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MMOTORSPORTOTORSPORT | Page 3 FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 7 F1 unveils Chelsea fastest street contenders but track for Saudi City, Bayern the Grand Prix teams to beat Friday, March 19, 2021 CRICKET Sha’aban 6, 1442 AH Hosts India survive GULF TIMES fi nal-over scare to level series 2-2 SPORT Page 2 FOOTBALL Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium to Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium. host Amir Cup fi nal on May 14 By Sports Reporter mosphere with all reassurance. Al Arabi, while Al Rayyan will Doha The details of the match ar- face Al Duhail. rangements will be announced at In the quarters, Baghdad a later time, QFA said. Details re- Bounedjah scored a brace as Al he Qatar Football Associ- lated to obtaining tickets and the Sadd had crushed Al Gharafa 5-0, ation (QFA), in co-oper- preventive and health measures while last year’s runner-up Al Ara- ation with the Supreme will also be announced later. bi had cruised past Al Sailiya 4-1. Committee for Delivery It is noteworthy that the last Al Duhail had sealed their spot Tand Legacy (SC), has set Friday, edition (48th) of the Amir Cup was in the semi-fi nals with a 2-0 vic- May 14, for the fi nal match of held last December, when Al Sadd tory over Al Shamal with Kenyan the Amir Cup. The match will be beat Al Arabi at the Ahmed Bin Ali striker Michael Olunga (45+3) and played at Jassim Bin Hamad Sta- Stadium, the fourth World Cup Abdulla al-Ahraq (89) scoring for dium, the home turf of Al Sadd. 2022 stadium, which was offi cially the Red Knights. In another quar- The QFA has urged the fans launched on the day of the fi nal. ter-fi nal, Al Rayyan had edged – who wish to attend the fi nal QFA has not yet announced the out Al Kharaitiyat 2-0, thanks to a match – to obtain the Covid-19 dates of the semi-fi nals, which brace by Ivorian Yohann Boli, who vaccine to enjoy the match’s at- will see holders Al Sadd take on struck once in each half. HORSE RACING Smart ward Off He Goes wins the battle of stayers Tomas Lukasek rides the gelding to victory in the 3,200m feature; Soufiane Saadi guides three winners By Mikhil Bhat Doha he battle of stayers went right down to the wire as HE Sheikh Iman bint Mohamed bin Khalifa Tal-Thani’s Off He Goes ran a de- termined race to bag The Late Yousef Al Romaihi Cup at the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club’s Al Rayyan Park yesterday. The 3,200m feature for Class 2 Thoroughbreds saw familiar rivals — Off He Goes and Umm Qarn’s Duke Of Dundee — set the pace for the entire duration of the race. Tomas Lukasek had Ju- lian Smart-trained Off He Goes pick up the pace coming off the fi nal bend and Ronan Thomas followed suit astride Alban de Mieulle’s ward Duke Of Dundee. Ali bin Yousef al-Romaihi, Mubarak bin Yousef al-Roamaihi and Fahad bin Yousef al-Romaihi are seen with the winners of The Late Yousef Al QREC Acting CEO Bader bin Mohamed al-Darwish (right) presents a However, the latter, who had Romaihi Cup after Off He Goes won the 3,200m feature at Al Rayyan Park yesterday. PICTURES: Juhaim memento to Ali bin Yousef al-Romaihi. fi nished three lengths behind the seven-year-old gelding last running the 2,000m Thorough- Won by: ½, ¾, ½. Time: 1:31.54. Aafreen (Meteb Ali al-Marri), 3. time round in a 2,800m aff air, bred Plate for three-year-olds, Owner: Injaaz Stud. Trainer: Ali Abha (Faleh Bughanaim), 4. Mater closed the gap yesterday but still the colt’s longest run so far. Yousuf al-Kubaisi. (Ronan Thomas). Won by: 2, ¼, ¾. fell short by half-a-length at the However, a winner over 1,300m Race 3: PUREBRED ARABIAN Time: 2:08.11. Owner: Abdulatif post. on dirt at Al Uqda Equestrian MAIDEN PLATE (3 Year Olds) Hussain al-Emadi. Trainer: Bader Ivan Rossi egged Quelindo Complex two weeks ago, US Cliff (Far Bend) (Distance: 1,200m) al-Balushi. on at the top of the straight, but had little trouble with the change 1. Watnah Al Sakab (Anas al-Seya- Race 7: THOROUGHBRED could never get into the game as in conditions as Saadi guided the bi), 2. AJS Saeeq (Soufiane Saadi), HANDICAP (Class 3) (Far Bend) Off He Goes won for the third bay son of Footstepsinthesand to 3. Zood (Meteb Ali al-Marri), (70-90) (Distance: 2,000m) time this season from four starts. a half-a-length victory. 4. Al Maronah Al Sakab (Qais 1. Bottom Bay (Khalid al-Balushi), Frenchman Soufi ane Saadi Earlier in the day, Anas al- al-Busaidi). Won by: 5, 10 ½, 2 ¾. 2. She’s Our Queen (Ivan Rossi), rode three winners yesterday, Seyabi and Alberto Sanna rode Time: 1:23.92. Owner: Al Sakab 3. Burano Boy (Soufiane Saadi), including Umm Qarn’s Abida, a maiden winner each with the Stud. Trainer: Ibrahim al-Malki. 4. More Than A Dream (Carlos Abdulatif Hussain al-Emadi’s former riding Ibrahim al-Malki- Race 4: PUREBRED ARABIAN Henrique). Won by: ½, ½, NK. Sky Blue and Jassim bin Ali al- schooled Watnah Al Sakab on the MAIDEN PLATE (Far Bend) Time: 2:03.79. Owner: Khalifa bin Attiyah’s US Cliff . fi lly’s smashing winning debut (4-6-year-old) (Distance 1,200m) Sheail al-Kuwari. Trainer: Zuhair In the nine-race card’s fi rst in the Purebred Arabian Maiden 1. Hadjira De Flauzins (Alberto Mohsen. event yesterday, Umm Qarn’s Plate. The Al Sakab Stud fi lly beat Sanna), 2. HM Al Bourak (Tomas Race 8: THOROUGHBRED Abida raced to her second the fi eld in the six-furlong sprint Lukasek), 3. Tamih (Rashid Ali PLATE (3 Year Olds) (Class 2) straight victory under Saadi as by an impressive fi ve lengths. al-Marri), 4. Guyloud De Carrere (Far Bend) (Distance: 2,000m) the De Mieulle-saddled mare Sanna was astride Ali Yousuf (Meteb Ali al-Marri). Won by: 2, 4, 1. US Cliff (Soufiane Saadi), 2. topped the Local Purebred Ara- al-Kubaisi-saddled Hadjira De 2 ½. Time: 1:19.90. Owner: Khalifa William Bligh (Alberto Sanna), 3. bian Maiden Plate over 2,000m. Flauzins in the other Arabian bin Sheail al-Kuwari. Trainer: Ali Risque (Ivan Rossi), 4. Mahthouf Saadi was astride a winner in maiden race for four-to-six- Yousuf al-Kubaisi. (JP Guillambert). Won by: ½, 4 ½, another 2,000m aff air, when Sky year-old contenders around the Race 5: THOROUGHBRED PLATE Hd. Time: 2:06.09. Owner: Jassim Blue eased past the post in the same distance. Khalifa bin Sheail (3 Year Olds) (Class 3) (Far bin Ali al-Attiyah. Trainer: Jassim Local Thoroughbred Handicap al-Kuwari’s fi lly fi nally entered Bend) (Distance: 1,200m) Ghazali. for horses rated 70-90. Bader al- the winner’s enclosure on her Tomas Lukasek rides Off He Goes to The Late Yousef Al Romaihi Cup victory yesterday. 1. Jimmy Sparks (Alberto Sanna), Race 9: THE LATE YOUSEF AL Balushi’s ward had impressed in seventh start after missing out on 2. Lauded (Anas al-Seyabi), 3. ROMAIHI CUP (Far Bend) (Class all but one of his starts this term, a victory on at least four previous oughbred Plate event for three- half-a-length victory in a 1,500m Lyla (Tomas Lukasek). Won by: 1, Vedute (Ivan Rossi), 4. Nastase 2 THOROUGHBREDS) (Distance: fi nishing in the money six out of occasions. year-olds, edging out his rivals novice event for Thoroughbreds. ¼, 1 ¾. Time: 2:16.69. Owner: Umm (Ronan Thomas). Won by: ¼, 1 ¼, 3,200m) seven outings. In the eighth race The win was fi rst of the two by a quarter-of-a-length. Qarn. Trainer: Alban de Mieulle. 3. Time: 1:12.41. Owner: Abdulhadi 1. Off He Goes (Tomas Lukasek), this season, the fi ve-year-old for the Italian jockey as he was For al-Kubaisi, Hadjira De RESULTS Race 2: THOROUGHBRED Mana al-Hajri. Trainer: Stefano 2. Duke Of Dundee (Ronan Tho- gelding won by two lengths in astride the winner once again Flauzins was his second winner Race 1: LOCAL PUREBRED NOVICE PLATE (Class 6) (Far Ibido. mas), 3. Quelindo (Ivan Rossi), 4. front of Meteb Ali al-Marri-rid- half-an-hour later, this time in yesterday, having earlier saddled ARABIAN NOVICE PLATE (Far Bend) (Distance: 1,500m) Race 6: LOCAL Masterpiece (Marco Casamento). den Aafreen. the colours of Abdulhadi Mana Injaaz Stud’s Pom Malpic, the Bend) (Distance: 2,000m) 1. Pom Malpic (Marco Casamen- THOROUGHBRED HANDICAP Won by: ½, 5, 1 ¼. Time: 3:30.26. In the penultimate race of the al-Hajri. Sanna rode Stefano promising runner-up from the 1. Abida (Soufiane Saadi), 2. to), 2. Cruella Dovil (Anas al-Seya- (Far Bend) (70-90) (Distance: Owner: HE Sheikha Iman bint day, Jassim Ghazali-schooled US Ibido’s ward Jimmy Sparks to high-quality Al Biddah Mile (QA Dalilak (Khalid al-Balushi), 3. bi), 3. Courageux (Alberto Sanna), 2,000m) Mohamed bin Khalifa al-Thani. Cliff stepped up big in distance an exciting victory in the Thor- Group 2) almost a month ago, to Valentina (Alberto Sanna), 4. Alf 4. Main Reef (Faleh Bughanaim). 1. Sky Blue (Soufiane Saadi), 2. Trainer: Julian Smart. Gulf Times 2 Friday, March 19, 2021 CRICKET TWENTY20 FOCUS Bangladesh’s Iqbal to miss T20I series Hosts India survive against New Zealand fi nal-over scare to level series 2-2 Suryakumar Yadav smashed 57 to help India to 185-8, their highest total of the series Reuters IANS WARNER ENDS CENTURY Ahmedabad Dunedin DROUGHT IN DOMESTIC TIE Australia opener David Warner hit his fi rst century in 14 months ndia survived fi nal-over angladesh opening bats- to help New South Wales main- drama to beat England by man Tamim Iqbal will tain their unbeaten record in the eight runs in the fourth miss the three-match domestic Marsh One-Day Cup Twenty20 International and T20I series against New yesterday.