SPORT TUESDAY 19 DECEMBER 2017 25 Pats clinch division with Farah shock winner of BBC award Paris champion Jonnie Peacock came wild win over Steelers AFP third. Heavyweight boxer Los Angeles spoiling a three-touchdown ritain’s four-time Olympic Anthony Joshua, the bookies’ AFP effort from Giants quarterback gold medallist Mo Farah favourite to land the prize, fin- Eli Manning. Bwas named BBC Sports ished fourth in a year that saw om Brady piloted It was never in doubt in Personality of the Year for the the 28-year-old defeat Ukraine’s Super Bowl champi- Jacksonville, where Jaguars first time on Sunday, edging out Wladimir Klitschko in an epic ons New England to quarterback Blake Bortles motorcycling champion world title fight. the winning touch- passed for three touchdowns in Jonathan Rea to the award. “It is pretty amazing and down with 56 seconds the first half on the way to a 31-0 Farah, 34, successfully hard to think about,” Farah, who Tleft on Sunday as the Patriots lead at the interval. defended his 10,000-metre title was not present at the awards clinched the AFC East with a gut- “It’s unbelievable,” said Jag- at the World Championships in ceremony in Liverpool, told wrenching 27-24 win over the uars owner Shad Khan, whose August, although he missed out those in attendance via video Pittsburgh Steelers. team totaled just 17 wins over the on another distance double link. On a day when the puzzle past five seasons. after taking silver in the “I didn’t imagine I was ever pieces of the NFL play-offs were “To win it and win it the way 5,000m. going to win this but anything dropping into place, the Patriots we did today He retired from the track can happen. If you work hard thwarted Pittsburgh’s bid to -- mind-blowing.” later that same month to focus you can achieve your dreams. clinch a first-round bye and The Los Angeles Rams took on road racing and has said he “I just cannot believe I have potentially homefield advantage control of the NFC West with a could run the marathon at the won.” throughout the playoffs. 42-7 rout of the Seahawks in 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Roger Federer was voted Making matters worse, the Seattle. Farah earned 83,524 votes BBC overseas sports personal- Steelers’ star receiver Antonio Todd Gurley ran for three -- 2,957 more than Northern ity of the year for a record Brown was transported to hos- touchdowns and caught a scor- Irishman Rea, who became the fourth time earlier in the week pital for examination and ing pass for the Rams. first rider to win three consec- after an astonishing season dur- treatment of a calf injury suf- Los Angeles scored on six of utive World Superbike titles, ing which he picked up two fered in the first half. The US their seven possessions in the while double Paralympic more Grand Slam titles. media reported that Brown decisive first half and opened a would miss the rest of the regu- two-game lead over the Sea- lar season but might be available hawks atop the division with two for the playoffs. games left to play. And in a final heartbreaker The Baltimore Ravens kept for the Steelers, a 10-yard touch- their playoff hopes alive with a down catch from quarterback 27-10 victory over the winless Britain’s 4-time Ben Roethlisberger to Jesse Cleveland Browns. Olympic gold James, which would have given The Ravens can clinch a medallist Mo Farah Pittsburgh the lead, was over- wildcard berth with victories turned on review with less than New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady passes against over the Indianapolis Colts and 30 seconds remaining, as offi- the Pittsburgh Steelers during the first quarter of their NFL Cincinnati in their last two cials judged that the leaping game at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh on Sunday. games. James had not completed the The Browns must win at catch. was intercepted by New Eng- ahead of us,” Steelers defensive either Chicago or Pittsburgh to Roethlisberger scrambled to land’s Duron Harmon with five tackle Cameron Heyward said. avoid joining the 2008 Detroit give Pittsburgh two more seconds to play. “We can be dejected, but I like Lions as the only teams to go chances to win, but his final pass “The ball bounces in weird where we are at.” 0-16 in a season. ways and I’m glad it bounced our Nick Foles, standing in for The NFC South remained NFL RESULTS way today,” Brady said. injured Philadelphia quarter- tight at the top as the New Orle- On the Patriots’ game-win- back Carson Wentz, threw four ans Saints and Carolina Panthers Dallas 20 Oakland 17 ning drive, Brady and tight end touchdown passes as the Eagles both won. S’ Francisco 25 Tennessee 23 Rob Gronkowski connected held off the New York Giants Drew Brees threw two N’ England 27 Pittsburgh 24 three straight times for 69 yards, 34-29 to clinch a first-round bye. touchdown passes in the Saints’ setting up Dion Lewis’s eight- The Jacksonville Jaguars 31-19 victory over the New York LA Rams 42 Seattle 7 yard touchdown run. booked their first play-off Jets. Jacksonville 45 Houston 7 Brady looked to Gronkowski appearance in a decade, thump- The Panthers spoiled Green Baltimore 27 Cleveland 10 again for a two-point conver- ing the Houston Texans 45-7, Bay quarterback Aaron Rodg- Carolina 31 Green Bay 24 sion. “Football is a crazy game,” and the Minnesota Vikings ers’ return from injury with a Brady said. “You just keep fight- clinched the NFC North division 31-24 victory over the Packers. Buffalo 24 Miami 16 Jets blank Blues ing and fight ‘til the end.” crown with a 34-7 win over the In the late game, Oakland Minnesota 34 Cincinnati 7 With the win, which ended Cincinnati Bengals. quarterback Derek Carr fumbled Washington 20 Arizona 15 Pittsburgh’s eight-game winning The Eagles, who lost Wentz into the end zone in the closing Philadelphia 34 NY Giants 29 streak, the Patriots gained the to a season-ending knee injury seconds as the Dallas Cowboys as Knights hunt edge in the hunt for homefield last week when they clinched held on to beat the Raiders 20-17 New Orleans 31 NY Jets 19 advantage in the AFC playoffs. the NFC East, rallied from a and keep their play-off hopes “We have a lot of football 14-point deficit behind Foles, alive. down Panthers New York NHL RESULTS Agencies Calgary 6 Vancouver 1 dam Lowry scored the Las Vegas 5 Florida 2 James sparks Cavs to victory winner for Winnipeg Chicago 4 Minnesota 1 Aagainst St. Louis. Los Angeles NBA RESULTS Patrik Laine, Mark Scheifele Winnipeg 4 St Louis 0 AFP and Josh Morrissey also had Indiana 109 Brooklyn 97 goals and Connor Hellebuyck eBron James posted his Cleveland 106 Washington 99 stopped all 24 shots he faced for victory over the Florida Pan- fourth triple-double in five Detroit 114 Orlando 110 his second shutout of the thers on Sunday night at games with 20 points, 12 Toronto 108 Sacramento 93 season. T-Mobile Arena. L rebounds and 15 assists as the Jake Allen stopped 42 shots Nate Schmidt, Colin Miller streaking Cleveland Cavaliers for the Blues (22-11-2), who shut and James Neal also had goals defeated the Washington Wiz- out the Jets 2-0 on Saturday for Vegas, which improved to ards 106-99 on Sunday. led 95-89 with 6:55 remaining. night despite being outshot, 13-2-1 at home this season. The Kevin Love scored a team- Bradley Beal scored 27 48-30. Golden Knights, New York high 25 points, while Jeff Green points for the Wizards, who had Knights 5, Panthers 2 Rangers and Tampa Bay Light- had 15 points for the Cavaliers won two in a row. Jonathan Marchessault had ning share the NHL lead with who have won 18 of 19, includ- John Wall had 15 points and a goal and two assists, and Erik 13 home wins. ing their past five NBA games. 10 rebounds. Washington made Haula scored the game-winner Malcolm Subban stopped 16 The Eastern Conference 12 three-pointers but finished with 8:20 remaining as the shots for the Golden Knights, giants engaged in a hard-fought nine of 16 on free throws. Vegas Golden Knights moved who joined the Los Angeles battle as the teams were tied at Elsewhere, the resurgent back into a tie for first place in Kings atop the Pacific Division the end of the second and third Detroit Pistons equalled a fran- the Pacific Division with a 5-2 standings. quarters. chise record with 17 James’s three-pointer early three-pointers en route to 114- Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (right) celebrates in the fourth quarter put the 110 win over the shorthanded Cavaliers in front for good and Orlando Magic. with forward Kevin Love against the Washington Wizards sparked an 8-0 run. Forward Reggie Bullock during the second half of their NBA game at Capital One “The game is just very, very scored a career-high 20 points Arena on Sunday. slow to me right now,” James for the Pistons who made 50 said. percent of their attempts from continuing to take advantage of which led by 24 in the fourth “I’m playing the game at a beyond the arc and won their his expanded role under coach quarter but gave up 19 unan- snail’s pace and I’m able to see third consecutive game after los- Stan Van Gundy.