14 Thursday, June 27, 2019 Sports

Quick read Man Utd set kick striker out of AFCON squad for through to Cup of to splash £50 disciplinary reasons million on Egypt have removed striker Amr Warda from their Africa Cup of Wan-Bissaka Nations squad for disciplinary Nations second round reasons, the Egyptian Football afp Wasteful held afp Federation (EFA) president Hany to 1-1 draw by Uganda Abo Rida announced on Wednes- day. He said Warda’s exclusion, Nigeria became the first ’s incred- Manchester United are made after consulting with the qualifiers for the second round ible open-goal miss proved closing on a deal worth up to team’s technical and administra- of the Africa Cup of Nations costly as a wasteful Zimba- £50 million for Crystal Palace tive staff, was “in keeping with when they beat Guinea 1-0 in bwe were held to a 1-1 draw by right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka, the team’s discipline, commit- Alexandria on Wednesday with Uganda at the Africa Cup of according to media reports on ment and focus” without going scoring the Nations on Wednesday. Wednesday. into further detail. only goal. Emmanuel Okwi pounced The 21-year-old has made Warda, who plays for Greek club Centre-back Omeruo head- on a rebound to nudge Uganda just 42 appear- Atromitos on loan from PAOK, ed a corner into the net on 73 ahead on 12 minutes in ances for the Eagles, but was had previously been accused of minutes to earn the Super Ea- but Khama Billiat levelled for an outstanding performer last harassing a fashion model on Ins- gles a second straight Group B Zimbabwe with a glancing fin- season. tagram and a complaint against victory after beating Burundi by ish shortly before half-time. An initial fee of £45 mil- him had been filed at Egypt’s the same score four days ago. Uganda edged closer to- lion with an extra £5 million Attorney General. (reuters) Nigeria have a maximum wards qualification for the in add-ons has reportedly been six points, Madagascar and last 16 after moving onto four agreed between the clubs. That Guinea one each and Burundi points in Group A, leaving fee would make Wan-Bissaka Silva set for final are pointless in the group. The Zimbabwe needing to beat the most expensive defender in season at Man City Burundians and Malagasies the Democratic Republic of United’s history. meet on Thursday. Congo in their final game to The Red Devils are in need Spanish David Silva Guinea star Naby Keita stand a chance of squeezing of an overhaul after finishing has confirmed he will leave started his first match since through. sixth in the Premier League last Manchester City at the end of being injured playing for Liv- Nigeria’s Kenneth Omeruo celebrates his goal during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Grou B match against After winning a Cup of Na- season to miss out on Champi- next season when his contract erpool at Barcelona in a Cham- Guinea at the Alexandria Stadium on Wednesday. (AFP) tions match for the first time ons League qualification. expires. Silva is one of City’s pions League semi-final last in 41 years with Saturday’s 2-0 A long-term replacement most decorated players of all- month. He received some rough had met, the first was a 1-1 draw Guinean Francois Kamano and an interception prevented defeat of DR Congo, Uganda at right-back for club captain time having won four Premier treatment and was substituted in Ethiopia 43 years ago. had an opportunity to threaten a Musa pass after a great run jumped out to a dream start Antonio Valencia, who left Old League titles, two FA Cups and midway through the second Nigeria’s German coach Nigeria midway through the finding the unmarked Ighalo. when Okwi bundled home af- Trafford at the end of last sea- four League Cups since joining half just before Nigeria broke made five chang- opening half in 30 degrees cel- Coach Put decided that ter Abdu Lumala’s low drive son, was one of Ole Gunnar Sol- from Valencia in 2010. the deadlock. es, including dropping veteran sius (86 fahrenheit) heat, but Keita was not sufficiently fit to was parried by Zimbabwe skjaer’s priorities in the transfer However, the 33-year-old be- , who collapsed captain with blazed a free-kick over the bar. last a full match in the heat and goalkeeper George Chigova. market. lieves completing a decade in while training last Friday with wearing the arm- Nigeria’s , who replaced him with Lass Bang- Zimbabwe, beaten 1-0 by Wan-Bissaka will become Manchester is the perfect time severe dehydration, replaced band. came off the bench to score the oura on 71 minutes. Egypt in the opening game United’s second signing of the to step away. deep in stoppage Belgium-born Guinea coach goal that beat Burundi, broke Two minutes later Nigeria of the tournament, created summer following the arrival “This is the last one,” Silva time. , who took outsiders clear just after the half-hour took a deserved lead as Omer- a number of chances in re- of winger Daniel James from told reporters in his native Although the countries have Burkina Faso to the 2013 final, mark and his angled shot flew uo, one of three survivors from sponse, with captain Musona Swansea as United turn their at- Gran Canaria. “Ten years for made 30 appearances between made three alterations, includ- into the side netting. the 2013 Cup of Nations-win- ballooning over after Billiat’s tention towards young, British me is enough. It’s the perfect them at the Cup of Nations, this ing the promotion of goalkeeper Nigeria were more assertive ning team in the squad, nodded cutback rolled invitingly into players rather than the expen- time for me.” (AFP) was only the second time they Ibrahim Kone. as the second half progressed a corner past Kone. his path. sive star buys of recent seasons.

UEFA, SIGA ink pact to promote sports integrity Al Shaqab’s summer camp for kids, Tribune News Network this direction.” Doha SIGA CEO Emanuel Mac- teens and autistic children begins edo de Medeiros added: “This UEFA has signed a co-opera- landmark Cooperation Agree- Tribune News Network tion agreement with the Sport ment ushers in a new era for Doha Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) sport integrity. Founded on to encourage dialogue aimed at a strong reformist spirit, this Al Shaqab, member Qatar safeguarding the long-term in- agreement will give rise to an Foundation, is conducting a tegrity of the game in Europe. integrity programme of global summer camp for children at The agreement aims to use standing and embed the highest its state-of-the-art facilities the organisations’ strengths standards of ethics and govern- in various categories like first to foster the development and ance in the game across the Eu- timer, beginner, intermediate implementation of the highest ropean continent. and advance. The camp began standards across sport in gen- “UEFA and its President on June 22 and will be held till eral and football in particular in Aleksander Čeferin continue to July 25. the areas of good governance, blaze a trail for integrity in foot- Trainees can choose integrity, ethics and the protec- UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin with CEO of SIGA Emanuel Mac- ball. This is a shared pledge and whether they need to be tion of vulnerable participants edo de Medeiros at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. sends a powerful signal to all or- trained in making the horses throughout Europe. ganisations who care about in- walk, trot canter or jump. Speaking at the signing of ciety cannot be resolved by indi- organisations are in the best tegrity in sport. Now is the time An added feature to the an- the accord, UEFA President vidual action. Knowledge-shar- position to tackle those issues. to join with SIGA and UEFA, nual camp is an Autism Camp The summer camp organised by Al Shaqab’s Equine Education Aleksander Čeferin said: “The ing and constructive dialogue This agreement with SIGA is and support our proposals to being held for children with Department is for two age groups (3 to 7 & 8-17) besides an autism challenges facing sport and so- are essential to make sure that therefore an important step in deliver ‘clean sport’ at all levels.” special needs. camp for children with special needs. The goal of the summer camp, which is organised and riding lessons. ucation Department is com- conducted by Al Shaqab’s The Autism Camp will mitted to nurturing the na- Equine Education Depart- end on July 4. Three sessions tion’s love for equestrian sport Kerber leads high-powered trio through in Eastbourne ment (EED), is two fold - to will be held daily at 11.15am, and harnessing that interest. allow their top riders to main- 12.30pm, and 1.30pm. The summer camp, which is Reuters champion Kerber beat Swede after a tricky claycourt season ter in the second set, so it was a tain their riding skills dur- Classes will be held from handled by our well-trained Eastbourne Rebecca Peterson 7-6(4) 6-0 as she blazed past Peterson good match.” ing the off season, while also Saturday to Thursday, with and highly specialised staff, and Pliskova crushed Elise following a tough first set. The Pliskova, who reached the serving to motivate the next students receiving six hourly will serve as a great opportu- A trio of former world num- Mertens 6-1 6-2, although Ha- German saved two set points in Eastbourne final in 2016 and generation of Qatari riders lessons over the course of the nity for the next generation of ber ones stormed into the lep was pushed hard by Polona the opener but eased through 2017, was even more impressive in taking up horse riding and week in which they are en- riders.” quarter-finals at Eastbourne Hercog before emerging with a the second. against Mertens. showjumping as a sport. rolled. For more details or que- on Wednesday with Angelique 6-1 4-6 6-3 victory. “I’m feeling good so far,” “I felt like, it’s bad to say, but Capturing the excitement Mohammed Sultan al ries about Al Shaqab Summer Kerber, Simona Halep and Jelena Ostapenko suffered Kerber told reporters. there was no chance that I was and spirit of Qatar’s love for Suwaidi, Manager, Equine Camp call 4454 6233, 4454 Karolina Pliskova all sharp- an injury scare as she retired in “The first set was really going to lose today,” she said. equestrian sport, the camp is Education Department at Al 6246, 4454 0268 or 6662 ening their grasscourt games her match against Ekaterina Al- close and tough. Then I started Local favourite Johanna being conducted in two age Shaqab, said: “The popularity 5379. Application forms can ahead of Wimbledon. exandrova. good in the second set and find- Konta was beaten 6-3 6-2 by groups (3 to 7 and 8-17) and of horse riding is increasing in also be downloaded from Al Reigning Wimbledon Kerber continued to thrive ing then my rhythm even bet- Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur. involves 45-minutes of horse- Qatar. Al Shaqab’s Equine Ed- Shaqab website. Federer seeded second at Hamilton returns to scene of most recent retirement Wimbledon, Nadal third The challenge from Fer- With temperatures rari, with a car better suited Reuters ings formula this week, saying set to soar in scenic to Spielberg than Le Castellet, LONDON “it’s not a good thing” that the is still a concern for Mercedes grasscourt event is the only Spielberg, the Briton -- and source of hope for those Eight-time champion Rog- one of the four Grand Slams is expecting more of craving excitement after the er Federer was confirmed as that does not stick rigidly to French procession. the second seed for Wimble- ATP rankings for seedings. a challenge than in Mercedes boss Toto Wolff don on Wednesday, bumping Wimbledon uses form over said his team had been mar- Rafael Nadal down to third the past 24 months on grass to France last Sunday ginal on cooling and nothing despite being ranked below the tweak the positions of the top was taken for granted, even if Spaniard. 32 players in the men’s draw. Reuters there would be no let up either. Defending champion No- While the women’s seed- LONDON “(2018) was a cruel re- vak Djokovic tops the draw ings are in line with the WTA minder how quickly things can while new world number one rankings, Wimbledon reserves Lewis Hamilton will feel the go wrong in our sport and that Ash Barty is top seed in the the right to change the order to heat, literally at least, in Aus- reliability and performance women’s singles. create “a balanced draw”. tria this weekend as Formula go hand in hand in Formula South African Kevin Ander- Anderson’s promotion is One champions Mercedes seek Mercedes’ driver Lewis Hamilton (right) is congratulated by teammates after the Formula One Grand Prix One,” said the Austrian. son, runner-up to Djokovic last bad news for French Open to equal McLaren’s modern- de France at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, recently. (AFP) “It would be complacent season, is fourth seed despite runner-up and world num- day record of 11 wins in a row to ignore the fact that for two falling to eighth in the ATP ber four Dominic Thiem who and he returns to the scene of Le Castellet. ton’s subsequent streak of suc- won 14 of the last 20 races. weekends in a row now, our rankings as Wimbledon used drops to fifth seed and could his most recent retirement. “You saw a couple of years cess has made more distant. This season he has won six of mechanics had to perform the its special formula once again. play Djokovic, Federer or Na- With temperatures set to ago we had two failures in one The race, won by Red Bull’s eight, including the last four, equivalent of “open-heart sur- Twice Wimbledon champi- dal in the last eight. soar in scenic Spielberg, the race, so it’s a hard race for eve- Max Verstappen, remains the and has a 36 point lead in the gery” on our cars. on Nadal will be seeded three, Former runner-up Marin championship leader is ex- ryone. We don’t go there with five-times world champion’s standings from Finnish team “We’ve faced a number of meaning he is likely to have to Cilic moved up from a world pecting more of a challenge all the confidence in the world, only retirement since 2016. mate Valtteri Bottas. different issues on different beat both Federer and Djoko- ranking of 18 to the 13th seed- than in France last Sunday. we know that we might have a It was also a first double me- Mercedes have also won components, each of which vic to claim his first title at the ed spot. “It’s super-hot there, re- difficult weekend.” chanical retirement for Mer- four of the last five races at Red could have easily caused us to All England Club since 2010. Seven-time champion Ser- ally hard for the brakes,” the That double retirement ac- cedes since their return as a Bull’s home track, with Hamil- retire, so we need to get on top The Spaniard was criti- ena Williams is seeded 11th as Briton told reporters after a tually occurred in Austria last constructor in 2010. ton and Bottas triumphant in of those challenges as quickly cal of the Wimbledon’s seed- per her WTA ranking. dominant but dull victory at year, a nightmare that Hamil- Since then Hamilton has 2016 and 2017 respectively. as possible,” he added.