Established 1961 Sport WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2017 Tiger Woods set to enter Venus turns back clock Ronaldo eyes more FIFA success 13plea bargain for DUI arrest 13 to edge Ostapenko 15 as Real Madrid dominate awards Eagles soar over Washington 34-24 Carson Wentz throws four touchdown passes WASHINGTON: Carson Wentz threw lose to New England. 11:10 to play, restoring Philadelphia’s 14- four touchdown passes and the “We’re only seven games in. We’ve got point edge, and Jake Elliott added a 42- Philadelphia Eagles improved to an NFL- a long way to go but I like where we are yard field goal with 6:24 remaining for a best 6-1 by defeating the visiting at. We’ve got a relentless attitude,” Wentz 34-17 Eagles’ advantage. Washington Redskins 34-24 Monday. said. “We can never get complacent. There Cousins responded with a 75-yard Wentz’s league-high 17 touchdown passes are definitely things we have to clean up drive that ended with a 12-yard touch- in the first seven games of the season set and keep getting better.” down pass to Reed to pull Washington an Eagles record for the most over that The Eagles haven’t won the NFL crown within the final margin. The Redskins, who span in any season, an impressive feat for since taking the most recent of their three fell to 3-3, took the opening kickoff and a team whose history dates to 1933. championships in 1960. Wentz flipped a 4- marched 66 yards in eight plays to set up “Just hats off to the guys around me. yard touchdown pass to Zach Ertz with 26 Nick Rose’s 27-yard field goal 3:38 into We work our tails off the whole off sea- seconds remaining in the second quarter the contest. son,” Wentz said. “We started off sluggish as Philadelphia took a 17-10 half-time But the Eagles equalized at 3-3 only but got our production issues sorted out lead, the Eagles driving 80 yards in only 1:41 into the second quarter when Elliott and made enough plays to win the game.” 86 seconds. connected on a 50-yard field goal. In all, Wentz completed 17-of-25 pass- Wentz marched the Eagles 81 yards in Washington responded with a seven-play, es for 268 yards and ran eight times for 63 10 plays over 5:17 to open the third quar- 81-yard drive capped by Cousins flipping yards to spark Philadelphia’s victory. ter and connected with Corey Clement on a 7-yard touchdown pass to running back “Carson made some unbelievable plays a 9-yard touchdown pass as Philadelphia Chris Thompson, who snuck out of the there in crunch-time situations,” Redskins surged ahead 24-10. backfield to the left side and walked into coach Jay Gruden said. “We’re not making Kirk Cousins answered for the Redskins the end zone unthreatened as the Redskins any excuses. They just outplayed us.” The with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Jordan seized a 10-3 edge. Eagles haven’t owned the NFL’s best Reed with 44 seconds remaining in the Philadelphia pulled level again with 3:19 record so late in a season since 2004, third quarter, pulling Washington within remaining in the second quarter when PHILADELPHIA: Jordan Reed #86 of the Washington Redskins makes a catch to score a when they finished the campaign by 24-17. But Wentz answered with a 10-yard Wentz hurled a 64-yard touchdown throw touchdown against the Philadelphia Eagles in the third quarter of the game at Lincoln reaching the 2005 Super Bowl, only to touchdown pass to Nelson Agholor with to Mack Hollins. — AFP Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Eagles won 34-24.—AFP.