Weekender Alicante South Issue 106

32 FRIDAY 30TH AUGUST 2019
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ASHES FEVER ERUPTS
NEW MAN
DELIVERS
by Alex Trelinski
Fekir’s opener, then bent in a lovely second
five minutes after half-time, with Barca running
out five-two winners.
Antoine Griezmann marked his home Real Madrid were held one-one at home by
league debut for Barcelona last weekend,
Real Valladolid, and go to Villarreal on Sun-
with his first competitive goals for day, whilst Barca travel to Osasuna tomor-
the club as Real Betis were well beaten row afternoon.
in the second round of La Liga fixtures. Sevilla will look to stay at the top with a
Griezmann, who signed in July for 115 hat trick of wins tonight, as they entertain
million euros, swept in to equalise Nabil Celta Vigo.
CARRY ON RACING
by Alex Trelinski
held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya,
on the Vietnam and a return to the
schedule but a new race in
The Spanish Grand Prix
will stay on the Formula
outskirts of the city, for the
30th straight year.
Netherlands have already
been announced.
One calendar in 2020, the The contract for the Italy, home race for the
sport’s commercial rights
holders and race organisers
said this week, with the
season set to expand to a
record 22 races next year.
The race will continue to be
Spanish race ran out after
this year’s event in May
was won by world champion
Lewis Hamilton for Mercedes.
Germany is set to
drop off the current 21-race
sport’s most popular team
Ferrari, has yet to sign a
contract extension but local
organisers and authorities
have given the race the goahead.
It’s game on in the Ashes series
as the fourth test starts
at Old Trafford on Wednesday,
with Australia and England
having won one match
each.
Ben Stokes’ astonishing 135
not out last Sunday repeated
his World Cup heroics and
gave England their greatest
victory at Headingley(even
including the 1981 Botham-
Willis test) to keep the Ashes
series against Australia alive.
In the chase of an England
record 359 at a delirious
Headingley, the home side still
needed 73 when Stokes was
joined by last man Jack Leach,
who helped the all-rounder
keep up his charge, by scoring
COOL
HAND LUKE
Luke Campbell will produce
“one of the biggest upsets
in British boxing history” by
beating Vasyl Lomachenko,
says his trainer Shane Mc-
Guigan.
Campbell, 31, can win Lomachenko’s
WBA and WBO
world lightweight titles this
Saturday at London’s O2 Arena
and claim the vacant WBC
belt. But Lomachenko, 31, is
a 1-14 favourite and boasts a
stellar reputation.
“Lomachenko is not unbeatable
and we have the attributes
to be able to take away
some of his qualities,” Mc-
Guigan told the BBC.
“I expect one of the best
technical fights in the UK
ever. Two Olympic gold medallists,
two skilled fighters, full
of power, speed and I expect
one of the biggest upsets in
British boxing history.”
by Alex Trelinski
a priceless undefeated single,
and showing better defensive
technique than some of his colleagues
up the order.
Whatever the words that
came out of the shell-shocked
Australian camp after the
match, the sheer disbelief at
what happened, plus wasted
opportunities to dismiss England
at the death, will have
dented morale ahead of next
week’s Old Trafford showdown.
The reality though is
that with two matches
remaining(the last one being
at The Oval), the Aussies still
only have to win one of those
contests to retain the Ashes.
All the momentum though
is with England, after their recovery
from being skittled out
for a disgraceful 67 in the first
innings.
Questions though remain to
be answered over the top order
and it’s failure to deliver any
kind of opening stand, especially
with Jason Roy unable
to bring his natural talent to
the fore.
Australia will also have the
brilliant Steve Smith back in
their side, as the best Ashes series
since the 2005 classic continues,
on the back of perhaps
the greatest-ever test match,
and certainly most memorable
individual innings, courtesy of
Ben Stokes.