Here is Sportzwiki’s daily news round-up, featuring top sports news from around the world, on 5th November 2017. Here’s all the news from sporting events as cricket, football and tennis which took over the attention of all the sports enthusiasts.
New Zealand thrash India to level series:
Riding on Colin Munro’s blistering century, New Zealand defeated India by 40 runs in the second T20 International in Rajkot on Saturday (November 4) to level the three-match series. Batting first, the Kiwis were off to a flying start with their openers – Munro and Martin Guptill adding 105 runs for the first wicket. Munro then shared crucial partnerships with the other batsmen and remained till the end to help the Kiwis post a daunting 196 for 2.
In reply, India kept on losing at regular intervals and were eventually restricted for 156 for 7. Captain Virat Kohli top-scored for the hosts with 65 while MD Dhoni scored 49.
Saudi Arabia batters India U-19s
Saudi Arabia thrashed India 5-0 in its opening match of Group D at the AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers. The hosts kept the Indian colts under pressure right from the word go and took a deserved lead in the 15th minute through Abdullah Alhamaddan. India somehow managed to keep the scoreboard 1-0 at half-time but the hosts ran riot after the break.
Feras Albrikan doubled the lead just five minutes after the restart before Al-Shahrani blasted the ball into the net to give his side a 3-0 lead. The hosts were not done yet and added two more in the last 10 minutes to pile more misery on India.
English Premier League:
Mohammad Salah continued his red-hot streak in front of the goal as his brace gave Liverpool a much-needed 4-1 win over the beleaguered West Ham United. Salah put the Reds ahead at the London Stadium with a lightning counter-attack in the 21st minute before Joel Matip doubled the visitors’ lead before half-time.
Manuel Lanzini revived the hosts’ hopes by reducing the deficit in the 55th minute but Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain restored Liverpool’s two-goal lead in the very next minute. Salah then bagged the 12th goal of this season to pile more misery on Slaven Bilic.
Other results:
- Stoke City 2-2 Leicester City
- Huddersfield Town 1-0 West Bromwich Albion
- Newcastle United 0-1 AFC Bournemouth
- Southampton 0-1 Burnley
- Swansea City 0-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Clash of titans on Sunday:
The Super Sunday will see high-flying table-toppers Manchester City hosting Arsenal while second-placed Manchester United will visit London to take on struggling Chelsea.
Both the Manchester clubs will enter the upcoming games high on confidence after winning their respective Champions League games while both the London clubs will be looking to get back to winning ways. City defeated Napoli 4-2 while United got the better of Benfica by 2-0. On the other hand, Chelsea were thrashed 3-0 by AS Roma while Arsenal were held to a goalless draw by Red Star Belgrade in Europa League.
Barcelona continues red-hot form:
Paco Alcacer scored a brilliant brace as Barcelona saw off Sevilla 2-1 at the Nou Camp to register their 10th win of the campaign in 11 games. The La Liga leaders took the lead when Alcacer capitalised on a mistake from Sevilla captain Sergio Escudero after 23 minutes. The visitors restored parity in the second half through Guido Pizarro (59) but Alcacer turned in Ivan Rakitic’s cross to secure all the three points for his team.
Bayern Munich thrash Borussia Dortmund:
Defending champions Bayern Munich hammered Borussia Dortmund 3-1 at Signal Iduna Park to open a four-point lead at the top of the table.
Bayern took the lead in the 17th minute when Arjen Robben brilliantly curled in the ball before an audacious back-heel from Robert Lewandowski deflected off a defender on its way in to make it 2-0 before the half-time. David Alaba then put the game to the bed by scoring the third in the 67th minute. Marc Bartra scored a stunner deep into the game to give the home fans something to cheer about.
Steffi Graf backs Serena Williams to break Margaret Court’s record:
Tennis legend Steffi Graf, on Sunday (November 5), said that United States’ Serena Williams can “absolutely” break the legendary Margaret Court’s Grand Slam singles title record if she returns to tennis.
Williams, who became a mother earlier this year, has already surpassed Graf with 23 Grand Slam wins and the Germany legend feels the former world number one can also go past Court who won a staggering 24 major titles.
“Absolutely, yes,” Graf said when asked if Williams can break Court’s record. “A lot of it is determined on her drive and if that’s what she wants to do.”
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