12 Friday, October 25, 2019 Sports

Wayside Flower gallops to Al Ghariya Cup win

Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC) Board member Ahmed Abdulmalik (4th left) and QREC Racing manager Abdulla al Kubaisi (3rd right) with winners of the Al Ghariya Cup after Injaaz Stud’s Wayside Flower won the 1400m race at Al Rayyan Park on Thursday. Jockey Luca Maniezzi rides Wayside Flower to Al Ghariya Cup victory at Al Rayyan Park on Thursday.

Qatar stumble hits the front to 9-run loss against Kuwait in WorldSBK at Losail in U-16 meet Tribune News Network him in the Championship and Doha completed the first day of Qa- tar action in fourth. The fall of three wickets in a There were plenty of other span of eight balls saw Qatar Independent riders inside the lose way and stumble to a 9-run top ten, with loss against Kuwait in their sec- (GRT Yamaha WorldSBK) in ond match of the Asian Cricket ninth and Loris Baz (Ten Kate Council (ACC) U-16 Western Racing – Yamaha) in tenth. Saeed al Sulaiti shares his Region 2019 Tournament in Closely matched in the Oman on Thursday. Championship and close- Chasing 105 for victory ly matched after Thursday 5 keys to floodlit finale! in 35 overs, Qatar were re- action, the Pata Yamaha atar’s Saeed al Sulaiti, all I hope is that the weather stricted by some tight bowl- WorldSBK Team duo of Alex Qthe WorldSSP wildcard will stay as it is for the rest of ing and when they were at Lowes and Michael van der and former WorldSBK compet- the weekend.” 92 for 7 in the 33rd over, Mark continue to squabble on itor, has plenty of experience Muhammad Amir of Kuwait their last weekend in the same around the Losail Interna- No favourites in battle for bronze dealt a double blow remov- team. Van der Mark had the tional Circuit. With everything “The fight for third is between ing Siddharth Dhadwal and upper hand and was up in fifth on the line in WorldSBK and three riders, and two of them Akmal Mir before lastman place, whilst Lowes was sev- WorldSSP, not to mention the are very close friends to me: Mohamed Ismath Zayan was enth when the chequered flag premiere of the WorldSSP300 Michael van der Mark and dismissed. came out. Both are in a fierce class in Qatar… Everyone is Toprak Razgatlioglu. I wish Fateen Hakim was left battle for third with Toprak out to win in this final meet- both could get third position stranded unbeaten on 33. Razgatlioglu and will thus ing of 2019, but what will – let the best man win! To be Kuwait’s leg-spinner Ab- need to work together in order each rider need to do that? honest, we noticed Toprak dullah Zaheer, who claimed Chaz Davies of ARUBA.IT Racing – Ducati in action during Free Practice 2 of WorldSBK on the opening day to bring Yamaha the bronze Saeed al Sulaiti (QMMF was incredibly fast and show- up 3 wickets for eight runs was of MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship 2019 Qatar at the Losail International Circuit on Thursday. medal position. Racing Team), wildcarding in ing huge improvement. I think named as man of the match. The BMW charge in Qatar WorldSSP for the second time he’s the closest, in FP1 he Qatar, who beat Maldives Tribune News Network was led by 2013 WorldSBK at his home track, shared his was in second position. I think in their opening match, will Doha MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship 2019 Champion Tom Sykes, who thoughts. he’s in the right direction, but now play Oman on Saturday. Top six after day one at Losail spent most of the session you never know, I’m sure that The hosts meanwhile re- Chaz Davies (ARUBA.IT down in 15th place, before fir- A nighttime extravaganza Michael van der Mark and corded a whopping 297 run Racing – Ducati) hit the top Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 1’57.449 ing in a good lap time with less “I’d describe riding here as will do their best triumph over Maldives on spot, ahead of champion Jon- Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) +0.273 than eight minutes to go, put- “dancing under the lights”. to be in the fight. I hope the Thursday. athan Rea (Kawasaki Rac- ting him in sixth. Teammate This is the special thing about best for all of them!” Oman, who won the toss ing Team WorldSBK) in the Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +0.318 Markus Reiterberger (BMW this track, it’s the only one in and chose to bat, scored 333 opening day’s action of MO- Toprak Razgatlioglu (Turkish Puccetti Racing) +0.579 Motorrad WorldSBK Team) which we ride at night time. Three-way battles for 6 off 35 overs. Yash Verma TUL FIM Superbike World Michael van der Mark (Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team) +0.708 came to the fore and was I hope everybody enjoys it “WorldSSP is the most excit- made 107, K.Karuthapandian Championship 2019 Qatar at eighth after day one. The Ger- because it’s a totally different ing part of the weekend. It’s 85 not out, and A.Singh 47. the Losail International Cir- Tom Sykes (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) +0.806. man rider, so far without a ride atmosphere.” going to be so difficult, all They then bundled out cuit on Thursday. confirmed on the 2020 grid in three riders fighting for the Maldives for just 36 runs in 24 While Rea began winning down in seventh after the first pion working solidly on his race WorldSBK, put himself in the Will the weather be a factor? championship are so fast, ag- overs with S. Ravindra claim- the first Free Practice, Davies, session but come the end of pace. After a difficult opening shop window at the right time, “I’m very happy that we don’t gressive… I can’t wait to see ing a five-wicket haul, and T. who has been twice a winner FP2, he was up in third. session, (Kawa- reminding everyone what he is have rain this year. Last year the results. It’s a really nice Shridevi taking three wickets. here, topped the final session. Having led to the open- saki Racing Team WorldSBK) capable of. we had a lot of rain during final for WorldSSP.” Scores: Kuwait: 104 all out off Davies, who was in the ing session of the weekend, was left down in 12th. Outside of the top ten on the race weekend. This year, 26 overs (M.Bhavsar 33; top six for the entirety of Rea was right back in the After a top three perfor- his final weekend, Marco Me- the temperature is higher 5.3km fit for WorldSSP300! F. Hakim 5-19, A. Mir 3-28) the session, hit first with five mix of things and ready for mance in FP1, Toprak Raz- landri (GRT Yamaha WorldS- than our expectations – must “The WorldSSP300 category bt Qatar: 95 all out off 33.5 minutes to go and headed his battle in FP2. gatliolgu (Turkish Puccetti BK) goes into the final two be global warming all over is great, I’m really happy to overs (F.Hakim 33*; A. Zaheer teammate. The Northern Irishman Racing) set his sights on third days of his WorldSBK career the place! But it looks like see them participate here 3-8); Oman: 333 for 6 off 35 It was a strong session for was in second for the majority place overall in the Champi- in 14th, whilst top Honda be- everything will be good, the because it also opens a door overs (Y. Verma 107, A.Singh Alvaro Bautista, as the Span- of the session and that is where onship in the best way pos- longed to Leon Camier (Mori- times from FP1 are not that for a 300 championship for 47, K. Karuthapandian 85*) iard looks to finish his rookie he would finish come the end sible. The 23-year-old from waki Althea Honda Team) in slow compared to last year’s. the younger generation here. bt Maldives: 36 all out off 24 season in World Superbike on of proceedings, with the five- Alanya is in a strong position 17th, now confirmed at BARNI Everything is going very well, Let’s see how it is!” (TNN) overs (S. Ravindra 5-2, a high. The 34-year-old was time World Superbike Cham- to overhaul those ahead of Ducati for 2020. T. Shridevi 3-12).

Bahrain edge Qatar in handball semis Pistol gold for Qatar at GCC Women’s Games

The Qatar team at the GCC Women’s in Kuwait. Nasra Mohamed who won gold in pistol event of shooting. en’s Games 2019 in Kuwait. Wednesday. Earlier, the Qatar overall tally of eight medals, Aysha al Beraiki of Bah- fencing team had grabbed silver including one gold, five silver QNA rain took the silver medal medal in epee event and bronze and two bronze. Kuwait while her compatriot Moza Ali in sabre event. Hosts Kuwait led the finished third. In basketball, Qatar had standings while Bahrain fin- Qatar’s Nasra Mohamed Moreover, Qatar’s skeet beaten Oman 61-23 while in ished second. The sixth edi- In what was a huge surprise in the Asian men’s 2020 Olympics qualification tournament, Qatar were pipped claimed gold medal in the 25m team including Amal Ahmed, handball, Qatar eased past tion of the Women’s Games 28-26 in the semi-final by Bahrain at Duhail Sports Hall on Thursday. The see-saw affair was 15-16 at half Pistol event in shooting at the Fatima Saeed and Aysha Ahmed Oman 31-15. saw six GCC nations compet- time. In the other semis, Saudi Arabia were beaten 29-26 by South Korea. The final will be played on Saturday. sixth edition of the GCC Wom- clinched the bronze medal on Qatar finished with an ing in 11 disciplines.