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JEDDAH: Al-Hilal won 2-0 at Al-Ittihad on Friday to silence the reigning champions, reaffirm their title credentials and move into third place in the Saudi Pro League behind Al-Taawoun and early leaders Al-Nassr.
TORONTO: The Toronto Blue Jays were made to wait longer than most teams to return to the World Series but made sure to make up for lost time with an 11-4 rout of the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday in Game One of the best-of-seven championship. Much of the talk in the build-up to the opening pitch was about how the Dodgers, a superteam that includes Japanese two-way standout Shohei Ohtani, were clear favorites to be MLB’s first repeat champion in 25 years. But the Blue Jays, who snapped the eighth-longest active streak in MLB between World Series games played, cared little for that narrative and showed they are up for the task as they left the Dodgers wondering what went wrong. For the Blue Jays, who broke open the game with a nine-run sixth inning that included the first pinch-hit Grand Slam in World Series history, it was about as perfect a start as any team could hope for. “That’s kind of how we roll,” said Blue Jays manager John Schneider. “Those were some pretty terrific at-bats from everyone up and down the order.” The Dodgers struck first as Max Muncy and Enrique Hernandez hit singles to cash in a leadoff walk that put Los Angeles up 1-0 in the second inning.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, in his first public comments since the arrests of Portland coach Chauncey Billups and Miami guard Terry Rozier on gambling-related charges, said Friday night that he was stunned by the indictments that have rocked the league. “My initial reaction was I was deeply disturbed,” Silver said on Amazon Prime Video, during the streaming service’s first broadcast — Boston at New York. “There’s nothing more important to the league and its fans than the integrity of the competition.
Pertahanan Arsenal tampil solid di Liga Inggris musim ini dengan hanya kebobolan 3 gol dalam 8 pertandingan. Arsenal juga jago dalam memanfaatkan bola mati, sudah 10 gol dicetak lewat skema bola mati musim ini.
Manajer Arsenal Mikel Arteta masih berharap-harap cemas menantikan pulihnya Gabriel Magalhaes untuk tampil melawan Crystal Palace. Gabriel mengalami cedera saat jumpa Atletico Madrid.
BERLIN: Just seven rounds into the Bundesliga season, a Harry Kane-powered Bayern Munich are already threatening to pull away from the chasing pack. Ahead of Saturday’s trip to historic rivals Borussia Moenchengladbach, Bayern are five points clear of second-placed RB Leipzig. The defending Bundesliga champions have won 12 from 12 in all competitions. They are the only team in Europe’s top five leagues yet to drop a point. Central to Bayern’s barnstorming opening has been England captain Kane. The 32-year-old has 20 goals in those 12 Bayern victories.
Arsenal kini dikenal sebagai tim yang piawai memanfaatkan bola-bola mati. Mikel Arteta rupanya sudah punya visi soal itu sejak satu dekade lalu.
LONDON: Mikel Arteta said Friday that Arsenal’s set-piece prowess has been a decade in the making. The Gunners have scored 10 goals via set pieces in the Premier League this season — the earliest into a campaign any side has reached double figures for such goals in the history of the competition. Arteta finished his playing career at the Emirates in 2016 before he joined Pep Guardiola’s coaching team at Manchester City. And when the Spaniard, who is now approaching six years in charge at Arsenal, was asked at what point he thought it would be smart to hone in on the importance of set-pieces, he replied: “Ten years ago. “I started to have a vision and try to implement a method and try to be surrounded by the best people to deliver that. “I went to City with the best manager in the world and I could see where we could have improvements, and it was clear because at some point I was doing that and I wasn’t the best person in the world to do it. “So if I’m not the best person in the world to do it and the best method to do it, there are ways to improve it.” Ahead of Crystal Palace’s visit to Emirates Stadium this weekend, Arteta admitted he knew set pieces — including free-kicks and corners — would be essential to any success during his Arsenal reign. Crucially, Arteta was doing his coaching badges when he met Nicolas Jover, who would later become set-piece coach at Brentford before joining Arsenal in 2021. Jover has been instrumental in Arsenal’s remarkable ability at set-pieces. “You could see straight afterwards when it started to happen,” he said. “We have created the culture, giving that part of the game (set-pieces) the importance that it has.