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GGOLFOLF | Page 3 NNFLFL | Page 4 Woods ties Seahawks for ninth as cool off Fowler wins High-fl ying in Bahamas Falcons Tuesday, December 5, 2017 FOOTBALL Rabia I 17, 1439 AH English eyes on GULF TIMES Griezmann for crunch Chelsea clash SPORT Page 7 SPOTLIGHT FEAT Rugby League Qatar teen Fares wins set to make big silver at world splash in Qatar weightlift ing Fiji, Samoa and Tonga set to play tournament in Doha in early 2018 QNA Committee under the chairmanship of Anaheim, California HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al-Thani, in addition to the attention paid by Qa- tar Weightlifting Federation, headed atari weightlifter Fares Ib- by Mohamed Yousuf al-Mana, which rahim won the silver medal provides local and foreign training in the 94kg category at the camps and is keen to participate and be Q2017 World Weightlifting present in all regional, continental and Championships in Anaheim in the US international championships. (QNA) State of California. Before leaving for the US, fares had Fares, aged 19, won the medal after spoken about how weightlifting re- he managed to lift 220kg in the jerk. quires extreme sacrifi ces from an ath- In a statement to Qatar News Agency lete. (QNA), executive manager of Qatar “To reach a high level in weightlift- Weightlifting Federation Mubarak Za- ing requires sacrifi cing many things. I yed al-Khayareen said that the victory spend most of my time in training and is the fi rst for Fares at the men’s level everything I do at home is for the sake and comes shortly after he won the of training,” he said. World Junior Championships in Japan, Following the World Championships adding to his 2016 Asian Champion- next month, his focus will switch to ship title and seventh placing at the Rio the Tokyo 2020 Olympics where win- 2016 Olympic Games. ning the gold medal will “mean that He said that the Qatari mission to one of my dreams have come true and 2017 World Championships in Anahe- will make me so happy and proud that Niue were among the four countries whose players wore jerseys with the words “We stand with Qatar” emblazoned across them at the recent Rugby League World im was headed by HE Sheikh Khalid bin I have achieved something for Qatar”. Cup. At bottom, Samoa’s Prime Minister Tuilaepe Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi with Michael Ibrahim. Khalifa al-Thani. Between now and then, his expecta- He underlined that the remarkable tions are simple: “to win the gold medal By Sports reporter League former greats Andrew Johns achievements of the Qatari sports in in every competition that I compete in”. Doha and Brad Fitler. general and weightlifting in particular Fares may have not won the gold this The sheer tenacity of the Austral- are accomplished thanks to the strong time, but the teen has plenty of years ian businessman enabled him to do support provided by Qatar Olympic ahead of him to achieve his dreams. he national rugby league the impossible. He convinced the teams of Fiji, Tonga and Sa- IRLF to allow four of the participat- moa will be seen in action in ing nations in the recent World Rugby DECISION TIME TQatar during a competition League Cup to bear Qatar’s fl ag with scheduled for early 2018, Michael the words “We Stand With Qatar” Ibrahim, founder and CEO of Aqeeq across the front of their playing jer- Holdings LLC, has said. seys which was viewed by millions IOC to rule on Russia’s Ibrahim noted that negotiations around the world. are in top gear between the sport’s Rugby League is a full contact sport governing body International Rugby governed by the International Rugby 2018 Games fate League Federation (IRLF), the au- League Federation (RLIF). Though thorities of the three Pacifi c nations similar to rugby - rugby league has AFP not compliant with international rules and his company. notable rule diff erences. Teams Lausanne on doping. WADA’s refusal to lift the The Australian entrepreneur has have 13 players, and no mauls or suspension of Moscow’s national anti- been having months of intense dis- lineouts are allowed. Each team has doping body raised the stakes in Rus- cussions with the IRLF and the Pa- six tackles to score or advance fi eld he International Olympic sia’s possible exclusion from South cifi c Islands National Rugby League position after which the play must Committee meets from today Korea. Russia’s chances of going to conglomerates aimed at playing some be handed over to the opposition. to decide whether to bar Rus- Pyeongchang were further damaged of their matches in Doha next year Four points are awarded for a try, not sia from the 2018 Winter Ol- by a raft of bans handed out to its med- that also involves a Qatar select team. fi ve, and the fi eld goal is worth one Tympics for doping violations, in one of allists at the Sochi 2014 Games in the “We are very close to fi nalising the point, not three. the weightiest decisions ever faced by past week. deal and I’m happy to inform that Rugby league is a popular sport the Olympic movement. In total Russia was stripped of 11 of all indications are pointing to a very in Africa, Australia, China, Eu- The build-up to the high-stakes its 33 medals for cheating, meaning it strong interest from all concerned rope, France, New Zealand, UK, the summit in Lausanne 66 days before has lost its position at the top of the parties,” he said. Americas, Lebanon, Philippines, the start of the 2018 Games has been Sochi medals table to Norway. An avid lover of Qatar, Ibrahim UAE, USA, the Cooks Island, Tonga, dominated by an almost daily drip of The explosive, WADA-commis- said, “With Qatar’s resilience to the Samoa, Fiji, Niue, Tokelau, Solomon negative news for Vladimir Putin’s sioned 2016 McLaren report alleged current blockade it’s important for Islands and is the national sport of winter sports heavyweights. state-sponsored doping in Russia and the country to continue to progress Highness has exercised absolute re- world - FIFA 2022”. Papua New Guinea. On November 26, athletics’ ruling saw the country shut out of the agency. and strive for more greatness. Rugby straint, refraining his majlis and na- Ibrahim was the creator of the The European Super League and body the IAAF maintained its two- The investigation said the cheating league is the greatest game of all and tion from directing any kind of abuse #Weareallqatar best video and photo the National Rugby League (NRL) year long suspension of Russia im- peaked at the 2014 Winter Olympics when it comes to Doha everybody will to other countries and their leaders,” campaigns which attracted over fi fty are the premier club competitions. posed over claims of state-sponsored in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, where agree”. Ibrahim explained. thousand entries (50k) worldwide. Rugby league is played internation- doping. Russian secret agents engineered an Despite his business interests in When asked about the facilities Ibrahim’s passion for Qatar saw ally, predominantly by European, That ban prevented its athletes from elaborate system of state-backed dop- Qatar, “it is His Highness the Emir of choice for the international rugby him taking up the role of an ambassa- Australasian and Pacifi c Island coun- competing at the 2016 Rio Olympics ing. of Qatar that I admire,” the magnate league matches Ibrahim said, ““Qa- dor for the ‘We Support Qatar Move- tries. and this year’s World Championships Among those named and shamed for said. “I have the uttermost respect tar is not short of quality infrastruc- ment’, garnishing support from world The fi rst Rugby League World Cup in London. drug-taking last month was Russia’s for His Highness Sheikh Tamim and ture and stadiums. It hosted the Asia leaders such as the Samoan Prime was held in France in 1954, and the The IAAF ruling followed the World fl ag carrier at the Games, Alexander his leadership”. games in 2006 and it will be enter- Minister Tuilaepe Aiono Sailele most recent fi nal was played in Bris- Anti-Doping Agency announcement Zubkov, who was stripped of his four “Throughout the blockade, His taining the biggest sports event in the Malielegaoi and International Rugby bane, Australia, which Australia won. on November 16 that Russia was still and two-man bobsleigh titles. Gulf Times 2 Tuesday, December 5, 2017 CRICKET ASHES FIGHTBACK Mathews and Chandimal hit tons Wickets tumble in smoggy Delhi AFP SCORECARD New Delhi India 1st innings 536-7 dec (V. Kohli 243, M. Vijay 155; L. Sandakan 4-167) Sri Lanka 1st innings (overnight 131-3): as Aussies build ngelo Mathews expressed D. Karunaratne c Saha b Shami ....................................0 helplessness over the wors- D. Perera lbw b Jadeja ...........................................................42 ening pollution levels after D. de Silva lbw b I. Sharma ....................................................1 A. Mathews c Saha b Ashwin ........................................111 his defi ant century lifted Sri D. Chandimal not out ...........................................................147 ALanka on a smoggy day three of the S. Samarawickrama c Saha b I. Sharma ...........33 third Test against India in New Delhi R. Silva c Dhawan b Ashwin ..............................................0 N. Dickwella b Ashwin ..............................................................0 yesterday. S. Lakmal c Saha b Shami ....................................................5 Mathews (111) shared a 181-run L. Gamage lbw b Jadeja ............................................................1 268-run lead fourth-wicket stand with skipper Di- L. Sandakan not out ...................................................................0 Extras (b4, lb5, nb2, penalty 5) ..................................16 nesh Chandimal, who was batting on Total (9 wickets, 130 overs) .......................................356 England are fighting to avoid going 2-0 down in the five-match series 147 when bad light stopped play at the Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Karunaratne), 2-14 (De Feroz Shah Kotla ground.