Evening Sports Wrap - 2 October 2016

Evening Sports Wrap - 2 October 2016

Chad le Clos has won three gold medals at the Swimming World Cup event in Beijing. Le Clos secured victory in the 50-metres, 100-metres and 200-metres butterfly.

Chad le Clos
His compatriot, Myles Brown, also impressed at the meet in China.
Brown won gold in the 200-metres and 400-metres freestyle.
Hungarian swimmer, Katinka Hosszu, did even better in Beijing.
She bagged no fewer than seven gold medals.

Amazulu have lost in the National First Division.
FC Cape Town beat Usuthu 2-1 in KwaMashu this afternoon.

Manchester United have dropped points in the English Premier League.
The Red Devils drew 1-1 with Stoke City at Old Trafford this afternoon.
Anthony Martial scored for United, while Joe Allen equalised for Stoke.
Manchester City have lost their unbeaten record in the Premiership this season.
City lost 2-0 at Tottenham Hotspur.
Dele Alli scored for Spurs, while Aleksandr Kolarov scored an own goal.
Leicester City and Southampton drew goalless this afternoon.

Atletico Madrid have won their latest outing in La Liga.
Atletico secured a 2-0 victory at Valencia this afternoon.
Antoine Griezmann and Kevin Gameiro scored the Atletico goals.
Real Madrid and Eibar drew 1-1.
Gareth Bale scored for the hosts at the Bernabeu.

Juventus have beaten Empoli 3-0 in Italian Serie A.
Gonzalo Higuain netted twice for the Zebras.

The Proteas are now 2-0 up in the five-match one-day series against Australia.
South Africa have beaten the Aussies by 142 runs at Bidvest Wanderers.
Australia, chasing a victory target of 362, were dismissed for 219.
Wayne Parnell claimed three for 40 in seven overs.
The Proteas had earlier amassed 361 for six in their alotted 50 overs.
Faf du Plessis top scored with 111, while JP Duminy made 82 and Rilee Rossouw 75.
John Hastings took three for 57 in his ten overs for the Aussies.

India have ended day three of the second Test against New Zealand on 227 for eight in their second innings.
India lead the Black Caps by 339 runs in Kolkata.
Rohit Sharma is out for 82 and Virat Kohli 45.
Wriddhiman Saha is undefeated on 39.
Matt Henry and Mitchell Santner have taken three wickets each for New Zealand.
This is the second of three Tests.
India lead the series 1-0.

Daniel Ricciardo has won the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen ended second, Nico Rosberg third and Kimi Raikkonen fourth.
A blown engine forced Lewis Hamilton to retire at Sepang.
Rosberg is now 23 points clear of Hamilton in the championship standings.
Next on the calendar is the Japan Grand Prix.

It will take place at Suzuka this coming Sunday.


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