Morning Sports Wrap - 14 September 2016

Morning Sports Wrap - 14 September 2016

Orlando Pirates have made it two wins from two starts in the Absa Premiership this season. The Buccaneers secured a 2-1 victory at Ajax Cape Town last night. Tendai Ndoro netted twice for Pirates.

Tendai Ndoro
Collins Mbesuma was on target for Highlands Park in their 2-1 success over Baroka FC.
Bidvest Wits drew goalless at Polokwane City.
Anele Ngcongca and Leonardo Castro are both injured and out of the Absa Premiership match between Maritzburg United and Sundowns tonight.

Lionel Messi has fired a hat-trick for Barcelona in the Uefa Champions League.
Luis Suarez scored twice in their 7-0 demolition of Glasgow Celtic last night.
Alexis Sanchez equalized for Arsenal in a 1-1 draw at Paris Saint Germain.
Bayern Munich thumped FC Rostov 5-0, while Atletico Madrid won 1-0 at PSV Eindhoven.
Napoli defeated Dynamo Kiev 2-1 in the Ukraine and Besiktas drew 1-1 at Benfica.
Heavy rain forced the postponement of the clash between Manchester City and Borussia Moenchengladbach.
The game is now scheduled to take place in Manchester tonight.
Tottenham Hotspur are witout the injured Danny Rose for their Champions League outing tonight.
Spurs will be up against AS Monaco at Wembley.
Spurs are using Wembley for Champions League fixtures due to construction work at White Hart Lane.

Manchester United fans have been urged not to dress in club colours for their trip to the Netherlands this week.
United have a Europa League date at Feyenoord tomorrow night and there are fears of fan violence.
Feyenoord are currently under suspended punishments handed to them by Uefa for the misbehaviour of their supporters.

Team SA are 23rd in the medals table at the Rio Paralympics.
We have won a total of eight medals at the showpiece.
Three of these medals are gold.


West Indies have sacked head coach Phil Simmons.
He has been shown the door five months after guiding West Indies to the World T20 title.
Simmons was suspended in September last year for criticising the selection policy of the West Indies Cricket Board.
West Indies are third in the T20 world rankings, but are ranked eighth in both Test and ODI cricket.

They will be up against Pakistan shortly in a series featuring three Tests, three ODIs and three T20 internationals.


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