MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 SPORTS Jones gives new faces chance to shine in England training squad LONDON: England coach Eddie Jones Northampton on Saturday after nearly Saracens, Exeter, Wasps and Leicester- Premiership final at ‘headquarters’. challenging tour to Australia,” added named eight uncapped players in a 26- two months out with a concussion were selected. Saracens alone provided “The Brighton training camp is a Jones, in charge of the Wallaby side that man squad yesterday for a three-day injury suffered when Jones’s men the likes of Alex Goode, Owen Farrell, good opportunity for England to get lost the 2003 World Cup final to training camp in Brighton ahead of the clinched a Six Nations grand slam with Billy Vunipola, George Kruis, Maro Itoje together and train hard ahead of the England. Six Nations’ champions one-off interna- victory over France in Paris. and Mako Vunipola for the squad that Wales game and summer tour,” said “There’s lots of hard work to be done tional against Wales and three-Test tour Former Melbourne Rebels playmaker completed England’s clean sweep of Jones, appointed as England’s first over- if we are going to play with the intensity of Australia. Danny Cipriani, who will leave Sale to their major European rivals. seas coach after Australia knocked the needed to beat southern hemisphere Among those yet to play Test rugby join former club Wasps next season, was hosts out of last year’s World Cup with a teams. “We know the speed of the game selected by the Australian are also among the 26-man squad heading ‘Challenging tour’ convincing 33-13 victory at Twickenham in Australia will be considerably higher Northampton’s New Zealand-born back- to the south coast, where training will Just how many players from the in October. than the RBS 6 Nations, so this short row Teimana Harrison, who has been in take place at Brighton College second- training squad make it onto the June “While we will be without those play- camp, as well as the preparation time fine form for the Saints this season, Bath ary school from May 17-19. tour of Australia remains to be seen, but ers involved in the Premiership semi- ahead of Wales, is going to be vital to lock Charlie Ewels and London Irish However, Australian coach Jones’s Saturday’s 26 will have a decent shot at finals, it’s crucial that we spend as much our progression. “Tour places are still up wing Alex Lewington. latest squad had a very different look to the Wales game-England’s first interna- time together as possible,” he added in a for grabs, and I expect the players in this Dylan Hartley, England’s New the won that one the Six Nations as no tional since the Six Nations at Rugby Football Union statement. “We camp as well as those involved in the Zealand-born captain, was included players from the four sides involved in Twickenham on May 29, a match that have an important game at Twickenham play-offs-to continue to make their case after returning to action with the English Premiership play-offs- takes place just 24 hours after the at the end of the month, and then a for selection.” — AFP Turkish fans brawl at a wheelchair match BERLIN: A mass brawl at a wheelchair bas- statement. A bus-load of around 50 sup- ketball match in Germany between sup- porters left the sports hall immediately porters of Turkish clubs Galatasaray and after the fighting broke out and were Besiktas left seven fans needing hospital briefly detained by police near Erfurt, treatment, police have confirmed. which is 120 kilometers west of Zwickau, The fight erupted on Saturday afternoon while their bus was searched. Police are during the Champions Cup game when investigating. This is not the first time vio- around 60 supporters from the two clubs lence has broken out between fans of the attacked each other using knives and base- rival Turkish clubs, who are both based in ball bats in the sports hall in Zwickau, near Istanbul, at a wheelchair basketball match. Chemnitz, but there were no serious In 2012, 10 supporters were arrested after a injuries. “The game had to be abandoned clash during a game in Istanbul when fans and seven fans were taken to nearby hospi- sprayed fire extinguishers at each other tals. Six of them were released after receiv- and police used tear gas to break up the ing treatment,” said a police spokesman in a fighting on the basketball court. — AFP Alvarez KOs Khan to retain WBC middleweight title LOS ANGELES: Canelo Alvarez defended the center of the ring and called out his World Boxing Council middleweight belt Golovkin during the post-match interview. Saturday by knocking out Amir Khan with a “I invited him to the ring,” Alvarez said. “Like vicious right hand late in the sixth round of we say in Mexico .... We don’t fight for rings their Las Vegas title fight. The 25-year-old and stuff. We don’t come to play. I fear no hard-hitting Mexican dropped Khan with a one in this sport.” straight right over a passive left jab that At Friday’s weigh-in, both boxers scaled PORTLAND: Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard (C) shoots over Golden State Warriors center Andrew Bogut (L) and forward Draymond sent the Briton crumpling to the canvas 155 pounds, bang on the catch-weight lim- Green (R) during the first half of Game 3 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series. — AP with just 23 seconds left in the round. The it. Many Mexicans were in Las Vegas to cele- back of Khan’s head bounced off the deck, brate the Cinco de Mayo festival weekend, prompting his corner to rush to his aid as he meaning the majority of the crowd was on lay motionless for a couple of minutes. Khan Alvarez’s side. There was also a vocal contin- Lillard’s massive night lifts eventually got up and went to his corner. gent of Khan’s fans, who made the trip from “Many people talk about my power but I Britain for the title fight. Also in attendance have many more qualities in the ring and at ringside were boxing legends Evander people saw that,” Alvarez said. “I like to sur- Holyfield, Roberto Duran and Roy Jones as Portland over Warriors prise everyone.” well as fight promoter Oscar de la Hoya. The savage end to what was supposed to be the biggest fight of Khan’s career will Third KO of career Raptors secure crucial away victory undoubtedly strengthen the notion that he The challenge for former junior welter- has a soft chin. It was a shocking end to weight champion Khan is to overcome LOS ANGELES: Damian Lillard scored a career down by four. Both teams saw key big men Toronto’s Lithuanian center Valanciunas, who what had been a close fight up to that point. another crushing knockout as his record playoff-high 40 points and handed out 10 assists depart early with injuries. Heat center Hassan averaged 19.5 points and 13 rebounds in the dropped to 31-4 with 19 knockouts. “I Saturday as the Portland Trail Blazers beat reign- Whiteside reinjured his right knee with 10:53 left first two games, had 16 points and 12 rebounds ‘I fear no one’ showed my balls by getting into the ring ing NBA champions Golden State 120-108 to in the second quarter. He had hurt the knee in when he sprained his right ankle with 8:53 left in The 29-year-old Khan, who moved up with a big guy. I am one of those fighters narrow the gap in their playoff series. the series opener but continued to play. the third. “They lost their rim protector two weight classes to face the bigger who will step in the ring with whoever,” said Al-Farouq Aminu collected 23 points and 10 This time, Whiteside, who led the NBA in (Whiteside) and we lost ours,” said Raptors coach champ, started strong and even won the Khan, who was knocked out for the third rebounds and CJ McCollum added 22 points for blocked shots this season, left the game with six Dwane Casey. “We’ll see what happens (going first couple of rounds before Alvarez time in his career. the Trail Blazers, who trimmed the deficit in the points and no rebounds in eight minutes. forward).” —AFP worked his way into the fight at the brand This was Khan’s first go at middleweight best-of-seven Western Conference second- new T-Mobile Arena. “He’s very fast. So I and he said he has no plans to continue to round series to 2-1. The Trail Blazers will try to knew it would be complicated at the begin- fight in the 160-pound division. “The chal- level the series when they host game four today. ning,” Alvarez said. “But I knew the time lenge came and it was hard to turn down. Lillard connected on 14 of 27 shots from the ‘Wiser’ Gatlin plots Bolt would come to my favor and you saw that.” My natural weight is 147 and I will be going field, including eight of 13 from three-point Alvarez is now mandated by the WBC to down to that,” he said. Alvarez-Khan was the range. “We were just a lot more aggressive, we fight unbeaten two-belt champ Gennady first boxing match to take place at the played a lot smarter down the stretch than we revenge after Japan win Golovkin, who was ringside Saturday.