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January 15, 2019

Rogic thunderbolt lifts Australia

AL AIN — Tom Rogic's injury-time thunderbolt settled an Asian Cup thriller Tuesday as defending champion Australia beat Syria 3-2 to reach the last 16 and knock out its war-torn rival.The result meant the holder finished second in Group B behind Jordan, whose simultaneous 0-0 draw with Palestine gave the Palestinians hope of qualifying as one of the best third-placed teams.Syria, vocally backed by thousands of their fans in Al ...

January 15, 2019

All roads lead to KASC Stadium

JEDDAH — All roads lead to King Abdullah Sports City Stadium here for the prestigious Italian Supercoppa match between Serie A champion Juventus and AC Milan Tuesday.The one-off match is normally between the reigning Serie A and Italian Cup champions. As Juventus won both trophies last season it is taking on AC Milan, the losing Cup finalists this time.Juventus, reinforced with Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo this season, is raring to ...

January 15, 2019

Serena, Djokovic make ominous warning

MELBOURNE — A focused Serena Williams sent an ominous Australian Open warning with a 49-minute first-round demolition Tuesday as world No. 1 Novak Djokovic destroyed his opponent as he targets a record seventh title.US Open champion Naomi Osaka also stormed through, but world No. 1 Simona Halep was lucky to stay alive, needing to dig deep and claw back from a set down before beating Kaia Kanepi 6-7 (2/7), 6-4, ...

January 15, 2019

Man City cuts gap at top

MANCHESTER — Gabriel Jesus took his tally to seven goals in three games with a double as Manchester City beat 10-man Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 to cut Premier League leaders Liverpool’s advantage to four points Monday.The Brazilian tapped in after 10 minutes and struck again from the penalty spot before the break after Wolves had been reduced to 10 men as Willy Boly was shown a straight red card.After back-to-back league ...

January 15, 2019

Peterhansel moves up to second

LIMA — Stephane Peterhansel won the seventh stage of the Dakar Rally in Peru Monday to take back second place and cut Nasser Al-Attiyah’s overall lead to 29 minutes.The Frenchman, a 13-time Dakar winner, gained a position from compatriot Sebastien Loeb after the nine times world rally champion lost half an hour with an electrical problem in his Peugeot.“We got a bit closer to Nasser, but it’ll be very hard ...

January 15, 2019

Cech to retire at end of season

LONDON — Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech announced Tuesday his retirement at the end of the Premier League season after 20 years as a professional and winning everything in club soccer.One of the world’s great keepers, the 36-year-old joined the Gunners from London rival Chelsea in 2015 and holds several Premier League records, including the most clean sheets (202 in 443 appearances).“It has been 20 years since I signed my first ...

January 15, 2019

Constantine quits as India coach

NEW DELHI — Stephen Constantine has resigned as India’s head coach after it was knocked out of the AFC Asian Cup following a 1-0 defeat by Bahrain in Sharjah Monday.Needing a draw to progress to the knockout stage for the first time, India finished bottom of Group A after conceding an injury-time penalty that allowed Bahrain to leapfrog it into third place.The All India Football Federation (AIFF) confirmed on its ...

January 15, 2019

Dhoni, Kohli steer India to win

ADELAIDE — Veteran wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni steered India to a six-wicket victory over Australia in the second One-Day International to level the series in Adelaide Tuesday.Former skipper Dhoni, playing in his 334th ODI, cooly guided India across the line with four balls to spare to back up a dazzling century from captain Virat Kohli.India successfully chased down a target of 299 runs set by Australia which scored 298 for ...

January 15, 2019

Soderberg hat trick lifts Avalanche

TORONTO — Carl Soderberg scored his first career hat trick — including the go-ahead goal midway through the third period — and the visiting Colorado Avalanche defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 Monday night.Gabriel Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen and Matt Calvert also scored goals for the Avalanche, who won for the second time in the past 11 games. Calvert’s goal and Soderberg’s third tally were into an empty net in the ...

January 15, 2019

Harden’s 57 points fuel Rockets

HOUSTON — James Harden scored a season-high 57 points, and the host Houston Rockets survived their first game without center Clint Capela, pulling away in the second half for a 112-94 victory over the reeling Memphis Grizzlies Monday.Harden recorded his 17th consecutive 30-point game, the longest such streak since Wilt Chamberlain had a 20-game run in 1964. Kobe Bryant had a stretch of 16 straight 30-point games in 2003. Harden ...

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