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Gardiner ‘cramps’ in 400m at the Diamond League Final

CLARKE CONTINUES WINNING WAYS ON ITF JUNIOR CIRCUIT

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

ZURICH, Switzerland — More concerned about his health rather than the wealth, Bahamas double national record holder Steven Gardiner took the precautionary measures in a freaky finish in the men’s 400 metres as he shut it down on the home stretch yesterday during the International Amateur Athletic Federation’s 2018 Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League Final. Unlike last year when he slipped in the blocks at the start of his initial final and didn’t finish, Gardiner eventually got up and completed the race as he walked across the finish line in eighth place in 47.37 seconds in front of the 30,000-plus cheering fans at Letzigrund stadium. The United States of America pulled off a 1-2 sweep as Fred Kerley took advantage of Gardiner’s misfortune to power through in 44.80 for a $50,000 cash prize ahead of Nathan Strother in 44.93 and $20,000 for second with Great Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith claiming third place in 44.95 and $10,000. Immediately after he realised what had happened, Kerley was the first to return and check on Gardiner in a show of sportsmanship. Coming off an injury he sustained in the 200m in Stockholm, Sweden, the third of the 12 Diamond League meets that qualified athletes for the two-day extravaganza that will conclude tonight in Brussels, Belgium, Gardiner said he wanted to play it safe rather than be sorry so he decided to stop rather than continue running the race. “I felt so good coming off the two turns,” said Gardiner, who made a successful return to compete on August 22 at the 9th Kamila Skolomowska Memorial Meeting in Chorzow, Poland with a victory. “Coming home, I felt some cramps and so I decided to stop right there. I didn’t want to tear or pull anything.” As he positioned himself for the home stretch, the lanky, six-foot, 2-inch 22-year-old got caught with the cramps and decided to shut it down. “I feel good. I didn’t question it,” he said. “I just had to do what I had to do and stop.”

SYDNEY Clarke continues her winning ways during a very active summer in her latest stop on the ITF Junior Circuit. She entered the Wadadii Bowl in Antigua and Barbuda as the No.1 seed in the Girls’ Singles Main Draw and has lived up to her top billing thus far. Following a bye in round one, Clarke defeated Chloe Weekes of Barbados 6-1, 6-2. In the Girls’ Doubles Draw, Clarke teamed with Tangia Riley-Codrington of Barbados as the top seed and they defeated Weekes and fellow Bajan teammate Sanaa Hewitt 6-3, 6-2. Rain delays hampered yesterday’s schedule but Clarke will return to the court today to face No.5 seed Gabriela Singer in Curacao in the quarter-final. In doubles play, Clarke and Riley-Codrington will face Gabrielle Leslie of Barbados and Selene Kentish of the hometown Antigua and Barbuda in today’s semi-final. Clarke comes off a successful showing last week in another dominant performance as a No.1 seed at the Tobago Jr ITF Championship. Hosted at the Tacarigua National Racquet Centre, she emerged as a double champion in both the girls’ singles and doubles.

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FRED KERLEY, of the US (back to camera), is congratulated by Steven Gardiner, of the Bahamas, yesterday after winning the 400m race at the Weltklasse IAAF Diamond League international athletics meeting in the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich, Switzerland. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP) Although he didn’t question the decision, Gardiner said he wasn’t concerned that the race got away from him again. Maybe the change in weather had something to do with it as the conditions switched from sunny to chilly overnight. Whatever it was, Gardiner was not going to let it dampen his spirit. “I’m not disappointed because I knew that I was going to win,” he stated. “I already made my move. It felt so good coming home. I didn’t feel any lactic acid so I knew I could do it. But everything happened for a reason.”

It’s the second trip to the Diamond League Final that Gardiner failed to get a piece of the jackpot with one of the top finishes in the race. But he said he felt good for 300m, knowing that he was in control of his own destiny this time. But he admitted that there’s always next year and he will go home and recuperate before he starts preparing for the trek towards the IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar, and the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, in 2020. His coach Gary Evans said it wasn’t the finish they anticipated, but there’s

nothing they can do about it. “Unbelievable. When you see an athlete coming off the curve in control of the race, there’s no doubt that he would have won the race,” said Evans, who is in his second year as Gardiner’s coach. “He kind of pulled up and started again and was still in front. It was just one of those freak accidents that happened. “Being a smart runner, I think he really thought about it because he knew that his career is bigger than this one race. I think as an athlete, he did the right thing because you want to make sure that you are alright first. People

think about the money, money, money, but like they say, money is the root of all evil. So let it go and live to fight another day.” Despite not coming out in the money hunt as one of the top contenders again this year, Evans said he’s very proud of Gardiner and his accomplishments this year. “I definitely think that he was the best 400m runner this year, although he didn’t get it in that last race,” Evans said. “Hats off to Fred Kerley. He ran an excellent race. He deserves it. Now, Stevie

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NCAA: Sammy Hunter gets scholarship offers By RENALDO DORSETT 78-62 loss to Loyola. They Tribune Sports Reporter return all five starters from rdorsett@tribunemedia.net last season and also return 88 per cent of the minutes FOR much of the played from a year ago and summer, it was a relatively 93 per cent of its points. slow recruitment process The Hilltoppers had a for Sammy Hunter, but successful run to the NIT the Canadian-based prep last season with a Bahabasketball star has picked mian connection as Dwight up five NCAA Division Coleby was a key member I offers in just under two of its roster. weeks. WKU finished last The latest programmes season 27-11 and they to offer scholarships yester- achieved the programme’s day were the Kansas State most wins in a decade. Wildcats and the Western Their 38 games played Kentucky Hilltoppers. tied the programme record The Wildcats finished and their three postseason 25-12 and reached the Elite victories also tied a school Eight of the 2017 NCAA record as they advanced to Tournament before they the NIT semis for the first were eliminated with a time since 1954.

In the postseason the Hilltoppers ended in the NIT semi-finals in a 69-64 loss to the Utah Utes. Hunter received his first high major offer when he was offered by the Arkansas Razorbacks on August 21. The Razorbacks finished 23-12 in the SEC last season and were eliminated in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament as the No. 8 seed to the No. 10 seeded Butler Bulldogs 79-62. It was their third NCAA Tournament trip in the last four seasons. Since then, the 6’9” forward in the class of 2019

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PREP basketball star Sammy Hunter in action.

FOX AND CHISHOLM NAMED TO ARIZONA FALL LEAGUE ROSTERS By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net LUCIUS Fox and Jazz Chisholm continue their progression through their respective Major League Baseball organisations and reached another pair of milestones this week. Both players were named to rosters for the Arizona Fall League yesterday. Fox received the honour just two days after his Montgomery Biscuits clinched a playoff spot in the DoubleA Southern League. The 21-year-old shortstop was named to the roster of the AFL’s Peoria Javelinas. The Javelinas have MLB affiliations with the Rays, Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers and Atlanta Braves. Chisholm was named to the roster of the Salt River Rafters. The Rafters have MLB affiliations with the Diamondbacks, Colorado Rockies, Miami Marlins, Minnesota Twins and Washington Nationals. His Visalia Rawhide are in a second-half playoff push in the Single-A Advanced California League, just one game back out of the final spot. The Rawhide make the playoffs by winning the second half or as a wildcard team if Stockton wins the league’s second half. The Arizona Fall League attracts many of the top prospects in the minor

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CASTER SEMENYA, from South Africa, runs on her way to winning the women’s 800m race during the Weltklasse IAAF Diamond League international athletics meeting. (AP)

FRED KERLEY, of the US, celebrates yesterday after winning the 400m race during the Weltklasse IAAF Diamond League international athletics meeting in the Letzigrund stadium. (AP)

STEVEN GARDINER ‘CRAMPS’

LYLES IMPRESSES IN 200 WIN AT DIAMOND LEAGUE FINALS ZURICH (AP) — American sprinter Noah Lyles raced through a slight headwind to win the 200 metres in 19.67 seconds at the Diamond League finals yesterday. The 21-year-old Lyles clocked just 0.02 outside his world-leading, lifetime best performance set in Monaco last month. Lyles trailed only 0.01 behind Usain Bolt’s meeting record from 2012 for the storied Weltklasse gathering. World champion Ramil Guliyev of Turkey was left trailing Lyles in 19.98. Olympic champions Caster Semenya and Conseslus Kipruto also gave standout displays on Thursday. South African Semenya dominated the 800 metres in 1 minute, 55.27 seconds — a full second outside her lifetime best set in Paris

this season yet more than a half-second faster than any other woman this year. Ajee Wilson of the US was second in 1:57.86. Running on one shoe for much of the 3,000 steeplechase, Kipruto of Kenya still finished 0.04 ahead of Moroccan Soufiane El Bakkali. Kipruto’s left shoe slipped off early in the race yet he led with two laps to go, and just held off El Bakkali. A 30-year-old Weltklasse record fell in the men’s shot put to Tomas Walsh of New Zealand. Walsh’s 22.60-metre throw was seven centimetres short of his own world-leading effort. The second half of the finals on the season-long Diamond League circuit is today at the Memorial Van Damme meeting in Brussels.

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NOAH LYLES, of the US, celebrates after winning the 200m race yesterday. (AP)

will go home and prepare for the World Championships in 2019. You work for 42 (seconds) now. I think if he didn’t get hurt this year, he would have ran 43. He has to get to the next level, which is 42.” While Gardiner fell short of his goal to redeem himself from last year, two more Bahamians will be in action tonight as they search for gold in the AG Memorial Van Damme Diamond League Final in Brussels, Belgium. It’s the second of the two finals that athletes had to earn points from 12 meets to qualify to compete in. The two finals were split with 16 champions crowned in Zurich and 16 more in Brussels. Last year, Shaunae Miller-Uibo claimed the 200/400m double, but she will only go after the 200m. She will be joined by Donald Thomas who, like Gardiner, is chasing his first Diamond League triumph.

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In the case of Steven Gardiner, ‘there’s more to life than money’ THE International Amateur Athletic Federation’s Diamond League Final will probably be one of those memorable meets for quarter-miler Steven Gardiner. For the second straight year, he suffered his share of misfortunes, this time leading the men’s 400 metres off the final turn, only to pull up with cramps before he tried to re-exert himself. But the pressure was too much yesterday, so he stopped again and eventually walked across the finish line at the Letzigrund Stadium. It’s the second time that Gardiner didn’t get to cash in on the hefty cash prizes awarded by the IAAF to the winners in the first of two Finals after they worked so hard in the 12 meets to qualify to compete in the showdown that concludes tonight with the remaining finals in Brussels, Belgium, that were not contested in Zurich. Watching Gardiner perform, you wanted it so bad for him because he was definitely ahead of the class of competitors that he lined up against. He took control

of the race coming off the final curve and even when he first pulled up and accelerated again, he was still in control. Unfortunately, things didn’t go his way the rest of the race as the field passed him one by one. Realising that he was caught in “no man’s land,” Gardiner decided to just complete the race. Another year, another disappointment you might say, but I like the way his coach Gary Evans put it. There’s more to life than money. Life will go on for Gardiner. He will bounce back like he did after suffering an injury on June 9 that prevented him from competing again until August 22. He came here looking quite fit and ready to compete. I watched him in

SAMMY HUNTER FROM PAGE 1

also received offers from both the Ole Miss Rebels and Grand Canyon Antelopes. The Rebels currently have Bahamian ties with Franco Miller Jr on their men’s roster, while Yolett McPheeMcCuin is the head coach of the Rebels women’s programme. Hunter previously fielded Division I offers from the Santa Clara, San Francisco, Chicago State,

practice. So it was a shocker when he pulled up. But this is sports and so you should be prepared to expect the unexpected. Some things are just not meant to be and this is one of them. Despite pulling up, he was able to walk off the track and out of the stadium unassisted. So that is a good sign as he prepares himself for another long haul that will culminate in 2019 with the IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar. Gardiner, who turns 23 on September 12, is the reigning World Championship silver medallist. He took over this year as the leading quarter-miler after world record holder Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa went down in a freak accident while playing

Colorado State, Fresno State and Pacific. His summer recruitment continued to accelerate following his performances against elite Division I competition at the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s Summer of Thunder. Hunter also garnered an offer from the Antelopes after he posted 16 points and seven rebounds against the team at the Summer of Thunder. He finished with 19 points and eight rebounds against Notre Dame and followed with 18 points and five rebounds against North Carolina.

DOUBLE national record holder, quarter-miler Steven Gardiner is flanked by coach Gary Evans and his agent Juanita Bryan. soccer. He has yet to return to the track. Today, the attention switches to Brussels where we will follow the performances of Shaunae

He recently made his senior men’s national team debut in July at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia. Hunter was also a member of the 2016 CBC Under-16 Championship team when he averaged 12 points and 5.5 rebounds per game and the 2017 Centrobasket U-17 Championship team when he averaged 14.6 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. A former student at St John’s College, Hunter is currently enrolled at British Columbia Christian Prep in Canada. He was

Miller-Uibo in the women’s 200m and Donald Thomas in the men’s high jump as the other half of the Diamond League Final is completed. It will be

also a participant at the Basketball Without Borders Americas Camp hosted in the Bahamas in 2017. “I gained valuable experience playing on the national team the last few years. The exposure playing against the top players from other countries has also helped my game, which has grown a lot skill wise since I moved to Canada,” Hunter said. “The Summer of Thunder is great for the local players as well because we get to go up against some of the best teams in the NCAA and we get to measure our skills against them to see where we’re at.”

WOODS TRYING TO STAY FRESH FOR PGA TOUR POSTSEASON By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer NORTON, Mass. (AP) — In the three days between the opening two FedEx Cup playoff events, Tiger Woods took it easy at home with a little driving and putting. Only one golf club was involved. “Driving the car a lot,” Woods said yesterday, a reference to taking his two kids to after-school activities in Florida. The PGA Tour’s postseason is supposed to be a sprint — four tournaments in five weeks, from a 125-man field at the start until it’s whittled down to a 30-man field that gets to the FedEx Cup finale at the Tour Championship. It feels more like a marathon in the middle, especially during a heat wave that has gripped the Northeast, especially for players like Woods, Justin Thomas and those who expect to have four playoff events followed by a sleepdeprived, energy-sapping week in France at the Ryder Cup. Playing golf at the TPC Boston doesn’t compare with Heartbreak Hill. Even so, keeping up a steady pace can feel like hard work. “I’ve had a hard time keeping my energy up the last couple of days,” Thomas said. “I’ve hit some balls and I’ve just felt really weak. That’s just from the traveling and

playing a lot these past couple months. But that’s what afternoons are for, and that’s what Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday this week is for — to make sure you get rested, so come tomorrow you’re ready to go.” The Dell Championship starts today for the traditional Labour Day finish at the TPC Boston, though this will be the last time for that. Because the Boston area has shown such strong support for this tournament since it began in 2003, it was not killed off entirely with the shrinking postseason next year. Instead, it will alternate with Liberty National in New Jersey for the opening FedEx Cup event. But it will be the last time the final round ends on Labour Day because next year the season ends on August 25, before football gets started. A little more than just advancing to the next FedEx Cup event is at stake this week. The top 70 in the standings will go to the BMW Championship outside Philadelphia, and for a small number of players, it’s either the last chance or another chance to audition as a potential captain’s pick for the Ryder Cup. Bryson DeChambeau did himself a world of good with his four-shot victory Sunday at The

TIGER Woods watches his shot on the sixth hole during the final round of the Northern Trust golf tournament on Sunday in Paramus, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) Northern Trust, especially having narrowly missed qualifying on his own. Woods and Phil Mickelson would appear to be certain choices. United States captain Jim Furyk announces three of his picks on Tuesday, and the fourth pick will be made after the BMW Championship. For now, it’s all about moving on and trying to keep shirts dry in this sweat-soaked environment, though a break from the heat is expected by the weekend. The last two FedEx Cup champions won at the TPC Boston. Rory McIlroy won in 2016, which enabled him to capture the FedEx

Cup when he won the Tour Championship. A year ago, Thomas won and was high enough in the standings that a runner-up finish in the Tour Championship was enough for him to win the $10 million bonus. Thomas suggested his 63 in the third round was key to winning the Cup. “I wouldn’t have had the chance going into ... Monday,” he said. “And because of that, I may not have won on Monday. If I don’t win this tournament, I probably don’t get it done in Atlanta. So I guess when you look at it that way, it was a very fortuitous round.”

interesting to watch how they prevail in their respective events. Hopefully their stories will be a little more glaring on the track and field.

SYDNEY CLARKE WINNING WAYS from PAGE 1

Clarke won the Girls’ Singles Draw with a 6-0, 7-6 (4) victory over Hannah Chambers of Barbados. In doubles play, she partnered with Riley-Codrington to win the title over American Sifa Butcher and Puerto Rican Ariana SalgueiroEstela, the No.3 seeds, 1-6, 6-4 (10-7). Prior to the Tobago tourney, Clarke once again reached the final in both draws at the Coca Cola ITF Junior Tennis Tournament in St Lucia. Clarke lost to Canadian Dasha Plekhanova in the singles title match 6-1, 6-3. Once again teamed up with Riley-Codrington, the pair lost to the American No.2 team of Zeba Jamal and Anjali Mogili 6-1, 6-0. The first edition of the Wadadli Bowl drew over 80 tennis players from countries such as Germany, Netherlands, Brazil, Canada, Bermuda, Bahamas, India, Mexico, Jamaica, St Lucia, Barbados, Romania, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Curacao, St Vincent and host Country Antigua & Barbuda. Clarke began the summer at the JITIC U-18 Regional Championship in Mexico in June. She reached the second round of the singles and quarter-finals of doubles before elimination. She moved on to the Junkanoo Bowl here in Nassau and reached the quarter-finals of singles play and semifinals in doubles.

LUCIUS FOX AND JAZZ CHISHOLM NAMED TO ARIZONA FALL LEAGUE ROSTERS FROM PAGE 1 leagues. Late in the minor league seasons, MLB clubs hold a position draft to determine the players who will participate in the AFL. Most are Double-A and Triple-A players. The league is designed for these prospects to refine their skills and perform in-game settings in front of major and minor league baseball scouts and team executives, who are in attendance at almost every game. The 27th edition of the league begins play October 9 and ends in mid-November. In the preliminary rosters, there are 17 players on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list, 10 in the Top 50. Overall, there are already more than 80 members of team Top 30 lists slated to participate in the six-week league.

Four Bahamians have advanced to the Arizona Fall League in the past three seasons following Champ Stuart in 2016 and Anfernee Seymour in 2017. Fox advanced to the Double-A level for the first time when the Rays assigned him to the Biscuits earlier this month. In 23 games with the Biscuits, Fox hit .233 with a .290 OBP, four stolen bases, 21 hits, three doubles, one triple, seven RBI and 11 runs scored. He spent 91 games with the Charlotte Stone Crabs of Single-A Advanced of the Florida State League. He hit .282 with a .724 OPS, .371 OBP, 23 stolen bases, 99 hits, 17 doubles, one triple, two home runs, 30 RBI and 54 runs scored. He was named to the Florida State League’s Southern Division All-Star Team at the midseason classic. In 2017, his first season with the Stone Crabs, Fox

appeared in 30 games, hit .235 with a .608 OPS, .350 OBP, one home run, three stolen bases, 12 RBI, 19 runs scored and was selected to represent the World team in the 2017 SiriusXM AllStar Futures Game during MLB All-Star weekend. He was assigned to the Stone Crabs in July after spending the previous 77 games with the Bowling Green Hot Rods of the Midwest League at the Single A-Full level. Fox notched another career milestone last offseason to receive a Major League call-up during Spring Training when he was assigned to the Rays’ Grapefruit League roster and saw immediate action on the field against the Minnesota Twins. He entered spring training at No.7 on the prospect list for the Rays among players still listed with rookie eligibility.

Chisholm also received a promotion earlier last month when the Diamondbacks assigned him to the Rawhide and he continued to garner national media attention for his hot streak at the plate. Both Baseball America Major League Baseball’s milb.com highlighted Chisholm as one of the top minor league prospects across various leagues around the country. The 20-year-old shortstop has gone 10-22 at the plate with home runs in back to back games over the streak. Through 32 games with the Rawhide, Chisholm is hitting .318 with a .362 OBP, a .915 OPS, slugging .553, 42 hits, seven home runs, two triples, six doubles, 19 RBI, scored 23 runs with eight stolen bases. On July 19, Chisholm was assigned to the Rawhide from the Kane County Cougars in the Midwest League.

His production was recognised by MLBPipeline.com and he was named to the “Prospect Team of the Week,” which honours the best performances throughout the minor leagues from the previous week. In a season of milestones, Chisholm also made his second All-Star game appearance of his young career. He was one of five members of the Cougars selected to the midseason classic. He appeared in 76 games for the Cougars and hit .244 with 43 RBI, 17 doubles, four triples and 17 doubles. Chisholm also posted an on-base percentage of .311, slugging percentage of .472 and OPS of .783 in 307 at bats. In his rookie season, Chisholm was also named to the annual Pioneer League vs Northwest League All-Star Game as a member of the Missoula Osprey.

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CAIN HOMERS IN 11TH, LIFTS BREWERS OVER REDS 2-1

CLEVELAND Indians’ Jason Kipnis watches his three-run home run off Minnesota Twins relief pitcher Alan Busenitz as Twins catcher Mitch Garver looks on during the sixth inning yesterday. (AP Photo/Phil Long)

Kipnis hits three-run homer, sends Indians past Twins 5-3 CLEVELAND (AP) — Jason Kipnis hit a three-run homer that broke a sixth-inning tie and sent the Cleveland Indians over the Minnesota Twins 5-3 yesterday. The AL Central-leading Indians opened a 14-game lead over second-place Minnesota. Cleveland is 31-11 against division opponents, and needed this win to beat the Twins 10-9 in the season series. Kipnis’ high drive off reliever Alan Busenitz barely cleared the wall in right field and capped a four-run inning. Mike Clevinger (10-7) allowed two unearned runs in 6 2/3 innings. The right-hander struck out nine and gave up four hits. Brad Hand, the Indians’ third reliever, allowed a leadoff homer to Miguel Sano in the ninth. Mitch Garver drew a one-out walk, but Hand struck out Jake Cave and Tyler Austin for his 30th save

overall, and sixth since being acquired from San Diego at the trade deadline. Cleveland reliever Cody Allen, who allowed two runs in the seventh inning and was the losing pitcher Wednesday, was booed when he entered the game with one out in the eighth. The frequent closer walked Logan Forsythe, but retired Robbie Grossman on a flyball. Forsythe was thrown out trying to advance on a pitch in the dirt. Jake Odorizzi (5-9) was charged with three runs in 5 1/3 innings. He was pulled following one-out walks to Jose Ramirez and Edwin Encarnacion. Yonder Alonso’s RBI single off Busenitz tied the game. Melky Cabrera flied out before Kipnis, who has struggled offensively most of the season, lofted a 2-2 pitch that was just out of the

reach of leaping right fielder Max Kepler. Ehre Adrianza hit a two-run homer in the fifth that gave Minnesota a 2-1 lead. The drive came after Ramirez misplayed a routine grounder to third base. Encarnacion’s RBI single put Cleveland ahead in the fourth. Michael Brantley led off with a double. Encarnacion took the count to 3-2 and tossed his sunglasses to Alonso, the on-deck hitter, before hitting the next pitch to right field. Clevinger appeared to be hit in the upper leg by Forsythe’s grounder in the fourth, but recovered in time to throw him out at first. Clevinger limped around the mound, but stayed in the game after throwing a few warmup pitches. Carlos Carrasco was

struck on his glove hand by Adrianza’s line drive Tuesday, but also remained in the game. Carrasco missed three weeks after being hit in the right elbow by Joe Mauer’s liner in June. Twins left fielder Eddie Rosario pulled up after beating out a ground ball later in the fourth. He stayed in the game despite having a noticeable limp, but was removed in the bottom of the fifth with a strained right quad. TRAINER’S ROOM Twins: SS Jorge Polanco (hamstring/leg cramps) was held out of his third straight game, but performed some light running on the field. He was injured Sunday against Oakland. Indians: RHP Nick Goody (sore elbow) will have arthroscopic surgery Friday. He’s been out since May 3.

CINCINNATI (AP) — After a long night at the ballpark followed by a full day under the sun, Lorenzo Cain just wanted the game to end. With Milwaukee winning, of course. Cain did his part, hitting a home run off the top of the left field fence in the 11th inning that lifted the Brewers over the Cincinnati Reds 2-1 yesterday. NL batting leader Christian Yelich went 0 for 4 with a bases-loaded walk for Milwaukee. On Wednesday night, he went 6 for 6 and hit for the cycle as the Brewers outlasted Cincinnati 13-12 in 10 innings. That’s 21 innings in less than 24 hours. “It’s been tough on the body, this series,” Cain said. “When I hit it, I knew it was a double for sure, but this is Cincinnati, so you never know.” The playoff-contending Brewers totalled just six hits in their latest victory. Cain hit the first pitch from Austin Brice (2-3) that hit the wall and bounced over for his 10th home run. “We got there a little different way today,” Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell said. “It was a polar opposite from yesterday. It was hard to tell we were playing by the same rules.” Brice, recalled from Triple-A Louisville before the game, left with what Reds interim manager Jim Riggleman said was an irregular heartbeat. “I’ve had some stuff go on,” Brice said. “I’ve had it checked out. It always comes up negative. It’s always like an electrolyte imbalance.” Milwaukee has homered in 22 straight games at Great American Ball Park streak. It’s the longest streak by any team at the stadium, including the Reds.

YELICH HITS FOR CYCLE, BREWERS TOP REDS 13-12 IN 10 INNINGS CINCINNATI (AP) — Christian Yelich led Milwaukee’s big comeback by hitting for the cycle, and Jesus Aguilar homered in the 10th inning, powering the Brewers to a 13-12 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night. Aguilar connected off Raisel Iglesias (2-3) for Milwaukee’s fourth homer of the game, halting the Brewers’ month-long slide. Milwaukee has dropped 11 of 20 and slipped into third place in the NL Central, five games behind the Cubs. Yelich became the eighth Brewers player to hit for the cycle and the first since George Kottaras on Sept. 3, 2011, at Houston. Yelich also matched the club record with six hits of the Brewers’ 22 hits, including a two-run homer. RED SOX 14, MARLINS 6 BOSTON (AP) — Mookie Betts homered early and had a two-run double in Boston’s 11-run seventh inning and the Red Sox rallied to beat Miami Marlins after pitcher David Price was knocked out with a bruised left wrist. The 33-year-old lefty exited in the fourth after being struck by a line drive off the bat of Austin Dean on the final play of the previous inning. With the Red Sox trailing 5-3, Blake Swihart had a pinch-hit RBI single and Jackie Bradley Jr tied it with a double before Betts hit his go-ahead shot into the right-center gap off Adam Conley (3-4). Brock Holt followed with a pinch-hit triple and scored on a single by Xander Bogaerts. WHITE SOX 4, YANKEES 1 NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan LaMarre homered and drove in a career-best four runs, Reynaldo Lopez stifled the Yankees again despite diminished velocity and Chicago beat New York.

LaMarre hit a pair of runscoring doubles off starter CC Sabathia (7-5), then lifted a leadoff shot against Chad Green in the seventh. The 29-year-old had one previous homer this season and one all of last season between Triple-A and the majors. METS 10, CUBS 3 CHICAGO (AP) — Todd Frazier hit a grand slam and drove in a seasonhigh five runs to lead New York past Chicago, avenging a tough loss earlier in the day. Frazier gave New York a 4-0 lead in the first inning with his drive against Alec Mills (0-1) and added an RBI single in a two-run ninth. Jason Vargas (5-8) won his third straight start. The Mets had 16 hits and avoided a season sweep after dropping the first six games against the NL Central leaders. ASTROS 5, ATHLETICS 4 HOUSTON (AP) — Tyler White homered with one out in the ninth inning to lift Houston past Oakland. White, who also homered Monday, sent a pitch from Jeurys Familia (4-1) to the seats in left field. The Astros won two of three games in the series to move 2 1/2 games ahead of Oakland atop the AL West. George Springer and Alex Bregman added two hits apiece and both drove in a run to help the Astros to their seventh win in eight games. Roberto Osuna (2-2) allowed one hit in a scoreless ninth. PHILLIES 8, NATIONALS 6 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Carlos Santana hit a grand slam and Jose Bautista had the go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning in Philadelphia’s victory over Washington.

Roman Quinn tripled and had three hits to help Philadelphia avoid a threegame sweep. Trea Turner, Anthony Rendon and Juan Soto homered for the Nationals. Bautista, acquired from the New York Mets a day earlier, made a winner of Seranthony Dominguez (2-5) when his two-out, opposite-field single off Jimmy Cordero (1-1) scored Cesar Hernandez to snap a 6-all tie. Dominguez pitched a scoreless seventh.

Duffy allowed two hits over six innings and Kansas City routed Detroit to sweep the two-game series. Duffy (8-11) gave up both hits and his only run in the first inning, when Mikie Mahtook drove in Jose Iglesias with a twoout single. The left-hander labored through the frame but breezed the rest of the way, striking out six while working around a trio of walks. Alex Gordon hit a tworun homer and Brett

MILWAUKEE Brewers’ Christian Yelich hits a double off Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Michael Lorenzen during the sixth inning on Wednesday night. (AP) TWINS 4, INDIANS 3 CLEVELAND (AP) — Robbie Grossman had a two-out, two-run single off struggling Cleveland closer Cody Allen in the seventh inning to lift Minnesota. Down 3-2, the Twins scored twice in the seventh off Allen (4-6), the Indians’ career saves leader who has not been sharp of late and could lose his job to Brad Hand. Minnesota’s Joe Mauer became the third player in club history to score 1,000 career runs. Mauer doubled and scored on Eddie Rosario’s double in the fifth to join Hall of Famers Kirby Puckett (1,071) and Harmon Killebrew (1,047). Twins rookie Willians Astudillo hit his first career homer in the third. ROYALS 9, TIGERS 2 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Adalberto Mondesi hit a two-run homer and had four RBIs, Danny

Phillips had a pair of RBIs as the Royals pounded Tigers starter Michael Fulmer (3-10) in his second outing off the disabled list. ORIOLES 10, BLUE JAYS 5 BALTIMORE (AP) — Adam Jones hit his second career grand slam, Trey Mancini had a solo shot and Baltimore beat Toronto to complete its first threegame sweep of the season. The Orioles overcame a four-run deficit and three Toronto homers to become the last team in the majors to reach 40 wins. Jones gave Baltimore a 5-4 lead with a fifth-inning shot off rookie Ryan Borucki. After the Blue Jays tied it, the Orioles went ahead for good in the sixth on an RBI single by Austin Wynns off Danny Barnes (2-2). PADRES 8, MARINERS 3 SAN DIEGO (AP) — Hunter Renfroe homered

and drove in four runs, Manuel Margot had a homer among his three hits and prized rookie Luis Urias had his first three hits for San Diego, helping the Padres beat Seattle for a two-game sweep. The offensive outburst made a winner of rookie left-hander Joey Lucchesi (7-7), who stayed in the game after needing a few minutes to recover from Ryon Healy’s comebacker that glanced off his glove and then his groin. The big southpaw held the Mariners to one run and six hits in a career-high 6 2/3 innings, matched his career-best with nine strikeouts and walked two. PIRATES 2, CARDINALS 0 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Trevor Williams pitched six strong innings, Starling Marte had an RBI single in the sixth inning, and Pittsburgh beat St. Louis. Williams (11-9) gave up three hits and struck out a career-high eight. He has allowed just four earned runs over his last eight starts and improved to 5-2 with 0.75 ERA during that stretch. Marte lifted a bloop single to left field off Miles Mikolas (13-4) to bring in Jordy Mercer with the first run. Gregory Polanco followed with a run-scoring single to help Pittsburgh win for just the second time in eight games. Edgar Santana and Keone Kela each pitched an inning, and Felipe Vazquez got the last three outs to complete the five-hitter and get his 28th save in 32 chances. RAYS 8, BRAVES 5 ATLANTA (AP) — C.J. Cron homered and had four hits, Tommy Pham added a two-run shot and Tampa Bay beat Atlanta in a game delayed twice by rain. Tampa Bay has won nine of 10 and outscored opponents 54-26 over that span. The Braves have dropped

three of five but still lead the NL East by 3½ games. Atlanta starter Sean Newcomb (11-7) struggled from the outset. He gave up eight hits and six runs in four innings. DIAMONDBACKS 3, GIANTS 1 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Steven Souza Jr. homered leading off the third to end Arizona’s 25-inning scoreless drought, then hit an RBI double the next inning and backed Zack Godley with a defensive gem in right field that helped the Diamondbacks beat San Francisco. Godley (14-7) threw 7 2/3 innings of two-hit ball and increased his career best for wins as first-place Arizona moved a half-game ahead of idle Colorado in the NL West. San Francisco had its four-game winning streak snapped. Godley, who is 6-0 over his last eight road starts, hit three Giants batters with pitches through five innings. Brad Boxberger got his 30th save. DODGERS 3, RANGERS 1 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Alex Wood pitched seven scoreless innings and Los Angeles hit three solo homers to beat Texas and stretching its winning streak to five games. Cody Bellinger and Manny Machado hit firstpitch homers off Mike Minor (10-7). Yasmani Grandal also went deep for the defending National League champion Dodgers. Wood (8-6) limited the Rangers to four singles, throwing 67 of 98 pitches for strikes with five strikeouts and two walks. Kenta Maeda, a 20-game starter for the Dodgers this season, worked the ninth instead of struggling closer Kenley Jansen to get his first save since June 2017 despite giving up an RBI double to Adrian Beltre.

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Zverev finally reaches 3rd round at US Open

CENTRE DAVID WEST RETIRES AFTER A 15YEAR NBA CAREER

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Sports Writer

By JANIE MCCAULEY AP Sports Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Alexander Zverev is finally hanging around for the third round of the US Open. The No. 4 seed beat Nicolas Mahut 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 yesterday, winning a second-round match for the first time in his four trips to Flushing Meadows. The German leads the ATP Tour in wins this year, has already won three ATP Masters 1000 titles and at 21 is the popular pick as the young star most likely to have a Grand Slam breakthrough and the end the stranglehold veterans such as Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic have had on the majors. Maybe it will come during these two weeks. Zverev — perhaps benefiting from a tame early draw that started with two lucky losers — hasn’t dropped more than four games in a set thus far. Federer was crisp in a 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 win over

Benoit Paire and made it 18 of 18 lifetime in the second round of the US Open. Up next, Federer plays No. 30 seed Nick Kyrgios on Saturday. “Not a bad performance by any means by me,” Federer said. Kyrgios beat France’s Pierre-Hughes Herbert 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-0 in a match that featured controversy, when umpire Mohamed Lahyani climbed down from his chair to urge the Australian to give a better effort while trailing 0-3 in the second set. Djokovic was also in action on another hot day, the third in a row with an extreme heat policy in effect. Men were permitted a 10-minute break between the third and fourth sets of their singles matches, while the break came after the second set for the women. Djokovic was scheduled to face American Tennys Sandgren at night. Marin Cilic, the No. 7 seed and the 2014 U.S.

ALEXANDER ZVEREV, of Germany, celebrates after defeating Nicolas Mahut, of France, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Open champion, was to face qualifier Hubert Hurkacz. Angelique Kerber, the 2016 champion and No.

4 seed, and sixth-seeded Caroline Garcia both were pushed to third sets, with Kerber beating Johanna Larsson 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, and

Garcia outlasting Monica Puig 6-2, 1-6, 6-4. No. 5 Petra Kvitova had an easier time, beating Yafan Wang in straight sets.

OAKLAND, California (AP) — David West, a key big man off the bench for the Golden State Warriors’ past two championship seasons, has retired. West’s Twitter announcement yesterday — one day after his 38th birthday — wasn’t a surprise as he made it clear he would take some time after the team’s latest title run to contemplate calling it a career. He left the Spurs following the 2015-16 season for a chance to chase a championship with the Warriors, and wound up winning his first career title and then a second one this past June. He averaged 13.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists over a 15-year career with New Orleans, Indiana, San Antonio and the Warriors. West said he is “grateful” and thanked everyone for the support while saying: “I have been fortunate enough to live out my childhood dream of playing in the NBA.”

FENDRICH ON TENNIS: 20 YEARS ON, WILLIAMS-WILLIAMS IN A SLAM By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Back when Serena Williams, then 16, and Venus Williams, then 17, played each other on tour for the very first time, at the Australian Open in January 1998, no one possibly could have known it would start a series that would last for two decades. Actually, Serena did sort of predict it. “What you guys saw today,” she said after losing to Venus way back then, “is definitely something in the future to watch for.” Well, here we are: Williams vs. Williams, Part 30. When the two sisters meet in the third round of the US Open tonight at Arthur Ashe Stadium, it will be their earliest Grand Slam matchup since that initial one 20 years ago. And across their tremendous journeys in tennis, through all of the victories and the trophies and the weeks at No. 1 in the WTA rankings, they’ve done it together. Each set a standard for the other to strive for. Each also helped the other during practice sessions and pep talks. “I know when I play her, I have to play some of my best tennis. She does, too. It propels us to continue to play that for the tournament. It sets a tone for us,” said Serena, who’ll turn 37 in less than a month. “I feel like throughout our career, we have pushed each other to be the best that we can be,” she added, “and be Venus and Serena Williams.”

Their story is certainly unique. And one that’s still worth marveling at. Two kids from one household, growing up to rule their sport. Serena owns 23 Grand Slam singles titles; Venus has seven. Both have been ranked No. 1. They also ushered in an era of women’s tennis featuring a powerbased style, built on big serves and groundstrokes, along with enviable court coverage, that transformed the game. “Obviously, they have been holding the torch for a long time. Venus and Serena have been incredible advocates for our sport and, yes, they inspire so many,” U.S. Fed Cup captain Kathy Rinaldi said, adding that “a lot of credit goes to them” for the rise of younger American stars such as Sloane Stephens, the 2017 champion at Flushing Meadows, and Madison Keys, last year’s runner-up. On top of it all, they transcended their sport, becoming cultural icons and fashion trendsetters, and have also spoken out about issues to help others — from Venus’ advocacy for equal prize money in tennis to Serena’s recent discussions of her health scare during childbirth and postpartum depression. “It’s incredible what they’ve done. I mean, amazing, really. Obviously there’s been other siblings that have had fantastic careers in tennis, but none anywhere close to what they’ve managed to achieve,” three-time major champion Andy Murray said. “I’d be surprised if anything like that ever happens again.”

IN this January 21, 1998, file photo, Venus Williams, left, and sister Serena raise their arms after their centre court match at the Australian Open Tennis Championships in Melbourne, Australia. Venus won the match 7-6, 6-1. Back when Serena Williams, then 16, and Venus Williams, then 17, played each other on tour for the very first time in January 1998, no one possibly could have known it would signal the start of a series that would last for two decades. (AP Photo/Rick Stevens) On the court, Serena leads their head-to-head series 17-12. She leads 10-5 at Grand Slam tournaments. They grew accustomed — as did the world — to seeing them meet for all-in-the-family major finals, nine in all, with Serena ahead 7-2 in that category, too. So a Week 1 showdown seems a tad anticlimactic. Said Venus: “I mean, obviously, it’s early in the tournament.”

Said Serena: “We would have rather met later.” “I’m sure they will hate it — both of them hate this — but I think it’s going to be beautiful for tennis,” said Victoria Azarenka, a two-time Australian Open champion who lost to Serena in two U.S. Open finals. The all-Williams title match at the 2001 U.S. Open , the tournament’s first women’s final in prime

time, was the first Grand Slam final between two sisters since the 1800s. Venus won that one; Serena won their rematch in New York a year later. “Unfortunately, and fortunately, we have to play each other. We make each other better. We bring out the best when we play each other. It’s what we do,” Serena said. “I think we’re used to it now.”

Curran rescues England after top-order collapse vs India SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Allrounder Sam Curran rescued England after its latest toporder collapse by scoring a career-high 78 to push the team to a potentially competitive 246 all out on Day 1 of the fourth test against India yesterday. The Indians reached stumps on 19-0 after getting through the final four overs of the day unscathed — 227 runs behind England — but will rue not taking fuller control of a match they need to win to level the five-match series at 2-2. England was 86-6 at one stage at Southampton as its leading batsmen again struggled to handle a swinging ball, but Curran and Moeen Ali (40) put on 81 for the seventh wicket to lead a recovery. Curran, a 20-year-old rising star of the English game, swept a six to bring up the second half-century in his four-test career and was the last man out after a 63-run ninthwicket partnership with Stuart Broad. “India did bowl very well with the new ball. It swung

more than we thought for the whole day,” said Curran. “We managed to sneak up to 250, which was pretty positive in the end.” Paceman Jasprit Bumrah was the best of India’s bowlers, finishing with figures of 3-46 off 20 overs. Curran was man of the match against India in the first test but had to give up his place for the third test, which England lost at Trent Bridge, to allow for Ben Stokes’ return. He was only back in the team in Southampton because of a last-minute injury to Chris Woakes and he vindicated his recall by helping to save England along with Ali, another player returning to the side. There was one moment of fortune for Curran who — on 30 — had reason to thank an umpire’s call for an lbw reprieve against India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. Otherwise, his 109-ball half-century, which was brought up like his previous 50 with a six off Ashwin, was unblemished.

INDIA’S VIRAT KOHLI, right, falls and catches England’s Alastair Cook out, off the bowling of India’s Hardik Pandya during play on the first day of the 4th cricket test match between England and India at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton, England, yesterday. England and India are playing a 5 test series. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) The now-familiar batting collapse from England, which won the toss, was sparked by the tame dismissal of Keaton Jennings, who was trapped lbw for 0

playing no stroke to a delivery by Bumrah on the 13th ball of the day. Clearly struggling for confidence, Jennings might be the next England

batsman to lose his place in the team after Dawid Malan and Ollie Pope this series. England captain Joe Root survived a plumb lbw

shout off Bumrah because of a no-ball on review but eventually went the same way to Ishant Sharma in the eighth over for 4. Bumrah enticed an edge behind from Jonny Bairstow (6), before Alastair Cook guided a delivery from Hardik Pandya to third slip on 17, leaving England 36-4 at that stage. England’s top four are averaging 17.70 this series. Ben Stokes (23) and Jos Buttler (21) avoided further mishap in the morning session but Buttler went hard at an early-afternoon drive and edged Mohammed Shami’s outswinger for Virat Kohli’s second fine slip catch. Stokes’ 79-ball effort ended when he failed to make the intended contact in forward-defense to Shami, from round the wicket, and became the third of England’s five lbw victims. That proved to be the low point for England as Moeen and Curran took over to reignite England’s ambitions of a series-clinching win.

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IAAF Council member David Okeyo banned for life in Nike money case By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer IAAF Council member David Okeyo of Kenya was banned from track and field for life yesterday for his role in diverting hundreds of thousands of dollars of sponsorship money from Nike for his and others’ personal use. It was another case pointing to deep-rooted graft in the sport in Kenya, which has been the most successful distance-running nation in the world for decades but is seeing that reputation eroded by a series of doping and corruption scandals. Those scandals have swept across the Kenyan terrain over the last few years, implicating in various cases athletes, coaches and agents right up to the most senior officials. Okeyo, the former secretary general and a vice president of the Kenyan track federation, is also facing charges of extorting

money from athletes in a separate IAAF ethics case that has links to the East African country’s doping crisis. In the Nike money case, evidence indicated that two other high-ranking officials at the Kenyan federation were also involved in funnelling off cash. They were former Athletics Kenya president Isaiah Kiplagat, once a long-serving IAAF Council member himself, and former AK treasurer Joseph Kinyua. Kiplagat died in 2016 before he could face charges and Kinyua, although investigators found he was also involved, escaped punishment because he wasn’t bound by the IAAF’s code of ethics at the time of the offenses. Okeyo was, however, guilty of breaching the IAAF’s ethics code on 10 occasions and “over a long period of time,” a threemember IAAF ethics panel said in its written decision.

Okeyo’s wrongdoing started as far back as 2004, the panel found. As well as his life ban, Okeyo was fined $50,000, which he was ordered to pay to AK. He was ordered to pay another $100,000 in legal costs to the IAAF. He was also formally expelled as an IAAF Council member. He had been suspended from his roles since 2015. The decision was announced by the IAAF ethics board following a three-year investigation and a hearing in Nairobi in January and February. “My lawyers will appeal the decision,” Okeyo said. He can appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland within 21 days. Kinyua claimed the case had “vindicated” him. But that wasn’t how the ethics panel saw it. The panel said he was “found to have engaged in similar conduct” to Okeyo but

couldn’t be sanctioned under an old version of the IAAF ethics code, which has since been updated. The panel said evidence indicated that 16 payments totalling a little over $1.2 million between 2004 and 2012 were made from AK’s bank accounts to a separate account, which Okeyo and the two other men had access to and withdrew cash sums from. Okeyo wasn’t found guilty of siphoning off all of that Nike money, with investigators unable to get compelling evidence of wrongdoing on some. But large sums of the money were taken “for his own direct or indirect personal benefit” and not for AK business, the panel concluded. “The effect of his conduct was to deprive Athletics Kenya of income from its sponsor that could have been better directed to support the development of the sport of athletics in Kenya,”

IN this June, 11, 2011 file photo, then Secretary General of Athletics Kenya David Okeyo pays his respects to the late Kenyan runner Samuel Wanjiru at a funeral home in Nairobi, Kenya. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim) the ethics panel said. “In the view of the panel the pattern of conduct warrants serious sanction to establish the firm principle that federation officials must act scrupulously and transparently in managing the finances of their federations in order to protect the name and reputation of the sport of athletics.” The IAAF hasn’t yet released any findings in Okeyo’s extortion case, which also involves yet another top AK official, former CEO Isaac Mwangi. Okeyo and Mwangi were charged with subverting the

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THE TRIBUNE

Ronaldo’s Juventus drawn with Man United in Champions League By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer MONACO (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo is going back to Manchester United and Paul Pogba will return to Juventus after the storied teams were drawn together at the Champions League group stage yesterday. After winning four titles at Real Madrid, and one with United, Ronaldo aims to end Juventus’ 23-year wait for a third European title. Pogba played for Juventus in its 2015 final loss against Barcelona and won four straight Italian titles before moving back to Manchester — where he was first recruited as a teenager — for a then-world record fee in 2016. Valencia and outsider Young Boys, Swiss champion for the first time in 32 years, are also in Group H with United and Juventus. “We cannot hide the fact that we are among the favourites this year,” Juventus CEO Giuseppe Marotta said. Three-time defending champion Real Madrid will start its quest for a recordextending 14th European title in Group G with Roma, CSKA Moscow and Viktoria Plzen. Barcelona heads a toughlooking Group B with Tottenham, plus former champions PSV Eindhoven and Inter Milan. Three more former European champions Bayern Munich, Benfica, Ajax are together with underdog AEK Athens in Group E. Liverpool, the runner-up last season, was the toughest third-seeded team and landed with Paris SaintGermain, Napoli, and Red Star Belgrade in Group C. “I expected a difficult

GENERAL view of the final draw for the UEFA Champions League groups A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H on an electronic board during the UEFA Champions League draw at the Grimaldi Forum, in Monaco yesterday. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

group, we have a difficult group and that’s what the Champions League is all about,” Liverpool coach Juergen Klopp said. English champion Manchester City got a favourable draw in Group F with Shakhtar Donetsk, Lyon and Hoffenheim. Atletico Madrid, whose Metropolitano stadium hosts the final on June 1, is grouped with Borussia Dortmund, Monaco and Club Brugge in Group A. Lokomotiv Moscow, seeded in the top pot as Russia’s champion, will play Porto, Schalke and Galatasaray in Group D.

The 32 teams will share 1.95 billion euros ($2.28 billion) in prize money from UEFA with the winner likely to top 100 million euros ($117 million) for the first time.. Games kick off on September 18, and two teams from each group advance to the Round of 16 in February. There were 13 former champions in a draw that included three teams — Hoffenheim, Red Star and Young Boys — making their group-stage debuts in the 27-season Champions League era. Red Star won the old European Cup in

1991, one year before the format changed. Teams from the same country could not be drawn together yesterday, and teams from Ukraine and Russia were also kept apart due to ongoing political tensions. This season kicks off a new three-year cycle of broadcasting and sponsor deals that have raised prize money to record levels. All 32 teams get a basic 15.25 million euros ($17.8 million) just for being in the draw. UEFA will also allocate 30 per cent of the total to reward teams for their

storied history in European competitions and results over the past 10 years. Real Madrid is guaranteed to earn at least 50 million euros ($59 million), plus a share of Spanish TV rights money and results bonuses. UEFA pays 2.7 million euros ($3.2 million) per group-stage win and 900,000 euros ($1.05 million) for a draw. More fees are earned for reaching each subsequent round. FULL DRAW Group A: Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Monaco, Club Brugge.

Group B: Barcelona, Tottenham, PSV Eindhoven, Inter Milan. Group C: Paris Saint-Germain, Napoli, Liverpool, Red Star Belgrade. Group D: Lokomotiv Moscow, Porto, Schalke, Galatasaray. Group E: Bayern Munich, Benfica, Ajax, AEK Athens. Group F: Manchester City, Shakhtar Donetsk, Lyon, Hoffenheim. Group G: Real Madrid, Roma, CSKA Moscow, Viktoria Plzen. Group H: Juventus, Manchester United, Valencia, Young Boys.

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LUKA Modric holds his UEFA Men’s Player of the Year trophy as he stands next to UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin during the UEFA Champions League draw at the Grimaldi Forum, in Monaco, yesterday. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

Luka Modric wins best player in Europe vote, Beckham honoured By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer MONACO (AP) — Croatia captain Luka Modric has been voted the best player in Europe last season, edging former Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah for the UEFA award. Modric helped Madrid to win a third straight Champions League title, and fourth in five seasons, before leading his country to the World Cup final. Croatia lost 4-2 against France. Voting was by Champions League coaches and invited journalists across Europe. “It’s an incredible moment for me and I feel excited and proud to have won this great award,” Modric said.

Ronaldo, who joined Juventus in the offseason, was the only nominee to skip the annual awards ceremony held during the Champions League draw in Monaco. “Ronaldo’s decision not to attend tonight’s event must be respected. It is a personal and private decision,” Juventus CEO Giuseppe Marotta said. Madrid swept the overall election for best player in last season’s Champions League after goalkeeper Keylor Navas, defender Sergio Ramos, midfielder Modric and forward Ronaldo won the individual positional prizes. Returning with his trophy to his seat behind Salah, Ramos tapped the left shoulder of the Egyptian. Salah left the Champions League final in tears

after the same shoulder was injured in a tackle by Ramos. The best women’s player award was won by Pernille Harder of Denmark and Wolfsburg. David Beckham received the annual President’s Award for his achievements on and off the field, including his charity foundation working with the United Nations agency for children, UNICEF. The former Manchester United and Real Madrid star “uses the power of football to help the disadvantaged,” UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said. “It is one of my proudest things to be involved in an organisation that does so much to help children around the world,” Beckham said on stage.

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