Mon, Nov 10, 2014 page18

• SPORTS BRIEFS

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  SOCCER

  Star player’s son found dead

  The son of Mexico and Real Madrid soccer legend Hugo Sanchez was found dead from apparent gas poisoning on Saturday along with another man in a Mexico City apartment. The body of 30-year-old Hugo Sanchez Portugal was found by his wife when she arrived in the apartment in the morning, Mexico City head of public security Jesus Rodriguez Almeida told reporters. “Everything indicates that the death was due to hydrocarbon intoxication, but this must be corroborated by an autopsy,” the city prosecutor’s office said in a statement. Investigators did not see any signs of struggle, it said. Sanchez Portugal was lying in the living room while the other 35-year-old man, who was not identified, was found in the bathroom. Sanchez Portugal’s famous father arrived in Mexico City from San Diego after being told about the death, local media said. A mobile crime lab of the prosecutor’s office was parked in front of his son’s building on a busy street of the upper-class Polanco neighborhood. Sanchez Portugal was born in Madrid to the soccer player and his first wife. He had been sports director of the Miguel Hidalgo borough, which includes Polanco, since October 2012. Sanchez Portugal played forward for Mexican clubs Pumas and Potros de Atlante and also worked as a television sports commentator.

  MOTOR RACING

  Rosberg takes pole position

  Nico Rosberg edged Mercedes teammate and title rival Lewis Hamilton to take pole position for the Brazilian Grand Prix on Saturday. Rosberg was fastest with a lap of 1 minute, 10.023 seconds, just 0.033 seconds ahead of Hamilton. Local favorite Felipe Massa was third and his Williams teammate Valtteri Bottas finished fourth. Rosberg led Hamilton in all three practice sessions this weekend. He trails Hamilton by 24 points in the overall standings and needs to win in Brazil early this morning Taiwan time to have a real shot at his first title. The championship cannot be decided at Interlagos because the race in Abu Dhabi later this month will be worth double points.

  RUGBY LEAGUE

  Player smashes door

  An England rugby league player has been filmed smashing through a door at a student party following Saturday’s loss to New Zealand in a crucial Four Nations match. Hooker Josh Hodgson, who did not play in the match, is seen crashing through a closed interior door of the flat in the southern city of Dunedin just after wing Josh Charnley had walked through and closed it. Students can be heard chanting “Go through the door!” as the Hull Kingston Rovers player runs at it. England team manager Jon Roberts told Television New Zealand, which was supplied with the video, that the incident was “being dealt with internally and the person involved will be disciplined.” He said arrangements had been made “for full repair of the small damage that occurred.” The students involved said they invited members of the England team back to their flat to continue partying when the bar they were at closed at 4am. Before the Test, which New Zealand won 16-14 to qualify for the Four Nations final, the England players were reported to have been “shocked” by the drunken antics of Dunedin students, who are renowned for burning furniture in the street during parties. Forward Daryl Clark told Britain’s Daily Star that they had their “eyes opened” by the student drunkenness. England were eliminated from the tournament after Australia scored eight tries in a 44-18 win over Samoa to seal a place opposite New Zealand in the final.
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