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FOOTBALL | Page 4 NBA | Page 5 Gent fall Warriors, for Spurs, Cavs return To Advertise here Lyon move from break Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 into last 16 with wins CRICKET Saturday, February 25, 2017 Jumada I 28, 1438 AH O’Keefe, GULF TIMES Smith put Aussies on top in 1st Test SPORT Page 7 HORSE RACING / HH THE EMIR’S SWORD FESTIVAL Leicester sack coach Ranieri, nine months Irish-bred Sovereign aft er stunning title triumph Debt collects feature ‘He stepped up two levels to Group 2. He hasn’t been as quick here as he has been in other years. He has had a little bit of break since he ran in France. But he has been a good traveller’ Reuters London remier League champions Leicester City sacked Italian manager Claudio Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC) general manager Nasser Sherida al-Kaabi with the winners of the Irish Sovereign Debt in the winners' enclosure after his win in the Irish Thoroughbred PRanieri late on Thursday, nine Thoroughbred Marketing Cup (Gr2) after Sovereign Debt won the 1600m race at the QREC yesterday. PICTURES: Juhaim Marketing Cup (Gr2). months after he clinched one of soccer’s most remarkable triumphs but with the team By Mikhil Bhat Jeryan Stud’s Second Life to victory, winner, but I hope to win more this now hovering above the relegation zone. Doha and in the process also picked up the meeting,” Ghazali said. And more he Ranieri’s side stunned the sporting world top prize of USD57,000. Over and did win. when they secured a maiden English top- above the prize money, the race also Al Shahania Stud’s Aziznefs won flight title last May, having begun the season avid Nicholls-trained Sov- involved a prize purse of USD100,000 the Purebred Arabian Handicap Tro- as 5000-1 outsiders, but have struggled to ereign Debt hit the racetrack for the top fi ve riders. phy for horses rated 80 & below, and repeat those heroics in the current cam- after a two-month break Having led from the start, al-Marri Al Jeryan Stud’s Almuheet took Pure- paign. They are currently 17th in the table, a and emerged a star on Day and Second Life came on to the home bred Arabian Sprint Cup, with Bentley point and a place above the bottom three, D2 of HH The Emir’s Sword Festival at stretch in the front with Injaaz Stud’s riding both the Ghazali wards to vic- having lost their past five league matches. the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club Town Crier, with Rashid al-Marri tory. Ghazali’s now has fi ve wins at the They are the only side in the top four Eng- yesterday with a win in the Irish Thor- astride, in pursuit. Just then, the three-day festival this year. lish divisions without a league goal in 2017. oughbred Marketing Cup (Gr2). four-year-old fi lly went wide out to Eduardo Pedroza helmed Ibrahim “Leicester City Football Club has tonight Having stayed behind Injaaz Stud’s the outside rails, and once her jockey al-Malki-trained Topsy Turvy for a (Thursday) parted company with its first Bretherton, Sovereign Debt found his steadied her, he kept her there, even- comfortable win in the Class 3 Thor- team manager, Claudio Ranieri,” the club way at the head of the pack on the tually surging ahead for a two-and-a- oughbred Handicap Trophy for horses said in a statement. “Claudio, appointed home stretch, even as Aidan O’Brien’s half-length victory. rated 70-90. City manager in July 2015, led the Foxes to ward Cougar Mountain surged for- Muraqabah was the day’s fi rst winner The fi ve-year-old gelding, owned the greatest triumph in the club’s 133-year ward from the back under Donnacha for Jassim Ghazali and Harry Bentley, by Sheikh Faisal bin Hamad bin Jassim history last season, as we were crowned O’Brien. with the Khalifa bin Sheail al-Kuwari- al-Thani, followed early leader Emaad champions of England for the first time. His At the post, the eight-year-old Dark status as the most successful Leicester City Angel gelding held on gamely for a The Purebred Arabian Handicap Trophy prize distribution ceremony after Al manager of all time is without question.” half-a-length victory. Jassim Ghaza- Shahania Stud's Aziznefs, trained by Jassim Ghazali, won the 1600m race under Trainer Alban de Mieulle receives the Gulf Cup trophy from Sultan Rashid Ranieri, in his first comments after his li’s Roman Legend, helmed by Harry Harry Bentley's ride. al-Khater after Umm Qarn's Farooq won the race. sacking, said he had dreamt of staying at Bentley, too made a bid but for the Leicester City "for always". second straight year had to settle for a Race 2: 1. Muraqabah (Harry Bentley), 2. "Yesterday my dream died," Ranieri top three-fi nish in the race. Tanja Bu Thaila (Alberto Sanna), 3. Zuzi said yesterday. "After the euphoria of “He stepped up two levels to Group (Faleh Bughanaim), 4. Mutawassal (Jean last season and being crowned Premier 2. He hasn’t been as quick here as Baptiste Hamel). Won by: Nk, ½, Hd. League champions all I dreamt of was he has been in other years. He has Time: 1:26.044. Owner: Khalifa bin Sheail staying with Leicester City, the club I love, had a little bit of break since he ran al-Kuwari. Trainer: Jassim Ghazali. for always. Sadly this was not to be." in France. But he is a good travel- Race 3: 1. Aziznefs (Harry Bentley), Ranieri thanked his wife Rosanna, his ler and we weren’t concerned at all 2. Al Fouz (JP Guillambert), 3. Haddaj family and his agents, Steve Kutner and about bringing him this far,” said Alex Dukhan (Gerald Avranche), 4. Al Sahra Franco Granello, for "bringing me the op- Greaves, former champion lady jockey (Gaetan Faucon). Won by: 2 ½, ½, ¾. portunity to become a champion". and Nicholls’ wife. Time: 1:45.488. Owner: Al Shahania Stud. The former Chelsea boss also added his Asked about bringing one of theirs Trainer: Jassim Ghazali. appreciation for backroom staff members to Doha for the fi rst time, she said, Race 4: 1. Topsy Turvy (Eduardo Pedro- Paolo Benetti and Andrea Azzalin, who “We have enjoyed it very much. We za), 2. Goldenfield (Adrie de Vries), 3. departed with him, but he declined to have done Dubai a few years, but it is Hall Of Mirrors (Adnan Hawa), 4. Stevie’s mention Craig Shakespeare, the assistant the fi rst time we have sent one here Wonder (Harry Bentley). Won by: ¾, Shd, who was rumoured to have fallen out and hopefully, we will be back.” Shd. Time: 1:55.309. Owner: Sheikh Faisal with him in recent weeks. Alban de Mieulle and Umm Qarn had bin Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani. Trainer: Ranieri, who arrived at the King Power a big race winner for the second straight Ibrahim al-Malki. Stadium in 2015, will go down as the most day with Gaetan Faucon riding Farooq Race 5: 1. Almuheet (Harry Bentley), important figure in Leicester's previously to an impressive win in the Gulf Cup, a 2. Mutazz (Marvin Suerland), 3. AJS unheralded history and he paid tribute to mile-long race for four-year-old and Qahir (Gerald Avranche), 4. Istibdad (JP everyone who accompanied him on the older Arabians bred in the GCC. Guillambert). Won by: ¾, 1 ¾, 1 ½. Time: club's incredible rags to riches rise. Having stayed behind Molheb Al 1:18.238. Owner: Al Jeryan Stud. Trainer: "Mostly I have to thank Leicester City Naif, Gerald Avranche astride, for the Young jockeys line up before their pony race at the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club yesterday. Jassim Ghazali. Football Club. The adventure was amazing bulk of the race, Faucon moved his Race 6: 1. Second Life (Abdulla al-Marri), and will live with me forever," Ranieri added. mount on the inside as soon as they owned fi lly winning the Local Thor- before taking the lead on the home Harry Bentley, in the lead. 2. Town Crier (Rashid al-Marri), 3. Stars N "Thank you to all the journalists and the hit the fi nal straight, and went fi rst oughbred Trophy in a close fi nish. stretch. Eventually, as the al-Malki On to the fi nal straight, Bronze Angels (Abdulla al-Adgham), 4. Nu Form media who came with us and enjoyed past the post. The win, the fi ve-year-old’s third ward went past the post fi rst, Hadi al- Maquette faced traffi c but jockey Fire (Saeed Hamad Juma). Won by: 2½, reporting on the greatest story in football. HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Khalifa this season, was Muraqabah’s fourth Ramzani-schooled Goldenfi eld edged Gerald Avranche sneaked his mount 2½, Nk. Time: 1:25.415. Owner: Al Jeryan "My heartfelt thanks to everybody at the al-Thani-owned Najda was third from overall. out Ahmed Kobeissi’s Hall Of Mirrors through a gap a couple of furlongs Stud. Trainer: Mohamed al-Ramzani. club, all the players, the staff , everybody trainer Julian Smart, who is yet to open A close fi nish saw, Muraqabah beat for the second spot. from the post, and eventually came Race 7: 1. Farooq (Gaetan Faucon), 2. who was there and was part of what we his account at the three-day meeting. Stefano Ibido’s ward Tanja Bu Thaila In the fi rst race of the day, Bronze alongside Botanica, before edging her Molheb Al Naif (Gerald Avranche), 3.