SOCCER
Team lose 30-0, quit league
Yanick Djouzi Manzizila broke a 60-year-old Swedish scoring record with 21 goals in a game, but they will not be added to his season tally after his demoralized opponents quit the league. The 25-year-old forward scored almost at will for Kongo United as they beat Balrog Botkyrka Sodertaelje — who had three players sent off — 30-0 in their division seven league clash. With twin brother Alex as playmaker, and facing eight players by the end of the match, Manzizila had it all too easy against a team that had failed to earn a point all season. Swedish soccer historian and statistician Claes-Goran Bengtsson confirmed that 21 goals in a game was a Swedish record, but the gloss was taken off Manzizila’s achievement when Balrog subsequently withdrew from the league. Their decision means the 21 goals will be chalked off — as will all the team’s results for the season — although Manzizila’s individual scoring record will stand.
SOCCER
Ebola forces qualifiers move
Guinea and Sierra Leone have been ordered to move their African Nations Cup qualifiers next month to neutral territory following the outbreak of the Ebola virus in west Africa, which has killed more than 1,000 people. The Confederation of African Football on Tuesday said that Liberia, who are out of the Nations Cup, must also move matches although there are none imminent at senior, club or junior level. Guinea are due to host Togo on Sept. 6. Sierra Leone have already asked Ghana to stage their game against Democratic Republic of the Congo on Sept. 10, but have been told government permission must be granted.
CRICKET
Hendricks out of ODI series
Fast bowler Beuran Hendricks is out of South Africa’s three-match one-day international (ODI) series with Zimbabwe that starts on Sunday. Hendricks has a back strain, suffered while touring Australia with the A team, Cricket South Africa said in a news release on Tuesday. He will not be replaced in a squad already missing rested pace trio Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander. Kyle Abbott, Ryan McLaren, Wayne Parnell, Marchant de Lange and uncapped Mthokozisi Shezi are to fill the fast bowling roles.
CRICKET
NZ A beat England Lions
Hamish Rutherford led New Zealand A to victory in the triangular one-day series with a seven-wicket win over the England Lions on Tuesday. Chasing a rain-revised target of 220 from 36 overs at New Road, Rutherford struck 95 off 84 balls, including 10 fours and two sixes before Tom Latham’s 48 not out saw New Zealand A to victory. The Lions, England’s second-string side, had defeated Sri Lanka A on Monday, but they struggled in this winner-takes-all clash, and only fifties from Jonny Bairstow and Tom Smith helped them to 255-8, after they had collapsed to 89-5.
FOOTBALL
Scandrick fails drug test
The NFL has slapped Dallas Cowboys cornerback Orlando Scandrick with a four-game suspension for failing a drugs test. Dallas owner Jerry Jones acknowledged the ban to reporters on Monday night, saying the 27-year-old Scandrick failed a test. The league confirmed Scandrick violated the league’s policy on performance-enhancing substances. The violation reportedly occurred while he was vacationing in Mexico. Scandrick started 15 of 16 games for the Cowboys last season, making 64 tackles and grabbing two interceptions. Scandrick will be eligible to return to the Cowboys on Sept. 29.
If the Wild finally break through and win their first playoff series in a decade, Minnesota’s top line likely will be the reason. They were all over the Golden Knights through the first two games of their NHL Western Conference quarter-finals series, which was 1-1 going back to Minnesota for Game 3 today. The Wild tied the series with a 5-2 win on Tuesday. Matt Boldy had three goals and an assist in the first two games, while Kirill Kaprizov produced two goals and three assists. Joel Eriksson Ek, who centers the line, has yet to get on the scoresheet. “I think the biggest
From a commemorative jersey to a stadium in his name, Argentine soccer organizers are planning a slew of tributes to their late “Captain” Pope Francis, eulogized as the ultimate team player. Tributes to the Argentine pontiff, a lifelong lover of the game, who died on Monday at the age of 88, have been peppered with soccer metaphors in his homeland. “Francisco. What a player,” the Argentine Football Federation (AFA) said, describing the first pope from Latin America and the southern hemisphere as a generational talent who “never hogged the ball” and who showed the world “the importance of having an Argentine captain,
Noelvi Marte on Sunday had seven RBIs and hit his first career grand slam with a drive off infielder Jorge Mateo, while Austin Wynn had a career-high six RBIs as the Cincinnati Reds scored their most runs in 26 years in a 24-2 rout of the Baltimore Orioles. Marte finished with five hits, including his eighth-inning homer off Mateo. Wynn hit a three-run homer in the ninth off catcher Gary Sanchez. Cincinnati scored its most runs since a 24-12 win against the Colorado Rockies on May 19, 1999, and finished with 25 hits. Baltimore allowed its most runs since a 30-3 loss to
Arne Slot has denied that Darwin Nunez was dropped from Liverpool’s win against West Ham because of a training-ground row with a member of his coaching staff. The Liverpool head coach on Sunday last week said that Nunez was absent from the 2-1 victory at Anfield, having felt unwell during training the day before, although the striker sat behind the substitutes throughout the game. Speculation has been rife that the Uruguay international, whom Slot criticized for his work rate against Wolves and Aston Villa in February, was left out for disciplinary reasons. Asked on Friday to clarify the situation, Slot said: “He
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