22 Wednesday, March 15, 2017 SPORTS SPORTS Wednesday, March 15, 2017 23 Man Utd Table charged London anchester United were Bahrain bag more Tennis team Venus Williams of the United States Mcharged yesterday by the Football Association (FA) with failing to control their players win silver, during the explosive FA Cup quarter-final with Chelsea, English football’s ruling body said. Bowling United’s Spanish midfielder Ander Herrera was sent off in Kerber, the first half shortly after referee bronze Michael Oliver warned Chris Smalling about the Layla Janahi during the bowling team event continual fouling of Chelsea’s playmaker Eden Hazard. Marcos Rojo was also caught on camera seemingly stamping Venus on Hazard’s chest in the second half of the match which Chelsea won 1-0 to oust the holders, although the Argentine defender has not been charged. Angelique Kerber of The FA have taken exception advance Germany celebrates more to the reaction of the players when Olivier sent Indian Wells of balls back, and going for it when I France’s Mladenovic, who has round berth with a 6-4, 6-2 victory off Herrera, with several ngelique Kerber might yet have the chance.” already lifted one trophy and reached over Lucie Safarova. surrounding the official and celebrate her return to number Kerber, who rose to number one in another WTA final in 2017, had no Williams, seeded 12th in her second arguing with him over the Aone with an Indian Wells title after the world with her US Open triumph trouble notching another top-five tournament since a runner-up finish decision. The top three teams in the bowling team event on the podium at the awarding ceremony battling past Pauline Parmentier 7-5, last year, is set to regain the summit win. to her sister Serena in the Australian “Manchester United have Manama topped the standings for Kaltham Elyasi and Maryam round robin battle. A win will 3-6, 7-5 to reach the fourth round on no matter how far she goes this week “I perfectly played the game plan Open in January, had saved three been charged for failing ahrain yesterday added gold, while the UAE (3,810) Al A’ali reached the final of keep alive the Bahraini team Monday. thanks to the injury withdrawal of I had,” Mladenovic said. “Solid at match points en route to a second- to control their players,” a further medals in its finished second for the silver the team competition before chances for the competition’s Parmentier, the world number 62 Serena Williams. times, make her play balls and making round victory over Jelena Jankovic, statement from the governing Bcampaign at the Fifth GCC medal. losing out to Qatari Aya gold medal. from France, had the two-time Grand She needed two hours and 33 her take some risk. Sometimes when I but needed no heroics against the body read. Women’s Games, being held Noora Sultan and Layla Mahdi and Maha Framzi 1-3, The handball, volleyball, Slam champion from Germany on minutes in the baking sun on Stadium had the shorter (ball) stepping in, 40th-ranked Czech. “It follows an incident in in Doha, Qatar. Janahi also managed high to settle for the silver medal. taekwondo, fencing and the ropes with a break and a 4-1 lead Court to get past Parmentier, who playing my heavy shots with the “It’s never easy to play a lefty the 35th minute of the FA Cup The latest successes saw individual scores and In the singles, Elyasi, Al shooting teams have already Table tennis players Kaltham in the third set. until this year had never won a forehand. I think that worked pretty because you feel the ball coming quarter final tie against Chelsea the table tennis team put in qualified for the Masters A’ali, Maryam Al Balooshi returned home after some Elyasi and Maryam Al A’ali in But Kerber fought back with match at Indian Wells in five prior well today.” from all different directions. You at Stamford Bridge yesterday spirited performances to win event, scheduled for today on and Amal Al Nuaimi made impressive performances at their match against the UAE a break in the seventh game and appearances. Halep, the 2015 Indian Wells feel unbalanced, but my (Monday). the team event silver medal the concluding day of bowling it to the finals scheduled for the games. pair. another in a marathon 11th game that Kerber sealed it on her third match champion, wasn’t too discouraged, focus was so laser that it “The club have until 6pm and the bowling team event the bowling competition. today. gave her a 6-5 lead and a chance to point -- but not before Parmentier saying the knee trouble that forced felt good to compete in (1800GMT) on Friday, 17 bronze. With three days Bahrain Bowling The table tennis serve for the match. had one last chance to break in the her to pull out of St. Petersburg before these conditions,” said March 2017 to respond remaining, Bahrain now have Association president Abdulla championship concludes “I think I was starting to believe final game. her quarter-final in February had Williams who belted 15 to the charge.” 19 medals (6 gold, 8 silver and Al Dossary, joined by other today with the singles final, in myself again and trying to take Kerber next faces Russian Elena since limited her training. winners with just nine 5 bronze). high-ranking delegation to be followed by the prize- this challenge and trying to play Vesnina, a 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 winner over “After the first set my legs were unforced errors, breaking On the third day of the representatives, congratulated presentation ceremony. point by point,” Kerber said of her Hungarian Timea Babos. gone,” Halep said. “My tennis legs Safarova four times.” bowling competition, staged at the team on the results straight In the basketball mindset after going down a break in Fourth-seeded Romanian Simona were not here yet.” The American next Qatar Bowling Centre, singles after the finals. championship, Bahrain look the deciding set. Halep, yet to regain peak form in faces China’s Peng Shuai, event gold medalist Noora Elsewhere, Bahrain to regain their winning ways “I was not thinking about what has the wake of a nagging knee injury, Venus powers through who ousted sixth-seeded Sultan led a four-member maintained their solid today when they take on happened before, just going for it and was dispatched by in-form Kristina Seven-time Grand Slam champion Agnieszka Radwanska of team to a third-place finish form in the table tennis the UAE in the second leg’s trying to move in good, bring a lot Mladenovic 6-3, 6-3. Venus Williams booked a fourth- Poland 6-4, 6-4. with pins, as Oman (4,230) championships as the pair of first game in this three-team Bahrain basketball team look to edge the UAE today to stay in the title race Ronaldinho India, resume battle Muirfield club to visit Ranchi flare-up, has called the two amid warnings the series risked Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha, admits women itter rivals India and skippers together for clear-the- degenerating into anarchy. , Australia resume their air talks ahead of the match. India were furious when Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Pakistan Bbattle for Test supremacy But former players on both Smith was spotted looking Sharma, , Karachi tomorrow in Ranchi at the sides have again been stirring up at his dressing-room for Umesh Yadav, Karun Nair, after 273 years razilian football legend start of the third match in a things up ahead of Ranchi, a guidance on whether to seek a Jayant Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, BRonaldinho is set to visit series that has already dragged match in which India must review of the umpire’s decision Abhinav Mukund. London now become a venue for the British Pakistan as part of a goodwill relations close to breaking avoid defeat if they want to after being given out lbw -- a Australia: he prestigious Muirfield golf Open once again. mission to promote the game in point. win back the Border-Gavaskar clear breach of the DRS rules. (capt), , Ashton Tcourse in Scotland voted yesterday Fairweather said: “This is a the -mad country. India won the second Test trophy. Australia’s hopes While Smith called it a one- Agar, , Peter to admit women members to the club significant decision for a club which The recently retired 36-year- in Bangalore to leave the series suffered a double blow last off “brain fade”, Kohli said it Handscomb, Josh after 273 years, immediately making was founded in 1744 and retains many old, who won the World Player tantalisingly poised at 1-1 week when allrounder Mitchell was not an isolated incident Hazlewood, Usman the historic venue eligible to host the of the values and aspirations of its of the Year twice and was part of but simmering tensions Marsh and pace spearhead -- a claim the Australia board Khawaja, Nathan British Open again founding members. the 2002 World Cup winning team, boiled over when the were ruled out of branded “outrageous”. Lyon, Shaun Marsh, The Honourable Company of “The rules of the club will be changed issued a short video message on hosts’ captain accused the last two Test with injuries. Former Australian skipper , Edinburgh Golfers overwhelmingly accordingly with immediate effect. Twitter saying simply “Pakistan, I am his opposite number of India’s concerns are centred Ian Chappell has been among Steve O’Keefe, voted in favour of admitting women Women have played golf coming” as he unfurled a Pakistani flag. abusing the decision on the form of Kohli who has the critics of the ICC’s softly- Matthew Renshaw, members for the first time by 498 to at Muirfield since 1904, though only as News of Ronaldinho’s visit has generated review system (DRS). totalled just 40 runs in the softly approach, saying things , 123, club captain Henry Fairweather guests, not as members. excitement among fans, and comes as the South The International series after scoring double had been allowed to fester. , said. The club said the current waiting Asian nation seeks to revive international Cricket Council, which centuries in the last four Test Squads Mitchell The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of list suggested that new candidates for sports fixtures that were disrupted by a militant decided not to punish series. The meeting between India: (capt), Swepson, St Andrews (R&A), the sport’s joint- membership could expect to wait two attack on ’s cricket team in 2009. Australian captain Ronaldinho either Virat Kohli or Smith and Kohli was agreed Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Matthew governing body with the United States to three years, or longer, to join the Steve Smith Indian captain Virat Kohli Steve Smith over the to by their respective boards , Ajinkya Wade. (AFP) Golf Association, said Muirfield could club.