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THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2019 SPORT 17 It was a match we really could have won. We created lots of FOOTBALL CRICKET chances and it was unfortunate Takakura, laments Women’s World Cup ICC World Cup that we didn’t take them. I am ‘cruel’ penalty as Cup (Quarter-finals) India vs West Indies really sorry for my players. dream dies for Japan. ACTION England vs Norway at Manchester TODAY’S IOC changes Olympic bid process AP Charter rule requiring hosts to President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Spyros There might not be LAUSANNE be voted on seven years in Capralos makes his address during the handover ceremony an election at all. A advance of a Summer or Winter for the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics at the Panathenaic Olympics hosted in multiple Games. That rule already had to Stadium, Athens, Greece in this October 31, 2017 file key part of the new cities or countries. Bidders pro- be waived in 2017, allowing Los picture. process is creating actively invited. Candidates Angeles to be picked 11 years in recommended with possibly no advance of the 2028 Summer new Olympic panels opponents. Games. - one each for following referendum losses There might not be an Summer and Winter and excessive spending on white election at all. Games - which will elephant venues. A key part of the new process Stung by recent public votes is creating new Olympic panels recommend one or in Europe and Canada, the IOC - one each for Summer and more candidates agreed that future bidders could Winter Games - which will rec- for an election. need to win a referendum before ommend one or more candidates entering a race. for an election. “We cannot, I suggest, con- It chimes with IOC President tinue to be damaged as we have Thomas Bach’s wish to avoid “too in the past,” veteran IOC member many losers” - a phrase first Thiam; and Narinder Batra, the John Coates said, presenting heard during the 2024 race as it president of the Indian Olympic reforms already tested in the became a double award. Paris body. Batra also leads the 2026 Winter Games contest. got the 2024 Games, while Los Lausanne-based governing body On Monday, Milan-Cortina Angeles got 2028. of field hockey. in northern Italy beat Stockholm- The new panels will be The biggest voting total, and Are, which tied Sweden to empowered to have “permanent loudest applause, went to Greek Latvia’s bobsled track, in a cam- ongoing dialogue” with potential Olympic president Spyros paign where support from bidders and pro-actively guarantees far in advance, said election in September 2013 and four-year term unopposed. Capralos. In 2012, the IOC for- national and city governments approach preferred hosts. They Richard Pound, the longest after of Russia’s $51 billion Former Philadelphia 76ers mally warned Capralos after he was often shaky. will report first to the Bach- serving member. spending on venues, infra- co-owner Erick Thohir was was implicated in black market Future Olympic bidders will chaired executive board, which “Once you make a decision structure and budget overruns among 10 new members elected. ticket sales for the London be required to use existing and will pick the members. on the host city, millions of for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Thohir, also the former chairman Olympics. Two changes were temporary venues and infra- Coates said the process people start to make plans based In other decisions yesterday, of Inter Milan, is president of the made to the 15-member IOC structure, while being steered targets “developing a significant on that and hundreds of millions Athens was chosen to host the Indonesian Olympic committee. executive board: Prince Feisal al away from costly construction pipeline” of candidates even of dollars are committed to it,” IOC’s 2021 meeting. That Session, Other new members include: Hussein of Jordan was elected to projects. beyond the next bidding contest. Pound said. from June 24-26, will include a Laura Chinchilla, the president replace Gunilla Lindberg of A new, flexible campaign The IOC was not being The IOC’s reformed approach presidential election with Bach of Costa Rica from 2010 to 2014; Sweden, whose eight-year term timetable will end the Olympic “control freaks” demanding legal to bidding followed Bach’s currently expected to get a final Credit Suisse bank CEO Tidjane ended. NHL: Blues sign Cilic offers Nadal a Wimbledon reality check Berube to REUTERS While yesterday’s match was 3-year contract LONDON not an official one he showed exactly why he will be a threat extension Spaniard Rafael Nadal got a with his hefty serve and forehand quickfire reminder of the chal- giving Nadal little opportunity to AP lenge he faces to win a third get his teeth into any rallies ST LOUIS Wimbledon title as he was blown longer than three or four strokes. away by big-serving Marin Cilic Nadal has been critical of The Blues made official on in an exhibition match yesterday. Wimbledon’s seeding reflecting Tuesday what everyone had Nadal, who turned 33 this grasscourt results for the past expected the moment Craig month, has opted not to play any two years, but Cilic, runner-up Berube led St Louis to a competitive tournaments on in 2017, was certainly not remarkable turnaround capped grass ahead of the Champion- complaining. by the first Stanley Cup cham- ships, practising instead at home “I think they have been doing pionship in franchise history. on grass in Mallorca. it for years,” he said. They stripped the interim He lacked sharpness at the “I’ve moved into the 13 to 16 tag from his title and signed him Hurlingham Club in London as group so that definitely helps me to three-year contract. a well-drilled Cilic sent him avoid higher seeds before the Berube had been the packing in less than an hour -- fourth round. interim coach since taking over a sweating Nadal going straight “There are positives and for Mike Yeo on Nov. 19, but from court to a waiting black negatives about it. The grass is general manager Doug Arm- Rolls Royce and away minutes not as it was in the past when strong acknowledged during after his 6-3 6-3 defeat. the claycourters struggled to the playoffs an extension was “This was the first time that Croatia’s Marin Cilic returns against Spain’s Rafael Nadal during his singles match at The Aspall Tennis go through one or two rounds a foregone conclusion. And that I played points and that was too Classic tournament at the Hurlingham Club in London, yesterday. at Wimbledon, it’s more was before the Blues beat the much for me today,” Nadal, who playable. Boston Bruins in seven games won a record-extending 12th course I decided not to play a in 2008 and 2010, reached the three, behind eight-time “If you see the top 32 these to hoist the Stanley Cup. French Open title earlier this tournament before Wimbledon, semi-final last year at the All champion Roger Federer who days they all play well on every “Craig made an enormous month, said on court at the Aspall I’m 33 so I need to save energy. England Club but had struggled was bumped up one place from surface so I guess you could impact on our team when he Tennis Classic alongside the “I will just try to improve a in his previous five appearances his ranking. just stay with the rankings.” took over last November,” Arm- Thames. little bit every single day and on at the event. Cilic benefited from Wimble- Nadal will practise at Wim- strong said in a statement. “I’m excited to be back at Friday I have will try to be a bit That was reflected in don’s unique seeding system and bledon on Thursday before “He restored our identity Wimbledon. This type of match better.” Wednesday’s seedings which put will be 13th -- up five from his returning to Hurlingham for and provided our players with today helps to try to be ready. Of Nadal, who won Wimbledon Nadal, the world number two, at ATP ranking of 18. another match on Friday. a clear sense of direction.” The Blues were in last place at the start of the year, but Berube led Son of Borg them on an 11-game win streak in January and February to position them for the playoffs. makes quiet They wound up going 38-19-6 in the regular season, debut in then beat the Jets, Stars and Sharks in the playoffs to reach London the Stanley Cup Final. REUTERS In a dramatic, bruising LONDON series, the Blues emerged to win the first title in their 52-year A blonde-haired, blue-eyed history, helping to give a city The Qatar men’s tennis team poses for a picture before their 2019 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III match against Malaysia in Swede named Borg was in still smarting from the loss of Singapore yesterday. Qatar was pooled in Group A alongside Iran, Syria, and Malaysia while Group B includes Vietnam, Kuwait, Sri action on a London grass- the St. Louis Rams a reason to Lanka and hosts Singapore. court on Wednesday celebrate. although it went almost An estimated 500,000 fans unnoticed at the Hurlingham showed up in a downpour for Kerber leads high-powered trio into quarters Club where all eyes were on the championship parade 10 Rafael Nadal. days ago. REUTERS games ahead of Wimbledon. Jelena Ostapenko, a semi- The fourth seed saved two Forty six years after Bjorn “I’m so happy for the city LONDON Reigning Wimbledon champion finalist at last year’s Wimbledon, set points in the opener but Borg caused mass hysteria by and the fans here.