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Sport TUEsday 17 August 2021 Bowlers shine as thrash Super proud of the whole team, the way we stuck to our plans... being put in, our performance with the bat was outstanding. The pitch didn’t offer much for the first three days... but we thought with 60 overs to go (on the final day) we could have a crack, and they (the bowlers) were outstanding.

Virat Kohli Sport | 14 : India 364 (Rahul 129, Anderson 5-62) & 298 for 8 dec. (Rahane 61) beat England 391 (Root 180*, Siraj 4-94) & 120 (Siraj 4-32) Nine Super League rebel clubs retain ECA membership

The Peninsula/Agencies – DOHA After an exhaustive process of football. The ECA can now The re-joining clubs have re-engagement by the clubs and proceed with renewed unity and already agreed to a financial set- The European Club Association re-assessment by ECA over recent solidarity to continue the tlement with UEFA, accepting (ECA), led by its Chairman months, the Association's Exec- important work needed to sta- fines as an acknowledgement of Nasser Ghanim Al Khelaifi utive Board took into consider- bilise and develop European club wrongdoing for trying to split (pictured), yesterday announced ation the clubs’ acknowledgement football – at a time when this is from existing competition struc- that it will accept requests made that the so-called European Super needed the most. tures. They made a combined by nine clubs to retain ECA League (ESL) project was not in Twelve founding Super League payment of €15m ($18m) and will membership, completing the the interests of the wider football clubs, including Real Madrid, Bar- give up 5% of revenue for one reintegration of the breakaway community and their publicly celona and Juventus quit the ECA season playing in . clubs into European football for communicated decisions to in April when they reneged on pre- In a move to prevent them the 2019-2023 ECA membership abandon the Project vious commitments to UEFA to deploying the Super League threat cycle. completely. launch the League. again, the clubs have also agreed Six English clubs - Arsenal, The decision of the ECA and The nine clubs now reinte- to be fined €100m if they seek Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester its chairman Al Khelaifi marks the grated into the ECA collapsed the again to play in an unauthorised City, Manchester United and end of a regrettable and turbulent project when they abandoned the competition or €50m if they Tottenham - will be members of episode for European football and Super League amid a backlash breach any other commitments ECA again along with AC Milan, aligns with ECA’s relentless focus from governing bodies and sup- to UEFA as part of the Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid. to strengthen unity in European porters - particularly in England. settlement. Djokovic and Barty on top of tennis world rankings

QNA – London

The new monthly ranking of tennis professionals, issued yesterday, did not witness any changes in the top ten, with Serbian Novak Djokovic still topping the rankings with 12,113 points. Djokovic is followed by Russian Daniil Medvedev with 10,620 points in the second place, Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas Khalil Ahmad Al Mohannadi, President of the Arab Table Tennis Federation (ATTF) and Table Tennis Association, posing for a photograph with the men's doubles third with 8350 points and champions of the Arab Table Tennis Championships, Qatar's Ahmed Khalil Al Muhannadi and Mohammed Abdul Wahab and their coach in Amman, , yesterday. Spain’s Rafael Nadal in fourth Ahmed and Mohammed defeated their Bahraini counterparts in straight sets yesterday. RIGHT: Qatari medallists with officials. position with 7,815 points. German Alexander Zverev is fifth with 7,263 points. The latest ranking saw Arab Table Tennis Championships: Medvedev enhance his position in the ATP world rankings after winning the fifth “Toronto” Canadian Masters title, at the expense of Qatar finish second with 19 medals American Riley Opelka. With regards to the rest of QNA/The Peninsula – Amman the players ranked in the top ten of the standings, Austrian Qatar’s teams made outstanding Dominic Thiem comes in sixth achievements at the Arab Table place with 7005 points, then Tennis Championships in Jordan, Russian Andrey Rublev is in winning 19 medals, including 4 gold seventh place with 6005 medals, to occupy the second place points, Italian Matteo Ber- in the overall standings. rettini is in eighth place with won the first place in the 5533 points, Swiss Roger tournament which witnessed strong Federer is in ninth place with competitions which took place amidst 4215 points and Canadian extraordinary circumstances due to Denis Shapovalov in tenth the COVID-19 pandemic. place with 3,625 points. Qatar's impressive show yes- Among the women, Aus- terday included a brilliant per- tralian Ashleigh Barty main- formance by Ahmed Khalil Al tained the top spot in the WTA Muhannadi and Mohammed Abdul rankings with 9,635 points, Wahab who emerged men's doubles followed by Japans Naomi champions after defeating their Bah- Osaka with 7,336 points and raini counterparts in straight sets Belarus Arina Sabalenka in (15-13, 11-6, 11-3). third spot with 6,845 points. In another final yesterday, Qatar's American Sofia Kenin is Sultan Al Kuwari and Ahmed Eid went ranked fourth with 5,640 down fighting in a thriller against points, while Ukrainian Elina to earn a silver medal. Ahmed Svitolina advanced one rank. Jabbar and Abdullah Abdel Wahab She finished fifth with 5,035 were crowned with the silver medal of points. the U19 doubles while Maryam Ali and The ranking also saw Shawq Al Abdullah captured the bronze Czech Karolina Pliskova medal in the U-15 women’s doubles. Director of National Team for Age care of all age groups and players. advance to sixth place with The club competitions will kick Groups Khalid Ali Al Kuwari Khalil Ahmad Al Mohannadi, 4,850 points, Poland’s Iga off today with Al Sadd SC and Qatar expressed his delight with the accom- President of the Arab Table Tennis Qatar's Ahmed Khalil Al Muhannadi and Swiatek to seventh place with SC representing Qatar in the men’s plishments of Qatar’s paddlers during Federation and Qatar Table Tennis Mohammed Abdul Wahab in action against 4,550 points, while Canadian competitions, and Qatar Women club the Championships, indicating that Association also congratulated Qatari their Bahraini counterparts during the men's Bianca Andreescu fell to eighth i n t h e l a d i e s ’ the Qatari table tennis is moving in players on their outstanding doubles final, yesterday. place with 4,431 points. completions. the right direction as long as it takes performance. Vinales joins Aprilia after Yamaha fall-out Reuters – SPIELBURG race winner had fallen out with the Jap- Vinales, who started out in 125cc with anese manufacturer already before that Aprilia, won the Moto3 championship in Spanish MotoGP rider Maverick Vinales already and was due to leave at the end 2013 with KTM. (pictured) will race for Aprilia next of the season after terminating his con- The Spaniard has signed a one- season after falling out with Yamaha, the tract a year early. year deal with an option to renew Italian team announced yesterday. He apologised on Sunday for actions and will partner compatriot Aleix The 26-year-old was suspended by he said were due to frustration. Espargaro at Aprilia, who are the Yamaha factory team last week and “We are extremely happy to racing as a full factory team from withdrawn from Sunday’s Austrian announce that we have signed Maverick 2022, in place of Italian Lorenzo Grand Prix for allegedly trying to Vinales, a very high-level rider and one Savadori. destroy his bike’s engine at the of the purest talents in the premier cat- Vinales and Espargaro were previous race. egory,” said Aprilia Racing CEO Massimo previously team-mates at Suzuki Novak Djokovic The nine-times MotoGP Rivola in a statement. in 2015-16. Sport TUESday 17 August 2021 14 Bowlers shine as India thrash England

Reuters – LONDON

India’s pacemen produced a terrific display of swing to crush England by 151 runs in the second Test at Lord’s yesterday, taking a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. England were bowled out for 120 in pursuit of a target of 272 on the final day, succumbing to the steady pressure built up by the Indian bowlers. (3-33) got India off to the perfect start by removing Rory Burns for a duck in the first over before (1-13) pro- duced an unplayable out-swinger to get the better of fellow opener Dom Sibley, also for naught. Bumrah got the big of the in-form (33) soon Indian players celebrate as Mohammed Shami takes the wicket of England’s Dom Sibley on the final Scoreboard after tea, the England skipper day of the second Test at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London, Britain, yesterday. India 1st Innings...... 364 England 2nd innings edging to opposite number Virat England 1st Innings...... 391 Rory Burns c Siraj b Bumrah ...... 0 Kohli at first slip. INDIA 2nd Innings Dominic Sibley c Pant b Shami ...... 0 , who was dropped “The pitch didn’t offer much and Bumrah (34 ) The England players cut a KL Rahul c Buttler b Wood...... 5 Haseeb Hameed lbw I Sharma ...... 9 on two by Kohli, briefly for the first three days... but we thwarted the England attack frustrated figure, with Mark c Ali b Wood...... 21 Joe Root c Kohli b Jasprit Bumrah ...... 33 threatened to salvage a draw for thought with 60 overs to go (on with some gutsy strokeplay. Wood and Buttler getting into a c Root b Wood...... 45 lbw I Sharma...... 2 c Buttler b Curran...... 20 Jos Buttler c Pant b Siraj ...... 25 the hosts but all hopes of such a the final day) we could have a Shami was particularly verbal altercation with Bumrah c Buttler b Ali...... 61 c Kohli b Siraj ...... 13 were extinguished by crack, and they (the bowlers) impressive, taking 10 runs off over what seemed like a c Buttler b Robinson ...... 22 c Pant b Siraj ...... 0 Mohammed Siraj (4-32), who were outstanding.” one Moeen Ali over just before response to the Indian fast b Ali ...... 3 Ollie Robinson lbw Bumrah...... 9 accounted for both Buttler and Earlier, India declared on lunch, which included a huge six bowler’s barrage of bouncers lbw Robinson ...... 16 Not Out ...... 0 James Anderson in the same 298-8 after Shami and Bumrah over mid-wicket to bring up his aimed at Anderson at the end of Mohammed Shami Not Out ...... 56 James Anderson b Siraj 0 over, handing India only their put on an unbeaten partnership half-. day three. Jasprit Bumrah Not Out ...... 34 Extras: 17b, 7lb, 4nb, 0pen, 1w...... 29 Extras 2b 12lb 1nb 0pen 0w ...... 15 Total (51.5 overs) ...... 120 third-ever Test win at Lord’s. of 89 for the ninth wicket. Bumrah was peppered with “A bit of tension on the field Total (109.3 overs, 8 wkts, dec.) ...... 298 Fall of : 1-1, 2-1, 3-44, 4-67, 5-67, 6-90, 7-90, “Super proud of the whole Resuming on an overnight short deliveries by the England really motivated us to finish the Fall of Wickets: 1-18, 2-27, 3-55, 4-155, 5-167, 6-175, 8-120, 9-120, 10-120 team, the way we stuck to our score of 181-6, India lost Rishabh pacers but displayed great appli- game,” added Kohli. 7-194, 8-209 (Did Not Bat: Siraj) Bowling: Jasprit Bumrah 15-3-33-3 (2nb), Moham- plans... being put in, our per- Pant (22) and Ishant Sharma (16) cation, taking advantage of a The two sides face each Bowling: James Anderson 25.3-6-53-0, Ollie Robin- med Shami 10-5-13-1 (1nb), Ravindra Jadeja 6-3-5-0 formance with the bat was out- early, both falling to Ollie Rob- spread-out field that had ample other in the third Test at Head- son 17-6-45-2 (1nb), Mark Wood 18-4-51-3, Sam Curran (1nb), Mohammed Siraj 10.5-3-32-4 (1w), Ishant Shar- standing,” said Kohli. inson before Shami (56 not out) singles to offer. ingley from Aug. 25. 18-3-42-1, Moeen Ali 26-1-84-2, Joe Root 5-0-9-0 ma 10-3-13-2 Roach steers Windies to dramatic win over

Reuters – KINGSTON falling before Roach stroked the Imran Butt, however, began Earlier, the 19-year-old Scoreboard winning runs through the a series of stunning slip catches Seales became the youngest Pakistan 1st Innings...... 217 12-0, K. Brathwaite 3-1-3-0 West Indies held their nerve as covers. to turn the tide back Pakistan’s West Indian to get a Test match West Indies 1st Innings...... 253 West Indies 2nd Innings (target 168) tailenders Kemar Roach and The West Indies looked to way as Chase went for 22 off five-wicket haul, beating Alf Val- Pakistan 2nd Innings (Overnight 160-5) K. Brathwaite c Rizwan b Afridi ...... 2 Imran Butt lbw b Roach ...... 0 K. Powell lbw b Afridi ...... 4 Jayden Seales guided them to a have little chance when they lost Faheem Ashraf, Kyle Mayers fell entine’s 71-year-old record, as Abid Ali c Holder b Seales ...... 34 N. Bonner b Afridi ...... 5 thrilling one-wicket win over their last recognised batsman to the same combination four he rolled over Pakistan’s lower Azhar Ali b Roach ...... 23 R. Chase c Butt b Ashraf ...... 22 Pakistan in the first Test in Joshua da Silva with 26 runs still balls later and a spectacular order after they resumed at Babar Azam c Holder b Mayers...... 55 J. Blackwood c Butt b ...... 55 Jamaica yesterday. required and two wickets left, diving catch saw Blackwood out 160-5. Fawad Alam c da Silva b Seales ...... 0 K. Mayers c Butt b Ashraf...... 0 Mohammad Rizwan c da Silva b Holder ...... 30 J. Holder b Hasan Ali ...... 16 Roach scored 30 and Seales but Roach took up the challenge for 55 off Hasan Ali. Roach took the first wicket Faheem Ashraf c da Silva b Roach ...... 20 J. da Silva c Rizwan b Afridi ...... 13 two in an unbeaten 17-run part- with a confident display. When Jason Holder was of the morning, then Mayers Yasir Shah c da Silva b Seales ...... 4 K. Roach not out ...... 30 nership as the home side It was never going to be an bowled by Hasan, tea was taken snagged that of visiting Hasan Ali c Roach b Seales ...... 28 J. Warrican c Rizwan b Hasan Ali ...... 6 reached their target of 168 for easy chase after Shaheen Shah with the Windies needing 54 to Babar Azam, who top-scored Shaheen Shah Afridi lbw b Seales ...... 0 J. Seales not out ...... 2 the loss of nine wickets after the Afridi removed the Windies’ top win and Pakistan requiring three with 55, before Seales wrapped Mohammad Abbas not out ...... 1 Extras (b2, lb10, nb1) ...... 13 Extras (b4, lb2, nb2) ...... 8 Total (56.5 overs, 9 wkts) ...... 168 West Indies had bowled Pakistan three batsmen cheaply to leave wickets. up the remaining three Total (83.4 overs, all out)...... 203 Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-15, 3-16, 4-84, 5-92, out for 203 in their second the home side reeling at 16-3 The match continued to fluc- wickets. Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-56, 3-65, 4-65, 5-121, 6-111, 7-114, 8-142, 9-151 innings, with Seales taking 5-55. before a 68-run fourth wicket tuate in the evening session with The second and final Test is 6-168, 7-170, 8-180, 9-192, 10-203 Bowling: Mohammad Abbas 12-5-27-0, Fortunes ebbed and flowed partnership between Roston three dropped catches contrib- also behind closed doors at Bowling: K. Roach 19-8-30-3, J. Seales 15.4-3- Shaheen Shah Afridi 17-4-50-4 (1nb), Hasan Ali 55-5 (1nb), K. Mayers 15-5-33-1, J. Holder 18-6- 16.5-5-37-3, Faheem Ashraf 8-1-29-2, Yasir dramatically throughout the Chase and uting to Pakistan’s failure to Sabina Park, Kingston starting 36-1 (1nb), J. Warrican 7-2-28-0, R. Chase 6-1- Shah 3-0-13-0 fourth day with 14 wickets offered them hope. wrap up the tail. on Friday. Clippers NVBS shuttlers Adlyn, Marshal clinch U-11 titles announce The Peninsula – DOHA ranking tournaments in their home coun- tries. It is very much important because Adlyn Mary Sojan and Marshal Sahibjan then only District & State Badminton trade for of New Vision Badminton Sport (NVBS) Association and Federation will get to won the Under-11 boys and girls titles know about the players. Also, the player G Eric respectively in LSA Open Badminton can get to know their opponent players Tournament held at Middle East Interna- and they will understand each other about tional School in Doha. opponent players' game, that create con- Bledsoe In the Under-11 Girls category, Adlyn fidence for players to play the next tour- beat Aeryn Elizabeth in straight sets nament,” he said. Agencies – Los Angeles (21-15, 28-26), emerging on top after a The experienced coach, who has close fight in the second set. Adlyn also earlier worked in India and , said The Los Angeles Clippers reached the U-13 girls singles semi-finals parents need to make sacrifices if they yesterday made official their but lost 8-21, 22-20, 19-21 in a keenly- want their children to achieve success on acquisition of guard Eric contested three-setter to Anusree, the the badminton court. Bledsoe in exchange for three U-13 and 15 winner. Mano said NVBS is planning to take players. In the boy’s U-11 section, Sahibjan, part in various international tournaments The Clippers sent guards beat Srihari Vinod in straight sets 21-8 and one such tournament in Maldives is Patrick Beverley and Rajon and 21 - 7. on the cards. Rondo, and center Daniel Another NVBS trainee Riya Kurian lost “NVBS is creating a new tournament Oturu to the Memphis Grizzlies to current Qatar champion Anusree in platform for the players by making them in exchange for Bledsoe, who both U-13 and U-15 categories, going participate in tournaments conducted in returns after playing his first down 10-21, 23-21 and 19-21 in U-15 cat- Head coach Manoj Sahibjan and officials posing for a photograph with players of different countries. Currently I am in a three NBA seasons in Los egory and 13-21, 21-10 and 7-21 in U-13 NVBS who won podium spots during the LSA Open Badminton Tournament held discussion with the President of Maldives Angeles. category. Trisha of NVBS became the at Middle East International School in Doha. Badminton Association, Mr. Moosa Nashid “We are excited to add runner-up in U-9 girls category after for taking the first step by conducting a Eric, a strong, versatile guard losing to Nevaeh Serah Arun 9-21 and complimented the players for continuing He said the kids need exposure in club tournament in Maldives. Hopefully and an established playmaker 10-21. training during pandemic situation and various local and internationals tourna- we will make it happen after travel who can attack the paint and In U-9 boys category, Jonah Joby of lauded their success in the tournament. ments and emphasised on the need to restrictions are eased,” Mano said. defend multiple positions,” NVBS played a tough and thrilling match “All these achievements of NVBS take part in the various tournaments hap- “Our ultimate aim and mission of Clippers president of bas- but lost the decider to Jayden Mathew players is the result of their hard work, pening in their home countries. NVBS is to bring our players to an inter- ketball operations Lawrence going down by a score of 21-18, 19-21 and even in this pandemic situation, not “Parents should allow their children national level. Our unity is our victory, Frank said in a statement. 19-21. stopping their badminton training,” Manoj to participate in district championships, that is the reason behind all our results” “Eric started his career Chief Coach of NVBS, Manoj Sahibjan said. dtate ranking tournaments and national Manoj said. with the Clippers and we’re delighted to bring him back.” Bledsoe, 31, originally was Kevin Kisner drafted in the first round (18th poses with Wyndham Championship: Kisner overall) out of Kentucky in the Sam 2010 by the Oklahoma City Snead Cup Thunder, who immediately after winning wins title in six-way play-off traded him to Los Angeles. He the Wyndham returns with 11 seasons of NBA Championship AP – GREENSBORO, NC With Scott looking at a 4-footer for birdie on the experience with four teams. golf first extra hole, Kisner thought he would have to hole Bledsoe played with the tournament. Kevin Kisner birdied the second extra hole to win a a pitch from short of the 18th green just to stay in the New Orleans Pelicans last record-tying six-man play-off at the Wyndham playoff, and he nearly did it. season and was moved to the Championship on Sunday. Kisner grimaced as his ball settled just right of Grizzles on Aug. 7 in the three- Kisner struck his approach to 3 feet on the 18th the cup. team trade that also included hole at Sedgefield and made the putt for his first PGA But Scott’s short putt missed badly and all six the Oklahoma City Thunder. Tour victory since 2019 and fourth of his career. players went back to the 18th tee. This time, only He has averaged 14 points, 4.7 Kisner began four shots off the lead and shot a Kisner stuffed his approach close on the 505-yard assists and 3.9 rebounds over 4-under 66, making birdies on the 16th and 17th holes closing hole. 702 career games (539 starts) to reach 15 under and the playoff. His beat Adam Kim shot 64 in the final round. Scott had a 65 and and has also played for the Scott, Roger Sloan, Kevin Na, Si Woo Kim and Grace, Na and Sloan each closed with 66. It was the Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee Branden Grace after they all had made pars on the third six-man play-off on the PGA Tour and the first Bucks. first extra hole. Kisner improved to 1-5 in play-offs. since Robert Allenby won at Riviera in 2001. TUESday 17 August 2021 SPORT 15

Konrad Mazur guides Osama Omer Al Dafea's Bayareq to victory at Stuzewiec Heelywa storms to victory in Spain Racecourse in Poland.

The Peninsula – San Sebastian, Spain

Carrying the colours of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani, three-year-old Arabian filly Heelywa broke her maiden, taking the Premio Sheikh Mansoor Festival Maiden at San Sebastian, Spain, on Sunday. The François Rohaut-trained bay filly was having her second start having finished third on her debut at La Teste De Buch, France, last month. Bayareq wins in Poland Sent off favourite for the eleven runner race, Heelywa was placed in The Peninsula - Mokotów from jockey Konrad Mazur. Raayat Al mid-division and travelled strongly Heelywa on her way to win at San Sebastian Racecourse. Majd (Mister Ginoux) finished second, though the early stages of the French-bred Arabian Bayareq (Majd Al with Bashar Ibn Sayf (Sayf) a further four 2,000m contest, under jockey Val- Arab x Wahash) carried the colours of lengths back in third. entin Seguy. field as the field turned into the home Didier Guillemin and was ridden by owner Osama Omer Al Dafea to success Bred by Amjad Al Jumaliy, Bayareq With a strong pace being set, the straight. Alexandre Gavilanin the final strides, when taking the second race at is by the Umm Qarn Purebred Arabian field was well stretched out and Both Al Jasrah, carrying the winning by half a length. Dabba De Stuzewiec Racecourse, Poland, on stallion and 5-time Gr.1 PA winner Majd Heelywa remained in mid-division colours of H H Sheikh Abdullah, and Monlau held on well for third under Sunday. Al Arab (Amer), who stands at Haras du before making a move around the Heelywa closed strongly inside the R.Ferreira Sousa for trainer M Molist The three-year-old trained by Macie Grand Courgeon in France. Bayareq is outside, taking closer order on the final 200m, heading Dabba De Monlau Comas Bred by H H Sheikh Moham- Kacprzyk improved on a recent second out of Wahash, a daughter of top race- home turn. as the duo led to the line. Heelywa med's Al Shahania Stud, Heelywa is place at Warsaw and took the 1,600m horse and stallion Djendel Early pacesetter Dabba De Monlau produced one final effort and got the by Shadwell Arabian stallion No Risk contest by 1½ lengths under a good ride (Manganate). looked like stealing first run on the better of Al Jasrah, who is trained by Al Maury (Kesberoy). Barca can escape financial hole in 18 months: Laporta REUTERS – MADRID FC Barcelona President Joan Laporta speaks during a press conference yesterday. FC Barcelona can reverse their poor financial situation within a year and a half, president Joan Laporta told a news conference yesterday, after saying the club ended last year €451m ($531m) in the red. “I reckon that in a couple of years the club will be healthy,” he told reporters, adding that the team have many potential spon- sorship deals open to them. With their finances in dire straits after years of wage inflation and expensive transfers, the club could not afford to Messi jersey goes renew its contract with star striker Lionel Messi, leading to on sale in Doha his shock departure to Paris St Germain last week. Still, Laporta said he was optimistic for the future, stressing Lionel Messi holds his No.30 jersey after joining ParisS aint- that the club had many options Germain on August 11. Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) fans in open to it, including some 17 Qatar can now purchase Messi jersey (QR558) as well as this investors interested in Barca management had contracted Last week Reuters reported proposal at a general assembly season's club shirt (QR449) at the PSG Stores in Villaggio Studios, which groups together investment bank Goldman Sachs that Goldman had agreed to lend last Thursday. Mall (Main Branch), Hamad International Airport and Go the club’s audiovisual businesses to seek potential investors for the €1bn to private equity firm CVC’s Laporta had previously Sport - Mall of Qatar (shop in shop). The PSG Store, Villaggio and serves as a hub for events. club’s commercial arm but none planned multibillion euro slammed the deal as “mortgaging Mall branch, was opened in 2013, and the club store located “We have a lot of proposals of the proposals were satis- investment in Spain’s top football the club’s television rights for the at the airport started its operations in the following year. and this is obviously encour- factory, Laporta said. league, LaLiga, a deal which Bar- next 50 years”, even though the It is worth mentioning that the number of club’s fans are aging, our morale is very high,” The club’s debts total celona opted out. Along with cash injection could have constantly increasing in Qatar with the opening of the Paris he said. €1.35bn, €673m of which are rivals Real Madrid and Athletic allowed Messi to stay at the Saint-Germain Academy in 2019 as well as the official PSG B a r c a ’ s p r e v i o u s owed to banks, Laporta said. Bilbao, Barca voted against the Camp Nou. stores, in addition to the PSG Fans Club. Guardiola laments Nagelsmann City’s inefficiency says Bayern struggling in Spurs defeat to find new Reuters – LONDON signings Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola (pictured) said his side were not clinical enough in their 1-0 defeat at AP – DORTMUND Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday but insisted he was “delighted” with the attacking options in his squad. Bayern Munich is having a A second-half goal from Son Heung-min meant difficult time finding players reigning champions City fell to a surprise defeat as they to sign because of the current began the defence of their league crown with an under- economic slowdown caused par display. by the coronavirus pandemic, City and Guardiola have now lost all four of their coach Julian Nagelsmann said games at Tottenham’s new stadium without scoring, yesterday. including three in the Premier League. Barcelona’s Gerard Pique scores their first goal against RealS ociedad on Sunday. “We could not spend all “In general, we the money we would like to showed a good spirit and spend,” Nagelsmann said good intention and we ahead of today's German arrived in the final third Barcelona sink Real Sociedad Super Cup game at Borussia many times, but we could Dortmund. not be clinical enough. Son The Bayern coach referred scores and we lose,” Guar- to French right back Benjamin diola said. in first game without Messi Pavard’s ankle injury, which “We have the same meant reserve player Josip players as last season. AP – MADRID Messi’s jersey, and several banners time and in the 59th. He also assisted Stanišić played in the Bun- I’m so delighted honoured the playmaker. in Sergi Roberto’s final goal in desliga opener at Borussia with the same The post-Lionel Messi era began “Forever grateful to Messi,” second-half injury time. Memphis Mönchengladbach on Friday. guys who scored for Barcelona with fans chanting read one of them. Depay, the club’s top offseason Alphonso Davies and Lucas a lot of goals. We his name in the stands and players There were also some jeers signing, helped set up two goals. Hernández were also injured. are good enough overcoming his absence on the against Messi, though, who was Sociedad, coming off a fifth- David Alaba, Jerome to create chances field. already in France with Paris Saint- place finish last season, pulled Boateng, Douglas Costa and and score goals - Barcelona’s first season without Germain after Barcelona failed to closer with a goal from Julen Lobete Javi Martínez were among the we will do it.” Messi in 17 years started with a 4-2 give him a new contract because in the 82nd and with a superb free players to leave Bayern in the “We are one win over Real Sociedad in the of its financial struggles. Some fans kick - which Messi would have offseason, while defenders against one a lot. Spanish league on Sunday, with preferred to chant “Barça, Barça” been proud of - taken by Mikel Dayot Upamecano and Omar But in the end we many in the crowd of more than instead of his name. Oyarzabal three minutes later. Richards arrived to replace could not dribble, 20,000 at the Camp Nou Stadium On the field, Barcelona opened Barcelona finished third in the them. shoot and score paying tribute to the Argentine star the scoring in the 19th with a header league last season, with its only title “If you see the last two goals. But the way and protesting against the club for by Piqué, who also was loudly coming in the Copa del Rey. seasons, we lose a lot of w e s t a r t e d letting him go. cheered by fans after agreeing to The last time there were fans at players. It’s not that easy to try showed me the The majority of fans loudly reduce his salary so the club could the Camp Nou was on March 7, also to find, always try to find good team is there.” chanted Messi’s name in the 10th register other players in time for in a match against Real Sociedad. players,” Nagelsmann said. Guardiola’s side minute, a reference to the No. 10 the opener. Spanish health authorities allowed “The transfer market is hard. will host Norwich jersey he used to wear at the club. Martin Braithwaite added to the the league to restart with crowds We could not spend a lot of City on Saturday. Many fans were wearing or carrying lead with goals in first-half stoppage of up to 40% of the venues’ capacity. money.”