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PARIS -- Two-time world champion Javier Fernandez recovered from a fall on his first jump to take the lead in the mens short program at the Trophee de France on Friday, while American teenager Nathan Chen enjoyed another skating first.Skating to Malaguena, performed by Paco de Lucia and Placido Domingo, the four-time European champion from Spain fell on his quadruple toe loop attempt on the Palais Omnisports ice but stayed calm. He then perfectly delivered a quadruple salchow-triple toe loop combination and landed a triple axel.Fernandez, who won the Rostelecom Cup last week in Russia, will go into Saturdays free skate with a 3.72-point lead over Nathan Chen. World and Olympic medalist Denis Ten of Kazakhstan was a distant third, 7.36 points back.Fernandez, who said he needed to improve his short program after his second place in Russia, was happy with the adjustments he made.Although I still fell on the quad toe, Ive improved my spins and steps, he said.Chen, already the first skater to perform four quadruple jumps in a free skate during competition in January at the U.S nationals, became the first to land a quadruple lutz and a quadruple flip in the same program.Im not trying to make history, Im just setting personal goals, the 17-year-old Chen said after making a successful debut on the senior circuit.Fresh from her win at Skate Canada, world champion Evgenia Medvedeva captured the womens short program with a strong and fluid performance. She opened with a triple flip-triple toe loop then landed a triple loop and a double axel, scoring 78.52 points. Gabrielle Daleman of Canada, who placed fourth at Skate America, was 5.82 points behind. Debuting on the senior Grand Prix, world junior silver medalist Maria Sotskova of Russia was third.Meanwhile, world champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron delivered a commanding performance for a nearly 10-point lead in the ice dance. Competing in their first ISU Grand Prix event this season, the French skaters scored a personal best of 78.26 points in the short program and were 9.54 points ahead of Russias Elena Ilinykh and Ruslan Zhiganshin.Americans Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue were in third place, with 66.77.There is no pressure any more for the placing, Cizeron said. Our main goal now is to give 100 percent tomorrow and to perform a fine free dance.The Trophee de France is the fourth event of the Grand Prix Series. Held in Bordeaux last year, the event was canceled after the first day of competition because of the terror attacks in Paris.The Cup of China and the NHK Trophy later this month will be the last chances for ice skaters to qualify for the GP Final from Dec. 7-11 in Marseille, France.In the pairs competition, Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot of Germany led with 77.55 ahead of Russians Evgenia Tarsova and Vladimir Morozov (76.24). NMD R2 Sale Canada . Didier Drogba gave away the penalty that put Senegal one goal away from a major upset, but the veteran striker will get another chance -- probably his last -- at the World Cup after Salomon Kalous injury-time strike sealed the Ivorians place in Brazil next year. NMD Canada Online . Nathan MacKinnon, Jamie McGinn and Jan Hejda also scored for the Avalanche, who won despite being outshot 38-23. MacKinnons goal, also on the power play, came with just over a minute remaining. http://www.nmdshoescanada.com/nmd-r1-cheap-canada.html . Siddikur, whose previous win on the circuit came in Brunei three years ago, finished his bogey-free round with a birdie on the 18th for a total of 17-under 199. Indias Shiv Chowrasia, who has finished runner-up in this tournament twice, was in second place after a 66. NMD_R1 Shoes Canada . -- For the first time in two months, an opponent was standing up to Alabama. NMD Human Race Canada . -- Mike Smith never saw his first NHL goal go in. Cricket South Africa has taken strong exception to a comment made by ICC chief executive David Richardson during his recent visit to Sri Lanka, where he said the Big-Three takeover of the ICC in 2014 was partly due to the inability of CSA - among other boards - to stand up to India, England and Australia.If he is indeed correctly quoted, his remarks come as a complete shock to us, CSA chief executive, Haroon Lorgat said in a statement. For someone who was actually party to the 2014 resolutions to now make such a disparaging remark to CSA is frankly nonsense and insulting to us.The CSA Board had from the very outset realised how damaging the original proposals would have been to the global growth of the game and together with Pakistan and Sri Lanka had strongly opposed it. This included CSA making a significant written submission to the ICC Board which had resulted in a number of the original proposals being amended. Thats in fact the reason why we are where we are now. The CSA Board will always stand up for what it believes to be right for the game.While in Sri Lanka, Richardson had said during a press conference: The international game has gone through a period of turbulence, where the governance, the financial model, the playing [of the game] was in turmoil by the resolutioons passed by the ICC in 2014 […] what happened in 2014 took place really because unfortunately countries like South Africa, Sri Lanka and New Zealand were not able to stand up to the big boys.ddddddddddddI dont think that will happen again.CSA said its president would take up the matter with the ICC chairman Shashank Manohar.In 2014, the ICC had radically restructured its governance and revenue distribution system following a campaign by CA, BCCI and ECB, which led to greater executive and financial clout in the hands of these three boards. The proposals initially caught the other Full Members off-guard and four boards opposed the amendments. CSA was one objector but eventually came on board. The constitutional amendments required to put the new structure in place were eventually approved of during the ICCs 2014 Annual Conference.However, after Manohar succeeded N Srinivasan as ICC chairman, and then got elected as the governing bodys first independent chairman who wasnt affiliated to a Full Member board, he spoke of ending the Big Threes bullying of the other boards and a return to a more equitable distribution of power and revenue in the ICC. ' ' '