDON with an RBI, three walks and The Yankees won for the The Dodgers were shut out three stolen bases. He now has ninth time in 12 games as they for just the fifth time this season Britain’s Mo Farah won a 30 stolen bases, making him the work toward their first American and for the first time since May record sixth successive Great 10th player in MLB history with League East title since 2012. After 18 against the Cincinnati Reds. North Run after setting his 40 home runs and 30 stolen the first nine Yankees were retired Their magic number for personal best time yesterday. bases in the same season. in order, they sent nine men to the clinching their seventh consec- The Olympic gold medallist Milwaukee Brewers left fielder Ben Gamel (16) drives in a run with Addison Russell homered in plate and took a 4-0 lead. utive NL West title remained at raced ahead of Ethiopian a base hit in the sixth inning as Chicago Cubs catcher Victor Caratini a losing effort for Chicago, which New York took a 2-0 lead four for the second consecutive Tamirat Tola in the final mile (7) watches at Miller Park on Saturday. dropped 3 1/2 games behind the when Gary Sanchez’s double off day. to cross the line in 59 minutes and six seconds. Farah, double Olympic champion at both 5,000 and Brown saga ends as Raiders prepare for Broncos 10,000 metres, said the race was an ideal preparation for October’s Chicago Marathon, REUTERS with the Patriots. Brown, a seven- with his sights set firmly on NEW YORK time Pro Bowl selection, wore out running at the Tokyo Olympics his welcome with the Pittsburgh next year. Antonio Brown’s arrival in Steelers, and it seemed to be a “The crowd was so loud I Oakland was supposed to Antonio’s back today. worthy move when Oakland didn’t know if he was closing represent a recharging of the We’re really excited acquired him in March for third- the gap so I kept looking offense. Instead, it was nothing but about that. Ready to and fifth-round picks. The Raiders behind,” the 36-year-old told a headache. move on. He’s had a lot later signed Brown to a three-year, BBC Sport. The “plan” was for Brown to $50.125m deal. “I’ve really enjoyed it but play in Monday’s season opener of time to think about But training camp was filled the past couple of years has against the visiting Denver things. We’re happy to with drama, ranging from the cry- been in the middle of mar- Broncos. Instead, Brown was have him back and I otherapy treatment that caused athon preparation. It was good released by the Raiders yesterday know Raider Nation is frostbite on his feet, to Brown to test myself.