ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 2021 SPORTS 14 NZ beat B’desh by 8 wickets in 1st ODI Nicholls makes unbeaten 49 in his 50th ODI DUNEDIN, New Zealand, March 20, (AP): New Zea- Monaco win at Saint-Etienne land needed just over 21 overs Saturday to overtake Bangladesh’s total of 131 and Leeds end London hoodoo win the fi rst of three one-day cricket internationals by eight wickets. by defeating Fulham in EPL Bangladesh, recently out of LONDON, March 20, (AP): Patrick managed isolation, was never Bamford responded to his omission comfortable in unfamiliar bat- from the England squad with a goal as ting conditions at the University Leeds ended their misfortunes in Oval and was bowled out by New London by beating Fulham 2-1 in the Zealand in only 41.5 overs. Mah- Premier League. mudullah’s 27 from 54 balls was Fulham missed a chance to move its highest score. out of the relegation zone for the first After Martin Guptill crashed 38 time since December. runs from 19 balls with three fours and After Bamford’s 29th-minute open- four sixes at the top of the order, New er, Fulham’s Joachim Andersen equal- Zealand was always on target to win ized with his first goal for the club, and plenty of overs to spare. Raphinha notched Leeds’ winner. Henry Nicholls made an unbeaten ❑ ❑ ❑ 49 in his 50th ODI to steer New Zea- Monaco coasted at struggling Saint- land to victory in the 22nd over, com- Etienne to a 4-0 win and moved to one bining in a 65-run partnership for the point behind French defending cham- second wicket with Devon Conway pion Paris Saint-Germain and title Fulham’s Ruben Loftus-Cheek, (27). rival Lyon, ahead of their clash this New Zealand won the toss and sent (left), and Leeds United’s Mateusz weekend. Klich challenge for the ball during Monaco, which has lost only once in the English Premier League soccer 17 games, remains a title contender. match between Fulham and Leeds CRICKET Lyon and PSG are level on points, United, at Craven Cottage Sta- with PSG second on goal difference. dium, London, England, on March Stevan Jovetic was given a rare start 19. (AP) in Bangladesh in cool and overcast for Monaco as star striker Wissam Ben conditions. When Trent Boult pro- Yedder was rested. The lively Jovetic behind and win at fellow struggler duced a late out-swinger with the fi rst hit the crossbar with a 20-meter shot, Parma 2-1 in Serie A. ball of the match which surprised and smacked the post from the penalty spot, Graziano Pellè scored a spectacular beat Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal, opener but Scamacca was brought on it was clear the tourists were in for a at halftime and turned the match tough day. Swing was short-lived but Bang- SOCCER around. ladesh struggled to score freely on a Genoa moved nine points above the drop zone while Parma remained four pitch which was slow and holding and and put Monaco ahead with a crisp low against a New Zealand attack which points from safety. shot - all inside the first 13 minutes. Parma ended a 17-match winless produced containing lines and lengths. ❑ ❑ ❑ Bowling into the batsmen and pitch- run last weekend by surprising Roma ing short of a length, the New Zealand Nabil Fekir scored from a great 2-0. bowlers — especially Boult who took solo effort to help Real Betis beat ❑ ❑ ❑ 4-27 — cut down scoring options both Levante 2-0 at home to stay near the One goal from Marcel Sabitzer square of the wicket and down the top of the Spanish league. was enough for Leipzig to beat ground. Bangladesh struggled to 33-2 Fekir received the ball just past the Arminia Bielefeld 1-0 away and keep after 10 overs and posted their 50, with centerline, spun around his marker, three wickets down, in the 16th over. its pressure on Bundesliga leader and then slalomed past three more Bayern Munich. Thanks to Guptill, New Zealand’s defenders before slotting the ball Jack Kennedy aboard Minella Indo runs in to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase event on day four of the Chel- 50 came without a wicket down and in Eight rounds remain after this week- between the legs of goalkeeper Aitor end. Leipzig next hosts Bayern on tenham Festival at Cheltenham, England, on March 19. (AP) only fi ve overs, and it reached 100 in Fernández. Juan Jiménez added to the 16th over. Bangladesh had lost all Fekir’s 70th-minute opener when he April 3 after the international break. 28 of its previous ODIs against New finished off a ball Fernández blocked Emil Forsberg, Dani Olmo and Zealand in New Zealand, mainly be- inside the six-yard box. Christopher Nkunku had Leipzig’s Minella Indo wins Cheltenham Gold Cup cause of the discomfort of its batsmen ❑ ❑ ❑ best chances in the first half, only to in conditions which favor the bowlers see their efforts foiled each time by CHELTENHAM, England, March 20, races - the Champion Hurdle, Cham- Minella Indo held steady. and the problems its bowlers have had Substitute Gianluca Scamacca Bielefeld goalkeeper Stefan Ortega, (AP): Minella Indo held off stable- pion Chase and Gold Cup. “I landed over the last,” Kennedy in adapting to those conditions. scored twice to help Genoa come from the home side’s best player. mate A Plus Tard to win the Chelten- Based in Knockeen, Co. Water- said, “and he pricked his ears, he was ham Gold Cup in a dominant day for ford, De Bromhead saddles Minella pulling up, but it wasn’t out of tired- the Irish at Britain’s most prestigious Indo and A Plus Tard. Fellow Irish- ness and when he heard Rachael com- jumps race. man Willie Mullins trains Al Boum ing back at him, he took off again. It’s Chiefs top Hurricanes in Super Rugby Aotearoa Ridden by jockey Jack Kennedy, Photo. unbelievable stuff.” 9-1 shot Minella Indo outlasted A Plus Kennedy added: “I can’t believe it, WELLINGTON, New Zealand, penalty to fullback Jordie Barrett in second-half revival. Tard in a shootout from the top of the this is what I’ve dreamt of since I was a March 20, (AP): The Hamilton- a second half in which the Chiefs Scrumhalf Luke Campbell straight, winning by a length and a HORSE RACING child. I’m just so grateful to Henry and based Chiefs rallied from 26-7 down scored four tries. scored for the Hurricanes in what quarter. (owner) Barry Maloney for giving me a at halftime to beat the Wellington- Barrett’s penalty, from a wide proved to be flurry of tries from the Al Boum Photo, the 9-4 favorite, chance and the opportunity to ride him. based Hurricanes 35-29 on Saturday, angle near halfway, gave the Hurri- 11th to the 16th minutes of the first was denied a three-peat, fi nishing four- “The GOLD CUP is coming back This is what I live for.” ending an 11-match losing streak in canes a 29-28 lead with seven min- half. The Chiefs hit back quickly and-a-quarter lengths away in third af- home to Waterford,” De Bromhead Native River, the 2018 winner, was Super Rugby’s New Zealand compe- utes remaining. But backrower Luke through Kaleb Trask, then the ter winning in 2019 and last year. said on Twitter. fourth, followed by Frodon in fi fth. tition. Jacobson crashed over three minutes Hurricanes scored again through Trainer Henry de Bromhead made Rachael Blackmore, who later col- The stands were empty due to coro- The Hurricanes scored four tries later for the match-winning try, con- hooker Ricky Riccitelli to take a history by taking home wins in all three lected the trophy as the Festival’s navirus restrictions. Normally, about to one in a dominant fi rst half, then verted by fullback Damian McKen- lead which endured well into the of the Cheltenham Festival’s marquee top rider, tried to rally her mount but 70,000 fans attend the Gold Cup. managed only a single long-range zie who was infl uential in the Chiefs’ second half..