Football
Ben Woodburn became
Liverpool’s youngest ever goalscorer during their 2-0 win over Leeds in the EFL
Cup quarter-finals.
Also through to the last four
a re Hull, who were able to temporarily
forget their Premier League relegation battle to beat Championship leaders
Newcastle on penalties. Hull won the shoot-out 3-1 after the sides had been
locked at 1-1 after extra time.
In Wednesday’s matches,
Arsenal’s unbeaten run in all competitions going back to the first day of the
season ended as a much-changed Gunners side lost 2-0 to Southampton.
Manchester United made some
changes but still picked a very strong side, and Anthony Martial made the most
of a rare start by scoring twice. There were also two goals for Zlatan
Ibrahimovic in United’s 4-1 win over West Ham.
The semi-final draw sees
United play Hull, while Southampton face Liverpool. Matches will be played over
two legs in January.
As had been widely predicted,
Gareth Southgate has been appointed as the permanent manager of the English
national team. Southgate, who had been in caretaker charge for the last four
matches, has signed a contract until 2020.
Cricket
England cannot now win the Test series in India
as they lost the third Test by eight wickets and went 2-0 down with two to
play. England batted disappointingly in the first innings and posted just 283,
with Jonny Bairstow top scoring with 89. India took a commanding lead after
replying with 417, and although Ben Stokes took five wickets and Adil Rashid
four, India’s lower order prospered – number eight Ravindra Jadeja top scored
with 90, and Ravi Ashwin and Jayant Yadav also made half-centuries in the
latter part of the Indian innings. England
made 236 second time around, with fifties for Joe Root and Haseeb Hameed – the
latter batting with a broken finger – and India then comfortably knocked off
the 103 runs they required in the fourth innings.
Hameed will now
fly home for an operation and Durham batsman Keaton Jennings replaces him in the
squad. Hampshire spinner Liam Dawson will also fly out to join the squad. The
fourth Test starts in Mumbai on December 8.
Rugby Union
England, who conclude their
autumn international series against Australia on Saturday, are expected to
recall Marland Yarde on the wing and to give Nathan Hughes his first start as
number eight forward. They will take the places of Elliot Daly, suspended after
his red card against Argentina, and Billy Vunipola, who picked up a serious
knee injury in the same match.
Athletics
Jessica Ennis-Hill will
receive one last gold medal to crown her glittering career after Russia’s
Tatyana Chernova was stripped of her 2011 world title for blood doping.
Tennis
Anne Keothavong, a former
British number one ranked player, will succeed Judy Murray as captain of
Britain’s team in the Federation Cup – the women’s tennis tournament for
national teams. Mrs Murray has chosen to concentrate on her work in grassroots
coaching.
Sports Awards
Andy Murray is hot favourite
to win the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award for the third time, and
for the second year in succession, after his superb year. The Scot regained the
Wimbledon men’s singles title in 2016, as well as winning Olympic gold, the ATP
World Tour Finals and a string of other ATP Tour titles on his way to reaching
number one in the world rankings.
Murray is one of 16
shortlisted sporting superstars, 13 of whom won Olympic gold for Team GB.
Despite the expanded shortlist, there is no room for three time Tour de France
winner Chris Froome, a world heavyweight champion in Anthony Joshua or prolific
England batsman Joe Root.
The full shortlist is:
Nicola Adams - Boxing, Gareth
Bale - Football, Alistair Brownlee -
Triathlon, Sophie Christiansen - Equestrian, Kadeena Cox - Athletics/Cycling, Mo Farah - Athletics, Jason Kenny -
Cycling, Laura Kenny (Trott) – Cycling, Andy Murray - Tennis, Adam Peaty -
Swimming, Kate Richardson-Walsh - Hockey, Nick
Skelton - Equestrian, Dame Sarah Storey -
Cycling, Jamie Vardy - Football, Max Whitlock -
Gymnastics, Danny Willett - Golf.
Tipster Street.
No comments:
Post a Comment