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Sport THURSDAY 26 AuGust 2021 Kane says he will stay at Tottenham It was incredible to see the reception from the Spurs fans on Sunday and to read some of the messages of support I’ve had in the last few weeks. I will be staying at Tottenham this summer and will be 100% focused on helping the team achieve success. Tottenham striker Harry Kane Sport | 07 CRICKET: THIRD TEST: England 120 for 0 (Hameed 60*, Burns 52*) lead India 78 (Rohit 19, Anderson 3-6, Overton 3-14) by 42 runs Team Qatar players continue preparations ahead of European qualifiers Head coach Felix Sanchez gestures during a training session at Team Qatar's camp in Austria as the Asian Champions gear up for the European qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. In the European qualifying games, the Al Annabi will take on Serbia on September 1 before meeting strong Portugal on September 4. On September 7, Al Annabi will take on Luxembourg. RIGHT: Qatar's Abdelkarim Hassan (centre) and team-mates in action during the training camp. PICS: Twitter/@QFA Infantino asks PL, La Liga to release players for qualifiers Reuters – ZURicH and runs for two weeks, with the Premier League resuming on Sept. 11. Ooredoo Cup: QSL holds The English Premier League and Spain’s Many of the best players in the world compete Premier League players would potentially LaLiga should release players for World Cup miss two league matches if they quarantined qualifiers next month to “preserve and protect in leagues in England and Spain, and we on their return. The period would cover three technical meeting ahead sporting integrity”, FIFA President Gianni believe these countries also share the games if the club was involved in the group Infantino said yesterday. responsibility to preserve and protect the stages of European club competitions which of season's kick-off While the Premier League has refused to sporting integrity of competitions around the begin on Sept. 14. release players headed to countries on the world: FIFA President Gianni Infantino The English Football The PENINsula – DOHA United Kingdom’s ‘red list’ due to strict quar- League (EFL), which antine rules on their return, La Liga supported governs England’s lower As part of arrangements for the launch of 2021-2022 its clubs in refusing to release players for qual- divisions, also said in a season Ooredoo Cup, the Qatar Stars League (QSL) held ifiers in South America. 13 different clubs were affected, with more statement yesterday that the tournament’s Technical Meeting at its headquarters “I am calling on a show of solidarity from likely to follow when Ecuador and Vene- their clubs had taken a in Al Bidda Tower yesterday. every member association, every league, and zuela announce their squads. “collective decision not The meeting was attended by Ahmed Abdullah Al every club, to do what is both right and fair England’s strict rules would require to release players for Sayed, Head of Football Operations at the QSL, Jassim Al for the global game,” Infantino said in a players to quarantine for 10 days upon their i n t e r n a t i o n a l Hail, representative of the Referees Department of Qatar statement. return to the country, with the matches” in Football Association, and representatives of the partici- “Many of the best players in the world Premier League saying no r e d - l i s t pating clubs. compete in leagues in England and Spain, and exemption had been countries. Matters discussed at the meeting included, organiza- we believe these countries also share the granted by the gov- tional procedures and features of the tournament, held responsibility to preserve and protect the ernment for soccer in a group format from where the top two teams from sporting integrity of competitions around the players. each group qualify for the semi-finals, guidelines and world.” The international FIFA procedures for match-day operations, where emphasis The Premier League said nearly 60 players break in September President was given on the need to adhere to the approved health were set to travel to 26 countries on Britain’s begins after this Gianni protocols against the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the “red list” while LaLiga said 25 players from weekend’s matches Infantino determination of kits and jersey colours of each team. Paige wins first gold medal as Tokyo Paralympics kick off AP – TOKYO the Paralympic Village. That brings to three the total of pos- Cyclist Paige Greco of Australia itive tests by athletes in the claimed the first gold medal of Village over the last two days. the Tokyo Paralympic Games, Qatari Over the last three days, winning the 3,000-meter pursuit para-athletes organisers have confirmed yesterday on the velodrome Abdulrahman nine positive tests in the track. Wang Xiaomei of China Abdulqadir Fiqi and Village. The additional was second and bronze went to Sara Hamdi Masoud six, who are not Denise Schindler. with the team officials atheletes, are It was the first of 24 gold prior to the opening described as medals up for grabs yesterday ceremony of the Tokyo “ G a m e s - r e l a t e d as the Paralympics got underway 2020 Paralympic personnel.” in the middle of a pandemic that Games in Tokyo. has seen new cases in Tokyo Abdulrahman will soar since the Olympics opened compete in the men's just over a month ago. shot put - F34 while Medals were also contested Sara takes part in the Paige Greco of on Wednesday in swimming and shot put - F33 event in Australia in action wheelchair fencing. Tokyo. during the Tokyo Greco was born with cer- 2020 Paralympic ebral palsy, which mostly affects Games Women’s the right side of her body. It was “It feels amazing,” Greco gold medal). It’s not really sunk organisers confirmed yesterday C1-3 3000m her first Paralympic Games said. “I still can’t believe it. I keep in yet.” that two more athletes have Individual Pursuit medal. looking down and seeing (the Away from the competition, tested positive for COVID-19 in Final yesterday. Diamond League: Thompson-Herah eyes 100m record REUTERS – LAUSANNE Prefontaine Classic in Eugene whether I could break that record “Elaine is much, much closer “I’ve always said where she ran the second-fastest and I said it was not possible,” than I am,” laughed Fraser-Pryce every time you step out Sprint queen Elaine Thompson- 100m of all time in a blistering Thompson-Herah told a news when asked about the record. on to the track you want Herah says she has set her sights 10.54 seconds. conference yesterday. The 34-year-old Fraser-Pryce to win, that’s the aim on lowering the long-standing It edged her closer to Florence “But for me to run a 10.54 warned her younger rival that when you get out there. record for the women’s 100 Griffith Joyner’s long-deemed- means it is within reach, therefore Thursday’s race was no foregone “To have women you metres, believing it is now within untouchable 10.49 world record it means anything is possible.” conclusion, despite Thompson- know will definitely be reach. set at the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials Thompson-Herah will reprise her Herah’s form. setting a fast time adds to The Jamaican won gold in in Indianapolis, which could rivalry with fellow Jamaican “I definitely have not run my the excitement, not only for both the 100m and 200m at the come under further threat when Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, whom best race as yet and I’m still the crowd but also for you as Tokyo Games in the last month, the Diamond League circuit con- she beat into second place in working on different phases of an athlete too because it Elaine but made an even bigger tinues in Lausanne today. Tokyo and in Oregon on the races and hopefully I’ll be able raises your game,” she Thompson-Herah statement at the weekend at the “A few years ago I was asked Saturday. to put that together. added. Sport THURSDAY 26 AUGUst 2021 06 England in control as India implode to 78 all out AP – LEEDS England’s James Anderson (centre) celebrates with SCOREBOARD team-mate Craig Overton after taking the wicket of England ripped through India for 78 - its India’s Virat Kohli (left). INDIA 1st Innings ninth lowest total in Test cricket - before R. Sharma c Robinson b Overton .......................19 putting on the team’s highest opening KL Rahul c Buttler b Anderson ............................ 0 stand of the summer to take complete C. Pujara c Buttler b Anderson .............................1 control of the third Test after Day 1 at V. Kohli c Buttler b Anderson ................................7 Headingley. A. Rahane c Buttler b Robinson .........................18 Winning the toss for the first time in R. Pant c Buttler b Robinson ................................2 the last nine Test s against England was R. Jadeja lbw b Curran .......................................... 4 the only thing that went right Wednesday Mohammed Shami c Burns b Overton ............... 0 for India captain Virat Kohli, whose I. Sharma not out ...................................................8 batting line-up collapsed in 40.4 overs J. Bumrah lbw b Curran ........................................ 0 in the face of some high-class seam and Mohammed Siraj c Root b Overton .....................3 swing bowling - led by the enduring Extras (lb11, nb5) ................................................16 James Anderson. Total (all out, 40.4 overs, 194 mins) ..... 78 The most successful fast bowler in Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Rahul), 2-4 (Pujara), 3-21 Test history got three nicks behind, (Kohli), 4-56 (Rahane), 5-58 (Pant), 6-67 (Ro- including from Kohli, to reduce the hit), 7-67 (Shami), 8-67 (Jadeja), 9-67 (Bumrah), Indians to 21-3 inside 11 overs before a 10-78 (Siraj) lower-order implosion saw four wickets Bowling: Anderson 8-5-6-3; Robinson 10-3- fall in six balls.