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Lions lose starters Davis, Ragnow to injuries

Published in Breaking News
Friday, 23 August 2019 19:46

DETROIT -- A pair of Detroit Lions starters left the team's preseason game Friday night with injuries.

Starting middle linebacker Jarrad Davis was carted to the locker room with a right foot injury during the first drive, before center Frank Ragnow was helped off the field in the second quarter with a right leg injury.

"There's nothing really to report right now," Lions coach Matt Patricia said after his team's 24-20 loss to the Buffalo Bills. "We'll see what it looks like tomorrow and go through the normal procedures the day after the game and try to see what that looks like and then we'll go from there."

Davis is scheduled to undergo an MRI on the foot Saturday, a source told ESPN. He appeared to suffer the injury at the end of a 9-yard run by Bills back LeSean McCoy when Lions teammate Devon Kennard appeared to roll up on Davis' leg. The run was called back for holding.

Davis fell to the ground clutching his right leg; he tried to get up and get to the sideline on his own but couldn't put any pressure on the leg.

After doctors and athletic trainers examined Davis, taking his right shoe off in the process, they called for the cart to take him to the locker room. Davis, 24, needed assistance to reach the cart, and multiple Detroit defensive players went over to speak with him before he left the field.

"Just making sure that he knows we're there for him," Kennard said. "That's like the leader of our defense and the heart and soul of the defense to an extent, and just so he knows we've got his back and we support him and praying that he's OK, whatever the injury is. I just let him know that I was praying for him and I hope that he's back soon."

Davis, the team's first-round pick in 2017, has been Detroit's middle linebacker the past two seasons and was expected to hold down that role again in 2019. While the Lions have not yet named team captains for 2019, Davis was a captain last season.

He has started all 30 games he has played for Detroit, making 196 tackles with eight sacks, eight passes defended and two fumble recoveries. With the Lions releasing safety Glover Quin in the offseason, Davis has often been looked to as the main communicator and heart of the team's defense since.

With Davis out, a combination of rookie Jahlani Tavai and veteran Jalen Reeves-Maybin took his place in the lineup.

Midway through the second quarter, Ragnow, 23, injured his right leg and was examined on the turf for a few minutes before being helped off the field. He initially could not put weight on his right leg before trying to gingerly test it as he went directly to the locker room for further examination.

Ragnow, Detroit's first-round pick last year, is expected to be the team's starting center in 2019. If his injury turns out to be serious, the Lions would likely shift Graham Glasgow, their center last season, back to the position from right guard.

It would be a big blow to Detroit, though, because the interior of the offensive line is the one area on the offense where starting positions haven't been settled.

First title decided, honours for Chile

Published in Table Tennis
Saturday, 24 August 2019 07:02

In a group organised event she accounted for Brazil’s Raiza da Silva (11-9, 11-7, 11-6), before overcoming Argentina’s Nayda Kuell (11-4, 11-13, 11-6, 3-11, 11-3) and Colombia’s Nelly Sanchez (11-7, 11-3, 12-10) to secure the top prize.

Success meant that Tamara Leonelli exceeded her efforts of four years earlier when the multi-sport event had been held in Toronto and matched her efforts of two years prior at the 2017 Para Pan American Championships staged in the Costa Rican capital city of San José. On the latter occasion, once again in a group organised competition, Tamara Leonelli had finished ahead of Nadia Kuell and Nelly Sanchez; in Lima the top three places were exactly the same.

An eye catching performance from Tamara Leonelli, likewise as the individual events progressed in the women’s singles events, Mexico’s Claudia Perez attracted the attention. The no.3 seed, competing in class 7, she accounted for Argentina’s Giselle Muñoz, the top seed (12-10, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8) in her opening match of the day, prior to overcoming Canada’s Stephanie Chen, the no.2 seed (11-9, 11-5, 5-11, 3-11, 11-7) and winner of the women’s singles class 6-7 title four years ago in Toronto. Claudia Perez faces the Brazilian duo of Milena dos Santos and Aline Meneses in her concluding matches.

Problems for Stephanie Chan but in the women’s singles events, there were no such difficulties experienced by the Brazilian reigning champions, the trio of Catia Oliveira (class 2-3), Joyce de Oliveira (class 4) and Danielle Rauen (class 8-10). All are very much on course for repeat success.

Similarly, Brazilian men who won in Toronto are on track. The hopes of Aloisio Lima (class 1), Iranildo Espindola (class 2) and David de Freitas (class 3) of more Pan American Games gold are very much alive, as are those of Carls Carbinatti (class 10).

Meanwhile, in a similar vein adding to what proved a good day for Chile, Matias Pino Lorca (class 6), the defending champion, Claudia Perez is through to the semi-final stage.

Play continues in the individual events on Saturday 24th August.

Lima 2019 Para Pan American Games: Draws and Latest Results

Lima 2019 Para Pan American Games: Official Website

Scotland avenged last week's rout in Nice with a battling World Cup warm-up victory over France at Murrayfield.

A week on from a 32-3 collapse, the Scots' horror start at the Allianz Riviera was repeated as Damian Penaud went over within the first two minutes before later adding a second try.

Sean Maitland's score just before the break jolted the crowd into life to build on Greig Laidlaw's early penalty.

Chris Harris crashed over the line with 20 minutes to play to clinch victory.

While far from a perfect display, this was an improved showing from Gregor Townsend's men, particularly in the second half.

A negative from the afternoon for the Scotland head coach came in the form of Tommy Seymour, Blade Thomson and Sam Skinner being forced off.

The Scots now face a double header with Georgia, starting in Tbilisi next week, before heading to Japan where they open against Ireland on 22 September.

Mixed emotions as Scotland experience high again

After the awful performance in Nice last Saturday night, Scotland desperately needed a performance to restore confidence. In recent times they have made awful beginnings in these games, conceding early and forced to play catch-up. Scotland's slow starts became a feature of the week and it will continue to be a talking point after they yet again conceded in the opening seconds.

For the third Test in a row they shipped a try inside two minutes, a condition that needs curing and quickly. It was hopelessly soft and entirely self-inflicted. In their haste to get the ball wide and play with a frenzied pace, Pete Horne threw an ill-advised pass under pressure.

Intended for Stuart Hogg it was picked off by Penaud. After scoring twice in Nice, the right winger had an easy job of running in a third. Camille Lopez had a shocker with the boot last week. The job of adding the extras fell to Thomas Ramos and the full-back made it 7-0 before everyone had properly settled in their seat.

Laidlaw's penalty narrowed the gap soon after. What was better from Scotland was their aggression in the tackle and their organisation in defence. They trailed, but they didn't lack intent. Making his debut, Thomson never had a chance to show his stuff with ball in hand but his work off the ball was impressive. He emptied Gregory Lambey in midfield at one point. That howitzer was one of the differences from last week.

Another difference - when France get a 5m lineout they usually score. They take the ball, drive it forward, skittle the Scottish forwards and touch it down. That was the case in the Six Nations and it was the case in Nice. Midway through the opening half they had a chance to do it again, but this time they were repelled. Baby steps, perhaps. But progress for sure.

And then, more of the same weaknesses. One step up, two steps back. Finn Russell, who was a constant source of invention, made an error, dropping the ball and giving France the opportunity to counter, which they did, devastatingly. Sofiane Guitoune spotted the space and sped into it before finding Penaud outside. The wing sprinted over for another score, once again converted by Ramos.

Resurgent Scots show mettle

At 14-3 down, Scotland were in a hole again. Bad enough that they were monstered in France, the thought of an even worse defeat now reared its head. Murrayfield was quiet. There was a moment when they might have found their voice but Scotland butchered a lineout on France's 22. The butchering of lineouts in good positions became a theme of the day for the home team.

With a minute to go, the Test started to turn. Penaud spilled ball and Scotland's Blair Kinghorn - an early replacement for Seymour - picked up and sent Harris to the line. France scrambled and looked to have scrambled well, but Russell's gorgeous floated pass over two defenders and into Maitland's grateful mitts did the job. Laidlaw converted; 14-10.

Thomson had to retire early in the new half. A shame. Everybody wanted to see more of him. Scotland might have taken the lead had Kinghorn made his pass to Stuart Hogg, but it went to ground. With France subdued and offering little, Scotland hit the front when countering off a spillage from Camille Chat.

Kinghorn's chase took play from one end to the other. France knocked on from the lineout. From the scrum Harris came in on the crash ball and thundered over. Harris was impressive. He was a borderline pick before this. He advanced his cause here.

The conversion was good from Laidlaw and from 14-3 behind Scotland were now 17-14 ahead. It was a lead they really only ever looked like adding to. Hamish Watson was terrific. Ryan Wilson came on to a big game. Russell showed for the millionth time how truly indispensable he is.

They wasted another couple of moments before the end and, worryingly, lost Skinner through injury after an hour. Townsend will be praying for good news on that front, but the sight of the big lock being carried off was encouraging. A bit of a low point on a day when Scotland experienced the high of victory again.

Scotland: Hogg, Seymour, Harris, P Horne, Maitland, Russell, Laidlaw (capt); Reid, Turner, Nel, Cummings, Skinner, Wilson, Watson, Thomson.

Replacements: Stewart, Dell, Berghan, Gilchrist, Barclay, G Horne, Hutchinson, Kinghorn.

France: Ramos, Penaud, Fickou, Fofana, Raka, Lopez, Dupont; Poirot, Guirado (capt), Slimani, Lambey, Vahaamahina, Iturria, Alldritt, Ollivon.

Replacements: Chat, Baille, Setiano, Taofifenua, Camara, Serin, Ntamack, Medard

Reutzel Ends 50-Year All Star Drought

Published in Racing
Saturday, 24 August 2019 04:31

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — The streak has ended.

For the first time in 50 years of Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions races at Williams Grove Speedway dating back to 1970, an All Stars driver has won a feature at the oval. His name is Aaron Reutzel.

Reutzel and local driver Lance Dewease were the stars of the shows Friday night at Williams Grove in the Jack Gunn Memorial Twin 20s for the All Stars Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars.

Reutzel would end up leading all 20 laps of the first main event at the line each time around but Dewease had the lead more than once and would nearly sweep the twins as he went on to claim the second feature.

Reutzel was chased by fellow All Star Paul McMahan when the first twin got started with McMahan drawing to his outside for control on the second lap as Dewease raced in third.

By lap seven, a fleet-running Reutzel entered the rear of the field as Dewease tested McMahan with an outside move in the third and fourth turns.

Traffic would prove quite challenging for McMahan and especially Reutzel but McMahan held on to the second spot until lap 11 when Dewease was able to power by and then set his sights on the leader.

It only took two laps until Dewease was on Reutzel’s fuel cell and the pair was racing just yards apart as they crossed the line on laps 13 and 14 before Dewease went under Reutzel in the first and second turns with five laps to go.

Lance Dewease (Dan Demarco photo)

But Reutzel was not to be denied as he ripped the cushion out of the second corner and drew even with Dewease as the pair raced side by side down the backstretch and into the third turn.

By this point Dewease was exercising a lethal swoop maneuver into the corner but Reutzel put four wheels above the cushion and purely out-powered Dewease around the top and regained control back onto the front chute.

A well-timed move around two lapped cars then gave Reutzel the breathing room he needed with a pair of laps to go in order to preserve his $4,000 payday and his first win at Williams Grove Speedway.

The Texas driver’s margin of victory was .389 seconds.  The win was his ninth of the season overall and the 18th All Stars win of his career.

McMahan, Ryan Smith and Adam Wilt completed the top five finishers.

The second main event saw Kyle Moody take control at the start over Adam Wilt and Ryan Smith while Dewease started fifth in the field thanks to a six inversion from the first feature finish.

The only caution flag of the race unfurled with four laps complete for a stopped Robbie Kendall.

Just before the yellow, Dewease had driven by McMahan for fourth but he was forced to go back for the restart due to the lap not being completed.

Both McMahan and Smith advanced on the restart for second and third respectively and Dewease was soon to follow, taking over fourth spot with six laps in the book.

After that, the Fayetteville flyer found mowed down Smith for second with eight laps to go before using a low move in the third and fourth corner with six laps to go to take the lead and run to the 97th win of his Williams Grove career worth $4,000.

Dewease noted in victory lane that he might not have been aggressive enough in the first main event.

The win was the 39th All Stars win of his career.

Smith rode home second by 1.943 seconds, followed by Moody, Wilt and Chad Trout.

Fast time was set by Dale Blaney with a lap of 16.717 seconds.

The finishes:

First feature: 1. Aaron Reutzel, 2. Lance Dewease, 3. Paul McMahan, 4. Ryan Smith, 5. Adam Wilt, 6. Kyle Moody, 7. Logan Wagner, 8.Chad Trout, 9. Dale Blaney, 10. Cory Eliason, 11. Danny Dietrich, 12. Brian Montieth, 13. Brock Zearfoss, 14. Freddie Rahmer, 15. TJ Stutts, 16. Anthony Macri, 17. Kyle Reinhardt, 18. Justin Peck, 19. Greg Wilson, 20. Cory Haas, 21. Gerard McIntyre Jr., 22. Jeff Halligan, 23. Skylar Gee, 24. Troy Fraker, 25. Robbie Kendall, 26. Steve Buckwalter

Second feature: 1. Dewease, 2. Smith, 3. Moody, 4. Wilt, 5. Trout, 6. Dietrich, 7. Montieth, 8. McMahan, 9. Reutzel, 10. Wagner, 11. Rahmer, 12. Eliason, 13. Macri, 14.  Zearfoss, 15. Stutts, 16. Reinhardt, 17. Peck, 18. Haas, 19. McIntyre Jr., 20. Halligan, 21. Buckwalter, 22. Wilson, 23. Fraker, 24. Gee, 25. Blaney, 26. Kendall

Sheppard & Marlar Score At Mansfield

Published in Racing
Saturday, 24 August 2019 04:32

MANSFIELD, Ohio — Brandon Sheppard and Mike Marlar won featues on Friday night of the second annual Dirt Million presented by Arizona Sport Shirts at Mansfield Motor Speedway.

Each driver earned $10,000 for their 30-lap victories and are guaranteed a starting spot in Saturday night’s Dirt Million finale.

Sheppard took the lead on lap two from polesitter Kent Robinson and led the rest of the way to win the first Duel. It was not an easy win for the 26-year-old Illinois racer, as he had to hold off both a charging Jimmy Owens and the defending Dirt Million winner Earl Pearson Jr.

Brandon Overton was fourth, with Hudson O’Neal coming from the fifteenth starting spot to register a fifth-place finish at the checkers.

“It was really hard staying out front,” said Sheppard. “They have got the track really good right now. You had to have a line where the car would go best. With traffic in front of us, we really didn’t know where to go. My crew guys are awesome, they kept me up to date on where I needed to be on the track. It was tricky out there. I felt good around the top of three and four and in one and two I felt good all over.”

Owens was in the hunt for the win from the halfway mark and came home in second after passing Pearson on lap 21.

“It is hands down better than we ran here last night,” Owens said. “It felt good to be battling for the win. Brandon [Sheppard], he is one of the toughest guys in the country right now, and to have him moving around and looking over his shoulder the whole race was pretty awesome.”

Pearson, who collected over $202,000 for his win in the Dirt Million a year ago, returned to the Lucas Oil podium with his third-place finish.

“It wasn’t too bad tonight, “ he said. “We got up on the cushion and did our thing, which is unusual for me to go to the cushion. We weren’t bad up on the cushion either. When Brandon moved up there, we couldn’t do much after that.”

Marlar claimed his fourth Lucas Oil win of the season, leading all 30 laps for a convincing victory.

Chase Junghans, for the second night in a row, recorded a second-place finish. Michael Norris, in the Clint Bowyer Racing No. 5 entry, posted his best career Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series finish rounding out the podium. Jonathan Davenport finished fourth with Tyler Erb crossing the finish line in fifth.

Marlar who also started on the pole of a Thursday night duel was not going to be denied tonight as he stormed to the lead early on over Norris and Junghans. Norris, who like Junghans, was seeking his first career Lucas Oil win, closed on Marlar in heavy traffic with twelve laps scored. Junghans made the pass on Norris for second on lap 20.

Mike Marlar (LOLMDS photo)

Marlar held steady in lapped traffic as Junghans and Norris could not get close enough in the waning laps to challenge for the win. Like Sheppard, the win also marked Marlar’s thirteenth career win with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.

Marlar led every lap for his win.

“Last night was a bummer when you get a good starting spot like that,” Marlar said. “It’s tough when you win a heat and get to start up front like we did. The car was something I could deal with today better than last night. It was definitely ‘elbows up’ early. Last year we had a real good shot for the win and a carburetor spring broke I think I was running second when it broke and I had to start lifting on the gas pedal.”

Junghans was pleased with another runner-up finish.

“The third times the charm, right? Mikey is hard to beat,” Junghans said. “I wish the track would have gotten a little wider for us. We still have a little bit of tuning on the car to do yet. But it’s really good right now. We just need to build off of last night and tonight.”

The finishes:

First feature: Brandon Sheppard, Jimmy Owens, Earl Pearson Jr., Brandon Overton, Hudson O’Neal, Kent Robinson, Shannon Babb, Shane Clanton, Max Blair, Gordy Gundaker, Devin Moran, Brian Shirley, Johnny Scott, Mike Benedum, Dan Angelicchio, Ryan Markham, Doug Drown, David Scott, Bobby Pierce, Scott Bloomquist, Stormy Scott.

Second feature: Mike Marlar, Chase Junghans, Michael Norris, Jonathan Davenport, Tyler Erb, Rick Eckert, Ricky Weiss, Jared Landers, Josh Richards, Darrell Lanigan, Tim McCreadie, Steve Casebolt, Boom Briggs, Dennis Erb Jr., Shanon Buckingham, Mason Zeigler, Kyle Bronson, Dale McDowell, Billy Moyer, Billy Moyer Jr.

Seavey Gets First USAC Sprint Car Win

Published in Racing
Saturday, 24 August 2019 04:33

KOKOMO, Ind. — One night after claiming a victory in Sprint Car Smackdown’s annual karaoke contest, Logan Seavey was singing a different tune Friday night at Kokomo Speedway, ending it in victory lane following his first USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car triumph.

The reigning USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget champion used his voice to win karaoke hardware with Garth Brooks’ “That Summer” after a broken wheel cover ended a solid run on track on Thursday.

For the Sutter, Calif., native, however, tomorrow would come, and he’d use his right foot to capture an even bigger trophy, a bigger payday and the prestige of becoming the series’ first first-time winner of the 2019 season.

Along the way, Seavey cut a new record, ripping 30 laps around Kokomo Speedway 33 seconds quicker than the previous USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car track record for that distance at the quarter-mile, a record formerly held by Bryan Clauson set during Smackdown in 2013, at six minutes and 48.92 seconds.

“Just to be racing sprint cars with USAC and to get to run good racecars with a family like this, is pretty crazy for me,” Seavey noted. “We just race and have fun. We normally end up pretty good and, the more fun we’re having, the better we run. Finally, it all came together tonight. We’ve had that speed the last two nights, and it all finally came together.”

Perhaps, most impressively, was that Seavey was making just his second start of the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint car points season, the first of which came just 24 hours earlier. Seavey picked up a win behind the wheel of a Reinbold/Underwood Motorsports machine in USAC Southwest Sprint Car competition in April at Arizona Speedway.

And, as it turns out, Friday of Smackdown has a special significance to Seavey, as this is the same night in which he first met team co-owner Andy Reinbold a year ago, kicking off a winning connection that certainly paid its dividends on this night.

“Friday night of Smackdown last year was the first time I met Andy,” Seavey remembered. “We got together and ran a few races last year together out west. We came into this year knowing he had a full-time USAC car and that was going to take up a lot of his time. He told me early in the year that, in the big races, he wanted to bring out another car from Arizona to run Smackdown, Western World and the Oval Nationals.”

Seavey began the main event from the pole and led a trio of nineteens on the opening lap aboard his No. 19s while leading the 19 of Kevin Thomas Jr. and the 19az of C.J. Leary. Leary made quick work from his fourth starting spot, rushing into second by lap three past Thomas and began the hunt to track down Seavey.

Leary tried high, sought the middle, looked low, and even cut a diamond groove off turns one and three. Leary chopped into Seavey’s advantage and gained ground off the corners on each go-around, pulling side-by-side in turns two and four each lap for several laps early on before Seavey utilized the topside momentum to surge ahead and maintain his lead.

By the 10th lap, Leary’s exit plan on the low line became stifled with a bevy of traffic occupying the bottom, hindering his path as he pursued Seavey. At the halfway mark, Seavey maintained a three car length lead as he seemingly ran his own race up top and, with no cautions in sight, kept traffic as part of the equation and allowed the top lane to be wide open for Seavey all by his lonesome where he was most comfortable running, up against the cushion.

Seavey had to be perfect and execute flawlessly as a hungry Leary sought his first series victory in 20 starts. Yet, Seavey managed to up the interval in the final ten laps, from a half-second, to three quarters of a second, to more than a second on the final lap, closing out a superb performance with a 1.114-second win over Leary, Tyler Courtney, Kevin Thomas Jr. and Justin Grant.

Reinbold/Underwood Motorsports’ one-two finish was the first time teammates have occupied the top-two positions in a USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car feature on dirt since July of 2008 when Keith Kunz Motorsports’ stable of Cole Whitt and Darren Hagen finished first and second, respectively, during the Indiana Sprint Week round at Gas City I-69 Speedway.

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VIDEO: Karth Honoring Dick Trickle In Xfinity Debut

Published in Racing
Saturday, 24 August 2019 07:00

Dick Karth, 66, is making his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut this weekend at Road America, which is less than an hour from his hometown of Grafton, Wis. On the side of his No. 61 MBM Motorsports entry are decals to bring awareness to the Dick Trickle Memorial Project.

Trickle, a Wisconsin native, won more than 1,200 features during his racing career. He in 2013 at the age of 71. Karth talks about his involvement with the project and what it means to have Dick Trickle’s name on the car this weekend.

8/10 Abraham stars for Chelsea with two goals

Published in Soccer
Saturday, 24 August 2019 08:01

Tammy Abraham was the star of the show with two brilliant goals to help give his Chelsea side a 3-2 victory, their first of the season, over a spirited Norwich City at Carrow Road.

Positives

Frank Lampard's continued faith in Chelsea's youngsters is starting to reap rewards, with Mason Mount and Tammy Abraham putting in excellent displays. There was also a welcome return to form for Cesar Azpilicueta, who looked dangerous on the overlap.

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Negatives

Despite all their verve as an attacking force, there are still question marks around a Blues defence that was breached with ease for both Norwich goals. It's early days, but Christian Pulisic needs to do more to justify his hefty pricetag despite his assist for Mount's goal.

Manager rating out of 10

7 -- It wasn't perfect, but Lampard's proactive philosophy is slowly starting to take shape. His use of attacking full-backs allowed his side to expose the space left behind by Norwich's marauding overlaps, causing significant damage.

Player ratings (1-10; 10 = best, players introduced after 70 minutes get no rating)

GK Kepa Arrizabalaga, 6. The Chelsea stopper will be disappointed he failed to prevent Teemu Pukki from finding the net from a tight angle for 2-2, but was largely untroubled during the 90 minutes.

DF Cesar Azpilicueta, 7. After a slow start to the season, this was much more like the Azpilicueta that Chelsea fans know and love. It all started with a lovely floated cross for the Chelsea opener, and the Spaniard's delivery caused problems throughout.

DF Andreas Christensen, 6. The centre-back will be amazed he didn't find the net with a bullet header that was saved brilliantly by Tim Krul in the first half, in what was a relatively quiet game for the Dane.

DF Kurt Zouma, 6. The 24-year-old may well feel aggrieved that he was denied a goal by VAR late on, while Pukki's goal was scored in space that Zouma had left unoccupied in the penalty area.

DF Emerson, 6. The left-back was playing more as a winger -- such was Chelsea's attacking dominance -- and should've done much better when presented with a shooting opportunity from 12 yards out on the hour mark.

MF Jorginho, 6. The midfielder was disappointing defensively when he failed to deal with Emiliano Buendia's weaving run for Norwich's first equaliser, and the Italian missed N'Golo Kante's workrate alongside him in the heart of the Chelsea midfield.

MF Mateo Kovacic, 6. Showed a bit more purpose in his passing play than in previous weeks, and the former Real Madrid man helped Chelsea maintain a rapid tempo. Still waiting to see some more incision from the Croatian, however.

MF Mason Mount, 7. A superb first touch gave him an easy finish to put his side 2-1 ahead for his second goal in as many games for Chelsea, and a goal at Carrow Road for the second season running. An England call-up is surely just around the corner for the 20-year-old.

FW Ross Barkley, 6. Drafted in when Pedro was injured during the warm-up, but there was a disappointing lack of impact from the former Everton man, and his failure to get goal side of his opponent allowed Todd Cantwell an easy tap-in for Norwich's first goal.

FW Christian Pulisic, 6. The American provided an assist for Mount, but wasted a glorious chance at the start of the second half when he sliced into the side netting while in acres of space.

ST Tammy Abraham, 8. A brilliant first-time finish on the half-volley put Chelsea ahead early on, and a superbly-taken individual goal proved to be the deciding moment. This performance will do the 21-year-old a world of good.

Substitutes

ST Olivier Giroud, 5. Harshly penalised for a foul on Norwich goalkeeper Krul that led to a disallowed Zouma goal in the closing stages.

FW Willian, N/R. Given 10 minutes or so, but didn't do much.

FW Marcos Alonso, N/R. Came on to finish the game off.

LIVE: Man United meet Crystal Palace

Published in Soccer
Saturday, 24 August 2019 07:57

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Virat Kohli often speaks about doing whatever it takes to win. He says that's how he is able to bat on even when he is running on empty and the same philosophy had led to him fielding 38 different Test XIs at the start of his Test captaincy. It appears the clock has been reset again with India going into their first match of the World Championship without premier offspinner R Ashwin, triggering the attention of, among others, former India captain Sourav Ganguly.

"I would say that this is one area where Virat needs to just be a bit more consistent," Ganguly said at an event in Mumbai on Friday. "Pick players and give them a bit more consistent opportunities - for them to get that confidence, rhythm, I have said that before. You saw how Shreyas Iyer played in that ODI series [136 runs at 68 against West Indies] - you pick him and you give him the freedom to play those matches and I think that needs to happen with a lot of players and I am sure Virat will do that."

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Kohli's mixing and matching of personnel coincided with several injuries to key players but there were also instances where first-choice picks like Ajinkya Rahane (Cape Town 2017) and Cheteshwar Pujara (St Lucia 2016) were placed aside for more aggressive options. And, in the ongoing Test against West Indies, the spinner that the team trusted - Ravindra Jadeja - scored a backs-to-the-wall half-century that looks set to provide India with a sizeable lead. Still he had to beat a couple of in-form players to get into the XI.

"I was also surprised to see Kuldeep Yadav left out," Ganguly said. "The last Test he played against Australia, he got five wickets, if you remember in Sydney on a good flat pitch, he picked up five wickets against Australia. But Jadeja also has been in good form, the surface yesterday at Antigua needed three fast bowlers because we saw the seam movement the fast bowlers got and it was a question of the spin.

"Ashwin's record is phenomenal to leave him out in the West Indies, so it's a decision which Kohli has made and we will find out in the next couple of days how far Jadeja goes on to pick wickets on this surface. Because this pitch will get up and down, as the game progresses, you can see that sort of indication from the first day of the Test, we will have to wait to see but that's the competition of Indian cricket."

Ganguly also believes that the team - and especially head coach Ravi Shastri, who has just been reappointed for a two-year term - have been together for long enough to start winning world titles.

"Ravi has been around for a while - five years he's completed so he's got an extension for two more years - hopefully now India can now go all the way in the two upcoming tournaments that are coming up, which is the T20 World Cup and the Champions Trophy which has now become a T20 format," Ganguly said. "So I hope they do well, they're doing well, they get to the semi-finals. In 2015 in Australia they struggled, in 2017 in Mumbai West Indies got the better of them and even in this World Cup (2019) so hopefully they will get to the next step and create a winning combination."

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