20 Monday, September 25, 2017 SPORTS Monday, September 25, 2017 21 Trump urges fans to boycott NFL Pandya fifty helps Washington India clinch series S President Donald Trump Marquez surges Indore, India Uyesterday urged fans ardik Pandya hit an aggressive half- to boycott National Football century to lead India to a series- League games to pressure Hclinching five-wicket win over Australia in the league to fire or suspend the third one-day international in Indore players who show disrespect yesterday. for “Flag and Country.” into title lead with Pandya’s 72-ball 78 and his crucial fifth- Trump’s latest Twitter wicket stand with Manish Pandey, who salvo was the latest blow in remained unbeaten on 36, helped the hosts an escalating war of words chase down their 294-run target with 13 with some of professional balls to spare. Openers Rohit Sharma and sports’ biggest stars over his Ajinkya Rahane put together a 139-run stand condemnation of NFL players Aragon win Alcañiz, Spain though, slips 56 points behind through the to lay a solid foundation for the team to take an protesting the national anthem. arc Marquez opened up a Marquez as his hopes of 10th second half of unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. “If NFL fans refuse to go 16-point lead over Andrea world title begin to fade. the race after a But it was the Indian bowlers who set up the to games until players stop Baltimore Ravens players kneel down during the playing of the U.S. national anthem MDovizioso with an impressive ride Dovizioso started the day level slow start to blow comfortable victory after opener Aaron Finch’s blazing disrespecting our Flag and when Trump attacked activist not attend a traditional White wrote. to White House was a great them black. to claim his fifth win of the season with Marquez in the championship past Rossi, Vinales century, restricting the visitors to 293-6 at the batting- Country, you will see change National Football League House reception honouring the Trump’s outburst drew a honour until you showed up.” Kaepernick, who was unable at the Aragon MotoGP yesterday. standings, but finished down in and Lorenzo in the friendly Holkar Stadium. take place fast. Fire or players -- mostly African winning basketball team. stinging response from across The protests began last to land a job with a team this Marquez edged out Honda seventh to deal a severe blow to his latter stages. But he left In reply, Sharma, who hit 71, and Rahane, who suspend!” he said. Americans -- as “sons of Several hours later, Trump the NBA, with Cleveland year when quarterback season, has attracted support teammate Dani Pedrosa with title chances with just four races his challenge too late to made 70, combined the right dose of caution and “NFL attendance and ratings b*****s” for kneeling or sitting hit back with an early-morning Cavaliers superstar LeBron Colin Kaepernick of the San from his peers but also some Jorge Lorenzo taking third. remaining. catch his teammate out aggression to give the Australian bowlers a hard are WAY DOWN. Boring games during renditions of “The Star- Twitter salvo. James among the first to weigh Francisco 49ers refused to backlash. Meanwhile, nine-time world Marquez showed his class by front. time. Sharma hit a huge six off Kane Richardson yes, but many stay away because Spangled Banner.” “Going to the White House in. stand for the anthem to protest The 29-year-old said he champion Valentino Rossi moving smoothly through the “Unfortunately I did too early in the innings that sailed out of the ground they love our country. League On the same day, basketball is considered a great honour for “U bum @StephenCurry30 racial injustice and police started his protests because he manfully fought for fifth place on pack despite starting from fifth, many laps behind Maverick to signal his intent. He registered his 33rd ODI should back U.S.,” he said. star Stephen Curry, the top a championship team. Stephen already said he ain’t going!” brutality. wanted to spark a nationwide his return just three weeks after a eventually overtaking Lorenzo and I lose a little bit of the fifty with another six off Ashton Agar. The row began on Friday at player for California’s Golden Curry is hesitating, therefore James wrote on Twitter. “So Several more players have debate on racial injustice and double leg fracture. with eight laps to go for his third gap at the beginning,” said His 62-ball-knock was laced with 6 fours and a Republican rally in Alabama State Warriors, said he would invitation is withdrawn!” he therefore ain’t no invite. Going since joined in, nearly all of police brutality. (AFP) “I’m quite proud, because a MotoGP win in Aragon and Pedrosa. 4 sixes before he top-edged a delivery from week ago I didn’t know if I would fourth overall after winning in “Later we both Nathan Coulter-Nile and substitute fielder be able to race,” said Rossi, who Moto2 back in 2011. improved the pace and Hilton Cartwright made no mistake at missed the San Marino Grand Prix “I took a lot of risk but I when I got passed him deep mid-wicket. a fortnight ago. started with the mentality to win I could really catch the Rahane soon followed his partner Rossi battled for the lead early and it finished well today,” said front group, but Marc back to the pavilion after Pat in the race having qualified third, Marquez. “It’s important because was in the lead already Cummins trapped the batsman but understandably faded. in the Championship we’re and could play with the lbw as Australia tried to check a “I knew I had to suffer in the leading by 16 and 28 points (to gap.” rampaging India. (AFP) US warplanes fly off N. Korea second half of the race. I had some Maverick Vinales), and it’s better And Pedrosa wasn’t pain and we also suffered from the to have that advantage than not.” happy with Rossi’s degradation of the tyre,” he added. Pedrosa completed a perfect attempts to fend him BRIEF SCORE Despite his brave effort, Rossi, day for Honda as he stormed off. (AFP) Hardik Pandya of India 294 for 5 (Pandya 78, Rohit 71, Repsol Honda Team’s Spanish rider Marc Rahane 70, Cummins 2-54) beat Australia Marquez celebrates on the podium India celebrates Aragon Grand Prix results after scoring an 293 for 6 (Finch 124, Smith 63, Bumrah coast in new show of force 2-52, Kuldeep 2-75) by five wickets Washington Korea’s weapons programs. 1.Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) 42min 06.816sec half century S bombers and fighter Quake not nuclear test: experts But in a new stage for such 2. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) at 0.879 Uescorts flew off the coast show-of-force operations, 3. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Ducati) 2.028 of North Korea Saturday in a Beijing determined “the incident is the Pentagon stressed this 4. Maverick Vinales (ESP/Yamaha) 5.256 Ton-up Ali too show of force against its nuclear shallow 3.5-magnitude not a nuclear explosion, but was the furthest north of the 5. Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 5.882 weapons program, escalating Aearthquake which had the nature of a natural Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) 6. Aleix Esparagaro (ESP/Aprilia) 6.962 already sky-high tensions. hit North Korea near the earthquake”. between the two Koreas that 7. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Ducati) 7.455 much for Windies The hermit state’s foreign country’s nuclear test site The Chinese Academy any US fighter or bomber has 8. Alvaro Bautista (ESP/Ducati Aspar) 7.910 Bristol, United Kingdom His century also included seven minister meanwhile derided on Saturday was not the of Sciences also released a flown off North Korea’s coast 9. Johann Zarco (FRA/Yamaha Tech3) 13.002 oeen Ali’s blazing century set fours, with the left-hander needing Donald Trump as “mentally result of a fresh nuclear test, report saying the earthquake in this century. 10. Pol Espargaro (ESP/KTM) 14.075 up England’s 124-run victory a mere 12 balls for his second fifty. deranged” at the United China’s seismic service said, was likely a “lagged “This mission is a Mover West Indies in the third England’s total was their largest Nations, while the US president after initially reporting a collapse earthquake”, demonstration of US resolve one-day international at Bristol in a one-day international against fired back on Twitter with fresh “suspected explosion”. echoing international and a clear message that the yesterday as the hosts went 2-0 up West Indies, surpassing their 328 threats. The China Earthquake experts’ hypotheses that the president has many military Football Results with two to play in a five-match for seven at Edgbaston in 2009, The latest exchange of Networks Center (CENC) said earthquake was a delayed options to defeat any threat,” series. and their fifth-largest in this format bellicose rhetoric comes as in a statement late Saturday repercussion of a previous Pentagon spokeswoman Dana Italian Serie A: Ali’s 53-ball ton -- with his overall. international alarm mounts that study of infrasonic data detonation. White said. Sampdoria 2 AC Milan 0 second fifty coming off just 12 Man-of-the-match Ali’s hundred over Pyongyang’s weapons “We are prepared to use Crotone 2 Benevento 0 deliveries -- was the cornerstone of was also the second quickest by an ambitions -- including a the full range of military Inter Milan 1 Genoa 0 North Korea Minister for Foreign Affairs Ri England’s imposing 369 for nine. England batsman at this level after suggestion this week that the Pacific. the United States and the capabilities to defend the US Verona 0 Lazio 3 Yong Ho speaks at UN West Indies were in with a Jos Buttler’s 46-ball ODI century the country is considering US bombers have carried international community homeland and our allies.” Cagliari 0 Chievo 2 chance so long as the big-hitting against Pakistan in Dubai in 2015. detonating an H-bomb over out similar flights before, as struggle to rein in North The Air Force B-1B Lancer Sassuolo 0 Bologna 1 Chris Gayle was making 94. England lost three wickets for 11 bombers flown Saturday are But when the veteran opener, runs to be 217 for six in the 35th based in Guam, and were North Korea minister launches who missed the rainswept over. accompanied by F-15C Eagle French Ligue 1: no-result in the second ODI at But a partnership of 117 in 76 fighter escorts from Okinawa, tirade against Trump at UN Saint-Etienne 2 Rennes 2 Trent Bridge on Thursday with a balls between Ali and Chris Woakes Japan, White said. They flew United Nations destroy” his country if Strasbourg 1 Nantes 2 hamstring injury suffered warming (34) turned the tide in a match that over international waters orth Korea’s foreign necessary had made “our up on his 38th birthday, was run featured 28 sixes in total. off the east coast of North Nminister assailed US rockets’ visit to the entire out the tourists’ hopes of winning Joe Root (84) and Ben Stokes Korea. President Donald Trump US mainland all the more German league: disappeared with him. (73) had laid the platform for a This week saw a blistering at the United Nations on inevitable.” Hanover 0 Cologne 0 West Indies were eventually large total with a fourth-wicket war of words between Kim Saturday, deriding him as a Describing Trump as a Bayer Leverkusen 3 Hamburg 0 dismissed for 245, with fast bowler stand of 132 in 20 overs. (AFP) and Trump, with the US “mentally deranged” leader “mentally deranged person Liam Plunkett taking five for 52 leader using his maiden whose threats had increased full of megalomania,” Ri said -- his maiden ODI five-wicket haul speech at the United Nations the chances of military the US leader who “holds the Spanish La Liga: -- as England won with 65 balls to BRIEF SCORE General Assembly to warn that confrontation. nuclear button” posed “the Espanyol 4 Deportivo la Coruna 1 spare. England 369 for 9 (Moeen 102, Root England’s Moeen Ali Washington would “totally Ri Yong-ho told the gravest threat to international Getafe 4 Villarreal 0 Earlier, all-rounder Ali sprinted 84, Stokes 73, Cummins 3-82) beat West gestures after reaching destroy” the North if America General Assembly that peace and security Eibar 0 Celta Vigo 4 to his hundred with nearly half of Indies 245 (Gayle 94, Plunkett 5-52, his century or its allies were threatened. Trump’s vow to “totally today.” Las Palmas 0 Leganes 2 Air Force B-1B Lancer receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker near the East China Sea his runs coming via eight sixes, Rashid 3-34) by 124 runs (AFP) before he fell for 102.