15 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 sports

Bahraini achieves fifth place in Jordan hurdles BOC signs sports protocol championship agreement with Spain

TDT | Manama nership with BOC and make this protocol a success. ahrain Olympic Commit- According to the signed tee (BOC) signed a sports protocol, both parties agreed Bprotocol agreement with to develop the Olympic move- the Spanish Olympic Commit- ment and continue their ef - tee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico forts to maintain the peace and Español, COE) that included sport-ethics enhancing tasks. strengthening the mutual col- The two sides have also agreed laboration among both parties, to acknowledge the global pro- opening new horizons for build- cedures in relation to perfor- ing and developing further part- mance-enhancing-drugs. Ahmed Mayouf Al-Romaihi rides his horse nerships between both coun- Furthermore, both parties tries and committees. agreed to increase sport ex - TDT | Manama Sports Affairs, Chairman of This came during the meeting changes, as well as participation the Supreme Council of Youth between HH Shaikh Khalid bin in bilateral training sessions, ahraini chevalier Ahmed and Sports and to His High- Hamad Al Khalifa, Deputy Pres- competitions and camps. Addi- BMayouf Al-Romaihi has ness Shaikh Faisal bin Rashid ident of the Supreme Council of tionally, the agreement included won the fifth place in the In- Al Khalifa, Deputy Chairman Youth and Sports and President exchanging sport-management HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Alejandro Blanco, President of COE ternational Al Sa’ad Hurdles of the Supreme Council for of BOC and Alejandro Blanco, after signing the agreement information, as well as helping Championship in the Jorda- Environment and President of President of COE, in the pres- each other in the pre-prepara- nian capital Amman. Bahrain Royal Equestrian and ence of Mohammed Hassan Al tween both committees through tion,” HH Shaikh Khalid stated. tion period for the up-coming Al Romaihi competed with Endurance Federation. Nusf, Secretary-General of BOC mutual programmes, exchange On his part, Blanco under- Olympic, Beach and Mediter- more than 22 contestants from He ascribed his achievement and other officials from BOC. of expertise and to encourage scored that signing this protocol ranean games, as well as any nine countries including Saudi to the royal patronage of youth Commenting during the oc- participating in bilateral sports would positively reflect in the other event under the Olympic Arabia, Egypt, US, Canada, Ja- and sports in the Kingdom. casion, HH Shaikh Khalid ex- championships to upgrade the development of the ties linking umbrella. pan and Jordan. He cited such support as the pressed his utmost delight in sports movement in both coun- both committees and meet their Moreover, they also agreed He dedicated his achieve- biggest motive for all Bahraini signing the agreement, hailing tries. aspirations to see their relation- to explore sport areas of com- ment to HH Shaikh Khalid bin athletes to achieve more feats the strong friendship and col- “We are looking forward to ship is reaching a new height in mon interest and to develop a Hamad Al Khalifa, representa- to hoist Bahrain’s name at the laboration links attaching both drawing new plans for mutu- collaboration. collaboration between the two tive of His Majesty the King for various international corona- countries and their keenness al collaboration between BOC He expressed his gratitude national committees. It is note- Charity Works and Youth and tion platforms. to develop and improve those and COE via the signing of this to the efforts dedicated by HH worthy that BOC has put in place relationships. protocol that boosts the links Shaikh Khalid towards further- a strategy for cooperation with He added that this sports pro- between both committees and ing Bahrain’s achievements in other national Olympic commit- tocol would open new horizons contributes to building a frame- sports, pointing out that COE tees, both regionally and inter- India-South Africa T20 washed out for mutual collaboration be- work for bilateral collabora- would work to grow their part- nationally. AFP | New Delhi official start time of 07:00 pm (1330 GMT). ain and a damp outfield “The rains continue and Rforced the abandonment the match has officially been of the first Twenty20 inter- called off. See you in Chan - national between India and digarh for the 2nd T20I,” the South Africa without a ball Board of Control for Cricket in being bowled in Dharamsala. India (BCCI) said on its official Norwich stun Man City The pitch and the square at Twitter handle. the start of the three-match The second match is sched- series remained covered uled for Wednesday. Norwich inflict stunning first defeat in eight months on Manchester City throughout, with rain lashing South Africa, captained by the sleepy hill station in the wicketkeeper-batsman Quin- Himalayan foothills. ton de Kock, are ranked third Teemu Pukki Officials called off the match in T20s, one rung ahead of the • nearly 50 minutes after the Virat Kohli-led India. strikes to seal Norwich’s shock win The people cannot expect all the time AFP | Norwich (to) win or make 100 Teenage sensation Fati leads points, 90 points. It shows how difficult ewly-promoted Nor- everything (we have Barca thrashing of Valencia wich stunned Manches- Reuters | Barcelona ter City 3-2 at Carrow done) is N PEP GUARDIOLA Road on Saturday to inflict a arcelona’s 16-year-old for- first defeat on Bward Ansu Fati continued the English champions since his explosive start to life in the January. first team by scoring and pro- Kenny McLean, Todd “I don’t know how many shots viding an assist as the Cantwell and the prolific Teemu we had or how many they had, champions thrashed Valencia Pukki took advantage of a rag- but football is about goals and 5-2 on Saturday. ged City defence without the about what you do in the boxes.” Fati, who became Barca’s injured Aymeric Laporte for a The City manager fielded his youngest ever goalscorer two remarkable upset despite Sergio only two fit centre-backs John weeks ago by netting at Osasu- Aguero and Rodri pulling goals Stones and Nicolas Otamen- na, struck his first at the back for the visitors. di, but they struggled to cope Camp Nou to give Barca the Defeat for City sees Pep Guar- and gifted Norwich back their lead with less than two min- diola’s men already fall five two-goal lead at the start of the utes on the clock by smashing points behind European cham- Norwich City’s Finnish striker Teemu Pukki (R) vies with Manchester City’s second-half after Aguero had Ukrainian midfielder Oleksandr Zinchenko (L) a pass from Barcelona´s Guinea-Bissau forward pions Liverpool -- who have a reduced the arrears. into the net. Ansu Fati (L) vies with Valencia’s perfect record from their first Guardiola’s decision to rest The teenager then returned Argentinian defender Ezequiel Garay five games -- in the title race. ably complicated week. Vincent Kompany’s departure Kevin de Bruyne will also be the favour by dashing into the “We are absolutely delight- “We worked on a different to become player-manager at questioned as the visitors start- area from the left wing and Barca came flying back at them ed, it is a great day for us, for approach because we thought Anderlecht could cost Guardi- ed slowly and were punished teeing up Dutchman De Jong after the interval. the whole club and for the sup- we have to change a bit our base ola’s side the title with Laporte when McLean rose highest from to score his first goal for the Gerard Pique bundled the porters,” said Norwich manager formation for this game, but af- sidelined by a serious knee inju- a corner to head home the open- club in the seventh minute. ball into the net in the 51st , who had to name ter all these injuries, we turned ry until at least January. ing goal. Valencia, playing their first minute after Antoine Griez- two goalkeepers on his substi- back because I didn’t want to “We have to learn from this It was 2-0 just before the game since sacking coach mann had hit the post while tute bench just to make up the annoy the lads too much or con- and carry on,” said Guardiola. half hour mark as Kyle Walker Marcelino and replacing him Luis Suarez netted twice after numbers due to an injury crisis. fuse them.” “We did not have urgency in played Pukki onside and the with Albert Celades, pulled coming off the bench. Maxi “I can’t praise enough the City’s decision not to strength- the final third that we normally Finn unselfishly squared for a goal back later in the half Gomez got a consolation goal spirit and mentality of my play- en at centre-back over the sum- have. In football you can’t al- Cantwell to tap into an empty through Kevin Gameiro but for Valencia in stoppage time. ers because it was an unbeliev- mer despite former captain ways avoid mistakes. net.