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WEDNESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2019 SPORT 07 My head is 100 percent focused Neymar vows to give TODAY’S ACTION on PSG. I will give everything, his best to help PSG as I have at every club I have Paris Saint-Germain vs Real Madrid achieve their targets Olympiakos vs Tottenham Hotspur played for. in the new season. UEFA LEAGUE Bayern Munich vs Red Star Belgrade CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS Shakhtar Donetsk vs Manchester City Van Baarle Felix in US squad for Doha Worlds signs new AFP Reigning world This season’s Diamond of this month’s World Champi- returned to training after an three-year LOS ANGELES champions Tori League champions Noah Lyles onships. Manangoi did not take earlier hamstring injury wrote Bowie, Kori Carter, (200m), Ajee Wilson (800m) and part in the Kenyan national trials on Facebook that he had once United States track and field star Emma Coburn, Phyllis Michael Norman (400m) also in Nairobi last week but was again hurt himself. deal with Allyson Felix (pictured) was Francis, Justin Gatlin, received byes. named in a four-man 1,500m “Sad that I am not able to named to her ninth consecutive Meanwhile, 100m sprinter team to defend his title in Doha. defend my 1,500m title in Doha Ineos World Championships team on Sam Kendricks, Christiann Coleman is included in ButBut Man-Man- angoi,a ngoi, WorldWorld champions due anan ankle Monday as the United States Brittany Reese and the squadad after he recently who had injuryinjury I picked (up) in trainingtr REUTERS unveiled a powerful squad for Christian Taylor all escapedd a drug ban on a just lastlast week. I have no choice,”choic said LONDON this month’s athletics showpiece receive byes into the technicality.ality. thethe 26-year-old.26-year-old. in Doha. championships. Colemanman risked a suspension HisHis coach Bernard Ouma Dutchman Dylan van Baarle Felix, 33, was selected as part after drug-testersug-testers were unable ssaidaid the injury would take a said he is targeting one of the of the US team’s relay pool after to locatee him on three separate whilewhile to heal.heal. big classics next year after failing to qualify for an individual travel to Qatar for the World occasionsns in a 12-month period.period. “It’s“It’s a tough decision,”decision said signing a new three-year 400m berth at the US trials in Championships on merit. Howeverever the charges against Ouma.Ouma. contract with Team Ineos Des Moines, Iowa, in July. “If I feel like I’m in good form him weree withdrawnwithdrawn because ofof “Manangoi“Manangoi has acceptedacce it yesterday. It means Felix has the chance to be able to help the team, then a technicalitycality onon SeptemberSeptember 2 andand we have also acceptedaccept that The 27-year-old, who to add to her astonishing col- yes (I’ll go),” the six-time after thee United States Anti-Anti- it is better for him to optop out of joined the British outfit in 2018, lection of 11 World Champi- Olympic gold medallist said. Doping AgencyAgency (USADA) the championships and preparep was a key component in Egan onship gold medals, won in indi- Felix is part of a 141-strong receivedd guidanceguidance on how the forfor next year’syear’s OlympicOlympic Games Bernal’s Tour de France victory vidual and relay events between US team for Doha that contains 12-monthth wwinindowdow shouldshould be inin Tokyo.”Tokyo.” this year as well as winning the 2005 and 2017. eight reigning world champions calculated.ed. Kenya willwill bebe representedreprese in Herald Sun Tour. Felix, who first appeared in and 13 Rio Olympic gold That decisiondecision leftleft ColemanColeman the 1,500m at Doha byby theth 2019 “I became a better bike the 2003 World Championships medallists. free to runun in Doha where he will DiamondDiamond League winnerw rider here and I want to see that as a teenage prodigy, hit the Reigning world champions start as thethe favouritefavourite forfor thethe TTimothyimothy Cheruiyot, RRonald progress to continue,” Van comeback trail this season after Tori Bowie, Kori Carter, Emma 100m. KKwemboiwemboi aandnd tthehe world Baarle, who will be part of a the birth of her daughter in Coburn, Phyllis Francis, Justin Meanwhile,nwhile, World jjuniorunior cchampion,ham powerful Dutch team at the November last year. Gatlin, Sam Kendricks, Brittany 1,500m championchampionn GeorgeGeorge Manangoi,Ma world championships in York- After her sixth place finish in Reese and Christian Taylor all Elijah ManMan-- whow ho is shire next week, said in a the 400m final at the trials, received byes into the champi- angoi ooff Elijah’sE l i statement. which also served as the US onships which will take place Kenya saidsaid youngeryo “This year with Egan championships, at Drake Uni- from September 27 to October he hhasas brother.br winning the Tour it was a versity, Felix said she would only 6. pulled ooutut dream. Coming into this team, it’s what I was aiming for - to be part of the Tour team and hopefully winning. With first and second (Geraint Thomas) Fury ‘ready for war’ against Wilder it was a really nice three weeks.” Meanwhile, Tour de AFP heavyweight champion Wilder could France winner Egan Bernal LONDON be delayed if Fury does not heal will skip next week’s Road adequately. World Championships in (pictured) Tyson Fury claims he is If injury doesn’t heal well “If injury doesn’t heal well the England, the cycling feder- “ready for war” with Deontay Wilder fight may have to be pushed back,” ation in his native Colombia after the British heavyweight survived the fight may have to be Warren said. “Hopefully that will not said yesterday, without indi- two severe cuts in his weekend win pushed back: Promoter be the case. It depends how it heals. cating the reason. over Otto Wallin. Frank Warren If it’s OK it won’t be a problem. “The talented cyclist of Fury needed 47 stitches following “It’s not just the fight, it’s the Team Ineos decided to turn the Las Vegas bout, which saw Wallin training and sparring. He has to be 100 down the call-up” for the race take his rival to 12 rounds before the leaving Las Vegas, Fury said: “I went percent right.” in the Yorkshire town of Har- Briton eventually secured a unan- to the hospital, had a few stitches, But asked about a delay, Fury rogate, the Colombian Cycling imous points decision victory. went home and had an early night. made it clear he had no fears about a Federation said in a statement The 31-year-old former world “Then I’ve got up, gone to the quick return to the ring against the yesterday. heavyweight champion was taken to casino, won five grand.” formidable Wilder. The 285-kilometre course the University Medical Center of South Fury fought for more than nine “I’m ready for war. I think it was for the world championships Nevada with a gaping gash over his rounds with one of the cuts. just over 40 stitches inside and out road race on September 29 is right eye and another smaller one on The injury prompted promoter with both the cuts. Listen I’m all right. not particularly hilly and did the eyelid. Frank Warren to say a proposed Feb- It’s boxing. You can’t go swimming not seem ideally suited to Speaking to BBC Sport before ruary rematch with WBC world and not get wet. It’s the fight game.” mountain climbers like Bernal. Changing lives: Kabbadi making players millionaires AFP The ancient game has undergone a glitzy raider from escaping their half NEW DELHI makeover through the Pro Kabaddi League of the court, often with body- (PKL), creating a new group of sports stars in a slamming tackles and vicious Siddharth Desai grew up in country traditionally obsessed with cricket. ankle-wrenches. humble surroundings but now It’s an entertaining sport for he’s living the life of a The franchise-based professional league TV and promoters have com- millionaire sportsman, driving Star Sports pleted the look with slick, Bol- a souped-up jeep and taking was launched by in 2014. Players lywood-style presentation of the selfies with fans -- and it’s all were auctioned, like in the hugely successful competition and players off the thanks to kabaddi. Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket court. The ancient game has tournament, with businesses and Bollywood Keen to follow the glam- undergone a glitzy makeover stars paying big money for players for their city orous IPL, PKL’s organisers set through the Pro Kabaddi League or state-based teams. about re-vamping the images (PKL), creating a new group of of the players, who mostly hail sports stars in a country tradi- from Indian villages. tionally obsessed with cricket. to touch me, media wants to and his married brother can “We groomed them, got Kabaddi -- which roughly interview me. People want to enjoy the finer things in life. them new haircuts and trained translates to “holding hands” -- take selfies with me.” “After the start of Pro them on how to be on TV,” PKL is a tag-meets-rugby contact The franchise-based profes- Kabaddi everyone is looking at commissioner Anupam sport widely believed to have sional league was launched by kabaddi as a career option,” said Goswami said. originated in the South Asian Star Sports in 2014. Players Siddharth. “We also made sure that the nation thousands of years ago. were auctioned, like in the “Now I like to go indulge in field of play looks slightly Siddharth and his elder hugely successful Indian my hobbies which include aspirational.” brother Suraj Desai went from Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 playing the guitar and music.