18 MONDAY, MAY 28, 2018 sports Froome claims Eric Carlsson confident of Selwady taking the bait historic Giro win Carlsson to face middle eastern sensation Al Selwady

TDT | Manama Carlsson is also confident that the scene of MMA is chang- • rik Carlsson is two weeks ing in a large scale in his nation. finished 46 seconds Eaway from facing the Mid- “Sweden has a lot of good ahead of Dutch dle Eastern Lightweight sensa- amateurs coming up right now, defending champion KNOW WHAT tion, Abdul Kareem Al Selwady there’s is a lot of competitions in the in the edition of Brave Combat for them, and the standard is Federation on 9th June at Bel- high.” overall standings fast, North Ireland. Carlsson MMA has grown a lot over the Chris Froome’s triumph is among the first European years but also dipped down a BBC | Rome means he is only the third fighters to have signed with the Eric Carlsson bit, in my hometown Gothen- man, after legendary pair promotion. burg fans are great, cage warri- eam Sky’s Chris Froome and Bernard “He is a well conditioned and ors was just there and it wasn’t became the first Briton Hinault, to hold cycling’s serious athlete. He has a good Carlsson had fought all his the strongest card but it was Tto win the Giro d’Italia as three most prestigious all around game which always three fights at Brave Combat still sold out and had a great at- he coasted home in yesterday’s stage races at the same pressurises his opponents. He Federation in UAE, Kazakhstan mosphere. But it is not enough. processional stage in Rome. always come to fight. Howev- and Bahrain respectively. Local pro-shows and the regu- The 33-year-old is the sev- time er I don’t think it was a smart The event also provides a lations interfere to much that enth man to complete a Grand move from him. May be he tactical advantage since Carls- athletes are affected”, opined Tour hat-trick after adding Ital- cycling’s three most prestigious didn’t have other options. Many son will be fighting in a venue Carlsson. ian success to the 2017 Vuelta Briton’s Chris Froome celebrates with stage races at the same time. people don’t want to fight him. closer to his home in a climate Currently ‘The Last Viking’ and four wins. the trophy The traditional leisurely And I think he took the bait. I which is similar to what he has is undergoing the final phase “For any cyclist this is the pace of the final stage dropped am focusing on every element used to while his opponent will of his preparations at the Ti- dream to have all three lead- even lower as the peloton, un- of the game plan”, responded fight for the first time in Eu- ger Muay Thai Gym in Phuket, ers jerseys in the 10 months,” 2004. Britain’s , impressed by the route over Carlsson. rope. Thailand. Froome told . who led for most of the race and Rome’s historic cobbles, suc- “To have finally won this race, claimed three stage wins, fin- ceeded in getting the stage neu- I can’t quite believe it myself.” ished 22nd in the general clas- tralised for general classifica- Froome finished 46 sec - sification, with Ireland’s Sam tion purposes. onds ahead of Dutch defend- Bennett claiming the sprint Riders only needed to com- MMA legend compares Brave to Pride ing champion Tom Dumoulin finish for a third stage win of plete the 115km, 10-lap, loop of in the overall standings. His his own. the city centre to maintain their victory echoes that of Welsh Froome’s triumph also means place in the overall standings. Wanderlei Silva was Olympic gold medallist Nicole he is only the third man, after The stage was a sedate end • Cooke, who won the women’s legendary pair Eddy Merckx to a dramatic campaign for closely associated with equivalent - the Giro Rosa - in and , to hold Froome. Brave CF attending the events held in Brazil and Bahrain

Benzema to attend Nasser 11 final TDT | Manama Mohammed Shahid with Wanderlei Silva TDT | Manama of His Majesty the King for rave Combat Federation is Charity Works and Youth Af- Bgaining amazing reviews eal star and French fairs, Chairman of the Supreme from the all time greats in recently said that the focus of of an athlete. It’s more about Rinternational, Karim Ben- Council for Youth and Sports, mixed martial arts ahead of the Brave Combat Federation upon who leaves everything inside zema, has announced, through President of Bahrain Olympic upcoming edition in Europe. fighters and the sport itself is a the cage, those who fight with a video post, that he will at - Committee, on his official Ins- Bertrand Amoussou, Presi- reminiscent of Pride FC. a lot of heart. If a fighter has tend the final of the HH Nasser tagram account following Real dent of the French MMA sanc- Wanderlei Silva was closely a good performance, leaves it bin Hamad Ramadan Football Madrid’s big win over Liver- tioning body, compared Brave associated with Brave Combat all in the cage but doesn’t win, Tournament “Nasser 11” on pool FC in the UEFA Champions Combat Federation to Pride Federation attending the events still he’ll be back for Brave. Thursday. League final 3-1. Fighting Championships. held in Brazil and Bahrain. That’s what it was like in Ja- Real Madrid star, who is HH HH Shaikh Nasser congrat- This was followed by over- Silva has also visited and pan, and that’s why fighters Shaikh Nasser’s friend, ex - ulated Real Madrid for its vic- whelming support from ma- trained in the KHK MMA Gym always gave everything they pressed pride in attending the Karim Benzema tory, and expressed pride in jor fighters who were a part of during his stay in Bahrain. had there. That’s what is setting tournament and meeting foot- the Egyptian international and Pride FC. “Brave Combat Federation Brave apart from other events,” ball fans in Bahrain HH Shaikh Nasser bin Ham - Liverpool FC star, Mohammed Former Pride champion and doesn’t really rely on wins and claimed Former Pride champi- The video clip was posted by ad Al Khalifa, Representative Salah. MMA legend, Wanderlei Silva losses to measure the value on and MMA legend Silva.

Chennai Super Kings Pakistan crush England at Lord’s crowned IPL champions Reuters | London BBC | Mumbai “To do it in such a big game akistan wrapped up a crush- that means so much to the Ping nine-wicket victory over hane Watson struck an franchise is pretty special,” England yesterday to inflict the 09 Sunbeaten 117 off 57 balls said 36-year-old Watson, who hosts’ first defeat in a May test was the number of as Chennai Super Kings beat was unable to run more than match at Lord’s. wickets that Pakistan Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight singles for much of his innings England’s last four wickets won against England wickets in the Indian Premier because of a hamstring injury. tumbled in 27 minutes and Pa- in the first test match League final. “Towards the back end of kistan knocked off the 64 runs at Lord’s The Australian, who did not the tournament I was hanging they needed in less than an score off his first 10 deliveries, on for dear life.” hour on the fourth day to put hit 11 fours and eight sixes as The IPL is the most lucrative the touring side 1-0 up in the Super Kings reached a target domestic cricket competition two-match series. Buttler fell in the second of 179 with nine balls left. in the world, after Star India “We were not good enough over, trapped lbw by man- Kane Williamson, the tour- paid £1.97bn for the television if I’m being brutally honest, we of-the-match Mohammad nament’s leading run-scorer, rights for five years starting have been outplayed in all three Abbas for 67 and failing to made 47 in Sunrisers’ 178-6 in this season. departments,” England captain get the decision overturned Mumbai. Chennai also won the com- Joe Root said at the presentation on review. Victory gave Super Kings a petition in 2010 and 2011 and Pakistan’s Imam ul-Haq (R) and Haris Sohail celebrate after winning the match ceremony. “Pakistan’s bowlers Mark Wood hit one four be- record third IPL title. were runners-up in 2008, exploited the conditions well fore he nicked Mohammad They returned to the tour- 2012, 2013 and 2015. but we played some poor shots six after Jos Buttler and debu- the final session on Saturday to Amir, bowling with the second nament this season after a Sunrisers finished top of the and you can’t afford to do that.” tant Dom Bess had shared an save their team from a humiliat- new ball, to wicketkeeper Sar- two-year ban for their part in IPL table, although they lost England resumed on 235 for unbroken partnership of 125 in ing innings defeat. fraz Ahmed. a corruption scandal. four times to Chennai.