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05 Sport TUESDAY-SEPTEMBER 01, 2020 Govt gives green light for Bahrain to host Formula spectators to attend Shpageeza One races on League matches separate tracks this year

Bahrain will host its two Formula One races on separate tracks later this year. The Bahrain Grand Prix on Nov. 29 will be held as usual on the 5.4-kilometer (3.3-mile) circuit that usually hosts rac- es. The next race on Dec. 6 will be known as the Sakhir Grand Prix and held on a small- er, 3.5-kilometer (2.2-mile) outer circuit which has never been used before for interna- tional racing. The smaller track will re- quire 87 laps to be completed to ensure the minimum dis- tance of 305 kilometers is cov- ered. Quick lap times are expect- KABUL: Spectators will be pacity for spectators. ment will start from Septem- ed to be about 55 seconds in allowed to watch this year’s The ACB also has to en- ber 13, with the final sched- qualifying and 60 for the race. Shpageeza Cricket League sure all standard operating uled to be played on Septem- The Sakhir GP will be a matches at Kabul Cricket Sta- procedures are adhered to and ber 26. night race held under flood- dium, albeit at reduced num- health guidelines are followed However, dates were lights, with qualifying and the bers, the Afghanistan Crick- so as to prevent the spread of changed as it would have race starting later in the et Board (ACB) has an- COVID-19. clashed with the IPL, which is BOSTON - Spain's Jon back and have a chance to keep before picking up his ball, evening compared to the Bahr- nounced. In addition, the ACB has to scheduled to start from Sep- Rahm sunk a breathtaking 66- the playoff going. Luckily it which cost him a stroke. He ain GP. alarabiya In a statement issued Sat- ensure all the players, support tember 19. foot (20 metre) putt to win the looked really good on the way quickly put the embarrassing BMW Championship on Sun- and when it had 10 feet to go it mental lapse behind him. urday, ACB said the Ministry staff and others who are part The decision was taken of Public Health had given of the league test negative for day in a thrilling playoff victo- was tracking beautifully," "Yesterday was just trying largely due to the fact that the ry over American Dustin Rahm said in a televised inter- to finish strong and get myself them the go-ahead to allow COVID-19 ahead of the match- board wanted their key play- spectators to watch matches. es. Johnson. view. "I could hardly believe in contention, and once I teed ers – , Mujeeb ur The 25-year-old, who re- it." off today with the good weath- However, strict rules will This comes after Nazim Rahman and be enforced. Zar Abdulrahimzai, ACB’s in- cently spent two weeks as Johnson, who had a two- er and how I started striping it – to feature in the Shpageeza World No 1, shot a flawless six- stroke lead heading into the the first few holes I knew I had ACB stated that in a docu- terim chief executive, said ear- T20 League. under par 64 on Sunday, sav- final round, carded a three-un- a chance," said Rahm. "I just ment sent to them by the min- lier this month that the board “Yes, we have rescheduled ing his best for last after card- der par 67 despite a pair of cost- tried not to think about it." The istry, they were given the ap- had rescheduled the league in the Shpageeza T20 and now it ing a lacklustre five-over 75 in ly bogeys. He shot a birdie on second of three FedexCup play- proval on condition that spec- order to accommodate the In- the first round. 18 to push the round into a play- off events, where 69 players tators watch the matches from dian Premier League 2020 will start from September 6,” Zar Abdulrahimzai con- Rocketing up the leader- off, but his effort was not were vying for 30 spots in the open stands, that they stick to (IPL2020). board on Sunday, Rahm then enough to derail his steely- upcoming Tour Championship, a two-meter social distancing The tournament will now firmed.” We are expecting to get Mujeeb, Nabi and Rashid drained the long putt in the nerved opponent. Rahm, who the tournament at Olympia rule and wear masks at all start on September 6 with the first hole of a playoff against won last month's Memorial Fields Country Club near Chi- times. final expected to be played on at that point of time [to play in Johnson, letting out an elated Tournament, carded a five-bird- cago proved a tough test, with The ministry also said the September 18. Earlier, the the Shpageeza T20],” he add- roar. ie 66 in Saturday's third round just five golfers finishing the stadium can accommodate no board had announced that the ed. "Honestly I hoped it would despite forgetting to put a four rounds under par. more than 30 percent of its ca- seventh edition of the tourna- The Kabul Times be a decent putt for par coming marker down on the fifth green Skysport Messi contract valid, says La Liga, after and fire fifties as he fails to turn up for COVID-19 test England chase 196 to beat Pakistan in second T20I Bairstow got the England La Liga on Sunday released would allow Messi to link up The club said it would like for reply up and running with a statement saying Lionel Mes- with his former Barcelona Messi to finish his career with back-to-back boundaries in the si’s Barcelona contract was still coach Pep Guardiola but even the Catalan club. second over, while Banton valid, days after his shock an- the Abu Dhabi-owned club League president Javier struck an audacious six off nouncement that he wants to might find a 700 million-euro Tebas had said a few months Imad Wasim in the third - a re- leave the club and hours after fee, plus Messi’s huge salary, a ago that the league was not re- verse-paddle finding the stands he failed to attend a pre-season deal-breaker. ally affected financially after backward of point. medical. Messi, who has won more Cristiano Ronaldo left Real Jonny Bairstow got the En- Messi’s failure to show for than 30 major trophies with the Madrid to join Juventus, not gland run-chase off to a great his medical underlined the 33- Spanish club and scored more seeing a reduction in television start with 44 from 24 balls at year-old’s determination to than 600 goals, earns around audiences or rights contracts. the top of the order leave the club he has been with one million euros per week. But he said that Messi’s depar- Pakistan were further trou- throughout his career. He informed Barca on Tues- ture could be different and bled by seemingly a hamstring The six-times world player day he wished to leave imme- could possibly be “noticeable” injury to (0- of the year insists he has a diately, plunging the club into for the league. 25) that limited him to only two clause in his contract that al- new turmoil less than two There were rumors earlier overs, but the introduction of lows him to leave on a free weeks after their humiliating in the week that Messi would Shadab provided what had transfer -- a claim disputed by 8-2 Champions League quar- show up for Sunday’s tests to looked briefly to be the match- Barcelona and now by La Liga. ter-final defeat by Bayern Mu- avoid breaking team rules winning turn. The ruling body said the nich. Messi’s lawyers plan to while negotiating his depar- England, and Banton in only way a club can sign the invoke a clause in his four-year ture, but his people reportedly particular, had targeted the leg- Argentine forward is if he trig- contract, signed in 2017, which told the club on Saturday of his Eoin Morgan smashed 66 (2-35), but Malan's sixth T20I Saqib Mahmood (0-38) over spinner to great effect in Fri- gers a release clause of 700- would have allowed the forward intentions not to attend the test- from 33 deliveries to lead En- fifty in only his 12th game got deep-square-leg for the first of day's rain-abandoned first million euros ($833 million). to leave the club for free if he ing. alarabiya gland's victory charge as they the hosts home with five balls four sixes in his innings. T20I, but Shadab had his re- “In compliance with the ap- had requested it by June 10. chased down 196 to beat Paki- to spare. Rashid returned to pick up venge as Bairstow first top- plicable rule, La Liga will not They will argue that that stan by five in the sec- England take a 1-0 series Babar's , holing out to edged a sweep to short leg and approve a request to be de-reg- date -- nominally the end of the ond T20 international at Emir- lead into the third and final Sam Billings at deep midwick- Banton was trapped in front lbw. istered as a player with the season -- is now irrelevant af- ates Old Trafford. T20I between the teams, back et, resulting in 38-year-old Shadab thought he had a Spanish football federation, ter the coronavirus pandemic Jonny Bairstow (44 off 24 at Old Trafford on Tuesday - Shoaib Malik joining his old third victim in four balls when unless the amount in the re- forced an extension of the La balls) and Tom Banton (20 off live on Sky Sports Cricket from mate Hafeez at the crease - the leading another strong shout lease clause has been paid,” La Liga season deep into August. 16) got England's chase off to a 5.30pm. England, having won pair having opened the for lbw against Morgan and Liga said. Barcelona said Messi was the blistering start before the in- the toss, were wayward with the when Pakistan debuted in the though the was shown Reuters footage showed only player who did not under- nings was rocked as they fell to ball first up, with Babar Azam T20I format 14 years ago. to be hitting the stumps on re- players arriving for coronavi- go the tests at the club’s train- consecutive Shadab Khan (3- (56 off 44) and Hafeez and Shoaib rolled view, the England skipper sur- rus tests on Sunday morning ing center. The team is set to 34) deliveries in the seventh (36 off 22) sharing in an open- back the years, firing a further vived as it was 'umpire's call' and Messi did not appear. He resume training on Monday over. ing stand of 72, before the lat- 50 runs in just 24 balls - one on impact and so stayed with had been due at Barcelona’s ahead of the upcoming start of Morgan survived the hat- ter fell to a faster, flatter Adil over reaped for 23 the '' decision on field. training ground at 10.15am lo- the season. Messi announced trick ball but was fortunate not Rashid (2-32) delivery that he runs - and Hafeez, the main Morgan and Malan made cal time but a club source con- his decision to leave on Tues- to be given out lbw to the next, slog-swept down Banton's aggressor, brought up a 12th the most of the reprieve, com- firmed to Reuters he had not day by sending the club a buro- before going on to strike six throat at long-on. T20I half century. piling a massive 112-run part- arrived. fax, a certified document simi- fours and four maximums in a Babar - the No 1 ranked Shoaib's undoing came in nership for the third wicket off La Liga’s stance is a blow lar to a telegram. century stand with Dawid Ma- batsman in the world in T20 the 17th over, plinking a Chris only 62 balls and though Mor- to Messi’s hopes of a quick de- The Argentina great re- lan (54no off 36). cricket - raced through to a 37- Jordan (1-41) yorker to short gan, (1) and Sam parture and to those clubs wish- portedly said he wanted to ne- The England skipper ball fifty, while 39-year-old vet- extra cover, while Curran (1- Billings (10) all fell late on, ing to sign him. gotiate with the club, but Bar- couldn't quite see his side over eran (69 off 46) picked up Hafeez with the England made comfortable Premier League Manches- celona said Saturday it was not the line himself, holing out to 36) joined him and upped the penultimate ball of the in- work of a sizeable run-chase in ter City are the favorites which willing to facilitate his exit. deep square-leg off Haris Rauf tempo even further, carting nings. the end. skysports