ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2021 SPORTS 14 Dortmund reach CL quarter-finals Haaland stars again DORTMUND, Germany, Sevilla keeper and cut the ball back for Haaland’s easy fi nish. March 10, (AP): Erling Sevilla’s frustrations and Dort- Haaland sent Borussia mund’s confi dence grew in tandem Dortmund into the Cham- after the goal. Haaland displayed remarkable pions League quarterfinals strength and precision to score his sec- for the first time since 2017 ond after the break, but the goal was with two goals in a heated taken back through VAR - Haaland was adjudged to have fouled Fernando, 2-2 draw with Sevilla. whom he bundled over with his shoul- Haaland took his season tally to der - and a penalty was awarded for an 10 goals for Dortmund to advance earlier infringement on the Norwegian with a 5-4 win on aggregate. The by Koundé, who had been pulling his Bundesliga team won the fi rst leg jersey for a Reus cross. of their last- Yassine Bounou – the Sevilla goal- keeper known as Bono – saved Haa- 16 tie 3-2 in land’s penalty, then the forward’s second Seville, where effort from the rebound, but VAR inter- Haaland also vened again and ordered another penalty scored two. as Bono was marginally off his goal line. The Norwe- gian has 20 alto- gether in just 14 SOCCER appearances in Europe’s premier “I missed and then he cheated. So tournament in then I took it again and then I scored his young career, Haaland when he didn’t cheat,” Haaland said. and he was the Haaland scored at the second attempt key factor in Dortmund moving on. – third including the disallowed goal – in “I’m tired, but the next round feels the 54th and was then booked for taunt- very good,” Haaland said. ing the goalkeeper with his celebration. Youssef En-Nesyri scored twice for Several Sevilla players ran after the for- Sevilla to set up a dramatic fi nale. ward and referee Cüneyt Çakır had to The visitors attacked from the start work to keep tempers in check. and had Dortmund pinned back for Haaland said Bono had taunted him much of the opening 30 minutes. Lucas after his fi rst penalty miss. Ocampos tested Dortmund goalkeeper “When he was screaming in my face Marwin Hitz early on before playing after the fi rst one, I was thinking, oh, the ball through Emre Can’s legs to set it’ll be even better to score another up Suso, who fi red narrowly wide. goal. And, yeah, that’s what happened. Dortmund’s defenders were desper- So it was nice,” Haaland said. ately just booting the ball away as the Can then conceded a penalty for a pressure continued, but the home side foul on substitute Luuk de Jong. capitalized on some indecision in Se- En-Nesyri hammered the spot kick villa’s buildup play for Haaland to score in off the underside of the crossbar in with Dortmund’s fi rst real chance on a the 69th to set up a nervy fi nale. Sevilla counterattack in the 35th minute. still needed two goals to force extra “We knew that they were going to time but had already proved capable of come out very hard and, yeah, when scoring them in the fi rst leg. we scored the goal, they needed to Diego Carlos was fortunate to es- have two or three, I don’t remember. cape with a yellow card for catch- But, then we scored, 1-0 at halftime, ing Haaland in the face with his arm. that was very good,” Haaland said. Tempers continued to fray and the Thomas Delaney muscled Jules Koun- bookings continued. Çakır managed to dé off the ball, and Nico Schulz passed it avoid sending anyone off. to Mahmoud Dahoud, who played a fi ne En-Nesyri scored in the sixth minute Sevilla’s Ivan Rakitic (left), challenges Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham during the Champions League, round of 16, second leg soccer match between Borus- ball for Marco Reus. The Dortmund cap- of injury time but it was just too late sia Dortmund and Sevilla FC in Dortmund, Germany, on March 9. (AP) tain stayed cool in front of the outrushing for Sevilla. ‘New gig still feels fresh’ ‘Light at the end of the tunnel’ Neville era starts at Miami, Anniversary marks progress of pandemic, not the end PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida, MLS opens training camps March 10, (AP): The backdrop was Coach, former Olympian Zimmerman suspended a navy blue board fi lled with 33 lo- MIAMI, Florida, March 10, (AP): gos of The Players Championship. Phil Neville says the excitement for Sitting next to PGA Tour Commis- Gymnastics test event for Tokyo Olympics canceled his new gig at Inter Miami still feels sioner Jay Monahan was the gold fresh, even though he took the job in trophy as he spoke about scrapping TOKYO, Mach 10, (AP): A gymnastics by the U.S. Center for SafeSport for Zimmerman, 47, will be barred from January. the tour’s premier event last year and test event in Tokyo for the Olympics that a coverup of an alleged sexual abuse any skating events run by the U.S. fed- Neville led England to the Wom- would have included athletes from out- incident involving two of his students. eration or Olympic committee, and how golf made it through the COV- side Japan was canceled on Tuesday. Zimmerman, inducted into the U.S. also prohibited from attending any fa- en’s World Cup semifi nals in 2019. It ID-19 pandemic. was expected that he’d take the team The Japan Gymnastics Association Figure Skating Hall of Fame, is a 2002 cility run by those groups. At least there wasn’t a “Mission and international governing body FIG Olympian who won three U.S. pairs The alleged incidents took place to the Olympics in Tokyo this sum- Accomplished” banner. mer, but he left early to join David said the All-Around World Cup sched- championships and a world bronze in Florida and involved French pairs It’s tempting to think that way. uled for May 4 was off. It was to be medal with skating partner Kyoko skater Morgan Cipres, who was Beckham’s Major League Soccer Monahan mentioned the phrase team. the last of an artistic gymnastics series Ina. He can appeal the decision, which coached by Zimmerman. Cipres was “light at the end of the tunnel” on doubling as Olympic qualifi ers, but the could carry as much as a two-year ban. investigated by SafeSport for alleg- “I think I came here three or four three occasions during his news con- weeks ago, and even now when I other two World Cups in Germany and edly sending lewd photos in 2017 to a ference Tuesday, which typically is Britain were also previously canceled 13-year-old female skater also coached walk into the building, I drive down more of a “State of the Tour.” This because of the coronavirus pandemic. OLYMPICS by Zimmerman. SafeSport looked into the I-95 and I turn off and I just see was a state of the pandemic. The Tokyo World Cup will be re- accusations from the girl’s parents that the stadium and I see the complex, The news felt mostly positive. placed by a local event with only Japa- The suspension, announced Tues- Zimmerman intimidated her in an ef- it makes me really proud,” Neville In this March 7, 2018 file photo, The tour has played 36 out of the nese gymnasts to test the venue for the day by SafeSport on its website, de- fort to silence her because Cipres and said. “It makes me feel as if I’m part England head coach Phil Neville 39 weeks since it returned, stopping Olympics. tailed the charges as an abuse of pro- his pairs partner, Vanessa James, were of something really special. And that walks onto the field before a She- Travel restrictions were cited as a cess, emotional misconduct and failure headed for the 2018 Winter Olympics Believes Cup women’s soccer only because of holidays, not an out- hasn’t changed yet.” break. It never had more than three prime reason for the cancellation. The to report an incident. USA Today first in South Korea. Inter Miami offi cially opened match against the United States in Tokyo Olympics are to open on July 23. reported the suspension. SafeSport Cipres, who lives in France, and Orlando, Florida. (AP) players test positive for the corona- training camp this week, along with virus at any one tournament. Meanwhile, figure skating coach investigates sexual abuse in Olympic Zimmerman have previously declined most other MLS teams. also start the season in Florida. It was Memories are still fresh from last John Zimmerman has been suspended sports. to comment on the allegations. Neville, 44, takes over for Diego unclear where the third Canadian Alonso, who guided Miami through year. Players received a text late at team, the Vancouver Whitecaps, will night after the fi rst round saying that ready. No one is. McIlroy read about Texas doing Florida and pause. its coronavirus-shortened inaugural play. “It’s funny, because a year into it away with its mask mandate and he “The idea is great and the idea you’re season last year. The Players Championship was can- LAFC coach Bob Bradley was celed and there would be no tourna- you think, ‘OK, we hopefully will was OK with it, because part of him comfortable with, but then when you Miami made the playoffs, marking opening camp this week - like Nev- actually start to live it, it’s like, ‘Whoa, just the seventh time that an expan- ments for at least a month (it turned be done now.’ The vaccine is rolling likes the idea of people having free- ille - with similarly lofty ambitions.