Al Attiyah Rallies to Seal Second Spot in Moscow
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SPORT Saturday 28 July 2018 PAGE | 18 PAGE | 19 England’s Rashid Ferrari’s Vettel hits back at dominates Vaughan’s comments Hungarian practice IAAF announces four-year partnership with QNB THE PENINSULA events including the much antic- The four-year deal will see the leading financial institution enhancing our sport at a local, elite and grassroots level”. ipated IAAF World Athletics in the Middle East and Africa involved in all IAAF World regional and global level.” Through this partnership, the DOHA: Qatar National Bank Championships 2019 in Doha Athletic Series events including the IAAF World Athletics For its part, QNB has Bank aims to support the IAAF to (QNB) and the IAAF have inked a next year, as well as the annual Championships 2019 in Doha next year. expressed pride to establish a deliver an innovative, creative new multiple-year partnership, Doha Diamond League meeting. relationship with the IAAF and to and exciting event that engages the world athletics governing The agreement will also see support athletics. “As a sport it new fans, new athletes and new body announced on their official QNB roll out a country-wide change in the country and announcement is so exciting. transcends boundaries and audiences and unlocks this web portal, yesterday. school engagement programme, overseas. With the addition of QNB to the borders, it pushes human region’s potential to host global QNB, the largest financial focused on inspiring the next gen- Speaking on the launch of the athletics family we now have a endeavour and inspires the next mega events. institution in the Middle East and eration of Qataris to take up ath- new partnership, IAAF president partner that shares our vision for generation to realise their ambi- Qatar has been hosting inter- Africa became the latest addition letics and lead active healthy life- Sebastian Coe said: “As the the sport and has the reach to tions through hard work. Next national athletics events for more to the governing body’s roster of styles. For QNB the important number one global sport, bringing help inspire more people by year’s championships will be a than 21 years, starting from the first- official partners, it said. partnership will allow a strategic the emotion and excitement of sharing the stories of our talented game-changing moment for the ever IAAF Grand Prix in 1997 (which As an official IAAF partner, expansion of a company initiative athletics to new communities has athletes. The partnership will sport in Qatar and will help later became the Doha Diamond QNB will be present and involved to use sport and physical exercise always been the guiding principle help us explore creative ways to embed a healthy active culture League in 2010) and the IAAF World in all IAAF World Athletics Series as a vehicle for positive social of the IAAF and that’s why this make this ambition a reality, within the country, both at an Indoor Championships 2010. Al Attiyah rallies to seal second spot in Moscow THE PENINSULA MOSCOW: Overdrive Racing’s Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah claimed the third quickest time on the final stage of the Silk Way Rally between Lipetsk and Moscow yesterday and were placed second overall in the general classification. The Qatari and French navigator Matthieu Baumel set a time of 58min 02sec on the weather-shortened special and, in so doing, headed for the finish in Red Square 1hr Overdrive Racing’s Qatari driver Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah (right) and 08min 12sec behind race winner Yazeed Al Rajhi. French co-drive Mathieu Baumel celebrate with their trophies after Frenchman Matthieu Serradori confirmed third place finishing second in the Silk Way Rally 2018, at the Red Square in Moscow, and former rally leader Harry Hunt confirmed the stage win Russia yesterday. from Spaniard Joan Roma. Russia’s Sergei Kariakin finished 2018 SILK WAY RALLY fourth. YESTERDAY’S RESULTS “It’s great to reach the finish after our week was beset 1. Harry Hunt (GBR)/Sebastien Delaunay (FRA) with several delays and little problems,” said Al Attiyah. Peugeot 3008 DKR 49min 54sec “This was not the result we wanted but we lost a lot of 2. Joan Roma (ESP)/Alex Haro (ESP) MINI John time earlier in the race with the differential problem and the Cooper Works Rally 52min 18sec drive shaft and we came back strongly at the finish to take 3. Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah (QAT)/Matthieu Baumel second place.” Al Attiyah’s Silk Way Rally challenge ran with (FRA) Toyota Hilux Overdrive 58min 02sec support from Red Bull, the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Fed- 4. Matthieu Serradori (FRA)/Fabian Lurquin eration (QMMF), Ooredoo Qatar and Toyota GAZOO Racing. (BEL) MCM Original 1hr 00min 32sec Al Attiyah followed Al Rajhi into the last of the special 5. Yazeed Al Rajhi (SAU)/T Gottschalk (DEU) stages between Lipetsk and Moscow. But weather condi- MINI John Cooper Works Rally 1hr 01min 34sec tions in recent days had made one particular water crossing impossible. Race officials decided to start the last 191km OVERALL STANDINGS section from PC1, after 112km. 1. Yazeed Al Rajhi (SAU)/Timo Gottschalk (DEU) Andrey Rudskoy stopped with technical issues after just - 23hrs 49min 14sec five kilometres and that put his hold on fifth position in 2. Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah (QAT)/Matthieu jeopardy. Italy’s Marco Piana, who had towed Serradori for Baumel (FRA) - 24hrs 57min 26sec 180km on Thursday, stopped to assist the Russian on the 3. Matthieu Serradori (FRA)/Fabian Lurquin 79km finale but he lost over an hour in any case. (BEL) - 28hrs 56min 21sec Al Attiyah led from Serradori and Al Rajhi after 37km, 4. Sergei Kariakin (RUS)/Anton Vlasiuk (RUS) but Al Rajhi stayed clear of trouble to reach the finish and - 31hrs 22min 27sec confirm outright victory with the stage win falling to Hunt Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah and navigator Matthieu Baumel driving their Toyota Hilux during the final stage 5. Mariia Oparina (RUS)/Taisiia Shtaneva (RUS) from Roma and Al Attiyah. of the Silk Way Rally in Russia yesterday. - 32hrs 32min 57sec Five-star Bounedjah helps Al Sadd win big in Austria CHINTHANA WASALA Out of the three friendlies, THE PENINSULA the men in black and white suf- fered one loss when they lost to DOHA: Al Sadd’s goal machine German club MSV Duisburg 4-1 Baghdad Bounedjah scored five where Hamroun scored the only goals as the Qatari football giants goal for the Qatari team. thrashed Slovenian club NK Krka Bounedjah’s brilliant form is 8-1 in Austria yesterday. good news for coach Ferreira’s Ahmed Sayyar, Akram Afif side who begins the 2018-19 and Jugurtha Hamroun rounded Qatar Stars League campaign up Al Sadd’s impressive score in against Al Kharaitiyat at the the third and final friendly of Khalifa International Stadium on their pre-season camp in Europe. August 5. Earlier this week, the Wolves, Al Sadd, led by Barca legend coached by Portuguese tactician Xavi, are also vying for a spot in Jesualdo Ferreira, convincingly the AFC Champions League outplayed Slovenian second tier semi-finals when they take on club NK Radomlje 4-1 in their Iran’s Esteghlal FC in the second friendly encounter in knockouts on August 27. Austria. Bounedjah also shares the top Pedro Miguel, Hamza Al goal scorers spot in this season’s Al Sadd’s Baghdad Bounedjah (centre) is congratulated by team-mates Akram Afif (left) and Sanhaji, Ahmed Sayyar and Xavi AFC Champions League (9) along skipper Xavi Hernandez during their third and final friendly match of the pre-season camp Hernandez were on target with Al Duhail’s Moroccan star in Austria against Slovenian side NK Krka yesterday. against the Austrians. Youssef El Arabi. SATURDAY 28 JULY 2018 SPORT 17 Big names are ‘easiest’ to train, says Tuchel REUTERS “In the end, all of these guys were somewhere as a five or six-year-old SINGAPORE: New Paris St Germain standing with a ball under his arm, manager Thomas Tuchel is relishing the playing on the beach, the houses, the prospect of working with the big players streets...,” he added. at the club, such as Neymar, Gianluigi “It’s in them all and we want to find Buffon and Kylian Mbappe, with the this and bring it out and enjoy it, and the German saying they are the “easiest” to hard work, being aware of the signs they train. give inside and outside the club. The former Borussia Dortmund coach “This was one of the reasons why I replaced Spaniard Unai Emery, who has took this opportunity. To train with all since joined Arsenal, in the French capital these personalities and this talent.” in May but is undaunted by the prospect Tuchel had been linked in the British of dealing with a dressing room full of media with the Arsenal job but the big egos after a year out of the game. German said it was never something he “In my experience the biggest players had considered and he was fully com- are the easiest players to deal with as they mitted to the project of leading the want to compete and they want to win,” French treble winners to further success. the 44-year-old told reporters in Sin- “I made my decision to join Paris St gapore yesterday, a day ahead of a pre- German before Arsene Wenger made his season friendly against Arsenal. decision to leave Arsenal,” he added of “I am not here to teach them football the Frenchman, who ended his 22-year and how to play, I am here to help them tenure in North London in May.