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Trinche Carlovich: Argentina mourns the maverick Maradona called the greatest

Goal.com It was Diego Maradona who afforded him the With preparations for the 1974 World Cup in full flow, with their greatest praise: asked upon moving to Newell’s minds focused on the potential challenge ahead from the likes of in 1993 what it meant to be the best footballer Brazil, hosts West Germany and in the world, the ex-Napoli star replied “the Italy, the Argentina national team had little reason to fear a cursory best player in the world has already played in friendly organised against a re- gional selection from the city of Rosario, his name was Carlovich.” Rosario. But they had failed to reckon with one man: Trinche Carlovich, the legend of the lower leagues who would soon become the Albiceleste’s nightmare. On Friday, Carlovich passed away at the age of 74, the victim of a violent robbery two days ear- lier in the west of his hometown. His aggressors struck him in the head in order to take his bicycle, causing Trinche to suffer a stroke and slip into a coma from which he would not awake. The news caused an outpour- ing of grief across the world of Argentine football, touching those lucky enough to witness his tal- ents and many others who know of the legend through the infa- Messages of condolence are seen next to a graffiti of late Argentine former Relatives and friends carry the coffin with the remains of Argentine former football player Tomas “El Trinche” Carlovich mous tales of his finest moments. football player Tomas “El Trinche” Carlovich, outside the Gabino Sosa Stadium during a homage at the Gabino Sosa Stadium in Rosario, Argentina, on Saturday. (AFP) Of all those stories, his mastery of in Rosario, Argentina, on Saturday. Carlovich died after suffering an assault in Argentina’s World Cup hopefuls is the central province of Santa Fe. (AFP) Later, playing in Mendoza I had at the time, it would have professional game but remains perhaps the most notorious. for Independiente Rivadavia, he changed my life. For me, playing alive thanks to the folklore of Tomas Carlovich was two days nothing could be further from asked by a Rosario reporter upon contrived to earn a red card in at Central Cordoba was like play- his city, the younger generations short of his 28th birthday on April the truth. “He is the most marvel- moving to Newell’s in 1993 what the first half of one particular ing at Real Madrid. feeding hungrily on grandpar- 17, 1974, when the national team lous player I have ever seen,” Jose it meant to be the best footballer game in order to arrive on time to “What does it mean to ‘make ents’ stories of his goals, nut- came to Rosario. A native of the Pekerman once affirmed, placing in the world, the ex-Napoli star re- catch the bus back to his beloved it’? In truth I never had any other megs and antics. port city, birthplace of Lionel the mythical figure in his all-time plied “the best player in the world Rosario. That spell did throw up ambition than to play football. Shortly before his death, the Messi, Marcelo Bielsa and count- greatest Argentina XI in the heart has already played in Rosario, his one memorable moment: moon- Above all, to stay close to my legend finally met face-to-face less other Argentine football leg- of midfield. name was Carlovich.” lighting for Andes Talleres, he neighbourhood, my folks’ house, with Maradona, who presented ends, he had come up through the Jorge Valdano, a World Cup The player’s inclusion on gave Franco Baresi, then 19, a to stay with El Vasco Artola, him with the gift of a Gimnasia ranks of Rosario Central but left winner in 1986 and one of the most that fateful afternoon against torrid second half as the tiny club one of my best friends who took shirt. “He started speaking into my having played just one game. astute observers of modern foot- the Albiceleste was almost an af- beat mighty AC Milan 3-2 during me as a kid to play for Sporting ear and wouldn’t stop,” he recalled It was at Central Cordoba, his- ball around, told Movistar+ that: terthought. In order to avoid ac- their 1979 South American tour. Bigand... I’m a solitary person. to reporters. “He even signed a toric poor relations to local giants “His legend is well known in Rosa- cusations of favouring either of In 1976 he received the call When I played at Central Cor- shirt for me and wrote, ‘Trinche, Central and Newell’s Old Boys, rio. He is the symbol of a romantic Rosario’s arch-rivals, Newell’s from Cesar Luis Menotti to doba, if I could I would change you were better than me.’ that he came to the fore, scoring football that practically does not and Central, coaches Juan Carlos join up with the Albiceleste; he by myself in the kitman’s office “The only thing I could answer twice on his debut for the club and exist anymore.” Contemporaries Montes and Carlos Griguol each skipped the call-up. “It was a de- rather than the dressing room. was ‘Diego, now I can leave this in his first season leading the Mat- describe Carlovich as a wizardly agreed to call up five players from light to watch Carlovich play, he I like peace and quiet, it’s not a world in peace, you were the great- ador out of the third-tier Primera mix of Fernando Redondo and their respective sides. The 11th had so much ability on the ball,” question of attitude.” est I ever saw in my lifetime’.” C for the first time in six years. He Juan Roman Riquelme on the field, was Central Cordoba’s talisman. El Flaco told Movistar+ . “I Carlovich remained a legend- Trinche could not have known went on to play over 200 games in with the ability to control a game It was not Carlovich’s ability picked him for the national team ary figure in his native Rosario, how sadly prophetic those words Central Cordoba colours, spaced with one swing of his left foot. that stopped him from going fur- but he didn’t show up. I can’t re- signing autographs and posing would prove, and his death robs out over four separate spells and Legend has it that Bielsa mod- ther, but his stubborn refusal to member if he had gone fishing or for photos with admirers who both Rosario and Argentine foot- marked with 28 official goals. elled his game around Trinche take the game he loved seriously. was on an island: his excuse was due to their age could not have ball as a whole of one of its most So far Carlovich may appear and, after failing to make the A spell at Colon up in Primera fol- that he couldn’t get back because possibly seen him in the flesh engaging, unique characters: proof to be just another lower-league grade as a footballer, followed him lowing his heroics against the Se- the river level was too high.” for Central Cordoba, for whom that away from the intense compe- journeyman, slogging through the around the rundown stadiums of leccion ended after exactly three “I always played the same, he played his last match in 1986, tition and commercial exploitation nether regions of Argentine foot- the Primera B and C for four years games, each of which saw the with the same effort,” the legend but nevertheless swear that he of the modern game, there were ball in a fruitless bid to reach the to watch his every move. It was player retire early through injury, himself explained to El Grafico . was the greatest. His genius was and are figures that take the field big time. According to those who Diego Maradona, however, who before he beat the retreat back to “Maybe if I’d gone to France or forged far from the cameras and for the sheer joy of feeling the ball saw Trinche at his best, though, afforded him the greatest praise: the Matador. the [New York] Cosmos, a chance intense exposure of the modern nestled at their feet. Maradona autographs shirt Bundesliga eyes elbow celebrations to help Buenos Aires poor and away team win if fans turn up AFP The jersey was first offered DPA Buenos Aires at auction, but is being raffled Berlin to those who have given dona- Diego Maradona has lent a tions in an initiative that has Bundesliga footballers will hand in the fight against the collected hygiene products, only be allowed to celebrate to- coronavirus pandemic in his masks and around 100 kilo- gether with “brief elbow or foot hometown by autographing grams (220 pounds) of food contact” when the German foot- an Argentina national team for charity. ball top flight resumes on May jersey for a raffle. “Diego can’t even imagine 16 following the coronavirus The sale raised money for what he has done for us, it’s hiatus, Bild newspaper reported an underprivileged area on priceless. I’ll be grateful to him on Saturday. the outskirts of Buenos Aires until the day I die,” said local Eintracht Frankfurt sport- affected by quarantine rules. resident Marta Gutierrez. ing director Fredi Bobic also A man holds a replica of Argentina’s “We’re going to get In addition to the pan- revealed that away teams would football team jersey used during the through it,” Maradona wrote demic, Argentina is facing a be awarded the points if mass- In this file photo taken on February 18, 2020 Dortmund fans display their team’s logo as the teams walk final of the FIFA World Cup Mexico on the jersey, a replica of the serious economic crisis and es of fans congregrate outside in prior to the UEFA Champions League Last 16 first-leg match BVB Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint- ‘86, handwritten and signed by one he wore when he led his is in laborious negotiations home stadiums for the games Germain (PSG) in Dortmund. (AFP) Argentine former football star Diego country to victory in the 1986 on debt restructuring with behind closed doors. Maradona. (AFP) World Cup. creditors. The German govern- tunnel at different times. The It is not just players and sporting director Fredi Bobic ment gave the green light on report said the DFL document team officials who are being has implored supporters not Wednesday for the German also requests that everyone on asked to change behaviour. to come to home stadiums and first and second divisions to the bench wears a mask and The last nine rounds of the stand outside. Lodi and Remiro test positive as La Liga sides return to training become the first major Euro- that seats are left empty in be- season, which the DFL hopes “We have talked a lot with pean football leagues to re- tween each person. to complete by the end of June, our fans and said: ‘Listen, guys, DPA tograph of Lodi on one of its Barcelona returned to train- sume. But the football experi- “The coach may remove the will be played without fans be- don’t show up at the stadium. If Barcelona social media accounts along- ing on Friday with no players ence will be radically different nose and mouth mask to call out cause of the pandemic. you show up there, we’ll lose the side the caption: “He greets having tested positive. Real to anything seen before. instructions, as long as he keeps Some health experts are game because the rules are very Atletico Madrid returned us from his home. Very soon Madrid also reported no posi- High fives andhugging in a minimum distance of 1.5 me- worried that fans will congre- strict,” Bobic told ESPN, saying to training on Saturday but we will see you back out on the tives. They return to training the case of goals or victories tres from all other people,” Bild gate outside stadiums, increas- the away side would be awarded defender Renan Lodi stayed at pitch Renan.” on Monday. should be avoided, the Bild quoted the document as saying. ing the infection risk. The fear the points if public health is put home after testing positive for Real Sociedad goalkeeper Players are training in report said, citing an inter- Time spent in the dressing has led the English Premier a risk. But Bobic trusts his sup- coronavirus. Alex Remiro is the other high- isolation in the first phase of nal German Football League room should be “limited to a League to consider playing porters will do as they are told. The Brazilian full-back was profile player to be confirmed Spanish football’s return. In (DFL) document. Spitting is necessary minimum”, the paper behind closed door games at “They are smart. They’ve the only player to test positive as having tested positive for one week most clubs expect to also not permitted. There will adds, meaning “30 to 40 min- neutral venues if their season followed the rules over the last in the Atletico squad after tests coronavirus. be able to progress to training be no child mascots, no hand- utes” for each individual. restarts. The Bundesliga is not few weeks and done a lot for the carried out this week. Tests have been carried in small groups of between six shakes, no team photos and The DFL could not be following suit with neutral ven- community, especially the el- The club posted a pho- out at all 20 top division clubs. and eight players. squads will come out of the reached for comment. ues and Eintracht Frankfurt derly,” he said. 12 Sunday, May 10, 2020 Sports

Football has too special a role Amir Khan won’t box behind in Germany, says biathlon’s Dahlmeier closed doors amid virus risk DPA Berlin AFP those fights need a crowd. London “I just feel that for a boxer German Olympic biathlon to walk into an arena and walk champion Laura Dahlmeier Former world champion into a fight having no fans in would have liked to see a later Amir Khan has said he won’t an empty stadium it’s going to restart for the Bundesliga. fight behind closed doors be like walking into a sparring “It is difficult to judge should boxing resume during session so I can’t really see whether this is perverse or the coronavirus outbreak. that working,” he added. simply typical of football,” the British officials are look- “It’s hard to lift yourself seven-times world champion ing at July as a possible return really and get yourself ready told dpa. date for bouts, albeit these for a fight. I can’t see the The Bundesliga and Ger- would take place in the first big names doing that unless man second tier will resume on instance without spectators at there’s ridiculous money from May 16 after being suspended venues. the TV company on the table. for two months because of the “Even though there is big You need the audience there novel coronavirus pandemic. money I wouldn’t be able to to lift your spirits.” The government has given the do it as I need the fan base Meanwhile, Khan ques- green light for the restart un- there,” British boxer Khan tioned whether the health der strictly controlled condi- told the BBC on Saturday. measures proposed by the tions and without fans. “I’ve got three kids. I do so British Boxing Board of Con- much in the sport already and trol for staging bouts amid the I feel I’d rather be 100 per- pandemic, including the test- cent sure before I jump back ing of boxers, who would iso- in,” explained the 33-year- late at designated hotels, and old. officials wearing masks dur- Twice a light-welterweight ing bouts, would be enough world champion after earn- to stop the spread of the virus. ing an Olympic silver medal “What if someone gets as a teenager, Khan won his badly injured or catches last bout with a fourth-round something from his oppo- victory over Billy Dib in Saudi nent?,” he said. Arabia in July to take his pro- “At times when you hit German Olympic biathlon cham- fessional record to 34 wins someone with a shot, the spit pion Laura Dahlmeier. from 39 fights. will come onto you; the sweat Khan has previously made will fall on you. When you hit “Football is above every- it clear he wants to end his someone there is going to be thing else. From my point of career with a lucrative bout blood flying off you and com- view, it would have been good against ring great Manny ing onto you. to wait a little longer, it doesn’t Pacquiao or in an all-British “I just feel like it’s going to have to be played again right No fans, no fight - British boxer Amir Khan.(AFP) contest with Kell Brook -- and be very dangerous.” away,” added the 26-year-old, German sportswoman of the year for 2017. Other top German sports people have criticised the re- sumption of the Bundesliga be- Umtiti suffers calf knock in second Barca training session fore other professional sports with javelin thrower Johannes AFP the 26-year-old would be out at the club’s facility on Friday Vetter, shot-putter Christina Madrid for. The 26-year-old Umtiti after almost two months on Schwanitz and Olympic row- Spanish media report that joined Barca from Lyon in lockdown in defence against ing champion Karl Schulze France defender Samuel he will be unavailable for two 2016 after he helped a virus that has killed over saying it was unfair. Umtiti has picked up a calf or three weeks, so will likely France to the final of 26,0000 in Spain. Dahlmeier, who retired in injury in just the second ses- be back in time for a potential Euro 2016 Footballers in Spain re- 2019, thinks it is important sion since Barcelona returned June 20 restart for football in started training following the “that not only the Bundesliga to training from the corona- Spain as the country attempts announcement last week of plays, but that the relaxation virus quarantine, the Spanish to loosen coronavirus restric- He played 16 times for a government plan that aims of the rules also reaches young champions announced on Sat- tions. the Catalan giants this season to end quarantine for profes- people.” She added: “If little urday. The 26-year-old Umtiti before play was suspended in sional players. boys aren’t allowed to go out Barca said that Umtiti joined Barca from Lyon in March, and was twice injured Individual training ses- for a kick-about, but on TV you picked up an injury to his right 2016 after he helped France to earlier in the campaign, caus- sions are the first step to what can watch Bundesliga again, calf during Saturday’s indi- the final ofE uro 2016. He had ing him to miss 10 matches La Liga hopes will be a return that doesn’t make sense.” Oth- vidual training session at the further success with France in between September and No- to action in June that will This handout pictured made available by FC Barcelona shows Barce- er sporting events must also be club’s Joan Gamper facility, their successful 2018 World vember last year. complete the 2019-20 season lona’s French defender Samuel Umtiti attending a training session at the allowed to start up again too, but did not specify how long Cup campaign. Barca returned to training behind closed doors. Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper in Sant Joan Despi, Spain, on Friday. (AFP) she said. Hamilton says races without fans ‘better Nike’s rivals play catch-up than nothing’ in marathon shoe wars AFP Kipchoge was wearing an unfair”. Paris AlphaFly prototype boasting “It was equivalent to let- three carbon-fibre plates when ting one group of pole vaulters When Eliud Kipchoge made he dipped under two hours in use fibreglass while everyone history by beating the two- Vienna on October 12, while else was consigned to bamboo hour mark for the marathon, fellow Kenyan Brigid Kosgei or some other stiff material,” the Kenyan was wearing a was in ZoomX Vaporfly Next% Burfoot told AFP. pair of controversial Nike run- shoes featuring a single plate Burns, who competes in- ning shoes that has sent rival when she set a startling new ternationally in ultramara- companies scrambling to play women’s record of 2hr 14min thons, said it was now a ques- catch-up in a business worth 04sec in Chicago a day later. tion of “how much we want billions of dollars. Critics have been quick to performances to be feats of The likes of Adidas, Asics, question the advantage Nike- engineering”. Lewis Hamilton said the virus shutdown was also an opportunity to Brooks, Hoka, New Balance wearing athletes suddenly en- Burfoot argues that other reflect. (AFP) and Saucony have recently joyed. That led to World Ath- manufacturers had been left released or are about to unveil letics eventually stepping in to for dust. DPA like a test day. But...racing is their own carbon-fibre ver- limit the thickness of the sole “The world woke up to a Berlin racing. I really, really do miss sions of running shoes. to 40 millimetres (Vaporfly new reality. But it wasn’t easy it,” he added, saying he could Critics claim the new shoes are 36mm) and one embed- for other shoe companies to Formula One world cham- not remember the last time he are the equivalent of mechani- ded plate, while also insisting Rival brands are racing to keep up with Nike and the revolutionary catch up to Nike -- it took pion Lewis Hamilton believes spent six weeks in the same cal doping, while supporters that running shoes had to be shoes that helped Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge become the first man time, and trial and error--and races without spectators are place. hail them as a revolutionary commercially available from ever to run a marathon in under two hours in Vienna in October we still don’t know how much not ideal but worthwhile if it Generally Hamilton is technical advance in footwear mid-March to be allowed in 2019 with an unofficial time of 1hr 59min 40.2sec.(AFP) they have closed the gap.” means the season can start. hoping the coronavirus out- after decades of stagnation. elite competition -- that is, no Running shoe expert F1 is planning to begin break proves to have brought Nike said its Vaporfly more prototypes. Burns said in terms of the ri- without fans in Austria on July about some good - despite range, unveiled in 2016, was Geoff Burns, a biomechan- vals’ new shoes “there are only 5 with the first 10 races of the high death tolls across the an “example of how product ics and sport performance re- one or two that may be getting season postponed or cancelled world. design can capture the fasci- searcher at the University of close to Nike’s”. due to the coronavirus crisis. “What is great is I’m get- nation of an entire sporting Michigan, said the introduc- “It seems that most other “I don’t know how excit- ting messages from people community and, more broad- tion of Vaporflys had been a companies have made shoes ing it is going to be for people around the world who are ly, inspire new benchmarks of tipping point. that are a step forward from watching on TV but it is going struggling during this period athletic potential”, boasting an “Previously, the optimal- their previous racing shoes, to be better than nothing,” the because they are not getting to improvement in times by up to ity equation for racing shoes but I’d be surprised if any of 35-year-old said in a video in- watch sports. And it just shows four percent. was to provide a little bit of them are quite as beneficial as terview published by his Mer- how significant sport is in peo- Elite athletes wearing cushion at the lightest possible Kipchoge’s controversial Nike AlphaFly prototype shoes contained the original Vaporfly 4% from cedes team on Saturday. ple’s lives. It brings us all to- versions of the Vaporfly, the weight,” Burns told AFP. three carbon-fibre plates which give a propulsive sensation to each three years ago, let alone the “The more fans there, the gether,” he said. carbon plates of which lend a “The new foam allowed stride. (AFP) newer iterations.” more atmosphere you have. “You have to look at the propulsive sensation to every engineers and biomechanists Adidas, Asics, Brooks and It is going to be very empty.” positives...the skies are clear- stride, have set a rash of per- to re-think the architecture of stagnant for the better part of of Runner’s World magazine, Saucony, following Nike and Grands prix without fans are er. I think people are probably sonal bests and Nike runners what was on someone’s foot, four decades.” said he thought the unan- Hoka, are releasing marathon expected to take place until appreciating this time more, have practically swept the and they demonstrated that nounced introduction of the shoes this year on sale to all at least September. F1 hopes their families more, their rela- board in long-distance events substantial gains in perfor- ‘Absolutely unfair ‘ Nike shoes in 2016, particu- runners, in time for the Tokyo to pack in as many as 18 races tionships more. -- they took 31 of the 36 podi- mance were still on the table Amby Burfoot, winner of larly at the US Olympic Mara- Olympics, postponed to next before the end of the season, “I really hope we all can um places at the six marathon with equipment modifications the 1968 Boston marathon thon Trials and the Rio Olym- year because of the coronavi- with a schedule expected soon. grow from this experience and majors last year. despite having been largely and a former editor-in-chief pics, had been “absolutely rus pandemic. “For us it is going to be I hope it passes soon.” Sports Sunday, May 10, 2020 13 India to accept QSTK600 champ Qubaisi joins quarantine to save Aussie Test series QORC Moto at last minute AFP struggling during the corona- Sydney virus shutdown. QORC MOTO ENTRY LIST Revenue from the series QSTK Trophy India’s cricket team is pre- is so important to Cricket winner Parola Group A pared to undergo quarantine Australia that it has proposed # Rider Team to salvage a money-spinning adding a fifth Test, which also in the fray 3 Alexander Qabazard/Kuwaiti AlexQabazard Test series against Australia, a would mean ditching a one- 5 Ali al Ansari Ali_Al-Ansari63 top official said on Friday, but off Test against Afghanistan Tribune News Network 7 Hadi Ahmed Hade_Ahmed_QMMF there was less optimism about in November. DOHA 8 Hamad al Sahouti Hamad_alsahouti8has this year’s Twenty20 World Dhumal said it was “too 11 Jeremy Parola jeremy_parola5 Cup taking place Down Under. early” to make a call on ex- Reigning QSTK600 cham- 12 Joshua Ilano JOSHUA_ILANO Virat Kohli’s men are tending the Test series, sug- pion Abdulla al Qubaisi will 13 Sheikh Khaled al Thani Khaled_f_Althani scheduled to contest a four gesting Indian broadcasters compete in the Qatar Online 16 Mohamad al Eidi/Kuwaiti ALEidiMohamad Test series in Australia to- would prefer more limited Racing Championship Moto, 20 Sheikh Soud al Thani Soud_Althani wards the end of the year but overs matches instead because turning out to be the last-min- 21 Yacob Azadi Yacob_Azadi_QORC will need to isolate for two they generate more money. ute addition to the grid. weeks under current COV- “They will want to have The lung-opener of the Group B ID-19 rules. revenue and revenue most three-race qualifying will 1 Abdulla al Abassi AL__Abbasi Board of Control for Crick- likely will come from ODIs or begin on Sunday at 10 pm. 2 Abdulla al Qubaisi Alqubaisi8 et in India treasurer Arun T20s much more than a Test Twenty-one riders are in the 4 Ali Ahmed/Kuwaiti Ali_Ahmed_BS Dhumal said the Test team match,” he said. fray and the Group A of 10 rid- were willing to make that sac- While it would be rela- 6 Antoine Baaklini ant1baaklini ers will compete first, while rifice to save theseries, which tively straightforward for 9 Hamad al Sulaiti HamadAlsulaiti_1 the Group B will get going at cash-strapped Cricket Austral- Australia’s government to 11.30 pm. Other two races are 10 Sheikh Jassim al Thani jassimalthani90 ia desperately needs to replen- allow the Indian team to en- scheduled on Tuesday and QSTK600 champion Abdulla al Qubaisi is flanked by runner-up Saeed 14 Khalid al Maraghi Khalid_Al-Maraghi ish its coffers. ter the country for a bilateral Thursday. After the qualifying, al Sulaiti (left) and third-placed Mashel al Naimi in Losail. 15 Martin Robinson Martin_Robinson5 “There is no choice -- eve- series, Dhumal said staging six best from each group will 17 Mohamad al Zaidan/Kuwaiti Mohamadalzaidan ryone will have to do that the 16-nation T20 World Cup advance to the final, to be held 18 Saad al Harqan saad__alharqan (quarantine). You would want was another matter. over three races. 19 Saeed al Sulaiti saeedalsulaiti11 to resume the cricket,” Dhu- He also questioned wheth- Though the field is small, it mal told Fairfax newspapers. er elite players would be ready is quite rich with four current QORC Observer: Omar Aswat; Timekeeping Officer: Aaron Limbago “Two weeks is not that for the October tournament. and previous Qatar Super- long a lockdown.” “They will have been out of stock Series champions figur- which also has QSTK Trophy cording to Executive Director Australia this month de- cricket for a long time. Would ing in the second edition of the winner Jeremy Parola. The Amro al Hamad. “Though not throned India as the world’s you want to be without train- QORC. Also in the mix is the French rider pulled off a series big, the grid is an interest- top-ranked Test team, set- ing for that long and straight Qatar Touring Car Champion- of impressive performances to ing mix of strong real life rid- ting up the series as a block- away go and play [the] World ship M240 Class runner-up top the standings with a mas- ers and drivers. After three buster rivalry. Cup?” he asked. Hamad al Sulaiti, who secured sive 231 points. Zaidan was qualifying races, six top riders The series would also gen- “That is a call every the second place in the recent- runner-up to Shiekh Jassim al from each group will make it erate hundreds of millions of board has to take. It seems ly-concluded QORC Auto. Thani in the QSTK Trophy in to the finals. There are three dollars for a host organisation to be difficult.” Qubaisi, who edged de- the 2018-19 season. races in the finals and best fending champion and his With these riders swap- five finishers will be rewarded mentor Saeed al Sulaiti with a QSTK Trophy winner Jeremy ping their bikes with video with QR15,000, QR13,000, double win in the final round Parola of France. QSTK300 Supersport winner games consoles, it would be QR10,000, QR6000 and to be crowned the new winner Hamad al Sahouti interesting to see their mental QR5,000. of the QSTK600 this season in Friday at 3 pm. skills. “The QORC Auto was a Pak players push March, was the last entrant in Both Qubaisi and Sulaiti perstock Championship regu- The Group A also has huge success. We hope the the online competition. The are in the same Group B, along larly along with Alexander Sheikh Soud al Thani, who QORC Moto will be equally Qatar Motor and Motorcycle with 2018-19 QSTK Trophy Qabazard and Mohammad al was fourth in the QSTK600 thrilling. The basic aim of back boundaries Federation (QMMF), which is champion Sheikh Jassim al Eidi. this season and grabbed the these events was to keep riders hosting the event to keep driv- Thani, QORC Auto runner-up Qabazard produced re- fourth prize in the QORC Auto and drivers community busy ers and riders community en- Sulaiti. Also present are two of markable results this season as well, and Hamad al Sahouti, with online challenges. We with Zoom cricket gaged in competition and save the four Kuwaitis in the event. and shared the third place in the current QSTK 300 Super- succeeded in that and we also them during the coronavirus Mohammad Zaidan and Ali the QSTK Trophy with Hassan sport champion. succeeded in creating a strong AFP was the captain,” he added. pandemic by keeping them Ahmed Boushehri have been Ali al Mansoori. Qabazard and Top five finishers will be platform for the future events Islamabad “(We) just made it into a home, closed the entries on competing in the Qatar Su- Eidi are placed in the Group A, rewarded by the QMMF, ac- as well,” added Hamad. funny little incident.” Bored during Pakistan’s Cricket, like most other coronavirus lockdown, Test sport, is on hold during the batsman Shan Masood put on pandemic, much to the frus- his helmet, picked up his bat tration of players and fans. Vanessa Bryant sues Silver presents NBA players roadmap for the future -- and Zoom cricket was born. Masood said Pakistan’s Masood, 30, was video- squad had been training at LA County sheriff over AFP ion executive director Michele number of American states, the chatting with teammates when home -- sometimes using Los Angeles Roberts. league believes it would be safer they grabbed their cricket gear staircases and armchairs as Kobe crash site photos Silver told the players that to return to action in just one or and pretended to play a match. gym equipment -- to prepare Adam Silver said on Friday a if there is no vaccine the league two sites, with Orlando and Las “A couple of us guys were for cricket’s return. AFP decision on when the NBA can could end up playing with no Vegas being the frontrunners. talking on Zoom and it was “Everyone’s been training, Los Angeles restart could come sometime in fans in the stands into 2021, US “There’s no point in add- pretty late at night and some- everyone’s been being good, June with the league looking to media said. ing risk for flying all of you city body just picked up a ball,” and also that we have to take Vanessa Bryant is suing the play out of one or two hubs with He wants daily testing for all to city if there’s not going to be Masood told AFP. into account that this is the Los Angeles County sheriff’s Orlando and Las Vegas being players and those testing posi- fans. We think it would be safer “He had a ball (in) his month of Ramadan and it’s department over unauthor- the lead contenders. tive quarantined. The games to be in a single location, or two hand and eventually all of us harder to train,” said Masood. ised photographs of the scene Speaking in a conference would go on with officials mak- locations, to start,” he said in a got kitted up and we played... “Hopefully that when- at the helicopter crash that call open to all NBA players and ing sure the others were all con- recording of the call obtained by a made-up cricket match.” ever this thing ends... all this killed her husband, NBA leg- designed to update them on the stantly being monitored and ESPN. “So that was quite a funny hard work that we’re putting end Kobe Bryant, and their league’s status among the COV- tested. Silver also said one of the moment where I kind of had in right now, even with un- 13-year-old daughter Gianna. ID-19 pandemic shutdown, With travel problematic “single greatest challenges of my helmet on. Hassan Ali was certainty around, it (will) be People magazine ob- the league commissioner was amid social distancing and our lives” was having fans in seaming into the ball, Imam ul translated into cricketing per- tained the legal claim filed on joined on the call by players’ un- stay-at-home requirements in a attendance because 40 percent Haq was fielding, Wahab Riaz formances.” Friday in which Vanessa Bry- ant seeks damages for emo- tional distress and mental anguish in the wake of rev- In this file photo taken on Febru- elations that eight sheriff’s ary 24, 2020, Kobe Bryant’s wife department deputies took Vanessa Bryant speaks during Brady to visit New Orleans in NFL week one graphic photos of the scene the “Celebration of Life for Kobe and shared them with others. and Gianna Bryant” service at AFP sure we are following any guide- Garoppolo will face Be- Kobe and Gianna Bryant Staples Center in Downtown Los Los Angeles lines as it pertains to governors’ lichick, who sent him to were among nine people who Angeles. (AFP) stay-at-home orders and poli- San Francisco for a second- died in the January 26 heli- Tom Brady’s first game with cies. Let’s make sure we are fol- round pick in 2017. Stidham copter crash in the moun- Villanueva said in March the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lowing those guidelines. We are will be under the microscope tains west of Los Angeles. that the department had will be September 13 in New preparing to play a full season.” as he tries to fill Brady’s According to the court identified the deputies in- Orleans as the NFL released The Los Angeles Rams will massive shoes. filing obtained by People, volved and ensured that the its much-anticipated schedule, play their inaugural game in The inaugural home game “no fewer than eight sheriff’s photos were destroyed so indicating it plans to start the the new SoFi Stadium against for the Las Vegas Raiders will deputies were at the scene that they could not be circu- season on time despite the cor- the Dallas Cowboys on Sep- be Monday, September 21 snapping cell-phone photos lated further. onavirus pandemic. tember 13. The stadium, lo- against the Saints. of the dead children, par- At that time Vanessa Bry- Brady will face Drew Brees cated in the south-central Los The 49ers lost 31-20 to ents, and coaches. ant asked for an internal af- and the Saints on the road Angeles suburb of Inglewood, the Chiefs in the Super Bowl “As the Department fairs investigation and sanc- three days after the Kansas City is also home to the Los Ange- last season. Kansas City’ first would later admit, there was tions for all involved. Chiefs open defence of their Su- les Chargers, who kick off their game will be the rematch of a no investigative purpose for “Rather than formally per Bowl title against the Hou- home schedule against the divisional playoff contest from deputies to take pictures at investigate the allegations ston Texans in two can’t-miss Chiefs on September 20. January, when the Chiefs over- the crash site. Rather, the to identify the extent of dis- encounters revealed Thursday Brady joined Tampa Bay came a 24-0 deficit to stun the deputies took photos for their semination and contain the during the announcement of in March, signing a two-year, Texans 51-31. own personal purposes.” spread of the photos, De- the league’s full schedule. $50-million contract after an The only people author- partment leadership report- NFL Vice-President Troy all-star career with the New X’mas Day contest ized to take pictures of the edly told deputies that they Vincent said they are hoping to England Patriots. The NFL will play one game scene were investigators would face no discipline if open on time despite the global The six-time Super Bowl- on Christmas Day, which falls from the National Transpor- they just deleted the pho- outbreak, which has shut down winning quarterback will be In this file photo taken on January 4, 2020, Tom Brady of the New on a Friday, with the Minnesota tation Safety Board and the tos,” the filing reads, accord- the NHL, NBA and postponed reunited in Florida with one of England Patriots warms up on the sideline during the the AFC Wild Vikings visiting the Saints. The coroner’s office. ing to People. MLB’s opening day. his favourite targets, tight end Card Playoff game against the Tennessee Titans at Gillette Stadium last time the league scheduled a Sheriff Alex Villanueva The legal claim also states The 17-week regular season Rob Gronkowski. in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Brady’s first game with the Tampa Bay game on a Friday was 11 years acknowledged in March that that Vanessa Bryant has been is due to conclude January 3, Gronkowski retired in Buccaneers will be September 13 in New Orleans as the NFL released ago. deputies had taken photos of made aware that some of the and the playoffs will culminate March 2019 after he had suf- its much-anticipated schedule, indicating it plans to start the season The three-game Thanksgiv- the crash scene, after the Los photos have surfaced on the with the Super Bowl on Febru- fered about 20 concussion in on time despite the coronavirus pandemic. (AFP) ing Day schedule features the Angeles Times reported the internet. ary 7 in Tampa. his career, but came out of Texans at the Detroit Lions, existence of the pictures. “This (lawsuit) solely is “The plan is to move for- retirement to follow Brady Stid improves to go. We will see where it the Washington Redskins at Entertainment news about enforcing accountabil- ward as normal, play a full to Tampa. “Stid worked hard last takes us.” the Cowboys and the Baltimore website TMZ.com reported ity, protecting the victims schedule until the medical New England, who will be year. He was our backup The Patriots also have Ravens battling the Pittsburgh then that a bartender had and making sure no one ever community tells us otherwise,” quarterbacked this season by quarterback, and he made a a matchup against another Steelers. lodged a complaint after has to deal with this conduct Vincent told the NFL Network. Brady’s 2019 understudy Jar- lot of progress in offseason,” of Brady’s former backups, Veteran quarterback Philip hearing a trainee sheriff’s in the future,” a spokesper- “Our approach is to make rett Stidham, will open at home said New England coach Bill Jimmy Garoppolo, when they Rivers will make his Indianapo- deputy showing the images son for the Bryant family sure we are responsible with a against the Miami Dolphins on Belichick on Thursday. “He host the San Francisco 49ers lis Colts’ debut on September 13 to a customer in a bar. told People. proper plan. We want to make September 13. will get out there and be ready on October 25. at Jacksonville.