THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2016 SPORTS Gopperth extends Scotland star Hogg signs Midfielder Kroos stay with Wasps new deal with Glasgow extends Real deal GLASGOW: Scotland full-back Stuart Hogg signed a two-year MADRID: World Cup-winning German midfielder LONDON: New Zealand’s Jimmy Gopperth signed a new deal with contract extension with Celtic League side Glasgow yesterday. Toni Kroos has agreed to extend his Real Madrid Wasps yesterday after making a superb start to the English Hogg’s new deal will keep him with Glasgow until at least May contract until 2022, the club said yesterday. Premiership season. Gopperth is the Premiership’s top scorer this 2019 and provided the ideal boost for the player and his club Kroos joined the Spanish giants in 2014 from season after quickly mastering his switch from fly-half to inside before their showdown with Leicester in the European centre following Danny Cipriani’s return to the club. The length Bayern Munich for 25 million euros (27.5 Champions Cup tomorrow. The 24-year-old toured Australia of the 33-year-old’s contract extension wasn’t disclosed by million dollars) and has played 108 times for Wasps, who also recently tied up new deals with Dan Robson, with the 2013 British and Irish Lions and was last season’s Six the club, scoring four goals. His contract Thomas Young and Kearnan Myall. “I believe there is a lot still to Nations player of the tournament. “Glasgow Warriors is such a was to expire in 2020. “Real Madrid and come from this squad,” Gopperth said. “We’ve been learning our big part of my life - I love this club,” Hogg told Glasgow’s web- Toni Kroos have agreed on the extension ways and making good progress, but I feel there’s more to site. “I’ve played for the Warriors for five years and it was an of the contract which will keep the player come. “We obviously have a few more people to easy decision to sign for another two seasons. “It means a lot at the club until June 30, 2022,” Real said in come in which will help our cause, but we’re just to me that the club and Scottish Rugby want me to stay and I a statement. Part of Germany’s 2014 World looking to improve every single week. We are am very happy that I’m going to be continuing my career in Cup-winning team, Kroos has established on the right track, but we’ve still got plenty to Scotland.” Glasgow head coach Gregor Townsend, who will himself as an automatic choice in mid- learn.” Wasps rugby director Dai Young paid take over as Scotland boss next year, added: “Stuart works field for coach Zinedine Zidane and tribute to Gopperth and underlined his extremely hard in training every day to improve himself, and played in the club’s importance to the team. “Jimmy is a very he gets real joy from playing the game. “He is entering the Champions League final vic- important player for us, on and off the best years of his career as he is in great physical shape and he tory against Atletico Madrid field,” Young said. — AFP has become one of our most experienced players.” —AFP in May. — AFP Sabres sign Ristolainen, Lightning sign Kucherov DETROIT: The Buffalo Sabres signed Elsewhere, Ruslan Fedotenko defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen and the announced he is retiring after 12 NHL sea- Tampa Bay Lightning signed forward Nikita sons split among five teams. Fedotenko is Kucherov as NHL teams made final roster a two-time Stanley Cup champion who moves Tuesday on the eve of the regular spent the past two seasons playing for season. Ristolainen signed a six-year $32.4 Iowa of the American Hockey League. He million contract, while Kucherov signed a had 173 goals and 193 assists for 366 three-year deal that averages $4.766 mil- points in 863 NHL games. lion a year. Both were restricted free agents Los Angeles kept forward Devin whose rights were retained by their respec- Setoguchi. The veteran played his way onto tive teams in June. the roster after nearly two years out of the For Buffalo, the signing means the NHL, during which he dealt with an alcohol Sabres will have their top defenseman problem. The Kings also sent veteran ready for their opener against Montreal defenseman Rob Scuderi, a two-time today. The Lightning, meanwhile, have Stanley Cup champion, to the minors after their nucleus intact in preparing to open he cleared waivers. their season by hosting Detroit today. Calgary signed free-agent forward Kris Kucherov led the Lightning with 30 goals Versteeg to a one-year contract. Versteeg is and 66 points in the regular season, and led a nine year NHL veteran and a two-time them again in the playoffs with 11 goals Stanley Cup champion, who split last sea- and 19 points. son with Carolina and Los Angeles. Their signings left three prominent Pittsburgh claimed Montreal goalie restricted free agents still without con- Mike Condon; Minnesota claimed Detroit tracts, including Winnipeg defenseman forward Teemu Pulkkinen; Toronto claimed Jacob Trouba, who has asked to be traded. Boston forward Seth Griffith; and Carolina Also unsigned are Anaheim Ducks defense- claimed Phoenix defenseman Klas man Hampus Lindholm and forward Dahlbeck. Rickard Rakell. The New York Rangers placed forward In another move Tuesday, veteran for- Nathan Gerbe on waivers with the inten- ward Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau was tion of terminating his contract. The claimed by the New Jersey Devils a day Hurricanes acquired forward Connor after being placed on waivers by the New Brickley from the Florida Panthers for for- York Islanders. Parenteau is a two-time 20- ward Brody Sutter in a swap of prospects. goal scorer, who is joining his eighth team Sutter is the 25-year-old son of former DOHA: Germany’s gold medallist Tony Martin (C), Belarus’ silver medallist Vasil Kiryienka (L) and Spain’s bronze medallist Jonathan Castroviejo in nine NHL seasons. New Jersey freed up Panthers coach Duane Sutter and had no celebrate on the podium at the end of the men’s elite individual time trial event as part of the 2016 UCI Road World Championships yesterday, roster space by placing defenseman Seth points in 12 games over two seasons with in the Qatari capital Doha. — AFP Helgeson on waivers. the Hurricanes. — AP Russian Olympic Martin wins 4th men’s chief to step down world time-trial title MOSCOW: The head of Russia’s Olympic cess as a symbol of its power and world Committee, Alexander Zhukov, is step- standing. Russian officials made no con- DOHA: Germany’s Tony Martin won the ished fifth. It is the second time this week he said earlier in the week he had trained on ping down, in the biggest change at the nection between Zhukov’s departure men’s time-trial title in Qatar yesterday for a Martin has taken gold, having also tri- rollers in a heated room-and averaged top of Russian sport since a doping scan- and the doping allegations. record-equalling fourth time. Martin obliter- umphed in the team time-trial in his last race almost 54 kilometres per hour throughout dal led to the country’s track-and-field “In most of the cases, these were ated the field of 66 riders, winning the 40km for his Etixx-Quick Step outfit. the ride. He was ahead of his rivals by the athletes being excluded from the Rio made up and were unfounded, in order race by 45 seconds from last year’s champion Martin told reporters that his first victory second checkpoint and his victory was never Games. President Vladimir Putin said to totally discredit Russian sport,” Vasil Kiryienka of Belarus, with Spain’s in Copenhagen was the most special to him, in doubt after that, yet the 31-year-old Zhukov had told him he wanted to leave Mikhail Mamiashvili, president of Russia’s Jonathan Castroviejo a further 25sec back in but he would try and beat the record he admitted he was surprised by the margin of the role so he could concentrate on his Wrestling Federation, told Reuters. third. Martin previously won the title in shares with Cancellara. “I am still motivated victory. other job as first deputy speaker in the Zhukov, a Putin ally and former 2011, 2012 and 2013, and joins Fabian to go for the fifth or sixth title, I am not close Second-placed Kiryienka said he was very lower house of parliament. “This is with- deputy prime minister, has been presi- Cancellara as the only four-time winners of to the end of my career, and after today I am satisfied with his performance and placing, out doubt the right thing, we support it dent of the Russian Olympic Committee the event. “It’s amazing, I can’t believe it,” more motivated to go for more titles.” despite losing his world title, and had the completely,” Putin told a meeting of since 2010, and was chairman of the said Martin afterwards. He added that before this season his form “deepest respect” for Martin’s victory. sports officials attended by Zhukov on Organising Committee for the 2014 “Everybody knows that I haven’t had a was such that he had begun to doubt “This (result) is not a surprise,” he said. Tuesday, adding that he “has done a lot Winter Olympics in the southern resort of good year. “But this makes everything OK- whether he was still a “really big time-tri- “The surprise was last year when Tony Martin for sport and, I hope, will do more still”.