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Brathwaite, Campbell share 66-run start Gut-Behrami wins elusive gold Bonner ‘leads’ Windies to 223-5 vs B’desh on Day 1 in ‘worlds’ opener, Shiffrin 3rd DHAKA, Bangladesh, Feb 11, his 12th ball faced. Campbell also (AP): Nkrumah Bonner was mak- struck off spinner ing up for lost time with his sec- for a six over long on. But with ond successive half-century as West Indies appearing untoubled, West Indies ground out 223-5 Campbell gave up his against Bangladesh on day one of when he was trapped plumb try- the second cricket Test on ing to sweep left-arm spinner Thursday. Taijul Islam. Bonner was 74 not out and Campbell reviewed in vain. His wicketkeeper Joshua Da Silva 68-ball innings included five fours was with him on 22 after an even and one six. first day. The bowlers regrouped well Kraigg Brathwaite con- after lunch to take three . tributed 47 and fellow opener Fast bowler Abu Jayed was John Campbell 36 but the West rewarded for hitting the right Indies was bunkered down in the length consistently with Shayne face of relentlessly disciplined Moseley’s wicket for 7, after bowling. The which Brathwaite perished to a home team had cut shot off ’s the initiative medium pace, three runs short of until the his 21st test half-century. unbeaten 45-run, no-risk CRICKET stand by Bonner and Da Silva to see out Kayle Mayers, the first batsman the day. to score a double century in the How long Bonner fourth innings on debut in the first Bonner lasts test, was out for 5 driving at Jayed will be the key to West Indies’ and giving an outside edge to the innings, with a 300 total looking slips. imposing. After almost a decade West Indies was in trouble at out of the national setup, his 86 on 116-4 but Bonner engineered a debut last weekend helped West recovery, first with Jermaine Indies win the first test in a Blackwood. Their 62-run for the remarkable comeback in fifth wicket lasted until Blackwood Chattogram. was caught and bowled by Taijul “Every innings I play, I put for 28. pressure on myself. We get paid “The wicket was not what we to make runs and to be consis- expected,” Jayed said. “We are tent,” Bonner said. expecting some turn for the spin- “This wicket has a little more ners. But I think it needs time. “At bounce, but it is similar (to the moment, it’s important to con- Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami speeds down the course during the women’s super-G, at the alpine ski World Championships, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Chattogram). So basically it is the tain their scoring rate.” on Feb 11. (Inset): Gut-Behrami shows her gold medal on the podium. (AP) same gameplan. I tried to play as Bonner brought up his half-cen- many balls as possible on the tury driving a Taijul delivery to front foot, and keep the ball in the long off for a single off 98 balls. Kriechmayr clinches men’s super-G title V for as long as possible.” But because of the good bowling, After opting to bat first, he opted for a defensive approach, Brathwaite and Campbell shared a which paid off for him. His 173- CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, didn’t know if I could execute every- frin said. between excitement that we fi nally decent 66-run start. ball knock so far includes six Italy, Feb 11, (AP): Lara thing,” Shiffrin said. “And in the end, Petra Vlhova, the overall World started but disappointment at the Campbell cut off spinner boundaries. Gut-Behrami dashed to I executed like 98%.” Cup leader from Slovakia, fi nished lack of atmosphere.” past point for a Jayed and Taijul have two The two-time Olympic champion ninth, nearly two weeks after gaining The race took place in sunny but boundary to begin his scoring on wickets each. gold in the women’s su- had not raced in a speed event since her fi rst career super-G podium. windy conditions after bad weather per-G at the skiing world last January, 382 days ago. The opening race of the worlds postponed all events over the previ- She took a 10-month break from ended in disappointment for the ous three days. championships Thursday, racing following the death of her home Italian team, though the course Meanwhile, Vincent Kriechmayr and Mikaela Shiffrin took father, Jeff Shiffrin, in early Febru- with a steep start and an almost giant won gold in the men’s super-G at the bronze in her fi rst speed ary, and only competed in her main slalom-like middle section seemed to skiing world championships. race in more than a year. events - slalom and giant slalom - fi t their best racers. Kriechmayr was one of the fa- Gut-Behrami mastered the sun- since returning to the circuit in No- Deprived of their biggest star, vorites entering the race after win- bathed Olympia delle Tofane the injured Sofi a Goggia, and with ning the last two super-Gs on the course to fi nally win the only med- SKIING no fans attending because of strict World Cup circuit and leading the al missing from her storied career. anti-coronavirus measures, Federica season standings. The 2016 overall World Cup cham- Brignone and Marta Bassino fi nish in Romed Baumann was seven-hun- pion beat Swiss teammate Corinne vember. 10th and 11th, respectively. dredths of a second behind in second Suter by 0.34 seconds, living up to “It’s a disappointment not to win “The worst thing today was the for his fi rst super-G podium in more her billing as the main favorite after gold. But after a year of not starting silence,” said Brignone, who is the than 10 years. winning the last four super-Gs on the in super-G and some really, really defending overall World Cup cham- Baumann is also Austrian but has World Cup circuit. good training in the last two weeks, I pion. “When I reached the fi nish, I been competing for the German ski “I tried to put that aside. I just was able to ski the way that I wanted had no idea how I did.” federation since 2019. wanted to ski like I usually do,” said to. Even when I made a mistake, I Bassino, who opened the race Overall World Cup leader Alex- the Swiss skier, who had six medals still felt good about my skiing,” Shif- wearing bib No. 1, said “it’s a mix is Pinturault was third and took from previous major events, includ- bronze. The Frenchman was 0.38 ing Olympic bronze in downhill from off the lead. He finished ahead of the 2014 Sochi Games. “The differ- Canadian skier Brodie Seger and ence this time is that I didn’t dream defending champion Dominik Par- Jaqueline Loelling of Germany starts during the women’s skeleton race at is in fifth. the Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships in Altenberg, Germany about gold. I didn’t want to do that. on Feb11. (AP) “I never thought I was supposed to win a gold,” she added. “My ca- reer should not be judged by the fact Loelling leads skeleton title race, Uhlaender contending whether I won one gold medal or not.” ALTENBERG, Germany, Feb Uhlaender is next, 0.71 seconds after two runs, fi nishing Thursday Shiffrin fi nished 0.47 behind 11, (AP): Germany’s Jacqueline back in fourth place. Uhlaender is in 1:53.30. Germany has sliders in in third, edging Olympic super-G Loelling is in position to reclaim a three-time medalist at worlds, second and third; Felix Keisinger is champion Ester Ledecka by six-hun- her world women’s skeleton fi nishing third in 2007, second in 0.04 off the lead, Christopher Gro- dredths of a second after missing a championship, and Katie Uh- 2008 and winning the title at Lake theer is 0.06 back. chance to win gold. laender of the U.S. is within strik- Placid in 2012. Tretiakov is seeking his second Shiffrin had the fastest split times ing distance of what would be her Also for the U.S. women, Ken- world title, after winning in 2013. but lost her balance and got twisted fi rst medal at the worlds in nine Six-time world champion Martins around near the bottom of the course. years. Dukurs of Latvia struggled, fi nish- She needed to put her right arm and Loelling fi nished her two runs SKELETON ing the day 14th and well out of pole behind her to regain control but Thursday in 1 minute, 56.74 sec- medal contention - nearly 2 sec- was slowed by skiing through soft dall Wesenberg was 16th at the snow alongside the track. onds. She leads Russian slider Ele- onds off the lead. She lost more than eight-tenths on na Nikitina by 0.11 seconds, with event’s midway point and Sara Austin Florian is the top Ameri- Germany’s Tina Hermann third Roderick enters Friday in 24th can in the men’s race, holding 10th Gut-Behrami from the fi nal split and Austria’s Vincent Kriechmayr, (center), winner of the men’s super-G, lis- briefl y shook her head and shrugged tens to the national anthem on the podium with second-placed Germany’s and 0.24 seconds back. place in her world championship place at the midway mark. Austin her shoulders after fi nishing. Romed Baumann, (unseen), and third-placed France’s Alexis Pinturault, at Hermann has won three of the debut. McCrary is 28th. “I thought the plan I had from in- the alpine ski World Championships, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on Feb last four world titles; Loelling won In the men’s race, Russia’s Al- The fi nal two heats of the wom- spection would be the fastest, but I 11. (AP) the worlds in 2017. exander Tretiakov is the leader en’s and men’s races are Friday. Barcelona thrash Madrid; Tottenham top Chelsea Man City on record winning run, Everton beat Spurs LONDON, Feb 11, (AP): One of the most re- points with a game in hand. “To do what we City didn’t need to produce anything as dra- lentless schedules in the history of English soc- have done in this time is quite remarkable.” matic this time, taking the lead in the 30th when cer hasn’t stopped Manchester City putting to- City won 20 straight games in all competi- Kyle Walker’s low cross into the penalty area gether a record-setting run of wins. tions from August-December 2017, also under was missed by the sliding Ferran Torres at the It’s 15 straight victories and counting for Pep Guardiola, but one of those victories came in a near post and ended up creeping inside the far Guardiola’s irrepressible team, which has an- penalty shootout in the League Cup after a 0-0 post. Rodri played in Raheem Sterling to double other domestic treble in its sights. draw after extra time. the advantage in the 47th, before Gabriel Jesus On an action-fi lled evening in the FA Cup Guardiola earned his 200th win in 268 games controlled a header across goal by Bernardo featuring a wild 5-4 win for Everton over Tot- in charge of City. However, it was a historic Silva and slammed in a left-footed shot three tenham, Man City beat second-tier Swansea 3-1 night for very different reasons for his long-time minutes later. to also reach the quarterfi nals and break the re- coaching rival, Jose Mourinho. Morgan Whittaker grabbed a consolation for cord for most consecutive wins in all competi- For just the third time in a managerial career Swansea, which included two United States in- tions by a top-fl ight team. The mark had lasted ternationals -- Jordan Morris, who made his fi rst for nearly 130 years, with Preston winning 14 in start, and Paul Arriola, who made his debut as a a row in 1892. That was later matched by Arse- second-half substitute following his loan move nal’s class of 1987. SOCCER from D.C. United. Their U.S. teammate, Zeck City has gone one better during a pandemic, Steffen, played in goal for City. when matches in the Premier League or domes- spanning nearly 1,000 games, Mourinho saw The only other times a team managed by tic cup competitions are being played every one of his teams concede fi ve goals in a game Mourinho conceded fi ve goals in a match were three or four days to fi t them into a condensed as Tottenham lost a thriller at Goodison Park. when Real Madrid was thrashed 5-0 by Barce- season that started a month later than usual. Bernard netted the winning goal in the 97th lona and Chelsea was beaten 5-3 at Tottenham. Indeed, by also advancing last month to the minute for Everton, which trailed after three “It was the mouse and the cat,” the Portu- English League Cup fi nal, City has played every minutes, scored three goals in seven minutes guese coach said after the thriller at Goodison weekend and midweek since Nov. 21 - except near the end of the fi rst half to forge ahead, then Park. “The mouse was our defensive mistakes Manchester City’s Rodri, (left), and Swansea City’s Yan Dhanda battle for the ball during for an eight-day break from Dec. 26-Jan. 3 dur- conceded a goal to Harry Kane with seven min- the English FA Cup fi fth round soccer match at Liberty Stadium, Swansea, Wales, on Feb and the cat was us trying to compensate for us ing which the team’s training ground was closed utes left of regulation time to be taken to extra 10. (AP) playing very well, scoring goals but it was not because of a coronavirus outbreak. The number time. enough.” Harry Kane came off the bench to of fi rst-team players to test positive ran into Also advancing to the last eight on Wednes- make it 4-4 with his 209th goal for Tottenham double fi gures. day was Sheffi eld United, a 1-0 winner against stoppage time. English team to achieve the domestic treble, in 318 appearances in all competitions, taking “That means a lot in this toughest period, in second-tier Bristol City, and Leicester, which Manchester United and Bournemouth pro- beating Swansea en route to winning the FA him past Bobby Smith to become second-high- the Christmas and winter time,” said Guardiola, beat Brighton by the same score thanks to Kel- gressed on Tuesday. Cup that year by coming from 2-0 down to win est scorer in Spurs’ history behind only Jimmy whose side leads the Premier League by fi ve echi Iheanacho’s goal in the fourth minute of In the 2018-19 season, City became the fi rst 3-2 in the quarterfi nals. Greaves (266 in 379).