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Anastasija Sevastova's CRICKET| Page 3 MMLB|LB Page 4 Bangladesh Yankees To Advertise here land Courtney rally behind Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 Walsh as bullpen to bowling coach defeat Royals Friday, September 2, 2016 FOOTBALL Dhul Qa’da 30, 1437 AH Swiss probe GULF TIMES Beckenbauer over World Cup bid SPORT Page 2 FOOTBALL/ WORLD CUP QUALIFYING CALAMITY Own goal spells Injury-time goals give doom for China AFP Iran dramatic victory Seoul Ghoochannejhad capitalised on a horrendous mistake by Qatar goalkeeper Amine Lacomte to give the home side heng Zhi’s early own goal ultimately condemned the lead four minutes into injury-time before Jahanbaksh put the result beyond doubt with a fine long-range strike China to a 3-2 defeat to South Korea yesterday de- Zspite a spirited fi ght-back in their Agencies 2018 World Cup qualifi er. Tehran China’s talisman became their fall-guy as he inadvertently bun- dled Son Heung-Min’s free kick njury time goals from Reza into his own net on 20 minutes at Ghoochannejhad and Ali- Seoul World Cup Stadium. reza Jahanbaksh secured a Lee Chung-Yong and Koo Ja- dramatic 2-0 win for three- Cheol both scored to pile on the Itime FIFA World Cup qualifi ers pain for China but the visitors Iran over Qatar at the Azadi Sta- nearly hauled their way back into dium yesterday as Carlos Quei- it following late strikes from Yu roz’s side made a winning start Hai and Hao Junmin. However, in their attempt to advance to a precious equaliser eluded Gao Russia 2018. Hongbo’s men and they start with Substitute Reza Ghoochan- a defeat as they embark on the nejhad capitalised on a hor- year-long fi nal round of qualifying rendous mistake by Qatar goal- for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. keeper Amine Lacomte to give After Zheng’s own goal, it the home side the lead four wasn’t until the 62nd minute that minutes into injury time be- Lee climbed to head South Korea’s fore Jahanbaksh put the result second, before Koo slotted their beyond doubt with a fi ne long- third four minutes later. range strike. Yu’s blistering fi nish pulled Iran controlled much of the one back for China and when Hao opening proceedings, but it was curled in a textbook free kick with the Qataris who fashioned out the 14 minutes on the clock, South Ko- better of the goal-scoring oppor- rean nerves were jangling. tunities in the fi rst 20 minutes. Son, fi ghting for his place at Sebastian Soria’s attempt from English club Tottenham Hotspur, the tightest of angles in the 12th was in the thick of it in the early minute did little to trouble Alireza exchanges and he shot wide on 18 Beiranvand in the Iran goal. minutes.Two minutes later, Zhang Five minutes later Beiranvand Linpeng was booked for bringing was in action again, this time down Oh Jae-Suk just outside the dropping to his left to keep out box. From Son’s free kick, Ji Dong- Hassan Al Haydos’ relatively Won’s glancing header went in off tame eff ort after the Qatari cap- Zheng’s shin.Another Ji header tain had cut inside from the right. nearly doubled South Korea’s lead Soon after the Iranians shortly afterwards, and the un- were turning their dominance marked Lee Chung-Yong then of possession into attempts missed a great chance when he on goal and Ashkan Dejagah skied his volley over the bar. should have done better with Meanwhile China were get- his eff ort from outside the area ting little joy and it wasn’t un- rather than dragging his low til the 28th minute that they had shot well wide of the target. Iran’s Mehdi Taremi (C) and Qatar’s Boualem Khoukhi fight for the ball during their World Cup 2018 Asian qualifying match at the Azadi stadium in Tehran yesterday. their fi rst clear sight of the Korean Just after the half hour mark, goal, when Wu Lei broke down the Jahanbaksh had the Qatari goal ly disjointed during the second At the other end Boualem minutes remaining. Ansarifard made amends, ted the ball home. right before losing his balance and in his sights after holding off half, with Iranian defender Jalal Khoukhi tried his luck from Saeid Ezatohali made his way however, when Lacomte mis- And with Qatar desperately shooting harmlessly wide. the challenge of a pair of visit- Hosseini going close to open- long range with a looping eff ort to the byline before playing back cued his clearance with only pushing for an equaliser, Iran Their best chance of the fi rst ing midfi elders before taking ing the scoring 17 minutes from that only just bounced past Bei- a cross that cut Lacomte out seconds remaining, the Greece- claimed a second just before the half came when Yu intercepted aim from the edge of the area. time when he met Andranik ranvand’s left post. of the game, but Ansarifard’s based forward collecting the end when Jahanbaksh thumped a pass and released Wu one-on- But, like Dejagah’s eff ort earlier, Teymourian’s corner with a But the best chance of the glancing header was too fi ne ball before laying it into the his shot into the bottom corner one with goalkeeper Jung Sung- he did little to trouble Lacomte. header that went just wide of game was to fall to substitute and the ball fl ew across the face path of Ghoochanejhad, and the from outside the area, giving Ryong, before the forward again The game turned increasing- Lacomte’s goal. Karim Ansarifard with just four of the Qatar goal. Heerenveen man gleefully slot- Lacomte little chance. miscued. UPSET RALLYING Dakar: Al-Attiyah to Ghost goal haunts Japan in drive Toyota pick up shock defeat to UAE AFP Vahid Halilhodzic, when asked about the Asano ghost but this time Nishikawa was equal to his fi rst-time Saitama goal. He added that 2-1 was a “horrible result”. shot from close range. “They had many chances, and they two lost goals Japan came out fi ring at the start of the second half after a free kick and a penalty kick that could have been and Ryota Oshima’s fi erce shot drew a fi ngertip save apan slammed an “unacceptable” refereeing avoided,” glowered the Bosnian. from UAE ‘keeper Eisa. howler as they crashed 2-1 to the United Arab Japan made the perfect start when Honda, capital- But when Abdelaziz Sanqour was tripped in the Emirates in a woeful start to their World Cup ising on some slack defending, leapt unmarked to head box, Khalil was again the go-to man and he produced qualifying fi nal round yesterday. in a free-kick at the far post on 11 minutes. an exquisite chipped penalty down the centre as JAC Milan’s Keisuke Honda nodded the hosts in Shinji Okazaki fi red one just wide but the UAE got Nishikawa dived to his right. front in Saitama but UAE grabbed all the points after their chance to draw level when Southampton de- The goal triggered some frenzied action from Japan Ahmed Khalil’s sumptuous free kick and penalty ei- fender Maya Yoshida brought down Ali Mabkhout just and they were desperately unlucky when Okazaki’s ther side of half-time. outside the box. header cannoned off the bar just before the hour- Japan should have fi nished the game at 2-2 but Khalil stepped up and his dipping free kick went mark. AFP said on Thursday. The 2011 and 2015 win- the offi cials failed to spot that Takuma Asano’s shot, in off the underside of the crossbar via the gloves of Things got worse for the hosts with Asano’s goal Paris ner of the main car category came second clawed away by Khalid Eisa, had crossed the line, as goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa, who will feel he could that wasn’t and captain Makoto Hasebe remonstrated in 2016 with Toyota and with the same co- shown by TV replays. have done better. with the referee at the fi nal whistle, while UAE players pilot who is scheduled for the upcoming Qatari referee Abdulrahman al-Jassim waved away Borussia Dortmund’s Shinji Kagawa had a golden knelt and raised their arms in grateful prayer. wo-time Dakar Rally winner race, Frenchman Matthieu Baumel. Japan’s protests as the Blue Samurai slumped once chance to restore Japan’s lead but with the goalmouth “We had a decent start, but it does not mean any- Nasser al-Attiyah of Qatar will Al-Attiyah is a highly experienced rally again to UAE, their conquerors in last year’s Asian Cup begging, he bundled a rebound from a Honda header thing if we lost the game after 90 minutes,” said Hon- race for Toyota in the 2017 edition driver and is hoping to join the world rally quarter-fi nals. wide. da. “We still have more games to play. We will just have in the brand new two-wheel drive circuit with Toyota next season as they “The referee was unacceptable,” fumed Japan coach At the other end, Mabkhout almost put UAE in front to do them right.” THi Lux Evo pick up, the Japanese carmaker make a return to that discipline in 2017. Gulf Times 2 Friday, September 2, 2016 FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT FAREWELL Emotional fi nale for Swiss investigate Ireland’s Keane Beckenbauer over World Cup bid Robbie Keane acknowledges fans after the game against Oman in The Swiss Attorney General’s off ice (OAG) said the proceedings related to allegations Dublin yesterday.
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