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Australia seize control of 2nd Ashes SPANISH LA LIGA Test at Lord’s as England wilt PAGE 15 Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona Al Sadd ready for ‘revenge-seeking’ Duhail in Sheikh Jassim Cup clash Wolves and Red Knights to face off once again at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium on Saturday

My team is hurt for sure. We are We qualified for the Champions used to winning but the fact that League quarter-final but we face we were knocked out of the Duhail again. It will be more Champions League doesn’t change our difficult because they’ll want to take mentality. My team would want to do revenge and football gives opportunities their best anyway not because of the like this. If we don’t give our 100 loss but because they want to compete. percent, we won’t be able to win titles. Al Duhail coach Rui Faria Al Sadd coach Xavi Hernandez

AYENI OLUSEGUN to do their best anyway not because of the DOHA loss but because they want to compete. I’ll be worried if they don’t think that way but AL Sadd will face a more difficult Al Du- it’s not about revenge,” Faria said. hail when the two sides clash on Saturday The Red Knights will be without the in- at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium for the jured Mehdi Benatia and Almoez Ali who is Sheikh Jassim Cup, according Wolves suspended for the tie. coach Xavi Hernandez. Al Sadd beat their “The opponents are the same but this local rivals 4-2 on aggregate in the AFC is a different challenge. We need to under- Champions League Round of 16 on Tues- stand what happened in the past and pre- day to book a place in the semi-final and pare. We will miss important players just Xavi believes the Red Knights will be out like Al Sadd, so we’ll see who’s available for revenge on Saturday. to play. The most important thing is the “We qualified for the Champions League focus, ambition and determination. It’s 11 quarter-final but we face Duhail again. It against 11 and we’ll do our best to achieve will be more difficult because they’ll want to Al Sadd coach Xavi Hernandez (centre) and Ahmed Sayyar during the press conference ahead of the Sheikh Jassim Cup clash at the Jassim Bin Hamad our objective.” take revenge and football gives opportuni- Stadium on Thursday. Duhail midfielder Ali Afif who will come ties like this. up against his younger brother Akram said “If we don’t give our 100 percent, we “We will miss three players – Bouned- 2011 edition with Barcelona said, “It’s a tar. He’s been making the difference since Duhail have the winning mentality. won’t be able to win titles. We managed jah, Ismail and Salman – due to suspen- good achievement for us to play the Club he came here from Spain. He’s a really “Al Duhail players are ambitious to win to reach the next stage in the Champions sion. It will be our third game against Al World Cup. Some players here have played good player who was able to play in the all games. Emotionally maybe we are a little League because we were able to do just that. Duhail in 11 days. in the competition like Hassan al Haydos Spanish League. We are happy to have bit affected by the Champions League loss. And so, we need to keep giving our best in “We want to dominate the game, apply back in 2011 against Barcelona. Now the him in the team.” We are a big club and we will be prepared the Super Cup in order to win the title,” pressure up the field and turn defence into younger players have the chance and we are Al Duhail coach Rui Faria has however, for the big games. Our numbers show that Xavi told the media on Thursday. attack. We need to keep going and forget positive about that.” refuted revenge as motive going into Satur- we are champions. The ACL is done, we will Al Sadd will be without trio Baghdad about our previous matches. The present is Xavi was also full of praise for 22-year- day’s match. The Portuguese said his team concentrate on the next games.” Bounedjah, Hamed Ismail and Tareq Sal- Al Duhail again and we need to be mentally old star Akram Afif. The Qatar Footballer of is hurt by the by the loss on Tuesday but it The Sheikh Jassim Cup is the curtain- man who are serving suspensions from the focused,” the Spaniard said. the Year, scored two goals against Duhail doesn’t change their mentality. raiser for the QNB Stars League which be- Amir Cup final. The league champions and Victory over Al Duhail on Tuesday also in the Champions League and has formed “My team is hurt for sure. We are used to gins on August 21. Al Sadd are record cham- the Amir Cup holders have met four times confirmed Al Sadd’s participation in this a strong partnership with Algerian Bouned- winning but the fact that we were knocked pions with 14 Super Cup titles while Duhail in four months and Saturday’s clash will be year’s FIFA Club World Cup to hosted in jah in attack out of the Champions League doesn’t have won two (as Lekhwiya) but lost last their third in 11 days. Doha. Xavi, having won the trophy in the “Afif is one of the best players in Qa- change our mentality. My team would want year to Al Rayyan on penalties. Ruiz wants Joshua rematch in New York not in Saudi Arabia

the belts, he has to do it there.” “There isn’t any doubt he Promoter warns Hearn has dismissed talk of will take the fight.” of legal action the fight not happening in the The choice of venue has Middle East. The contract for been questioned in some quar- the rematch was signed prior to ters, with Saudi Arabia coming REUTERS the first fight,” Hearn told Sky under heightened interna- LONDON Sports television. tional criticism over its human rights record. WORLD heavyweight cham- Anthony Joshua’s promoter Hearn has said a title pion Andy Ruiz Jr. has said he Eddie Hearn, who said this fight in Saudi could be a game would like his title rematch with changer for boxing. Anthony Joshua in December week that both parties had “If Saudi Arabia are go- to be in New York instead of signed up to the fight in ing to invest in these kind of Saudi Arabia as announced. Diriyah, near Riyadh, raised fights, with the population Joshua’s promoter Eddie the threat of legal action if that they have and the po- Hearn, who said this week that the Mexican-American tential to grow the sport, you both parties had signed up to refused the terms set out. could be seeing a big change the fight in Diriyah, near Ri- in the dynamics of the sport,” yadh, raised the threat of legal “I have not signed anything he said on Monday. action if the Mexican-American yet, we are negotiating Ruiz said his next oppo- refused the terms set out. everything,” said Andy Ruiz nent after Joshua, assuming he “I have not signed anything Jr., who holds the IBF, WBO again beats the Briton, would yet, we are negotiating eve- and WBA belts. likely be IBF mandatory con- rything,” Ruiz, who holds the tender Kubrat Pulav of Bulgaria IBF, WBO and WBA belts after before a possible unification stunning Joshua at Madison “They are both signed at the fight against WBC champion Square Garden in June, told same time. There is no other Deontay Wilder. ESPN Mexico. contract. We have to let (Ruiz) He expected Joshua, 29, “They want the fight to be know the time, date and venue to be more cautious in the re- there (in Saudi Arabia) but we which we have done. That’s it. match but with a similar out- have to see where we negotiate “His choice is to have a legal come. “I think he’s going to with my team. I would like it in battle that could put him out of want to run a bit more, to move, New York again, where I beat boxing for years, or to defend his but he’s too big, he’s got a lot of Promoter Eddie Hearn (left) during the press conference for the announcement of Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua at the Savoy Hotel in him. I’m giving him a chance to belts for a lot of money against a muscle and it’s going to be very London last Monday. (REUTERS) try and beat me and if he wants guy he has already beaten. difficult for him,” he said. 12 Friday, August 16, 2019 Sports PSG and French football braced as Neymar nears exit AFP The French champions’ first Fixtures rights up for auction last year, PARIS Ligue 1 game of the campaign Having arrived in France in they capitalised on the Brazil- last Sunday, a 3-0 win against 2017 hoping a world-record Friday ian’s presence. Rights for the THE saga of Neymar’s seem- Nimes, saw supporters unfurl transfer to PSG would help Lyon v Angers (1845) four seasons from 2020 were ingly inevitable departure from banners insulting the 222 mil- him emerge from the Saturday sold to Chinese-owned group Paris Saint-Germain is proving lion-euro man. shadow of Lionel Messi at Nantes v Marseille (1530), Mediapro for 1.15 billion euros a a long, drawn out affair bring- Neymar himself was not year, a huge increase on previ- ing the curtain down on what involved in that game, left out Barcelona and win the Amiens v Lille, Bordeaux v ous deals. will ultimately feel like a fleeting amid the uncertainty over his Ballon d’Or, two years on he Montpellier, Metz v Monaco, Television stations could be and failed experiment. future. He already missed the looks set to leave with his Nimes v Nice, Toulouse v forgiven for being a little con- Having arrived in France season-opening Champions reputation having taken a Dijon (all 1800) cerned now, but LFP chief Di- in 2017 hoping a world-record Trophy against Rennes in China serious hit. Sunday dier Quillot remains bullish. transfer to PSG would help him due to suspension. “It’s always better to have emerge from the shadow of Li- Since moving to the Parc Saint-Etienne v Brest (1300), several stars in your league. onel Messi at Barcelona and des Princes, he has played in must find solutions without Reims v Strasbourg (1500), That said, during the Cham- win the Ballon d’Or, two years almost exactly half of his club’s ‘Ney’. You can’t lose Neymar Rennes v PSG (1900) pions Trophy in China, it was on he looks set to leave with his matches. and just find someone else who Kylian Mbappe who was the reputation having taken a seri- When he has been on the will do the same things.” saving on his 36 million-euro star. His popularity is grow- ous hit. field he has frequently been Mbappe added that “with- annual wage, more reinforce- ing around the world,” he told There is no doubting the brilliant, scoring 51 goals in 58 out Neymar, it’s not the same ments can be brought in. sports daily L’Equipe. 27-year-old forward is a bril- games, but when it has really team,” but PSG can still im- The off-field circus around In any case, Ligue 1 is in a liant player, and there is every mattered he has been absent. prove by investing in a more Neymar has been an unwel- constant state of renewal, for- chance he will get the success he Foot injuries saw him miss balanced squad – summer sign- come distraction for too long. ever prepared to see star play- craves – collectively and, chief- three of the four Champions ings made so far under sporting On the field, Paris will still have ers move abroad. Nicolas Pepe, ly, individually – by returning League knockout matches the director Leonardo are a step in Mbappe. Ferland Mendy, Tanguy Ndom- to Spain, whether with his old club have played in since his the right direction. The other side of the coin bele and Ismaila Sarr have all club or Real Madrid. arrival. Without him, they lost Centre-back Abdou Diallo, is what this means for PSG’s left this summer. However, there is every rea- in the last 16 to Real Madrid in Paris Saint-Germain’s Neymar and Kylian Mbappe during training at the midfielders Ander Herrera, Pa- brand. After all, Neymar’s fol- The game in France can son to believe a Kylian Mbappe- 2018 and then to Manchester Ooredoo Training Centre in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. (REUTERS) blo Sarabia and Idrissa Gueye lowing on social media far out- move on from Neymar, and led PSG, and football in France United this year. have arrived. With the money strips that of his current club. everyone will be relieved to let in general, will ultimately be “I like Neymar, I want to lian and with everyone,” coach end. recouped from the eventual sale Similarly, when the French the football on the field do the better off without him. keep playing with him, with Ky- Thomas Tuchel said last week- “But the reality is that we of Neymar, not to mention the league (LFP) put their television talking if and when he departs.

Messi, Ronaldo and Van Dijk Adrian the hero as Liverpool shortlisted for UEFA awards AFP beat Chelsea, lift Super Cup LAUSANNE LIONEL Messi, Cristiano AFP Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk ISTANBUL have been named candi- dates for this year’s UEFA STAND-IN goalkeeper Adrian Welcome to Liverpool! Men’s Player of the Year capped a “crazy week” as his It’s been a crazy week. award, European football’s save from Tammy Abraham al- governing body announced lowed Liverpool to beat Chelsea I’m really happy for the on Thursday. 5-4 on penalties and win the team, I’m happy to play The prize will be award- UEFA Super Cup on Wednes- for Liverpool and happy ed to one of the trio during day after a richly entertaining the draw for the Champi- match in Istanbul finished 2-2 for the fans. ons League group stage in at the end of extra time. Liverpool goalie Adrian Monaco on August 29, after Every penalty in the shoot- they were shortlisted by a out had been successful before jury of coaches and journal- Mohamed Salah converted Liv- ball into the path of Mane, who ists. erpool’s fifth kick at the home scrambled home from close England’s Lucy Bronze, of Besiktas. Substitute Abra- range despite Kepa getting a Ballon d’Or winner Ada ham then had his effort saved glove to it. Hegerberg and France’s by Adrian, the new signing only Kepa fared far better in the Amandine Henry have been playing in the absence of the in- 75th minute, blocking a Salah shortlisted for the women’s jured Allison Becker. shot and then reacting bril- award. All three play for Eu- “Welcome to Liverpool! It’s liantly to turn Virgil van Dijk’s ropean champions Lyon. been a crazy week. I’m really follow-up onto the woodwork. Van Dijk has joined happy for the team, I’m happy to Brought on from the bench Messi and Ronaldo, the two play for Liverpool and happy for along with Abraham, Mount iconic players of their gener- the fans,” Adrian, who signed 10 briefly thought he had restored ation, on the shortlist after days ago, told BT Sport. Chelsea’s lead late on but his starring in defence for Liv- It was Liverpool’s fourth crisp low strike was disallowed. erpool as they won a sixth Super Cup victory, with their On into extra time they went Champions League and last coming in 2005 on the back and, to the delight of the crowd, came close to winning their of their memorable Champions Liverpool’s Adrian llifts the trophy after winning the 2019 UEFA Super Cup against Chelsea at Besiktas Park Stadium in Istanbul on Wednesday. (AFP) who were mostly supporting the first domestic league title in League triumph in Istanbul. European champions, Liver- 29 years. They have now won 13 Eu- ended 1-1 in 90 minutes, and out, but there would be no first spectively – on the bench. The opener arrived in the pool went 2-1 up thanks to that Messi won the first edi- ropean trophies overall, and then putting Klopp’s team in trophy as Chelsea coach for N’Golo Kante played after 36th minute, with Kante find- same combination. tion of the award in 2011 how their supporters would love front on 95 minutes. Frank Lampard, who lost the a summer plagued by injury ing Pulisic and the American Mane found Firmino and while Ronaldo has won it to come back to the banks of the But it was perhaps inevita- Super Cup twice with the club problems, while Giroud started drawing several red shirts to- then latched onto the Brazil- on three occasions, in 2014, Bosphorus for the final of this ble that French referee Steph- as a player. and Christian Pulisic made his wards him before releasing ian’s cutback and fired home off 2016 and 2017. season’s Champions League. anie Frappart would play a role “To lose the game was dis- full debut. Giroud to score. Shortly after, the underside of the bar. Luka Modric is the cur- “It was a very difficult game in the outcome of the game. appointing but if it means Chel- Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Pulisic thought he had made it But, in the 101st minute, rent holder of the men’s for both teams. It was all about The first woman to take sea’s season can be something made his first start for Liver- 2-0, but his fine finish was dis- Jorginho converted from the award after winning the winning it and we did that in charge of a major men’s match like how we played today, we’ll pool in 16 months after injury. allowed for offside. spot to bring back the possibil- Champions League and the end,” admitted manager in European competition, be ok,” he insisted. Chelsea had enjoyed the bet- The introduction of Firmi- ity of a penalty shoot-out. taking Croatia to the World Jurgen Klopp. Frappart gave Chelsea a pen- Lampard has stated a will- ter of the opening 45 minutes, no helped change things at the Having conceded that spot- Cup final in 2018, while Sadio Mane had earlier alty when Abraham went down ingness to give youth a chance with Pedro Rodriguez striking start of the second half, though, kick, Adrian later produced a Wolfsburg’s Danish striker been Liverpool’s star, cancel- under contact from Adrian. this season, although here he the bar midway through the with Liverpool needing little firm hand to deny Mount and Pernille Harder bagged the ling out Olivier Giroud’s first- Jorginho netted the spot-kick. left Mason Mount and Abra- first half before Adrian saved more than two minutes to draw was at it again as he denied women’s prize. half strike to ensure the match He also scored in the shoot- ham – aged just 20 and 21 re- from Mateo Kovacic. level. The Brazilian knocked the Abraham to secure the trophy. Unfit Messi ruled out of Man City look to continue winning run against Spurs

Barca’s season opener DPA off their campaign. The Reds LONDON next travel to Southampton on REUTERS gress, individual training is very Saturday with their first trophy BARCELONA different to playing a match. We MANCHESTER City look to in hand. It came courtesy of a are going to wait and see.” extend the second-longest win- 5-4 penalty shoot-out win over BARCELONA coach Ernesto Barca have spent over 200 ning run in Premier League his- Chelsea in the UEFA Super Cup Valverde said he would not million euros on signings in- tory when they host Tottenham on Wednesday in Istanbul. risk an unfit Lionel Messi in cluding Frenkie de Jong and Hotspur this weekend. “We want to win as many Friday’s La Liga opener against Antoine Griezmann but con- The two-time defending trophies as we can so we’ll en- Athletic Bilbao. tinue to be linked with a second league champions started their joy it tonight but then focus on Barca’s all-time top scorer swoop for Neymar. latest campaign in dominating recovering for a big game on and captain Messi injured his Valverde refused to answer fashion last weekend by thrash- Stay Close Saturday,” captain Jordan Hen- calf in training before his side’s questions about the club’s inter- ing West Ham 5-0. We kept up with them for a derson told BT Sport. brief pre-season tour of the est in Neymar and lamented the It was their 15th consecu- Chelsea may have lost in United States and has not yet fact that the Spanish transfer tive league win, three short Manchester City’s manager Pep Guardiola gestures during English while last year but they blew Turkey, but it was far and away returned to full training. window does not shut before of their own record set in the Premier League match against West Ham United. (AFP) ahead after January. We a better effort than they put out Videos emerged on Thurs- the season starts. 2017/18 season, and Kevin De have to make sure we get in taking a 4-0 hammering from day of the Argentine getting “It’s inconvenient and it’s Bruyne feels they must main- home opener on Saturday, a re- and Harry Kane, who scored off to a good start. It’s Manchester United last week- up to speed in individual not logical. The normal thing tain their intensity each time match of last season’s Champi- twice against Villa, says his important that we stay in end. They now host Leicester training sessions on sand but would be that the team you start out to keep it going. ons League quarter-final which side believes it can challenge on Sunday in Frank Lampard’s Valverde said there was no with is the same one that will “You can always improve saw the London side progress for the title. touch as long as we can. first home match as manager. chance he would gamble with compete for the whole season,” but the main thing you must do on away goals. “We kept up with them Tottenham striker Harry Kane Arsenal host Burnley, Messi’s fitness. Valverde said. as a team is stay constant,” the Tottenham also won their for a while last year but they Bournemouth visit Aston Villa, “We never like to risk any “Now we have two weeks midfielder told City’s website. opener over promoted Aston blew ahead after January,” Brighton welcome West Ham, players and much less someone until the transfer window “To improve is more in- Villa 3-1 but were made to work, the striker said. the way but there’s a long road Watford travel to Everton, Nor- like Leo,” Valverde told a news shuts and you can’t breathe dividual, but as a team to do scoring all of their goals in the “We have to make sure we ahead and we’ve got to be fully wich take on Newcastle, Crystal conference on Thursday. easily until then. I’m very much, much better than we final 17 minutes. get off to a good start. It’s im- focused.” Palace are at Sheffield United “He still hasn’t returned happy with the squad I have at did in the last two years is Spurs are the favourite portant that we stay in touch Liverpool looked every bit as and Manchester United visit to training with the team and the moment but I don’t know nearly impossible.” of many to finish behind the as long as we can. We have good as Man City in rolling past Wolverhampton Wanderers in while we are happy with his pro- what will happen next.” City face Tottenham in their top two of City and Liverpool, full belief that we can go all promoted Norwich 4-1 to kick the weekend’s other matches. Sports Friday, August 16, 2019 13 India-Pakistan Davis Cup tie Kyrgios meltdown sees him fate to be decided on Monday smash racquets, toss shoes

REUTERS AFP career ATP singles crown two MUMBAI CINCINNATI weeks ago in Washington, also He has a really great complained last week in To- THE All India Tennis Associa- NICK Kyrgios stepped off talent but sometimes ronto in an apparent dispute tion will discuss its concerns court to smash two racquets the head is not in the as to why he could not have a over next month’s Davis Cup and toss his shoes to specta- right place. white towel during a match. tie between India and Pakistan tors on Wednesday in a melt- World number 27 Kyrgios, with security advisers from the down during a second-round rarely far from controversy, International Tennis Federa- ATP Cincinnati Masters loss to was defaulted three months tion (ITF) on Monday, AITA Russia’s Karen Khachanov. ago after throwing a chair as General Secretary Hironmoy Eighth-seeded Khach- he quit a match in Rome. Chatterjee has said. anov rallied for a 6-7 (3/7), The latest iteration of Security representatives 7-6 (7/4) 6-2 victory over the the Kyrgios saga erupted af- of the governing bodies will volatile Australian, but the fi- ter he lost the second set to speak in a telephone call that nal set was close to farce, with Khachanov. will also be attended by India’s Kyrgios engaged in a running Sitting in his chair at the Davis Cup captain Mahesh dialogue with Irish chair um- pause, Kyrgios suddenly an- Bhupathi, after which AITA pire Fergus Murphy. Karen Khachanov nounced he was going on a will decide whether the Indian Kyrgios was fined on Kyrgios bathroom break, with Murphy team travels to Islamabad, $113,000 (€101,701). telling him there was no time. Chatterjee added. The ATP said the massive The Aussie walked any- The Indian side wants sanction included individual way, carrying two racquets safety guarantees before trav- fines for ball abuse, leaving Habitual offender? with him. elling for the Sept. 14-15 tie, the court without permission, Television showed him with tensions high between an audible obscenity and un- The latest iteration of the Nick Kyrgios saga erupted going through a stadium the neighbours after New sportsmanlike conduct. after he lost the second set to Khachanov. Sitting in door partly made of glass and Delhi removed “special status” Kyrgios, 24, was warned his chair at the pause, Kyrgios suddenly announced smashing his racquets before from its portion of the contest- that he could also face anoth- he was going on a bathroom break, with chair umpire collecting them and walking ed region of Kashmir. er suspension from the sport Fergus Murphy telling him there was no time. The back onto court. AITA wrote to the ITF once a full investigation has Aussie walked anyway, carrying two racquets with All the while, he was nag- on Wednesday to ask if the taken place. him. Television showed him going through a stadium ging and occasionally cursing tie could be moved to a neu- He had earlier been hand- door partly made of glass and smashing his racquets at Murphy. tral venue or postponed after ed a time violation, docked a before collecting them and walking back onto court. Kyrgios double-faulted to Pakistan last week expelled point and was warned again hand over two match points India’s ambassador and sus- after leaving the court without and served up another dou- pended bilateral trade and permission at the end of the Nick Kyrgios of Australia throws his racket during his first round match against Lorenzo Sonego of Italy at the Cincinnati Openat Lindner Family ble after saving a first match public transport links with its second set after which he was Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, on Monday. On Wednesday. Kyrgios stepped off court to smash two racquets and toss his shoes to spectators point. He refused to shake neighbour. seen to destroy two racquets in after his 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (4-7), 2-6 loss to Russia’s Karen Khachanov in the second round. (GETTY IMAGES/AFP) Murphy’s hand on the way India and Pakistan have the corridor. off court and tossed his shoes fought two wars over Kashmir Kyrgios screamed at Mur- fractions included four fines “In addition to the on- the match to see if additional ent but sometimes the head and other soft articles into the since 1947 and came close to phy that he was the “worst of $20,000 each for unsports- site fines, the ATP is looking action is warranted,” said an is not in the right place,” crowd and handing his broken a third in February after an umpire, hands down”. manlike conduct plus another further into what happened ATP statement. Khachanov said. racquets to young fans before attack on Indian police by a The various Kyrgios in- $20,000 for verbal abuse. during and immediately after “He has a really great tal- Kyrgios, who won his sixth walking off. Pakistan-based militant group resulted in air strikes by both countries. Chatterjee told Reuters Blood ties on Thursday that the ITF had Barty stays on course for shared security arrangements for the Indian team in Islam- abad but had “not said any- Schoolgirl sisters aim to keep thing” about India’s request to world top spot return shift the tie out of Pakistan or postpone it. AFP Czech women’s tennis on high “We have been given time CINCINNATI on Aug. 19 for a telephonic conversation between the se- ASHLEIGH Barty held off An- AFP curity advisors of the ITF and ett Kontaveit as the Estonian PRAGUE AITA,” he added. “We will take served for victory before the a decision after Monday’s call. Cincinnati top seed scraped a FOLLOWING in the footsteps “We will try and explain to 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 victory on Thurs- of Wimbledon winners Jana them the prevailing sentiment day to reach the quarter-finals. Novotna and Petra Kvitova, and tension among the people The win keeps the Austral- the Fruhvirtova sisters are of the two countries. The secu- ian in the chase for a possible determined that the Czech rity will be entirely provided by return to the WTA number Republic keeps producing the Pakistan government which one ranking which she lost to women’s tennis champions has already downgraded diplo- Naomi Osaka on the eve of this – even if it means shedding matic relations with India. US Open build-up event. Ashleigh Barty of Australia returns a shot to Anett Kontaveit of Esto- blood on court. “The ITF needs to under- Barty needs to reach the nia at the Cincinnati Open in Mason, Ohio, on Thursday. (AFP) Last week, Linda (14) and stand that there could be a Sunday final in order to regain Brenda (12) teamed up with possibility of the security cover the ranking summit. in the second round. games to grab the win. Nikola Bartunkova to win the being withdrawn by the gov- “The key for me was to After losing the opening She will play on Friday world junior tennis champion- ernment due to public senti- fight and hang in there. I set, Barty fought back in the against Maria Sakkari of ships, with the sisters clinch- ment. In that scenario we will wanted to fight for as long as second, exchanging breaks Greece, a 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-4 ing the key two points in the be just sitting ducks there. How I could,” said Barty, the reign- with Kontaveit and breaking winner over Aryna Sabalenka. final against the United States. can we take such risks?” India’s ing Roland Garros champion. the Estonian once more in the In the men’s draw, Rich- “It feels great, the three of sports minister Kiren Rijiju has “I trusted myself and my 12th game to square the match. ard Gasquet put out Diego us gave it everything as we re- Brenda Fruhvirtova and Linda Fruhvirtova of Czech Republic. (ITF) said the government will not movement. I just wanted the Kontaveit broke for 4-3 in Schwartzman 7-6 (8/6), 6-3 ally wanted to win,” said Lin- prevent the Indian team from opportunity to play as many the third set and served for the while Japanese qualifier da, recalling a disappointing Last week, Linda (14) and “There they benefit from playing the Davis Cup tie in Pa- matches this week as possible.” win in the ninth game. Yoshihito Nishioka reached final loss to Russia in the same a unique support system for kistan because it is not a bilat- Victory came a day after But Barty summoned all his second quarter-final of the competition a year ago. Brenda (12) teamed up young players – they have eral series and is organised by a Barty defeated five-time Grand her resources and broke the season defeating Australia’s It was a triumph, however, with Nikola Bartunkova to brilliant training conditions, world governing body. Slam winner Maria Sharapova last two Kontaveit service Alex de Minaur 7-5, 6-4. which was not entirely pain-free. win the world junior tennis they have countless opportu- Linda played with a championships, with the nities to play tournaments,” sprained left thumb, using a sisters clinching the key Kaderka added. splint. The recent title also serves “But I took it off in the two points in the final as motivation for the young trio. Tiger tees off at BMW Championship semi-finals. And in the finals against the United States. “It’s a challenge, big mo- I just decided to live with the tivation to be the best,” said injury and have fun,” she said. The three girls are the next Bartunkova. REUTERS/DPA with what he called a mild Her sister in turn hit the age level in a seemingly “We want to achieve CHICAGO oblique strain. scoreboard with her head dur- the same things as our role Woods has golf and non- ing her final singles rubber. endless supply of great models on the adult level,” TIGER Woods said he was golf reasons for making the “I went to the edge to calm women players from the added Linda. ready to play golf again this trip. He’d have to rise into the down, then I raised my head small central European week after the former world top 30 (from 38th) in FedEx and banged the scoreboard. country which has lifted Nervous mum number one withdrew from Cup points to advance to next Then I touched my head and the Fed Cup six times in All three are chaperoned by last week’s Northern Trust due week’s Tour Championship, felt the blood,” said Brenda, the past eight years. their parents on the court. to back pain. where he’s the defending who won the rubber in straight “Mum’s pretty nervous, I Woods arrived on Tuesday champion. sets after a medical time-out. guess she’s more nervous than at Medinah, Illinois, venue Earlier, Golf Channel The three girls are the next virtova, facing a group of jour- me,” chuckled Brenda, who for this week’s BMW Cham- analyst Brandel Chamblee age level in a seemingly end- nalists in Prague. also praises her sister’s pres- pionship, and appeared in the said Woods had significant less supply of great women “There are many good ence. first round on Thursday. sponsor-related incentives to players from the small central players here, we have great “It’s great to have a sister “I feel good,” Woods told “show up and tee off.” And European country which has tournaments, we play doubles on the team, I can always rely golfweek. “Feel a lot better TGR Design is the lead ar- lifted the Fed Cup six times in more than in other countries on her when I need it.” than I felt last week. Felt good Tiger Woods of the United States looks on from the third tee during chitect on the Jackson Park/ the past eight years. -- and we’re simply the best,” Linda said having Brenda this morning so I thought I’d the first round of the BMW Championship at Medinah Country Club South Shore project that has Former world number one added Bartunkova. felt good in an individual sport give it a go.” No. 3 on Thursday in Medinah, Illinois. (GETTY IMAGES/AFP) stalled since Woods got in- Karolina Pliskova, this year’s - ‘Unique support system’ where “you don’t have lots of Woods, 43, said he would volved late in 2016. Wimbledon semi-finalist Bar- -In a country where football friends really.” get treatment on Tuesday but in Atlanta. (from 81st to 13th) meant he’d Chief planner and NBC/ bora Strycova and French Open battles ice-hockey for the most Both Linda – who was the would not hit any golf balls. The list of those thrilled return to the BMW Champi- Golf Channel analyst Mark Rolf- finalist Marketa Vondrousova popular sport, the choice for youngest player in the Wim- The 15-times major cham- when Tiger Woods won the onship and Medinah, where ing was confident in a 30 mil- – still a teenager – rank among boys’ parents is obvious, says bledon junior tournament last pion had an early morning tee Masters included James Ad- he romped at the 1999 and lion to 60 million dollars plan the current Czech stars. Ivo Kaderka, head of the Czech month – and Brenda said they time for Wednesday’s pro-am ducci (netted 1.19 million 2006 PGA Championships. that could produce a 7,341-yard Others follow – 22-year- Tennis Federation. hated rubbers pitting them and an early afternoon start in dollars on an 85,000 dollars Woods has teed it up only PGA Tour-worthy course, a old Karolina Muchova made “Most little boys want to be against each other. the first round on Thursday. bet), caddie Joe LaCava, the five times since. He missed the “short course” with new prac- the Wimbledon quarter-finals Pavel Nedved or Jaromir Jagr “It’s unpleasant, we don’t Lying 38th in the FedEx dedicated tweeters @GC- cut at the PGA Championship, tice areas, a new clubhouse this year and 21-year-old Ma- rather than Tomas Berdych,” want to give it our very best, Cup standings, Woods will TigerTracker and everyone tied for ninth at the Memorial, and pedestrian trails and a cad- rie Bouzkova impressed at the he told AFP. it’s different,” said Linda. need a strong showing this associated with the BMW hovered around par at the US die program that would bring recent Rogers Cup in Toronto, “But the parents of daugh- “It would be terrible to week since only the top 30 Championship. Open, got cut at the British summer jobs and mentorship reaching the semi-finals. ters who have an obvious tal- play a Grand Slam final, and advance to next week’s Tour Woods’ resulting surge Open and withdrew from the opportunities to a largely ne- “I guess we’re simply ent for sports mostly take just imagine what if I beat her. Championship at East Lake in the FedEx Cup standings Northern Trust last weekend glected area of Chicago. good,” chuckled Linda Fruh- them to a tennis club.” I would be so upset!” 14 Friday, August 16, 2019 Sports Aussies on the charge at Lord’s King Kohli anchors India to ODI series win His 43rd ton overshadows Gayle’s fiery knock; Iyer offers solid support to the Indian skipper again AFP PORT OF SPAIN

CLASSY Virat Kohli upstaged rampant Chris Gayle as India defeated the West Indies by six wickets in the rain-affected third and final One-Day Inter- national of their series at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad on Wednesday. Set a revised target of 255 based on the DLS scoring method after Gayle blazed 72 in pacing the home side to 240 for seven off 35 overs, Kohli was at his most imperious in compil- ing an unbeaten 114 - his sec- ond consecutive ODI hundred - to pilot his team to 256 for four with 15 balls to spare. His 43rd ODI hundred off 99 balls with 14 fours and overall impact on the series ensured him the double acco- Australia’s Josh Hazlewood celebrates the wicket of England captain Joe Root on the second day of second Ashes Test at Lord’s Cricket Ground lade of ‘Man of the Match’ and in London on Thursday. The paceman returned figures of 22-6-58-3.(AFP) ‘Man of the Series’. This successful chase un- der leaden skies and with the floodlights switched on gave India skipper Virat Kohli with the winner’s trophy after the third and Hazlewood strikes on his India the series 2-0 following final ODI in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on Wednesday.(AFP) the abandoned first match in Guyana last week. Kohli’s masterminding of Ashes return, scalps three another successful pursuit will leave Jason Holder and his West Indies team wary of what SCOREBOARD rable 119-ball fifty including the Indian captain will have England bowled seven fours but was out when to offer with the bat in the up- ENGLAND 1ST INNINGS (Woakes), 8-230 (Archer), 9-251 (Broad), 10-258 Bancroft held a brilliant diving coming two Tests in Antigua out for 258; Oz R. Burns c Bancroft b Cummins 53 (Bairstow). left-handed catch at short leg and Jamaica. J. Roy c Paine b Hazlewood 0 Bowling: Cummins 21-8-61-3 (2w); Hazlewood 22-6- off Cummins. “It was important for me 30-1 in reply J. Root lbw b Hazlewood 14 58-3; Siddle 13-2-48-1; Lyon 19.1-2-68-3; Smith J. Denly c Paine b Hazlewood 30 2-0-6-0. “There was some good to convert the big innings AFP J. Buttler c Paine b Siddle 12 AUSTRALIA 1ST INNINGS bowling, a bit of nibble and in this series but I must ac- LONDON B. Stokes lbw b Lyon 13 C. Bancroft batting 5 we have seen in that period if knowledge the role of Shreyas J. Bairstow c Khawaja b Lyon 52 D. Warner b Broad 3 C. Woakes c Paine b Cummins 32 U. Khawaja batting 18 you stick enough balls in the (Iyer) in these two matches AUSTRALIA’S Josh Hazle- J. Archer c Khawaja b Cummins 12 Extras: (b4) 4 right areas it can be difficult,” here. He has presented a great wood marked his entry into S. Broad b Lyon 11 TOTAL: (For 1 wkt, 13 overs, 56 mins) 30 said Burns. case for himself,” the Indian this season’s Ashes with three J. Leach not out 6 To bat: S Smith, T Head, M Wade, T Paine, P Cummins, England were 138-6 when captain said after victory was Extras: (b12, lb5, w6) 23 P Siddle, J Hazlewood, N Lyon. wickets as England were dis- TOTAL: (All out, 77.1 overs, 354 mins) 258 Fall of wicket: 1-11 (Warner). Ben Stokes (13) was lbw on the achieved. missed for 258 after the sec- Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Roy), 2-26 (Root), 3-92 (Denly), Bowling: Broad 5-0-13-1; Archer 6-3-10-0; Woakes sweep to Lyon. “We also did really well to ond Test at Lord’s finally got 4-116 (Burns), 5-136 (Buttler), 6-138 (Stokes), 7-210 2-0-3-0. Woakes was out for 32 keep the West Indies total to a underway on Thursday. shortly after being hit on the manageable level. Credit to the World Cup-winning Eng- that won the first Test by 251 Hazlewood backed him up head by a Cummins bouncer, bowlers for sticking to the task.” land fast bowler Jofra Archer runs at Edgbaston last week, when, with just the ninth ball with the crowd jeering Aus- then marked his Test debut with took three wickets for 58 runs of the day, his third, he had tralia’s repeated use of the Reprieve for Kohli an electrifying opening spell. from 22 overs. Jason Roy caught behind by short ball. As commanding as his innings Shreyas Iyer (left) and Virat Kohli of India take a single during the But the only wicket Aus- wicketkeeper Paine after the Bairstow completed an was though, the hosts were left third One-Day International against West Indies at the Queens Park tralia lost before stumps was ‘Pretty happy’ batsman fended loosely at a 82-ball fifty that came after he to rue a straightforward oppor- Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on Wednesday. (AFP) when David Warner (three) New-ball partner Pat Cum- rising ball outside off stump. had managed just 30 runs in tunity missed by wicketkeeper was bowled by paceman Stu- mins took 3-61 from 21 while Hazlewood then had Eng- his six previous Test innings Shai Hope off all-rounder SCOREBOARD final ODI in a 20-year-inter- art Broad – the third time in off-spinner Nathan Lyon land captain Joe Root lbw for before he holed out off Lyon. Keemo Paul when the cham- national career in which he as many innings this series he equalled Australia pace great 14 to a ball that nipped back. Archer, replacing the in- pion batsman was just on 11. WEST INDIES: ...... 240 FOR 7 hopes to still represent the had dismissed the left-hander. Dennis Lillee’s tally of 355 Burns, fresh from jured James Anderson, Eng- He received excellent sup- INDIA (TARGET 255 IN 35 OVERS) Caribbean in defence of the R. Sharma run out ...... 10 At the close Ashes-holders Test wickets with a return of his maiden Test century at land’s record wicket-taker, port, as in the previous match, S. Dhawan c Paul b Allen ...... 36 World T20 title in 14 months’ Australia, were 30-1 -- a deficit 3-68. Edgbaston, was dropped on took the new ball with Broad from Shreyas Iyer with an in- V. Kohli not out ...... 114 time in Australia, Gayle sav- of 228 runs. “I don’t think we have had 16 when Khawaja failed to on the ground where he bowled nings of 65 off 41 balls in a 120- R. Pant c Paul b Allen ...... 0 aged the Indian bowlers after Cameron Bancroft was five our best day, we dropped a few hold a routine gully chance off the Super Over that had se- run third-wicket partnership S. Iyer c Holder b Roach ...... 65 Holder chose to bat first, oc- K. Jadhav not out ...... 19 not out and Usman Khawaja catches but if we are batting at Peter Siddle. cured a World Cup final win that tilted the match decisively Extras (lb4, w8) ...... 12 cupying only 41 balls with five 18 not out. the end of the day we are pretty over New Zealand last month. India’s way following a brief Total (4 wkts, 32.3 overs) ...... 256 sixes and eight fours distin- England suffered an all- happy,” Lyon told Sky Sports. Brilliant Bancroft His second ball cut wobble when left-arm spinner Did not bat: R. Jadeja, B. Kumar, M. Shami, K. guishing his typically bludg- too familiar collapse as they As for equalling Lillee’s Wickets tumbled early in the sharply back up the Lord’s Fabian Allen had dismissed Ahmed, Y. Chahal eoning innings. Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Sharma), 2-91 (Dhawan), slumped to 138-6 before a number of Test wickets, Lyon second session, with England slope and just missed Ban- both Shikhar Dhawan and 3-92 (Pant), 4-212 (Iyer) “We paid a heavy price for seventh-wicket stand of 72 added: “I am not one for per- losing four for 46. croft’s off-stump and he beat Rishabh Pant in the same over. Bowling: K. Roach 7-0-53-1 (1w), J. Holder 4-0-39- letting Kohli off the hook to- between Jonny Bairstow and sonal milestones but it is a Joe Denly (30), shaken up the bat repeatedly in a thrill- Allen had also effected the 0, K. Paul 5-0-39-0 (4w), F. Allen 6-0-40-2, R. Chase day, but I also felt we didn’t Chris Woakes repaired some pleasing thing, it is pretty hard by a couple of short balls from ing six-over spell. run out of Rohit Sharma for 7-0-43-0, C. Brathwaite 3.3-0-38-0 (2w) execute as well as we should as Result: India won by 6 wickets (DLS) of the damage. to see my name alongside one Cummins, was caught behind Thursday saw Lord’s turn the first wicket of the innings Series: India won 2-0 (one match abandoned as a bowling unit,” Holder said in Only opener Rory Burns of the true legends of Austral- off Hazlewood. red in support of the Ruth but was unable to complete his no-result). assessing his team’s effort. (53) and wicketkeeper ian cricket.” But Paine then dropped Strauss Foundation – a lung seven-over allotment due to “There’s still a lot of work Bairstow, last man out for 52, Australia captain Tim a low left-handed chance off cancer charity set up to honour an injury sustained attempt- to be done at all levels of our passed fifty in the innings. Paine decided to field first on Siddle to give Burns, now on the late wife of Andrew Strauss, ing to save a boundary. end of the match, it was Gayle cricket and we have to turn Hazlewood, the lone winning the toss after Wednes- 47, another reprieve the former England captain, While Kohli illuminated who stole the show at the start. things around quickly with the change to the Australia side day’s first-day washout. Burns completed an admi- who died from the disease. the gathering gloom in at the Playing what is likely his Test series starting next week.”

Ajaz Patel restricts Sri Lanka with five for 76 Quick singles

AFP like that offer you something, Off-spinner William New European T20 league postponed GALLE (SRI LANKA) you’ve got to stay patient and Somerville joined the party, until 2020 ask good questions of the bats- dismissing Akila Dananjaya for LEFT-ARM spinner Ajaz Pa- man,” Patel told reporters. a sixth ball duck. NEW DELHI: The inaugural Euro T20 Slam, a Twenty20 fran- tel became the first New Zea- “We know Sri Lankans are Lakmal, who had claimed chise tournament with six teams from Scotland, Netherlands lander to claim a five-wicket good players of spin, so you’ve four wickets earlier in the and Ireland, has been postponed until 2020, the organisers haul in Galle as the tourists got to respect that and make day, then gave solid support said on Thursday. restricted Sri Lanka to 227 for sure you put balls in good areas to Dickwella as Sri Lanka The cricket boards of Scotland, the Netherlands and seven at stumps on day two of for long period. I think you’ve fought back. Lakmal was giv- Ireland had agreed in March to form a new European league, the first Test on Thursday. got to keep hanging in and play en out caught at slip when he developed in consultation with the International Cricket Council In reply to New Zealand’s the long game. Yes, there’s was on nine but he success- (ICC), to be held from August 30 to September 22. first innings total of 249 all out, turn, but it’s slow turn.” fully reviewed the decision. The organisers did not provide a detailed explanation for Sri Lanka were on 143 for two the decision, citing “unforeseen circumstances”. as Angelo Mathews and Kusal SCOREBOARD Mendis laid the foundation for a big total. NEW ZEALAND (1ST INNINGS, OVERNIGHT 203/5): Embuldeniya 22-1-81-0 Ex-New Zealand captain McCullum However a lapse of concen- J. Raval c De Silva b Dananjaya 33 SRI LANKA (2ND INNINGS) to coach Kolkata in IPL T. Latham c Dickwella b Dananjaya 30 D. Karunaratne lbw b Patel 39 tration saw Mendis throw away K. Williamson c Karunaratne b Dananjaya 0 L. Thirimanne st Watling b Patel 10 his wicket in the penultimate New Zealand’s Ajaz Patel celebrates after taking five wickets during R. Taylor c Dickwella b Lakmal 86 K. Mendis c Taylor b Patel 53 NEW DELHI: Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum ball before tea and they col- the second day of the opening Test cricket match against Sri Lanka at H. Nicholls lbw b Dananjaya 42 A. Mathews c Taylor b Patel 50 was on Thursday appointed head coach of Kolkata Knight Rid- lapsed, losing five wickets for the Galle International Cricket Stadium in Galle on Thursday. (AFP) B.J. Watling lbw b Dananjaya 1 K. Perera c Santner b Boult 1 ers in the Indian Premier League. M. Santner lbw b Lakmal 13 D. de Silva c & b Patel 5 the addition of 18 runs. T. Southee run out (De Silva) 14 N. Dickwella not out 39 McCullum, who played for KKR in 2008-10 and 2012-13, From 143 for two, Sri Lanka tidy with his length. foot work and was caught at W. Somerville not out 9 A. Dananjaya c Taylor b Somerville 0 earlier this month announced he was retiring from cricket after slumped to 161 for seven before Patel was not afraid to first slip by Ross Taylor. T. Boult c Perera b Lakmal 18 S. Lakmal not out 28 the GT20 tournament in Canada. an unfinished 66-run stand for flight the ball even after Men- The slide continued after A. Patel lbw b Lakmal 0 Extras: (w 1, lb 1) 2 “Brendon has been an integral part of the Knight Riders Extras: (nb 1, lb 2) 3 Total: (for seven wickets, 80 overs, 319 minutes) 227 the eighth wicket between Ni- dis completed his 10th Test tea with Kusal Perera (1) and Total: (all out, 83.2 overs, 335 minutes) 249 Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Thirimanne), 2-66 (Karunaratne), family for a long time,” (KKR) chief executive Venky Mysore roshan Dickwella and Suranga half-century with a boundary Dhananjaya de Silva (5) adding Fall of wickets: 1-64 (Latham), 2-64 (Williamson), 3-143 (Mendis), 4-144 (Perera), 5-155 (De Silva), said in a statement. Lakmal stopped the rot with off him. to the misery. 3-71 (Raval), 4-171 (Nicholls), 5-179 (Watling), 6- 6-158 (Mathews), 7-161 (Dananjaya). “His leadership qualities, honesty, positive and aggressive the hosts trailing by 22 runs. For the next delivery, the Mathews was dismissed 205 (Taylor), 7-216 (Santner), 8-222 (Southee), 9-249 To bat: Lasith Embuldeniya, Lahiru Kumara. style, combined with his natural ability to bring the best out (Boult), 10-249 (Patel) Bowling: Boult 13-3-24-1 (1w), Southee 7-3-17-0, It was the second five- penultimate ball before tea, soon after completing his half- Bowling: Lakmal 15.2-5-29-4 (1nb), Kumara 10-1-37- Somerville 20-2-78-1, Patel 29-6-76-5, Santner 11-0- of the teams he has been part of makes him ideally suited to wicket haul in Test cricket for Mendis attempted to play an century, becoming Patel’s fifth 0, Dananjaya 30-3-80-5, De Silva 6-0-20-0, 31-0. Toss: New Zealand lead KKR and TKR (Trinbago Knight Riders) as a head coach.” Bombay-born Patel, who was expansive drive without much victim. “I think with surfaces