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Morocco to host Brave CF Wimbledon: Federer, TDT | Manama tinent of Africa through StarSat and VodaComm to broadcast the event live he fourteenth edition of Brave in the continent. TCombat Federation will be hosted Brave 14 marks the first event host- in Tangier Morocoo on 18th August, ed by Morocco after the bid to host Serena enter round 2 2018. The event will be held under 2026 FIFA World Cup. Multiple fac- the patronage of His Majesty the King tors played a role in hosting the first Mohammed VI of Morocco. event in the second phase of 2018 in Federer marks 20th Wimbledon with ‘$300 million’ windfall The event marks the first time in Morocco including the geo-proximity the history of sports that a global MMA to Europe, sustainable economy and promotion is hosting an event in the growing relations between the King- continent of Africa. Brave Combat dom of Bahrain. Federation had recently made its entry Mohammed Shahid, the President into Europe with the event in Belfast, of Brave Combat Federation has an- United Kingdom. nounced that the promotion will host The promotion found under the events in nations that were discussed, leadership of HH Shaikh Khalid bin however the timeline will be deter- Hamad Al Khalifa had already se - mined based on conditions that favour cured broadcast rights for the con- the growth of Mixed Martial Arts.

Brave CF becomes first to host MMA event in Africa

Roger Federer was at his imperious best against Dusan Lajovic Serena Williams celebrates winning TDT | Manama Mohammed VI of Morocco. Brave Combat Federation which is found AFP | London Centre Court dressed for the first Out on Court One, Serena, seeded 25 rave Combat Federation an - under the leadership of HH Shaikh time in gear designed by Japanese this year despite a ranking of 181, had Bnounced the upcoming event to Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa has ight-time champion Roger giant Uniqlo in a deal reported to be too much power for Rus, the world 107 be hosted in Tangier, Morocco on 18 already secured extensive broad - Federer and seven-time win- worth $300 million after a two-decade who made the third round in 2012 but August, 2018. cast coverage in Africa through Ener Serena Williams shrugged association with Nike. failed to get out of qualifying on her The organisation announced the the partnership with StarSat and off 30-degree heat to breeze into the But everything else was familiar for last three visits. latest development during the 49th VodaComm. Wimbledon second round Monday. the Swiss star who cruised past world Williams, looking to move with - edition of Brave News which was re- The event will also establish as the Federer, the defending champion number 57 Lajovic in just 79 minutes. in one title of Martina Navratilova’s leased on Sunday. base for upcoming events by Brave and seeking a 21st major, marked the It was the second successive year Open era record of nine Wimbledon Brave Combat Federation which is Combat Federation in the continent start of his 20th successive Wimble- that Federer had knocked out the Serb titles, fired 23 winners past Rus and found and operating from the King- of Africa. don with a new look and a comfortable at Wimbledon. broke serve four times. dom of Bahrain is the first global The promotion is currently broad- 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 win over Serbia’s Dusan “I’m very happy, I felt good from Victory was sealed on a fifth match mixed martial arts organisation to casting live on Abu Dhabi Sports, Com- Lajovic. the start too which was nice and that point. host a global MMA event in the conti- bate, StarSat, VodaCom, Ran Fighting Williams, like Federer, 36-years-old was not the case last year against him. She next faces either Bulgarian nent of Africa. and Fite TV. but chasing a 24th Slam title, enjoyed I remember I struggled early on a lot,” qualifier Viktoriya Tomova or Czech Brave 14 marks the first event after Through broadcast expansion, the a hard-fought 7-5, 6-3 victory over said Federer. wild card Tereza Smitkova. the promotion made entry to Europe promotion is aiming to reach 140 na- Holland’s Arantxa Rus. After just 20 minutes to complete “I don’t know if I’m relieved, with Brave 13 hosted in Belfast, United tions by the end of 2018. Additional It was the American’s first match at the first set, Federer went on to fire 35 more motivated, but I am happy to Kingdom. There had been specula- hosting destinations will be announced the All England Club since lifting the winners past Lajovic, breaking serve get through that,” said Williams, tions regarding the possible destina- apart from Bahrain which will be 2016 title. five times, setting up a second round whose return to Slam tennis after tions including South Africa, Brazil, hosting the 2018 Brave International She missed the 2017 edition as she encounter against either Lukas Lacko pregnancy at Roland Garros last Philippines and Spain. Combat Week which will feature 2018 prepared for the birth of her first child. of Slovakia or French qualifier Benja- month ended in a fourth round injury The event will be hosted under the IMMAF World Championships during Top seed Federer marched out on min Bonzi. withdrawal. patronage of His Majesty the King the month of November. Australia’s Stanlake tears Froome cleared doping case Reuters | London cific facts of the case, that Mr Froome’s sample results do not constitute an through Pakistan for easy win hris Froome is free to race in this Adverse Analytical Finding,” the In- Cyear’s Tour de France, which starts ternational Cycling Union (UCI) said on Saturday, after cycling’s world gov- in a statement on Monday. AFP |Harare erning body cleared the four-time win- “In light of WADA’s unparalleled ac- ner of any wrongdoing over his posi- cess to information and authorship of ustralia fast bowler Billy Stanlake tive test for an asthma drug the salbutamol regime, the UCI has de- Arediscovered his aggressive streak Froome, 33, had tested positive for cided, to close the proceedings against to demolish Pakistan’s top order and excessive levels of Salbutamol follow- Mr Froome.” set up a nine- win for his side in ing a urine sample at last September’s In a release of its own, WADA said the second match of the T20 tri-series Vuelta a Espana. it accepted the UCI’s decision and it in Zimbabwe. “On 28 June 2018, World Anti-Dop- would not appeal the ruling which “The boys have been talking to me ing Agency (WADA) informed the UCI they believed to be “the right and fair in the last few days about being a little that it would accept, based on the spe- outcome for what was a complex case”. more aggressive, so that’s why I came out and tried to do that,” said Stanlake. The tactic brought almost immedi- ate success, and he went on to record figures of four for 8 in his opening burst, the most economical spell by an Australian in T20I , and second only to James Faulkner’s 5 for 27 the last time these two teams met. His efforts were a complete turn- around from Australia’s last T20, Australian fast bowler Billy Stanlake, centre, ripped through Pakistan’s top order with a against England, when Stanlake was devastating 4 for 8 opening spell carted for 47 in just three overs. “In the last game at Edgbaston I three quick strikes from Andrew “There have been times where I probably got away from that a little bit, Tye at the death and one each for have been (both fast and accurate), but JL [Australia coach Justin Langer] was Jhye Richardson and , it’s been a little inconsistent,” admit- getting in to me at training the other kept Pakistan to 116 all out, a score ted Stanlake. “The challenge for me is day about getting a bit more aggressive which Australia chased down with being able to do that game after game. at our boys in the nets, and he kept ease, Aaron Finch register- “England was a challenging tour for For reservations call reinforcing that so I really wanted to ing an unbeaten 68 as they cantered all of us, but the key message was do- +973 17364999 (seef District) make an emphasis on that today.” home with more than nine overs to ing the simple things well and sticking +973 17728699 (um Al Hassam) Stanlake’s , backed up by spare. to our strengths.