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24 SPORT THURSDAY 2 MARCH 2017 SPORT FOOTBALL Guardiola in raptures over star Aguero FA CUP MANCHESTER CITY 5 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1 ROSS MCLEAN @rossmcleanRMAC MANCHESTER City boss Pep Guardiola declared two-goal Sergio Aguero’s performance during his side’s FA Cup fifth round replay victory over second-tier Huddersfield the best of his reign. Aguero continued his hot streak of form with his fourth strike in two matches and 22nd of the season as City recovered from Harry Bunn’s early strike, while Leroy Sane, Pablo Zabaleta and Kelechi Iheanacho also netted for the hosts. Victory ensured that City reached the competition’s last eight – the 10th quarter-final of the Sheikh Monsour era – where the five-time winners will travel to fellow Premier League side Middlesbrough on 11 March. There has been much speculation over the future of Aguero and whether he can thrive in Guardiola’s preferred system and style of football. The 28-year-old has been linked with a move away from the club, although there were few complaints from Guardiola last night, while muchmaligned goalkeeper Claudio Bravo was also singled out for praise. “It’s the best Sergio Aguero ever and the best I’ve seen yet,” said Guardiola, who is bidding to win his maiden City trophy. “His performance was amazing. He CYCLING doesn’t just run but he runs in the right moment with the right tempo. When this happens he is involved in the game and he is so precise with the ball. “His performance was top, the same with Claudio. His performance with the foot helped us with the build up.” City had been knocked out of the FA Cup by lower league opposition in two of the last three years and conceded early, yet not before Sane had crashed an effort against the post. But Huddersfield, who made nine changes from their 1-1 draw with Barnsley on Saturday, stormed into a seventh-minute lead following a swift counter-attack. The move culminated in ex-City academy player Bunn firing low through Bravo, who failed to cover himself in glory, following a clever pass from midfielder Philip Billing. The home side retaliated and all but secured their place in the quarter-finals with three goals before half time. Sane levelled on the half hour mark, tapping home following neat trickery and potent delivery from Raheem Sterling. Five minutes later Aguero rifled home a spot-kick after being felled in the penalty area by Jon Gorenc Stankovic, while the Argentinian hit the post before turning provider and allowing Zabaleta to apply a close-range finish to a fizzed cross. City put the tie beyond all doubt inside the final 20 minutes when Sterling’s low cross to the near post was turned beyond Coleman by Aguero. Substitute Iheanacho then added further gloss to the scoreline with a last-gasp flick. Team Sky and British Cycling unable to prove legality of delivery for Wiggins CITYAM.COM BULLISH Why Christian Horner is optimisic about future of F1– and his team’s place in it EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: PAG E 22- 23 HORSE RACING FOOTBALL Fans plan fund as Orient near administration FRANK DALLERES @frankdalleres LEYTON Orient supporters are due to meet today to discuss plans for a rescue fund after the League Two club were served with a winding-up order by HM Revenue and Customs. The east London outfit could be forced into liquidation unless their controversial owner Francesco Becchetti settles an unpaid tax bill. A High Court hearing has been scheduled for 20 March. Dire results have already put Orient in danger of losing their 112- year Football League status – they are second bottom of the fourth tier – and fans fear they could now be pushed out of existence altogether. The Leyton Orient Fans’ Trust (LOFT) hopes to raise £100,000, which could help them join a consortium to buy out Becchetti, keep the club running if they enter administration, or, in the event of liquidation, found a phoenix club in the same manner as AFC Wimbledon. LOFT said: “How the club’s owner Francesco Becchetti reacts to this winding-up order will be a clear indicator of his seriousness at selling the club as a going concern. The coming days and weeks may be the most important in Orient’s 116- year history.” Italian renewable energy and waste management tycoon Becchetti, who has appointed seven managers since buying the club in 2014, has indicated that he is willing to sell. He is thought to be determined to recoup the £4m he paid sports promoter Barry Hearn, a prospect that has receded with the team’s slide down the leagues. Orient had just missed out on promotion to the Championship, losing the play-off final on penalties, when Becchetti invested. They were relegated to League Two in his first season and now lie six points from safety with 12 matches remaining. Grand National anti-Irish bias weights row escalates FRANK DALLERES @frankdalleres TEAM Sky and British Cycling are unable to provide documentary evidence of their assertion that a mystery package sent for Sir Bradley Wiggins at a 2011 race contained a legal medicine, MPs heard yesterday. UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) chief Nicole Sapstead, whose organisation has spent 1,000 manhours investigating claims of wrongdoing in the sport, said that, contrary to guidelines, medical records were not kept up to date. Team Sky boss Sir Dave Brailsford in December rebuffed allegations that the package contained a banned steroid, telling the Culture, Media and Sport select committee that the contents had been decongestant Fluimucil. But Sapstead told the committee that had not been verified because Team Sky and British Cycling’s Dr Richard Freeman had failed to update a shared database and later reported his laptop stolen. “We are not able to confirm or refute that it contained Fluimucil. We have asked for inventories and medical records and we have not been able to ascertain that because there are no records,” she said. Sapstead said Dr Freeman kept medical records on his laptop but was also obliged by Team Sky policy to share them with colleagues. He did not in this instance and in 2014 reported his laptop had been stolen while on holiday in Greece. Dr Freeman had been due to give evidence yesterday but missed the hearing, citing ill health. She added: “It strikes me as odd, too, particularly for a road racing team set up to prove races could be won clean. I think it’s strange they haven’t kept records to prove that.” Former British Cycling coach Simon Cope said he did not ask the contents of the bag he delivered. FRANK DALLERES @frankdalleres ONE OF Britain’s top handicappers has hit back at claims his assessment of Grand National entries was coloured by anti-Irish bias after a row broke out ahead of next month’s race. Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary’s Gigginstown House Stud yesterday withdrew eight of its horses at the latest forfeit stage, including his big three Don Poli, Empire Of Dirt and Outlander. That came after his brother and racing manager, Eddie O’Leary, blasted the weights allocated last month, saying: “A handicapper is meant to be impartial. The National now is a pre-Brexit, post-Brexit handicap.” British Horseracing Authority (BHA) handicapper Phil Smith defended his verdict, which followed a change in the BHA’s methodology for assessing Irish horses. “Since switching approaches the strike rate of British and Irish runners have levelled out,” he said. “The Jump Handicappers are confident that based on these figures there is no semblance of any anti-Irish bias and that keeping our own Irish performance figures has given our handicaps greater equality and fairness.”
CELEBRATING volunteering and philanthropy in the City CHALLENGE THE LORD MAYOR BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER The Don Restaurant took over St Swithins Lane to host The Long Long Lunch in partnership with three of the City’s best restaurants; Coq d’Argent, 1 Lombard Street and Hispania. Generously supported by some of their regular suppliers, the event started at 12.30pm in St. Stephen Walbrook Church, with a glass of Charles Heidsieck champagne, canapés and music, followed by the Long Long Lunch itself - a splendid three-course meal for over 100 people with each restaurant taking responsibility for one course. The diners also enjoyed wines from Trinity Hill, Nespresso coffee and macaroons from Ladurée all whilst being served by enthusiastic catering students from Carshalton College. On City Giving Day 2016, the Lord Mayor visited businesses around the City where he was challenged to cycle the length of the Panama Canal (as part of a team on a static cycle!), to play Operation watched by a London Air Ambulance crew member and to take part in a table tennis match against two boys from Greenhouse Sport, a youth sport development charity. Why don’t you challenge the Lord Mayor this year, to be in with a chance of being part of his City Giving Day tour? Celebrating community impact in London The 30th Anniversary Lord Mayor’s Dragon Awards are open for applications. The Awards celebrate and reward businesses that display excellence in community engagement. It’s their 30th year and to celebrate, they have revamped their categories including two new categories, an Innovation Award and a Regional Impact Award. Applications are open until 24 April. For more information about the Awards, categories and how to apply, please visit www.dragonawards.org.uk CITY A.M. AND MAGGIE’S Maggie’s provides free practical, emotional and social support to people living with cancer and their family and friends. Built on the NHS grounds, one of the newest additions to Maggie’s will be the Centre at St Bartholomew’s Hospital opening November 2017. City A.M. are providing over £1m of support for the new Centre at Barts which will be the biggest Maggie’s Centre to date with over 30,000 visits predicted each year. Maggie’s Barts will provide support to people affected by cancer from across the City and the seven surrounding boroughs through professional staff offering psychological support, financial advice, access to information, or simply a space to relax and enjoy a cup of tea. AS SIMPLE AS BAKING A CAKE In 2016, employees at companies across the City channelled their inner Mary Berry to produce an array of mouth-watering cakes, raising hundreds of pounds for their nominated charities. City Giving Day provided National Australia Bank a great opportunity to reflect upon and celebrate our community program and longstanding relationship with St Joseph’s Hospice (STJH). The fundraising efforts centred on a bake sale and raffle, which helped raise more than £1700. GO RED! New for 2016, the #GoRed campaign provided a focus for City Giving Day, as well as making it more visible. More than half the businesses taking part encouraged their staff to wear something red or organised red themed events. It really can be as simple as wearing a red tie, dress or accessory to baking red cupcakes or dying hair red. We want this to be even bigger in 2017! “Wearing red and not the usual dark business clothes really united and changed the atmosphere of our office.” Clare Silverton, Corporate Communications Manager, National Australia Bank SEE HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN THE CELEBRATIONS AT LORDMAYORSAPPEAL.ORG/CGD
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