Sydney Roosters finally have a cornerstone win for their NRL season - a 22-10 defeat of premiers North Queensland that coach Trent Robinson says is vital for their 2017 campaign.And its a loss that has put a top-four finish for the Cowboys in grave doubt.Led upfront by Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and Boyd Cordner on Sunday at Allianz Stadium, halves Mitchell Pearce and Connor Watson steered the Roosters to their fifth victory of the year.In the process, the Roosters handed the struggling Cowboys their third successive defeat just a month out from the finals.It was our best performance of the year so far, Robinson said.There was a lot of arm-wrestle footy. We went to-to-toe with them and we just havent been able to do enough this year.Three-time successive minor premiers, the Roosters will miss the finals for the first time under Robinson.We have struggled to play our best, but they should be proud of how they played today, he said.I have had a lot of questions about next year but it is about now. That was a really good lesson in footy, how you put a game together. The next year is laid on by what we do now.The Cowboys opened the scoring through Ethan Lowe in the eighth minute, but from there the Roosters were the better side for much of the contest.Ryan Matterson put the home side ahead through a converted try in the 28th minute.Two more first-half tries to Shaun Kenny-Dowall and Cordner had the Roosters in front 16-4 at the break, but only after a Blake Ferguson try was controversially disallowed by the bunker.A 40m angled run from Latrell Mitchell with 30 minutes left put the Roosters further ahead, and they had to hold a late Cowboys fightback to claim the four-tries-to-two win.Kane Linnetts 64th-minute touchdown was the Cowboys only second-half try.If Canberra beat Melbourne in the final game of round 23 on Monday, the Cowboys will be two wins outside the top four with three rounds to play.They played well. They deserved it. They wanted it more than us, Cowboys coach Paul Green said.We were a little bit flat and they had a bit more energy than us. They definitely defended better than us and carried the ball better than us.It was a similar story last week.We just have to get a bit of confidence back and scrap and fight for a win.Green said rake Jake Granville (hand) is still at least two weeks away from playing.Prop Ben Hannant is also due back from knee surgery in two weeks. Shirt Leander Dendoncker . R.J. Umberger scored twice to lead the Blue Jackets to a franchise-record for consecutive wins with a 5-3 victory Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Kings. Shirt Toby Alderweireld . The 29-year-old Baines has established himself as one of the top attacking full backs in the country and was the subject of two bids from United during the last off-season. Everton manager Roberto Martinez says that keeping Baines at the club is a "massive boost and exciting for the future" because he brings "maturity and football knowledge in a very specialized position on the pitch" and an "infectious and positive influence to the rest of the squad. http://www.voetbalshirtbelgie.com/voetbalshirt-nacer-chadli.html . -- If this was Aaron Gordons final home game at Arizona, and it almost certainly was, then he went out in style. Voetbalshirt Kevin De Bruyne . The Dane followed up his first European Tour title last weekend with eight birdies and just a single dropped shot on Thursday for a one-stroke advantage over South Africas Allan Versfeld and Portugals Ricardo Santos. Axel Witsel Shirt . LOUIS -- St. ATLANTA -- Adam Frazier got the Pirates first rally going in the fifth inning with a 13-pitch at-bat. He finished off the Braves in the sixth with a two-run single.The 13-pitch at-bat was probably the longest weve had all season, manager Clint Hurdle said. I think hes got a very good internal clock for the game and hes very aggressive.Jung Ho Kang doubled home the tiebreaking run in a four-run sixth to lead Gerrit Cole and Pittsburgh past the Atlanta Braves 5-3 on Tuesday night.Matt Kemp went 0 for 4 and ended the game with a strikeout in his Atlanta debut.Cole was coming off the first complete game of his career, a 10-1 win over Seattle last Wednesday. He wasnt as dominant this time, but didnt need to be against the major leagues worst offense.Cole (7-6) struck out four and allowed seven hits, two walks and two runs -- one earned -- in five innings. He threw 97 pitches, four more than he did in his complete game.He insisted the muggy conditions werent a factor in his early exit.No, I switched my jersey three times tonight, Cole said. Other than that, its the middle of summer. Its going to be hot.Tony Watson, in his first game as Pirates closer since Mark Melancons trade to Washington, earned his first save since April 22, 2015.Braves starter Mike Foltynewicz didnt allow a hit until the fifth, but he squandered a 1-0 lead after his 82 mph changeup hit Francisco Cervelli in the left side of the helmet. Frazier doubled on the 13th pitch he saw, and pinch-runner Jeff Fryer scored on Jordy Mercers RBI groundout.Matt Joyces RBI single in the sixth made it 2-all. Kang put the Pirates up 3-2 and chased Foltynewicz. Frazier singled off Jose Ramirez to give Pittssburgh a 5-2 lead.ddddddddddddFoltynewicz (4-5) allowed four hits, five runs, three walks and struck out four in 5 1/3 innings.That first couple of innings is probably the best Ive felt and the most confident Ive felt all year, he said. Its just that the last four or five outings have (had) one big inning thats hurt me. So if I can do a better job of controlling that, its going to be all right.The Braves led 2-1 in the fifth after Nick Markakis RBI single. They went up 1-0 in the fourth. A.J. Pierzynskis grounder stayed in the infield after it bounced off the arm of Frazier, the second baseman, but it was surprisingly scored an RBI double.Markakis cut the lead to 5-3 in the eighth with his sixth homer.Kemp left five runners on base. Felipe Rivero struck him out to strand runners in scoring position in the seventh. The Braves acquired Kemp in a trade with San Diego on Saturday.Freddie Freeman went 0 for 5 with three strikeouts and left six runners on.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: Cervelli initially insisted he was fine after getting hit by Foltynewiczs pitch and went to first base after getting checked out by a trainer. He called timeout before Frazier, the next batter, took a pitch and Cervelli then left the game.Braves: RHP Julio Teheran was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right lat muscle. He was originally injured during a four-inning start July 22 at Colorado.UP NEXTPirates: LHP Jeff Locke (8-6) is 2-2 with a 4.89 ERA in seven career starts against Atlanta.Braves: RHP Rob Whalen will make his major league debut. Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys cheap jerseys Cheap Jersyes Cheap Basketball Jerseys Cheap NHL Jerseys cheap jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '