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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2014 SPORTS Jones wins again at Phoenix

AVONDALE: Erik Jones won the Camping July and Las Vegas in September, gave Kyle World Truck race at Phoenix International Busch Motorsports its series-record 13th Raceway for the second straight year when victory in 21 races this season. Busch has a power outage forced NASCAR to end the seven wins in the No. 51, and Darrell event with 24 laps left Friday night. Wallace Jr. has three in the No. 54 Toyota. NASCAR called the race because of the pos- Points leader Matt Crafton was second sibility that the power would fail again, in his bid for his second straight season plunging the track into darkness while the title. He increased his lead over Ryan trucks were racing at full speed. The start Blaney to 25 points heading into the sea- also was delayed more than an hour son finale next week in Homestead, Florida. because of an outage that knocked out the “It’s a shame that the lights went out,” track’s lights. Crafton said. “I guarantee it was going to be The 18-year-old Jones was making his exciting on the next restart.” Jones was con- 12th and final start of the season in the No. fident that he would have won if the race 51 Toyota he shares with team owner Kyle continued. Bucsh. Jones started from the pole and led “I think that we would have been able to 114 of the 126 laps en route to his third vic- definitely hold him off,” Jones said. “I felt tory of the year and fourth overall. like we had by far the best truck. He could “It’s pretty cool to pick another win here run 10 laps pretty and maintain about five at Phoenix,” Jones said. “Definitely a great (truck-lengths) back to us. Then, it seemed way to top off the year in this truck.” like we could just kind drive away inch by Last year at the mile oval, Jones became inch at that point. the series’ youngest winner at 17 years, 4 “I didn’t have a doubt in my mind that, if months. Cole Custer broke the record in we were to go back racing, that we would September at New Hampshire, winning at have been able to hold him off.” Custer was 16 years, 7 months, 28 days. third, followed by Blaney, Ben Rhodes and Jones, also a winner this year in Iowa in Wallace. —AP BRAZIL: German driver NicoRosberg of Mercedes AMG Petronas takes part in the third free practice at the Interlagos racetrack in Sao Paulo. —AP Rosberg on top in Brazil

SAO PAULO: Nico Rosberg took the fight to were blistering because of the high tempera- finish the second session, but this was part of championship-leading Mercedes team mate tures and the new asphalt. “That was a bit wor- the programme we have been on for a few races Lewis Hamilton with the fastest laps in both rying but we are expecting it to be a bit cooler now,” said the Spaniard who will not be Brazilian Grand Prix practice sessions on Friday over the weekend.” Hamilton said he had not penalised. while Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari caught fire. managed to put a good lap together but was Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne, in a Toro Rosso, The German started the day with a best time otherwise unconcerned. and Mexican Esteban Gutierrez in the Sauber, of one minute 12.764 seconds on a cloudy “It’s different every time we come here and also halted the session when they stopped on morning at the Interlagos circuit and finished you never know what the weather is going to the track. the afternoon with an effort of 1:12.123. do. But that’s what makes this such an exciting Brazil’s sole representative Felipe Massa in Hamilton, who has won the last five grands race,” said the Briton. Russian Daniil Kvyat, who the Williams was fifth and sixth respectively. prix and is chasing his 11th victory in 18 races, steps up to Red Bull next season, was third Dutch teenager Max Verstappen continued to was a close second in both sessions on a day fastest for Toro Rosso, but nearly a second slow- impress before his race debut next year, with overshadowed by news of the Marussia team’s er than Rosberg, in the morning while Ferrari’s the sixth fastest lap for Toro Rosso in morning demise after they had previously gone into Kimi Raikkonen filled that spot after lunch. practice before handing the car back to Vergne. administration. McLaren’s Jenson Button, the winner in Brazil Rosberg desperately needs to win on RED FLAGS in 2012, failed to set a time in the first session Sunday, even if the championship cannot be Raikkonen’s team mate Fernando Alonso was after suffering electrical problems in a miserable decided before Abu Dhabi at the end of the one of three drivers to bring out the red flags in start to his weekend and was then 16th in the month when double points are on offer, after the afternoon when he pulled over with flames afternoon. Hamilton forged 24 points clear in the champi- shooting out of the back of his car. Spaniard Daniel Juncadella, replacing onship. The Spaniard, who was fourth fastest in the Mexican Sergio Perez at Force India for the “That was a good day and we are very quick first session, jumped out and ran to get an morning session, brought out the first red flags again at this circuit,” Rosberg told reporters. extinguisher before returning to put out the of the day when he crashed into the barriers “The track has a new surface which made it blaze. with considerable damage to the car. Perez was quite tricky. It’s smooth and not quite so “We knew the power unit had reached the unable to set a lap in the afternoon as the team bumpy as it has been in the past but the tyres end of its cycle, so there was a risk we wouldn’t worked on repairs. —Reuters Italy shock Samoa ITALY: New Zealand-born fly-half year earlier in Nelspruit. Italy’s last Kelly Haimona kicked 14 points to beat Samoa in Ascoli in 2009 and a inspire Italy to a hard-fought 24-13 much-improved second half per- victory over Samoa as the Azzurri formance revived memories of that ended a nine-match string of 24-6 victory. defeats in Ascoli yesterday. Haimona reduced arrears with a Haimona was making his full penalty in front of the posts three Azzurri debut after being called up minutes into the second half and for the November tests two weeks minutes later the Azzurri pulled ago alongside Fijian Samuela ahead after a well-worked move Vunisa. from a line-out deep in Samoan ter- And the Zebre fly-half proved a ritory. Joshua Furno jumped high useful addition to Jacques Brunel’s to collect and after the ball was fed stuttering side as they look to put a to Simone Favaro, one of several disastrous Six Nations and summer key players returning to the fray tour of the South Pacific behind after injury absence, he was driven them. to the line by a maul before touch- Italy will face Argentina and ing down. South Africa later this month and Italy remained ahead 11-10 after Brunel’s men, whose last victory Haimona missed the conversion, was a 37-31 win over Fiji last but a Pisi penalty minutes later put November, will take some heart the Samoans back in front. from a performance that neverthe- Pisi skewed another penalty less took time to come together. attempt just wide of the near post A shaky Italy went in for the half- from the left wing just before the time interval trailing 3-10 after hour, and then a seemingly spot-on flanker Jack Lam touched down for Haimona penalty from 40 metres the Samoans just after the half out fell just short. Two minutes later hour, with fly-half Tusi Pisi convert- a great run to the try line by centre ing having levelled Haimona’s Michele Campagnaro set Italy up ITALY: Italy’s fly-half Kelly Haimona is tackled by Manu Samoa hooker third-minute penalty with a penalty for their second try. Scrum-half Ole Avei (left) during the rugby union test match. —AFP on 26 minutes. Edoardo Gori dug the ball out to It looked as though the Italians feed Haimona, who looked up Haimona kicked the easy con- gave Italy an 11-point lead with might suffer their third consecutive before sending a delightful chip version to give the Azzurri a 21-13 seven minutes remaining and the defeat to the Samoans, who white- over the Samoan defence for lead with a little under quarter of hosts survived a series of charges washed the Azzurri 15-0 in Apia last Parisse to catch with both hands as an hour on the clock. late on to claim a morale-boosting June after a crushing 39-10 defeat a he fell unchallenged over the line. Another penalty by Haimona win. —AFP Kuwaiti shooters excel in UAE

SPAIN: Movistar Yamaha Tech3 Italian rider Valentino Rossi wheelies during the Moto KUWAIT: Kuwait shooters continued their win- who scored 141 in a shoot off round, while encouraging the shooters, enabling them to GP qualifying session at Ricardo Tormo racetrack. —AFP ning ways during the fourth Asian Clay Target India’s Aseb Mohammad took third place with achieve such outstanding results. Shooting Championship being held in Al-Ain, 139 hits. President of Kuwait and Arab Shooting He said this achievement is the result of sin- UAE until Nov 10, 2014, as double trap team Federations Duaij Khalaf Al-Otaibi dedicated this cere hard work and confirms the continuation of Rossi on pole as shooters Ahmad Al-Afasi, Hamad Al-Afasi and achievement to HH the Amir, HH Crown Prince Kuwait shooting’s outstanding achievements at Saad Al-Mutairi won the gold medal with a score and HH the Prime Minister, as well as to the the continental and international levels. He said of 334, while UAE won silver with a score of 331. Honorary President of Kuwait Shooting Sport Kuwait’s shooters always deliver what is expect- Marquez crashes Qatar was third with 323 and India fourth. Federation Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al- ed from them and always please the Kuwait peo- In the individual event, Ahmad Al-Afasi Humoud Al-Sabah and Chairman of the Public ple through their international participation. VALENCIA: Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi sions and it is set up to go well tomor- placed second with a score of 139 following a Authority for Youth and Sports Sheikh Ahmad Otaibi wished the skeet shooters all success in took advantage of world champion Marc row. “In the last lap I improved a lot to heated competition with India’s Ankor Meital Al-Mansour for their stands in supporting and the next two days. Marquez’s misfortune to claim his 50th get the time, but when I saw on the TV I career MotoGP pole position for today’s was in first it was really a big surprise.” Valencia Grand Prix. Two-time world champion Jorge Marquez is hoping to make history Lorenzo’s hopes of leapfrogging team- with a record 13th win of the season with mate Rossi into second in the world victory on home soil after equalling championship standings were also hit as Australian rider Mick Doohan’s mark of he starts down in fourth. 12 victories in 17 races from 1997 after And despite Marquez’s mishap he and winning in Malaysia last time out. Pedrosa are still well-placed to deliver However, his hopes were dented as he Honda back-to-back constructors titles. crashed after registering just one lap in Iannone was also content with his start- qualifying on Saturday to finish down in ing place on the grid, despite being fifth on the grid. just over a tenth of a second away Rossi’s time of 1min 30.843sec denied from his first pole position in the premier Italian compatriot Andres Iannone his class. “Despite the disappointment of first MotoGP pole with Marquez’s Honda almost getting the first pole I am happy teammate Dani Pedrosa completing the with second position,” said the Ducati rid- first row of the grid. er. “I am very happy, I didn’t expect to get “I am very, very happy. It is a surprise pole but I tried to be there or there- even for me,” said Rossi. “Qualifying was a abouts and for me second position is lot better for me than the practice ses- good.” —AFP Shooters preparing for the final round, Al-Faihan is on the far right.