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CRICKET| Page 2 FFOOTBALL|OOTBALL Page 6 Captain Cook Rooney still glad to get key to England’s To Advertise here ‘carried along’ plans, says new Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 with Root coach Allardyce Wednesday, July 27, 2016 ROAD TO RIO Shawwal 22, 1437 AH Phelps still GULF TIMES the big fi sh in the pool at Olympics SPORT Page 5 TENNIS DECISION Federer to miss South Africa to introduce Olympics and racial quotas for teams Reuters ‘In the past we had never set rest of season Cape Town targets in our national teams but with changing circumstances we feel it is essential to move ‘The doctors advised that if I want to play on the ATP World Tour injury free ricket South Africa (CSA) will with the times’ formally introduce racial quotas for another few years, as I intend to do, I must give both my knee and body at national team level, the board The one-day international side that said yesterday. defeated Australia by 47 runs in the tri- the proper time to fully recover. It is tough to miss the rest of the year’ CThe organisation has come under fi re series competition in the West Indies in from the South African government for June had eight players of colour for the Reuters with Stan Wawrinka in 2008. a lack of transformation in its national fi rst time ever. CSA have already intro- London “The love I have for tennis, the teams, leading to a ban on bidding for duced quotas for the country’s domes- competition, tournaments and... the international tournaments that will be tic franchise competitions where teams fans remains intact. I am as moti- reviewed next year. must fi eld at least six players of colour, oger Federer has pulled vated as ever and plan to put all my President Chris Nenzani said in a including three black African players. out of the Rio Olympics and energy towards coming back strong, statement CSA will seek to “move with South Africa’s sports minister Fikile will miss the rest of the sea- healthy and in shape to play attack- the times” and set a minimum number Mbalula has been critical of what he son, including the US Open, ing tennis in 2017.” of black players to be selected in all their says is the slow rate of transformation Rbecause he needs “more extensive Until May this year, Federer had national teams. He added that these in the country’s major sporting codes, rehabilitation” to prolong his career appeared in 65 successive grand slam “targets” would be calculated over a year bar football. The country has seen great- after knee surgery earlier this year. tournaments and the last time he was and not apply on a match-by-match ba- er participation among black players Last month he described how “one absent from one of the four majors sis. across most sports at junior level despite stupid move” sparked a chain of bad was at the 1999 US Open. “In the past we had never set targets the challenge of providing adequate luck — which resulted in left knee When he reached the last four at in our national teams but with changing school facilities in poorer districts. surgery in February and sitting out Wimbledon, which included win- circumstances we feel it is essential to But Mbalula wants to see this refl ect- the French Open with a back injury — ning a fi ve-set thriller in the quarter- move with the times,” Nenzani said. ed quicker at national team level and culminating in yesterday’s decision fi nals against Marin Cilic, it appeared “The precise targets will depend on in April slammed the federations from to end his wretched season. as if Federer’s injury woes were fi nal- work to be undertaken by relevant com- rugby, cricket, netball and athletics for “I’m extremely disappointed to ly behind him and his absence from mittees to determine what is realistic failing to meet what he says were agreed announce that I will not be able to the French Open was a one off . and sustainable. This will be announced to targets on transformation. represent Switzerland at the Olym- However, he was clearly rattled in due course.” The Proteas had already He banned them from bidding for pic Games in Rio and that I will also when he landed heavily on his left been seeking to introduce more black or hosting international events until miss the remainder of the season,” knee after rolling his ankle during players into the national teams in all for- they met their targets, with a review of the 17-times grand slam champion the fi fth set of his semi-fi nal defeat mats and have done so with some suc- this decision scheduled for this coming said on his Facebook page. by Candaian Milos Raonic at Wim- cess. April. “Considering all options after bledon. consulting with my doctors and my Although Federer, who was left team, I have made the very diffi cult sprawled face down on the turf fol- Ashwin regains number one spot in Test rankings decision to call an end to my 2016 lowing the fall, got up to complete season as I need more extensive reha- the match, he was worried about the Dubai: India off -spinner Ravichan- Ashwin, who also tops the all-round- bilitation following my knee surgery long term eff ects on his knee. “I just dran Ashwin dethroned Pakistan’s ers ranking, is followed by England’s earlier this year. hope with the slip I had in the fi fth, Yasir Shah to top the International James Anderson and Stuart Broad, “The doctors advised that if I want I’m going to be fi ne... I hope I didn’t Cricket Council’s (ICC) Test rank- who both moved up one place respec- to play on the ATP World Tour injury hurt myself,” the world number three ings after his match-winning display tively. free for another few years, as I intend said at the time. against West Indies in the first test. Joe Root’s magnificent 254 in the to do, I must give both my knee and “Is it (the pain) a three-day thing, The 29-year-old picked up figures of 330-run victory against Pakistan has body the proper time to fully recov- is it a 24-hour thing or is it more? I 7-83 in the second innings as the visi- helped him move into the second er. It is tough to miss the rest of the don’t know at this point. tors cruised to an innings-and-92 runs place in the test rankings for batsmen, year.” “With the body that’s been playing victory inside four days in Antigua. behind Australian Steve Smith, who For much of his career, the former running a bath for his twin daughters 2012 silver medallist’s hopes of ever up this year, I just hope I’m going to Leg spinner Yasir, who became the retains top spot. world number one had been blessed following his Australian Open semi- winning an Olympic singles title. be fi ne.” first Pakistani bowler in 20 years to England’s test skipper Alastair Cook, with a body that seemed bullet-proof fi nal loss, means he would have gone “The silver lining is that this expe- It seems his worst fears were re- top the test rankings, dropped to fifth also moved back into the top 10 at against the aches, pains and injuries a whole season without a title for the rience has made me realise how lucky alised yesterday as he called time on after managing just one wicket in the ninth place on the back of a century suff ered by most top athletes. fi rst time since 2000. I have been throughout my career his season after appearing in only second test defeat against England at and an unbeaten 76 in the second But one false move by the man Now aged 34, yesterday’s an- with very few injuries,” said Federer, seven tournaments and with a 21-7 Old Traff ord. Test. known for his gliding footwork, while nouncement also probably ended the who won an Olympic doubles gold win-loss record. CRICKET Aussies skittle out Lanka for 117 in fi rst Test AFP SCOREBOARD sunny day, but Australia made early in- play. I thought if we bowl well, which we runs are going to be very crucial for us,” Pallekele, Sri Lanka roads as they reduced the hosts to 84 for did, we would get a few wickets early,” Hazlewood said. Australia were soon in Sri Lanka 1st innings 4-21-3, O’Keefe 10.2-3-32-2, Lyon 3-0-12-3 fi ve at lunch. Hazlewood told reporters. trouble themselves in their fi rst innings, D. Karunaratne lbw b Starc .............................5 Australia 1st innings They only needed a further 6.2 overs Left-arm spinner Steve O’Keefe losing both openers cheaply. n unbroken stand of 59 be- K. Silva c Voges b Hazlewood ..................... 4 J. Burns b Herath .........................................................3 in the second session to fi nish off the claimed the prized wicket of Math- Vice captain David Warner went for tween Steve Smith and Usman K. Mendis lbw b Hazlewood .......................... 8 D. Warner b Pradeep .............................................0 batting line-up, with the wickets evenly ews, caught at fi rst slip by his opposite a duck, surviving for just four deliveries Khawaja placed Australia in D. Chandimal c Nevill b Hazlewood ...15 U.