SS Lazio on Monday scored twice in stoppage-time as they came from behind to snatch a dramatic 2-1 victory at Cagliari in Serie A and notch their eighth successive league win.
The Sardinians, themselves unbeaten in 13 league matches, went ahead with a Giovanni Simeone goal in the seventh minute and then missed a flurry of chances to wrap the game up.
They paid dearly during nine minutes of stoppage-time when Luis Alberto rifled an equalizer in the 93rd minutes and substitute Felipe Caicedo headed the winner in the 98th.
Photo: Reuters
It was Caicedo’s fourth goal of the season, all scored off the bench.
Lazio, who beat champions Juventus in their previous game, have 36 points, three behind Inter and Juve, while Cagliari, who started the weekend in fourth place, dropped to fifth with 29.
Simeone, the son of Atletico Madrid coach Diego, gave Cagliari the perfect start by volleying the ball home after Joao Pedro headed on a throw-in.
The second half saw Cagliari repeatedly catch Lazio on the break, but fail to take their chances.
Simeone fired over when free after the referee played advantage and Lazio defender Francesco Acerbi made a superb sliding block to stop Joao Pedro’s goal-bound shot after the Brazilian got clear.
Then Paolo Farago also broke away, but slipped as he was about to shoot.
Lazio had also been threatening and finally leveled in stoppage-time.
A cross from the left hit a defender on the back and fell to Luis Alberto, who rifled home.
Lazio kept pumping crosses into the area and were rewarded again when Caicedo headed into the net, the second away goal in a row that he has scored to win a game in stoppage-time.
Aaliyah Edwards on Monday pulled off the stunner of the opening round of the Unrivaled one-on-one tournament, beating top-seeded Breanna Stewart 12-0. The tournament to be played over three days featured 23 of the WNBA’s 36 players. A few had other commitments and a couple others were out with injuries. Stewart got the ball first against Edwards and missed a contested layup. Edwards then hit a three-pointer from the corner and a jumper from the elbow to go up 5-0. The player who scores keeps the basketball. Edwards hit two layups and a three-pointer to seal the win. Stewart, a two-time WNBA Most Valuable Player,
SPEEDSKATER: Her bronze medal ended Taiwan’s run at the Asian Winter Games without a medal since the nation first participated in the second iteration in 1990 Speedskater Chen Ying-chu yesterday made history as the first athlete representing Taiwan to secure a medal at the Asian Winter Games. Competing at the HIC Speedskating Oval in Harbin, China, Chen clocked 10.510 seconds in the women’s 100m event, finishing third behind South Koreans Lee Na-hyum and Kim Min-sun, who posted times of 10.501 and 10.505 seconds respectively. Her bronze medal ended Taiwan’s drought at the Asian Winter Games since the nation first participated in the second iteration in 1990. This year’s Games mark Chen’s debut at the event. Previously excelling in roller speedskating, she won six medals at world championships before transitioning
Taiwan’s Lin Yun-ju and Kao Cheng-jui were defeated by their Chinese counterparts 3-0 on Saturday in the men’s doubles final at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Singapore Smash. Lin and Kao received their silver medals after being defeated by third-seeded duo Lin Shidong and Wang Chuqin of China 2-11, 4-11, 11-13. The Taiwan pair were left playing catch-up early in the match after the Chinese duo proved unstoppable in the first and second game. Although Lin and Kao picked up their pace in the third game and at one point took a 10-8 lead, they were crucially unable to take
Australia yesterday won two of four races on the first day of the SailGP Sydney event on Sydney Harbour to finish the day atop the points table ahead of Britain and a French team who made an outstanding return after missing the first two events of the season. Australia also had a third and a second placing, finishing the day with 37 points, ahead of Britain with 32 points and France with 27. Britain won the second race of the day and Switzerland, who won the first race, were in fourth place overall. Australia’s prowess in the start box was again the