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••• The Guardian Friday 30 Aug ust 2019(^46) Sport Sport
Results
Football
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Final qualifying round: Second leg
AIK (1) 1 Celtic (2) 4
Larsson 33pen Forrest 17, Johnston 34
(agg 1-6) Jullien 87, Morgan 90
Qarabag (1) 2 Linfield (0) 1
Romero 6, Zoubir 88 Lavery 90
(agg 4-4; Qarabag won on away goals)
Rangers (0) 1 Legia Warsaw (0) 0
Morelos 90 (agg 1-0)
Wolves (1) 2 Torino (0) 1
Jiménez 30 Belotti 57
Dendoncker 58 (agg 5-3)
Antwerp 1 AZ Alkmaar 4 (agg 2-5); Apollon Limassol 0 PSV 4
(agg 0-7); Bate 2 Astana 0 (agg 2-3); Bnei Yehuda 0 Malmö 1
(agg 0-4); Eintracht Frankfurt 3 Strasbourg 0 (agg 3-1);
F91 Dudelange 2 Ararat Armenia 1 (agg 3-3; Dudelange
won 5-4 on pens); Ferencvaros 4 FK Suduva 2 (ag 4-2);
Guimarães 1 Steaua Bucharest 0 (agg 1-0); Hapoel Be’er Sheva 0
Feyenoord 3 (agg 0-3); Maribor 2 Ludogorets 2 (agg 2-2;
Ludogorets won on away goals); Molde 1 Partizan Belgrade 1
(agg 2-3); Paok 3 Slovan Bratislava 2 (agg 3-3; Slovan
Bratislava won on away goals); Riga 1 FC Copenhagen 0
(agg 2-3); Rijeka 1 Gent 1 (agg 2-3); Spartak Moscow 1
Braga 2 (agg 1-3); Trabzonspor 0 AEK Athens 2 (agg 3-3;
AEK won on away goals); Zorya 2 Espanyol 2 (agg 3-5)
WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY
Belgium (2) 3 England (2) 3
Jaques 38 Taylor 23
Van Kerkhoven 45 55 Mead 26
Parris 75pen
Rugby league
BETFRED SUPER LEAGUE
P W D L F A PD Pts
St Helens 26 23 0 3 842 383 +459 46
Warrington 27 15 0 12 682 491 +191 30
Salford 27 15 0 12 746 569 +176 30
Wigan 26 15 0 11 603 503 +100 30
Hull FC 26 15 0 11 615 680 -65 30
Castleford 26 14 0 12 594 516 +78 28
Catalans Dragons 26 13 0 13 513 651 -138 26
Leeds 26 10 0 16 576 610 -34 20
Wakefield 26 10 0 16 557 666 -109 20
Huddersfield 26 9 0 17 519 694 -175 18
Hull KR 26 9 0 17 492 725 -233 18
London Broncos 26 9 0 17 465 716 -251 18
Salford 22 Warrington 6
Cricket
VITALITY T20 BLAST
North Group Headingley Yorkshire 187-7 (A Lyth 50,
T Kohler-Cadmore 51). Northamptonshire 107 (TB Sole 41no;
DJ Willey 4-18). Yorkshire beat Northants by 80 runs.
P W L T NR RR Pts
Lancashire 13 7 2 0 4 0.77 18
Nottinghamshire 13 6 3 0 4 0.67 16
Derbyshire 14 7 5 0 2 0.02 16
Worcestershire 13 6 4 0 3 0.28 15
Yorkshire 13 3 5 1 4 0.27 11
Warwickshire 13 4 6 1 2 -0.42 11
Leicestershire 13 4 6 0 3 -0.47 11
Durham 13 4 7 0 2 -0.28 10
Northamptonshire 13 3 6 0 4 -0.65 10
South Group Ageas Bowl Middlesex 153-5
(AB de Villiers 52no). Hampshire 155-2 (JM Vince 66no,
AHT Donald 51). Hampshire beat Middlesex by eight wickets.
The Oval Essex 186-4 (RS Bopara 70no,
RN ten Doeschate 55no). Surrey 167 (J Clark 60;
JA Porter 4-39). Essex beat Surrey by 19 runs.
P W L T NR RR Pts
Sussex 13 8 2 1 2 0.91 19
Gloucestershire 13 6 3 1 3 0.24 16
Kent 13 6 5 0 2 0.05 14
Somerset 13 6 6 0 1 0.61 13
Hampshire 13 5 5 1 2 0.15 13
Middlesex 13 6 6 0 1 0.12 13
Essex 13 4 4 1 4 -0.57 13
Surrey 14 5 7 1 1 -0.25 12
Glamorgan 13 0 8 1 4 -1.68 5
TOUR MATCH (first day of three)
Derby Derbyshire 172 (JL du Plooy 86; MG Neser 3-31,
MA Starc 3-46). Australians 77-0 (MS Harris 52no).
Cycling
VUELTA A ESPAÑA
Stage six (Mora de Rubielos - Ares del Maestrat; 198.9km)
1 J Herrada (Sp) Cofidis Solutions Credits 4hr 43min 55sec;
2 D Teuns (Bel) Bahrain-Merida +0:07; 3 D Godon (Fr) AG2R
La Mondiale +0:21; 4 R Gesink (Neth) Jumbo-Visma s/t;
5 B Armirail (Fr) Groupama-FDJ +0:37; 6 P Poljanski (Pol)
Bora-Hansgrohe +0:39; 7 N Oliveira (Por) Movistar +0:45;
8 G Brambilla (It) Trek-Segafredo +0:47; 9 D de la Cruz (Sp)
Ineos +0:50; 10 T Grmay (Eth) Mitchelton-Scott +2:35.
Overall standings: 1 D Teuns (Bel) Bahrain-Merida 23hr
44min 00sec; 2 D de la Cruz (Sp) Ineos +0:38;
3 M Ángel López (Col) Astana +1:00; 4 P Roglic (Svn)
Jumbo-Visma +1:14; 5 N Quintana (Col) Movistar +1:23;
6 R Gesink (Neth) Jumbo-Visma s/t; 7 A Valverde (Sp)
Movistar +1:28; 8 E Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott +2:17;
9 R Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe +2:18; 10 T Pogacar (Svn)
Emirates +2:47.
Rugby league Super League
Sio’s second-half hat-trick leaves
weary Wolves chasing shadows
Racing
Kempton still
for sale despite
King George’s
new sponsor
The shadows of Old Traff ord are visible
from the highest vantage points of this
stadium but since the Super League
Grand Final was fi rst staged in Man-
chester, in 1998, any notion of the Red
Devils heading four miles down the
road to compete in the biggest game
of the season have been nothing more
than a pipe dream: until now, one
suspects.
They are unfashionable, they are
unfancied but there is no doubting it
now: Salford are a threat to everyone
in the end-of-season run-in.
They had not won six consecutive
top-fl ight league games for 40 years
before this deserved victory , which
moves them into third. With two
games remaining, the play-off s are
beckoning at long last.
Generations of supporters have
come and gone since their last title
win, in 1976, living in hope rather
than expectation of a side capable
of competing for major honours and
bringing genuine sporting success
back to the city.
“It’s taken a while to get the right
mix here but we’ve some genuine
guys who want to compete,” said their
highly regarded coach, Ian Watson.
They were certainly made to work
hard for it in the fi rst half against a
spirited Warrington side, with Krisnan
Inu’s penalty the only score of the
opening 40 minutes, but fi ve days
after winning the Challenge Cup at
Wembley , it was perhaps understand-
able that Warrington were unable to
replicate their defensive eff orts after
half-time.
Four tries in 14 minutes swung the
contest decisively in Salford’s favour
and from there a jaded, under-strength
Wolves side were never likely to
respond.
“I was really proud,” Steve Price, the
Warrington coach, said. “We rolled our
sleeves up, put the gloves on and went
down swinging.”
While this is six straight wins for
Salford, for the Wolves it was their
sixth consecutive Super League
defeat. Two months ago they were
comfortable in second and play-off
certainties. Now they could end the
weekend level on points with sides
outside the top fi ve.
Nine minutes after half-time their
defensive line was breached for the
fi rst time when Ken Sio pounced on an
error from Tom Lineham to score and
that threatened to open the fl oodgates.
Eight minutes later Sio had his second
following some su perb build-up play
and, despite trailing only 10-0, the
vistors looked in trouble.
It seemed certain Warrington
would make it six consecutive years
that the cup winners have lost their
fi rst league game after Wembley when
Jake Bibby fi nished a wonderful long-
range Salford move on the hour, Inu’s
conversion making it 16-0.
Sio’s hat-trick came three minutes
later, when he seized on a Lineham
kick to race the length of the pitch and
ensur e no way back for Warrington.
To their credit they did battle until
the fi nal hooter, a point underlined
when they concluded scoring with
a minute left with Danny Walker
ensur ing they would at least avoid
the ignominy of fi nishing scoreless.
But this was not about the Wolves.
This was Salford’s night and on this
showing there may be more of these
nights to come over the next few
weeks.
Salford Evalds; Sio, Welham, Bibby, Inu; Lolohea, Hastings;
Mossop, Tomkins, Dudson, Jones, McCarthy, Burke
Interchange Lussick, J Johnson, Walker, Flanagan
Tries Sio 3, Bibby Goals Inu 3
Warrington Ratchford; Lineham, Goodwin, Burrell, Mamo;
Hughes, M Smith; Philbin, Walker, Tasi, Murdoch-Masila,
Livett, J Clark Interchange D Clark, Akauola, L Johnson,
Westwood
Try Walker Goal Ratchford
Referee Chris Kendall Attendance 4,879
The King George VI Chase at Kempton
Park, the highlight of the Christmas
jumping programme, has a new spon-
sor after Ladbrokes agreed a fi ve-year
deal yesterday to back the track’s two-
day Winter Festival meeting. Hopes
the deal could herald a more certain
future for the course soon evaporated
when the Jockey Club, which owns
Kempton, confi rmed its plans to sell
the track for housing are unchanged.
The King George has been won
by many of the sport’s most famous
names, including Arkle, Desert Orchid,
Wayward Lad and Kauto Star. This
year’s race is the intended target for
Nicky Henderson’s outstanding chaser
Altior, who is unbeaten in 19 starts over
jumps but has yet to race beyond two
and a quarter miles.
Altior is the 7-2 favourite to win on
Boxing Day, when victory in what is
likely to be his fi rst race over three
miles would confi rm his status as
one of jumping’s all-time greats. He
could yet prove to be one of the last
champions to line up for a King George
at Kempton as the result of a plan
announced in January 2017 to sell the
course to Redrow Homes, which plans
to build up to 3,000 houses on the site.
The likelihood that Kempton
would be closed appeared to recede
in March 2018 when an assessment of
Spelthorne council’s green belt land
found Kempton was “strongly per-
forming” in fulfi lling the purposes
of the green belt. Simon Bazalgette,
who was widely seen as the architect
of the scheme in his role as the Jockey
Club’s chief executive, also stepped
down earlier this year.
Unless or until it is formally killed
off , the scheme to develop the land –
which is valued at £600m – will remain
in the planning process.
Ladbrokes confi rmed it has signed
a deal to sponsor the Winter Festival
“wherever it takes place”, while Katie
Maier, a spokesperson for the Jockey
Club, said there is “no update of any
kind with regard [to] development at
Kempton Park ”.
Greg Wood
Bangor
1.50 Miss Brooklyn 2.20 Shady Glen 2.55 Winding Roe
3.30 Vif Argent 4.05 Royal Reserve 4.40 For Jim
Thirsk
2.00 Overpriced Mixer 2.30 Maid In Manhattan
3.05 Fast And Free 3.40 Bielsa (nap) 4.15 Saluti
4.45 Charlie’s Boy 5.15 The Big House 5.45 Winklemann
Sandown
2.10 Crime Of Passion 2.40 Delagate This Lord
3.15 Discovery Island 3.50 Gin Palace (nb) 4.25 Craneur
5.00 Geetanjali
Wolverhampton
4.30 Tour De Paris 5.05 Peachey Carnehan 5.35 Red Jasper
6.05 Take Me To The Sky 6.35 Lysander Belle
7.05 Cape Victory 7.35 Mojave
Hamilton
4.55 Singe Anglais 5.25 Ten Thousand Stars
5.55 Retirement Beckons 6.25 Set In Stone
6.55 Paths Of Glory 7.25 Flood Defence 8.00 Burmese Blazer
Newcastle
5.45 Myklachi 6.15 Monica Sheriff 6.45 Pianissimo
7.15 Kodi Koh 7.45 Cape Palace 8.15 Smugglers Creek
8.45 Im Dapper Too
Greg Wood’s tips
▼ Salford’s Ken Sio touches down
for his hat-trick against Warrington
after a length-of-the-fi eld run
RICHARD LONG/NEWS IMAGES
Golf
EUROPEAN MASTERS (Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland)
Leading first-round scores (GB/Ire unless stated)
63 M Lorenzo-Vera (Fr); M Schwab (Aut). 64 S Söderberg
(Swe); M Korhonen (Fin); L Gagli (It). 65 D Drysdale;
T Fleetwood; G Migliozzi (Sp); J Donaldson; E van Rooyen
(SA); G Green (Mal). 66 A Arnaus (Sp); L Bjerregaard (Den);
K Samooja (Fin); D Fichardt (SA); H Tanihara (Jpn); L Slattery;
Wang J-h (Kor); S García (Sp); W Ormsby (Aus); B Dredge;
N Bertasio (It). 67 M Kinhult (Swe); A Björk (Swe); R Paratore
(It); J Scrivener (Aus); R McIlroy; C Bezuidenhout (SA);
Y Miyazato (Jpn); L Westwood; C Wood; J Morrison; A Quirós
(Sp); MÁ Jiménez (Sp); L Donald; T Merritt (US); S Brazel
(Aus); T Pieters (Bel).
Fixtures
Football (7.45pm unless stated)
Sky Bet Championship
Cardiff v Fulham
Ladbrokes Scottish Championship
Dundee Utd v Dundee; Inverness CT v Morton (7.05pm)
Uefa Women’s European Championship qualifying
Group C Northern Ireland v Norway
Group E Scotland v Cyprus (7.35pm)
Rugby league (7.45pm unless state)
Betfred Super League
Hull FC v Huddersfield; St Helens v Castleford
Women’s Super League
Leeds v Bradford (7.30pm)
Cricket (6.30pm unless stated)
Second Test (first day of five)
Kingston West Indies v India, Kingston (3.30pm)
Vitality T20 Blast
North Group Edgbaston Warks v Yorks;
Old Trafford Lancs v Leics; Northampton Northants v
Worcs; Trent Bridge Notts v Durham
South Group Chelmsford Essex v Kent;
Swalec Stadium Glam v Hants; Taunton Somerset v Middx;
Hove Sussex v Gloucs, Hove
Salford 22
Warrington 6
Aaron Bower
AJ Bell Stadium
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