Thursday 9th September, 2010 15 The United States Ryder Cup golf team WCup flop France finally wins in Euro qualifying BY ROB HARRIS Sergio Aguero added Argentina’s fourth in injury LONDON (AP) - time after Fernando France’s recovery from a Llorente pulled one back for humiliating World Cup Spain, giving interim coach finally began with a first Sergio Batista his second win in European win. Championship qualifying Having lost its last four on Tuesday, while Germany games, France had no room and the Netherlands earned for error in Bosnia. But it second straight victories. took until the 72nd minute The French had begun for Benzema, who had with a shock loss in Group recovered from a sore ankle, D to Belarus on Friday, but to put the visitors ahead Karim Benzema and Florent with a left-footed strike after Malouda fired them to a 2-0 turning a defender. victory at Bosnia- Malouda doubled the Herzegovina. French lead six minutes Italy and England also later to give Laurent Blanc put miserable World Cup his first win since taking campaigns behind them by over from former coach making it two wins out of Raymond Domenech after two on the road to Euro the fist-round exit in South 2012. Africa. Amid a sex-scandal, “This match summa- Wayne Rooney ended his rized all the good things I yearlong goal drought for saw during our prepara- England in a 3-1 victory tions but that we failed to over Switzerland, while put in place against Italy cruised to a 5-0 victory Belarus,” Blanc said. “It over the Faeroe Islands. could be the start of some- Miroslav Klose’s double thing good.” helped Germany beat France is third in Group Azerbaijan 6-1, and Klaas- D behind Albania and Jan Huntelaar also netted Belarus, which both have twice for the Dutch in a 2-1 four points. Hamdi Salihi’s victory over Finland. goal led Albania to a 1-0 win The United States Ryder Cup golf team is shown in these 2010 file photos. They are: top row from left. Stewart Cink, Rickie Fowler, Jim Furyk, Dustin Meanwhile, newly over Luxembourg, while Johnson Zach Johnson, and Matt Kuchar; bottom from from left, Hunter Mahan, Phil Mickelson, Jeff Overton, Steve Stricker, Bubba Watson and Tiger crowned world champion Belarus was held 0-0 by Woods. (AP Photo/File) Spain was beaten for the Romania. first time since South Africa Italy looked a shadow of in a 4-1 friendly loss against the side that struggled to Argentina. beat Estonia 2-1 on Friday. Spain, which hadn’t At his home ground, conceded four goals for a Fiorentina’s Alberto decade, was 3-0 down by Gilardino headed Italy halftime after goals from ahead after 11 minutes Lionel Messi, Gonzalo against the Faeroe Islands Argentina beats WCup Higuain and Carlos Tevez. after 11 minutes. champions Spain 4-1 Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi reacts after Bosque gave Argentina all the losing against England in their second credit. “It did not surprise me that international Twenty20 cricket match in Argentina was better than us, Cardiff, Wales, Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010. particularly in the first half,” (AP Photo/Tim Hales) Del Bosque said. “We lost with dignity and we are not looking Pakistan lose for excuses to devalue Argentina’s victory.” 2-0 to England Spain started about half the players who opened against the in T20 series Netherlands in the World Cup BY RICHARD SYDENHAM final, with other starters like Xavi Hernandez coming on in CARDIFF, Wales (AP) - Pakistan’s the second half. No. 1 keeper disastrous tour of England hit a new low Iker Casillas did not play. Tuesday after making its worst Spain drew 1-1 last month Twenty20 total to lose by six wickets for with Mexico in its first game its second defeat in the two-match after the World Cup, and defeat- series. ed Liechtenstein 4-0 on Friday in Reeling from match-fixing allega- a European championship quali- tions that have resulted in three of its fier. players being suspended by the ICC, Tuesday’s score was a bit Pakistan was bowled out for 89 and more lopsided than it should then England reached 90-4 in 14 overs to win a record-equalling seventh have been before a 55,000 sellout straight T20 match. - and under a light rain - at Pakistan’s previous lowest T20 total River Plate’s Monumental stadi- was 125-9 at Australia in February. um. Spain’s Sergio Busquets, right, challenges Argentina’s Lionel Tim Bresnan took 3-10, while David Villa had Spain’s two England teammates Ryan Sidebottom, Messi for the ball during a friendly soccer game in Buenos Aires, best chances in the first half, Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann took Argentina, Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010. Argentina won 4-1. hitting the woodwork each time. two wickets each. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) In the 28th he pounded a long England captain Paul Collingwood shot that bounced off the cross- made 21 and Eoin Morgan 18 not out in BY VICENTE L. PANETTA the 84th for Spain and Sergio Aguero made it 4-1 for bar just over the outstretched front of 5,821 people, just over a third of hand or Argentina goalkeeper BUENOS AIRES, Argentina seconds into injury Sophia Gardens’ capacity. Sergio Romero. “It was irresponsible and immature Argentina (AP) - Argentina time. Villa also hit the post late in the way we played,” Pakistan captain handed Spain its first loss since It was the second victory for the first half on a free kick that Shahid Afridi said. “England are the winning the World Cup two interim coach Sergio Batista, went off the back of Argentine world champions and we needed to be months ago, earning a dominant who took over after the midfielder Javier Mascherano. more responsible with better shot selec- 4-1 win Tuesday. Argentine federation declined to Spain also hit the woodwork tion and show more pride. Our morale is Argentina took a comfort- renew Diego Maradona’s con- very low but I am sure one win will again in the second half. able lead with first-half goals tract following a 4-0 loss to change that.” Villa has 44 goals for Spain from Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Germany in the World Cup England levelled the record jointly to share the team record with Higuain and Carlos Tevez and quarterfinal. Argentina defeated held by South Africa and Pakistan for Raul Gonzalez. Gonzalez needed was assisted by shaky goalkeep- Ireland last month 1-0. consecutive wins in the game’s shortest 102 games to reach the total and ing from Spanish backup keeper Argentine federation presi- format. Villa did it in 66, scoring last Jose Reina. dent Julio Grondona has said “It is a special achievement,” week against Liechtenstein. Reina was beaten by Messi’s Batista - a member of the 1986 Collingwood said. “In this form of the Llorente finally broke game, it can be tough to win consistent- lob in the 10th minute and World Cup winning team with through in the 84th, taking a ly, so to have that kind of win is a great Higuain’s shot from a sharp Maradona - is the favourite to pass in the box from Pedro and effort from the boys, especially carrying angle in the 13th. The Liverpool get the job permanently. scoring from 10 meters (yards) the added pressure of being world keeper then slipped in the 34th “Argentina was the reason behind Romero. Aguero champions.” when trying to clear a ball, that Spain was not the Spain we answered second into stoppage Pakistan’s tour is going from bad to which fell to Tevez who scram- are used to seeing,” Batista said. time, scoring on a header that worse. It has now lost five of its six bled it home. “We beat a great team and internationals against England, having bounced in from a centering Fernando Llorente scored in things went like we had hoped.” lost the Test series 3-1 and 2-0 in the Spain coach Vicente Del pass from Gabriel Heinze. Twenty20 matches. Pakistan also suf- fered its heaviest Test defeat less than two weeks ago at Lord’s. Test captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Asif and 18-year- England beats Switzerland 3-1 in Euro qualifier old prodigy Mohammad Amir were sus- pended by the International Cricket BASEL, Switzerland (AP) - Capello said. “They were able to wait for count- Council last week for corruption-related Wayne Rooney put aside the embar- Substitute Adam Johnson round- er attacks and bring the game home,” charges that followed allegations of rassing headlines back home to score ed goalkeeper Diego Benaglio to Hitzfeld said. bowling no-balls for money. the opening goal for England in a 3-1 score the second in the 69th, four Capello’s team seemed in crisis There were more allegations in win Tuesday over 10-man minutes after Swiss right-back after the World Cup, yet it has started Tuesday’s British newspapers, and the Switzerland in a European Stephan Lichtsteiner was shown a red Euro 2012 qualifying with back-to- negativity looks to be seriously affecting Championship qualifier. card for fouling James Milner. back wins after having beaten the team’s performances. Rooney shrugged off tabloid sto- Teenager Xherdan Shaqiri gave Bulgaria 4-0 at Wembley last Friday. “It’s not easy, it’s very, very hard. I ries about his personal life to strike in Switzerland hope with a long-range “We are very good because we just want one victory,” Afridi said.