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Champs 2019 Girls 100m Finals Video Highlights: Day 4

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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Ashanti Moore and Kevona Davis produced blistering times over 100 metres at the Boys and Girls Champs 2019 on Friday night at the National Stadium.

Moore of Hydel won the Class One 100m final in 11.17 seconds, while Davis of Edwin Allen flashed to 11.19 secs to retain her Class Two title.

Sent about their business after a recall, following the false-start by Lashawn Haye of Rusea’s High, Moore separated herself from the field to just missed Veronica Campbell-Brown’s record of 11.13, set in 2001.

Ockera Myrie of Petersfield High ran 11.51 for second place and Kayla Bonnick St. Jago High finished third in 11.68.

Meanwhile, Davis also impressed in the Class Two race after she broke from the blocks to destroy the field – just missing her own record of 11.16, set to win the gold at Champs last year.

A delighted Davis said she was always confident about her chances of winning, but revealed that it was a good feeling to deliver the points for her team, family and supporters.

Chasing home the Edwin Allen star were Excelsior High’s Ackera Nugent, who finished second in 11.42 and Krystal Sloley of Campion College, third in 11.48.

Also impressing on the day was Edwin Allen’s Tina Clayton, who stunned her twin sister Tia en route to slaughtering the Class Three girls 100m record.

Tina rocketed from the blocks and dropped the challenges from her sister Tia and the rest of the field to improve her personal best with a dazzling 11.27 seconds, which smashed the 11.50 secs record of Shauna Helps, set in 2012.

Her twin who entered Champs 2019 as the favorite, following her 11.32 seconds performance on March 16, had to settle for second in 11.60, while third went to Brianna Lyston of St. Jago in 11.61.

In the Class Four race, Sashauna Smith of Vere won with a time of 12.28, getting the home ahead of Holy Childhood’s Abigail Wolfe (12.39) and Toniann Bryan of Immaculate (12.40).

Champs 2019 will continue on Saturday’s final day and below are the links to stream live.

1spotmedia.com will provide live streaming coverage of Champs 2019, while live results are available by following this link. Meanwhile, Hitz 92FM Live Stream will provide the live radio coverage. KLASS Sports Radio will also have live streaming radio coverage.

Video Copa del Rey: Real Madrid 3-1 Barcelona

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BARCELONA (Sporting Alert) — Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice and Real Madrid beat Barcelona 3-1 in the second leg of their Copa Del Rey semi-final second leg at Camp Nou on Tuesday.

Jordi Alba netted the lone goal for Barcelona, who were beaten 4-2 on aggregate after the two sides played to a 1-1 draw in the first leg in Madrid.

Ronaldo gave Real Madrid the lead when he fired home from the penalty spot in the 13th minute to give the visitors a 1-0 score and a 2-1 advantage on aggregate before half-time.

The Former Manchester United forward then gave Real Madrid an even bigger advantage 12-minutes into the second half when he fired home into an empty net after Jose Pinto was pulled out of position by a brilliant run by Angel Di Maria.

Defender Raphael Varane rose high to score his second of the tie after scoring in the first leg. The score then was 3-0 before Alba scored a consolation goal for Barcelona, who were left frustrated in the defeat.

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Video Highlights: Hazard Kicked A Swansea Ball Boy; No charges

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SWANSEA (Sporting Alert) — Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard was sent off after attacking a little ballboy during the Capital One English League Cup game at Swansea City on Wednesday.

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The Belgian superstar, however, will not face criminal charges after he appeared to have kicked a ball boy while trying take the ball from him during the late stages of the League Cup semi-final second leg at The Liberty Stadium.

Chelsea were being held 0-0 by Swansea, but were done 2-0 on aggregate and Hazard was eager to get the back ball to resume the game.

A Swansea spokesman confirmed that the 17-year-old and his father were not going to press any chargers on the Chelsea forward.

The spokesman was quoted as saying: “The police have interviewed the boy and his father and there are no charges going to be pressed, as far as they are concerned that is the matter closed.

“The ball boy has been into the Chelsea dressing room after the game and shaken hands with Eden Hazard. The likes of John Terry and Frank Lampard were exemplary in their behaviour in welcoming him into the dressing room.

“Chelsea asked if he could come in and our kit lady took him in and they shook hands, he is fine.

“As far as we are concerned the matter is closed. He has been a ball boy here for six years with no incidents here at the stadium.”

Video Highlights: Chelsea 2 vs Southampton 2

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LONDON (Sporting Alert) – Chelsea squandered a 2-0 lead and were held by Southampton in the English Premier League on Wednesday. The Blues went up 2-0 on a Demba Ba and Eden Hazard first half strikes.

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However, Rickie Lambert and Jason Puncheon stunned the Blues with second half goals as Rafa Benitez side dropped valuable points at Stamford Bridge.

“We started the second half and didn’t manage the game or have the control we were expecting,” said Benitez on www.chelseafc.com. “We didn’t take our chances when we had them, which gave them hope they could score, and they did.

“At half-time I said we needed a third goal. We made a mistake which gave them a goal and we didn’t take the chances we had.

“I spoke about us needing to be more clinical and tonight it was the same. We didn’t score, gave them belief they could hurt us on the counter-attack and they did it.

“We should have won, but credit to Southampton, they played a good game.”

Following the draw Chelsea failed to make up further grounds on leaders Manchester United, who now hold a 13 point lead over the European champions in the English Premier League standings.

Chelsea remain third in the league table with 42 points, six behind second place Manchester City and two ahead of forth place Tottenham.

Benitez said: “You could see at 2-0, it’s a question of experience and managing the game. We have to stay compact, then they would have had to come and try to find spaces.

“That’s the point we were talking about, stopping them playing on the counter-attack, but that’s what they did, and obviously we have to improve.”

Southampton manager Nigel Adkins commented after the game: “We had several opportunities to clear the ball and we didn’t and we got punished.

“Chelsea 10 days ago also scored just before half-time to go 2-1 up and went on to dominate the second half and we lost five goals.

“Today we came with a game plan to get something from the game, to be compact, to intercept and counter attack, and frustrate Chelsea.

“They scored at a bad time for us and we could have said let’s go and chase it and play two up front, and there is every chance we could have ended up with a scoreline like Aston Villa did when they got beaten by eight here. Today we struck to the game plan.”

There will certainly be a lot of chelsea FC news over the coming weeks and Benitez and Fernando Torres continue to headline the reports.

Liverpool support Suarez Despite Hand Ball Against Mansfield (Video)

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MANSFIELD (Sporting Alert) – Liverpool forward Luis Suarez hit the headlines again, following a controversial goal that knocked Mansfield out of the English FA Cup in the third round on Sunday.

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Debutant Daniel Sturridge netted his first goal for Liverpool to give the Reds the lead, but the man who replaced him, Suarez, grabbed the spotlights, after the Uruguayan inadvertent hand-ball robbed the hosts of a possible replay.

Yet, despite the Liverpool star receiving massive boos from the home supporters, Mansfield boss Paul Cox, who admits that wasn’t the best of Suarez, opted to move on from the incident and refused to label the striker as a cheat.

“Their second goal, that’s when you need a referee or a linesman to spot those kind of things,” said Cox.

“I don’t think he (Suarez) did anything wrong. It was instinctive centre forward play.

“But if you look at the body language of players, all my lot are running to the ref and linesman and Suarez is blasting the ball in the net to say ‘I’ve just handballed that’.

“I don’t want to say anything bad about him because he is a fabulous talent, and if the shoe was on the other foot then we would have taken it.

“But when you’ve officials at that level, you expect them to pick up on it, but they are only human.”

In the meantime, several players from Liverpool support Suarez and stated that he’s not a cheater.

At the same time, take nothing from Sturridge who calmly scored his goal in his first appearance for Liverpool.

“I enjoyed it very much. It was my first game for the team, and it was great to get to know my teammates on the field and to win the game,” the former Chelsea FC forward told ESPN.

“It was a great ball from Shelvey and I got on the end of it and put it away.

“I am disappointed [I didn’t get more goals] but the team played fantastically and showed a lot of character, and I’m delighted with the win.”

Matt Green scored the lone goal for Mansfield in the 80th minute.

Adan sees red, Casillas subbed back in goal: Madrid v Sociedad early action

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MADRID (Sporting Alert) – Real Madrid scored an early goal against Real Sociedad as the Spanish La Liga resumes on Sunday, but the champions have also lost goalkeeper Antonio Adan, who has been sent off in the opening minutes of the game.

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And to be honest, it was avery poor challenge from the Adan

Manager Jose Mourinho had decided on starting Adan again and leave his regular first choice Iker Casillas on the bench, but was forced to call on the Spanish No. 1 and his team captain after the starting keeper picked up a red card in the fifth minute.

The sending off of Adan did not help either after Real Sociedad was awarded a penalty kick, which Xabi Prieto stepped up to send the sluggish and shaky looking Casillas the wrong way.

Carlos Vela drew a foul on Adan in the penalty area, which saw the keeper got sent off.

Earlier, Karim Benzema gave Real Madrid the lead and it looked like Mourinho’s side was ready to start the new year with a big win.

However, they have been pegged back by the equaliser by a Sociedad team ready to pounce at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Jose Callejon, Mesut Ozil, Michael Essien and Raphael Varane were all amongst the starters for Madrid, although replaces Callejón had to make way for his skipper.

Kaka, Nacho, Angel Di Maria, Luka Modric and Gonzalo Higuain are amongst the substitutes.

Real Madrid FC: Antonio Adan, Alvaro Arbeloa, Ricardo Carvalho, Raphael Varane, Michael Essien, Xabi Alonso, 6. Sami Khedira, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mesut Ozil, Jose Callejon, Karim Benzema.
Subs: Iker Casillas, Diego Llorente, Nacho, Angel Di Maria, Kaka, Gonzalo Higuain, Luka Modric, Gonzalo Higuain

Real Sociedad: Claudio Bravo, Alberto de la Bella, Inigo Martinez, Mikel Gonzalez, 22. Daniel Estrada, 17. David Zurutuza, Ruben Pardo, 7. Antoine Griezmann, 10. Xabi Prieto, 11. Carlos Vela, 21. Diego Ifran

Leighton Baines Free-kick vs Newcastle (Video): Everton win 2-1

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NEWCASTLE (Sporting Alert) — Leighton Baines scored a stunning free-kick in the first to help Everton beat Newcastle 2-1 in the Barclays Premier League at St James’ Park on Wednesday.

But it was Newcastle United who took the lead when striker Papiss Cisse headed home from close range in the 2nd minute.

Everton grabbed the equalizer through Baines, who riffled home a free-kick past Tim Krul two minutes before the half-time interval after Marouane Fellaini had been fouled.

“It was a massive three points,” Baines told Sky Sports 1.

“We were off the back of a defeat and Newcastle are fighting at the moment so we knew it would be tough.

“They set off at a hard pace but we fought back.”

Baines added: “We don’t know (how far we can go). We have not talked about it a lot.

“We just have to keep winning games and putting in good performances. If we can stay around the boys at the top as long as we can hopefully we will give ourselves something to go for at the end of the season.”

Victor Anichebe then netted the winner for Everton two-minutes after coming on as a substitute for David Moyes side to grab all three points and moved past Arsenal into the fifth place in the Premier League table.

Newcastle played without without leading striker Demba Ba after the Senegal international went to meet with Chelsea over a possible transfer move this week.

Watch Video: Manchester United 4 vs Newcastle 3 Thriller

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MANCHESTER (Sporting Alert) Manchester United came from behind for the eighth time this season to register a 4-3 win over Newcastle at Old Trafford on Wednesday.

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Mexican striker Javier Chicharito Hernandez scored a last gasp winner in the 90th minute, while Jonny Evans netted at both ends of the pitch in a thrilling encounter, one in which Newcastle truly felt slipped away from them.

James Perch game the visitors a fourth minute lead after poor goalkeeping by David De Gea gift the Newcastle player a simple goal, but Evans responded for Manchester United in the 25th minute.

The United defender than scored a controversial own goal to give Newcastle a 2-1 half-time lead.

Patrice Evra leveled things again in the 58th, before a blistering strike from forward Papiss Cisse restored the Newcastle lead.

Robin van Persie blasted past Tim Krul for the 3-3 scored before Chicharito gave Sir Alex Ferguson a dream win – one the boss said he wished was an end of season title winning fixture.

“I wish this was the last game of the season!” Ferguson said on Manchester United official website at www.manutd.com.

“What this tells you about is the courage of our team. Fantastic courage. The players never gave in. We improved our game enormously [after trailing 2-1 at half-time] which we had to do.”

He added on manutd.com: “Chicharito deservedly got the winner, his movement and courage were unbelievable.

“He and van Persie were absolutely phenomenal, I thought.”

He continued: “It’s a really significant result for us. It puts in a good position. As I always say of December, it’s a month that tells you everything.

“And when we come to the end of the Wigan game on 1 January, we’ll still be top of the league.”

Allen, James lead Heat past-short handed Spurs

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MIAMI, FL (Sporting Alert) — Ray Allen hit a go ahead bucket deep into the dying seconds and then the Miami Heat finished off things at the free throw line in their challenging 105-100 victory over the short-handed San Antonio Spurs here on Thursday night.

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With the Spurs playing their fourth game in five nights, coach Gregg Popovich decided to rest several of his players, including Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker for the game.

In fact, the veteran coach sent his players back home on a commercial flight.

He was unaware of what the league had planned for him, but wouldn’t comment on his feelings.

“I would never react to something I never heard or read,” Popovich said after hearing about the league’s decision to sanction his club for the making the move to rest his older players.

The short-headed Spurs did battle with the Heat throughout the entire game and had the lead until Allen, found by LeBron James wide open, buried a 3-pointer 22.6 second left to give his team a 100-98 lead.

Miami then took care of the rest from the charity line to win the game and go seven straight at home.

James scored 23 points, nine rebounds and seven assists and Allen finished with 20 points off the bench for the Heat.

Dwyane Wade contributed 19 and Chris Bosh added 18 points and 12 rebounds in the victory.

Tiago Splitter finished with 18 points and nine rebounds for the Spurs, who also had 10 points and 10 and rebounds from Matt Bonner.

Gary Neal scored 20 points and dished seven assists off the bench and Nando de Colo added 15 points for San Antonio, who had its five-game winning streak snapped.

Final Score: Cleveland 94, Washington 84: Irving, Varejao star

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Final Score: Cleveland 94, Washington 84

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Cleveland, OH (Sporting Alert) – Kyrie Irving scored 29 points and Anderson Varejao pulled down a massive 23 rebounds and the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Washington Wizards 94-84 in the opening game of the 2012-13 NBA games at Quicken Loans Arena on Tuesday night.

Irving also added six rebounds and three assists to his stats, while Varejao had nine assists and as many points in the win on the night.

Varejao, according to Cleveland, is the first player to get at least nine assists, nine points and 23 rebounds in a season opener since Wilt Chamberlain in 1967.

He received high praises for his outing.

“It’s the greatest feeling in the world just having somebody that you know what you’re going to get from them every single night,” Irving said of Varejao.

“He almost had a triple-double, that’s typical Andy.”

Tristan Thompson finished 12 points and 10 rebounds and Daniel Gibson ended with 10 points for the Cavaliers.

Jordan Crawford scored 11 points five assists and three rebounds to lead the Wizards, who struggled on the night without star point guard John Wall, who is expected to be out until late November with a knee injury.

Forwards Nene and Kevin Seraphin also missed the game.

Stunner: Video Highlights of Germany 4 vs Sweden 4

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(Sporting Alert) — Zlatan Ibrahimovic led a stunning comeback for Sweden in a 4-4 come from behind draw with Germany on the road on Tuesday night.

Down 4-0 after 56-minutes of football, the Swedes stunned to home fans with four second half goals to seal surprising point in the World Cup qualifier.

Veteran striker Miroslav Klose gave Germany an early lead with two quick goals in the eighth and 15th minutes of play before Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker found the back of the net again prior to the half-time break.

Real Madrid midfield playmaker Mesut Ozil added another to make the score 4-0 before Sweden’s stunning comeback.

Captain Ibrahimovic blasted home a header in the 62nd minute to make it 4-1 and then Mikael Lustig and Johan Elmander both added goals to make it 4-3.

The all important equaliser came from Rasmus Elm, who blasted home in the 90th minute from inside the box to take the score to 4-4.

Ronaldo, Messi, fired twice in Clasico – with video highlights

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BARCELONA (Sporting Alert) — Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi match each other on goals in an entertaining 2-2 draw in the first Clasico of the Primera Division season on Sunday night.

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The two players came into the contest levelled on goals and each bagged two apiece in the Sunday classic at the Nou Camp.

Ronaldo took advantage of some poor defending and unimpressive goalkeeping from Dani Alves and Victor Valdes to Real Madrid a 1-0 lead after 23rd minute.

However, Messi cancelled that goal when he made Pepe paid for some poor defending at the other end in the 31st minute.

Messi was on target again in the 61st minute when he gave Barcelona the lead with a brilliant free-kick, other to see Ronaldo hit back five-minute later to level things up.

With the tie, Barcelona kept an eight point advantage over the defending champions Real Madrid.

Jose Mourinho is keeping his finger cross though as his superstar Ronaldo, who has now netted for the sixth straight Clasico, picked up a shoulder injury.

He first suffered the problem attempting an over head kick and landed on his shoulders. A strong tackle from Adriano later on saw him holding that area again.

Meanwhile, the Real Madrid coach was happy with the overall performance of his team and game altogether.

He said: “For me, the result reflects the match. I, as a coach, I enjoyed it, and I’m sure Vilanova and the players did too. I’ll take this outcome.

“It is a true reflection of the match overall. It was tightly fought and nobody knew what the outcome was going to be until the last minute. There were opportunities to score for both teams.”