Five-Star United Crush Bournemouth
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SPORT SPORT | 18 SPORT | 19 Badminton Moeen and superstar Lin Dan Bairstow miss out calls time on on England squad glorious career for Windies Test SUNDAY 5 JULY 2020 Greenwood scores twice at Old Trafford as Solskjaer’s men climb into PL top four Five-star United crush Bournemouth AFP – MANCHESTER Manchester United continued their charge into the Premier League top four with another devastating attacking display as they thrashed Bournemouth 5-2 yesterday with Mason Greenwood, Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fern- andes doing the damage. Another bad day for Bourne- mouth pushed the Cherries closer to a return to the Championship as they remain rooted in the bottom three despite taking a shock lead at Old Trafford through Junior Stanislas. Teenage sensation Greenwood, Rashford from the penalty spot and Martial hit back before half-time. Former United forward Josh King’s penalty briefly gave the visitors hope early in the second half, but another thumping finish Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford (second right) controls the ball from Greenwood and a during yesterday's match against AFC Bournemouth at the Old Trafford. trademark Fernandes free-kick gave United five goals at Old Trafford in a Premier League Stanislas nutmegged the world’s outside the box to reach 20 goals As in the first half, United’s game for the first time since 2011. most expensive defender and in a season for the first time in response was quick and Vardy nets 100th PL Victory takes Ole Gunnar Sol- then fired in at De Gea’s near post his career. emphatic. Greenwood smashed skjaer’s men a point above completely against the run of The game appeared to be home his 15th goal of the season Chelsea into fourth as they play on 16 minutes. over at the break, but a sloppy on his supposedly weaker right goal in Leicester win extended an unbeaten run Those errors were not as start from United presented foot to restore a two-goal lead. stretching back to January to 16 costly this time as the blossoming Bournemouth with a route back The signing of Fernandes has REUTERS – LONDON games. front three of Greenwood, into the game. been the catalyst to United’s United had kept 11 clean Martial and Rashford quickly Eric Bailly replaced Victor turnaround before and after a Jamie Vardy netted his 100th Premier League goal as Leicester sheets in their previous 15 turned the game around. Lindelof at half-time and the three-month stoppage due to the City notched their first victory since the league resumed, matches without defeat, but Greenwood’s star is rising Ivorian handled as he tried to coronavirus lockdown and the beating Crystal Palace 3-0 on Saturday to keep up their drive defensive lapses were the only fast and the 18-year-old blasted control a loose pass from Portuguese midfielder took his for Champions League football next season. blight on another satisfying home from Fernandes’s pass to Nemanja Matic. tally to seven goals in 14 games Leicester swarmed all over Palace from the first whistle afternoon for Solskjaer. get United back on track. King, who was a United target by hooking a free-kick in at as defender James Justin hit the crossbar early on, but it took Harry Maguire and David de The hosts were then gifted a in January as Solskjaer desper- Aaron Ramsdale’s near post. until the fourth minute of the second half for Kelechi Ihea- Gea were at fault for the only second by Adam Smith’s handball ately looked for cover for the Rashford also had another nacho to finally put his side ahead with a close-range effort. points the Red Devils have inside the area and Fernandes then-injured Rashford, dis- goal ruled out for offside, but Despite the return of striker Christian Benteke, visitors dropped since the Premier stepped aside to let Rashford net patched the penalty and moments United were happy to settle for Palace struggled to create much in front of goal, with their League’s restart in a 1-1 draw at for the first time since January. later Bournemouth had the ball five as they moved into the top best efforts coming from set pieces. Any chances they did Tottenham. Martial completed the set in the net again only for Arnaut four for the first time since manage were easily dealt with by goalkeeper Kasper Both were culpable as with a stunning strike from Danjuma to be flagged offside. September. Schmeichel. Vardy cut a frustrated figure as he sought to become the 29th player to score a century in the English top flight, getting the ball caught under his feet and snatching at some decent opportunities as he chased the milestone. Qatar team concludes Having slammed the ground in frustration at another missed chance moments earlier, Vardy made no mistake when Harvey Barnes set him up for a tap-in in the 77th minute. training camp ahead The 33-year-old striker looked relieved as he celebrated in an empty King Power Stadium. Leicester continued to concede corners and free kicks in of Asian qualifiers dangerous positions, but all too often the ball flew harm- lessly over the massed ranks in the penalty area on a disap- QNA – DOHA pointing afternoon for Palace. one of the precautionary measures Vardy added a superb solo second in stoppage time to required by the Ministry of Public make it 3-0, breaking from the halfway line before calmly The Qatari national team yesterday Health. There will also tactical ses- slotting the ball past Vicente Guaita. concluded its training camp that sions in addition to group training. began on June 12. This follows the The training camp was the first suspension of football witnessed all of its kind in the world for an inter- around the world as a result of the national team. A total of 34 players Ex-Al Gharafa captain coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. took part in the training in prepa- The camp took place in coordi- ration for the 2023 Asia Cup quali- Sneijder looks to come nation with league teams. Players fiers. Qatar will meet in Group E underwent training that remained with India, and Bangladesh on Al Duhail's star striker Almoez Ali (centre) and his team- in line with the health protocols October 8 and 13, in addition to out of retirement mates in action during a training session held yesterday. required by the Ministry of Public meeting with Oman on November Health and the designated author- 12. QNB Stars League (QSL) points leaders Al Duhail will meet AFP – THE HAGUE ities to contain the virus. President of Qatar Football Al Sailiya in a friendly match on Wednesday at the Al Sailiya The coaching staff led by Felix Association (QFA), Sheikh Hamad Stadium as they gear up for the upcoming QSL Round- Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder is considering coming out Sanchez worked on improving the bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani 18 fixture against Umm Salal which will be played at the of retirement to play for his hometown club Utrecht, local players’ fitness level. They were thanked the coaching staff and the brand new Education City Stadium on July 25. BOTTOM media have reported. divided into separate group to players for their discipline during LEFT: Al Rayyan players in action during a training session Sneijder won a national record of 134 caps and was key maintain safe distancing, which is the training camp. yesterday. BOTTOM RIGHT: Al Sadd's Qatari international to the Netherlands’ march to the World Cup final in 2010, Akram Afif trains with team-mates. the same year he led Inter Milan to glory in the Champions League. But he retired in 2018 at Al Gharafa in Qatar and hasn’t played for two seasons. The return appears to have been evoked by Utrecht fans putting out a video asking him to join their club, possibly in reaction to seeing Arjen Robben promise a return at his hometown club Groningen. “I’ll give it a think through, I have already spoken to Jordy (Zuidam, the Utrech boss),” the 36-year-old Sneijder told local television. Zuidam told the press he was also open to the idea. “The ball is in his court, a fit and motivated Wesley Sne- ijder would interest us,” he said. Sneijder came through the youth system at Ajax before his big break with Real Madrid and Inter Milan, and more modestly at Galatasaray and Nice at the tail end of his career. 18 SPORT SUNDAY 5 JULY 2020 Early results Badminton superstar Lin Dan reveal 31 MLB players tested calls time on glorious career positive for AFP – SHANGHAI COVID-19 LIN DAN AFP – LOS ANGELES China’s two-timeme OlympicOlympic champion Lin Dan,an, arguablyarguably Nickname:Nicknaamem : Super Dan Country: China A total of 31 players tested the greatest badmintonbadminton Born:Born: OctoberOctob 14, 1983 (Age 36) in Longyan, Fujian, China positive for the coronavirus in player of all time, announcedannounced Height:Height: 117878 cm Weight: 70 kg Major League Baseball’s first his retirement yesterdayyesterday Years active: 2000–2020 round of mass testing to aged 36. prepare for the start of the It means thatat Lin,Lin, whowho MEN'S SINGLES delayed season. won gold at the BeijingBeijing 20082008 CareerCar record: 666 wins, 128 losses The 31 players, and seven and London 20122 Games, willwill Career titles: 66 additional staff members, not compete att the 20202020 make up 1.2 percent of the Tokyo Olympics, whichwhich havehave CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 3,185 samples collected in the been pushed backck to next OOLYMPICLYMPIC GGAMES first set of results.