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LONGINES GLOBAL CHAMPIONS TOUR 2018

The world’s best showjumping riders and horses were out at the Al Shaqab equestrian arena in Doha on Wednesday gearing up for this week’s Longines Global Champions Tour final which begins on Thursday.(PICS: MOHAMED TINACHIKT) Britain’s Ben Maher brings his top horse Explosion W for Doha final Three-day international showjumping finale at Al Shaqab from today

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK place in the LGCT Super Grand DOHA Each Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) and Global Prix in Prague after winning the Champions League (GCL) event can be separated into two LGCT of Cannes. WHILE the top international categories – CSI 5* and CSI 2* classes. The CSI 5* is the Superbly placed to capi- riders have already revealed top level competition, where the top-ranked riders in the talise on the scoring system is for the Longines Global Cham- Nicola Philippaerts (BEL) and pions Tour (LGCT) of Doha world will compete for the highest prize money, over the big- H&M Chilli Willi. Nicola cur- which begins at Al Shaqab gest fences – up to 1.60m which is the highest in the sport. rently has seven contributing equestrian centre on Thursday, scores which means that 100 a whole host of showjumping The GCL is a team competition, where riders unite to compete per cent of his points in Doha stars are out in force with rid- for points in the overall Championship. All roads lead to the will count towards his overall ers choosing to bring their top innovative new GC Prague Playoffs, which will see the top 16 score! Crowd favourite H&M horses for this week’s final. Chilli Willi arrived in top con- The 2018 champion Ben teams compete in the ultimate showdown in December. dition and will be making his Maher (GBR) has brought his Doha debut at Al Shaqab. young star, Explosion W, a Ludger Beerbaum (GER) equestrian world, Maikel van horse instrumental to his win (112 points) will be out the big der Vleuten (NED) and his stal- this season, as well as Madame guns with Chiara and Casello, lion Verdi TN return to Doha THE SCHEDULE X who has previously shown two of his top horses. for the final leg of the Longines THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 8) good form here. No stranger to pressure is Global Champions Tour. 14:45: CSI 5* Two phases 1.45m (€25.000) Edwina Tops-Alexander last year’s champion Harrie Elegantly trotting up for 17:45: CSI 5* GCL Team Conpetition (Teams- Individuals) Against the clock No Jump off- (AUS) (212 points) must win Smolders (NED) (234 points) this morning’s vet check at the 1.50/1.55m (€60.000 to individual class winners) in Doha to finish third in the who must place within the top astonishing Al Shaqab arena, FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 9) overall championship. A tall 15 this weekend. Harrie and Verdi TN’s confident presence 09:00: National Against the clock No Jump off order that is not beyond Edwi- his steely stallion, Don VHP precedes him. Whilst not at the 14:00: National Against the clock No Jump off 16:30: CSI 5* Against-the-clock 1.45m (€50.000) na’s capabilities especially with Z N.O.P., are no strangers to pointy end of this year’s cham- 18:30: CSI 5* Against-the-clock with Jump-off California and Inca Boy van pressure, winning the LGCT of pionship, the pair will apply 1.50/1.55m (€145.000) 2018 Longines Global Champions Tour champion Ben Maher of Britain on his trusted mount Explosion W. T Vianahof charged to tackle Hamburg and placing third in pressure to the seven riders in SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 10) challenge. Backed by impres- Paris. Emerald adds further fire pursuit of a championship po- 09:00: National Against the clock No Jump off 11:50: National Against the clock with Jump off sive results this year, including power to Harrie’s team placing dium placing. 14:30: CSI 5* GCL Team Competition Against the a win in Miami Beach, Cali- second in Rome and fourth in Meanwhile Sweden have Clock Qualification for LGCT GP- 1.55/1.60m fornia has scope and agility to Cannes this year. high hopes for Peder Freder- (€95.000 to individual class winners) navigate her way to the podium Known for a partnership icson (SWE) (167 points) and 17:45: CSI 5* Longines Global Champions Tour this weekend. that is revered around the Hansson WL who booked their Grand Prix of Doha – 1.60m (€375.000).

O France: Roger-Yves Bost, Julien OIsrael: Danielle Goldstein. OSri Lanka: Mathilda Karlsson. The Riders Epaillard, Megane Moissonnier, Jeanne Sadran, Kevin Staut. OItaly: Piergiorgio Bucci, Lorenzo O Sweden: Peder Fredricson. O Australia: Edwina Tops-Alexander de Luca, Alberto Zorzi. O Germany: Christian Ahlmann, O Switzerland: Jane Richard Philips. O Belgium: Niels Bruynseels, Karel OThe Netherlands: Marc Houtzager, Ludger Beerbaum, Daniel Deusser, Cox, Pieter Devos, Jerome Guery, Gerco Schroder, Harrie Smolders, O Turkey: Derin Demirsoy. Nicola Philippaerts, Cindy van der Marcus Ehning, Philip Houston, Leopold van Asten, Eric van der Straten, Jos Verlooy, Gregory Christian Kukuk, David Will. Vleuten, Maikel van der Vleuten. O United Kingdom: Scott Brash, Ben Wathelet, Brazil, Yuri Mansur Maher, Emily Moffitt, Michael O Greece: Athina Onassis. Guerios, Marlon Modolo Zanotelli. ONorway: Geir Gulliksen. Whitaker. O Bertram Allen, Shane O Colombia: Carlos Lopez. Ireland: OQatar: Hamad Nasser al Qadi, Breen, Michael Duffy, Shane Sheikh Ali bin Khalid al Thani, O United States: Laura Kraut, Sheikh Ali bin Khalid al Thani and his teammate of Doha Fursan Qatar during their warm-up for the Golbal O Denmark: Emil Hallundbaek. Sweetnam. Bassem Hassan Mohammed. Jessica Springsteen. Champions League Doha Leg at Al Shaqab on Wednesday. Doha Fursan have already qualified for the Playoffs to be held in Prague, Czech Republic, in December. (PIC: LOTFI GARSI)

Fares bags a bronze at IWF Worlds in Ashgabat Adel Abdulla seals last-miute deal to drive Ford Fiesta R5 in Manateq International Rally of Qatar

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Qatar International Rally. It DOHA is a good time of year, good weather and I think it will ADEL ABDULLA has pieced be good experience for me. together a last minute deal to There are no more races in the drive a powerful Ford Fiesta Cross-Country this year, so R5 in next week’s Manateq the timing is ideal. International Rally of Qatar, “There are no plans to the final round of the FIA Mid- fight to win. I will do my best. dle East Rally Championship It is my first time to drive this (MERC). type of car. I did my first race The former FIA T2 World here in 1990 and now I have a Champion has been tackling chance to do it as a driver af- rounds of the FIA World Cup ter three years driving in the for Cross-Country Rallies in Cross-Country World Cup,” recent seasons, but has held he added. the ambition of tackling his Adel’s challenge for suc- home round of the regional cess comes with the support rally series since taking part in of the Qatar Motor and Motor- the event for the first time as a cycle Federation (QMMF) and navigator in 1990. Ooredoo Qatar. The Doha-based driv- While he is realistically er will drive a car under not out to challenge the likes the management of Roger of 14-time regional cham- Feghali’s Autotune operation pion Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and is hopeful that the expe- Adel Abdulla, a former FIA T2 World Champion has been tackling rounds of the FIA World Cup for and his season-long Czech rienced Lebanese navigator Cross-Country Rallies in recent seasons, but has held the ambition of competing in his home round of the rival Vojtĕch Štajf in the R5 Qatar’s 20-year-old Asian Games medallist weightlifter Fares Ibrahim Joseph Matar will accom- regional rally series since taking part in the event for the first time as a navigator in 1990. battle, Adel is hopeful that a is interviewed by a television channel on Wednesday after he claimed pany him to the official start podium finish is the realistic a bronze medal in the 96kg competition of the 2018 IWF World at Souq Waqif in downtown Thursday (November 15). were a lot of drivers entering part. I made the deal very goal against a strong field of Championships being held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Doha from 19.00hrs next Adel said, “I saw that there the rally and I wanted to take late. It is my dream to do the MERC 2 entrants. Sports Thursday, November 8, 2018 17 Foakes, spinners put England in command in opening Test Sri Lanka concede 139-run lead ‘See ball, hit AFP GALLE (SRI LANKA) ball’, New

ENGLAND spinners led by Zealand duo Moeen Ali helped dismiss Sri Lanka for 203 and build on their belt 43 runs advantage after wicketkeeper- batsman Ben Foakes’ debut ton off single over in the first Test on Wednesday. The islanders conceded REUTERS a 139-run lead in response WELLINGTON to England’s 342 after being bowled out in the final session CENTRAL DISTRICTS of play on Day Two on a turn- medium pacer Willem Lu- ing Galle pitch notorious for dick earned an unwanted its low scores. place in the record books on Ali claimed four wickets Wednesday when Northern and was ably supported by fel- Districts took 43 runs off low spinners Jack Leach and one of his overs in a domes- Adil Rashid who took two each. tic One-day cricket match in England were 38 for no New Zealand. loss at stumps in their second Northern Districts bats- innings, stretching their lead men Joe Carter and Brett to 177 runs. Debutant Rory Hampton belted six sixes Burns, on 11, and Keaton Jen- – two of which were hit off nings, on 26, were batting at no balls – a four and a single close of play. during the first class match “It’s great to be back out at Hamilton’s Seddon Park. there with the boys. A great Carter finished on 102 day for us. It was always nice not out, while Hampton was for a spinner to get some pur- dismissed for 95 as North- chase on a wicket like this, I got ern Districts scored 313 for into things quite early on,” said seven in their 50 overs in Leach, who made an impact the game that they eventu- with his left-arm spin in just ally won by 25 runs. his second Test for England. Ludick, who gave up “Massive influence Moeen England spinner Moeen Ali (left) celebrates with his teammates Jos Buttler (right) and wicketkeeper Ben Foakes after dismissing Sri Lanka’s Niroshan Dickwella (not in the pic) on more than half of his runs has been great to be around Day two of their first Test in Galle on Wednesday. (REUTERS) during the match in that one and good banter when he’s over, finished with figures of around in the change room. wicketkeeper-batsman to score SCOREBOARD first over of the final session. The biggest cheer though 85 for one off 10 overs. “We are enjoying it...Jim- a hundred in his first Test. Dilruwan Perera, who was reserved for the retiring “It was right at the end my (Anderson) and (Sam) For Sri Lanka, Angelo ENGLAND (1ST INNINGS: OVERNIGHT 321-8) A. Dananjaya c Foakes b Ali 0 picked up five wickets in the Rangana Herath who walked in and I suppose it was a ‘see Curran bowled really well at Mathews top-scored with 52 B. Foakes c De Silva b Lakmal 107 S. Lakmal c Anderson b Rashid 15 England innings, crossed 1000 amid a rousing reception as the ball, hit ball’ scenario,” said J. Leach c de Silva b Perera 15 R. Herath not out 14 the top and took the pressure and put on a crucial 75-run J. Anderson not out 0 Extras: (lb2) 2 Test runs on his way to 21. He English team lined up to receive Hampton. off us,” Leach said of Eng- stand for the fifth wicket with Extras: (b1, lb1) 2 TOTAL: (all out, 68 overs) 203 became the fastest Sri Lankan the spin legend in the middle. land’s bowling attack. skipper Dinesh Chandimal, TOTAL: (All Out, 97 overs) 342 Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Karunaratne), 2-10 (Silva), 3-34 to claim a double of 100 wick- He remained unbeaten on But it was Foakes who who made 33, to frustrate the Fall of wickets: 9-330 (Leach), 10-342 (Foakes). (Mendis), 4-40 (De Silva), 5-115 (Chandimal), 6-136 ets and 1,000 runs. 14 after Rashid got the final Northern Districts bats- Bowling: Lakmal 18-5-73-3, Perera 31-6-75-5, (Mathews), 7-171 (Dickwella), 8-173 (Dananjaya), stood out with his patient yet opposition bowlers. Dananjaya 20-2-96-1, Herath 25-4-78-1, De Silva 9-175 (Perera), 10-203 (Lakmal). England were troubled by a wicket Suranga Lakmal for 15. men Joe Carter and Brett effective batting in England’s Rashid broke the key 3-0-18-0. Bowling: Anderson 10-0-26-1, Curran 6-1-16-1, Leach nasty hit to Burns while fielding Herath, 40, bids farewell Hampton belted six sixes first essay to give the team a stand after getting Chandimal SRI LANKA (1ST INNINGS) 18-2-41-2, Ali 21-4-66-4, Rashid 9-1-30-2, Stokes at forward short leg, prompting to his international career at – two of which were hit challenging total after electing stumped on a classic leg-spin- D. Karunaratne c Foakes b Anderson 4 4-0-22-0. the umpires to call for early tea. the start of the three-match K. Silva lbw b Curran 1 ENGLAND (2ND INNINGS) off no balls – a four and to bat first. ner but Mathews went on to K. Mendis b Ali 14 R. Burns not out 11 Burns, who injured his shoul- series at his favourite hunting The 25-year-old Foakes, register his 30th Test 50. D. de Silva c Stokes b Leach 19 K. Jennings not out 26 der blades at the base of his ground that accounts for 100 a single during the first who replaced injured Jonny He did not trouble the A. Mathews c Jennings b Ali 52 Extras: (lb1) 1 neck after trying to duck under – he got to the mark in Eng- class match at Bairstow converted his over- scorers after the tea break as D. Chandimal st Foakes b Rashid 33 TOTAL: (no loss, 12 overs) 38 a sweep shot from Dickwella, land’s innings after getting N. Dickwella c Buttler b Ali 28 Bowling: Perera 5-0-12-0, Lakmal 3-0-14-0, Herath Hamilton’s Seddon Park. night 87 to 107 in the morning Ali got the dangerman trudg- D. Perera c Buttler b Leach 21 3-0-10-0, Dananjaya 1-0-1-0. Toss: England. came back to field, much to the skipper Joe Root out for 35 – session to become only the fifth ing back to the pavilion in the delight of the English fans. of his 431 Test victims. “We got a couple of free no balls which helped us to get going. TURMOIL DOWN UNDER “We came together (at Boult hat-trick fuels NZ’s win over Pak the end of the over) and said ‘how many did we get on More Cricket Australia executives quit AFP that?’ I think we said it was ABU DHABI SCOREBOARD 39. We missed a four there.” SYDNEY: The exodus at Cricket Australia grew Wednesday as two Although batting greats NEW ZEALAND more top executives quit the embattled governing body after a ball- TRENT BOULT became the G. Worker c Sarfraz b Shaheen 1 Ravi Shastri and Garry So- tampering scandal and a scathing review triggered an outcry. third New Zealand bowler C. Munro lbw b Shaheen 29 bers famously gave Tilak Team performance boss Pat Howard, who was due to leave next to claim a One-Day Interna- K. Williamson c Hafeez b Shadab 27 Raj and Malcolm Nash plac- year, has brought forward his departure to next week, while broad- tional hat-trick as his side de- L. Taylor b Wasim 80 es in cricket’s Hall of Shame T. Latham lbw b Shadab 68 casting chief Ben Amarfio left on Wednesday, Cricket Australia feated Pakistan by 47 runs in H. Nicholls lbw b Shadab 0 by smashing six sixes from said.|The latest departures come after chairman David Peever was the first match in Abu Dhabi C. de Grandhomme c Azam b Shadab 0 their overs in first class forced out last week and former Test captain Mark Taylor quit as a on Wednesday. T. Southee c Junaid b Shaheen 20 matches, the world record is director. Former CEO James Sutherland stepped down last month. Pace spearhead Boult re- I. Sodhi c Shadab b Shaheen 24 by no means clear. L. Ferguson not out 3 The ‘Sandpaper-gate’ scandal, where the team was caught using duced Pakistan to 8 for 3 in T. Boult not out 8 South Africa’s Her- sandpaper to alter the flight of the ball, also cost former coach Dar- their chase of 267 after he dis- Extras: (lb3, w3) 6 schelle Gibbs also hit six ren Lehmann his job and prompted lengthy bans for three players. missed Fakhar Zaman (one), TOTAL: (For nine wkts; 50 overs) 266 sixes for a tally of 36 off Cricket Australia said the latest changes signalled a “new chapter” Babar Azam (nought) and Mo- Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Worker), 2-36 (Munro), 3-78 Netherlands legspinner (Williamson), 4-208 (Latham), 5-208 (Nicholls), under the leadership of incoming chief executive Kevin Roberts. hammad Hafeez (nought) in 6-208 (de Grandhomme), 7-210 (Taylor), 8-252 Daan van Bunge during a “I think it is important at this point in time that we give cricket a the third over. (Sodhi), 9-254 (Southee). 2007 World Cup match in fresh start and we start looking forward so we that can heal,” Rob- He finished with fig- Bowling: Junaid 9-1-56-0, Shaheen 8-1-46-4 (1w), St. Kitts, the most in an in- erts told reporters in Melbourne. “We are as transparent as we can ures of 3 for 54 as Pakistan Hasan 9-0-62-0, Wasim 8-0-38-1 (1w), Shadab ternational one-dayer. 10-1-38-4 (1w), Hafeez 6-0-23-0. be in this situation,” he added when pressed for more details about were bowled out for 219 in PAKISTAN Website Cricinfo, in why the pair were leaving Cricket Australia. (AFP) 47.2 overs. Imam-ul-Haq c de Grandhomme b Ferguson 34 what it allows is a potential- “It’s nice to be back out Fakhar Zaman b Boult 1 ly incomplete list, awards there and get the win for the Babar Azam c Taylor b Boult 0 the first class One-day re- Mohammad Hafeez lbw b Boult 0 Katich rules out CA bid, sees more heads rolling boys,” said Boult, who missed Shoaib Malik c Williamson b de Grandhomme 30 cord to Zimbabwe interna- the 3-0 loss in the preceding Sarfraz Ahmed b de Grandhomme 64 tional Elton Chigumbura, MELBOURNE: Former Test batsman Simon Katich has ruled out tak- Twenty20 series due to the Shadab Khan c Latham b Sodhi 7 who belted 39 off Alaud- ing a role on Cricket Australia’s embattled board and predicted that birth of his child. Imad Wasim c de Grandhomme b Southee 50 din Babu during one over in Hasan Ali c Boult b Ferguson 16 the bloodletting will continue in the wake of a scathing review into the “I think the new ball is a Shaheen Shah Afridi b Ferguson 0 Bangladesh in 2013. governing body’s culture. Australia captain Mark Taylor, quit on Monday key part of the game and we Junaid Khan not out 0 They discounted the 77 citing the toll of a tumultuous period for Australian cricket. While an- know what early wickets can Extras: (lb4, nb1, w12) 17 runs that former New Zea- nouncing his resignation, Taylor said he hoped a former player would do to chasing totals. TOTAL: (All out; 47.2 overs) 219 land batsman Robert Vance Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Zaman), 2-8 (Azam), 3-8 replace him on the board and nominated respected pundit Katich “The hat-trick ball I was (Hafeez), 4-71 (Imam), 5-73 (Malik), 6-85 conceded during a first- among a handful of potential successors. But Katich said his media just trying to make him play (Shadab), 7-188 (Sarfraz), 8-219 (Wasim), 9-219 class match against Canter- roles and family commitments ruled him out of the job. “I’ve got too and to slide one onto the pads New Zealand’s Trent Boult (centre) celebrates his hat-trick with team- (Hasan). bury in 1990. much on my plate,” he said in comments published by The Australian is a great feeling.” mates after he dismissed Pakistan’s Muhammad Hafeez in their first Bowling: Boult 10-1-54-3 (6w), Southee 9-1-31-1, Vance deliberately Ferguson 9.2-0-36-3 (3w), de Grandhomme 10-0- newspaper. “Mark Taylor spoke about his conflict with media com- Veteran batsman Ross Tay- One-Day International in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. (AFP) 40-2 (1w), Sodhi 9-0-54-1 (1nb, 2w). bowled 17 no balls in his mitments and the board role and I have signed to work with Channel lor top-scored with 80 while Result: New Zealand won by 47 runs. over in an effort to entice 7 and (radio station) SEN during the summer so I would be equally wicketkeeper Tom Latham In response Pakistan However, once Pakistan the Canterbury tailenders compromised. “I’m contracted and I am going to honour that contract struck 68 off 64 balls to lead crumbled to 85-6, before Sar- skipper Sarfraz dragged a Col- to chase a victory in their ... I would love to help but I am happy doing what I am doing.” Katich New Zealand to 266-9 after fraz Ahmed (64) and Imad in de Grandhomme delivery Grandhomme took 2 for match against the opening said he felt more departures were to come. “There are more answer- they won the toss and batted at Wasim (50) added 103 for the onto his stumps New Zealand 40 while Lockie Ferguson fin- batsman’s Wellington side. able at the moment than those who have paid the price,” he said. Sheikh Zayed Stadium. seventh wicket. were almost home and dry. ished with 3 for 36. “Our high performance system needs to be looked at, obviously Pat Howard is responsible for that and Greg Chappell is also responsible. I don’t think this has ended yet.” (REUTERS) ‘Qatar-Singapore warm-up games would help boost cricket in region’ Shaun Marsh hopeful of playing: Carey TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK The six-team event in- new avenues towards boost- team as much competitive and MELBOURNE: Australia batsman Shaun Marsh is hopeful of playing in DOHA cludes Kenya, Uganda, USA ing sporting relations between strong as possible. the second One-Day International against South Africa on Friday after and Denmark, besides Singa- Qatar and Singapore and more “We want to thank the Sin- having surgery on an abscess on his buttock, team mate Alex Carey THE Qatar Cricket Associa- pore and hosts Oman. Two top such events would be organ- gapore association for accept- said on Wednesday. Marsh missed the six-wicket thrashing by South tion (QCA) is hosting Singa- teams will get promoted to the ised in future to develop the ing to play the series with us. Africa in the series-opener in Perth on Sunday due to the problem, with pore for two warm-up games Division 2. sport in both the nations. I “We also wish to thank Ben McDermott brought into the squad as cover. “He is pretty positive at the Asian Town Stadium, QCA President Yousef Je- also wish good luck to the Sin- Warwick Hotel heartily for that he’ll be right for Friday,” vice-captain Carey told reporters in Ade- ahead of their participation in ham al Kuwari said the asso- gapore team for the Muscat providing excellent arrange- laide. “Shaun obviously (in the) last series over in England was sensa- the ICC World Cricket League ciation was pleased to organise championship,” he said. ments for the visitors. We look tional, he scored two hundreds for us. “So for SOS (Marsh) to come in Division 3 Championship. the two matches with an eye on Qatar Cricket Association Presi- QCA Operations Manager forward to the same coopera- at three and probably play a bit of an anchor role around some of those Singapore, who arrived improving bilateral relations dent Yousef Jeham al Kuwari. Manzoor Ahmad, who wel- tion from the hotel in our fu- top order explosive players ... it’s a little bit of stability up the top, hope- in Doha on November 4, will with Singapore and to provide comed the visiting team, Qatar ture efforts,” he added. fully.” Australia were skittled for 152 by South Africa’s formidable attack travel to Oman to contest in a fillip to sport in the future. the Singapore cricket team and team manager Arjun Menon The QCA also organised a and slumped to their 17th defeat in 19 matches, raising alarm bells the ICC World Cricket League “We are glad to have got to provide them valuable prac- and other officials, said the get-together for the officials only 7 months out from their World Cup defence in England. (REUTERS) Division 3 Championship to the opportunity to hold the tice ahead of their ICC event. QCA is always striving to seize and players of both the teams be played from November 9. two-match warm-up series for I’m sure this event will open any chance that can make its at the hotel. 18 Thursday, November 8, 2018 Sports

Scudding blazes to Qatar Cup win

Khalifa bin Sheail al Kuwari’s Scudding wins the 1700m Thoroughbred Qatar Cup race. The four-year-old bay mare was the 3rd winner for trainer Mohammed Riyaz and 2nd for jockey JP Guillambert on the day at the Qatar Racing & Equestrian Centre at Al Rayyan Park on Wednesday.

Asian, female McCollum goes for 40 points drivers part of F1’s ideal future: Carey as Blazers cool red-hot Bucks AFP HANOI Mavericks thwarted Wash- Portland ington’s bid to rally in the FORMULA One’s ideal future second half. will see Asian, American and improve to 8-3 “It’s been a long time female drivers battling for glo- since we won a game,” Mav- ry on race circuits around the for the season; ericks coach Rick Carlisle world, the sport’s chief execu- Hapless Wizards said. “Feels good.” tive Chase Carey told AFP on The Wizards trailed by Wednesday. fall to Mavericks as many as 24 in the first Carey announced that Viet- half and were down 70-49 at nam capital Hanoi will become halftime. only the third Southeast Asian AFP But they piled on the nation to host a Formula One LOS ANGELES pressure in the second half, race, after Malaysia and Singa- and trailed by just six with pore, when it hosts a race for the CJ McCollum scored 40 5:33 to play when Smith got first time in 2020. points Tuesday as the Port- past Dwight Howard for an While the move is part of land Trail Blazers cooled offensive rebound and fed F1’s strategy to move into mar- off the red-hot Milwaukee DeAndre Jordan for a dunk kets where it hopes to groom Bucks with a 118-103 NBA that stretched Dallas’ lead to a new generation of fans, and victory. 101-93. boost revenues, Carey hopes McCollum connected on Less than a minute later the spin-off is the emergence 17 of 23 attempts from the Smith connected with Jordan of drivers of different nationali- field, including five of 10 on an alley-oop dunk, and ties. from three-point range, as Smith came up with a steal “We want to provide oppor- the Trail Blazers improved to feed Harrison Barnes for a tunities for drivers of different to 8-3 and handed Gian- three-point play that pushed nationalities from around the nis Antetokounmpo and the the Mavs lead to 106-93. world,” he told AFP. Bucks just their second de- “Resilience,” Carlisle “We’d love to have a Chi- feat of the season. said of what he saw from his nese driver, an American driver, “It’s a great win for us,” team. a female driver, a Vietnamese said McCollum, who scored John Wall led the Wiz- driver, all be part of our future. 19 points in the third quarter ards with 24 points. Otto “We’d love nothing better alone. Porter Jr. and Bradley Beal than to have races around the Among his myriad high- had 19 each, although Beal world, to have teams and driv- lights, a wicked move around struggled from three-point ers from around the world.” Donte DiVincenzo that range, making just one of Although Asia has produced brought the Bucks rookie to nine. several Formula One driv- his knees. In Charlotte, the Hornets ers in the past, from pioneer- “Whenever you see a survived 21 turnovers to beat ing ‘Prince Bira’ of Thailand rookie you’ve got to be ag- the Atlanta Hawks 113-102. in the 1950s to India’s Narain gressive, attack them, make Kemba Walker scored 29 Karthikeyan in 2012, none have them move their feet,” Mc- points and handed out seven reached a competitive level. Collum said. Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum (3) is guarded by Milwaukee Bucks defenders during their NBA game at Moda Center in Portland, assists and Marvin Williams Carey believes that all that It was a breakout perfor- Oregon on Tuesday. (USA TODAY SPORTS) added a season-high 20 could change with F1’s latest mance for McCollum, who points for the Hornets, who foray into Asia, although he had struggled to find his sive and take advantage and Damian Lillard, Jusuf Nur- Mavs snap skid Doncic, the 19-year-old improved to 6-5. warned that having a “long- shooting touch in the first 10 help the team get a win,” Mc- kic and Jake Layman also Luka Doncic scored 23 Slovenian rookie, added six Walker connected on 12 term view” would be crucial games of the season. Collum said. scored in double figures. points to lead five Dallas rebounds and three assists of 22 shots from the field, after seeing races in Malaysia, He added six assists and Evan Turner posted his Antetokounmpo led a trio players in double figures as for the Mavs. Wesley Mat- including four of 10 from Korea and India all dropped. five rebounds as the Trail first double-double of the of Bucks players to score in the Mavericks snapped a thews added 22 points and three-point range. With 46 Malaysia ended its 18-year Blazers snapped a four-game season with 16 points and 11 double digits with 23 points, six-game skid with a 119-100 Dennis Smith contributed three-pointers this season he partnership with F1 in 2017 due losing streak to the Bucks. rebounds, also handing out along with nine rebounds victory over the Washington 19 – making a trio of crucial trails only Golden State star to rising hosting fees and de- “I just tried to be aggres- four assists for the Blazers. and six assists. Wizards. plays down the stretch as the Stephen Curry. clining ticket sales. Championship sealed, Mercedes ready to wrap up fifth successive constructors’ title

REUTERS more muted. But there will still LONDON be no shortage of drivers keen to put on a show, particularly if LEWIS Hamilton is celebrat- – as often happens – the heav- ing his fifth Formula One world ens open. championship already and Red Bull’s exciting overtak- Sunday should see Mercedes ers Max Verstappen and Daniel Thidapa Suwannapurat with her caddie during the first round of play catch up with their driver by Ricciardo, who has retired from at the Blue Bay LPGA in Shanghai, China. securing a fifth successive con- his last two races, will hope to structors’ title in Brazil. do that as will Hamilton’s team Only Ferrari have enjoyed mate Valtteri Bottas now freed Thai golfers dominate LPGA such a previous run, with six in from team orders and seeking succession between 1999 and his first win of 2018. Blue Bay first round in China 2004, and Sebastian Vettel and “In general Interlagos team mate Kimi Raikkonen are doesn’t suit our car that well, AFP Breezy conditions made the only ones who can delay the but after finishing on the podi- SHANGHAI it hard going at times and seemingly inevitable. um there in 2016 and winning Thidapa, 25, said patience For Mercedes to be denied last week in Mexico, anything THAI golfers dominated the was key. at Sao Paulo’s atmospheric can happen in the race,” said opening round of the $2.1 mil- “Everybody has to be pa- Interlagos circuit, Ferrari will Verstappen. “I’ve had some lion Blue Bay LPGA in China tient when you play hard have to score 13 points more Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates his Formula One World Championship victory after the Mexican great battles and overtakes on Wednesday, with the golf,” she said. than Mercedes – a feat they Grand Prix in Mexico City, recently. there and I’m hoping for an- world-ranked 89 Thidapa Su- “But then with this golf have managed only twice in 19 other exciting race.” wannapura leading the way. course it’s really challenging races so far this year. was to win both champion- do better. This is the moment The constructors’ cham- Vettel won last year, af- Thidapa shot a four-un- and it’s windy and you have Mercedes are 55 points ships, not one title or the other, to keep our feet on the ground, pionship is still a very big deal ter Bottas took pole, and the der-par 68 on the island of to think where to go, where to clear of the Italians, with 43 still so our mindset is one of unfin- focus clearly on the objective for everyone at the 900-strong championship runner-up has Hainan to take a one-shot lead miss, so it’s kind of fun to play to be won after Brazil. ished business as we head to and trust in our processes and team, and not just because staff the best record of anyone on from Thailand’s world num- in this golf course.” Despite that, Mercedes are Sao Paulo,” said team boss Toto people to deliver.” bonuses are paid on it rather the current grid with three past ber one Ariya Jutanugarn and Bangkok native Thidapa is sticking to their time-worn Wolff. than the drivers’ one. wins in Brazil. The race will Canada’s Alena Sharp. chasing only a second LPGA mantra of taking one race at a “We have a big battle on our Big Bonus With no Brazilian driver in also be a farewell for McLar- Six players were tied in crown to go with the title she time and nothing for granted, hands for the constructors’ ti- In 2015 and 2017, Hamilton the race, Felipe Massa’s depar- en’s Fernando Alonso, who fourth on 70, among them won in July at the Marathon even if nobody will be surprised tle and we have lost ground to did not win again after taking ture at the end of last year end- won his two world titles with the Thai trio of Benyapa Ni- Classic in Ohio. to see celebratory T-shirts ap- Ferrari in each of the past (two) the title with races to spare and ing an unbroken line extending Renault at the Brazilian track phatsophon, Pannarat Than- Blue Bay is the final tour- pear on Sunday. race weekends – even though it would also be no surprise for over four decades, the carnival in 2005 and 2006 and is leav- apolboonyaras and Moriya nament in the Asian swing of “Our target for this season we had the base performance to that to happen again. atmosphere may be slightly ing Formula One. Jutanugarn -- Ariya’s sister. the US-based LPGA Tour. Sports Thursday, November 8, 2018 19

News Barcelona reach last 16 in brief CAF Champions League Final second leg live & exclusive on beIN in Champions League DOHA: After an intense first leg fixture, the CAF Champions League Final second leg returns live and exclusive on beIN. In a game that witnessed a number of controversial deci- sions taken by the match officials, despite the use of VAR for Napoli hold PSG; Thierry Henry’s Monaco are now eliminated after losing 4-0 to Club Brugge the first time in the competition, Al Ahly overcame Tunisian gi- ants ES Tunis 3-1 at the Borg Al Arab stadium in Alexandria. AFP have our fate in our own hands.” Al Ahly head to Tunisia’s Stade Olympique de Rades for the PARIS Liverpool and Napoli are second leg match on Friday, at 22:00 Mecca Time and broad- locked on six points from four casted live and exclusive on beIN SPORTS HD 1 in Arabic. With BARCELONA secured their games, with PSG one behind and plenty still to play for and ES Tunis’ away goal giving them the place in the Champions League Red Star another point adrift. much needed confidence, the second leg promises to be full of knockout stage on Tuesday Liverpool travel to the French action and excitement. Both sides have won the competition a with a 1-1 draw away to Inter capital in their next game. total of 10 times, with Al Ahly holding the record for most CAF Milan, as Harry Kane revived Meanwhile, Atletico Madrid Champions League trophies at 8. ES Tunis have won it twice- Tottenham Hotspur’s hopes gained revenge for a 4-0 defeat but have been runners up 4 times, their last being in 2012. but Liverpool slumped to a away to Borussia Dortmund last shock defeat. month as Diego Simeone’s side Last year’s runners-up were defeated the Germans 2-0 in Anelka becomes advisor to Lille’s beaten by Red Star Belgrade, Spain, Saul Niguez and Antoine apprentice strikers although the biggest losers on Griezmann scoring the goals. the night were Thierry Henry’s The two favourites in Group CAMPHIN-EN-PEVELE: Former Arsenal and France international Monaco, who were eliminated A are not guaranteed a path to Nicolas Anelka has taken a first step towards a potential following a resounding loss to the last 16 yet, however, after coaching role after agreeing to advise Lille’s up-and-coming Club Brugge. Club Brugge claimed a stunning strikers. Anelka, 39, “will work at Lille’s youth academy advis- Lionel Messi was still miss- 4-0 win at Monaco. ing the apprentices, in particular focusing on the work and spe- ing for Barcelona at the San Siro, The Belgians had not won a cific role of strikers,” the club said in a statement. Lille president and it was substitute Malcom Champions League match since Gerard Lopez told AFP Anelka will “work with players ranging from who came off the bench to give 2005, but they were 3-0 up mid- 14 years old up to the reserve team”. Described as a future star the Spanish champions a late way through the first half at the of the France team when he made his professional debut with lead. Stade Louis II. Hans Vanaken Paris Saint-Germain in 1996, Anelka went on to enjoy a globe- But Inter hit back to earn a scored twice, including a pen- trotting career that took him from Arsenal to Mumbai via some of point thanks to Mauro Icardi’s alty, and the Brazilian Wesley the biggest clubs in Europe including a stint at Real Madrid. After 87th-minute leveller, keeping the belted in the third before Ruud a return to PSG he went on loan to Liverpool before joining Man- three-time former winners on Vormer sealed the win. ‘Wor- chester City, Fenerbahce, Bolton and Chelsea, where he played course to join Barcelona in quali- rying’ for Henry -Semi-finalists his last meaningful campaigns in 2008-2012. fying for the last 16 from Group Barcelona’s goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen (left) grabs the ball under pressure from Inter Milan’s Mauro in 2017, Monaco are now elimi- B. Icardi during their UEFA Champions League match at San Siro Stadium in Milan. (AFP) nated. It was a dreadful display Tottenham remain in the from a side who have not won in Hong Kong consortium IEC completes hunt, however, after Kane’s late as Spurs got their first win of the in seven first-half minutes, head- the night’s other game. 15 games, including five matches Wigan Athletic takeover brace secured a 2-1 win over PSV campaign. ing in the opener and then beat- Kylian Mbappe set up Juan under Henry. “We started well, Eindhoven. The Dutch side had “We had to dig deep and ing Alisson with a powerful strike Bernat to put Paris ahead just be- but once we fell behind we LONDON: Hong Kong-based consortium International Entertain- got off to a superb start at Wemb- find another level when it mat- from range, to the delight of a fore the break, but Lorenzo Insig- stopped playing and that’s a lit- ment Corporation (ICE) completed its takeover of English sec- ley, taking the lead when Luuk de tered. The whole season we’ve huge home support. ne beat Gianluigi Buffon from the tle bit worrying,” said Henry of ond-tier side Wigan Athletic on Wednesday, bringing and end Jong headed home in the second been grinding out results here and “The boys are very disappoint- penalty spot in the second half as his team’s performance. to more than two decades of ownership by the Whelan family. minute. there,” said Kane. ed, I’m very disappointed and we these sides played out a draw for Porto are on the brink of The 22 million pound ($28.93 million) deal first announced in Mauricio Pochettino’s team Liverpool were strong favour- have to do better,” said Klopp. the second time in a fortnight. qualification from Group D af- May was completed after being ratified by the English Football were starting to get desperate ites away to Red Star in Serbia, but The defeat exposes the Anfield “This is a difficult group but ter a 4-1 win at home to Loko- League (EFL) and IEC shareholders in Hong Kong, Wigan said when skipper Kane equalised Jurgen Klopp’s team were poor in club to the threat of an early elimi- we saw with Liverpool losing motiv Moscow. They lead the in a statement. with 12 minutes left, and he a 2-0 defeat to the 1991 European nation in Group C, with Napoli that everything is possible,” said section by two points from The Whelan family have been the majority shareholders of headed home in the 89th minute Cup winners. coming from behind to draw 1-1 PSG’s Julian Draxler. “A draw Schalke, who defeated Gal- Wigan since 1995, overseeing the club’s rise to the Premier with the help of two deflections Milan Pavkov scored twice at home to Paris Saint-Germain in in Naples is not bad and we still atasaray 2-0 in Gelsenkirchen. League and their FA Cup triumph in 2013, the season they were relegated from the top flight. “We are proud to be the new owners of Wigan Athletic Football Club and we feel excited and privileged to have the opportunity to write the next chapter in FA to appeal Infantino says expanded 2022 World Cup the club’s history,” IEC chief executive Yan Min Zhang said. Mourinho Russian billionaire Rybolovlev charged being cleared unlikely; Super League poses a threat in Monaco fraud case NICE: The Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, owner of of charge DPA the Monaco football club, has been charged along with three ZURICH others in connection with a fraud case involving a Swiss art dealer, a legal source said Wednesday. The exact charges were REUTERS FIFA president Gianni Infan- not immediately known, but Rybolovlev and the three others, MANCHESTER tino sees only “a slim chance” which include one of his lawyers, have been released from to expand the World Cup to custody, said the source, confirming a report on the website of THE English Football Associa- 48 teams in 2022 and has local daily Nice-Matin. The other two taken in for questioning tion said on Wednesday that threatened players with World were the wife and son of the former Monaco justice minister it would appeal the decision Cup expulsion if they should Philippe Narmino, the source said. Since 2015, Rybolovlev has to clear Manchester United compete in a breakaway Super been locked in a legal battle with Yves Bouvier, the art dealer manager Jose Mourinho of us- League with their clubs. he accuses of having swindled him out of up to a billion dol- ing abusive language after his Germany’s Der Spiegel lars, by charging inflated fees for works of art. Rybolovlev was team’s Premier League victory magazine last reported that detained Tuesday and held overnight for questioning after a over Newcastle United last 16 European clubs which have mobile phone was seized from his lawyer Tetiana Bersheda. month. many of the world’s top players The Portuguese coach have been offered to sign a dec- was alleged to have directed laration of intent to form such an insult in his native tongue a league from 2021 onwards. Joyous Roma players towards a camera that was Infantino told report- tracking him down the touch- ers in Zurich on Wednesday line after the 3-2 comeback that the threat appeared real win. and that players could face An independent regulatory World Cup expulsion if their commission cleared Mourinho clubs were engaged in such of the charge on Oct. 31 and a league outside official fed- FIFA President Gianni Infantino at a news conference in Kigali, Rwanda, recently. (REUTERS) published the written reasons eration structures from FIFA, for the decision on Wednes- Europe’s body UEFA and panel was established last World Cup expansion but the day. Having carefully consid- domestic bodies. But he also Qatar 2022 month in Kigali, Rwanda un- FIFA boss said he believed the ered the written reasons of the expressed belief that club of- der pressure from critics on 16-team increase would be re- Independent Regulatory Com- ficials would act reasonable will be great the FIFA Council to look into jected amid resistance from the mission relating to the case in the end. the projects allegedly backed European leagues. “The chance involving Jose Mourinho, the Infantino instead named a “The chance is slim. We by 25 billion dollars from Far is slim. We are trying it,” he FA can confirm it is appealing possible expanded Club World are trying it. It would be East. German Football Federa- said. the decision,” the FA said in a Cup “the better Super League” great if it works out but it tion (DFB) president Reinhard “It would be great if it works statement. as dismissed criticism on this is also great if it doesn’t Grindel was among those on out but it is also great if it doesn’t Mourinho was charged proposal along with a global the Council who had demanded work out. We will have a great with being in breach of FA rule Nations League. The FIFA work out. We will have a more information about the tournament, no matter what.” E3(1), which prohibits “vio- boss said that a task force is great tournament, no mat- background of the donors and FIFA has already approved lent conduct, serious foul play, to complete its work in time ter what,” Infantino said. exact formats of the proposed the expansion to 48 teams for AS Roma’s Lorenzo Pellegrini celebrates with teammates after threatening, abusive, indecent for a March 14-15 FIFA Coun- new competitions. the 2026 tournament in the scoring a goal during their Champions League match against or insulting words or behav- cil meeting which could see The projects are backed United States, Mexico and PFC CSKA Moscow in Moscow on Wednesday. (AFP) iour.” groundbreaking decisions. Headed by Infantino, the by Infantino just as a possible Canada. Maaloul urges Duhail to avoid slip-ups against Shahania

difficult. We are facing a tricky The match between Qatar Qatar SC and Al Gharafa lock horns side, so we must focus more on Fixtures SC and Al Gharafa have every the defense and offense. Today trapping of a thriller at the Qa- in star match of the week “We do not care about the Al Duhail v Al Shahaniya tar SC Stadium. fact that we are the leaders Qatar SC v Al Gharafa Al Gharafa are sixth in the IKOLI VICTOR “This is an important match after the first leg and that the standings with 15 points. They DOHA for us because it is the first league title is in our sights. As Al Sadd v Al Kharitiyath have won and lost four games game of the second stanza. We I said before, the league will each, and drawn three times. AL Duhail coach Nabil Maaloul want to continue at the same only be decided in the last few Friday The Cheetahs have the urges his Red Knight players pace and we know that we are weeks. Although Al Sadd stum- Al Ahli v Al Rayyan third-best attack line in the to avoid any slip-ups ahead of facing a difficult game against bled against Al Ahli, they came Al Khor v Al Arabi QNB Stars League that has their QNB Stars League Week a team that faced a number of back strongly against Umm scored 22 goals so far. They are 12 match against Al Shahania difficulties,” Maaloul said at a Salal,” Maaloul added. Umm Salal v Al Sailiya behind only Al Sadd (38) and Al on Thursday. pre-match press conference on Meanwhile, Al Shahania Duhail (27). Duhail with 28 points are Thursday. coach Jose Murcia expects a by was good for us. I am happy On the other hand, Qatar ahead of their nearest challeng- “We do not look only at the tough game from the league with my players’ performance SC, who lost 0-2 to Al Rayyan er Al Rayyan by seven points. statistics, but on our prepa- leaders but says his player will and the enthusiasm they have in Week 11, are in the 10th place A win for the defending cham- rations for each game. This play for the victory. shown to achieve our goals. with 11 points. pions will open up an 11 points season, we try to avoid any “A tough match is await- “When you want to be a Overall The Kings have gap against Al Sadd who host slip-ups and just think about ing us in the opening round of Nam Tae Hae of Al Duhail vies with Abdullah Khalid of Al Shahania competitive team, you have been enjoying a good run with Al Kharaitiyat in the other kick- achieving positive results in all QNB Stars League’s second leg during their QNB Stars League round one match. to work to strike a balance be- a series of positive results ever off. In five previous meetings games by keeping our perfor- in the form of Al Duhail. We tween defense and attack, and since Argentinian coach Sergio between the two sides, Al Du- mance up. know the importance of the “Al Duhail are also strong the game with great respect for we are working on it. It is not Batista took over the side. In hail have won four and drawn “I expect a difficult game, game because our opponents contenders for the QNB Stars them, but we always play to win just about performance, but the four games under him, Qa- one, including a 10-0 white- but as I always say to my play- are leaders and winners of the League title this season along and we will fight for it. also psychological,” said Mur- tar SC won two, drew one and wash in the 2016 season. ers, they make the game easy or league title more than once. with Al Sadd. We will go into “I think the time that went cia. lost one.