Morning Sports Wrap - 16 October 2016
Kaizer Chiefs lead Golden Arrows on goal-difference at the top of the Absa Premiership standings. Lorenzo Gordinho and George Lebese scored for Chiefs in a 2-0 win over Ajax Cape Town last night.
Baroka FC are eighth after their 2-1 victory at Cape Town City FC.
Golden Arrows had earlier defeated Chippa United 1-0, while Maritzburg United drew 1-1 at Free State Stars.
Kurt Lentjies equalized for Team of Choice.
Orlando Pirates will be up against Polokwane City in the Absa Premiership this afternoon.
Supersport United are also on the PSL menu today.
Supersport have a date with Highlands Park.
The second leg of the CAF Champions League final will take place this coming Friday.
That is when Zamalek will host Sundowns in Egypt.
Sundowns won the opening leg 3-0 yesterday.
Manchester City lead Arsenal on goal-difference at the top of English Premiership standings.
City failed to convert two penalties in a 1-1 draw with Everton yesterday.
Theo Walcott scored twice for Arsenal in their 3-2 success over Swansea City.
Steven Pienaar was introduced in the 55th minute by Sunderland in their 2-0 loss to Stoke City.
Dele Alli netted for Tottenham Hotspur in a 1-1 draw at West Bromwich Albion.
Spurs are third in the standings.
They trail Manchester City and Arsenal by a point.
Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid have both won big in La Liga.
Yannick Carrasco scored a hat-trick for Atletico in their 7-1 demolition of Granada.
Real Madrid, meanwhile, drilled Real Betis 6-1.
Barcelona had earlier recorded a 4-0 win over Deportivo La Coruna.
Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi scored a goal each at Camp Nou.
Atletico Madrid lead Real Madrid on goal-difference at the La Liga summit.
Marc Marquez has claimed his third MotoGP world championship.
Marquez did the trick by winning the Japanese MotoGP this morning.
Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo both failed to finish at Motegi.
Springbok prop forward, Julian Redelinghuys, is set to undergo neck surgery in Bloemfontein today.
Redelinghuys hurt his neck in the Currie Cup semi-final between the Free State Cheetahs and Lions yesterday.
Sergeal Petersen scored three tries for the Cheetahs in their 55-17 victory.
The Cheetahs will host the Vodacom Blue Bulls in the final this coming Saturday.
Travis Ismaiel, Jason Jenkins and Ivan van Zyl scored tries for the Blue Bulls in their 36-30 semi-final win over Western Province.
Andy Murray will feature in the final of the Shanghai Masters today.
Murray will be up against Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain.
Agut upset defending champion, Novak Djokovic, in the semi-finals yesterday.
Richard Sterne is best of our golfers after three rounds of the British Masters.
Sterne is four shots behind leader Alex Noren.
West Indies will start day four of the opening Test against Pakistan on 315 for six.
West Indies are replying to the Pakistan first innings effort of 579 for three in Dubai.
Darren Bravo is out for 87 and Marlon Samuels 76.
This is the first of three Tests.
Golden Arrows had earlier defeated Chippa United 1-0, while Maritzburg United drew 1-1 at Free State Stars.
Kurt Lentjies equalized for Team of Choice.
Orlando Pirates will be up against Polokwane City in the Absa Premiership this afternoon.
Supersport United are also on the PSL menu today.
Supersport have a date with Highlands Park.
The second leg of the CAF Champions League final will take place this coming Friday.
That is when Zamalek will host Sundowns in Egypt.
Sundowns won the opening leg 3-0 yesterday.
Manchester City lead Arsenal on goal-difference at the top of English Premiership standings.
City failed to convert two penalties in a 1-1 draw with Everton yesterday.
Theo Walcott scored twice for Arsenal in their 3-2 success over Swansea City.
Steven Pienaar was introduced in the 55th minute by Sunderland in their 2-0 loss to Stoke City.
Dele Alli netted for Tottenham Hotspur in a 1-1 draw at West Bromwich Albion.
Spurs are third in the standings.
They trail Manchester City and Arsenal by a point.
Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid have both won big in La Liga.
Yannick Carrasco scored a hat-trick for Atletico in their 7-1 demolition of Granada.
Real Madrid, meanwhile, drilled Real Betis 6-1.
Barcelona had earlier recorded a 4-0 win over Deportivo La Coruna.
Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi scored a goal each at Camp Nou.
Atletico Madrid lead Real Madrid on goal-difference at the La Liga summit.
Marc Marquez has claimed his third MotoGP world championship.
Marquez did the trick by winning the Japanese MotoGP this morning.
Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo both failed to finish at Motegi.
Springbok prop forward, Julian Redelinghuys, is set to undergo neck surgery in Bloemfontein today.
Redelinghuys hurt his neck in the Currie Cup semi-final between the Free State Cheetahs and Lions yesterday.
Sergeal Petersen scored three tries for the Cheetahs in their 55-17 victory.
The Cheetahs will host the Vodacom Blue Bulls in the final this coming Saturday.
Travis Ismaiel, Jason Jenkins and Ivan van Zyl scored tries for the Blue Bulls in their 36-30 semi-final win over Western Province.
Andy Murray will feature in the final of the Shanghai Masters today.
Murray will be up against Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain.
Agut upset defending champion, Novak Djokovic, in the semi-finals yesterday.
Richard Sterne is best of our golfers after three rounds of the British Masters.
Sterne is four shots behind leader Alex Noren.
West Indies will start day four of the opening Test against Pakistan on 315 for six.
West Indies are replying to the Pakistan first innings effort of 579 for three in Dubai.
Darren Bravo is out for 87 and Marlon Samuels 76.
This is the first of three Tests.
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