MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2014 SPORTS BHUBANESWAR: German players pose with the trophy after they beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Champions Trophy field hockey final. — AP Germany blank Pakistan to win Champions Trophy BHUBANESWAR: Olympic field hockey gold- squad along with Tobias Hauke, said he was nessman at home to sponsor the trip. sidelined them from the final of the eight-nation called for strict action by the governing body. medallists Germany added the Champions delighted at the progress of his young team. Finishing third were Australia, who came into tournament against Germany. “I am instructing my CEO to inform FIH that in Trophy yesterday with a 2-0 victory over spirited “They came here to learn what top-level the tournament as five-time defending champi- Shafqat Rasool was reprimanded for the same case this kind of behaviour by teams is within Pakistan in the final in Bhubaneswar. hockey is all about, so this is an absolutely bril- ons. They defeated India 2-1 for the bronze offence, the International Hockey Federation normal and tolerable limits of FIH, then we may Chris Wesley opened the scoring in the 18th liant result,” said Furste, who was named the medal. “I am pleased, but not satisfied,” Australian announced after conducting a hearing with not be interested to host any more tournaments minute following a penalty corner before Florian player of the tournament. coach Graham Reid said. “We played tighter and Pakistan coach Shahnaz Sheikh and the players in India,” Batra said in a statement. Fuchs banged in the second goal three minutes “Ours was a good mix of youth and experi- better as the tournament progressed. earlier in the day. “The above-mentioned players “The tournaments may be shifted to coun- before the final whistle. Some 7,000 Indian fans ence and I think we played really well in the Considering this was a learning curve, we’ve were seen making gestures that are considered tries which tolerate this kind of nonsense and at the Kalinga stadium cheered wildly as the knock-out matches. This bodes well for the achieved a lot. to be obscene,” the FIH said in a statement with- uncouth behavior.” India are due to host the 2018 young Germans, with seven junior World Cup Olympics which is just two years away.” “But obviously we missed not being in the out elaborating. The body had earlier cleared World Cup. winners from 2013 in their side, won back the Pakistan coach Shahnaz Sheikh, praised his final,” he added. The Kookaburras were without Pakistan of any wrongdoing. Batra also threatened to severe all ties with Champions title they took in 2007. team after the final. “I am proud of my boys,” the veterans Liam de Young and Rob Hammond, As the final hooter sounded in Saturday the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) unless Pakistan had two players banned for the final former international said. “After a tough year who retired after the World Cup in June, and five- night’s 4-3 thriller, excited Pakistani players took they issued an unconditional apology. In a sepa- and one reprimanded by the International both on and off the field, we did well to reach time world player of the year Jamie Dwyer and off their shirts and made rude gestures towards rate statement released by the FIH yesterday, Hockey Federation for making obscene gestures the final when our aim had been to finish among Mark Knowles, who were both injured. Indian fans at the packed 7,000-capacity Kalinga Shahnaz issued a fresh apology on behalf of the at the crowd after their 4-3 win over hosts India the top four. “This defeat will not only hurt us but In the day’s other matches, the Netherlands stadium. Shahnaz, a former international, also PHF. “The incident.....contained behaviour that is in Saturday’s semi-final. But the South Asians, the entire sub-continent because both India and took fifth place after beating Argentina 4-1 and walked out of the post-match press conference considered unacceptable to Pakistan Hockey looking for their first major world title since 1994, Pakistan need to catch up with the Europeans England nudged ahead of Belgium 3-2 to finish in a huff after Indian reporters persisted in asking Federation and the entire hockey fraternity,” he kept the rampaging Germans at bay for a major quickly.” Pakistan had failed to qualify for the seventh. Meanwhile, two Pakistani field hockey questions about his players’ behaviour after the was quoted as saying in the statement. “As the part of the 60-minute match played under flood- World Cup in June that was won by Australia and players were suspended and one was reprimand- game. Tournament director Wiert Doyer, who result, I have spoken to my team and explained lights. The closest Pakistan came to scoring was were also unable to book a direct entry to the ed for making obscene gestures after their investigated the incident soon after the match, to them that they are guests in India and as hosts early in the fourth quarter when a loose ball from 2016 Olympics after losing to India in the Asian team’s semi-final win over hosts India in the had let the players off without any action after they have been very hospitable to the team.” The the left caught the Germans on the wrong foot, Games final in South Korea in October. With the Champions Trophy semi-final, the sport’s govern- Shahnaz apologised for their actions. semi-final win helped Pakistan avenge their but Muhammad Bhutta was unable to slot the cash-strapped Pakistan Hockey Federation ing body said yesterday. The FIH U-turn on Sunday came a few hours defeat by India in the Asian Games final in South ball in. German captain Moritz Furste, one of only unable to generate funds to fly in the team to Muhammad Tousiq and reserve goalkeeper after Hockey India chief Narinder Batra demand- Korea in October. That loss denied them a direct two surviving members of the triumphant 2007 Bhubaneswar, it needed the generosity of a busi- Ali Amjad were handed a one-match ban that ed an unconditional apology from Pakistan and entry to the 2016 Olympics. — AFP Oregon QB wins Heisman Trophy NEW YORK: Marcus Mariota wrote it all down, every is successful,” he said, draped in leis at his news confer- word of his Heisman Trophy acceptance speech. It was ence. It will be a matchup of Heisman-winning quar- a good thing, too, because getting through it might terbacks in the College Football Playoff’s Rose Bowl have been tougher than sprinting away from a line- semifinal Jan. 1 with Mariota and the Ducks facing backer or tossing a touchdown pass for Oregon’s Florida State and Jameis Winston. understated star. “I’m just looking forward to getting back on the The junior quarterback became the Ducks’ first field and playing again,’ Mariota said. “We do have a Heisman winner going away Saturday night, capping team goal.” In an era when so many Heisman winners a three-year climb to college football’s most presti- seemingly come from out of nowhere - the last two gious individual award. were the first freshmen winners - Mariota’s rise was “I’m humbled to be standing here today,” Mariota slow and steady. said moments after he was announced as the winner. Three of the last four Heisman winners were in Mariota isn’t a bigger talker, but he steadily worked their first seasons as starters, including Cam Newton, through his speech, thanking his teammates, teach- who won the award in his only season at Auburn after ers, friends and his home state of Hawaii. He finally hit transferring from a junior college. Before Newton, a snag when it came time to thank his mother and three straight sophomores won the award (Tim Tebow father. He needed to take two deep breaths and still of Florida, Sam Bradford of Oklahoma and Mark he got choked up. “I had to give thanks to so many Ingram of Alabama). Tebow was the first sophomore people because where I am today, it’s all do to all winner. those people,” Mariota said later. “It’s hard not to get Like Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel and Wesley Fofana emotional. It’s been a long journey. My emotions got Winston, the previous two winners, Mariota started as the best of me.” A pinpoint passer with wide-receiver a redshirt freshman. It quickly established himself as a Clermont dispatch Munster to speed, Mariota came into this season as the favorite to star, but unlike Johnny Football and Famous Jameis, win the 80th Heisman and delivered a performance Mariota wasn’t the face of college football in his first that turned the presentation ceremony at a theater in season. In his second season he put up numbers that NEW YORK: Oregon quarterback Marcus boost European Cup hopes Times Square into a foregone conclusion. rivaled those of Heisman finalist quarterbacks Mariota poses for photographers after being Winston, Manziel, AJ McCarron and Jordan Lynch, but awarded the Heisman Trophy. — AP PARIS: Clermont followed up on their rare Munster full-back Felix Jones did well to Mariota had twice as many points (2,534) as sec- ond-place finisher Melvin Gordon (1,250), the record- when it came time to vote for the Heisman, Mariota victory at Munster with an impressive 26- haul the centre down, but the Irish side’s a school hearing into sexual assault allegations, breaking running back from Wisconsin. The other was forgotten.