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Real Madrid kick off season with 4-1 win away to Alaves

Real Madrid celebrate a 4-1 win away to Alaves in La Liga season opener, while Chinas Wu Lei played 63 minutes in Espanyols return to the top flight.

Real Madrid kicked off the new season Saturday with a 4-1 win away to Alaves thanks to two goals from Karim Benzema and a header from defender Nacho Fernandez.

Gareth Bale and Eden Hazard both started for Real Madrid, but the game was even in the first half and it wasn’t until the 48th minute that Benzema opened the scoring after a move involving Bale and Hazard.

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Nacho then doubled Real Madrid’s lead following a smart free kick and good work from Rede Valverde allowed Benzema to net his second of the game.

Although Joselu got a goal back from the penalty spot, Vinicius Jr added Madrid’s fourth in injury time to complete a satisfactory return for Carlo Ancelotti.

Saturday’s three other games all ended in draws with Espanyol returning to La Liga with a 0-0 draw away to Osasuna. Wu Lei played 63 minutes for Espanyol on their return to the top flight.

Mallorca took a point on their return to La Liga with a 1-1 draw at home to Betis, after Betis striker Juanmi canceled out Brian Olivan’s first half opener with the help of a big deflection off Mallorca keeper Manolo Reina.

A 96th minute equalizer from Cadiz forward Alfonso Espino rescued a point for his side at home Levante, who led though Jose Luis Morales’ 50th top-flight goal in the 39th minute of the game.

Levante did enough to win the game, but Cadiz’s pressure in the closing moments saw them rescue a point that looked to be lost.

On Friday night, Carlos Soler got Valencia and new boss Pepe Bordalas off to a winning start with a 1-0 win at home to Bordalas’ former club Getafe. Valencia had defender Hugo Guillamon sent off in the second minute of the game, but Soler’s first half penalty was enough to give them a win against a rival that had a lot of the ball, but looked light in attack.  

Published : August 16, 2021

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Man Utd, Chelsea, Liverpool send early message out to Manchester City in Premier League

Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool all off to highly flying start to the English Premier Leagues new season.

Bruno Fernandes scored a hat-trick as Manchester United sounded out a warning to the Premier League with a 5-1 thrashing of Leeds United.

New signing Raphael Varane was presented to the fans in Old Trafford ahead of the game and United’s other new arrival Jadon Sancho was on the bench, so Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side kicked off with virtually the same starting 11 as last season.
 

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Fernandes put his side ahead in the 30th minute and although Luke Ayling drew Leeds level three minutes after halftime, quickfire goals from Mason Greenwood and Fernandez in the 52nd and 54th minute put United firmly in the driving seat.

Fernandes completed his hat-trick on 60 minutes and Fred made it 5-1 eight minutes later.

There was no record signing Romelu Lukaku for Chelsea, but the European Champions also made their Premier League ambitions clear with a 3-0 win which ruined Patrick Viera’s debut as Crystal Palace coach.

Chelsea dominated from start to finish with Marcos Alonso and Christian Pulisic putting them 2-0 up at the break and defender Trevor Chalobah scored his first Premier League goal just before the hour.

Liverpool also showed they mean business as they claimed a 3-0 victory away to Norwich City, with Diogo Jota putting Jurgen Klopp’s side ahead on 26 minutes, before Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah rounded off a good afternoon for Liverpool, who had Virgil van Dijk back in the side after last season’s knee injury.

It was business as usual for veteran striker Jamie Vardy, who scored the only goal of the game to give Leicester City a 1-0 win over Wolves, who had chances but looked blunt in attack.

Everton came back from conceding an Adam Armstrong goal to give Rafael Benitez a winning start at Goodison Park. Richarlison, Abdoulaye Doucoure and Dominc Carvert-Lewin all scored after the break to give Everton a 3-1 victory over Southampton.

Mohamed Salah (2nd L) in action during the 2021-2022 season English Premier League first round match between Norwich City and Liverpool in Norwich, England, on Aug. 14, 2021.

Former Southampton striker Danny Ings netted a 97th minute penalty, but it was not enough to save Aston Villa from a 3-2 defeat away to Watford, with the side that has returned to the top-flight taking the points thanks to goals from goals from Emmanuel Bonaventure, Ismaila Sarr and ‘Cucho’ Hernandez.

Brighton got off to a winning start as goals on 72 and 78 minutes from Neal Maupay and Alex McAlister saw them overturn James Tarkovski’s second minute opener for Burnley.

Newly promoted Brentford kicked off the new season in winning style on Friday night as goals in each half from Sergi Canos and Christian Norgaard gave them a 2-0 win over a very disappointing Arsenal.

Manchester City visit Tottenham and Newcastle United entertain West Ham in Sunday’s remaining matches.

Published : August 16, 2021

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STRONG THAI SHOWING AT 2021 TRUST GOLF WOMENS SCOTTISH OPEN

Ariya Jutanugarn and Atthaya Thitikul narrowly missed out on 2021 Trust Golf Womens Scottish Open victory after Ryann OToole closed out an incredible round of 64 to win her first LPGA title.

Atthaya Thitikul was only one stroke behind the leaders going into the final round at Dumbarnie Links, a round of 66 saw a total of eight birdies to finish in a tie for second place alongside New Zealand’s Lydia Ko. The 18-year old was proud of her performance and has her sights set on obtaining an LPGA card  – “I putt pretty well today and hit a pretty solid round today. 6-under, but at least it’s not enough for the win, but I just know that I tried my best and I’m proud of myself already.

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I will say I just feel good. My focus for this year, trying to improve myself every day and then trying to get the card, member card on LPGA.” Former world no 1, Ariya Jutanugarn had an impressive final round that saw an eagle on the 2nd hole and three birdies on the back nine to leave her at -13 and in solo fourth place. Jutanugarn has become fond of links golf after a great performance this week – “I would say I really enjoy playing links right now because I feel like it’s really interesting and really challenge, like just depend how the weather going and it’s so much fun this week and I feel like I have pretty good experience.”

Jasmine Suwannapura’s 69 which included 7 birdies left her at -7 and in a tie for 15th place. The 2020 AIG Women’s Open runner up has found this week a great learning experience –  I haven’t really played on a windy golf course before. We only play in Scotland for two weeks a year, so to be able to come back here and play really windy course and the links course, it’s really fun for me. So this week, I learned that my hybrid can go 130-yard shot, which is really rare for me. But yeah, we just have to adapt and get better, be better and learn from each shot.”

The other Thai’s on the leader board include, Pajaree Anannarukarn who finished T22 after a second consecutive 69, and Patty Tavatanakit who shot a superb final round of 67 which included 2 eagles and 2 birdies to finish at T27.

Thai Trust Golf invite Prima Thammaraks posted a third consecutive 72 to finish at -2, which was also enough to seal her the 5th qualifying spot for next week’s AIG Women’s Open. It will be her second appearance in the Women’s Open. Thammaraks explained “To be able to play my second British Open would be amazing. I played my first one here and that’s still one of my favourite things to do. Coming here, I didn’t really think that I was going to stay and play another one. But what a way to spend my off week. I am so grateful to Trust Golf for the invite here as I had a great week here at Dumbarnie and its lead me TO qualifying for Carnoustie too! “

Published : August 16, 2021

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Lamphun football club chief vows to prove innocence in drugs case

The president of Lamphun Warriors Football Club, Pongsiri Tharatchawongsuek, has said he is ready to prove his innocence in a narcotics case.

Pongsiri turned himself in to the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) on July 15 over alleged involvement in sales of narcotics.

In a “Lamphun Warriors” Facebook post on Saturday, he clarified that no arrest warrant had been issued for him as reported by many news outlets, adding that the incident had impacted his football club.

“The case started as one of my acquaintances was among 22 suspects arrested at an ecstacy party in Chiang Rai. All suspects were charged with allegedly selling such narcotics,” he explained.

“I received summons for conspiring with the acquaintance because he has high circulating funds and I have had financial transactions with him.”

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He said he had been granted bail and he does not have any intention to escape or transfer his assets. He added that he has confidence he can prove his innocence in the case.

“I would like to thank fans for their encouragement, as well as supporters and stakeholders for their effort. “The football club will move on and I will prove my innocence through the legal process,” he said.

Published : August 15, 2021

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Cableway of National Alpine Skiing Center fully connected, ready to go

The cableway linking Yanqing Olympic Village of Beijing 2022 and various areas of the National Alpine Skiing Center is now fully connected and capable of operation, according to manufacturers Beijing Enterprises Group.

The cableway system is equipped with nine overhead cableways and two traction cableways, with a total length of about 10.3 kilometers. Among them, the main line cableway including A1, A2, B1 and C cableways, has a total length of nearly five kilometers, an elevation difference of more than 1000 meters, and a total of 206 cabins.

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At the end of 2019, cableway B1 and cableway C passed their inspections. The A1 and A2 cableways passed their inspections this time, reducing the journey from Yanqing Winter Olympic Village to the peak departure area to 30 minutes.

The cableway system features advanced technology, fast operation speed and can carry a large volume of traffic. The maximum running speed of A1 and A2 cableways, and B1 and B2 cableways reaches six meters per second, and can carry 3,200 passengers per hour. The spreader is equipped with seat heating function, positioning system and wireless broadcast media device.

During the Beijing Olympic Winter Games, as one of the two competition venues in Yanqing zone, the center will hold the downhill, super-G and giant slalom events. Seven snow tracks are scheduled to be built, according to the mountain situation. The starting area of the peak is located at the top of Xiaohaituo mountain, the second highest peak in Beijing, with an altitude of 2,198 meters.

Published : August 15, 2021

By : xinhua