SPORT 17 I Don’T Think It Is Fair on the Boys at All
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SATURDAY 28 DECEMBER 2019 SPORT 17 I don’t think it is fair on the boys at all. I don’t think it is Manchester United’s fair to be expected to perform Ole Gunnar Solskjaer CRICKET CRICKET becomes the latest EPL manager Australia vs New Zealand South Africa vs England at the best of your level, both to complain about the packed mentally and physically, 48 programme of fixtures over Boxing Day Test, Day 3 in Boxing Day Test, Day 3 in Christmas and New Year. ACTION Melbourne Centurion hours after you have played. TODAY’S ANATOLIA/THE PENINSULA September 21: ANKARA Barcelona’s Messi receives the Best FIFA Men’s Player 2019 Major sports events that took award. place in the year of 2019. Highlights of the year September 29: Serbia bag the gold medal JANUARY in the CEV Men’s Volleyball January 11: European Championship by UEFA, European football’s beating Slovenia 3-1 in the final. governing body, announced the Team of the Year 2018. Fans OCTOBER voted online to select players. October 4: Superstars Lionel Messi (Bar- American Dalilah celona) and Cristiano Ronaldo Muhammad breaks her own (Juventus) were in this team. world record in the 400-meter January 17: hurdles in 52.16 seconds at 17th Qatari driver Nasser Saleh World Athletics Championships Al Attiyah and co-driver Matthieu in Doha. Baumel of France win the 2019 Mutaz Essa Barshim, Dakar Rally in Peru. It was Al Atti- Qatar’s champion high jumper yah’s third Dakar Rally title. has wins the Gold Medal at the January 21: IAAF Doha 2019 after clearing the Argentine football player 2.37m. Emiliano Sala gets killed in a October 8: plane crash in the English Female athlete Simone Channel. Sala, 28, was on his way Biles becomes the most decorated to join his new club Cardiff City gymnast in World Championships from Nantes. history with her 21st gold medal. January 26: October 30: Japan’s Naomi Osaka, 22, A Nepali mountaineer beats Petra Kvitova 2-1 to gain the Nirmal Purja climbs the world’s 2019 Australian Open Women’s tallest 14 peaks in six months to Singles title. break the world record. January 27: October 4: Qatari high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim becomes the world champion after winning the gold medal at the IAAF Doha NOVEMBER Serbian tennis player 2019 World Athletics Championships. Novak Djokovic wins the 2019 November 3: Australian Open title in Men’s Kenyan athlete Daniel Singles after he defeats his Antoine Griezmann from La Liga Kipkore Kibet wins the 41st Spanish rival Rafael Nadal 3-0 in rivals Atletico Madrid, paying Istanbul Marathon men’s title by final. €120m ($134.9m) for the buyout breaking the 42 km Istanbul Mar- clause to acquire Griezmann. athon track record while Ethi- FEBRUARY July 13: opian athlete Hirut Tibebu wins February 1: Romanian tennis player women’s title at the interconti- Qatar national football Simona Halep beats her US nental Istanbul Marathon. team win their first Asian Cup, opponent Serena Williams 2-0 to beating Japan 3-1 in final. win the 2019 Wimbledon title in Mercedes team’s driver February 4: women’s singles. Lewis Hamilton secures the 2019 New England Patriots beat July 14: Formula 1 title at the US Grand Los Angeles Rams 13-3 in the Serbian tennis player Prix with a second-place finish at Super Bowl to win sixth NFL title Novak Djokovic defeats Swiss the Circuit of the Americas. in history. Roger Federer 3-2 to win the 2019 Wimbledon title in men’s singles. DECEMBER MARCH July 19: December 3: March 7: Algeria earn their first Messi receives the 2019 Los Angeles Lakers’ Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Ballon d’Or award, his sixth. American superstar LeBron James title in 29 years, defeating Senegal December 9: scored 31 points against Denver 1- 0 in the Egyptian capital Cairo. The World Anti-Doping Nuggets in NBA game to beat a Agency (WADA) hands a four- Qatar’s captain Hassan Al Haydos (centre) raises the trophy as he celebrates their win during the AFC Chicago Bulls legend, Michael AUGUST year ban to Russia for major Asian Cup final against Japan held at the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on February 1. Jordan, who had 32,292 points in August 12: sporting events including the his career. James tallied 32,311 A former Inter Milan, 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2022 points in total to surpass Jordan. leagues, English Premier January 17: Qatari driver Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah and co-driver Galatasaray and Al Gharafa star, World Cup. The NBA’s all-time top scorer is League, Spanish La Liga and Matthieu Baumel of France win the 2019 Dakar Rally in Peru. Dutch attacking midfielder December 15: a retired player, Kareem Abdul- Italian Serie A. Wesley Sneijder, 35, retires from Tokyo National Stadium Jabbar, who dropped 38,387 April 27: football. Sneijder helped Inter win declared ready for 2020 Summer points in the league. Barcelona win Spanish 2010 UEFA Champions League. Olympics as the Japanese prime March 11: La Liga title with three weeks August 14: minister, Shinzo Abe opens it. French manager Zinedine remaining in the season. Liverpool capture the 2019 December 19: Zidane returns to Spanish La Liga UEFA Super Cup in Istanbul’s Belgium’s National giants Real Madrid to work as a MAY Vodafone Park Stadium after Football Team tops the FIFA manager for the second time in May 12: beating Chelsea 5-4 on World Ranking in 2019. his career. Manchester City beat penalties. December 21: Brighton 4-1 to win the English August 18: Liverpool win 2019 FIFA APRIL Premier League title. English football veteran Club World Cup after beating Bra- April 2: May 15: Ashley Cole retires from football zil’s Flamengo 1-0 in the final in The German Football Ajax Amsterdam win 34th at the ageggy of 38, ending a 20-year Qatar.Q Association (DFB) President title in Dutch top-tier Eredivisie professionalprofessional career. December 25: Reinhard Grindel resigns. league, beating De Graafschap AugustAugust 29:29: Spain’sSpain’s Real Madrid heads April 20: 4-1. VirgilVirgil van Dijk,Dijk, Liverpool’sLiverpool’s UEFA’sUEFA’s listlist of all- Italian football power- May 18: League trophy over 4-1 win 2-0 victory against Tottenhamham DutchDutch defender,defender, is namednamed thethe timetime top 30 house Juventus lift their eight Bayern Munich hit Ein- against Arsenal. Hotspur in Madrid. UEFAUEFA Men’s PlayerPlayer ofof thethe Year.Year. clclubsubs ooff consecutive Serie A title, beating tracht Frankfurt 5-1 to win their June 5: European Fiorentina 2-1 at home. 28th title in Germany’s top JUNE A Swiss-Italian national,onal, SEPTEMBER CCupup with Juventus forward football league, Bundesliga. June 1: Gianni Infantino is re-electedcted SeptemberSeptember 8: 660000 Ronaldo becomes first player May 29: Liverpool claim UEFA FIFA President for another fourfour AmericanAmerican SerenaSerena WilliamsWilliams points.points. to win titles in three major Chelsea bag UEFA Europa Champions League title over a years. isis defeateddefeated 6-3,6-3, 7-5,7-5, in tthehe June 9: women’swomen’s finalfinal of the UnitedUnited States Spanish tennis playerayer OpenOpen byby Bianca Andreescu who Rafael Nadal wins the Frenchench becomesbecomes thethe firstfirst CanadianCanadian to win Open title, beating Austria’sria’s thethe title.title. Dominic Thiem 3-1. SeptemberSeptember 9: June 11: SpanishSpanish RafaelRafael Barcelona superstar MessiMessi NadalNadal winwinss thethe US. becomes the most paid athleteete in OOpenpen to cclaimlaim hhisis the world with $127m, Forbes says.says. 19th GrandGrand SlamSlam June 13: title.title. Spanish football giantsants SeptemberSeptember Real Madrid sign Belgian mid-mid- 15:15: fielder Eden Hazard from Chelsea.elsea. SpainSpain “Los Blancos” (The Whites) paypay winwin 20192019 FIBA $112 million transfer feee to BasketballBasketball Chelsea to set new club record.ord. WorldWorld CupCup June 14: ttitle,itle, beatinbeatingg The Toronto Raptors --- thethe AArgentinargentina only NBA team outside the US- 95-7595-75 in finalfinal Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) become 2019 NBA championsions inin Beijing.Beijing. President Stanislav Pozdnyakov holds a after beating Golden State WWar-ar- SSpanishpanish pplay-lay- press conference in Moscow after WADA riors 114-110 in the finals. mmakeraker gguarduard RickyRicky handed a four-year ban to Russia for RRubioubio is pickedpicked as JULY the MMostost VValuablealuable major sporting events including the 2020 December 2: Barcelona's Lionel Messi July 12: PlayerPlayer (MVP)(MVP) of the Tokyo Olympics and 2022 World Cup. wins his 6th Ballon d'Or award Barcelona sign Frenchh star World Cup. 18 SPORT SATURDAY 28 DECEMBER 2019 Wickets tumble on day two at Centurion AFP SCOREBOARD But Denly survived the initial CENTURION, SOUTH AFRICA South Africa (1 Innings) J Bairstow b Nortje .................................1 fast bowling storm and gradually asserted himself to make 50 off D Elgar c Buttler b Anderson ...............0 J Buttler c De Kock b Philander .......... 12 Vernon Philander led a relentless 111 balls with nine fours. South African bowling A Markram c Bairstow b Curran .........20 S Curran c Hamza b Rabada ...............20 England collapsed, however, performance before England Z Hamza c Stokes b Broad ..................39 J Archer b Philander .............................. 3 after Denly was caught behind fought back on the second day F du Plessis c Root b Broad ................29 S Broad c Elgar b Rabada ..................... 2 off an inside edge to give all- of the first Test at Centurion’s H van der Dussen c Root b Curran .......6 J Anderson (not out) ..............................0 rounder Dwaine Pretorius his SuperSport Park yesterday. Q de Kock c Buttler b Curran ..............95 Extras (B4, LB5, NB2, W5) ................16 first Test wicket.