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Sports ❘ 07 CONTACT US AT: 8351-9190, [email protected] Monday August 14, 2017 CHELSEA’S English Premier League (EPL) title defense got off to a worst possible start as the side was beaten by Burnley 3-2 at home Saturday. Blues were down 0-3 at half- time after defender Gary Cahill was red-carded in the 14th minute when he went for studs- up challenge on Steven Defour. Blues never recovered after that and it was an uphill task for Antonio Conte’s men. They were reduced to nine men late in the second half when Cesc Fabregas was also dismissed following a second yellow card. Despite going down to 10- man and then nine — Blues still showed a champions spirit and added two late goals thanks to substitute Alvaro Morata, who scored one and made one on his debut. Chelsea has won the title five times in the Roman Abramovich era but has managed to retain it only once, which happened under current Manchester United man- ager Jose Mourinho. On the other hand, Manches- ter City began its title quest after a comfortable 2-0 win against Brighton. Goals from Sergio Aguero and an own goal helped Pep Guardiola’s men to all three points. Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp protested that Watford’s stoppage-time equalizer by Manuel Britos in an entertain- ing 3-3 draw should have been disallowed for offside. Britos was standing almost on the line before nudging in the loose ball after Simon Mignolet pushed it onto the bar. “We were unlucky in the end,” Klopp said. “The equalizer was offside. It’s obvious because the linesman is on the line. He needs to see it. “We would have had defensive areas we need to work on if we’d won 3-2. We were the better team, we should have won.” The opening game of the season Friday produced seven goals and a late winner for Arsenal, which beat Leicester City 4-3. Promoted Huddersfield Town, playing in the top flight for the first time since 1972, cruised to a 3-0 win away to Crystal Palace. (SD-Agencies) USAIN BOLT ended his stellar career in excruciating pain. The Jamaican great crumpled to the track with a left-leg injury as he was chasing a final gold medal for the Jamaican 4x100- meter relay team Saturday at the world championships. Having to make up lots of ground on the anchor leg, Bolt suddenly screamed and stum- bled as he came down with his golden farewell shattered by the first injury he has experienced at a major competition. That wasn’t the only surprise. Britain went on to beat the United States in a tight finish. The 60,000-capacity stadium was primed for one last Bolt show, one last “To the World” pose after a victory, but the injury made it blatantly clear why Bolt is ready to retire. His body can no longer hold up. His teammates on the once- fabled Jamaican sprint squad were far from unmatchable, too. Bolt had just too much to make up in the final 100 meters as both Britain and the United States were ahead and even Japan was even. As Bolt fell to the ground, the leg with the golden shoe giving way, the crowd still went wild because the home team went on to win gold in 37.47 seconds, .05 seconds ahead of the United States. Windy Shao [email protected] WORLD Wrestling Entertain- ment (WWE) “Queen” Charlotte Flair met fans in Shenzhen on Friday and Saturday to promote the upcoming WWE Live China 2017 event at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center Arena on Sept. 17. It will be WWE’s first-ever show in the city following last year’s show in Shanghai. WWE’s WrestleMania has been listed by Forbes as one of the top five most popular valu- able sports events, comparing to the Super Bowl, the Summer Olympics, the Winter Olympics and FIFA World Cup, according to Tenniel Chu, vice chairman of Mission Hills Group, which is the official partner of WWE Live China. Charlotte Flair’s father, Ric, is a legendary superstar in WWE and a 16-time world champion. Char- lotte has made her own name by proving that talent, hard work and persistence are the corner- stones of success. With millions of fans worldwide, she is dubbed as the real queen of WWE. Charlotte visited Shenzhen as the ambassador of WWE Live China 2017. On Friday, she wore her sig- nature ring robe and spread her wings in front of the Shenzhen Civic Center, paying tribute to the city of Shenzhen (often nick- named “the City with Wings”). “With one of my favorite robes in front of the Shenzhen Civic ‘Queen’ Charlotte promotes WWE Live show in SZ Center, it’s crazy to think that’s also the city’s name,” Charlotte told a news conference at the Mission Hills in Shenzhen. Charlotte talked about her excitement to perform in the Shenzhen live event and hoped to showcase her in-ring skills and personality, giving Chinese fans a great experience of WWE’s family-friendly entertainment. “With sports being the biggest part of my life, I’m not the ‘evil queen’ (you have seen on the stage), I’m actually quite shy in private life,” she said. Charlotte also met with fans of WWE Universe in the MH Mall at Mission Hills. On Sept. 17, Charlotte will step onto the stage in Shenzhen with 16-time WWE world champion John Cena and other WWE superstars such as Dolph Zig- gler, Shinsuke Nakamura, Kevin Owens, The New Day, Becky Lynch, Natalya, Sami Zayn and many more. Tenniel Chu shared his story of watching WWE shows as a child growing up, and how a meeting with WWE’s Stephanie MacMa- hon at last year’s Sports Matters China conference at Mission Hills led to this eventual part- nership between his company and WWE. “Mission Hills is excited and proud to partner with WWE, a global entertainment company, to bring WWE Live to China,” said Chu. “Together we are bring- ing the excitement and family- friendly entertainment of WWE Live to fans here in Shenzhen for the very first time.” Bolt ends stellar career with injury It was yet another amazing upset in a championship of so many. Before Bolt came onto the track, he was consoling Mo Farah, his long-distance equiva- lent who had just lost his first major race since 2011 when he failed to get gold in the 5,000 meters. Farah also was bidding fare- well to the track, coming up short of his fifth straight 5,000-10,000 double at major championships in a sprint against Muktar Edris of Ethiopia. “I gave it all,” Farah said. “I didn’t have a single bit left at the end.” Instead, Tori Bowie was the unlikely first double gold medalist at the championships, anchoring the U.S. team to the 4x100-meter relay title ahead of Britain and Jamaica. At the same time, Allyson Felix, running the second leg on the winning team, earned a record 15th medal at the world championships in a career going back to 2005. Bowie, who won the 100 meters this week, ran a strong anchor leg, leaving behind the opposition to finish in 41.82 seconds. “Two gold medals is amazing for me,” Bowie said. “We are on top of the world.” (SD-Agencies) Chelsea’s Gary Cahill (R) is shown a red card by referee Craig Pawson for a challenge on Burnley’s Steven Defour in London on Saturday. SD-Agencies World Wrestling Entertainment superstar Charlotte Flair (L) poses for a photo with Tenniel Chu, vice chairman of Mission Hills Group, during a news conference at Mis- sion Hills in Shenzhen on Friday. Windy Shao Jamaica’s Usain Bolt goes down after pulling up injured in the final of the men’s 4x100m relay athletics event at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London on Saturday. SD-Agencies Chelsea upset in EPL opener BRAZILIAN international mid- fielder Paulinho is expected to become Barcelona’s first sign- ing since losing Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain, according to widespread reports in the Span- ish media Saturday. Barca is reportedly willing to meet the 29-year-old’s 40 million euro (US$47 million) buyout clause with Chinese side Guangzhou Evergrande. Catalan radio station Rac1 described the move as “very close,” citing sources close to the player. Barca has so far been unsuc- cessful in its attempts to land a more natural replacement for Neymar with huge bids for Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele being rejected by Liv- erpool and Borussia Dortmund respectively. Paulinho failed to shine in his most recent spell in Europe during two years at Tottenham Hotspur before moving to Guangzhou in 2015. (SD-Agencies) Paulinho Paulinho close to Barca move
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Sports x 07CONTACT US AT: 8351-9190, [email protected]
Monday August 14, 2017
CHELSEA’S English Premier League (EPL) title defense got off to a worst possible start as the side was beaten by Burnley 3-2 at home Saturday.
Blues were down 0-3 at half-time after defender Gary Cahill was red-carded in the 14th minute when he went for studs-up challenge on Steven Defour.
Blues never recovered after that and it was an uphill task for Antonio Conte’s men. They were reduced to nine men late in the second half when Cesc Fabregas was also dismissed following a second yellow card.
Despite going down to 10-man and then nine — Blues still showed a champions spirit and added two late goals thanks to substitute Alvaro Morata, who scored one and made one on his debut.
Chelsea has won the title fi ve times in the Roman Abramovich era but has managed to retain it only once, which happened under current Manchester United man-ager Jose Mourinho.
On the other hand, Manches-ter City began its title quest after a comfortable 2-0 win against Brighton. Goals from Sergio Aguero and an own goal helped Pep Guardiola’s men to all three points.
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp protested that Watford’s stoppage-time equalizer by Manuel Britos in an entertain-ing 3-3 draw should have been disallowed for offside.
Britos was standing almost on the line before nudging in the loose ball after Simon Mignolet pushed it onto the bar.
“We were unlucky in the end,” Klopp said. “The equalizer was offside. It’s obvious because the linesman is on the line. He needs to see it.
“We would have had defensive areas we need to work on if we’d won 3-2. We were the better team, we should have won.”
The opening game of the season Friday produced seven goals and a late winner for Arsenal, which beat Leicester City 4-3.
Promoted Huddersfi eld Town, playing in the top fl ight for the fi rst time since 1972, cruised to a 3-0 win away to Crystal Palace.
(SD-Agencies)
USAIN BOLT ended his stellar career in excruciating pain.
The Jamaican great crumpled to the track with a left-leg injury as he was chasing a fi nal gold medal for the Jamaican 4x100-meter relay team Saturday at the world championships.
Having to make up lots of ground on the anchor leg, Bolt suddenly screamed and stum-bled as he came down with his golden farewell shattered by the fi rst injury he has experienced at a major competition.
That wasn’t the only surprise. Britain went on to beat the United States in a tight fi nish.
The 60,000-capacity stadium was primed for one last Bolt show, one last “To the World” pose after a victory, but the injury made it blatantly clear why Bolt is ready to retire. His body can no longer hold up.
His teammates on the once-fabled Jamaican sprint squad were far from unmatchable, too. Bolt had just too much to make up in the fi nal 100 meters as both Britain and the United States were ahead and even Japan was even.
As Bolt fell to the ground, the leg with the golden shoe giving way, the crowd still went wild because the home team went on to win gold in 37.47 seconds, .05 seconds ahead of the United States.
Windy [email protected]
WORLD Wrestling Entertain-ment (WWE) “Queen” Charlotte Flair met fans in Shenzhen on Friday and Saturday to promote the upcoming WWE Live China 2017 event at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center Arena on Sept. 17.
It will be WWE’s fi rst-ever show in the city following last year’s show in Shanghai.
WWE’s WrestleMania has been listed by Forbes as one of the top fi ve most popular valu-able sports events, comparing to the Super Bowl, the Summer Olympics, the Winter Olympics and FIFA World Cup, according to Tenniel Chu, vice chairman of Mission Hills Group, which is the offi cial partner of WWE Live China.
Charlotte Flair’s father, Ric, is a legendary superstar in WWE and a 16-time world champion. Char-lotte has made her own name by proving that talent, hard work and persistence are the corner-stones of success. With millions of fans worldwide, she is dubbed as the real queen of WWE.
Charlotte visited Shenzhen as the ambassador of WWE Live China 2017.
On Friday, she wore her sig-nature ring robe and spread her wings in front of the Shenzhen Civic Center, paying tribute to the city of Shenzhen (often nick-named “the City with Wings”).
“With one of my favorite robes in front of the Shenzhen Civic
‘Queen’ Charlotte promotes WWE Live show in SZ
Center, it’s crazy to think that’s also the city’s name,” Charlotte told a news conference at the Mission Hills in Shenzhen.
Charlotte talked about her excitement to perform in the Shenzhen live event and hoped to showcase her in-ring skills and personality, giving Chinese fans a great experience of WWE’s family-friendly entertainment.
“With sports being the biggest part of my life, I’m not the ‘evil queen’ (you have seen on the stage), I’m actually quite shy in private life,” she said.
Charlotte also met with fans of WWE Universe in the MH Mall at Mission Hills.
On Sept. 17, Charlotte will step onto the stage in Shenzhen with 16-time WWE world champion John Cena and other WWE
superstars such as Dolph Zig-gler, Shinsuke Nakamura, Kevin Owens, The New Day, Becky Lynch, Natalya, Sami Zayn and many more.
Tenniel Chu shared his story of watching WWE shows as a child growing up, and how a meeting with WWE’s Stephanie MacMa-hon at last year’s Sports Matters China conference at Mission Hills led to this eventual part-nership between his company and WWE.
“Mission Hills is excited and proud to partner with WWE, a global entertainment company, to bring WWE Live to China,” said Chu. “Together we are bring-ing the excitement and family-friendly entertainment of WWE Live to fans here in Shenzhen for the very fi rst time.”
Bolt ends stellar career with injury
It was yet another amazing upset in a championship of so many.
Before Bolt came onto the track, he was consoling Mo Farah, his long-distance equiva-lent who had just lost his fi rst major race since 2011 when he failed to get gold in the 5,000 meters.
Farah also was bidding fare-well to the track, coming up short of his fi fth straight 5,000-10,000
double at major championships in a sprint against Muktar Edris of Ethiopia.
“I gave it all,” Farah said. “I didn’t have a single bit left at the end.”
Instead, Tori Bowie was the unlikely fi rst double gold medalist at the championships, anchoring the U.S. team to the 4x100-meter relay title ahead of Britain and Jamaica.
At the same time, Allyson
Felix, running the second leg on the winning team, earned a record 15th medal at the world championships in a career going back to 2005.
Bowie, who won the 100 meters this week, ran a strong anchor leg, leaving behind the opposition to fi nish in 41.82 seconds.
“Two gold medals is amazing for me,” Bowie said. “We are on top of the world.” (SD-Agencies)
Chelsea’s Gary Cahill (R) is shown a red card by referee Craig Pawson for a challenge on Burnley’s Steven Defour in London on Saturday. SD-Agencies
World Wrestling Entertainment superstar Charlotte Flair (L) poses for a photo with Tenniel Chu, vice chairman of Mission Hills Group, during a news conference at Mis-sion Hills in Shenzhen on Friday. Windy Shao
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt goes down after pulling up injured in the fi nal of the men’s 4x100m relay athletics event at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London on Saturday. SD-Agencies
Chelsea upset in EPL opener
BRAZILIAN international mid-fi elder Paulinho is expected to become Barcelona’s fi rst sign-ing since losing Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain, according to widespread reports in the Span-ish media Saturday.
Barca is reportedly willing to meet the 29-year-old’s 40 million euro (US$47 million) buyout clause with Chinese side Guangzhou Evergrande.
Catalan radio station Rac1 described the move as “very close,” citing sources close to the player.
Barca has so far been unsuc-cessful in its attempts to land a more natural replacement for Neymar with huge bids for Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele being rejected by Liv-erpool and Borussia Dortmund respectively.
Paulinho failed to shine in his most recent spell in Europe during two years at Tottenham Hotspur before moving to Guangzhou in 2015.
(SD-Agencies)
Paulinho
Paulinho close to Barca move
