FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2021 12 Dominant crush Cambodia Kumail Alaswad, Ali Madan, Ismaeel Abdullatif all score brace to lead five players on target as Bahrainis enjoy lopsided 8-0 victory to rise to top of Group C in joint-qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023 defeat Hong Kong for third win

Ali Madan looks to score past Cambodia goalkeeper Keo Soksela with a bicycle Kumail Alaswad gestures after scoring Bahrain’s first goal against Cambodia last Iran skipper controls possession during their match kick from close range night against Hong Kong yesterday TDT | Manama Hong Kong goalkeeper Hung Bahrain leapfrog Iraq Group C standings Fai Yapp and into the net. • BETTER ran defeated Hong Kong 3-1 That was enough to send on the Group C table P W D L +/- Pts Iin last night’s other Group C Iran into the break with the after improving to 12 Bahrain 6 3 3 0 +10 12 match of joint-qualification for single-goal advantage. points with their third Iraq 5 3 2 0 +7 11 KNOW the FIFA World Cup 2022 and In the second half, Amiri win in six matches Iran 5 3 0 2 +16 9 AFC Asian Cup 2023, played at doubled their advantage in the Hong Kong 6 1 2 3 -4 5 the Shaikh Ali bin Mohammed 61st minute after his powerful Cambodia 6 0 1 5 -29 1 Al Khalifa Stadium at Muhar- shot was also deflected before • Kumail Alaswad Kumail Alaswad was raq Club in Arad. flying into the net, beyond scores on either side and Abdullatif all scoring twice. straight into the top-right corner also on the scoresheet Goals from Ali Gholizadeh, Yapp’s reach. of the break, while Ali Six of Bahrain’s goals came in of goal. for Bahrain in their 1-0 Vahid Amiri and substitute Iran then made it 3-0 with Madan and Ismaeel a one-sided second half, which Madan could have scored in victory over Cambodia helped lift six minutes to go in regular was capped by Abdullatif’s sec- similar fashion the very next in their first meeting the Iranians to the victory. time. Ansarifard just needed Abdullatif fire in twice ond in the third minute of stop- minute, but Cambodia goalkeep- Matthew Elliot Wing Kai Orr to tap the ball home from close each in second half page time. er Keo Soksela comfortably col- of joint-qualifying, scored the lone consolation for range after a fine assist from The lopsided result was Bah- lected his shot. Haram also came held in Phnom Penh in Hong Kong. substitute , who Mohammed Al rain’s third win in six qualifying close in the first 20 minutes but September of 2019 The result gave Iran nine supplied a low cross from the Rumaihi• and Jassim Al matches as they improved to 12 missed the target by inches, as points from five matches, hav- left of the area. points to move to first place in Bahrain bombarded their rivals the 3-0 lead. ing claimed their third win. Hong Kong replied imme- Shaikh also make it onto their group’s standings. They with chances, setting the tone Al Shaikh then added his Hong Kong suffered their third diately after Kai Orr headed scoresheet for home side leapfrogged former leaders Iraq, for the match. own goal just six minutes lat- loss in six games and they home the very next minute off who were not in action yester- Al Rumaihi then made it 2-0 er. After a poor clearance from stayed on five points. a Wai Wong curling pass into TDT | Manama day. in the second minute of first- Cambodia, the crafty playmaker Gholizadeh opened the scor- the box. Bahrain coach Helio Sousa half stoppage time after taking aimed for the top-right corner ing in the 23rd minute from a Iran’s next match is against kicked the match off with a advantage of some poor Cam- of the net and then hit a curl- very acute angle on the right Bahrain on Monday, while ahrain romped to an em- starting 11 that featured Sayed bodia defending and slotting the ing shot from just outside the of the box. His left-footed shot Hong Kong only return to the phatic 8-0 victory over Mohammed Jaafar in goal; Ham- ball home from close range past box. took a deflection and the ball pitch on Friday next week BCambodia last night to ad Al Shamsan, Ahmed Mirza, Soksela. Al Rumaihi’s strike was Bahrain were not done and went right above the head of when they play Iraq. rise to the top of Group C in Ahmed Nabeel and Rashed Al the last kick before the break, Madan made it 5-0 with his sec- joint-qualification for the FIFA Hooti in defence; Madan, Ali and the Bahrainis headed into ond goal in the 65th minute. He placed shot from the middle of final nail in the coffin in the World Cup 2022 and the AFC Haram, Al Shaikh, Alaswad and the locker rooms with the ad- was once again on the receiving the area, assisted by Mohammed match’s final minute, heading Asian Cup 2023. Mahdi Humaidan in a dynamic vantage. end of a cross in the face of goal, Marhoon; and then in the 75th the ball home just inches from Kumail Alaswad, Mohammed five-man midfield; and Al Ru- Just moments into the sec- this time supplied by Alaswad minute, Abdullatif made his first the goal line from an Alaswad Al Rumaihi, Ali Madan, Jassim maihi as the lone striker. ond half, following some fine from the left of the box, and he contribution with a header right pass. Al Shaikh and Ismaeel Abdullatif In the eighth minute, Alas- approach play, Al Shaikh sent sent the ball home with the bot- in front of goal off a precision Bahrain return to action on were all on target for the Bah- wad gave the hosts a brilliant in a short pass to an unmarked tom of his foot. cross from Waleed Al Hayam on Monday night against Iran, rainis at the National Stadium start with a left-footed shot from Madan in front of goal, and he Alaswad secured his brace the left flank. while Cambodia next play Iraq in Riffa, with Alaswad, Madan the edge of the box that went needed only to tap the ball in for in the 71st minute with a well- Abdullatif later applied the earlier that same evening. Bahrain’s Kalkidan, Winfred qualify for Olympics with personal bests ards for the upcoming Tokyo but had to settle for a close sec- In , Winfred put on a Kalkidan Gezahegne Olympic Games in their respec- ond. strong performance in the stee- • tive events. She completed her run in plechase amongst some of the achieves entry standard Having previously already 14:52.92, less than a second be- world’s top athletes in the Dia- for second event at qualified for the women’s 10,000 hind winner Beatrice Chebet mond League meeting. the Olympic Games metres, Kalkidan also met the of Kenya, who had a mark of She finished with a time of having qualified for entry requirement for the wom- 14:52.06 in first place. Sheila 9:02.64. The race was won en’s 5,000m while finishing sec- Chepkirui Kiprotich, also of by Norah Jeruto of Kenya in the women’s 5,000m ond at the Meeting Internation- Kenya, was third in 14:54.06 9:00.67, while narrowly ahead al de Montreuil in France this among the 16 participating ath- of Winfred was Mekides Abebe Winfred Mutile week. letes. of Ethiopia, who had a mark of Yavi• meets entry Winfred, meanwhile, quali- Kalkidan’s time was good 9:02.52. requirement to compete fied for the women’s 3,000m enough to earn her entry into the With her time, Winfred, who steeplechase at the Olympics women’s 5,000m at the Tokyo is the Asian and Asian Games in women’s 3,000m while taking third place in the Games. The qualification stand- champion in the 3,000m steeple- steeplechase in Tokyo Doha Diamond League meeting ard for her event is 15:10.00. chase, beat the Olympic qualify- in . Her time was also a new per- ing standard of 9:30.00. TDT | Manama Both Kalkidan and Winfred sonal record, shattering her pre- It was also her first race of secured their entries with new vious best of 15:07.19, which she the 2021 outdoor season and a ahraini elite athletes personal best times. set in 2017. new personal best. The 21-year- BKalkidan Gezahegne and In Kalkidan’s race, the Kalkidan is now eligible to old’s previous top time in the Winfred Mutile Yavi have both 30-year-old long-distance spe- compete in both the 10,000m steeplechase was 9:05.68, set in achieved the qualifying stand- cialist battled hard for the win Bahrain’s Kalkidan Gezahegne at the meeting in Montreuil, France and 5,000m at the Olympics. 2019.

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