Al Attiyah Reigns Supreme in Morocco the PENINSULA Bed Crossings and Everything That of Morocco
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SPORT Wednesday 10 October 2018 PAGE | 28 PAGE | 31 Muguruza Saha backs to focus on Mourinho, rescuing season chastises Pogba Al Attiyah reigns supreme in Morocco THE PENINSULA bed crossings and everything that of Morocco. I’m so happy with navigator Alexandre Winocq the team needed to shake down our performance here and our down the order. FES, MOROCCO: Qatar’s Nasser its fleet of Toyota Hiluxes before new car has been really strong Ten Brinke teamed up with Adel clinches Saleh Al Attiyah stayed clear of January’s Peruvian challenge. all week.” Frenchman Xavier Panseri for problems through the final stage The success marked a hat-trick The French crew of Ronan the first time and started strongly. to claim his fifth successive of wins for Al-Attiyah with the Chabot and Gilles Pillot produced Small navigational errors and a third place in T2 victory in the gruelling Rally of Toyota. one of their best ever perform- light roll hampered their progress Morocco and give Overdrive Al Attiyah and his French ances to seal an impressive fifth and the Dutchman reached the Racing and the Toyota Gazoo navigator Matthieu Baumel dom- overall in the second of the Over- finish in Fes in sixth place after Racing South Africa Team a inated the race from the start and drive Racing Toyotas. passing Jean-Pascal Besson on major boost as preparations overcame their fair share of It was an action-packed the last stage. Qatar’s Adel Abdulla continue for the 2019 Dakar minor problems and delays to event for South Africa’s Giniel de The Dutch crew of Erik van in action during the Rally. earn a winning margin of 16min Villiers and Dutchman Bernhard Loon and new co-driver A demanding six-day event 41sec over the newly-crowned Ten Brinke in the second and Harmen Scholtabers were Rally of Morocco that ran with a new organising FIA World Cup champion Jakub third Toyota Gazoo Racing South running strongly inside the top yesterday. team under the leadership of Przygonski and his Belgian nav- Africa cars. De Villiers broke a 10 until they suffered a heavy former Dakar organiser and nav- igator Tom Colsoul. wishbone and suffered exhaust impact on the fourth stage that igator David Castera featured Al Attiyah said: “It’s unbe- issues that ultimately cost him damaged the car’s differential THE PENINSULA 1,362 kilometres of tricky navi- lievable that we’ve been able to additional time penalties and and the resultant time penalties Al-Shegawi’s success means gation, dunes, rocky terrain, river win our fifth consecutive Rally pushed him and French incurred for reaching the that he has provisionally bivouac by road dropped Van FES, MOROCCO: Adel Abdulla retained the FIA T2 World Loon down at the finish. recovered strongly from missing Championship. Russian G-Energy driver two days of the Rally of Morocco Adel, driving a Nissan Patrol Vladimir Vasilyev and navigator with ECU issues and carded the Y62 as part of the QX Rally Konstantin Zhiltsov lost their second quickest time on the Team with French navigator slim chance of overhauling Prz- final selective section between Jean-Michel Polato, finished the ygonski to snatch a second FIA Erfoud and Fes yesterday. event in third place behind the World Cup title when trans- But the massive time pen- Russian driver Andrey Titov, mission issues sidelined their alties that the Qatari had who won the last stage in a time Toyota. incurred for missing Satur- of 3hrs 30min 57sec. Adel Al Attiyah clocked the day’s and Sunday’s routes ulti- Abdulla had the consolation of quickest time of 8min 27sec mately cost him dearly and he finishing as runner-up in the T2 through the opening 10km Pro- was unable to prevent Ahmed World Championship after a logue stage at Fes. The Qatari Al-Shegawi from claiming the long campaign, which was beat Martin Prokop by nine category victory for T2 series marred on more than one seconds and Jakub Przygonski production cross-country occasion by cruel luck. by 23. vehicles. Adel said: “We finished the Ovedrive Racing colleagues On arguably the toughest race in third position after all De Villiers, Vasilyev, Ten round of the FIA World Cup for the problems we had at the end Brinke, Van Loon and Chabot Cross-Country Rallies, which of day two. There was nothing were fourth, fifth, eighth, ninth ran with a dynamic new organ- we could do about it. The ECU Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah in action and 14th. Seaidan lost 13 isational team spearheaded by burned. There were no mistakes during the Rally of Morocco yesterday. minutes on the Prologue and former Dakar organiser and by the team and we must just stopped the clocks in 21min navigator David Castera, teams accept that. We fought hard to 04sec after rolling his Toyota faced daunting dunes, pun- continue the race and we fin- and Domzala also suffered a ishing heat, rocky tracks and ished on the podium. This was minor technical issue. difficult navigation. important.” Al Rayyan appoint Uygun as head coach THE PENINSULA DOHA: A day after parting ways with Argentine Rodolfo Arrua- barrena, Al Rayyan have announced experienced Bulent Uygun as their new head coach who will take the charge soon, Qatar’s top football club announced yesterday. Uygun, a former professional footballer from Turkey, will be arriving in Doha soon to oversee Al Rayyan’s preparations for QATAR WIN SILVER AT ASIAN PARA GAMES Round 9 of the QNB Stars League (QSL). Arruabarrena resigned as Qatar’s Sara Masoud (left), silver medal winner in women's shot put F33 at the Asian Para Games coach in the aftermaths of Al celebrates during the award ceremony in Jakarta Indonesia yesterday. Batoul Jahangiri of Iran took Rayyan’s shock defeat against Al the gold while the bronze medal went to Emirati Sara Al Senaani. Khor in the QSL last week. The Former Al Rayyan coach Rodolfo Arruabarrena, who resigned loss followed Al Rayyan’s 5-0 from his post, bidding farewell to players of Al Rayyan. drubbing to Al Sadd last month in Qatar Clasico. The former QSL champions, who started this he spent most of his club season as main title contenders career, apart from playing for Doha hosts coaches conference along with reigning champions the Turkey national team 18 Al Duhail and Al Sadd, are on 4th times. THE PENINSULA spot with 14 points. The Turk is expected to start conference which will be held further develop the sport in the ‘The Lions’ will be hoping for his Al Rayyan campaign against until October 12. region. a reverse of fortunes under his former ranks Al Gharafa on DOHA: The 2018 ITF West & Hosted by the Qatar Tennis, Belgium’s Ruben Neyens, a Uygun, who is no stranger to the October 19 at Al Sadd Stadium. Central Asia Regional Coaches Squash and Badminton Feder- very inventive coach, who QSL as he coached Al Gharafa to Al Duhail are leading the QSL Conference will kick off with a ation (QTSBF), the conference designs physical development an impressive 4th position last points standings with 19 points, spectacular opening ceremony will highlight a number of issues programmes that keep young season. followed by Al Sadd (17) and Al at the Al Dana Club in Doha including the strategies and players interested and motivated He was also at Umm Sailiya (16). today. plans to develop tennis and Emma Doyle from Australia Salal’s helm during 2013-16. Meanwhile, Arruabarrena Over 130 coaches, including worldwide and the latest training are among the eight experts Bulent had made it big at the held a farewell meeting with Al 70 from several West and methods and programmes espe- from the ITF who will be deliv- Bulent Uygun the new Al Rayyan club and country levels as an Rayyan’s players and officials Central Asian countries and 55 cially for young players. ering a series of theoretical and coach. attacking midfielder. He had exchanging good wishes, before other coaches from Qatar, are The event will also focus on practical lectures for participants captained Fenerbahce, where his departure back home. participating in the three-day female tennis and strategies to at the event. 28 SPORT WEDNESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2018 Photo released by the Olympic Information Services (OIS) of the International Muguruza Olympic Committee (IOC) of Chilean Ashly Catalina Marin Torres warming up ahead of the Roller Speed Skating Women’s Combined at the Bosques won’t be de Palermo, Green Park, during the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, yesterday. celebrating, to focus on rescuing season AFP HONG KONG: Former world number one Garbine Muguruza said she had put her birthday celebrations on hold as she battles to rescue a disappointing season by winning the WTA Hong Kong Open. Muguruza, who has slumped from top of the rankings in 2017 to world number 13, turned 25 on Monday but said celebrations had been low key the night before her first round clash with fellow Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo. “It was a very simple cel- ebration, we went to dinner with the team, but honestly, if you’re competing the next day it’s very hard to think about something else,” she said. “I’m sure I will have more time after here to do Tokyo Olympics: Costs hit something more fun.” Muguruza cruised through 6-3, 6-1 but insisted the clash had not been plain sailing. almost $25bn - may go higher “It’s not easy to play a Spanish player -- because I know her -- but I’m happy AP from the budget.