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TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 2017 SPORTS

Boxer Murata face to Champions rugby final Chelsea’s Conte taking N’Dam for WBA crown to be played in Bilbao season ‘step by step’ TOKYO: NEUCHATEL: Next year’s Champions Cup rugby final will take place in Japan’s London Olympic champion Ryota Murata will fight LONDON: Premier League leaders Chelsea are focused on getting the Spanish city Bilbao. The 53,289-capacity San Mames Stadium, home Hassan N’Dam for the vacant World Boxing Association middleweight results in their remaining nine games as they fight for the title, instead crown next month, his gym said yesterday. The 31-year-old’s first title of the Athletic Bilbao soccer club, will stage the Champions Cup and of dwelling on Saturday’s 2-1 loss to Crystal Palace, manager Antonio shot will take place in Tokyo on May 20 against the veteran Cameroon- Challenge Cup finals, European Rugby said yesterday. “We are very excit- Conte said. Chelsea suffered their second loss in 10 league games, and born Frenchman, who is ranked number one by the WBA. “I’m grateful ed to be taking the best club rugby in the world to fans in what is largely their first home defeat in the league since September. The loss cut their for the opportunity to fight for the middleweight crown here in Japan,” a new market,” European Professional Club Rugby chairman Simon lead at the top of the table to seven points after second- Murata told reporters. “I expect a very tough fight but I want Halliday said. “Bilbao is an excellent destination which breaks new placed Tottenham Hotspur defeated Burnley 2-0. to leave everything out there and return the blessing of ground for our tournaments and we see this as a big step in the expan- “There are nine games to play and we have to think having won an Olympic gold medal.” Japan’s only previ- sion of our sport across the continent.” Spain is ranked 18th in the world step by step,” Conte told British media on Sunday. ous middleweight world champion was Shinji and has competed only once in the Rugby World Cup in 1999, when it “At the end (of the season), if we deserve to win Takehara, who won the WBA title in 1995. But the 33- lost all three group games. The country’s national team annually takes the title, we will be very happy...When you lose year-old N’Dam, a former World Boxing Organisation part in the European Nations Cup, the highest European rugby champi- this type of game, in your mind you try to apply a champion who has compiled a record of 35 wins, 21 of onship outside the Six Nations tournament. There are no Spanish teams lot of questions. But it’s very difficult to find a reply them by knockout, against two losses, will provide a competing in either the Champions Cup or the second-tier Challenge to this result.” Chelsea host fourth-placed strn test for Murata. The Japanese star, who fights out of Cup, the two top European domestic club competitions. But Bilbao is Manchester City tomorrow. Their last home win Tokyo’s Teiken Gym, has won all 12 of his professional located in Spain’s Basque country and borders a part of France where against the Manchester side in the league bouts, including nine by KO. —AFP rugby thrives. —AP was in 2013.—Reuters

SHOOTING Sheikh Jaber Al-Abdallah Al-Sabah Cup tournament concludes

By Abdellatif Sharaa Misfer Al-Ghurba and board member shooters who competed in a friendly atmos- Trap Men: Talal Al-Rashidi, Abdelrahman Al- 10 Meter Air Pistol Women: Ghizlan Al- Engineer Hussam Al-Roumi. phere, and results were very good. He said Faihan, Mohammad Al-Hamly. Hindi, Athari Qurban, Huthama Al-Baghli. KUWAIT: Sheikh Jaber Al-Abdallah Al- The tournament lasted three days with this tournament is organized every year Double Trap Men: Saad Al-Mutairi, Jarrah 10 Meter Air Nifle Women: Mariam Jaber Al-Sabah Cup tournament conclud- outstanding participation by club and since the establishment of the sport of Al-Shuwaier, Mishal Al-Thafiri. Erzouqi, Hiba Erzouqi, Reem Al-Bughaili. ed on Sunday in the presence of tourna- National Guard shooters in addition to shooting unitl now in recognition of the Skeet Women: Sheikha Al-Rashidi, Emam Olympic Archery Men: Abdallah Taha, ment sponsor representative Sheikh Sheikh Saad Olympic Shooting Academy, contribution of Sheikh Jaber Al-Abdallah Al- Al-Shamma, Afrah Abdelrahman. Bader Al-Shilahi, Faisal Al-Rashidi. Abdallah Al-Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, and covered the skeet, trap, double trap, Jaber Al-Sabah to the sport of shooting. 10 Meter Air Rifle Men: Abdallah Al-Harby, Olympic Archery Juniors: Mohammad Al- President of Kuwait and Arab Shooting 10m air pistol and rifle and Olympic archery. Mohammad Abdelrahman, Sultan Al- Haidar, Shaheen Kiti, Zaid Al-Saeed. Federations Eng. Duaij Al-Otaibi, KSF and Eng Al-Ghurba welcomed those present Results of the tournament are as follows: Osaimi. ASF Secretary General Obaid Al-Osaimi, at the closing ceremony, adding that the Skeet Men: Mansour Al-Rashidi, Abdelaziz 10 Meter Air Pistol Men: Hamad Al- KSSC Assistant Secretary Eng Mohammad tournament had a wide participation of Al-Faihan, Zaid Al-Mutairi. Namshan, Hamad Al-Mulla, Saad Al-Ajmi.

Guess the number of footballs for a chance to attend UEFA Champions League final

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CRICKET West Indies beat in 4th T20 to take series

PORT-OF-SPAIN: scored 53 in 45 balls as Pakistan beat West Indies by seven in SCOREBOARD the fourth and final Twenty20 match on Sunday to take the series 3-1. Pakistan reached 127-3 in 19 overs PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: in reply to West Indies’ 124-8. Scoreboard Sunday in the fourth and final Twenty20 between West Indies and Pakistan at Queen’s Park Oval. The tourists won the toss at Queen’s Park Oval and put West Indies into bat with Chadwick Walton top- West Indies 4-0-16-2. scoring on 40 with four sixes and two boundaries. c b 7 From 52-1, West Indies slumped to 83-7 as Hasan Ali Chadwick Walton c b Shadab Khan 40 Pakistan (2-12) and Shadab Khan (2-16) performed economical b Hasan Ali 22 Ahmed Shehzad b Williams 53 spells. Some late hitting from , who Jason Mohammed b Hasan Ali 1 c Williams b Samuels 20 run out (Hasan Ali) 1 c sub (R Powell) b Williams 38 made an undefeated 37 from 24 balls, gave West b 3 Shoaib Malik 9 Indies something to bowl at but it looked unlikely to Carlos Brathwaite not out 37 Sarfraz Ahmed not out 3 be enough. c sub (Mohammad Nawaz) b Shadab Extras: (1lb, 3w) 4 Pakistan opener Kamran Akmal fell to Samuels for Khan 0 TOTAL: (for 3 wickets) 127 20 but Shehzad pressed on in partnership with Babar b 9 Overs: 19. Azam (38) to take his team to the brink of victory. Samuel Badree not out 1 Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-110, 3-115. With the target down to 15, both were dismissed in Extras: (2lb, 1w) 3 Did not bat: Imad Wasim, , Rumman quick succession by Kesrick Williams, who bowled TOTAL: (for 8 wickets) 124 Raees, Wahab Riaz, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali. Shehzad with the last ball of one over and had Azam Overs: 20. : Samuel Badree 4-0-38-0, Jason Holder 3-0- caught by substitute Rovman Powell with the first ball Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-52, 3-59, 4-73, 5-73, 6-82, 7-83, 24-0, Kesrick Williams 3-0-16-2 (1w), Sunil Narine 4-0- of his next. 8-121. 19-0, Marlon Samuels 2-0-11-1, Carlos Brathwaite 2- Did not bat: Kesrick Williams. 0-13-0 (2w), Jason Mohammed 1-0-5-0. Sarfraz Ahmed survived the hat-trick ball and Bowling: Imad Wasim 4-0-25-1, Hasan Ali 4-2-12-2 Result: Pakistan wins by 7 wickets Shoaib Malik was dropped before the pair saw (1w), Rumman Raees 4-1-25-1, Wahab Riaz 4-0-44-1, Series: Pakistan wins series 3-1 Pakistan across the line with an over to spare. —AP