GULF TIMES 40-Point Lead with Singapore Win SPORT Page 4 FOOTBALL / AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Duhail Face Tough Away Match Against Persepolis
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BOXING | Page 6 CRICKET | Page 7 Alvares hands Pakistan beat Golovkin Hong Kong by fi rst loss of eight wickets at pro career Asia Cup Monday, September 17, 2018 FORMULA 1 Moharram 7, 1440 AH Hamilton opens GULF TIMES 40-point lead with Singapore win SPORT Page 4 FOOTBALL / AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Duhail face tough away match against Persepolis By Sports Reporter hran’s Azadi Stadium. porting Persepolis but we have Persepolis coach Branko Doha Almoez Ali scored the only talked it over and the players are Ivankovic said there would be goal of the fi rst leg in Doha to confi dent about dealing with it,” pressure on his side as they had maintain Al Duhail’s 100 percent said Maaloul. lost the fi rst leg. wo Qatar clubs in the record as they matched Ulsan The return of central defend- “There are two Iranian teams semi-fi nals of the pres- Hyundai’s nine successive wins er Karim Boudiaf from injury in the quarter-fi nals and fans tigious AFC Champions from the 2012 competition. One will defi nitely boost Al Duhail’s would be expecting both to make League! It’s a dream sce- more victory would set a new chances against Persepolis who the semi-fi nals. That would Tnario for Qatar which could come record for a single campaign, al- have a formidable record in front mean there will be pressure on us. true today when Al Duhail and Al though Ulsan did record 11 wins of their home fans. As such we can’t aff ord to be lax,” Sadd take on Iranian oppositions in a row between 2012 and 2014. “Karim’s return is good news said the Croatian. in their quarter-fi nals second leg Persepolis, though, have won for us. He is a key member of the “But we are proud of the fact matches. all four of their games in front squad whose contributions to the that we have come this far in the While 2011 winners Al Sadd of home support and recovered team’s cause has been fantastic.” tournament, and we hope the meet Esteghlal on their home turf from a fi rst-leg defi cit against Al Al Duhail, who have won all presence of thousands of fans in Doha today, Al Duhail lock horns Jazira in the Round of 16. They their nine matches in this season’s will be an advantage for us.” with Persepolis in Tehran, both the have conceded just once at Azadi Champions League so far to equal He added that Persepolis will Qatar giants sitting pretty with Stadium and are chasing a second Ulsan Hyundai’s Asian record, are be looking to take the lead early fi rst leg wins under their belts. consecutive semi-fi nal. looking to go one better. and put Duhail on the back foot. Al Sadd, who won the fi rst leg Al Duhail’s new coach Nabil Al Duhail players take part in a training session at Azadi Stadium in Tehran yesterday. (Twitter/DuhailSC) “That would be fantastic. We “When you are trailing that’s 3-1, are clear favourites to seal Maaloul, who took over from don’t look for records as such the best strategy. Everybody their last four spot as they have Djamel Belmadi, is keen to take “We have forgotten our 1-0 vic- second leg. It will be a tough match 100,000 strong partisan crowd because our job is to win every knows it because we don’t want home advantage, while Al Duhail the club’s campaign to the next tory over Persepolis in the fi rst for us, but it’s also a tough match expected at the stadium will not match we play, but if we achieve to fall behind and then play need to ensure they don’t fritter level and was looking to play an leg,” the Tunisian told reporters in for Persepolis,” he added. intimidate Duhail. the record along the way it would catch-up. That would be disas- their 1-0 advantage away at Te- attacking game. Tehran. “We will start afresh in the Maaloul added that the “Surely the fans will be sup- be the icing on the cake.” trous considering our situation.” HORSE RACING Sheikh Abdullah’s Yazeed wins Dragon at Longchamp Victory at Qatar Arc Trials meet, first at the revamped Parisian track, was Yazeed’s maiden Group 1 PA victory Qatar Racing’s Roaring Lion wins QIPCO Irish Champion Stakes (Gr1) Sheikh Fahad al-Thani with jockey Oisin Murphy after he rode Roaring Lion to victory on Saturday. Agencies The latter finished second, a Leopardstown, Ireland neck from Roaring Lion. Aidan Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC) general manager Nasser Sherida al-Kaabi (second from left) with Jockey Olivier Peslier rides Yazeed to victory in the Qatar Cup — Prix O’Brien placed second, third the winners of Qatar Cup — Prix Dragon (Group 1 PA) at Longchamp in Paris yesterday. (JDG) Dragon (Group 1 PA) at Longchamp in Paris yesterday. and fourth in this Group 1. atar Racing Limited- Deauville came third more than Agencies Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Qatar Prix Foy (Group 2). owned Roaring Lion two lengths behind and Athena Paris also to be organised at the iconic After being held up in sec- Qwon his third consecu- was fourth. track. ond last position, the chestnut tive Group 1 when he emerged “It was the best thing I’ve seen Under Olivier Peslier, Alban de showed his authority by domi- victorious in the QIPCO Irish at a racecourse,” said Qatar azeed, owned by His Mieulle-trained Yazeed cantered nating his stablemates Talis- Champion Stakes in Leopards- Racing Limited racing manager Highness Sheikh Abdul- amongst others during the race, manic and Cloth of Stars, win- town, Ireland, on Saturday. David Redvers. lah bin Khalifa al-Thani, following Yas Horse Racing Man- ning with ease by two and a half Cantering on the outside at the “It was an unbelievable ride and won his fi rst Group 1 PA agement’s Shahm. lengths. back of the field under Oisin a fantastic performance and it Yby imposing himself in the Qa- The latter took the lead at the Dietrich Von Boetticher, the Murphy, he accelerated at the is just an absolute honour to be tar Cup – Prix Dragon as Qatar start of the home straight and co-owner of Waldgeist, said, start of the home straight. involved with such a horse. I’m Arc Trials made a return to a re- kept accelerating until Yazeed “He’s a physically imposing type After a long acceleration, the so thrilled for Sheikh Fahad and vamped Longchamp in Paris yes- was pulled out by Peslier 300m who tends to carry a lot of con- John Gosden-trained colt man- all the team. It means a lot. We terday. from the post. Yazeed eventu- dition and he has needed time aged to take the advantage thrive to find a horse that can do The Qatar-sponsored nine- ally took the advantage in order to reach maturity. He has done over Saxon Warrior and get the this. It has taken us years to find race meet, which was held in to win by a short neck in front of nothing but progress and his better of him again after the Sheikh Fahad one. We have had the presence of His Highness Shahm. trainer André Fabre knows how Eclipse, at the very end with a some great successes, but not Sheikh Abdullah in the French His Highness Sheikh Moham- to graduate his training accord- final turn of foot. one like this.” capital, featured two Group 1 ed bin Khalifa al-Thani’s Gazwan ingly. I thought he was impres- races, including the Arabian fea- fi nished third. Another His sive today.” ture and the Qatar Prix Vermeille Highness Sheikh Abdullah horse, Hot favourite Kitesurf topped de Pomone (Gr2) at Deauville, Arc. Brundtland had won both for Thoroughbreds, besides a Tayf, fi nished fourth. QREC GM Nasser Sherida al-Kaabi (left) with Paris Saint-Germain star the Qatar Prix Vermeille (Gr1). showed her impressive turn of his previous two career starts but number of other Group races. “I think that good older Edinson Cavani at the Qatar Arc Trials meet yesterday. In a strongly-run race, the Fa- foot taking the measure of Magic was tackling group class for the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Purebred Arabian horses can bre-trained fi lly struggled to Wand in the dying strides. fi rst time. However, he retained Club (QREC) general manager progress,” de Mieulle said after challenger in the big one. with the thoroughbreds.” go the pace and had consider- Zarkamiya took third but his unbeaten record after setting Nasser Sherida al-Kaabi and Yazeed’s victory. “My horse still has progress to Andre Fabre’s Waldgeist as- able ground to make up on Magic without being able to land a blow a moderate tempo and showing Paris Saint-Germain star Edin- “We did not race this summer make. This afternoon, he was not sumed the mantle as the top Wand at the top of the straight. at the principals. commendable tenacity to shake son Cavani were among those at before this prep-race. I am sur- 100 percent and needed this race. French contender for the next With around 150m to go, Kite- Qatar Prix Niel (Gr2) went to a off the challenge of the well- the races, which were held less prised by the second. He runs We have no horse for him in the month’s Qatar Prix de l’Arc de surf, who was coming off an colt, who had to battle very hard travelled Hunting Horn.