24 METROSPORT Thursday, September 17, 2009 D metrocompetition Terms & Conditions: The competition closes at Midday on Thursday 17th September and the winners will be chosen at random from the entries received. Entrants must be over 18 years old. Usual Metro rules apply. The Editors decision is final DUBLIN Dublin City Chase is taking place this Saturday and Metro is offering 12 readers the chance to win a free place for you and a friend! By winning the Dublin City Chase you and your team-mate would then go on to represent Ireland at the World Final in Salta, Argentina! WIN YOUR PLACE IN THE WORLDS LARGEST URBAN ADVENTURE SERIES! Where is the World Final taking place? A. Austria B. Alaska C. Argentina To win a free place at Dublin City Chase, simply answer the following question: For more information go to www.citychasedublin.com FIND US ON FACEBOOK. SEARCH CITY CHASE DUBLIN. PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY Certified Distribution June 29 to August 2, 2009: 56,168 Published by Fortunegreen Ltd, Embassy House, Herbert Park Lane, Dublin 4 Printed by The Irish Times at Citywest in Dublin Editorial: (01) 637 5900 Advertising: (01) 637 5989 Classified: (01) 637 5979 Distribution: (01) 637 5901 SPORTSPORT GAA Admit defeAt over pitch presentAtion The GAA has bowed to fans pressure and confirmed the Sam Maguire Cup will be presented in the hogan Stand this Sunday. Stadium chiefs appealed for fans not to invade the pitch after the hurling decider but were ignored. It meant plans for a fireworks- laden presentation on the pitch had to be shelved as thousands invaded the field. For Sundays football decider the GAA will not even try to present the cup on the field and will stick with the traditional presenation. The GAA has, however, urged all patrons to remain off the field at the end of the game in the interest of the health and safety of players, officials, stewards and spectators. GAA Page 22 Briatore quits as Renault admit fix FORMULA One was engulfed in fresh scandal yesterday when Renault accepted it had fixed the result of last years Singapore Grand Prix, and parted company with Flavio Briatore. The French teams boss and his deputy Pat Symonds both stood down as Renault announced they would not contest allegations they deliberately caused a crash during last Septembers race at a special hearing next Monday. Briatore and Symonds were due to face charges, unprecedented even in a sport often mired in controversy, they ordered Nelson Piquet to crash to help team-mate Fernando Alonso win. In a brief statement, Renault said: The team will not dispute the recent allegations concerning the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. Its managing director, Flavio Briatore and executive director of engineering, Pat Symonds, have left the team. Reflecting on the Renault scandal last night, F1 rights holder Bernie Ecclestone admitted he did not know what punishment the team would face. Ive no idea what will happen, he said. Well have to wait and see. F1 in shock Page 22 Silva lining Much-needed: Eduardo kisses the knee which he used to nudge the ball home for Arsenals winning goal last night Picture: Offside Eduardos rescue act Kuyt is king at Anfield EDUARDO DA SILVA bundled home a late winner as Arsenal fought back from go- ing two goals down inside five minutes to claim a 3-2 victory in their Champions League opener at Standard Liege. The Croatian, who was only cleared to play in Belgium after Uefa overturned a two-match diving ban on Monday, scored from a corner on 81 minutes to cap a great escape by the Gunners. Standard raced into a 2-0 lead through Eli- aquim Mangala and a Milan Jovanovic pen- alty but Nicklas Bendtner pulled one back just before the break. Thomas Vermaelen then grabbed a controversial equaliser be- fore Eduardo sealed an unlikely win. Elsewhere, Liverpool got their campaign off to a winning start as Dirk Kuyt netted in an unconvincing 1-0 victory over Hungari- an champions Debrecen at Anfield. The Reds struggled to create clear chanc- es, but defender Jamie Carragher was happy simply to take the three points. We didnt play well, we know that, just the 1-0 tonight, but we wanted to get a win as quick as we could to qualify from the group, he said Its not our best perform- ance but we got the result. By riChArD hookhAM Match reports: Page 23 index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html