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Sports ❘ 07 CONTACT US AT: 8351-9190, [email protected] Monday November 20, 2017 PAUL POGBA marked his come- back with a goal and an assist as Manchester United fought back to beat Newcastle United 4-1 Saturday and stay on Manches- ter City’s tail. Sidelined since mid-Septem- ber by a hamstring injury, France midfielder Pogba made a decisive return as Jose Mourinho’s side restored the eight-point gap that separates the side from Premier League leader City. Pep Guardiola’s City had ear- lier prevailed 2-0 at Leicester City and there were also wins for Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal, which beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in the north London derby. United remained second, a point above Chelsea, which climbed above Tottenham into third place courtesy of a 4-0 suc- cess at West Bromwich Albion. In addition to Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic received a raptur- ous reception from United’s fans when he came on as a substitute following his recovery from a serious knee injury. A slip by Victor Lindelof enabled Dwight Gayle to put Newcastle ahead in the 14th minute with the first league goal United had conceded at Old Traf- ford since April. But Pogba’s feathery cross teed up Anthony Martial to head in a 37th-minute equalizer and after Chris Smalling had headed the hosts in front, Pogba tapped in Marcus Rashford’s cushioned header early in the second half. (SD-Agencies) BARCELONA was the team cel- ebrating at the end of the first derby between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium. The Madrid rivals played to a scoreless draw at Atletico’s new venue Saturday, leaving both teams further away from the Catalan club at the top of the Spanish league. Barcelona won at Leganes 3-0 earlier and ended the day 10 points in front of the Madrid clubs after 12 matches. The thriv- ing Catalan club is seven points in front of second-place Valen- cia, which will try to extend its seven-game winning streak at Espanyol. The draw extended Atletico’s winless run at its new home to five matches. It drew three straight entering the weekend. Diego Simeone’s team has won only two of its last 10 games in all competitions. Both teams will have to remain nearly perfect for the rest of the season to try to catch up to Bar- celona, which has won 11 of its 12 league matches. “We deserved more,” Real coach Zinedine Zidane said. “In the end we couldn’t get the goal, but I’m not worried. I’m sure Barca will lose points as well. We have to keep doing our part. It’s a big difference but that’s going to change.” It was tense between Real and Atletico from the start, with hard fouls from both sides. DAVID GOFFIN shocked over- whelming favorite Roger Federer on Saturday in the last four of the ATP Finals and will face Grigor Dimitrov for the title in the season finale. Belgium’s Goffin had never previously beaten the Swiss 19- time Grand Slam champion in six attempts and was in deep trouble after losing the first set but he stormed back to win 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. In the later semifinal, Bulgar- ian sixth seed Dimitrov ended Jack Sock’s fairytale late-season run 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 in a battle pit- ting the American’s big forehand against Dimitrov’s rapier-like backhand. Goffin will be hoping for a different outcome from the round-robin meeting earlier in the week, which Dimitrov won 6-0, 6-2. The Belgian had his work cut out against a pro-Federer crowd at London’s O2 Arena as the Swiss was quick into his stride, picking up volleys off his shoe- strings and lacing backhands down the line. World number two Federer, 36, won his ninth consecutive set against his 26-year-old opponent in just 33 minutes. But the seventh seed, who 24 hours earlier admitted he did not have a clue how to beat Federer, hit back early in the second set to break and, rejuvenated, knocked his illustrious opponent out of his rhythm. Federer, suddenly looking vul- nerable and unable to dominate, was powerless to stem the tide as Goffin went on to level the match before breaking again early in the decider. “I started to feel the ball better at the end of the first set, so I wanted to be more aggressive,” said Goffin. “As soon as I had the chance to go for the shot from the return and from the serve, that was the key, to go for the shot.” Goffin is only the sixth player ever to beat Rafael Nadal and Federer in the same tourna- ment and the first since Novak Djokovic at the 2015 ATP Finals. (SD-Agencies) RONNIE O’SULLIVAN believes his 10-3 victory over Judd Trump in the final of the Shanghai Mas- ters on Saturday was “one of the best victories of my career.” The 41-year-old raced into a 7- 0 lead en route to his 30th rank- ing title, leaving him second on the all-time list just six behind Stephen Hendry. “A bit of it was skill, a bit was experience and a lot was being mentally in the right place,” he said. “My mind has been as good as it’s ever been this week.” Trump took the last two frames of the first session to trail 7-2 but any thoughts of a remarkable comeback were effectively ended in the opening frame of the last session, which O’Sullivan took with a 108 break. World number three Trump did make it 8-3 but five-time world champion O’Sullivan took the next two frames to secure victory. He cleared up in the last frame after fellow Englishman Trump gave away a free ball after missing the final red when snookered. It is world number seven O’Sullivan’s second title of the season, following a 9-2 triumph over Kyren Wilson in the English Open in Barnsley last month and he was also a beaten finalist in the Hong Kong Masters and Manchester United’s Paul Pogba (C) scores their third goal against Newcastle United at Old Trafford in Manchester on Saturday. SD-Agencies Atletico, Real draw in Madrid derby Real had control for most of the game but was not able to create many significant chances. Atletico had one of its best opportunities early when for- ward Angel Correa entered the area free of markers and only goalkeeper Kiko Casilla to beat but shot wide. Substitute Kevin Gameiro also came close in the second half, but his shot over Casilla was cleared by Real defender Raphael Varane in front of the goal-line. Real threatened with a few runs by Isco and a couple of free kicks taken by Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo still has only one score in La Liga. Atletico’s Antoine Griez- mann, who has three goals in 14 matches in all competitions, was jeered when he was replaced by Fernando Torres near the end. Real defender Sergio Ramos had to be replaced at halftime after breaking his nose when he was struck by Atletico defender Lucas Hernandez. Meanwhile, Luis Suarez scored twice to end a five-match scoring drought in Barcelona’s win. The Uruguay striker found the net in each half and substi- tute midfielder Paulinho scored late to give the Catalan club its 11th win. Sevilla recovered from its loss to Barcelona in the previous round by beating Celta Vigo 2-1 to move back to fifth place. It was the fourth win in five matches for Sevilla in all com- petitions. (SD-Agencies) O’Sullivan wins Shanghai title Ronnie O’Sullivan Champions of Champions ear- lier this month. “I have had a fantastic four or five weeks, winning in Barnsley, final in Coventry and now the winner here,” he said. “I do feel a little tired and I maybe need a rest but at least I’ve got my titles in the bank. “Barnsley must have been as good as I’ve ever played, this was a different kind of perfor- mance, I didn’t feel like I was on auto-pilot, I had to think and when I’m playing my best I don’t think. But you can’t always be at your best and you have to work away at it.” It puts him 9-8 in front in his head-to-head record against Trump, 28, who had won the previous two finals they con- tested. (SD-Agencies) Pogba drives Man U fightback Belgium’s David Goffin in action against Switzerland’s Roger Federer during their match in London on Saturday. SD-Agencies Goffi n shocks Federer in ATP Finals Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo (R) in action against Atletico Madrid during their match at Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid on Saturday. SD-Agencies
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Sports x 07CONTACT US AT: 8351-9190, [email protected]
Monday November 20, 2017
PAUL POGBA marked his come-back with a goal and an assist as Manchester United fought back to beat Newcastle United 4-1 Saturday and stay on Manches-ter City’s tail.
Sidelined since mid-Septem-ber by a hamstring injury, France midfi elder Pogba made a decisive return as Jose Mourinho’s side restored the eight-point gap that separates the side from Premier League leader City.
Pep Guardiola’s City had ear-lier prevailed 2-0 at Leicester City and there were also wins for Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal, which beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in the north London derby.
United remained second, a point above Chelsea, which climbed above Tottenham into
third place courtesy of a 4-0 suc-cess at West Bromwich Albion.
In addition to Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic received a raptur-ous reception from United’s fans when he came on as a substitute following his recovery from a serious knee injury.
A slip by Victor Lindelof enabled Dwight Gayle to put Newcastle ahead in the 14th minute with the fi rst league goal United had conceded at Old Traf-ford since April.
But Pogba’s feathery cross teed up Anthony Martial to head in a 37th-minute equalizer and after Chris Smalling had headed the hosts in front, Pogba tapped in Marcus Rashford’s cushioned header early in the second half.
(SD-Agencies)
BARCELONA was the team cel-ebrating at the end of the fi rst derby between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.
The Madrid rivals played to a scoreless draw at Atletico’s new venue Saturday, leaving both teams further away from the Catalan club at the top of the Spanish league.
Barcelona won at Leganes 3-0 earlier and ended the day 10 points in front of the Madrid clubs after 12 matches. The thriv-ing Catalan club is seven points in front of second-place Valen-cia, which will try to extend its seven-game winning streak at Espanyol.
The draw extended Atletico’s winless run at its new home to fi ve matches. It drew three straight entering the weekend. Diego Simeone’s team has won only two of its last 10 games in all competitions.
Both teams will have to remain nearly perfect for the rest of the season to try to catch up to Bar-celona, which has won 11 of its 12 league matches.
“We deserved more,” Real coach Zinedine Zidane said. “In the end we couldn’t get the goal, but I’m not worried. I’m sure Barca will lose points as well. We have to keep doing our part. It’s a big difference but that’s going to change.”
It was tense between Real and Atletico from the start, with hard fouls from both sides.
DAVID GOFFIN shocked over-whelming favorite Roger Federer on Saturday in the last four of the ATP Finals and will face Grigor Dimitrov for the title in the season fi nale.
Belgium’s Goffi n had never previously beaten the Swiss 19-time Grand Slam champion in six attempts and was in deep trouble after losing the fi rst set but he stormed back to win 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
In the later semifi nal, Bulgar-ian sixth seed Dimitrov ended Jack Sock’s fairytale late-season run 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 in a battle pit-ting the American’s big forehand against Dimitrov’s rapier-like backhand.
Goffi n will be hoping for a different outcome from the round-robin meeting earlier in the week, which Dimitrov won 6-0, 6-2.
The Belgian had his work cut out against a pro-Federer crowd at London’s O2 Arena as the Swiss was quick into his stride, picking up volleys off his shoe-strings and lacing backhands down the line.
World number two Federer, 36, won his ninth consecutive set against his 26-year-old opponent in just 33 minutes.
But the seventh seed, who 24 hours earlier admitted he did not have a clue how to beat Federer, hit back early in the second set to break and, rejuvenated, knocked his illustrious opponent out of his rhythm.
Federer, suddenly looking vul-nerable and unable to dominate, was powerless to stem the tide as Goffi n went on to level the match before breaking again early in the decider.
“I started to feel the ball better at the end of the fi rst set, so I wanted to be more aggressive,” said Goffi n.
“As soon as I had the chance to go for the shot from the return and from the serve, that was the key, to go for the shot.”
Goffi n is only the sixth player ever to beat Rafael Nadal and Federer in the same tourna-ment and the fi rst since Novak Djokovic at the 2015 ATP Finals. (SD-Agencies)
RONNIE O’SULLIVAN believes his 10-3 victory over Judd Trump in the fi nal of the Shanghai Mas-ters on Saturday was “one of the best victories of my career.”
The 41-year-old raced into a 7-0 lead en route to his 30th rank-ing title, leaving him second on the all-time list just six behind Stephen Hendry.
“A bit of it was skill, a bit was experience and a lot was being mentally in the right place,” he said.
“My mind has been as good as it’s ever been this week.”
Trump took the last two frames of the fi rst session to trail 7-2 but any thoughts of a remarkable comeback were effectively ended in the opening frame of the last session, which O’Sullivan took with a 108 break.
World number three Trump did make it 8-3 but fi ve-time world champion O’Sullivan took the next two frames to secure victory.
He cleared up in the last frame after fellow Englishman Trump gave away a free ball after missing the fi nal red when snookered.
It is world number seven O’Sullivan’s second title of the season, following a 9-2 triumph over Kyren Wilson in the English Open in Barnsley last month and he was also a beaten fi nalist in the Hong Kong Masters and
Manchester United’s Paul Pogba (C) scores their third goal against Newcastle United at Old Trafford in Manchester on Saturday. SD-Agencies
Atletico, Real draw in Madrid derby
Real had control for most of the game but was not able to create many signifi cant chances.
Atletico had one of its best opportunities early when for-ward Angel Correa entered the area free of markers and only goalkeeper Kiko Casilla to beat but shot wide.
Substitute Kevin Gameiro also came close in the second half, but his shot over Casilla was cleared by Real defender Raphael Varane in front of the goal-line.
Real threatened with a few
runs by Isco and a couple of free kicks taken by Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo still has only one score in La Liga.
Atletico’s Antoine Griez-mann, who has three goals in 14 matches in all competitions, was jeered when he was replaced by Fernando Torres near the end.
Real defender Sergio Ramos had to be replaced at halftime after breaking his nose when he was struck by Atletico defender Lucas Hernandez.
Meanwhile, Luis Suarez scored
twice to end a fi ve-match scoring drought in Barcelona’s win.
The Uruguay striker found the net in each half and substi-tute midfi elder Paulinho scored late to give the Catalan club its 11th win.
Sevilla recovered from its loss to Barcelona in the previous round by beating Celta Vigo 2-1 to move back to fi fth place.
It was the fourth win in fi ve matches for Sevilla in all com-petitions.
(SD-Agencies)
O’Sullivan wins Shanghai title
Ronnie O’Sullivan
Champions of Champions ear-lier this month.
“I have had a fantastic four or fi ve weeks, winning in Barnsley, fi nal in Coventry and now the winner here,” he said. “I do feel a little tired and I maybe need a rest but at least I’ve got my titles in the bank.
“Barnsley must have been as good as I’ve ever played, this was a different kind of perfor-mance, I didn’t feel like I was on auto-pilot, I had to think and when I’m playing my best I don’t think. But you can’t always be at your best and you have to work away at it.”
It puts him 9-8 in front in his head-to-head record against Trump, 28, who had won the previous two fi nals they con-tested. (SD-Agencies)
Pogba drives Man U fightback
Belgium’s David Goffi n in action against Switzerland’s Roger Federer during their match in London on Saturday.
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Goffi n shocks Federer in ATP Finals
Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo (R) in action against Atletico Madrid during their match at Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid on Saturday. SD-Agencies
