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6 April 22, 2018

Wolves Show Some Fight, Salah Equals & Van Persie’s Knocking Off Rockets Goal Record LONDON (Dispatches) - Mo- champions. hamed Salah has equaled a record Barcelona are plotting a swap held by and Cris- deal involving Ousmane Dembele tiano Ronaldo after scoring the win- that they hope will convince Mo- ner in Saturday’s 2-1 win over Crys- hamed Salah to swap for tal Palace. Camp Nou, according to Diario The Liverpool attacker has now Gol. scored in 21 games of the Premier The report suggests that such a League season, and is only the proposal pleases Lionel Messi, third person since 1992 to do so. who would prefer not to see An- Ronaldo managed the feat in toine Griezmann join the Catalan 2007-08, as Manchester United side as he feels they would overlap Minnesota caught fire from long range and won in front of their home romped to the Premier League too often on the pitch. fans to cut Houston’s series lead to 2-1. title. The Portugal international The acquisition of Salah would MINNESOTA (Dispatches) bench. scored a total of 31 times, with mean Barcelona have a player - For two games, Minnesota Tim- Butler led the way with 28 Sir Alex Ferguson’s men beating at the peak of his powers rather Liverpool star equaled a record held by Cristiano berwolves big man Karl-Anthony points, seven rebounds and five Chelsea to the league trophy. than having to wait for Dembele Ronaldo and Robin van Persie when he struck the Reds’ winner Towns was a no-show for their assists, while Teague posted 23 Van Persie also achieved the feat to fully develop, and also means against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. playoff series against the Houston points and eight assists. whilst at United, netting 26 times Coutinho could concentrate more as United again won the title, in rivals Manchester City. ners’ medal around his neck, with on replacing Andres Iniesta in Rockets. For the Rockets, it’s a concern- Sir Alex Ferguson’s final season, Salah will surely end the season Pep Guardiola’s City just two midfield rather than operate on the For two games, the Timber- ing loss in a series where they with a gap of 11 points to nearest without a Premier League win- games away from being crowned flank. wolves came up short of their haven’t looked great in their wins. first playoff win since 2004. Houston was a historically potent Both of those things changed offensive team during the regular Mo Farah Finishes Third as Eliud Kipchoge Wins at London Marathon on Saturday. Towns had by far season, and has looked liked any- his best game of the series with thing but through three games, LONDON (Dispatches) - Brit- from the track. 18 points, 16 rebounds and two failing to break the 105-point ain’s Mo Farah finished third at Kipchoge - regarded as one of blocks as Minnesota cut its series threshold. This is a team that av- the London Marathon in a new the greatest marathon runners deficit to 2-1 with a dominant eraged 112.4 points during the British record as Kenyan Eliud of all time - was on course for a 121-105 win to keep hope alive regular season. Kipchoge won the race for a third new world record but slowed in in Minneapolis of a competitive But it was the Rockets’ defense time. the final stages of a gruelling race series. that failed them on Saturday as the Farah kept pace with the leaders in warm temperatures to finish in for much of the race but finished 2:04:27. Towns’ game comes on the Timberwolves looked more like two minutes five seconds behind That was 90 seconds outside heels of a combined 13 points in the Rockets from distance, hitting Kipchoge. the record held by his compatriot the first two games in which he 15-of-27 (55.6 percent) of their He crossed the line in two hours, Dennis Kimetto. hesitated to shoot the ball and three-pointers while shooting 50 six minutes and 32 seconds to Ethiopa’s Tola Shura Kitata fin- seemed confounded and beaten percent from the field. The Tim- beat Steve Jones’ 33-year-old ished in a surprise second place, by the athleticism of Rockets cen- berwolves averaged eight made British record. 33 seconds behind Kipchoge. ter Clint Capela and physicality three-pointers in the regular sea- The four-time Olympic cham- Farah’s only previous marathon of forward P.J. Tucker. He looked son with a 36.2 percent success pion was competing in his first was in London in 2014 when he scared to shoot, and when he did, rate. Minnesota outscored Hous- 26.2-mile race since retiring finished eighth. Eliud Kipchoge cemented his status as one of the all-time great he only made 5-of-18 attempts. ton 35-24 in the third quarter to marathon runners on Sunday Whether it was the energy of extend a one-point halftime lead the home crowd, a change in and never looked back. strategy or just a concerted effort James Harden led Houston with Manchester United Beat Tottenham to Reach FA Cup Final to score the ball, Towns looked 29 points, seven assists and seven more like his typical self as one rebounds on 9-of-21 shooting, LONDON (Dispatches) - Ander Herrera scored the winner as Manchester of the NBA’s most dynamic and while Chris Paul totaled 17 points United advanced into a record-equalling 20th FA Cup final at the expense of exciting young post players on and six assists before fouling out Tottenham at on Saturday. Saturday. late in the fourth quarter. But it wasn’t all Towns on Sat- While the game isn’t sounding Spurs suffered their eighth successive defeat in the FA Cup semifinals urday by a long stretch. Jimmy alarm bells that the Timberwolves and left manager to continue to wait for his first tro- Butler and Jeff Teague both had could pull of an historic upset, it phy in the north London club. big games, while Derrick Rose should raise a yellow flag that the looked like, well, Derrick Rose Rockets have some adjustments England forward put Tottenham ahead after only 11 minutes, circa 2011 in limited time off the to make. sliding home a finish from Christian Eriksen’s cross. Jose Mourinho’s side levelled on 24 minutes when Alexis Sanchez rose high to head ’s cross past Spurs keeper Michel Vorm. Barcelona Thrash Sevilla to Manchester United’s celebrates winning the FA Cup Mourinho, who lifted the League Cup and Europa League in his first semi-final between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur at Win King’s Cup Again Wembley Stadium in London, Britain on April 21, 2018. season at Ruthless Rafa Reaches Monte Carlo Final MONACO (AP) -- Rafael here. Nadal’s priority after reaching Nadal never looked imperi- his 12th Monte Carlo Masters ous as he beat Dimitrov for the final was to whip out his phone 11th time in 12 career meet- and frantically text coach Carlos ings. Moya. Dimitrov came out firing, but Despite a comfortable 6-4, he was mostly more miss than 6-1 win against No. 5-ranked hit. Grigor Dimitrov, he had a The Bulgarian cracked try- pressing concern given how ing to serve for 5-5. He made Unstoppable duo Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi helped Barcelona thrash quickly he was texting. consecutive double faults and Sevilla 5-0 to win the King’s Cup final for the fourth consecutive season What frantic emergency could hit a wild forehand long to trail command such attention? 15-40. He saved one set point MADRID (Reuters) – Unstoppa- 14th minute and Barcelona domi- ble duo Andres Iniesta and Lionel nated the rest of the game. The So the top-ranked Nadal, a but Nadal was in ruthless mode Spain’s Rafael Nadal waves to the crowd after winning the semifinal Messi helped Barcelona thrash Se- result goes some way to make up 10-time French Open cham- and took the next chance. villa 5-0 to win the King’s Cup final for their humiliating Champions pion with 75 career titles, hur- match against Bulgaria’s Gregor Dimitrov af the Monte Carlo Tennis Two consecutive love breaks Masters tournament in Monaco, Saturday April 21, 2018. for the fourth consecutive season on League quarter-final elimination ried to another clay court just and three easy holds made it Saturday. by AS Roma earlier in April as for forehand practice ahead No matter that he has not in the quarterfinals on Friday, 5-0 to Nadal in the second set. Luis Suarez struck twice in the Barca completed the first step of a of Sunday’s final against Kei dropped a set in six matches Nadal was not satisfied. Nadal’s victory at Monte first half for the Catalans as they league and cup double. Nishikori, an opponent he has since coming back from a re- He remains on course for a Carlo last year made him the won the competition for a record Messi slammed home the sec- beaten nine times out of 11. currence of a right hip injury; record-extending 11th Monte first men’s tennis player in the 30th time, but it was Iniesta and ond after good work from Jordi Messi who pulled all the strings as Alba with Suarez adding another, While it may seem absurd, it he is more focused on ironing Carlo title and record 31st Open era to win the same title Barca blew away Vincenzo Mon- before Iniesta netted from a tight is a reminder of the relentless out even the smallest of flaws. Masters. He shares the Masters 10 times. He then won a 10th tella’s stunned side. angle. Coutinho added a fifth from perfectionist Nadal is even on Even though he crushed Dim- record with Novak Djokovic, title at Barcelona and at Ro- Philippe Coutinho set up Su- the penalty spot to complete the his best surface. itrov, as he had Dominic Thiem whose 30 wins include two land Garros. arez for the opening goal in the rout.