22 Monday, September 18, 2017 SPORTS Golovkin retains titles in thrilling draw Lukaku ruins Rooney’s return Manchester omelu Lukaku showed little room for sentiment yesterdayR scoring one and creating another as Manchester United ran out Gennady Golovkin (R) exchanges blows with Canelo Alvarez (L) ultimately comfortable 4-0 Las Vegas supporting me. winners over his former ennady Golovkin retained “Of course I want the club Everton to ruin Wayne his three world titles rematch. This was a real fight.” Rooney’s Old Trafford return. GSaturday, fighting to a draw Asked if he thought he won, Right-back Antonio with Mexican star Canelo Golovkin said, “Look I still Valencia gave United an Alvarez in a showdown for have the belts and I am still the early lead with a spectacular middleweight supremacy that champion.” half-volley before late goals lived up the hype. The baby-faced champ from from midfielder Henrikh The 35-year-old Golovkin, Kazakhstan with the steel jaw Mkhitaryan -- set up by making his Las Vegas debut, is considered one of the fittest Lukaku just before he got on kept hold of the World Boxing athletes in boxing, but Alvarez the scoresheet himself -- and Council, World Boxing was also well-prepared for the an Anthony Martial penalty Association and International 160-pound fight which both sealed the win. Boxing Federation belts in needed to validate their places With United’s rivals front of a crowd of 22,358 at in history. Manchester City having the T-Mobile Arena. “This is one of the best fights clinched a dominant 6-0 Everton’s English defender Phil Jagielka (R) clears the ball as Manchester United’s Belgian Judge Dave Moretti scored we have seen in recent years,” victory over Watford 24 striker Romelu Lukaku attempts a shot the tense battle 114-114. Dan said promoter Oscar De La hours earlier there was an minutes flattered them a little. time and space by a flat- Keane’s misplaced pass and Trella saw it 115-113 for Hoya. expectation from United fans Rooney was afforded a footed Everton defence, sent Lukaku clear but he shot Golovkin but Adalaide Byrd Asked if he wanted a rematch for Jose Mourinho’s side to generous reception by the struck a sweet half-volley wide. had it one-sided, 118-110, for Alvarez said, “Absolutely. If the keep pace with the Premier United fans and carried which arrowed high into the Koeman had demanded Alvarez. fans want to see it again, why League leaders. Everton’s main goal threat net. Rooney flickered into life a reaction from his players Byrd’s lopsided score didn’t not?” They are now only behind before he left to a standing midway through the first half before this contest having reflect the explosive drama Despite the draw this was them in the table by virtue ovation from the home when he sent Cuco Martina seen them slip to three of a bout in which Golovkin Alvarez’s coming out party in of C coming before U in the supporters after being scampering down the right consecutive defeats. moved forward aggressively the higher weight class as he alphabet as they have identical substituted with eight flank and then burst forward And Everton’s confidence while challenger Alvarez was delivered a performance that records -- Everton by contrast minutes left. in search of the return ball. slowly returned as the game the counter-puncher with established himself as a bona- are in a crisis as they lost for United asserted their Martina’s low cross picked wore on with Idrissa Gueye sometimes faster hands. fide middleweight. He had the fourth successive match authority in the fourth out Rooney on the edge of the and Morgan Schneiderlin “This was a real drama won seven straight fights since without scoring and are in the minute as Valencia showed penalty area but the former rising to the midfield battle. show,” Golovkin said. “I losing his only fight to Floyd bottom three. superb technique to score a England captain could only Rooney’s tenacity moments want to thank all my fans for Mayweather in 2013. (AFP) The Red Devils, without magnificent opening goal strike a low effort wide of after half-time saw him skip the injured Paul Pogba, were Nemanja Matic swept a the post. into the penalty area at the not as fluent and free-flowing cross field pass to Valencia United squandered an Stretford End and on to a pass as they have been in the on the corner of the penalty opportunity just before the from Tom Davies but David early part of the season and area and the Ecuador half-hour mark when Juan De Gea kept out the striker’s Football three goals in the final seven international, albeit afforded Mata seized on Michael low effort with his legs. (AFP) Scores as of closing English Premier League : Chelsea 0 Arsenal 0 Sunweb triumph world team trial Paris the late climb where BMC om Dumoulin led Sunweb ended within eight seconds of Italian Serie A: to victory in the world team Sunweb. Sassuolo 1 Juventus 3 timeT trial at Bergen yesterday Froome and Dumoulin, AC Milan 2 Udinese 1 ahead of Rohan Dennis’s BMC both good climbers and good Racing and Chris Froome’s Sky time triallists, are expected to Napoli 6 Benevento 0 over a 42.5km course featuring slug out the individual time Torino 2 Sampdoria 2 a tricky late climb. trial over the same route on SPAL 0 Cagliari 2 Four-time Tour de France Wednesday. Chievo 1 Atalanta 1 winner Froome and his five Double world champion teammates had been leading Peter Sagan or Olympic Genoa 2 Lazio 3 at the halfway point, but fell champion Greg Van Avermaet 22sec adrift after Geraint may also find themselves Spanish Liga: Thomas and Owain Doull got challenged in the road race by into trouble on the climb. Froome and Dumoulin next Alaves 0 Villarreal 3 “It’s the team event of the Sunday. Girona 0 Sevilla 1 year, and we pulled it off,” said Sunweb also clinched Riders Team Sunweb celebrate on the podium Las Palmas 1 Athletic Bilbao 0 Dutchman Dumoulin, a solid the women’s team time trial Real Sociedad 1 Real Madrid 3 time-triallist who won the Giro especially on the long climb, were all flying.” led Ellen Van Dijk of the d’Italia in May. and that just about worked out. Thomas and Doull had Netherlands and featuring “We tried to keep together But we made it over, and we kept up the fastest pace until American Coryn Rivera. (AFP)