Shock Estudiantes defeat hands lead to San Lorenzo

BUENOS AIRES, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Promoted All Boys, back in the Argentine first division for the first time in 30 years, upset title favourites Estudiantes 2-1 on Sunday to leave San Lorenzo as sole leaders in the Apertura championship.
Midfielder Sebastian Grazzini chipped a brilliant 50th-minute winner seconds after All Boys goalkeeper Nicolas Cambiasso had saved with his face to deny Rodrigo Brana a second goal that would have handed the lead to Estudiantes.
San Lorenzo beat another promoted side, Olimpo, 3-1 at home on Saturday to lead the cheap nfl jerseys
standings with 15 points after seven matches. They are a point ahead of Velez Sarsfield and two in front of Estudiantes, Arsenal and River Plate.
All Boys went ahead close to the half hour when central defender Eduardo Dominguez tapped in from close range after a poor Estudiantes clearance at a corner.
Holding midfielder Brana equalised on the stroke of halftime, ghosting through the middle unmarked to head home a cross from the right at the end of a flowing Estudiantes attack prompted by captain Juan Sebastian Veron.
Cambiasso, brother of Inter Milan midfielder Esteban, charged out to narrow down the angle when Brana shaped to shoot from the left in the 49th minute and the ball hit him full in the face. He was treated for a bleeding nose but played on.
River, who could have gone top if they had won, were beaten 1-0 away by Newell’s Old Boys at the Marcelo Bielsa stadium in Rosario. Newell’s, who scored early through striker Ivan Borghello, have 12 points.
Racing Club, one of Argentina’s so-called Big Five with River, Boca Juniors, Independiente and San Lorenzo, ended a run of four defeats with a 4-0 win on Friday over nine-man Lanus, who had two players sent off between the 45th and 65th minutes.
Gimnasia, Estudiantes’ arch-rivals in the provincial capital of La Plata, scored their first goals and notched their first win in six matches when they beat Huracan 3-0 at home on Friday.
LONDON (AP)—Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas will have a scan on his injured hamstring on Monday.
Fabregas was forced off with the injury in the 29th minute of the 1-1 draw against Sunderland on Saturday.
The midfielder announced on his Twitter page on Sunday that he will know more about the extent of the injury after the scan. The Spaniard says it’s a “shame about the injury.”
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AP) —Middlesbrough Ladies soccer Chargers jersey
team has lost the first match of its groundbreaking visit to North Korea.
The Korean Central News Agency said the English team lost 6-2 Sunday to local side April 25 in Pyongyang.
Middlesbrough Ladies is on a four-day visit, continuing the town’s connection to North Korea that dates to the 1966 World Cup.
North Korea’s squad stayed in Middlesbrough during that World Cup and the local community adopted North Korea as its second team.
Middlesbrough Ladies is the first British soccer team to visit North Korea. It will have another match and hold coaching sessions for children.
KASHIMA, Japan (AP)—Brazilian Marquinhos scored a hat trick as three-time defending champion Kashima Antlers defeated Omiya Ardija 3-0 to narrow the gap on leaders Nagoya Grampus in the J-League on the weekend.
Marquinhos scored two goals in the first half and added another after the break as Kashima pulled to within five points of Nagoya, which was held to a 1-1 draw at home with Yokohama F Marinos and has 48 points from 23 matches.
Kashima won back-to-back games for the first time since July to move into second place on 45 points.
Marquinhos put the hosts on the board in the 11th minute, redirecting a Koji Nakata blast from 30 meters past Omiya goalkeeper Takayuki Kitano.
Marquinhos headed home from close range 15 minutes later to double the lead and added a third in the 58th minute, scoring off the left post to give Kashima a 3-0 cushion.
In other matches, Gamba Osaka defeated Cerezo Osaka 3-2 while Shimizu S-Pulse played to a 1-1 draw with Urawa Reds. Gamba, Cerezo and Shimizu all have 40 points but Cerezo is third on goal difference, ahead of Gamba and Shimizu.
Kawasaki Frontale kept its title hopes alive and is in sixth place on 38 points after a 6-1 thrashing of last-place Shonan Bellmare. Juninho scored a hat-trick for Frontale.
Jubilo Iwata beat FC Tokyo 2-1 at home while Vissel Kobe salvaged Bears jersey
a 1-1 draw with Sanfrecce Hiroshima to improve to 22 points.
North Korea international Ryang Yong-gi scored twice to lead Vegalta Sendai to a 2-0 win over Montedio Yamagata. The win allowed Vegalta to move three points clear of the relegation zone. Eighth-place Albirex Niigata drew 1-1 with Kyoto Sanga.