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Puyol headlines Teqball tournament in Riyadh
RIYADH — Spanish football legend Carles Puyol is in Saudi Arabia this Christmas for the Teqball Masters 2019 tournament in Riyadh which began on Dec. 17 and will end on Thursday (Dec. 19).The Teqball tournament is featuring 18 athletes from eight different countries across singles and doubles for three days of competition as part of the Middle Eastern city’s three month long mega event known as Riyadh Season.The desert city is playing host to former Barcelona FC and Spain international star Puyol.Teqball players from Morocco, Cameroon, Romania, Algeria, Tunisia, Poland, France and Hungary are participating in the tournament and eyeing for a share of $25,000 prize money, fresh from competing at the recent Teqball World Championships in Budapest earlier this month.The event is...
December 19, 2019

Puyol headlines Teqball tournament in Riyadh

India's Navdeep Saini will replace injured Deepak Chahar for the third ODI against West Indies.
Injured Indian paceman Chahar out of third Windies ODI
NEW DELHI — Indian paceman Deepak Chahar has been ruled out of the third and deciding one-day international against the West Indies after injuring his back, the country's cricket board said Thursday.Navdeep Saini will replace Chahar, who felt mild pain in his lower back after India's 107-run victory in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday left the series tied 1-1.The third ODI is on Sunday in Cuttack.India's squad: Virat Kohli (capt), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dube, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini. — AFP
December 19, 2019

Injured Indian paceman Chahar out of third Windies ODI

Juventus' Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo scores a header during the Italian Serie A football match against Sampdoria on Wednesday at the Luigi-Ferraris stadium in Genoa. — AFP
Flying Ronaldo fires Juve top as Buffon equals Maldini's Serie A record
GENOA, Italy — Cristiano Ronaldo continued his hot streak as his towering header gave Juventus a 2-1 win at Parma to put Juventus top of the table as Gianluigi Buffon equaled Paolo Maldini's Serie A appearance record.Ronaldo met Alex Sandro's looping cross with an incredible leap and header just before half-time to put Juve on 42 points, three ahead of Inter ahead of their match with struggling Genoa on Saturday."I'm really happy with the result... It was a really good goal also because it was the one that won the three points," said Ronaldo, who earlier in the season was off-form amid injury concerns."Like I said before I'd had pain in my knee for around a month, but now I'm OK and now I want to help Juventus win trophies."His 10th league goal of...
December 19, 2019

Flying Ronaldo fires Juve top as Buffon equals Maldini's Serie A record

Bayern Munich's Zirkzee (R) scores the 2-1 past Freiburg's Dutch goalkeeper Mark Flekken during the German first division Bundesliga football match on Wednesday in Freiburg. — AFP
Teenage Zirkzee sparks Bayern's winning late show
BERLIN — Bayern Munich's Joshua Zirkzee scored on his Bundesliga debut, just two minutes after coming onto the pitch in his team's last-gasp 3-1 win away at SC Freiburg on Wednesday.The 18-year-old Dutchman came on in the 90th minute before breaking a 1-1 deadlock, becoming the youngest player to score a goal this Bundesliga season.Bayern's Serge Gnabry added another in the final minute of injury time to put the result beyond doubt, crushing the hopes of a dogged and determined home side."When you score two goals with just minutes remaining to win the game, of course the bus ride home will have a different feel than if it had gone otherwise," said Bayern caretaker boss Hansi Flick.It was business as usual early for Bayern, with Philippe Coutinho's chip over...
December 19, 2019

Teenage Zirkzee sparks Bayern's winning late show

Celtic opens up a five-point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership following a 2-0 win at struggling Hearts on Wednesday.
Celtic opens up five-point lead with win at Hearts
GLASGOW — Celtic opened up a five-point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership as first half goals from Ryan Christie and Olivier Ntcham secured a 2-0 win at struggling Hearts on Wednesday.The Scottish champions should have ran out more comfortable winners with Odsonne Edouard guilty of missing a host of chances, but did enough to win a ninth straight league game."It's an outstanding run of form we are in and it was another outstanding performance," said Celtic manager Neil Lennon."We should've won the game by more. The quality of chances and football was breathtaking."Rangers have a game in hand on their Glasgow rivals and can cut the gap back to two points when they also travel to Edinburgh to face Hibernian on Friday.At the other end of the table, only...
December 19, 2019

Celtic opens up five-point lead with win at Hearts

Paris Saint-Germain's Cameroon forward Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (L) is congratulated by Paris Saint-Germain's French forward Kylian MBappe (C) after scoring a goal during the French League Cup round of sixteen football match against Le Mans FC on Wednesdayt the MMArena Stadium, in Le Mans, northwestern France. — AFP
PSG cruises into League Cup quarters without rested Neymar
PARIS — A Paris Saint-Germain without a rested Neymar cruised into the last eight of the French League Cup with a 4-1 victory at second-tier Le Mans on Wednesday.Pablo Sarabia, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Kylian Mbappe and Angel Di-Maria scored for the record eight-time tournament winners inside the opening 48 minutes as Harisson Manzala responded for the hosts in the final edition of the competition.PSG coach Thomas Tuchel chose to leave the world's most expensive player, who has suffered with injuries since the start of the season, in Paris as the German made eight changes from the side which hammered Saint-Etienne on Sunday."I think it was a game that we had to win," said Tuchel."We played with players who lacked rhythm. I didn't expect too much from my team. We...
December 19, 2019

PSG cruises into League Cup quarters without rested Neymar

Japanese international Takumi Minamino signed for Champions League holders Liverpool on Thursday for a reported fee of £7.25 million ($9.5 million) from Austrian outfit Red Bull Salzburg.
Japanese star Minamino signs for Liverpool
LONDON — Japanese international Takumi Minamino signed for Champions League holders Liverpool on Thursday for a reported fee of £7.25 million ($9.5 million) from Austrian outfit Red Bull Salzburg, the Premier League leaders announced.The 24-year-old forward — who impressed Liverpool in their two Champions League group matches this season with the Austrian side — is believed to have signed a four-and-a-half-year contract."Liverpool Football Club can confirm an agreement has been reached with Red Bull Salzburg for the transfer of Takumi Minamino," the club said in a statement on their website.Minamino — who scored in the 4-3 defeat by Liverpool at Anfield in October — said it fulfilled a dream."It has been a dream, my dream to become a Liverpool player," he...
December 19, 2019

Japanese star Minamino signs for Liverpool

Manchester City's Chilean goalkeeper Claudio Bravo (R) makes a save during the English League Cup quarterfinal football match against Oxford United  at the Kassam Stadium in Oxford, west of London, on Wednesday. Manchester City won the game 3-1. — AFP
Man City, Man Utd and Leicester into League Cup semis
LONDON — Holders Manchester City booked their place in the semifinals of the League Cup as Raheem Sterling's second half double warded off a shock by League One Oxford in a 3-1 win at the Kassam Stadium.Manchester United ended fourth-tier Colchester United's fairytale run with a 3-0 win at Old Trafford, while Leicester survived a second half fightback from Everton to secure their place in the last four 4-2 on penalties after a 2-2 draw.Aston Villa complete the semi-finalists after they thrashed Liverpool's youngest ever side 5-0 on Tuesday with the European champions' first team away at the Club World Cup.City have won this competition for the past two seasons and Pep Guardiola showed his intent to keep hold of the trophy by naming a strong side.Joao Cancelo's first...
December 19, 2019

Man City, Man Utd and Leicester into League Cup semis

Liverpool's Brazilian midfielder Roberto Firmino shoots to score during the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup semi-final football match between Mexico's Monterrey and England's Liverpool at the Khalifa International Stadium in the Qatari capital Doha on Wednesday. — AFP
Liverpool sets sights on Flamengo as Firmino takes Reds into Club World Cup final
DOHA — Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is looking forward to a "really tough game" in the Club World Cup final against Flamengo after Roberto Firmino's injury-time goal gave the Anfield side a hard-fought 2-1 win over Monterrey of Mexico on Wednesday.Firmino came off the bench to turn in a cross from fellow substitute Trent Alexander-Arnold in the 91st minute at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha after Naby Keita's early opener for a weakened Liverpool side had swiftly been canceled out by Argentine striker Rogelio Funes Mori.Having taken time out from their seemingly relentless march towards the Premier League title to travel to Qatar, Liverpool will be relieved at coming through this test, and they remain on course to win this competition for the first...
December 19, 2019

Liverpool sets sights on Flamengo as Firmino takes Reds into Club World Cup final

Australian sprinter Caleb Ewan, who won three stages on this year's Tour de France, has extended his contract with Lotto-Soudal until the end of 2022.
Star sprinter Ewan to stay with Lotto-Soudal until 2022
BRUSSELS — Australian sprinter Caleb Ewan, who won three stages on this year's Tour de France, has extended his contract with Lotto-Soudal until the end of 2022, the Belgian team announced on Wednesday.Fellow sprinters Jasper De Buyst and Roger Kluge have joined the 25-year-old in signing new contracts."I already knew after probably the first few months in the team that it was a great fit for me and something that I wanted to continue on for in the future," said Ewan, who joined Lotto from Mitchelton-Scott in 2018."That was before I even started doing well with the team."The first few months of this year were going so well. The team had so much faith in me and I just knew that if we worked together well that the wins would start coming."Ewan won 10 races last...
December 19, 2019

Star sprinter Ewan to stay with Lotto-Soudal until 2022

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