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The first day of the Brooklyn Beatdown, ESL Ones first ever Street Fighter V tournament with a massive $75,000 prize pot, featured top level play and major upsets. With the current world champion and Red Bulls Daigo The Beast Umehara eliminated uncharacteristically quickly, the grand finals will take place on the main stage Sunday with Evil Geniuses Yusuke Momochi Momochi of Japan and Qanbas Zeng XiaoHai Zhuojun of China fighting it out.Although it was a notable upset that Daigo was eliminated before top 16, the biggest upset was yet to come on Saturday, with South Korean Evolution 2016 champion Lee Infiltration Seon Woo losing to the unknown Sons of Asgard player Thomas Brolynho Proen?a out of Brazil. In losers bracket, just like Daigo before him, Kenryo Mago Hayashi eliminated Infiltration from the tournament. It didnt faze the world champion too much, as his ultimate goal was to experiment with his Balrog against Mago, whose Karin is considered to be the best in the world.The American favorite, Evil Geniuses Justin JWong Wong, was running through winners bracket until he ran into Hajime Tokido Taniguchi out of Japan. In losers, JWong had to face fellow teammate Momochi. Momochi, using a good mix of footsies, or neutral ground gameplay, and aggressive approaches, handily took the match 3-1. With JWong out, only Asian players remained in the tournament.XiaoHai, on the other hand, was sitting comfortably in grand finals, having beaten out Tokidos Ryu in a very close and intense set. Both respected each other greatly, never unabashedly rushing in, and playing a strong footsie game. The differentiating factor was XiaoHais ability to turn on the aggression with Cammie, even if his health was low. Tokido dropped to losers bracket finals against Momochi.In losers bracket, Momochi had clearly found a rhythm. He was flying through on a second wind, using a great mix of reserved and aggressive play. The standout moment was when both he and Tokido threw four fireballs out at each other simultaneously, playing a game of chicken with hadoukens. But even with such a close match, Momochi absolutely destroyed the final game. Without sustaining any damage, he beat Tokido with a perfect KO.Usually fighting game tournaments reserve all of the top eight for Sunday, but that will not the case for ESL One. On Saturday, pretty much the entire tournament had taken place, minus grand finals. This changes the dynamic because the losers bracket finalist and the winners bracket finalist will be on equal footing in terms of fatigue. On Sundays ESL One main stage for the grand finals, it really will be anyones game.Kd Shoes Clearance . 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Deulofeu injured a muscle in his right leg in Evertons 4-1 win over Fulham in the English Premier League on Saturday. Barcelona says that its team doctors will "co-ordinate" with Evertons medical staff as Deulofeu recovers.BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Boston goalie Tuuka Rask has been hard to beat this season and was at his best against Buffalo again.You start thinking, `how are we going to get one by this guy, Sabres coach Dan Bylsma wondered aloud Saturday.Rask nearly shut out the Sabres for the second time in a month, keeping them off the scoresheet for 2 1/2 periods and making 17 of his career-high 35 saves in the third to help the Bruins hold on for a 2-1 win.Every team likes to have these kind of goaltenders and a lot of teams do, Bruins coach Claude Julien said. Were just fortunate enough that hes been one of those guys that, whenever you slip a little bit, or lose a little bit of momentum, or youre having a slow start, or a tough night, those guys step up and help you win some hockey games.Over his last 11 starts, beginning with his 4-0 shutout over Buffalo on Nov. 7, Rask is 7-3-1 with a 1.36 goals-against average and a .947 save percentage.I feel good, Rask said. Im seeing the puck well. Guys are doing a great job keeping them on the outside and clearing the rebounds for the most part, so that helps out.David Krejci and Patrice Bergeron scored to give Boston a 2-0 lead and the Bruins improved to 3-0-1 in their last four.Were getting better as a team, were getting points and climbing up the standings, said Krejci, who has 10 points in his last 12 games. Hopefully we can keep it up.Evander Kane scored his first goal of the season for Buffalo. Robin Lehner returned after missing one game with a hip injury and made 32 saves.The Sabres combined for nine goals in their previous two wins but the NHLs lowest-scoring team reverted to form from the first 21 games, when star center Jack Eichel was out of the lineup with a high-ankle sprain.First two periods, we had a tough time generating some offensive chances, Sabres defenseman Cody Franson said. They kind of just stayed on top.Krejci got the Bruins on the scoreboard with 5:50 left in the first when he deflected Brandon Carlos slap shot from the point off the right post and into the net.ddddddddddddThe Sabres appeared to tie the game late in the second period but replays determined Brian Gionta kicked the puck into the net.Bergeron made it 2-0 at 7:44 of the third when he knocked in the rebound of David Pastrnaks missed shot. Bergeron initially hit the puck with his forearm on the left edge of the crease and skated around the net to chase down the puck and flip a backhand past Lehner.The Sabres answered two minutes later, scoring on Rask for the first time in 109:12 this season. Sam Reinharts feed off the rear wall set up Kane for a wrist shot from the slot that bounced in off Krejci. Reinhart has five points in his last four games.Game notes Bruins F Matt Beleskey was escorted to the dressing room in the final minute of the first period with a lower-body injury and did not return. Julien said Beleskey will be evaluated when the team returns to Boston. ... Sabres D Josh Gorges did not play after injuring his foot blocking a shot in Thursdays win over the New York Rangers. With Dmitry Kulikov (lower back) and Zach Bogosian (MCL sprain) also out, the Sabres were down three of their top four defenseman and recalled 19-year-old Brendan Guhle from the minors to make his NHL debut. Guhle hustled back to thwart a breakaway by Krejci late in the third period. ... F Anton Blidh became the seventh Bruin to make his NHL debut this season after being recalled from the minors on Friday. ... The Bruins scratched F Jimmy Hayes. D Zdeno Chara, the Bruins captain, missed his sixth straight game with a lower-body injury. ... Buffalo had just three shots on goal in the first period.UP NEXTBruins: Host Florida on Monday.Sabres: At Washington on Monday. ' ' '