SOCCER
West Ham and Everton in FA Cup shocks
Minnows Wimbledon, Millwall and Shrewsbury keep the magic of FA cup alive
London — AFC Wimbledon proved that the spirit of one of the FA Cup’s craziest stories lives on by toppling Premier League West Ham United 4-2 in a sizzling fourth-round duel on Saturday. Second-tier Millwall dispatched top-flight Everton 3-2 at the New Den and third-tier Shrewsbury Town were denied the scalp of Premier League Wolverhampton Wanderers in stoppage time. Manchester City continued their pursuit of silverware on four fronts by hammering Burnley 5-0 to take their goal tally to 30 in seven matches in all competitions. Pep Guardiola’s side were upstaged as AFC Wimbledon, bottom of England’s third-tier League One and 58 rungs below West Ham on the English football ladder, reminded a television audience of what makes the FA Cup so intoxicating. West Ham made six changes from the side that played in their last Premier League match but still had players such as Andy Carroll, Javier Hernandez and Mark Noble on the pitch. They were swept aside, though, as Kwesi Appiah put AFC Wimb...
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