CCRICKETRICKET | Page 6 GGOLFOLF | Page 7 England’s Casey coasts to Foakes accepts 4-shot victory role as Buttler in Desert back-up Classic Monday, February 1, 2021 FOOTBALL Jumada II 19, 1442 AH Liverpool down West GULF TIMES Ham; Tuchel celebrates fi rst Chelsea win SPORT Page 3 RALLYING Al-Attiyah extends record with 15th Qatar rally victory Al-Kuwari and al-Suwaidi make it an all-Qatar podium; al-Thefiri starts MERC 2 title defence in style Qatar’s Abdulaziz al-Kuwari (second from right) and his Irish co-driver James Fulton (second from left) finished runners-up. Lancer Evo X (MERC 2) 2hr 17min 10.9sec 6. Saleh al-Saif (SAU)/Oriol Vidal Qatar’s Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah (right) and French co-driver Mathieu Baumel celebrate their win in the Qatar International Rally yesterday. (ESP) Can-Am Maverick X3 (T4) 2hr 19min 45.2sec By Sports Reporter on Ronan Morgan’s record of 41 after the team discovered engine FIA T4 cars are permitted in 7. Rashid al-Mohannadi (QAT)/ Losail successes. damage on his SRT Skoda Fabia gravel rounds of the series this Yousef Juma (JOR) Subaru Imp- “Today we did a really good R5 that was sustained on stage season and Saudi Arabia’s Saleh reza (MERC 2) 2hr 22min 31.3sec job,” said al-Attiyah. “Leg one fi ve. al-Saif showed that the Can- 8. Zakariya al-Aufi (OMN)/Am- asser Saleh al-Attiyah was a nice fi ght between me and “Unfortunately no day two Am Maverick X3 is a competitive mar al-Balushi (OMN) Mitsubishi continued to rewrite his Kris Meeke. It was (becoming) a for us,” said Meeke. “On the last package, setting a fi fth fastest Lancer Evo IX (MERC 2) 2hr 33min own history by securing nice race but when Kris got out stage on Saturday, quite close stage time on the way to a superb 51.9sec a comfortable victory from the race it was an easy day to the fi nish, there were some sixth place. 9. Ahmad Khaled (LEB)/Musa Djiy- Nin the Qatar International Rally for us. It was great to have some waves (bumps) and I was on a Qatar’s Rashid al-Mohannadi Qatar’s Khalid al-Suwaidi (right) and Portuguese co-driver Hugo erian (JOR) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo yesterday. high level in the Qatar Rally. If similar line to my fi rst pass in the and Oman’s Zakariya al-Aufi Magalhaes were third. X (MERC 2) 2hr 34min 09.7sec The Qatari and French co- you look this year we had seven morning. But the car skipped and reached the fi nish in seventh 10. Zakariya al-Amri (OMN/Mo- driver Matthieu Baumel man- R5s. It was an amazing race. landed nose on the next dip. This and eighth and Lebanon’s Ah- di and Ahmed Allouh. They each Rally at the end of February. hamed al-Mazroui (OMN) Subaru aged the pace perfectly over the Thanks to the QMMF. I hope damaged the front bumper and mad Khaled was ninth. Rally fi rst won a stage on the morning loop Impreza (MERC 2) 3hr 01min closing stages and guided their to continue in this level for this took the water pipe off the radia- timer Sheikh Suhaim al-Thani but time delays cost Allouh his 2021 QATAR INTERNATIONAL 00.2sec Autotek Motorsport Volkswagen championship and this year.” tor. That put an end to our rally. I retired his R5 Škoda before the chance later on and Khalid al- RALLY – POSITIONS AFTER SS11 11. Henry Kahy (LEB)/Carlos Polo GTi R5 to a winning margin Al-Kuwari won three of the really enjoyed the experience. It’s last stage and missed out on a Mohannadi secured the win by 1. Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah (QAT)/ Hanna (LEB) Škoda Fabia 1.6 of 1min 48.4sec over Abdulaziz second day’s six special stages in a diff erent kind of rallying here. potential top 10 fi nish. the margin of 8min 32.7sec after Matthieu Baumel (FRA) Volkswa- (MERC 3) 3hr 01min 40.3sec al-Kuwari and his new Irish co- his Tok Sport Skoda Fabia R5 and It’s a bit like a jigsaw puzzle and Oman’s Zakariya al-Amri duly problems for his rivals. Leba- gen Polo GTI R5 1hr 50min driver James Fulton. was pleased with the runner-up to try to work it out is a challenge rounded off the top 10 and Leba- non’s Jad al-Aawar retired before 48.5sec 2021 QATAR NATIONAL RALLY Al-Attiyah duly broke his spot after infrequent rally ap- enough.” non’s Henry Kahy clinched max- the end of the morning’s loop. 2. Abdulaziz al-Kuwari (QAT)/ – POSITIONS AFTER SS11 own record of achieving a 15th pearances in recent seasons. Nasser Khalifa al-Atya and imum points in the MERC 3 cate- This weekend’s event was James Fulton (IRL) Škoda Fabia 1. Khalid al-Mohannadi (QAT)/ victory in Qatar and a record Khalid al-Suwaidi and his navi- Lebanese co-pilot Georges Nader gory for two-wheel drive vehicles held under the chairmanship of R5 Evo 1hr 52min 36.9sec Kirill Shubin (RUS) Polaris RXR breaking 77th MERC win in the gator Hugo Maghalaes rounded gave the host nation a another after another measured drive in QMMF President Abdulrahman 3. Khalid al-Suwaidi (QAT)/Hugo 1000 (T3) 2hr 17min 42.6sec 218-event history of the series. off the podium places to make it driver inside the top four and Ku- his Skoda Fabia 1.6 to take 11th al-Mannai, senior committee Magalhaes (POR) Škoda Fabia R5 2. Ahmed Allouh (QAT)/Firas Al- Baumel earned his 26th regional a Qatari driver 1-2-3. wait’s Meshari al-Thefi ri began place. 11 of the original 17 starters member Abdulrazaq al-Kuwari 1hr 57min 16.9sec louh (QAT) Can-Am Maverick X3 rally victory on the 41st running Any hope of seeing al-Atti- the defence of his MERC 2 title completed the rally. and the QMMF’s Executive Di- 4. Nasser Khalifa al-Atya (QAT)/ (T3) 2hr 26min 15.3sec of the Qatar event to overhaul yah and visiting WRC star Kris in impressive fashion by win- A furious three-way battle rector Amro al-Hamad. Georges Nader (LEB) Ford Fiesta 3. Ahmed al-Mohannadi (QAT)/ both Chris Patterson and Gio- Meeke battling for stage wins on ning the showroom category and waged for outright success in Action resumes in the FIA R5 2hr 09min 41.6sec Mubarak al-Khulaifi (QAT) Can- vanni Bernacchini in the Hall of the fi nal day fi zzled out when the fi nishing fi fth overall in his Mit- the Qatar National Rally between Middle East Rally Championship 5. Meshari al-Thefiri (KWT)/Nasser Am Maverick X3 (T3) 2hr 42min Fame. He now has his sights set Ulsterman was unable to restart subishi Lancer Evolution X. Ahmed and Khalid al-Mohanna- with the Oman International al-Kuwari (QAT) Mitsubishi 24.3sec SHOOTING Qatar’s Rashid takes Grand Prix skeet win in Rabat Agencies tional event after a long break, fi n- to win for Qatar,” Rashid, the Games, the only one to do so for Rabat, Morocco ished with a score of 54 out of 60. 34-year-old, who represented Qatar so far, will compete along- The United Arab Emirates’ Saif bin Qatar at the 2008 and 2016 Ol- side Nasser al-Hemaidi, Rashid Futais came second on 52. ympic Games, told Gulf Times. al-Athba and Saeed Abusharib, atar’s Rashid Saleh Saturday’s leader Aramburu In the women’s skeet section in the men’s individual section of Hamad triumphed in completed the podium places, Russia’s Alina Fazylzyanova held the Trap event today. the men’s skeet event fi nishing third with 43 targets out off the challenge of compatriot The competition is included at the International of 50. The pair of Aramburu and Zilia Batyrshina to emerge trium- in the 2021 World Ranking and QShooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Rashid could not be separated dur- phant. She fi nished the fi nal with will help the shooters to collect Grand Prix in Rabat yesterday. ing the opening three rounds, with 54 targets hit out of a possible 60. qualifi cation points for the Tokyo At the Club Les Chênes venue, both hitting 24 targets in the open- Batyrshina, who performed well Olympic Games. Rashid, who led the qualifi cation ing two, before achieving a perfect during the qualifi cation round, “I am looking forward to to- with Spain’s Juan Jose Aramburu, score in the third to end on 73. fi nished as the runner-up with 52 morrow’s Trap event where Mo- topped the standings after missing “It is a big win for me as I was targets out of 60. hamed is taking part. I hope he just six targets yesterday. Rashid, taking part in an international Mohamed al-Rumaihi, who has will also emerge winner,” Rashid who was taking part at an interna- event after a long break. I happy already qualifi ed for the Tokyo added. A video grab of Qatar’s Rashid Saleh Hamad in action at the ISSF Grand Prix in Rabat yesterday. Gulf Times 2 Monday, February 1, 2021 FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP FOCUS Club WC to take place amid strict health, safety protocols ‘We were all thankful to Qatar and the LOC for making us feel safe and secure, and are happy to be back’ ollowing the success- cluding many who attended the ful hosting of the AFC inauguration of Ahmad Bin Ali Champions League and Stadium on December 18 – an Amir Cup fi nals, Qatar is event which safely hosted thou- Fgearing up to host the FIFA Club sands of fans.