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Sports ❘ 07 CONTACT US AT: 8351-9190, [email protected] Thursday August 17, 2017 CARLOS TEVEZ is being linked with a return to Boca Juniors despite only joining Shanghai Shenhua in December. Shanghai Shenhua has granted Carlos Tevez permis- sion to return to Argentina for treatment on a calf injury after receiving a written guarantee he will return before the end of the month, according to the South China Morning Post. Tevez has played just 11 games and scored only twice since join- ing Shenhua at the start of the Chinese Super League season from Boca Juniors in a two- year deal. The 33-year-old former Manchester City and Juventus striker has struggled for fit- Sports summer camps popular in city Dan Thorp (R), head coach of the Boris Becker Tennis Academy at Mission Hills Shenzhen, shares a smile with two kids who are attending a tennis summer camp at Mission Hills Shenzhen. Thorp joined the academy from the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) in Wimbledon, the United Kingdom, as one of the world leaders in tennis coaching and coach education with a 20-year track record. More than 100 students have joined summer camps at Mission Hills, featuring golf and tennis, this summer. Courtesy of Mission Hills Group CHINA made an astonishing comeback Tuesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the FIBA Asia Cup after beating Syria 81-79, while Jordan played a close game against Iraq before winning 84-70 to move to the quarters. After leading most of the game with 15 points at one time, Syria did not manage to level up with the Chinese players who dominated the fourth quarter and scored 25 points against 11 and that was enough for China to advance to the quarterfinals to play against Australia today. Syria had the possibility of leveling the score at 1.4 seconds from the end with William al- Haddad on the freethrow line but failed to score both shots. Madanly was the first player in the current tournament to score 35 points in one game but this was not enough for his team to move forward. In the other game Tuesday, Iraq did not benefit from the sometimes hasty plays of Jordan that saw them commit 25 turnovers. Jordan won the game and moved to the quar- terfinals to play New Zealand today. (Xinhua) GIANLUIGI BUFFON, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were named Monday on the shortlist for the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year award. The prize, formerly called the Best Player in Europe Award, was won by Real Madrid star Ronaldo last year and has twice been given to Barcelona forward Messi. Andres Iniesta and Franck Ribery are the only other play- ers to have lifted the trophy. The prize recognizes the best players, regardless of national- ity, playing for clubs in UEFA territories and is judged on their performances in domestic, continental and international competition. “The shortlist of three players was selected by a jury compris- ing the 80 coaches of the clubs, which participated in the group stage of the 2016-17 Champions League and Europa League, along with 55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, representing each of UEFA’s member asso- ciations,” according to UEFA’s guidelines. Coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own teams. Ronaldo scored 42 goals in UEFA Player of the Year shortlist released 46 matches. Not nearly the Messi numbers but he did lead the Champions League with 12 goals and fired Madrid to a league and Champions League double last season, as well as the UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup, Messi scored 54 goals in 52 games last season, an incredible season that may be overlooked due to Barca’s lack of trophies. The Catalan club only won the Copa del Rey title last season, and that could be what separates the two superstars this season. Buffon won a Serie A and Coppa Italia double for the third time in three years and reached the final of the Champions League with Juventus, where they lost 4-1 to Madrid. No goalkeeper has ever won the award, with Bayern Munich’s Manuel Neuer finishing second in 2013-14. Luka Modric came fourth in the voting, ahead of Madrid teammate Toni Kroos and Juve star Paulo Dybala. Madrid captain Sergio Ramos was seventh, Monaco sensa- tion Kylian Mbappe eighth and Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski ninth. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who left Manches- ter United at the end of his con- tract, completes the top 10. The award will be presented along with the four positional prizes for the Champions League for 2016-17 at the group-stage draw for this season’s competi- tion Aug. 24. (SD-Agencies) China’s Li Gen (L) puts up a layup against Syria during their match Tuesday. SD-Agencies Lionel Messi Gianluigi Buffon Cristiano Ronaldo China, Jordan move to last 8 of Asia Cup Shenhua gives Tevez permission to return to Argentina Carlos Tevez ness since suffering the injury in April. He has requested the club allow him to travel to his home- land for additional treatment. “According to the request from Carlos Tevez to our club, after discussion, we now approve his request,” Shenhua is reported to have said in the agreement with Tevez. “He’s permitted to go back to Argentina and receive treatment at the Clinica Jorge Bombicino and he must rejoin the team Aug. 30 and participate in training.” Speculation has been mounting in both China and Argentina that Tevez wants to re-join Boca Juniors. The striker did not rule out a return in a recent radio interview, during which he also said he would soon be “on holiday in Buenos Aires.” However, David Wang, a Spanish translator working with Shenhua, was quoted as saying by the SCMP: “He didn’t go back to enjoy a holiday, he went back for the rehabilitation of his muscles. “The rehabilitation process requires two weeks, but it will take two days to go and two days to come back. “As the players are required to report to the club Aug. 28, Tevez won’t have enough time to do the rehabilitation, so the management of the club sug- gested that he leave a few days before the break and allowed him to come back two days later.” (SD-Agencies) WITH just two weeks remaining until the transfer window closes in what has been a historic summer of spending, Premier League clubs are still looking to do business. Between them, clubs have spent more than 1 billion pounds (US$1.29 billion) in the league over the past two months as many continue to break their own records. But still they keep going. After the opening weekend of the Premier League, managers discovered the changes they needed to address. Chelsea is preparing a 50-mil- lion-pound offer for Tottenham left-back Danny Rose, according to The Sun. The Englishman, who was outspoken on a recent interview about Spurs’ lack of spending this summer, was a target for Manchester United and Manchester City, but Anto- nio Conte is looking to hijack the deals. Tottenham may, however, be about to end that run and hijack a deal of its own. Manchester United was reported to be on the verge of signing Ivorian right-back Serge Aurier, but French newspaper L’Equipe says Tottenham has reached an agreement with Paris Saint- Germain over the signing of the defender. Chelsea boss Antonio Conte wants Juventus defender Alex Sandro to hand in a transfer request, the London Evening Standard says, after the Blues saw two offers, for 51 million pounds and 60 million pounds, rejected by the Italian giant. The west London club was reported to have bid for Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Cham- berlain earlier this week, but the Daily Mirror says Arsene Wenger will resist any offers for the 23- year-old. Wenger expects Cham- berlain to see out his contract at the Emirates Stadium. West Ham was willing to pay a club-record fee for Sporting Lisbon midfielder William Carv- alho but the deal has stalled after the Portuguese club demanded 40 million pounds, according to The Sun. Watford is considering making a bid for Leicester City striker Islam Slimani, it said. (SD-Agencies) Chelsea prepares 50-million-pound bid
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Sports x 07CONTACT US AT: 8351-9190, [email protected]
Thursday August 17, 2017
CARLOS TEVEZ is being linked with a return to Boca Juniors despite only joining Shanghai Shenhua in December.
Shanghai Shenhua has granted Carlos Tevez permis-sion to return to Argentina for treatment on a calf injury after receiving a written guarantee he will return before the end of the month, according to the South China Morning Post.
Tevez has played just 11 games and scored only twice since join-ing Shenhua at the start of the Chinese Super League season from Boca Juniors in a two-year deal.
The 33-year-old former Manchester City and Juventus striker has struggled for fi t-
Sports summer camps popular in cityDan Thorp (R), head coach of the Boris Becker Tennis Academy at Mission Hills Shenzhen, shares a smile with two kids who are attending a tennis summer camp at Mission Hills Shenzhen.
Thorp joined the academy from the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) in Wimbledon, the United Kingdom, as one of the world leaders in tennis coaching and coach education with a 20-year track record.
More than 100 students have joined summer camps at Mission Hills, featuring golf and tennis, this summer. Courtesy of Mission Hills Group
CHINA made an astonishing comeback Tuesday to advance to the quarterfi nals of the FIBA Asia Cup after beating Syria 81-79, while Jordan played a close game against Iraq before winning 84-70 to move to the quarters.
After leading most of the game with 15 points at one time, Syria did not manage to level up with the Chinese players who dominated the fourth quarter and scored 25 points against 11 and that was enough for China to advance to the quarterfi nals to play against Australia today.
Syria had the possibility of leveling the score at 1.4 seconds from the end with William al-Haddad on the freethrow line but failed to score both shots.
Madanly was the fi rst player in the current tournament to score 35 points in one game but this was not enough for his team to move forward.
In the other game Tuesday, Iraq did not benefi t from the sometimes hasty plays of Jordan that saw them commit 25 turnovers. Jordan won the game and moved to the quar-terfi nals to play New Zealand today.
(Xinhua)
GIANLUIGI BUFFON, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were named Monday on the shortlist for the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year award.
The prize, formerly called the Best Player in Europe Award, was won by Real Madrid star Ronaldo last year and has twice been given to Barcelona forward Messi.
Andres Iniesta and Franck Ribery are the only other play-ers to have lifted the trophy.
The prize recognizes the best players, regardless of national-ity, playing for clubs in UEFA territories and is judged on their performances in domestic, continental and international competition.
“The shortlist of three players was selected by a jury compris-ing the 80 coaches of the clubs, which participated in the group stage of the 2016-17 Champions League and Europa League, along with 55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, representing each of UEFA’s member asso-ciations,” according to UEFA’s guidelines. Coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own teams.
Ronaldo scored 42 goals in
UEFA Player of the Year shortlist released
46 matches. Not nearly the Messi numbers but he did lead the Champions League with 12 goals and fi red Madrid to a league and Champions League double last season, as well as the UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup,
Messi scored 54 goals in 52 games last season, an incredible season that may be overlooked due to Barca’s lack of trophies. The Catalan club only won the Copa del Rey title last season, and that could be what separates
the two superstars this season.Buffon won a Serie A and
Coppa Italia double for the third time in three years and reached the fi nal of the Champions League with Juventus, where they lost 4-1 to Madrid.
No goalkeeper has ever won the award, with Bayern Munich’s Manuel Neuer fi nishing second in 2013-14.
Luka Modric came fourth in the voting, ahead of Madrid teammate Toni Kroos and Juve star Paulo Dybala.
Madrid captain Sergio Ramos was seventh, Monaco sensa-tion Kylian Mbappe eighth and Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski ninth. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who left Manches-ter United at the end of his con-tract, completes the top 10.
The award will be presented along with the four positional prizes for the Champions League for 2016-17 at the group-stage draw for this season’s competi-tion Aug. 24. (SD-Agencies)
China’s Li Gen (L) puts up a layup against Syria during their match Tuesday. SD-Agencies
Lionel MessiGianluigi Buffon Cristiano RonaldoChina, Jordan move to last 8 of Asia Cup
Shenhua gives Tevez permission to return to Argentina
Carlos Tevez
ness since suffering the injury in April.
He has requested the club allow him to travel to his home-
land for additional treatment.“According to the request
from Carlos Tevez to our club, after discussion, we now approve his request,” Shenhua is reported to have said in the agreement with Tevez.
“He’s permitted to go back to Argentina and receive treatment at the Clinica Jorge Bombicino and he must rejoin the team Aug. 30 and participate in training.”
Speculation has been mounting in both China and Argentina that Tevez wants to re-join Boca Juniors.
The striker did not rule out a return in a recent radio interview, during which he also said he would soon be
“on holiday in Buenos Aires.”However, David Wang, a
Spanish translator working with Shenhua, was quoted as saying by the SCMP: “He didn’t go back to enjoy a holiday, he went back for the rehabilitation of his muscles.
“The rehabilitation process requires two weeks, but it will take two days to go and two days to come back.
“As the players are required to report to the club Aug. 28, Tevez won’t have enough time to do the rehabilitation, so the management of the club sug-gested that he leave a few days before the break and allowed him to come back two days later.” (SD-Agencies)
WITH just two weeks remaining until the transfer window closes in what has been a historic summer of spending, Premier League clubs are still looking to do business.
Between them, clubs have spent more than 1 billion pounds (US$1.29 billion) in the league over the past two months as many continue to break their own records.
But still they keep going. After the opening weekend of the Premier League, managers discovered the changes they needed to address.
Chelsea is preparing a 50-mil-lion-pound offer for Tottenham left-back Danny Rose, according to The Sun. The Englishman, who was outspoken on a recent
interview about Spurs’ lack of spending this summer, was a target for Manchester United and Manchester City, but Anto-nio Conte is looking to hijack the deals.
Tottenham may, however, be about to end that run and hijack a deal of its own. Manchester United was reported to be on the verge of signing Ivorian right-back Serge Aurier, but French newspaper L’Equipe says Tottenham has reached an agreement with Paris Saint-Germain over the signing of the defender.
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte wants Juventus defender Alex Sandro to hand in a transfer request, the London Evening Standard says, after the Blues
saw two offers, for 51 million pounds and 60 million pounds, rejected by the Italian giant.
The west London club was reported to have bid for Arsenal midfi elder Alex Oxlade-Cham-berlain earlier this week, but the Daily Mirror says Arsene Wenger will resist any offers for the 23-year-old. Wenger expects Cham-berlain to see out his contract at the Emirates Stadium.
West Ham was willing to pay a club-record fee for Sporting Lisbon midfi elder William Carv-alho but the deal has stalled after the Portuguese club demanded 40 million pounds, according to The Sun. Watford is considering making a bid for Leicester City striker Islam Slimani, it said.
(SD-Agencies)
Chelsea prepares 50-million-pound bid
