DT e-Paper 06 April 2017

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THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2017
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Chapeco take
Supercup lead
• Reuters, Sao Paulo
Chapecoense beat Atletico Nacional
2-1 in the first leg of their South
American Supercup final on Tuesday
as the game was marked by
memorials to those killed in an air
crash before the teams' scheduled
Copa Sudamericana final last November.
The match was the first
between the sides since all but
three of the Brazilian team and
their staff perished as their plane
crashed on approach to Medellin
last year. Only six of the 77 on
board survived the crash.
Organisers laid on pre-match
shows and post-match fireworks
for Tuesday's clash, which was
billed as “The Gratitude Game”.
Fans also launched one minute's
applause in the 71st minute of the
game to commemorate those who
died.
The home fans, eager to repay
the support given to their players
and staff in Colombia immediately
after the accident, also applauded
the visitors' goal, a stunning 25-
yard equaliser from Macnelly Torres
in the second half. •
Sports
Fireworks explode over the field prior to the South America Super Cup first leg match between Brazil’s Chapecoense and Colombia’s Atletico Nacional at Arena Conda
Stadium in Chapeco, Brazil on Tuesday
REUTERS
Atletico earn fifth straight
win by beating Sociedad
• Reuters, Madrid
LA LIGA
Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Espanyol
Aduriz 16, 37
Atletico Madrid 1-0 Real Sociedad
Luis 28
Real Betis 0-1 Villarreal
Adrian Lopez 47
Filipe Luis scored as Atletico Madrid
beat Real Sociedad 1-0 to rack
up a fifth straight win in La Liga
and provisionally consolidate third
place in the standings.
Luis had failed to score in his previous
25 league outings this campaign
but followed his strike in Saturday's
win at Malaga by smashing
in the only goal against Real Sociedad
in the 28th minute. Fernando
Torres missed a glorious opportunity
to double the lead before the
break, hitting the post while goalkeeper
Geronimo Rulli was stranded
on the floor, and Angel Correa
also wasted a clear opening. •
Rory to think
twice about
Trump again
• Reuters, Augusta
Rory McIlroy received plenty of
criticism for golfing with US President
Donald Trump this year and
the Northern Irishman said he
would "think twice" before accepting
a second invite. McIlroy, who
will launch his bid to complete the
grand slam of golf's four majors at
this week's US Masters, has said
playing with Trump was not to be
confused with an endorsement. •
Manchester United’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores their first goal from the penalty spot against Everton during their Premier
League match at Old Trafford on Tuesday
REUTERS
Kohli wins Wisden honour
• Reuters, New Delhi
Ibra back as a lion
among pussycats
• Reuters
In a TV interview before Tuesday's
match between Manchester United
and Everton, Zlatan Ibrahimovic
had been asked if he was the best
striker in the Premier League.
"Lions don't compare to humans,"
he smiled to his BT Sport
questioner in quite perfect Zlatan
fashion, suggesting that the very
idea there could be a better marksman
than him out there was laughable.
Then as if it to prove his point,
he picked up where he left off before
a three-match suspension,
scoring the goal in the 93rd minute
that once again bailed out United,
India captain Virat Kohli has been
named the "Leading Cricketer in
the World" in this year's edition of
the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack,
the publication announced.
Pakistan Test captain Misbahul-Haq
and senior batsman Younis
Khan were among the five "Cricketers
of the Year", a group which also
includes the English trio of Ben
Duckett, Chris Woakes and Toby
Roland-Jones.
The five players cannot have
been chosen before and the emphasis
remains on the English summer.
Australia's Ellyse Perry was
named the world's leading women's
cricketer.
Barring the just-concluded
home series against Australia,
Kohli had a fairytale year in which
the batsman averaged more than
anyone in all three formats, while
his team lost only once in their 13-
Test home season.
Kohli's 235 in the Mumbai Test
against England cemented his
place as "the spiritual successor
to Sachin Tendulkar", editor Lawrence
Booth wrote. •
EPL
Burnley 1-0 Stoke
Boyd 58
Leicester 2-0 Sunderland
Slimani 69, Vardy 78
Man Utd 1-1 Everton
Ibrahimovic 90-P Jagielka 22
Watford 2-0 West Brom
Niang 13, Deeney 49
helping them eke out a 1-1 draw.
He roared after his strike from
the penalty spot just about kept
United clinging on in fifth place in
the race for the top four Champions
League spots. •