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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2015
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Mbokani back in spotlight
Grant in Scotland squad
Whistles again for Bale
BATA: Democratic Republic of Congo striker Dieumerci Mbokani has reemerged as a key figure during the African Nations Cup and was in explosive form with two goals as they beat rivals Congo 4-2 on Saturday to book
a semi-final place.
“It was emotional for me to get a brace like that because in the
first three group games I didn’t score and it was emotional to
return to the scoresheet,” he told reporters. “I scored twice, I’m
proud of myself as much as for the Congolese team.”
Mbokani sparked DR Congo’s recovery from two goals down
by pulling one back after 65 minutes, before Jeremy
Bokila and Joel Kimwaki put DR Congo ahead, and completed an incredible second-half with their fourth in the
last minute at Estadio de Bata.
The Nations Cup marks Mbokani’s return to the
national team following an 18-month injury-enforced
absence and highlighted his potential to shine at the
tournament in Equatorial Guinea.—Reuters
LONDON: Glasgow prop Ryan Grant has been drafted into Scotland’s squad for
the Six Nations after being cleared of an assault charge, the Scottish Rugby
Union (SRU) announced yesterday. The 29-year-old forward, capped 19 times,
was omitted from head coach Vern Cotter’s original squad as his trial was
ongoing, but he has been brought in after the charges against him were “not
proven” at a court in Glasgow. “Glasgow Warriors loose-head prop Ryan Grant
has been added to the Scotland squad for the forthcoming RBS 6 Nations,” the
SRU said in a brief statement. Grant’s Glasgow club-mate and fellow Scotland
international Ryan Wilson faces a disciplinary hearing next week after he was
convicted of assaulting two men, including rugby player Ally Maclay, on a
night out in October 2013. Wilson was suspended by the SRU last week.
Scotland launch their Six Nations campaign against France in Paris on Saturday.
Backs (15): Mark Bennett (Glasgow), Sam Hidalgo-Clyne (Edinburgh), Alex
Dunbar (Glasgow), Dougie Fife (Edinburgh), Stuart Hogg (Glasgow), Peter
Horne (Glasgow) Greig Laidlaw Gloucester/ENG, capt), Sean Lamont (Glasgow),
Sean Maitland (Glasgow), Henry Pyrgos (Glasgow), Finn Russell (Glasgow), Matt
Scott (Edinburgh), Tommy Seymour (Glasgow), Greig Tonks (Edinburgh, Tim
Visser (Edinburgh).—AFP
BARCELONA: Gareth Bale showed some exquisite touches for Real Madrid
in their 4-1 victory over Real Sociedad on Saturday but was, once again,
subjected to whistling from a section of the Bernabeu crowd. The stage was
set for the Welshman to be the talisman of the team in the absence of the
suspended Cristiano Ronaldo but instead it was Karim Benzema who took
over the reigns with two goals and a dominant performance.
Bale played in the role of Ronaldo on the left of the attack
and was full of running but some Real fans have turned
against him as they feel he is too greedy and doesn’t look to
combine with his team mates enough. In his debut season
he was lauded for his crucial goals but in this campaign he
has been less decisive in matches and his weaknesses have
been more evident. There were whistles from the crowd last
month at home to Espanyol and they were spurred on
when Ronaldo was angry at one point for not receiving a
pass. Against Sociedad, they whistled if he lost possession or shot waywardly.—Reuters
NHL results/standings
Montreal 1, Washington 0 (OT); Detroit 4, NY Islanders 1; Ottawa 7,
Arizona 2; Boston 3, Los Angeles 1; New Jersey 3, Florida 1; NY
Rangers 4, Carolina 1; Philadelphia 1, Toronto 0; Dallas 5, Winnipeg
2; Tampa Bay 3, Columbus 1; Calgary 4, Edmonton 2; San Jose 2,
Chicago 0.
Western Conference
Pacific Division
W
L
OTL
GF
GA
Anaheim
32
12
6
147
134
PTS
70
San Jose
27
17
6
139
135
60
Vancouver
27
17
3
129
120
57
Calgary
27
20
3
144
129
57
Los Angeles
21
16
12
134
132
54
Arizona
17
26
6
113
168
40
Edmonton
13
28
9
115
166
35
Nashville
31
11
6
145
115
68
St. Louis
31
13
4
156
117
66
Chicago
31
17
2
155
115
64
Central Division
Winnipeg
26
17
8
142
132
60
Dallas
23
19
7
157
159
53
Colorado
21
18
11
131
141
53
Minnesota
22
20
6
131
138
50
68
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
Tampa Bay
32
15
4
166
133
Montreal
32
13
3
128
108
67
Detroit
29
12
9
149
129
67
Boston
27
16
7
134
124
61
Florida
21
16
10
115
132
52
Ottawa
20
19
9
136
136
49
Toronto
22
25
4
144
156
48
Buffalo
14
33
3
94
179
31
NY Islanders
32
16
1
158
139
65
Pittsburgh
28
13
8
145
125
64
NY Rangers
28
15
4
139
112
60
Washington
25
14
10
144
125
60
Philadelphia
22
22
7
140
151
51
New Jersey
19
22
9
113
138
47
Metropolitan Division
Columbus
21
24
3
120
151
45
Carolina
17
26
6
105
129
40
Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the standings
MONTREAL: Canadiens left wing Max Pacioretty (67) scores the game-winning goal past Washington Capitals goalie Braden Holtby (70) and Capitals defenseman Matt
Niskanen (2) during the overtime period of an NHL hockey game. —AP
and are not included in the loss column (L).
Canadiens edge past Capitals
MONTREAL: Max Pacioretty scored 3:08
into overtime, Carey Price made 36 saves
and the Montreal Canadiens edged the
Washington Capitals 1-0 on Saturday for
their fifth straight win.
Price posted his second shutout in a
row. He stopped the New York Rangers 1-0
on Thursday night, with Pacioretty scoring
late in the third period.
Washington lost its fifth consecutive
road game. Pacioretty went to the net to
tip Tomas Plekanec’s pass over goaltender
Braden Holtby for the winning goal.
FLYERS 1, MAPLE LEAFS 0
Steve Mason stopped all 30 shots and
Michael Del Zotto scored to help the
Philadelphia Flyers beat Toronto and sent
the Maple Leafs to their ninth straight loss.
Mason had his second shutout of the season and 25th of his career. The Flyers won
their first 1-0 game since Nov. 2, 2013.
The slumping Leafs have been held to
one or less goal in eight of nine games.
The Leafs had scored one goal in each of
the last two games.
The Flyers have won a season-high four
straight games as they make a desperate
push to get back in the Eastern
Conference playoff picture.
SENATORS 7, COYOTES 2
Mark Stone, Bobby Ryan, Erik Karlsson
and Mika Zibanejad each had a goal and
an assist, helping the Ottawa Senators
break away from the Arizona Coyotes.
Marc Methot added three assists for
the Senators. It was 1-all before Ottawa
scored four times in 51/2 minutes. Milan
Michalek broke the tie with 3:09 left in the
second period and Stone made it 3-1.
Mike Hoffman also scored for the
Senators, and Robin Lehner turned aside
35 shots for his first win since Dec. 13.
Zybnek Michalek and Sam Gagne scored
for the Coyotes.
RED WINGS 4, ISLANDERS 1
Tomas Tatar and Gustav Nyquist scored
power-play goals and the Detroit Red
Wings beat the New York Islanders. The
Red Wings overcame two second-period
penalties and took a 2-0 lead on Brendan
Smith’s one-timer with 47 seconds remaining in the period. Detroit’s Jonathan
Ericcson scored in the third period.
Lubomir Visnovsky scored for the Islanders
on a power play.
RANGERS 4, HURRICANES 1
Henrik Lundqvist shook off a second-
period injury and made 31 saves, Rick
Nash moved back into a tie for the NHL
goal lead, and the New York Rangers
snapped out of an offensive funk to beat
the Carolina Hurricanes. The Rangers had
lost two straight since the All-Star game,
mustering only one goal in the process,
but Nash and Dominic Moore scored in
the first period, and Chris Kreider and Dan
Boyle added insurance tallies 21 seconds
apart in the third.
Lundqvist got quite a scare when a rising shot by Brad Malone got to him as
Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh was
trying to knock down the puck. His stick
appeared to catch Lundqvist under the
mask at his throat, and Lundqvist fell backward to the ice. After being treated for
about 5 minutes, he remained in the
game. Malone had Carolina’s lone goal.
STARS 5, JETS 2
John Klingberg had a pair of goals and
added two assists as the Dallas Stars
scored four power-play goals in a victory
over the Winnipeg Jets.
Patrick Eaves, Shawn Horcoff and Jason
Spezza also scored for Dallas, and Tyler
Seguin tacked on three assists. Andrew
Ladd scored his 18th of the season and
added an assist for Winnipeg, which
extended its losing streak to three games.
BRUINS 3, KINGS 1
Chris Kelly broke a 1-all tie with 5:27
left in the third period and Brad Marchand
added an empty-netter for his second
goal of the game as the Boston Bruins
beat the Los Angeles Kings.
Tuukka Rask stopped 30 shots for the
Bruins as he and Los Angeles’ Jonathan
Quick exchanged tough saves throughout
the night. Jordan Nolan scored the only
goal for the Kings, breaking up Rask’s
shutout bid on a soft wrist shot with seven
minutes left in the third. It was the second
goal of the season and evened the score
at 1-1, but the tie didn’t last long. Kelly
put Boston back on top 1:33 later when he
tipped in Carl Soderberg’s shot.
DEVILS 3, PANTHERS 1
Rook ie Keith Kink aid stopped 26
shots, Mike Cammalleri and Steve Bernier
each had a goal and an assist, and the
New Jersey Devils beat the Florida
Panthers. Jaromir Jagr also scored as the
Devils won for the sixth time in 10 games
(6-2-2).
Kink aid got the star t as Cor y
Schneider rested after facing a season-
high 43 shots in the Devils’ 2-1 overtime
loss to Pittsburgh on Friday.
Kinkaid was solid as the Devils beat
the Panthers at home for the fifth straight
time. Kinkaid lost the bid for his first
shutout on a drive by Brandon Pirri with
1:29 left in the game.
LIGHTNING 3, BLUE JACKETS 1
Cedric Paquette got his fifth goal in
the last three games, Ben Bishop made
34 saves, and the Atlantic Division-leading Tampa Bay Lightning beat the
Columbus Blue Jackets for their franchise-best 10th straight home victory.
Brett Connolly and Valtteri Filppula
also scored for Tampa Bay, which hasn’t
lost at home since a 5-3 loss to
Washington on Dec. 9. Bishop lost his
shutout bid when Ryan Johansen scored
with 3:26 remaining. Curtis McElhinney
stopped 31 shots for the Blue Jackets,
who are 0-18-0 when trailing entering
the third period. Columbus has been
outscored 58-38 in the third period.
SHARKS 2, BLACKHAWKS 0
Antti Niemi made 31 saves in his 31st
career shutout and the San Jose Sharks
won their third straight game by beating
the Chicago Blackhawks.
Melker Karlsson scored early and Joe
Thornton added an empty-net goal for
the Sharks, who got their first regulation
win over the Blackhawks since Feb. 10,
2012. Niemi did the rest against his former team as San Jose followed up wins
over defending Stanley Cup champion
Los Angeles and NHL points leader
Anaheim with one against perennial cup
contender Chicago. Antti Raanta made 19
saves for the Blackhawks, who were shut
out for the fourth time this season.
FLAMES 4, OILERS 2
Lance Bouma scored two of Calgary’s
four third-period goals and the Flames
stormed back to beat the Edmonton
Oilers. Trailing 2-0 entering the final 20
minutes, Paul Byron got the comeback
star ted by deflecting in Mason
Raymond’s shot 2:56 in.
Bouma tied it just over three minutes
later after snapping a shot through the
pads of Ben Scrivens. The go-ahead goal
came 2:33 after that on a power play
when Sean Monahan tried to center a
pass, but the puck instead deflected past
Scrivens off the skate of Oilers defenseman Keith Aulie. Jordan Eberle and
Benoit Pouliot scored for Edmonton.—AP
AAW returns with its 3rd edition of The North Face Challenge Race.
AAW returns with its 3rd edition of
‘The North Face Challenge’ race
KUWAIT: Ali Abdulwahab Al Mutawa Commercial
Co. (AAW) today announced that “The North Face
Challenge Race” will return for another season to
provide athletes and enthusiasts in Kuwait the
opportunity to test their limits in one of the toughest multidiscipline trail competitions in the country.
The race that will take place on Saturday
February 7, will be held in the middle of Al-Mutla’a
desert located north of the country and includes 17
kilometers of trail running.
AAW developed the Challenge in 2013 under
The North Face to encourage outdoor enthusiasts and athletes to push their limits. Last year,
close to 70 enthusiasts from over ten countries
participated in the Challenge. The North Face is
an American brand delivering an extensive line
o f p e r fo r m a n c e a p p a re l, e q u i p m e n t , a n d
footwear and one of the largest retail outdoor
apparel and gear that AAW distributes in Kuwait.
AAW General Manager, Ali F. Al Mutawa said: “We
are ver y excited to organize The Nor th Face
Challenge Race in Kuwait for the third consecutive
year to promote the outdoor and adventure spirit
within our athletes and outdoor enthusiasts with an
environment to test their athletic skills and compete in Kuwait’s rough desert terrain. We encourage
athletes and enthusiasts alike to participate this
year.” With a commitment to the Kuwaiti community, AAW both develops and supports sports, health
and athletic initiatives, including marathons, programs and other challenges like the Al Roudan
Tournament, The Kuwait Charity Run, and The
Flying Start Triathlon that was also sponsored by
The North Face. Participants can register for “The
North Face Challenge Race” Explorers Base or The
North Face stores.
Levins registers double at NY Armory
NEW YORK: Canadian Cam Levins claimed a startling double by winning the mile then upsetting celebrated training mate Galen Rupp half an hour later
in the two-mile race at the Armory Track Invitational
on Saturday. Levins, a Canadian Olympian in the
5,000 and 10,000 meters in 2012, stunned himself
with the twin triumph, particularly a two-mile win in
which he overtook Rupp halfway through the final
lap and powered to victory.
“I guess I am kind of shocked the more I think
about it that I beat him,” Levins said of the Olympic
10,000m silver medalist who was running his first
race of the year.
“I guess I always just figure if I try and stay close
to him in races I’m going to run well. I’m just happy
to be competitive with him.” Levins, 25, won the mile
in three minutes 54.74 with a strong finishing kick
ahead of Chris O’Hare of Britain in 3:57.26. In the
two-mile, the 25-year-old Canadian ran second for
most of the two-mile race ahead of Rupp, who
surged past him going into the final lap.
But Levins responded and sped past a fading
Rupp to win in 8:15.38, nearly two seconds ahead of
Rupp. “I’d have to say it’s one of my best days in
competitive running,” said Levins, who in 2012
became the first Canadian named most outstanding
in US college athletics while at the University of
Southern Utah.
Another featured runner also fell flat at the
Armory as promising young Mary Cain finished fifth
behind fellow-American Ajee’ Wilson in the women’s
800 meters.—Reuters