22 Monday, August 21, 2017 SPORTS SPORTS Monday, August 21, 2017 23 Quick-Step Floors team’s Begium cyclist Muguruza Vuelta a Espana Yves Lampaert (R) celebrates as he crosses the finish line wins in Cincy Cincinnati JuventusMilan overrun savedCagliari the spot-kick. game, Juventus had Buffon imbledon champion Garbine Muguruza oals from Mario Juve coach Massimiliano to thank for stopping Diego Whumbled second-ranked Simona Halep 6-1, GMandzukic, Paulo Dybala Allegri, opting to play Dybala Farias’s curling drive from 6-0 in yesterday’s final of the WTA Cincinnati Open, and Gonzalo Higuain handed up front alongside Higuain eight yards out. denying the Romanian the world number one spot in Juventus a 3-0 win over Cagliari with Mandzukic operating just Farias was gifted an Lampaert the process. on Saturday, as the Italian behind, was quick to praise immediate chance to make Sixth-seeded Spaniard Muguruza needed only 56 champions defied a video Buffon in what is scheduled amends, but after Maresca minutes to capture her second title of the year and her assistant referee (VAR) penalty to be the 39-year-old’s final took just over one minute first in a US event, decision to open their Serie season. to consult video footage taking the $522,450 A campaign in commanding “I expected the referee to following Alex Sandro’s foul top prize in the last fashion. give the penalty, luckily we on Duje Cop, Buffon guessed major US Open Juventus, who sealed a have Buffon, the number one, right to save the Brazilian tuneup. record sixth consecutive Serie in goal. He got us out of a striker’s effort on 39 minutes. clinches It marked the A title last season but lost the sticky situation,” Allegri told Dybala doubled Juve’s third loss of the year Champions League final to Premium Sport. lead in first-half injury-time, for Halep when she Real Madrid, take a familiar A week after a 3-2 SuperCup controlling Miralem Pjanic’s was playing for the spot at the top of the fledgling final defeat to Lazio that saw brilliant quick ball over the top top ranking, also table. Dybala hit a brace, the Juve before firing past Cragno. falling in the French Napoli also enjoyed a positive coach was mostly satisfied. Juve spurned two chances Open final against start with a comfortable 3-1 A neat midfield move in quick succession before Vuelta a Espana results: Jelena Ostapenko win at promoted Verona, saw Mandzukic hold off Higuain made up for earlier stage 2 and the Wimbledon where Arkadiusz Milik repaid his marker and half-volley misses from Dybala and A 203.4km ride from Nimes to Gruissan Garbine Muguruza quarterfinal against Maurizio Sarri for a first start Stephan Lichtsteiner’s ball Mandzukic by latching on to Gruissan Juventus’ Gonzalo Higuain (L) vies for the ball with Cagliari’s Marco Andreolli seconds he lost to Tour de opening up the gap Lampaert Johanna Konta, of the season with Napoli’s past Alessio Cragno on the Alex Sandro’s angled delivery elgian Yves Lampaert won France champion Chris needed for his first Grand Tour 1. Yves Lampaert (BEL/QST) 4hrs 36mins each time after taking the first set. second. half hour. to beat Cragno down low for the second stage of the Froome on the opening stage stage win. 13secs. Halep apologized to spectators after the match, Referee Fabio Maresca made newly-named Allianz Stadium following consultation with the help an outplayed Cagliari as When Cagliari carved out his first goal of the season in VueltaB a Espana and took the team time trial. “I knew I could ride one 2. Matteo Trentin (ITA/QST) same time thanking them for support “even if I played so bad Serie A history at Juventus’s by awarding a penalty VAR, but not even that could Juve keeper Gianluigi Buffon their first real chance of the the 66th minute. (AFP) overall lead of the race with The 10-second time bonus kilometre very fast and it 3. Adam Blythe (GBR/ABS) s.t and Muguruza played so well.” a late attack on the 203.4km on offer to stage winners moved worked out,” said Lampaert 4. Edward Theuns (BEL/TRE) s.t. “Sorry for this match but I will come back next year ride from Nimes to Gruissan Lampaert to the top of the after taking the leader’s red 5. Sacha Modolo (ITA/EAU) s.t. and I will try to do better,” she said. yesterday. general classification standings, jersey. 6. Michael Schwarzmann (GER/BOR) s.t. Muguruza paid respects to Halep as she accepted India power to 9-wicket victory 7. Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL/CAN) s.t. Lampaert won from a second ahead of Trentin with Nibali finished in the lead the trophy, saying, “It’s a hard moment but I want to Dambulla, Sri Lanka The partnership between teammate Matteo Trentin in Italian Daniel Oss third. With group with Froome eight 8. Daniel Oss (ITA/BMC) s.t. congratulate Simona. She had a great tournament.” Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan pener Shikhar Dhawan’s Dhawan, who hit his 11th ODI a time of 4hr 36min 13sec as nine summit finishes to come, seconds back alongside 2015 9. Patrick Konrad (AUT/BOR) s.t. Muguruza later admitted: “I feel a little bit bad. I plays a shot Oblazing century and a century, and Kohli made sure India Quick-Step Floors caught the the flat route in southern France Vuelta winner Fabio Aru and 10. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/BAH) s.t. want to be in her position. But I wanted to win. What disciplined effort by the spinners had no more hiccups in their road peloton napping with two was supposed to offer a rare Adam Yates. Overall can I do?” powered India to a nine-wicket to victory. kilometres to go with Britain’s chance for sprinters to shine, However, Alberto Contador 1. Yves Lampaert (BEL/Quick Step) 4hrs Czech Karolina Pliskova, a semi-final loser to win over Sri Lanka in the first one- Dhawan was in marauding form, Adam Blythe in third. but strong crosswinds made the lost a further five seconds on 52mins 07secs Muguruza at the last major US Open tuneup, will day international in Dambulla hitting 20 fours and 3 sixes, but Splits in the peloton meant peloton susceptible to attacks. Froome in his final race before 2. Matteo Trentin (ITA/QST) at 0:01. remain world number one by a five-point margin yesterday. Kohli also attacked the opposition the overall contenders were Quick-Step took advantage retirement to fall 31 seconds 3. Daniel Oss (ITA/BMC) 0:03 over Halep, who would have become the 24th Chasing a modest 217 for during his 70-ball stay at the crease. distanced as Vincenzo Nibali with a three-pronged attack back on the four-time Tour de 4. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 0:17 different number one. victory, India rode on an New limited-overs captain Upul clawed back some of the 22 three kilometres from the line, France winner. (AFP) 5. Nicolas Roche (IRL/BMC) 0:17 Serena Williams had been number one before her unbeaten 197-run stand between Tharanga rotated his bowling pregnancy break earlier this year. (AFP) Dhawan, who smashed 132, and options at Rangiri Dambulla skipper Virat Kohli, who made International Stadium but failed to 82, to canter home in 28.5 overs. stop the onslaught. But it was the spinners, led It was a forgettable 200th ODI Nicolai Mueller tears knee Mayweather, McGregor bout a farce by Axar Patel, who set up the for veteran paceman Lasith Malinga, opening win for the visitors in the who was not only stuck on 298 ligament celebrating goal London five-match series after bowling wickets but was carted for 52 runs in he bout between out Sri Lanka for 216 in 43.2 his eight overs. Berlin TAmerican boxing legend overs. Earlier India’s Patel claimed three Ott Tanak of Estonia (R) and his co- driver Martin Jarveoja of Estonia ermany international Floyd Mayweather and Irish India, who last week achieved wickets after his side elected to bowl celebrate with their trophy after they finished at the first place in front GNicolai Mueller faces half Mixed Martial Arts star Conor their first clean sweep in an first. Fellow spinners Yuzvendra of Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jaeger of Norway and 3rd place a year on the sidelines after McGregor is not so much overseas three-Test series, lost Chahal, Kedar Jadhav and paceman Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia of France during the WRC Germany rupturing his cruciate knee a superfight as a farce, said an early wicket after Rohit Jasprit Bumrah took two wickets yesterday in Neunkirchen, western Germany, near Saarbruecken (AFP) ligament as he celebrated Britain’s former undisputed Sharma was run out for four. each. (AFP) scoring in Hamburg’s opening heavyweight world champion game of the season. Lennox Lewis yesterday. The 29-year-old was left red- Mayweather and McGregor SCOREBOARD faced after scoring the winner go toe to toe next weekend Nadal confirmed for in the 1-0 home Bundesliga in Las Vegas -- the unlikely Sri Lanka victory against Augsburg eight but lucrative clash brought N. Dickwella lbw b Jadhav 64 minutes into Saturday’s match. the undefeated former D. Gunathilaka c Rahulb Chahal 35 Brisbane International After netting, Mueller welterweight king out of K. Mendis b Patel 36 twisted away, repeatedly retirement -- but Lewis told U. Tharanga c Dhawan b Jadhav 13 Brisbane Nadal played in Brisbane Nadal’s matches twirling in his goal celebration the BBC he wouldn’t label it as A.