ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2021 SPORTS 14 Slalom leader Schwarz gets 2nd win Noel fi nishes second, Pinturault third SCHLADMING, Austria, Jan 27, (AP): Right after fi nishing his second run and taking the lead in the race, Marco Schwarz held up one fi nger. There were still fi ve more racers to come down at the World Cup night slalom, but the Austrian held on to his No. 1 position. Schwarz improved from sixth after the opening run to win by a big mar- gin, 0.68 seconds ahead of Clément Noël. Another French skier, Alexis Pinturault, was 0.82 behind in third. “It’s amazing, it’s the classic to win,” Schwarz said. “Schladming was Austria’s Marco Schwarz, (center), on top of my wish list. To win here was winner of an alpine ski, men’s World a big dream.” Cup slalom, poses on the podium The night slalom at the resort of the with second placed France’s Clem- 2013 world championships is usually ent Noel, (left), and third placed attended by tens of thousands of spec- France’s Alexis Pinturault, in Schlad- tators lining up along both sides of the ming, Austria, on Jan 26. (AP) course, but no visitors were allowed this time amid strict anti-coronavirus measures in Austria. Villarreal advance “Normally there are 45,000 people, this year is a little bit different, but the win feels amazing,” said Schwarz, Betis beat Sociedad, reach Copa quarters SKIING , Jan 27, (AP): Real Betis came from behind to beat Real So- who earned his sixth podium result in ciedad 3-1 in extra time, reaching the seven slaloms this season. Copa del Rey quarterfi nals for the sec- Manchester City’s , (right), duels for the ball with West Bromwich Albion’s Hal Robson-Kanu during the English Premier League soccer Schwarz, who extended his lead in ond time in three seasons. match between West Bromwich Albion and Manchester City at the Hawthorns Stadium in West Bromwich, England, on Jan 26. (AP) the discipline standings, previously Forward Borja Iglesias scored twice won in Adelboden, Switzerland, and in extra time after Sergio Canales became the fi rst to win two slaloms equalized late in regulation in a round Soucek nets twice as West Ham pip Crystal Palace 3-2 this season, after the fi rst six races pro- of 16 match played under heavy fog in duced as many different winners. . “Second run I had to full attack. It Iglesias netted with a left-footed went pretty good the second run, so shot from close range six minutes into I’m really happy,” Schwarz said. extra time and then sealed the victory Gundogan helps Man City thrash West Brom His Austrian teammate Manuel with a header in the 111th minute of Feller held a commanding lead after the game. LONDON, Jan 27, (AP): Fueled by the opening run but skied out after only had put the visitors a sparkling attacking display, Man- six gates into his fi nal run. ahead after a breakaway in the 13th chester City’s players powered to Best and worst of Zlatan as Milan lose at Inter Feller’s mishap resembled and Canales made it 1-1 in the 78th 5-0 win over West Bromwich Al- Schwarz’s fate in last year’s race, when with a low shot from outside the area. bion. MILAN, Jan 27, (AP): The best and Milan started the brighter of the for a tackle on Kolarov and sent off, Both teams fi nished with 10 men worst of Zlatan Ibrahimović was on teams and almost immediately leaving his side down to 10 men. he led after the opening run but failed In a comical exhibit for VAR’s show as he scored and later was went in front when Rafael Leão And Inter was level 13 minutes to fi nish his second. Another Austrian as Sociedad’s was ever-lengthening highlights reel, sent off in AC Milan’s 2-1 loss at fi red just past the left post. later. Leão brought down Nicolò who did well in the opening run, third- sent off in the 48th and Betis’ Antonio West Bromwich Albion’s defend- city rival Inter Milan in the quarterfi - It did take the lead in the 31st Barella and, after viewing the inci- ranked Michael Matt, straddled a gate Sanabria got a red card in the 76th. ers virtually stopped in their tracks nals of the Italian Cup. minute when Ibrahimović con- dent again on the pitchside moni- and also failed to fi nish. Sebastian Betis was eliminated in the round of and looked on as Joao Cancelo Ibrahimović clashed with former trolled the ball on the edge of the tor, the referee pointed to the spot. Foss-Solevåg of Norway dropped from 32 of the Copa in three of the last four curled a shot into the top corner for teammate Romelu Lukaku at the area before placing an angled drive Lukaku slammed the penalty into second to fourth after a problem with seasons but made it to the semifi nals in the second of City’s goals in the end of the fi rst half, and he was between the legs of Inter defender the top left corner. his goggles midway through his fi nal 2019, when it lost to eventual cham- ejected for a second booking in the Aleksandar Kolarov. It went in off The match had a lengthy delay run when the lens came off. pion Valencia. rout. 58th minute. the base of the far post. as referee Paolo Valeri received After all, the assistant referee had With the best skiers from the open- Sociedad made it to last season’s Lukaku converted a penalty for There was a huge argument be- treatment for a thigh injury and was ing run struggling, Pinturault used the fi nal against Basque Country rival raised the fl ag for offside moments the equalizer and Christian Eriksen tween Ibrahimović and Lukaku on eventually replaced by the fourth . The fi nal has been earlier but City, unlike West Brom, opportunity to gain eight places by scored the winner deep in stop- the stroke of halftime and both were offi cial. posting the fastest time in the fi nal run. postponed because of the coronavirus played on as Bernardo Silva col- page time. booked. The spat between the for- Milan goalkeeper Ciprian “It was a good performance. I won pandemic and is yet to be rescheduled lected the ball and fed Cancelo, who Inter will play Juventus or Spal mer Manchester United teammates Ttruşanu pulled off a number as offi cials try to wait for fans to be al- in the semifi nals. They meet on continued after the halftime whistle of saves but it wasn’t enough. Just the second run but I was also lucky. - unchallenged - picked his spot from What happened to Sebastian is incred- lowed to return to stadiums. the edge of the area. Wednesday. and a visibly furious Lukaku had to as the match appeared to be head- The two Milan clubs are also be pulled back. ing into extra time, Eriksen curled ible,” said Pinturault, who extended Yéremi Pino scored a 19th-minute A video review showed Silva was fi ghting it out in the league, with the That was to prove costly for a free kick into the top left corner his overall lead over runner-up Marco winner as Villarreal beat second-divi- actually onside and the goal was al- Rossoneri leading second-place In- Ibrahimović as he was shown a in the seventh minute of stoppage Odermatt to 253 points. The Swiss sion club Girona 1-0 to reach the quar- lowed to stand. City was on course ter by two points. second yellow card after the break time. skier doesn’t compete in slalom. terfi nals for the second straight season. to match its biggest league win of the season and, on the evidence of this game and the last couple of months, ing form is Tomas Soucek, who net- “The most beautiful feeling in Pep Guardiola’s team is going to be ted twice for West Ham in its 3-2 football is when you realize you hard to stop. win at Crystal Palace that lifted the have helped your team,” Soucek team to fourth place. wrote. “But this time I want to dedi- The Czech Republic international cate the win and my two goals to my SOCCER is proving a solid source of goals wife. It’s really tough time for her as for West Ham, having scored seven she can’t see anyone from the fam- times in his last 13 league matches. ily. Thank you for taking care of me “Now, with VAR in these situa- In a tweet, he dedicated his double and our daughter!” tions, we have to follow the actions to his wife. Arsenal avenged a defeat to until the end because you never Southampton in the FA Cup at the know what is going to happen,” weekend by beating the Saints 3-1 in Guardiola said. “Is the goal allowed the league. or disallowed? Nobody knows. So Arsenal came from behind to win you have to continue until the end of for the fi rst time in a Premier League the action.” game this season, having trailed after Make it seven straight wins in the three minutes. Nicolas Pepe and Bu- league - and 11 in all competitions - kayo Saka replied before halftime, for City in an ominous run of results. and Alexandre Lacazette made sure City became the ninth side to fi nish of the points with a third in the 72nd. a day in fi rst place this season, the The win moved Mikel Arteta’s most within a single top-fl ight cam- side above Southampton and up to paign since 1986-87. eighth in the standings. Even if Manchester United re- Newcastle’s winless run extended claims the lead on Wednesday by to 11 games in all competitions with KUNA photo beating Sheffi eld United, City - on a 2-1 home defeat to Leeds, pil- Photo taken during the Kuwait’s fi rst women’s weightlifting tournament closing ceremony. its longest winning run in more than ing the pressure on manager Steve three years - looks to be the team to Bruce. Jack Harrison clinched three Women’s fi rst weightlifting tournament concludes beat. points with a swerving 61st-minute Ilkay Gundogan netted twice to strike with the outside of his left foot, Kuwait’s fi rst women’s weightlifting tournament con- tournaments,” he added. make it seven goals in the last eight four minutes after Miguel Almiron cluded on Tuesday its competitions that took place at “Kuwait has many talents and the national team league games for a midfi elder who canceled out Raphinha’s fi rst-half Al-Tadamun SC over the course of three days. includes a lot of star players not only locally but also has never been a prolifi c scorer in his Crystal Palace’s Andros Townsend, opener for Leeds. This tournament was held to serve the purpose of regionally, and the association supports those players career but has hit a rich vein of form. (left), and West Ham’s Declan Rice Leeds ended its three-game losing improving player-lifting abilities. in order to represent Kuwait and achieve goals interna- fi ght for the ball during the English Chief of Kuwait Weightlifting Association Talal Al- tionally,” he noted. Riyad Mahrez and Raheem Sterling Premier League soccer match be- streak in all competitions. Jassar said to KUNA, that the tournament witnessed Al-Jassar mentioned that a lot players have achieved set each other up for the fi nal two tween Crystal Palace and West Newcastle has taken only two the participation of 34 players in different weight cat- fi rst places and honored on the podium in different goals. Ham in London, England, on Jan points from the last 27 in the league egories. “The goal behind this tournament is prepping weight categories such as 49kg, 55kg, 59kg, 71kg, Another central midfi elder in scor- 26. (AP) and has dropped to 16th. and scouting for lifters to represent Kuwait in future 76kg ,81kg and 87kg. (KUNA)