SPORTS Sunday, April 2, 2017 21 Federer, Bayern Bayern Munich’s Polish striker Robert Lewandowski Nadal celebrates after scoring to meet thrash again Augsburg Rafael Nadal of Spain Berlin all competitions for Bayern, arlo Ancelotti showered including four hat-tricks, this Miami again in Miami, this time in praise on Robert season. Lewandowski he the final of the tournament LewandowskiC after the Lewandowski also proved goal as Thiago’s greatest when Federer came back striker’s hat-trick in Bayern he can provide goals pin-point pass rivalryT in tennis from two sets down to win Munich’s 6-0 thrashing of by setting up put him behind the resumes today in the the five-set contest. Augsburg left him level in the Thomas Mueller defence, with the Pole final of the Miami Open Federer says the race to be the Bundesliga’s for Bayern’s trapping the ball and curling when Roger Federer and memory of what he calls top scorer. second, his home with his left foot on 17 Rafael Nadal meet at the “that epic match” remains The home win ensured backheel then minutes. venue where it all began. vivid and was a crucial chapter runaway league leaders let Thiago Alcantara He then delivered the cross It was 13 years ago, at in his development as a player. Bayern remained 13 points stab home their fourth. for Mueller to deservedly his hat-trick with a header Crandon Park on Key Biscayne “The final was unbelievable. clear at the summit while “Lewandowski did what he net only his third league on 79 minutes before Mueller where the two first faced each It was a turning point in my Augsburg dropped into the normally does,” beamed goal of the season, after the grabbed his second a minute other on a court in an ATP career, to be quite honest. relegation places. Bayern coach Ancelotti, with Germany star had twice hit later, although the latter then Tour event. For me to be able to focus Lewandowski, last season’s his team now unbeaten in the woodwork in the opening hobbled off injured.] A 17-year-old Nadal beat for, I don’t know how long Bundesliga top scorer, has 24 their last 20 games dating 36 minutes. In Gelsenkirchen, his Swiss opponent, we played, maybe four hours, league goals this campaign, back to November. Lewandowski held off a Aubameyang kept pace with already the world smashing forehand after just like Aubameyang, “He scored three goals and defender to make it 3-0 on Lewandowski by netting his number one, forehand down the line, I who scored for Borussia set up two more, what more 55 minutes following Franck 24th goal in as many league 6-3, 6-3 in felt like I had to learn Dortmund in their 1-1 draw can I say about him? Ribery’s superb final pass, games as he fired home Shinji the third how to fight in matches, at Schalke in the 150th Ruhr “I am happy to have a and his delightful backheel Kagawa’s final pass on 53 round of the and there I showed it to Valley derby. striker like that who scores in to Thiago gave the Spain minutes against Schalke. tournament. myself and my team The Poland international more or less every game.” midfielder a simple tap-in on Just as he did when scoring One year that I could do it,” he has now scored 36 goals in His opening strike was a 62 minutes. in the Ruhr derby in February later, on April said. trademark The Poland star completed 2015, the flamboyant 3, 2005, the “It was against German Bundesliga: Gabon striker, Dortmund’s pair met somebody who ended up self-styled ‘Batman’, being my biggest rival. Bayern Munich 6 Augsburg 0 French League Cup final: donned a black mask to It’s definitely going to Schalke 1 Borussia Dort. 1 Paris Saint Germain v Monaco (1900). Picture (FBL- celebrate. be very special playing Hamburg 2 Cologne 1 FRA-LCUP-MONACO-PSG) However, the hosts Rafa here again. Freiburg 2 Werder Bremen 5 French Ligue 1: equalised when Thilo Kehrer, Nadal leads RB Leipzig 4 Darmstadt 0 Marseille 1 Dijon 1 20, slotted away his first the head-to-head Bundesliga goal in only his meetings 23-13 but E. Frankfurt 0 Borussia Moenchengladbach 0 Bastia 0 Lille 1 12th game to the delight of they are tied 9-9 on the home fans. (AFP) Roger Federer of Switzerland hard courts. Colbrelli suffers Kulasekara minor injury in leads car accident to series draw Manama Colombo scorer with 54 runs while Mehedi ahrain Merida Pro Cycling team member uwan Kulasekara Hasan hit 51 -- his maiden ODI fifty. Sonny Colbrelli during training was claimed four Put into bat first by Bangladesh Binvolved in a minor car accident. wicketsN as Sri Lanka Mashrafe Mortaza earlier, The Italian rider suffered a number of bruises beat Bangladesh by 71 top-scored with 54 on the left side and a right big toe contusion. runs in the third one-day and added 52 off 40 “It really hurts, but on Sunday I will international, securing a balls to give Sri Lanka a competitive be certainly at the start of the Ronde van 1-1 draw in the three-match score. Vlaanderen despite the accident,” said Colbrelli series in Colombo yesterday. Bangladesh went onto the back prior to his departure for Belgium. , Dilruwan foot soon after they started their He added, “I was training behind the car Perera, all chase losing their first three that suddenly had to brake to avoid another car chipped in with two wickets for just 11 runs. ahead. I could not stop in time and in the crash each helping the home side to Kulasekara, who was not part of I was hooked to the bumper. The car dragged successfully defend 280-9 at Sri Lanka team in their 90-run loss me for about ten meters and then I managed to Sinhalese Sports Club ground. in the opening match, led the way free myself.” Kulasekara claimed 4-37 as the for home side striking twice in his “He broke part of the nail - explains Dr. Carlo visitors were bowled out for 215 first two overs. Gurdascione - and it’s obviously painful. Most runs in 44.3 overs, avoiding their The two teams will now play two likely we will have to cut off the shoe to allow first series loss to Bangladesh. internationals, respectively the athlete to decompress the part that hurts.” remained the top on April 4 and 6, in Colombo.