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AS Lionel Messi strug- gles to come to terms with Argentina’s pos- Chile’s Alexis Sanchez shoots at goal from a free kick during Copa match sible elimination against Ecuador at Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, on Friday. (REUTERS) from Copa America 2019, Asian champi- ons and their Sunday Alexis Sanchez sends opponents Qatar on the other hand have proved they can chal- Chile into quarters lenge some of the top interna- tional teams with their perfor- mance in Brazil so far. AFP gravating an old injury. Both sides will face off in a SALVADOR (BRAZIL) “I think I have a sprain, I winner-take-all clash tonight at hope it’s not too serious. At the Arena do Gremio in Porto ALEXIS Sanchez put a miser- half-time they strapped it up, Alegre at 10pm Doha time. able club season with Man- I played on with a bit of pain,” Qatar came into the tour- chester United behind him as he said. nament on the back of an im- he sent Chile into the Copa Chile top Group C with a pressive run earlier this year America quarter-finals with perfect six points ahead of their which saw them lift the Asian the winning goal in Friday’s clash with Uruguay at Rio’s Cup. The Maroons got off to a 2-1 win over Ecuador. iconic Maracana on Monday. memorable start in Brazil with Jose Fuenzalida gave Ecuador are left staring a comeback 2-2 draw against reigning champions Chile an elimination in the face after a Paraguay before suffering a eighth-minute lead but Enner second straight defeat, knowing narrow loss to Colombia. Valencia equalized for Ecua- they must beat Japan in Belo However, against Argen- dor from the spot. Horizonte on Monday to stand tina, the 2022 FIFA World Cup Sanchez bagged the win- any chance of progressing. hosts will play a disjointed team ner, his 43rd goal for his coun- “We put in a huge effort with one of the greatest player try, but Chile finished with 10 but we’re making the mistake to ever grace a football field. A combination picture of Argentina’s Lionel Messi (left) and Qatar’s forward Almoez Ali. The two will come face-to-face in their crucial and last men after Gabriel Achilier’s of switching off and that’s La Albiceleste have been group match of Copa America at the Arena do Gremio in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on Sunday. The match will begin at 10pm Doha time. (AFP) red card a minute from time. why they scored silly goals,” in turmoil for 12 months, hav- The 30-year-old Sanchez moaned Valencia. “We’ll try ing endured a miserable 2018 “Venezuela made it hard for need to be at 100 percent. play against Colombia. Hope- STANDINGS started only nine Premier and beat Japan and then see World Cup campaign that cost Brazil. At the moment, we’re “We have to remain vigi- fully, we will do well against League matches, scoring just where that takes us.” Jorge Sampaoli his job, and not winning any more in the lant all the time against Ar- Argentina also,” he said. TEAM P W D L GF GA PTS once, in an injury-interrupted Chile began as they had left they have rarely looked like a co- (Argentina) shirt and we have gentina. They are led by a “These are the games you GROUP B season for the Red Devils in off in their 4-0 thrashing of Ja- hesive unit since Lionel Scaloni to put things right to earn the great player in Messi who can see now, and we have to forget which he struggled to make an pan last Monday, opening the stepped up to the position. three points against Qatar,” the draw the attention of two de- this clash and look to our meet- COLOMBIA 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 impact when he did play. scoring after just eight minutes. “It would be crazy if we Barcelona star added. fenders, we need to be very ing against Argentina.” PARAGUAY 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 But he scored for the sec- Ecuador made a hash of couldn’t progress from the Felix Sanchez’s boys have careful,” said midfielder Ka- Paraguay, meanwhile will QATAR 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 ond game running in Salva- clearing a corner and Fuenza- group given there are practical- shown they are a strong de- rim Boudiaf. lock horns with Group B lead- ARGENTINA 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 dor as Chile joined Colombia lida sent an angled volley from ly three teams that go through,” fensive unit and also pose a Defender Tarek Salman, ers Colombia. Both the matches GROUP C as the only teams to qualify the edge of the area into the far Messi said. threat on the counter. But who has been impressive in will be played simultaneouly. for the knock-out stages after bottom corner. Ecuador brought “We knew it wasn’t going to against the former World Cup Brazil, hopes Al Annabi learn The last two matches of CHILE 2 2 0 0 6 1 6 their first two games. the same muscular approach to be easy playing in a Copa Amer- champions, who are looking from the mistakes they made Group A – Brazil vs Peru, and URUGUAY 2 1 1 0 6 2 4 However, he revealed af- the game that had seen them re- ica, we’re searching for a team, for a spark in a year filled with against Colombia. Venezuela vs Bolivia were to be JAPAN 2 0 1 1 2 6 1 terwards that he turned his duced to 10 men in their opener for a performance. poor performances, Qatar “We are proud of our dis- played late Saturday night. ECUADOR 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 ankle during the first half, ag- against Uruguay – a 4-0 loss. Japan, Qatar not just making up Copa numbers

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JAPAN and Qatar’s participa- tion in the Copa America may have raised eyebrows in some quarters but the two Asian na- tions have already proved they didn’t turn up in Brazil just to make up the numbers. Qatar began their Group B campaign by fighting back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Paraguay before a late Qatar’s high jump star Mutaz Issa Barshim will return to action having Duvan Zapata goal denied Qatar players greet the crowd at the end of their Copa match against Paraguay at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on June 16. (EPA-EFE) fully recovered from injury at the Polish International Athletics Friendly them a point against Colombia Championship on Sunday. in their next match. gentina almost certainly need likely to be available next year to say it now that we’ve played And while a youthful and to avoid being knocked out of for the Tokyo Olympics. Qatar, but I truly believe that the inexperienced Japan side was the competition, is anything When Moriyasu an- Copa America should be played Barshim to swing into taught a harsh lesson in clini- but a foregone conclusion. nounced his 23-man squad between American teams, all cal finishing by Chile in a 4-0 “You don’t win matches last month, 17 of the players integrated in one tournament: defeat, they were then on the any more just by pulling on the Guests excel were uncapped. CONCACAF and CONMEBOL.” action in Poland today wrong end of two controver- jersey,” warned the Barcelona Two friendlies and two CONMEBOL is the South sial VAR decisions in their 2-2 star, who turns 32 on Monday. This was the first time there Copa America matches later, American governing football QNA Championship and will partici- draw with Uruguay. had been two invitees from and nine of those have since federation that organises the WARSAW (POLAND) pate in some training programs Both sides may only have ‘Defiant spirit’ outside the Americas and that made their debut. Copa America, while CON- ahead of his participation at the one point from two group Having paid for their wasteful- policy will continue with the But despite fielding such CACAF groups countries from QATAR’S high jumper and IAAF Word Athletics Champi- games so far but they know ness in front of goal and na- next edition for which Australia inexperienced line-ups, Ja- North and Central America, Olympic champion Mutaz Issa onships Doha 2019 in Septem- that victory in their final pool ivety at the back against Chile, and Qatar have been invited to pan have impressed with their and the Caribbean. Barshim will return to action ber,” stated Al Fadala. encounters will likely see them Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu take part. So far, Mexico have speed and industry, as well as The CONCACAF Gold Cup, having fully recovered from He won bronze at the Lon- into the knock-out rounds. rang the changes ahead of come the closest of the guests a willingness to attack. the Copa America equivalent, last’s season injury at the Pol- don 2012 Olympic Games and “We want to be protago- their clash with Uruguay. to winning the Copa, reaching While many fans may have is actually taking place at the ish International Athletics went one better at the Rio nists on the pitch, our players “They showed a lot of the final in 1993 and 2001. regarded the two Asian invitees same time. Invitees have been Friendly Championship which Olympics taking the silver. He have the quality to do that,” courage to play the game,” as amongst the weakest sides a feature of the Copa America gets underway on Sunday. also brought home gold after said Qatar’s Spanish coach Fe- Moriyasu said of his players, in the tournament, both have since it adopted its current 12- Qatar Athletics Federa- an imperious display at the lix Sanchez. lauding their “defiant spirit” awarded penalty, insisted the proved they are no push-overs. team format in 1993. tion’s Secretary-General Mo- 2017 World Championships in “We’re a team that never against a “top” team. 15-time Copa winners had But not everyone has welcomed While the invitees have hammed Issa al Fadala out- Athletics in London. gives up,” he added about the Having thrashed 10-man not underestimated their them with open arms. mostly been from the Ameri- lined in a press release to Barshim was earlier the Asian champions. Ecuador 4-0 in their opener, Asian opponents. “I’ve never seen a Euro- cas – Mexico have played 10 Qatar News Agency on Friday Asian Indoor and World Jun- On Sunday, Qatar face a Uruguay had to come from be- “We knew the result pean championships where times, Costa Rica five times that Barshim has fully recov- ior champion in 2010 and disjointed and underwhelm- hind twice to snatch the draw against Chile the other day they’ve invited a South and the United States four ered from ankle injury he sus- won the high jump gold med- ing Argentina for whom Lionel with Japan. was unreliable,” he said. American team,” complained times – CONMEBOL had tained in July last year. als at the 2011 Asian Athletics Messi has been unable to spark Barcelona striker Luis Su- Japan came to the tourna- Paraguay’s Argentine coach branched out once before “Mutaz will take part in Championships and 2011 Mili- into life. And he knows that a arez, who equalised the first ment with a squad made up Eduardo Berizzo. when Japan were invited to Polish international athletics tary World Games. victory over Qatar, which Ar- time from the controversially mostly of under-23 players “It could sound unpleasant the 1999 tournament. 14 Sunday, June 23, 2019 Sports

QATAR ENTER FIFTH STRAIGHT ASIAN BEACH HANDBALL FINAL Qatar’s Abdulla faces fightback after wiper issues in Italy TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK RESULTS PORDENONE (ITALY) 1. Amerigo Ventura (ITA)/Icaro Ventura (ITA) Yamaha QATAR’S Adel Abdulla faces a YZX 1000R 2hrs 35min 14.4sec 2. Fedor Vorobyev (RUS)/Kirill Shubin (RUS) Can-Am fightback over the final stages Maverick X3 2hrs 38min 54.4sec of the Italian Baja, round three 3. Santiago Navarro (ESP)/Marc Sola (ESP) Can-Am of the FIA World Cup for Cross- Maverick X3 2hrs 39min 43.9sec Country Bajas, after slipping to 4. Michele Cinotto (ITA)/Mauricio Dominella (ITA) Polaris RZR 1000 2hrs 47min 12.9sec eighth in the T3 rankings with 5. Aleksandr Dorosinskiy (LVA)/Oleg Uperenko (LVA) windscreen wiper issues after Can-Am Maverick X3 2hrs 54min 10.4sec three of the event’s six timed 6. Abdullah Al-Zubair (OMN)/Faisal Al-Raisi (OMN) sections on Saturday. Can-Am Maverick X3 2hrs 58min 15.4sec 7. Michal Goczal (POL)/Szymon Gospadarczyk (POL) The Doha-based driver and Can-Am Maverick X3 3hrs 10min 51.0sec French co-driver Jean-Michel 8. Adel Abdulla (QAT)/Jean-Michel Polato (FRA) Can- Polato clocked a time of 10min Am Maverick X3 3hrs 16min 56.0sec 11sec through the opening Adel Abdulla in action on the dried river beds of northern Italy. 12.09km Murlis super special open the front screen.” on Friday evening and that left eighth in the overall rankings. cided to fix it in for this race. The Qatari returned to a the Can-Am Maverick X3 crew Problems with a faulty wind- The wiper broke in the first two competitive pace with the fifth in third in the T3 category for screen wiper had cost the Qa- kilometres of the first stage this fastest time of 1hr 17min 22sec modified cross-country vehi- tari 39 minutes in the muddy morning in a water splash. I on the second run through the cles. The early advantage went and sodden stage. could not see anything. I tried special. Dorosinskiy suffered to Latvian driver Aleksandr Dorosinskiy set the fastest to continue, hoping that the delays, dropped to fifth and Dorosinskiy with Santiago Na- time of 1hr 09min 54sec to ex- wind would drive the water off handed the lead to Ventura to varro of Spain in second place. tend his outright T3 lead over the screen at speed. Then I hit take into the final timed test of Three runs through a chal- Italian driver Amerigo Ventura a big ditch. I could not see it be- the day. Vorobyev and Navarro Holders Qatar set up their fifth Asian Men’s Beach Handball championship final in a row against four- lenging and slightly modified to 3min 53sec. Navarro held cause of the wiper problem. were second and third overall. time runners-up Oman as they outclassed Iran 2-0 in the semi-finals in Weihai, China on Saturday. Al gravel stage of 79.43km fol- third and Russian Fedor Voro- “We tried to continue with- Crews face two runs Annabi clinched the opening half 20-14 and dominated the Iranians in the next, taking it by 16-10 to lowed on Saturday. The timed byev and Italy’s Michele Cinot- out stopping but it was very through another challenging complete their dominant victory. On the other hand, Oman had to battle hard against Vietnam and the section started and finished at to rounded off the top five. risky. We spent a lot of time try- and revised stage of 80.15km 2004 winners advanced to their sixth final with a 2-0 victory (13-12 & 18-16). Qatar have played Oman Barbeano. Adel said: “We had a big ing to open the front screen and that starts and finishes in in four straight finals and have remained unbeaten. The final is scheduled on Monday. The champion- Adel ceded time to his rivals problem with the wiper on the remove it. Later on, it was rain- Gradisca before the return to ship is also qualifiers for the World Championships which Italy will host next year. in the opener and reached the screen. Normally there is no ing and there was a lot of mud. Pordenone for the ceremonial finish in ninth and slipped to screen for this car but we de- But we lost the time trying to finish on Sunday.

AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS upset Ighalo snatches Nigeria DR Congo 2-0 for rare Cup of winner against Burundi Nations win REUTERS AFP ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT UGANDA won at the Africa ODION Ighalo came off the Cup of Nations finals for the bench to score the goal that first time in more than 40 gave former champions Nige- years as they upset the Demo- Lewis Hamilton (centre), Charles Leclerc (left) and Valtteri Bottas after ria a 1-0 victory over stubborn cratic Republic of Congo 2-0 in the qualifying session of the French Formula One Grand Prix at Paul minnows Burundi on Satur- their opening Group A match Ricard circuit in Le Castellet on Saturday. (EPA-EFE) day in the opening Africa Cup at the Cairo International Sta- of Nations Group B match. dium on Saturday. The Shanghai Shenhua Both goals came from set- forward had been on the pitch pieces as head- Hamilton powers only four minutes in Egyptian ed home a 14th-minute corner Mediterranean city Alexandria and then got when he struck the 77th-min- a touch onto a free kick just af- to French Grand ute winner. ter halftime. Uganda last won Bookmakers have made at the finals in 1978 when they Nigeria fourth-favourites at beat Nigeria in the semi-finals 9/1 to win the competition, and finished runners-up to Prix pole ahead behind hosts and record sev- hosts Ghana. en-time champions Egypt, Saturday’s surprise win Senegal and Ghana. served notice of the potential of of Bottas Debutants Burundi bat- a team not given much chance of tled bravely throughout before Nigeria’s forward Odion Ighalo celebrates his goal against Burundi during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations progressing past the first round. AFP my lap and unfortunately it a small crowd that included at Alexandria Stadium in Alexandria on Saturday. (AFP) Kaddu attacked the ball at LE CASTELLET, FRANCE wasn’t enough! A good start will four-time African Footballer the near post and got a sharp be very important tomorrow.” of the Year Samuel Eto’o from and it took a brave parry from The Super Eagles fired As the hour mark ap- angle to his twisting header LEWIS Hamilton timed his On an afternoon of searing Cameroon, one of the tourna- perfectly-positioned Nigeria blanks in two warm-up proached, Rohr took off vet- for the first goal. Okwi’s goal best lap to perfection on Satur- heat and a gusty wind at the ment ambassadors. goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi to matches, a draw with Zimba- eran John Obi Mikel came when he looped the ball day when he took pole position remote Le Castellet circuit, the Burundi, who qualified at prevent a sizzling close-range bwe and loss to Senegal, and and introduced Ahmed Musa, over Congolese goalkeeper Ley ahead of his Mercedes team- track temperature was 55 de- the expense of a Gabon team shot finding the net. German coach Gernot Rohr hoping the pace of the wide Matampi with a flick-on. mate Valtteri Bottas with a blis- grees as the session began and including Arsenal star Pierre- The close shave came just expressed concern ahead of attacker could unlock the Bu- Miya almost made it 3-0 tering late effort at the French the air was 30, conditions that Emerick Aubameyang, lie 89 after beanpole Nigeria forward the Burundi clash. rundi defence. in the 56th minute with a Grand Prix. ensured plenty of complaints places below Nigeria in the Paul Onuachu had displayed “Players like Alex Iwobi Ighalo, the leading scorer rasping shot that Matampi did The five-time world cham- about the smooth, if slippery, world rankings. his aerial prowess to force a need to score more regular- in the qualifying competi- well to save while Congolese pion, who had struggled to asphalt surface. But they showed no signs good save from Jonathan Na- ly,” he said, referring to the tion with seven goals, later substitute Jonathan Bolingi match the Finn’s pace in the As he had on Friday after- of inferiority during the open- himana. misfiring 23-year-old Arse- replaced Onuachu and soon hit the Uganda crossbar with previous two practice sessions, noon and Saturday morning, ing half in the ancient city Nigeria, back at the Cup of nal forward. broke the deadlock. a 70th-minute header. reeled off a fastest lap in one Bottas was quick to set the pace and came closest to breaking Nations after failing to qualify Iwobi was well policed by a A superb pass from Ola The result is a setback for minute and 28.319 seconds to and topped Q1 ahead of Ham- the deadlock during the first for the last two editions, domi- Burundian side known as the Aina set up Ighalo to fire past the languid-looking Congo- beat him by 0.286 seconds. ilton with Leclerc a close third. 45 minutes. nated first-half possession as Swallows, who were enjoying the onrushing Nahimana and lese, who were semi-finalists It was the 86th pole of his Out went Daniil Kvyat, of Cedric Amissi darted on anticipated but seldom threat- their debut at the African foot- the ball landed in the far cor- in 2015 and quarter-finalists career for Hamilton, who won Toro Rosso, who will start at to a brilliantly weighted pass ened to score. ball showpiece. ner of the net. two years ago. last year’s race from pole, and the back of the grid after taking a record-increasing 63rd front- a new engine, Romain Gros- row lock-out for Mercedes. jean in his Haas, Lance Stroll Hamilton has taken 60 of his of Force India and the two Wil- poles with Mercedes. liams of George Russell and It was a master-class from Robert Kubica. World Cup winner Cafu unveiled as SC Ambassador the dominant Silver Arrows Both Mercedes and Ferrari team while their rivals laboured started Q2 on mediums and SC.QA nouncement, Cafu said: “It is Amazing and Challenge 22, I the work that the SC is doing, in pursuit, with Monegasque Hamilton responded with a lap DOHA an honour and a privilege to of- have witnessed the SC’s com- through Josoor and also other Charles Leclerc taking third for in 1:29.520, only for Bottas to ficially become part of the team mitment to ensuring Qatar’s programmes such as Genera- Ferrari ahead of Max Verstap- reply with 1:29.437, taking an BRAZIL’S legendary 2002 helping to deliver the World World Cup looks beyond the tion Amazing. So to combine pen, fourth for Red Bull. extra lap to do so. FIFA World Cup winning cap- Cup in Qatar. The World Cup 28 days of football to inspire this kind of work with the next British rookie Lando Nor- As these are intended to tain Cafu has officially joined has played a dominant role and help people far away and World Cup in Qatar, and the ris impressed with a fine ef- be their race-starting tyres, Qatar’s journey on the road to in my life, some may say even for generations to come. It is work I have done in the past, it fort to take fifth ahead of his Hamilton’s more cautious ap- 2022 after being unveiled as an from birth. for these reasons that I did not really does feel a perfect fit for resurgent McLaren team-mate proach may have preserved SC Ambassador. “As many know, I was born hesitate to join the organisation me,” Cafu said. Carlos Sainz and, surprisingly, some life he can make use of Established by the Su- during the famous 1970 World and help it continue to deliver Thawadi commented: “We a despondent Sebastian Vettel on Sunday. preme Committee for Cup game between Brazil and its work.” are delighted to welcome Cafu finished down in seventh in the Alexander Albon, 11th for & Legacy (SC) – the organisa- England, so you could say it Although his remit will to our team. His legendary sta- second Ferrari after a gearbox Toro Rosso, also impressed tion responsible for delivering would be my destiny to have cover a wide range of SC pro- tus and the legacy he leaves be- issue during Q3. but missed out on the top-ten tournament infrastructure for Supreme Committee Secretary- a lifelong affiliation with the grammes, projects and ini- hind from his on-field activities Daniel Ricciardo was eighth shootout along with Kimi Raik- the FIFA World Cup 2022 – General Hassan al Thawadi with sport. From dreams of playing tiatives, Cafu will work closely are clear for all to see. But what for Renault ahead of French- konen in the second Alfa, Nico the ambassador programme former Brazil defender and SC as a small child, to getting the with the Josoor Institute to is equally impressive to us is the man Pierre Gasly in the second Hulkenberg of Renault, Sergio works alongside some of the ambassador Cafu. chance to represent my nation, help deliver its groundbreaking work, commitment and dedica- Red Bull and Antonio Giovinaz- Perez and Kevin Magnussen. game’s most iconic stars to to the ultimate honour – win- academic and vocational cours- tion he has shown towards us- zi of Alfa Romeo. On their first Q3 runs, it help deliver and promote the over Germany. With 148 inter- ning the World Cup – it has es and qualifications to the next ing his profile to deliver genu- “It’s not an easy track,” said was Hamilton on top by two- numerous legacy programmes national appearances, he is also always been my passion. generation of sports and events ine hope and opportunity to the Hamilton. “It’s very techni- tenths with Leclerc third and and infrastructure projects as- the most capped player in Bra- “During my time as a player professionals. Josoor Institute underprivileged. cal and Valtteri has been very Vettel forced to pit after miss- sociated with the Arab world’s zil’s illustrious football history. – and since then in retirement was launched in December “That he joins us with a quick all weekend. I’ve been ing an upshift -- his gearbox not first FIFA World Cup. At a special unveiling cer- – I have also witnessed the 2013 with the purpose of build- commitment to helping en- chipping away and the last two responding as required. One of the game’s most emony in his home city of Sao game’s unique power to edu- ing the capabilities of the sports sure that the next generation laps were the ones.” That left the four-time respected and iconic stars, Paulo, hosted by SC Secretary cate, inspire and provide out- and events industries in Qatar receives the opportunities and Bottas said: “I think Lewis world champion, already in a in 2002 Cafu joined an elite General, Hassan al Thawadi, lets for underprivileged people, and the MENA region through avenues to succeed – whether had a really good lap. It’s be- solemn mood after the rejec- group of just five men to have Cafu officially joined Xavi no matter where you are from education, training, profession- it be on or off the pitch – makes tween super close between us tion of Ferrari’s appeal against captained Brazil to FIFA World Hernández, Samuel Eto’o and in the world.” al certification, consultancy him a perfect fit for our organi- all weekend and it’s about fine the Montreal penalty which Cup glory when he lifted the Mohammed Saadon al Kuwari He continued: “Through its and research. sation. I look forward to work- details.” cost him victory in Canada, famous trophy in Japan fol- as an official SC Ambassador. legacy programmes, such as the “There are a great deal ing alongside him up to and A happy Leclerc said: “At sounding ironically grim ahead lowing his nation’s 2-0 victory Reflecting on the an- Josoor Institute, Generation of parallels between this and beyond Qatar 2022.” the end, I am pretty happy with of the final showdown. Sports Sunday, June 23, 2019 15

New Zealand’s Kane Williamson celebrates his century against India rally to beat the West Indies at Old Trafford on Saturday. Afghanistan fright (REUTERS) Bumrah Man-of-the-Match; Shami claims final-over hat-trick to steal win REUTERS SOUTHAMPTON (ENGLAND)

INDIA’S Mohammed Shami claimed a sensational final- over hat-trick as Afghanistan just missed out on major World Cup upset on Saturday. Williamson sparkles with another ton A day after Sri Lanka stunned England in Leeds, REUTERS an even bigger upset looked MANCHESTER (ENGLAND) SCOREBOARD on the cards only for India to sneak home by 11 runs after CAPTAIN Kane Williamson’s NEW ZEALAND INNINGS Fall of : 1-0 (Guptill), 2-7 (Munro), 3-167 M. Guptill lbw b Cottrell 0 (Taylor), 4-210 (Latham), 5-251 (Williamson), 6-270 strike bowler Shami’s last- second straight World Cup cen- C. Munro b Cottrell 0 (De Grandhomme), 7-291 (Santner), 8-291 gasp heroics. tury helped New Zealand set K. Williamson c Hope b Cottrell 148 (Neesham) Afghanistan made the West Indies a target of 292 to R. Taylor c Holder b Gayle 69 : Cottrell 10-1-56-4 (1w), Roach 10-2-38-0, most of a slow to re- win their World Cup pool match T. Latham c and b Cottrell 12 Holder 7-0-42-0, Thomas 6-0-30-0, Brathwaite 6-0- J. Neesham c Cottrell b Brathwaite 28 58-2 (1w), Nurse 9-0-55-0, Gayle 2-0-8-1 (1w). strict India to 224-8, their at Old Trafford on Saturday. C. De Grandhomme run out (Cottrell) 16 lowest total of the tournament, West Indies made an im- M. Santner c Cottrell b Brathwaite 10 West Indies: , Evin Lewis, Shai Hope (wkt), but then struggled themselves. pressive start after captain M. Henry 0 , Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder Extras: (lb4, nb1, w3) 8 (capt), Carlos Brathwaite, Ashley Nurse, Kemar Roach, Needing 16 to win off the last Jason Holder put the Black Total: (For eight wickets, 50 overs) 291 , Oshane Thomas six balls with three wickets re- Caps in to bat with left-arm- Did not bat: Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult Toss: West Indies. maining, they were all out for er Sheldon Cottrell removed 213, slumping to their sixth both openers in his first over successive defeat. India’s (centre) is congratulated by teammates after he picked up two vital Afghanistan – trapping lbw (69) with the New est one-day international score, Shami dismissed Moham- wickets at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Southampton, England, on Saturday. (AFP) after review with the first ball Zealand skipper bringing up ended in the 47th over when he mad Nabi, who top-scored for of the day and clean bowling his second successive World skied the ball to wicketkeeper the Afghans with 52, Aftab attempting an unnecessary Colin Munro. Cup ton, in 124 balls, with a Shai Hope off Cottrell. Alam and HAT-TRICKS reverse sweep and gifting his But the classy Williamson well-placed four of a long hop Cottrell, who took three to complete his hat-trick. wicket. Shankar did not con- set about constructing a pa- from Kemar Roach. catches and delivered a run- “Shami was really good FollowingFll i g are ththe 10 hat-tricks h t t i k registered gi t d vert his start either and made tient 160-run partnership with Williamson’s 148, his high- out, ended with figures of 4-56. in the tournament’s history so far: today. He was making the ball PLAYER COUNTRY AGAINST YEAR 29 before falling leg-before to move more than anybody,” Ind NZ 1987 . India captain said Saqlain Mushtaq Pak Zim 1999 Nabi then struck the big- of the quick, who was playing Chaminda Vaas SL Bangla 2003 gest blow in the 31st over Brett Lee Aus Ken 2003 his first match of the tourna- Lasith Malinga* SL SA 2007 when he had Kohli caught SA seek inspiration from Lanka’s win ment. Kemar Roach WI Nelnds 2011 at point. “This game was way more Lasith Malinga SL Ken 2011 India still had enough fire- AFP important for us, because Eng Aus 2015 power in their line-up LONDON things didn’t go as planned. JP Duminy SA SL 2015 but the unerring Afghan spin- Sarfaraz urges angry Mohd Shami Ind Afghan 2019 That’s when you need to show ners straight-jacketed them. SOUTH Africa’s Aiden character and bounce back.” *Malinga, the only bowler to claim two World Cup Mahendra Singh Dhoni made Markram says Sri Lanka’s Having bled 397 in their hat-tricks, claimed four wickets in four balls against a laboured 28 and Hardik stunning World Cup upset of fans to stop abuse South Africa in 2007. previous outing against Eng- Pandya could not reproduce England will inspire his side’s land, the spin-heavy Afghan his trademark power-hitting. bid to avoid being eliminated LONDON: Embattled Pakistan have been troubled by the attack had earlier redeemed (52) hit the from the tournament. captain Sarfaraz Ahmed has taunting, which included themselves against India’s only six in the India innings The struggling Proteas pleaded with furious fans to social media trolling. vaunted batting line-up. but the expected late burst did face Pakistan in a must-win stop abusing his team ahead “Players have their personal Off-spinner Mujeeb drew India’s paceman Mohammed Shami celebrates taking the wicket of not materialise. clash at Lord’s on Sunday af- of Sunday’s World Cup clash lives,” Sarfaraz said on the first blood in the fifth over Afghanistan’s Mujeeb Ur Rahman to complete a hat-trick. (REUTERS) , whose fig- ter winning just one of their against South Africa. eve of Pakistan’s must-win when he bowled the in-form ures of 9-0-110-0 against Eng- first six group games. With Pakistan’s painful defeat game against the Proteas for one after In- SCOREBOARD land were the worst in World their troubled World Cup cam- against bitter rivals India at Lord’s. dia opted to bat. Cup history, bounced back paign facing a do-or-die mo- in Manchester last Sunday “Whatever they (the public) India, known for preserv- INDIA AFGHANISTAN with 1-38 in 10 tidy overs. ment, Markram revealed Sri sparked a furious reaction think, they write it on social ing wickets and accelerating K. Rahul c Zazai b Nabi 30 b Shami 10 Afghanistan wobbled early Lanka’s shock 20-run win over from supporters, with media. R. Sharma b Rahman 1 c Shankar b Pandya 27 later, managed only 41 runs in V. Kohli c Shah b Nabi 67 Rahmat Shah c Chahal b Bumrah 36 in their chase, losing Hazrat- the hosts this week has revived ex-pats living in Britain “That hurts, too much. the first 10 overs. V. Shankar lbw b Shah 29 c and b Bumrah 21 ullah Zazai in the seventh over South Africa’s spirits. taking out their frustrations “Players are affected psycho- Kohli batted with trade- MS Dhoni st Alikhil b Rashid 28 b Chahal 8 but they made slow, steady “It’s definitely inspiration- on the players. logically. Such things should mark fluency, though, mak- K. Jadhav c sub () b Naib 52 c Pandya b Shami 52 progress even after Gulbadin al,” Markram told reporters on Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam not happen.” H. Pandya c Alikhil b Alam 7 c Chahal b Pandya 21 ing up for a lack of bounda- M. Shami b Naib 1 Rashid Khan st Dhoni b Chahal 14 Naib fell for 27. Saturday. “It’s nice to see that a were reportedly abused and The 1992 champions are ries with smart running K. Yadav not out 1 Ikram Alikhil not out 7 Jasprit Bumrah dismissed team like Sri Lanka with great shouted at while at lunch on close to World Cup elimina- between the wickets during J. Bumrah not out 1 b Shami 0 Rahmat Shah (36) and Hash- players, and maybe have been Thursday, with fans claiming tion after winning just one of his breezy 67. Extras: (w7) 7 Mujeeb Ur Rahman b Shami 0 matulla Shahidhi (21) during struggling for form, as have we, players responded by push- their five matches. TOTAL: (For 8 wickets, 50 overs) 224 Extras: (b4, lb4, w9) 17 He forged two half-century Did not bat: . TOTAL: (All out, 49.5 overs) 213 a two-wicket maiden to drag have been able to overcome ing them. They not only need to win all partnerships, first with KL Ra- Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Sharma), 2-64 (Rahul), 3-122 Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Zazai), 2-64 (Naib), 3-106 India back into the contest. one of the favourites.” Pakistan’s players were ad- their four remaining matches hul and then Vijay Shankar, to (Shankar), 4-135 (Kohli), 5-192 (Dhoni), 6-217 (Shah), 4-106 (Shahidi), 5-130 (Afghan), 6-166 Shami conceded a bound- Sri Lanka defended vised to be cautious following to have a realistic chance of (Pandya), 7-222 (Shami), 8-223 (Jadhav). (Zadran), 7-190 (Rashid), 8-213 (Nabi), 9-213 (Alam), the incidents in London this reaching the semi-finals, but steady the innings. Bowling: Rahman 10-0-26-1 (1w), Alam 7-1-54-1, 10-213 (Rahman); Bowling: Shami 9.5-1-40-4 (3w), ary off the first ball of the final a modest 233-run target Replacing the injured Shi- Naib 9-0-51-2 (2w), Nabi 9-0-33-2 (1w), Rashid 10-0- Bumrah 10-1-39-2, Chahal 10-0-36-2, Pandya 10-1- over but struck with his third, against a powerful England week and Sarfaraz admitted also improve their inferior net khar Dhawan at the top of the 38-1 (2w), Shah 5-0-22-1 (1w). 51-2 (2w), Yadav 10-0-39-0. fourth and fifth deliveries to batting line-up, with Lasith the team and their families run-rate. (AFP) order, Rahul made 30 before finish with 4-40. Malinga taking four wickets. Baghdad claims back-to-back Al Shaqab Racing’s Meethag lands Qatar victory at Royal Ascot Coupe de France des Chevaux Arabes TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK the Mark Johnston-saddled Roger Varian and ridden by al Thani. Salma Nour Grine, DOHA Baghdad pulled out all the Andrea Atzeni. the Moroccan raider, was a stops to hold off Frankie Det- This victory is a back-to- length further back in third. MOHAMMED bin Hamad bin tori and the HRH Princess back Royal Ascot’s win for Abdulla Rashid al Kubaisi, Khalifa al Attiya’s Baghdad Haya of Jordan-owned and Baghdad, who won the King QREC Racing Manager, was (Frankel x Funny Girl) won John Gosden trained-Ben George V Stakes at the same present at the QREC-spon- the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes Vrackie who came second meeting last year. sored event and presented at Royal Ascot on Friday. with a short head. He was injured after that the trophies to the winners. The four-year-old bay colt The Sheikh Mohammed race and had a nine-month Meethag was having only battled bravely to win the Obaid al Maktoum’s Fujaira break. Yet, he has returned her second career start. After class 2, 2400m, race in a Prince completed the frame even stronger this year! At the a successful introduction at thrilling finish. with further 1.5 lengths be- age of four, this is Baghdad’s Toulouse, she confirmed that Ridden by Ryan Moore, hind. He was saddled by fifth win in only 10 starts. promise. Jérôme Cabre, the win- ning rider, said of the Thom- as Fourcy runner: “She showed her business like and professional qualities on her debut and confirmed those impressions today. She is a Abdulla Rashid al Kubaisi, QREC Racing Manager, presents the trophies to members of the winning party straight forward ride – with at the QREC-sponsored Qatar Coupe de France des Chevaux Arabes at Chantilly on Friday. a neat ability to quicken. She is among the best three-year- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK old fillies in the yard.” DOHA Meethag is a daughter of Dahor de Brugère and Al A Qatari 1-2 was the order of Nachmiya. The latter was the day in the QREC-spon- a winner at Gr1 PA level in sored Qatar Coupe de France the colours of His Excellen- des Chevaux Arabes. This fol- cy Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad lows a tight finish in the Qatar al Thani. Coupe de France des Chevaux QREC’s sponsorship of Arabes (Gr2 PA at Chantilly the Qatar Coupe de France on Friday. des Chevaux Arabes is part Meethag, in the colours of its long-term strategy to of Al Shaqab Racing, car- have a strong presence and ried the day after denying to facilitate the participa- Al Hazm by a nose at the tion of Qatari-owned hors- line. The latter raced in the Meethag (in foreground) edges Al Hazm at the finish line of the es at the Europe and the The Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa al Attiya-owned Baghdad, ridden by Ryan Moore, on the way to colours of His Highness QREC-sponsored Qatar Coupe de France des Chevaux Arabes at world’s top racecourses and winning the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes at the Royal Ascot on Friday. Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Chantilly in France on Friday. racing events.