SPORT Tuesday 200 June 2017 PAGE | 25 PAGE | 26 PAGE | 27 Koepka tames Kyrgios suffers Real Madrid boss wind to win US fresh injury PePerez tackles Ronaldo Open blow problem Youthful Germany down Qatar earn second win at FIBA 3x3 World Cup The Peninsula the other unbeaten team in Australia at Confed Cup the group after two matches, ormer champions Qatar to decide the topper. pulled off a brilliant And their fourth and last Sochi, Russia F 19-17 victory over third match is against Sri Lanka, AFP seeds Poland to rise to the who have lost both the second spot in the pool at the matches so far. Ukraine are youthful Germany FIBA 3x3 World Cup in leading the pool as they have side weathered a Nantes, France on Sunday. a better point difference than second-half fight- Qatar's new-look team of Qatar. back by Australia to Abdulrahman Saad, Erfan Ali, In the Pool A, defending open their Confeder- Tanguy Ngombo and Fadi champions Serbia are on the ationsA Cup campaign with a 3-2 Abilmona first outplayed 11th top after two successive wins win over the Socceroos yester- seeds Estonia (Erik Luts, over Russia (20-17) and Egypt day in Sochi. Jaagup Toome, Mario Polusk (17-15). In the second place Goals by Lars Stindl and and Sander Viilup) to get a are Puerto Rico, who have Leon Goretzka, either side of a flying start in the event that one-one win-loss record. penalty by Julian Draxler, saw they had won in 2014 in Hosts France are head- Germany home to leave them Moscow. ing the Pool B after beating second in Group B behind Chile, They lifted their game to El Salvador (21-5), having who they face in Kazan on a couple of notches higher bigger point-difference than Thursday. when they took on third- second-placed Slovenia, who Celtic midfielder Tommy seeded Poland, represented beat Romania 21-15). Rogic had made it 1-1 in the first by Szymon Rduch, The Netherlands and the half and Tomi Juric added Aus- Przemysf1'b3aw Rduch, USA are in the top two spots tralia's second after the break Arkadiusz Kobus and Dawid of the Pool D. The Dutch from a goal that was allowed to Brek. downed the USA 19-12 and stand despite a suggestion of In a close finish, Qatar South Korea 22-6 to reach handball leading to a review managed to forge a 19-17 vic- the top with plus 23 points from the video assistant tory to stay unbeaten after difference. The Americans referee. German players celebrate the match's first goal by Germany's midfielder Lars Stindl during two matches in the Pool C. beat Indonesia 21-8 to have The Socceroos then had a their 2017 Confederations Cup group B match at the Fisht Stadium in Sochi yesterday. Qatar will take on one win and one defeat after string of late chances to equal- Ukraine in their next match, the two games. ise, but Germany held out. Australia next face Cam- kick-off of Germany bringing a half in the opening 30 minutes, Australia made it 3-2 when eroon, who lost 2-0 to Chile in young squad and their starting but they eventually started to Juric tapped home from close their opening game, in Saint line-up had just 138 international build some momentum. range after Germany goalkeeper Petersburg on Thursday with appearances between them. Defender Trent Sainsbury Bernd Leno failed to hold a Rugby: Uruguay celebrate victory both teams needing a win in The arrival of the world wasted a golden chance when deflected Rogic shot on 56 their bid to reach the champions in Sochi failed to he got in behind the defence, but minutes. semi-finals. excite local fans and only 28,605 he headed Aaron Mooy's free- With the Germans scream- Much had been made before of the Fisht Stadium's available kick wide with the goal at his ing for a handball, the decision 47,700 seats were filled. mercy. to give the goal was referred to RESULTS Those who did turn out saw Their breakthrough came the video assistant referee. Germany waste no time in tak- when a Rogic shot was blocked, Replays showed the ball Group B ing the lead with just five but the Celtic midfielder striking Juric's arm before Leno Australia 2 (Rogic 41, Juric 56) Germany 3 minutes gone. slammed home the rebound to saved the initial shot, but the (Stindl 5, Draxler 44-pen, Goretzka 48) After Goretzka went close, pull the Socceroos level on 41 goal was allowed to stand. Upcoming fixtures winger Julian Brandt cut the ball minutes. It was not to last. Australia kept up the pres- Tomorrow back for Stindl, who slotted When Queens Park Rangers sure after that as substitutes Group A home his first goal for his coun- midfielder Massimo Luongo James Troisi and Robbie Kruse, try on only his third international scythed down Goretzka in the as well as Juric, all tested Leno In Moscow (1500 GMT) appearance. area three minutes later, Ger- in the final quarter. Russia vs Portugal With Bayer Leverkusen's many captain Draxler drilled At the other end, German In Sochi (1800 GMT) Brandt causing mayhem down home the resulting penalty to substitute Timo Werner hit the Mexico v New Zealand the right flank, striker Sandro make it 2-1 at the break. And post after holding off two Thursday Wagner had two clear chances, Germany extended their lead defenders and beating Ryan. a diving header and then a shot with a copybook move on 48 Veteran midfielder Tim Group B Los Teros Uruguay's national rugby team captain Manuel which both went wide. minutes. Cahill, now 37, came on in the Gaminara (centre) rises the trophy to celebrate their win In Saint Petersburg (1500 GMT) Brandt's fiercely-hit shot Brandt combined with dying stages for his 98th inter- Cameroon vs Australia from outside the area produced Joshua Kimmich, who floated a national appearance, but the over Spain in the final of the World Rugby Nations Cup In Kazan (1800 GMT) a diving save from Socceroos cross over the defence for Schal- Socceroos' all-time top-scorer 2017 tournament at Charrua Stadium in Montevideo, Germany vs Chile goalkeeper Maty Ryan, and Aus- ke's Goretzka, who took it in his failed to add to his tally of 48 Uruguay on Sunday. tralia barely escaped their own stride and rifled home. goals. Cricket South Africa names owners for T20 Global League London company that controls the IPL location that meant the South Kevin Pietersen and former New AFP Delhi Daredevils, purchased the Africa marquee players attached Zealand captain Brendon McCul- Johannesburg franchise. to each of the eight teams could lum are also set to be two of the ndian movie star Shah Rukh Two Pakistan Super League attend, with the Proteas cur- eight 'international marquee' Khan added a third Twenty20 owners, Fawad Rana of the rently on tour in England. players involved. Ifranchise team to his collec- Lahore Qalandar and Javed "We are thrilled by the inter- McCullum caused an unin- tion when he was named as one Afridi of the Peshawar Zalmi, national mix of owners and the tentional moment of humour at of the owners in the new eight- have bought franchises in Dur- passion and excitement that was the launch when he described team South African Global ban and Benoni respectively. clearly demonstrated during the himself as a "T20 mercenary", League yesterday. Meanwhile Hong Kong busi- bidding process by them and the with event host Alan Wilkins, the The Bollywood leading man nessman Sushil Kumar bought marquee players," said Cricket cricket broadcaster, jumping in expanded his established Knight the Bloemfontein franchise, with South Africa chief executive to say "ambassador". Riders Brand with the purchase Dubai's Ajay Sethi taking up the Haroon Lorgat. The November-December of the Cape Town franchise to Port Elizabeth franchise. The South Africa marquee timeframe for the tournament add to the teams he already owns Two of the franchises will be players are Hashim Amla (Dur- means leading Australian play- in Kolkata and Trinidad. South African owned, with busi- ban), Quinton de Kock (Benoni), ers are likely to be unavailable There was a further link to nessman Osman Osman now in AB de Villiers (Pretoria), Faf du because of a clash with their the Indian Premier League, the charge of the Pretoria franchise Plessis (Stellenbosch), JP Duminy home season. dispute with AB de Villiers is one lucrative Twenty20 competition and Brimstone, an investment (Cape Town), David Miller (Blo- Cricket Australia. of the South African that has sparked similar tourna- company, now having the Stel- emfontein), Kagiso Rabada No India players are marquee players ments in the Caribbean, lenbosch franchise as part of its (Johannesburg) and Imran Tahir expected to take part either but named for the Australia, Bangladesh and Paki- portfolio. (Port Elizabeth). more than 400 cricketers have event. stan too. Shah himself was not present Meanwhile the likes of South registered their interest, with a GMR Sports, the holding at the launch in London, a Africa-born England batsman draft scheduled for August. SPORT TUESDAY 20 JUNE 2017 25 Koepka tames wind to win US Open Erin, US LAST 15 WINNERS US OPEN SCORES AFP List of the last 15 winners of the US Open golf Scores on Sunday after final round of the 117th championship after the conclusion of the 117th US Open (Par 72; a-denotes amateur): rooks Koepka pro- Championship at Erin Hills Golf Course, Wiscon- 272 - Brooks Koepka (USA) 67-70-68-67 duced a back-nine sin on Sunday: 276 - Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 74-65-71-66, birdie blitz to win the 2017 - Brooks Koepka Brian Harman (USA) 67-70-67-72 US Open here on Sun- 2016 - Dustin Johnson (at Oakmont) 277 - Tommy Fleetwood (ENG) 67-70-68-67 day, becoming the 2015 - Jordan Spieth (Chambers Bay) 278 - Xander Schauffele (USA) 66-73-70-69, Bill Bseventh consecutive first-time 2014 - Martin Kaymer (Pinehurst) Haas (USA) 72-68-69-69, Rickie Fowler (USA) winner of a major with a record- 2013 - Justin Rose (Merion) 65-73-68-72 equalling four-shot victory at 2012 - Webb Simpson (Olympic Club) 279 - Charley Hoffman (USA) 70-70-68-71 Erin Hills.