Piazon"s spectacular free kick gives Frankfurt victory in Bundesliga

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Lucas Piazon’s spectacular 90th-minute free kick gave Eintracht Frankfurt a 2-1 victory at Hamburg yesterday, as the former European champions remain rooted to the foot of the Bundesliga.

Haris Seferovic gave Frankfurt the lead in the 44th minute, striking home Timothy Chandler’s pass.

Hamburg finally found the back of the net for the first time this season in the 58th minute as Lewis Holtby crossed to Nicolai Mueller, who got his shot through the legs of Frankfurt keeper Felix Wiedwald.

Hamburg’s first goal came 508 minutes into the season, comfortably snapping VfL Bochum’s previous Bundesliga record of 475 minutes without a goal to start the 1979-80 season.

Hamburg looked like they would grab a point but 20-year-old Piazon unleashed a perfectly placed free kick into the upper right corner to secure the victory.

“He can do that,” said Frankfurt coach Thomas Schaaf.

Frankfurt jumped to seventh place on nine points, five off leaders Bayern Munich, while Hamburg, who were European champions way back in 1983, have just two points from six games.

Augsburg are eighth with nine points following a 1-0 home win over Hertha Berlin earlier yesterday.

Augsburg captain Paul Verhaegh hammered home a penalty in the 27th-minute after Hertha keeper Thomas Kraft had brought down Raul Bobadilla in the box.

“The victory was enormously important because we have two away matches coming up,” said Augsburg coach Markus Weinzierl.

“We knew that Hertha would defend and not give us a lot of chances, so it was important that we got the win.”

Reigning champions Bayern Munich remained top on Saturday with a 2-0 win at FC Cologne.

Bayern kept a clean sheet for their fourth straight Bundesliga match to move to 14 points, two points clear of Borussia Moenchengladbach.

Pep Guardiola’s Munich opened the scoring on 19 minutes as Mario Goetze struck his third goal in the last two matches.

The visitors doubled the lead midway through the second half as Daniel Halfar put through his own net.

Gladbach won 2-1 at Paderborn thanks to early goals from Patrick Herrmann and Raffael, with Jens Wimmer getting one back for the promoted club, who had been top before losing at Bayern in midweek.

Gladbach’s win took them above Leverkusen, who had to play more than an hour with 10 men but held on for a 0-0 draw away at SC Freiburg.

Leverkusen defender Emir Spahic was sent off in the first half, although Freiburg also finished the game a man down after Pavel Krmas was dismissed.

The visitors might have won it but Karim Bellarabi and Son Heung-Min both hit the crossbar in the final 17 minutes.

In Gelsenkirchen, Schalke 04 picked up their second straight victory with a 2-1 win at home over bitter rivals Borussia Dortmund.

Dortmund’s recent defensive struggles continued as goals from Joel Matip and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting left them trailing 2-0 by the midway point in the first half.

Jurgen Klopp’s side did reduce the deficit shortly afterwards courtesy of a Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang strike but they could not find an equaliser and have collected only seven points from six games this season, one fewer than Schalke.

Ivica Olic scored in the 57th minute to secure VfL Wolfsburg a 2-1 victory at home against Werder Bremen.

After Ricardo Rodriguez pushed Wolfsburg ahead in the 15th minute, Marnon Busch equalised for Bremen after 37 minutes.

Hanover 96 went down 1-0 at struggling VfB Stuttgart, Daniel Schwaab scoring his team’s first goal at home this season in the 69th minute, while Mainz and Hoffenheim played out a goalless draw on Friday.

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Spectacular debut for Ryme Minista

Montego Bay’s Ryme Minista following his performance on Dancehall Night at Reggae Sumfest 2014. – Claudia Gardner

Tough-talking deejay Ryme Minista made good on his Sumfest debut.

The highly touted deejay who hails from Glendevon in Montego Bay, delivered a very powerful performance on Dancehall Night at the recently concluded music festival.

Performing songs from his ever-growing catalogue of street anthems such as Kill & Get Weh, One Umbrella, Ganja Smoke, Killers & Killers, Black Eye Sprat and Psycho Bell, he had the audience in a frenzy.

Ryme Minista said his performance proves that he is not a flash in the pan artiste. “This performance show all di people who think Ryme Minista is just a likkle west artiste that my career bigger than that. Mi prove mi self at Sumfest, everybody see that mi ready fi di big stage.”

Such was the potency of his performance that he received two encores. “Every song mi sing get the crowd wild, mi get some of di biggest forwards fi di night. Is like the people couldn’t get enough a mi, dem neva wah mi leave di stage,” said Ryme Minista.

Ryme Minista’s manager, Fox, believes that his charge is ready to ascend to dancehall stardom.

“Without a doubt, Ryme Minista is ready for the big times. He’s got the sound and the right attitude and he is going to go all the way to the top of the game.”

Ryme Minista is currently promoting a brand new single called Bounce featuring Gage.

“This song is hot summer song fi all di girls, it a go be one of di biggest songs fi di summer,” he said.

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Spectacular CB Pan Chicken eliminations

Scenes from the 2014 CB Pan Chicken Championship’s Central Regional Elimination at Manchester High School in Mandeville. – Contributed

If the 2014 CB Pan Chicken Championship’s Central Regional Elimination is a predictor of what is to come, Jamaicans can anticipate a well-executed, fun-filled season of stellar events.

The annual cooking competition with concert hosted by CB Chicken, kicked off at the Manchester High School on Saturday, the first of three elimination rounds before the massive grand final in November.

The weekend saw thousands gathered at what was possibly one of the event’s largest season openers, offering attendees non-stop excitement, giveaways, delicious food, and great music, bettering last year’s event, which was affected by intermittent showers.

From as early as 10 a.m., when the gates opened, attendees started filing into the event, sampling food and gathering under tents to watch the World Cup match on the five television screens set up around the venue.

MC Pretty Boy Floyd had the audience in stitches; the magician had them in disbelief; and DJ Cuteye kept them dancing; while the National Kiddies Village and clowns kept the children entertained. Live performances came from Jermaine Edwards and Bugle.

When the pans cooled, six winners were rejoicing. Heading to the Kingston Waterfront in November are Derricia Henry and Andrew Bailey from Manchester; Jason Walters and Anthony Carty, who placed first and second, respectively, from St Elizabeth; and Carlton Jobson and Natalie Sill from Clarendon.

Each winner walked away with the parish title, a trophy, $40,000 in cash, plus gift baskets from sponsors Grace Tomato Ketchup, National Bakery and Spur Tree sauces. Runners-up received $20,000, a trophy, and gift baskets. Jobson also walked away with first prize for the Grace Tomato Ketchup ‘Ketch Di Taste’ Sauce competition.

The competition continues with the Eastern Regional Elimination at the Portmore UDC Car Park on August 23.

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Spectacular Bolt finish

Sport

Jamaica ends 14th World Championship with double 4×100 relay goldSunday, August 18, 2013 | 9:43 AM

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica brought the curtain down on the 14th staging of the World Championships in spectacular fashion in Moscow, Russia winning both sprint relays on Sunday.First the women’s sprint relay team (41.29) set a National, Central American and Championship record with anchor Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce taking the event way ahead of France (42.73) and the US (42.75) in third.Then led by the fastest human on earth, Usain Bolt, the men’s 4×100 team grabbed gold in 37.37  leaving the US (37.66) a possible second and Great Britain third in a season’s best 37.80 in their wake.Tape reviews show US anchor Justin Gatlin running out of his lane on the final changeoverBolt on anchor has achieved another triple gold medal haul at an international meet.Jamaica ends the World Championships tally with nine medals including six gold, two silver, and a bronze.Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, center, competes to win ahead of United States’ Justin Gatlin, right, and Britain’s Dwayne Chambers in the men’s 4×100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013. (Photo: AP)

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