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46 FRIDAY 15TH NOVEMBER 2019 www.weekender.news Sports & Local News Major rugby coup A PREMIER International rugby tournament for young players is coming to the Costa Blanca next autumn. The 13th staging of the World Rugby Under 20 Trophy will be held at Villajoyosa’s Campo de El Pantano between September 14th and September 27th, with eight teams taking part. It will be the first time that Spain and the Federación Española de Rugby (FER) will organise the tournament. The World Rugby U20 Trophy has provided a platform for the future stars of the game to shine since its introduction in 2008, with almost 500 players having graduated to go on to play test rugby. Hosts Spain will be joined by Scotland, who were relegated from the U20 Championship earlier this year after finishing 12th, with the remaining six places determined by regional qualification tournaments. A real issue REAL Madrid have written to Spain´s football federation (RFEF) to oppose La Liga´s plans to play Villarreal's home match with Atletico Madrid in Miami next month. In the letter, Real complained that playing the proposed match 'affects the integrity and fairness of the competition'. La Liga signed a 15-year deal with entertainment company Relevent last year to promote Spanish soccer in North America, which included hosting one game per season stateside. Its plan to play Girona's match with Barcelona in Miami last January fell through after Barca withdrew from the proposal, citing a lack of institutional support. Yet the league has applied by Alex Trelinski Spain have only competed in the tournament once, when in 2016 when they suffered a heart-breaking 38-32 loss in sudden-death extratime to Samoa in the final. by Alex Trelinski to hold the December 6th game between Villarreal and Atletico in Miami, although Eight members of that squad have since graduated to play test rugby for Los Leones. The winner of the U20 Trophy will be promoted to the World Rugby U20 Championship in 2021, replacing the team finishing bottom of the 2020 edition in Italy next June. World Rugby Chairman Sir Bill Beaumont said: “We are delighted that Spain will organise the Trophy. I know that they will be exceptional hosts and provide the teams with a superb environment to perform.” FER President Alfonso Feijoo said: “It is a great honour for the Federación Española de Rugby to host one of the main global tournaments organised by World Rugby in the Comunidad Valenciana.” “We are confident its organisation will be a success, bringing momentum to accelerate Spanish rugby’s development, especially in the Valencia region.” RFEF president Luis Rubiales has said his organisation, which would have to agree to the move, continues to oppose playing league games abroad. Six-way victory ENGLAND'S Tyrrell Hatton won the Turkish Open at the fourth extra hole last Sunday following a dramatic six-man play-off. Ryder Cup player Hatton, 28, claimed the title after Austria's Matthias Schwab missed a short par putt. They finished under floodlights after six players had tied on 20 under par to make it the first six-man play-off on the European Tour in 16 years. It was Hatton's fourth by Alex Trelinski European Tour title and his first since winning the Italian Open in October 2017. He takes a first prize of nearly two million euros and jumps up to sixth in the Race to Dubai standings with only two events of the season remaining. He has also made sure of finishing the year inside the world's top 50, which will guarantee his invitation for the US Masters in April. Valencia finale THE curtain come down by Alex Trelinski team points out of an overall on the 2019 MotoGP season 401 gained! this Sunday, with a treat for local bike fans courtesy of the Valencia GP at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo. teams’ championship, which Ducati leads by two points over Repsol Honda. On the way to his sixth MotoGP title in seven years, There will be plenty of Spaniards to try and make sure that Marquez does not win on home turf, namely Alex Vins and Maverick Spain´s Marc Marquez Marquez broke Jorge Lorenzo’s Vinales, both of whom of and Honda have wrapped up the riders’ and manufacturers’ titles respectively, but one still remains active – the record of points over 18 races, and carried Honda to the constructors’ crown with his personal tally of 395 will be fighting it out to finish third in the riders´ title chase behind second-placed Italian, Andrea Dovizioso. Brazilian race day THE Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos on Sunday will mark the penultimate race of the 2019 Formula One season. Britain’s Lewis Hamilton has already wrapped up a sixth world title with his Mercedes team sealing the constructors' championship by Alex Trelinski to boot but there is plenty left to race for - especially at Ferrari. Sebastian Vettel will be hoping for a big performance to close the 19-point gap in the drivers' standings on younger teammate Charles Leclerce. In a boost for Vettel, Leclerc faces a 10-place grid penalty after exceeding the permitted number of car parts this season. Elsewhere, Alex Albon will be looking to impress again after Red Bull announced he has been handed an extended contract for the 2020 season. End of the road by Alex Trelinski DAVID Villa says he will retire from Japanese club Vissel Kobe next year, ending the career of Spain’s top international scorer. The 37-year-old Villa, who played for Barcelona and Valencia in La Liga, joined Kobe last December, said he plans to retire after the season ends in January. “It’s better to leave football before football leaves me. I’ve been thinking for several years — when you reach 33, 34 or 35 — the moment can arrive at any time in a game, in training, or with an injury,” he said. The ex-Manchester City striker scored 59 goals in 98 appearances for Spain from 2004-17, including five goals at the 2010 World Cup as Spain won the title for the first time.
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