Saturday Sports Roundup: Arsenal Leads Premier League, Maria Pérez Wins Judo Gold, Vingegaard Dominates Cycling Event, and Bayern Munich Crushes Mainz

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SOCCER

London, March 9 (Prensa Latina) Arsenal temporarily took the lead in the English Soccer League today, with a 2-1 success against Brentford on matchday 28.

A goal from German Kai Havertz, in the 86th minute, allowed the London club to climb to the provisional top of the Premier League, awaiting tomorrow’s duel between Liverpool (second placed) and Manchester City (third).

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JUDO

Vienna, March 9 (Prensa Latina) The experienced Puerto Rican 70-kilogram judoka María Pérez renewed her laurels today with her gold medal in the Upper Austria Grand Prix, the second Latin American title in the tournament.

The Budapest-2017 world runner-up and multi-Pan American medalist appeared this Saturday in excellent form at the competition, in which she won by Ippon in the final against the Italian Irene Pedrotti.

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CYCLING

Rome, March 9 (Prensa Latina) The Dane Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) today consolidated his general leadership in the Tirreno-Adriatico cycling event, by winning the sixth and penultimate stage held between the towns of Sassoferrato and Monte Petrano on 180 kilometers.

Vingegaard launched an unattainable attack, with six thousand meters to go, in the demanding final climb, to conquer the queen segment of the Race of the Two Seas, ahead of the Spanish Juan Ayuso (UAE Emirates) and the Australian Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe).

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SOCCER

Munich, Germany, March 9 (Prensa Latina) Bayern Munich today closed the gap with respect to the leader of the German Soccer League, Bayer Leverkusen, after beating Mainz 8-1 on matchday 25 and a hat trick from Harry Kane.

The English striker gave a master class and scored in the 13th, 45th, 7th and 70th minutes to guide the defending champions to victory against the penultimate team in the table, who saved the honor with a powerful free kick from Nadiem Amiri (31 ).

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2024-03-10 02:55:58
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