Spurs up to second as Everton fall, Gunners beat United

Manchester United remain winless at home in the league this season after Arsenal enjoyed their first win at Old Trafford in 14 years thanks to a Paul Pogba foul handing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang the chance to convert a penalty. Two superb free kicks by James Ward-Prowse, between a Jannik Vestergaard header and a Danny Ings blast, gave Southampton an entertaining 4-3 win at Aston Villa.

* Lille missed out on an opportunity to move level on points with leaders Paris St Germain when they were held to a 1-1 home draw by 10-man Olympique Lyonnais on Sunday.

* Brian Gay rolled in a long birdie putt on his first extra hole to win the Bermuda Championship on Sunday and return to the PGA Tour winner’s circle for the first time in seven years. The 48-year-old came from behind to defeat fellow American Wyndham Clark, who at one point enjoyed a three-stroke lead in the final round, and earn his fifth Tour victory.

* The Tour de France riders will climb the iconic Mont Ventoux twice next year through two different courses, organisers said as they unveiled the route on Sunday. The ‘Giant of Provence’ will first be ascended from the easiest of its three sides, from Sault – 26km at an average gradient of 4.6% – then from its hardest side, from Bedoin – 21km at 7.5% – during the 11th stage between Sorgues and Malaucene, at the bottom of the descent of the third side.

* Champions England sealed the Grand Slam in the women’s Six Nations for a second year running after they trounced Italy 54-0 in Parma on Sunday in their final match of the tournament which was postponed from March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

* Upstarts Sassuolo went second in the table and ended Napoli’s 100% record on the pitch in Serie A when a Manuel Locatelli penalty and a solo Maxime Lopez goal gave them a shock 2-0 away win on Sunday.

* Kawasaki Frontale midfielder Kengo Nakamura has said he will retire at the end of the season in Japan. Nakamura, who celebrated his 40th birthday on Saturday by scoring the winner for Kawasaki against FC Tokyo, was a member of Japan’s squad at the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa and played 68 times for the ‘Samurai Blue’.

* Sizzling Real Sociedad thrashed Celta Vigo 4-1 away from home on Sunday for a fourth consecutive La Liga victory, which returned them to the top of the standings. The victory took Sociedad top of the table on 17 points from eight games, one ahead of second-placed Real Madrid who have a game in hand. The Basques also lead the scoring charts with 17 goals, netting 14 times in the last four games.

* Lazio produced the most dramatic comeback of the Serie A season so far when they scored twice in stoppage time to win 4-3 at Torino on Sunday after their opponents had themselves taken the lead in the 87th minute.

* Richard Carapaz regained the overall leader’s red jersey from Primoz Roglic in the Vuelta a Espana, opening up a 10-second advantage after Sunday’s stage 12 up the punishing Alto de l’Angliru, as Hugh Carthy pulled off a heroic solo victory. The Vuelta, which has been shortened from its usual 21 stages to 18, finishes next Sunday in Madrid.

* Cristiano Ronaldo made an immediate impact on his return from a COVID-19 infection on Sunday, scoring three minutes after coming on as a substitute before converting a penalty to lead Juventus to a 4-1 Serie A win at Spezia. The Serie A champions, pegged back at 1-1 when the 35-year-old entered the fray, scored three times in 20 minutes after his arrival as they went third in the table.

* England’s Callum Shinkwin won his maiden European Tour title when he beat Finland’s Kalle Samooja in a playoff to win the Cyprus Open after both golfers finished 20-under overall in a dramatic finale on Sunday. Shinkwin, 27, was two shots behind Samooja with two holes to play and sank a birdie on the 17th before holing a 54-foot putt for an eagle on the par-five 18th, his second eagle at the hole after one in the third round.

* Russia’s Andrey Rublev beat Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego 6-4 6-4 to win the Vienna Open on Sunday for his fifth ATP Tour title of the year, the most by any player on the tour. Rublev, 23, had previously won tournaments in Doha, Adelaide, Hamburg and St Petersburg and improved to a Tour-leading 39 wins in 2020 – tied with world number one Novak Djokovic.

* Mercedes became the first team to win seven successive Formula One constructors’ titles on Sunday as Lewis Hamilton celebrated a record-extending 93rd career win at Imola to stand on the brink of a seventh drivers’ crown. Hamilton came back from third place at the end of the opening lap to lead Finnish team mate Valtteri Bottas in a Mercedes one-two at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at the Italian circuit.

* The irrepressible Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored an acrobatic late goal, taking his league tally to seven this season, to give Serie A leaders AC Milan a hard-fought 2-1 win at Udinese on Sunday. The 39-year-old Swede, who also set up Milan’s opening goal for Franck Kessie, has now scored in his last six Serie A outings.

* The Tour Down Under in Australia that was scheduled to take place in January has been cancelled as the COVID-19 pandemic has made logistics difficult, organisers said on Sunday.

* Cho Gue-sung scored twice in the first half as defending champions Jeonbuk Motors handed Daegu FC a 2-0 defeat on Sunday to secure a record-breaking eighth the Republic of Korea title in 12 seasons.

* The ATP Finals, the flagship event on the men’s tennis Tour, will continue preparations to be held without spectators in London this month, organisers said, following the announcement of a month-long lockdown in England starting next week.

Source: Nhan Dan Online