SPORT Wednesday 7 March 2018 PAGE | 32-33 PAGE | 34 PAGE | 35 All-rounderA Aguero I am a victim of smear As Serena returns,ns, better than ever for attempt, says Wiggins Venus says her Guardiola game hasn’t left Real, Liverpool into last 8 AP Edinson Cavani’s close-range UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Real Madrid’s Brazilian midfielder goal gave PSG some hope with Casemiro (left) celebrates with Cristiano PARIS: Cristiano Ronaldo 20 minutes left. But with mid- Last 16, second legs Ronaldo (centre) and Gareth Bale punished Paris Saint-Germain’s fielder Marco Verratti already In Paris after scoring his team’s second goal slack defending once again, scor- sent off, scoring two more to Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 1 (Cavani 71) during the UEFA Champions League ing a powerful second-half force extra time was beyond a round of 16 second leg against Paris header as Real Madrid cruised lackluster PSG side. Real Madrid (ESP) 2 (Ronaldo 51, Saint-Germain (PSG) in Paris yesterday. into the Champions League Instead, midfielder Casem- Casemiro 80) quarterfinals with a 2-1 win iro’s deflected shot looped past Real Madrid win 5-2 on aggregate yesterday. stranded goalkeeper Alphonse Trailing 3-1 from the first leg, Areola in the 80th to make it 5-2 In Liverpool PSG’s fragile defense crumbled on aggregate. Liverpool (ENG) 0 FC Porto (POR) 0 and its attack offered little threat He was gifted the ball after Liverpool win 5-0 on aggregate without the injured Neymar. The midfielder Adrien Rabiot dealt biggest bang from this PSG side poorly with Lucas Vazquez’s was from the fireworks con- cross. want to believe this side can con- stantly let off by a section of fans To compound a miserable quer Europe, Verratti showed behind one goal. night for PSG fans, who so badly terrible composure to in getting sent off midway through the sec- ond half. He got a second yellow card, having protested vehe- mently with referee Felix Brych after not getting a free kick his way. Ronaldo had already done his usual damage. The Champions League’s all- nine Champions League games into the quarter-finals of the and then hit the post in the 31st time leading scorer was given far in a row, matching Ruud van Nis- Champions League with a goal- minute after taking down a ball too much space and leapt trium- telrooy’s record. less draw against Porto from James Milner and releas- phantly to beat goalkeeper This was a huge test for a PSG yesterday, completing a routine ing a low diagonal drive. Alphonse Areola with a down- side desperate to prove it belongs aggregate victory after their 5-0 Porto’s best effort came in ward header in the 51st minute. among Europe’s elite, especially first-leg win in Portugal. the 52nd minute when Ghana- It took his tournament-leading after spectacularly failing last In a predictably low-key ian winger Majeed Waris’ shot tally to 12, including two in the year - becoming the first team game, Liverpool striker Sadio from the edge of the box was first leg. eliminated after winning the first Mane, whose hat-trick in Porto pushed wide by Liverpool keeper After a slow start this season, leg 4-0. Barcelona won the helped ensure there was little at Loris Karius. Ronaldo is hitting top form at a return 6-1. stake at Anfield, came closest to Substitute Danny Ings then crucial time for a Madrid side This time, there was simply breaking the deadlock. forced a fine save out of Porto’s Porto’s Diogo Dalot in action with Liverpool’s Joe Gomez at Anfield looking to win the competition not enough belief shown and too Mane was off target with an veteran Spanish keeper Iker yesterday. for the third straight time and many sloppy mistakes. effort at full-stretch from a Joe Casillas with a looping header in 13th overall. He has scored in Meanwhile, Liverpool eased Gomez cross in the 18th minute the final stages. Al Duhail maintain perfect start as gutsy Al Rayyan hold Al Hilal FAWAD HUSSAIN AFC Champions League goal of the The Peninsula season. El Arabi then turned provider to DOHA: Al Duhail continued perfect captain Youssef Msakni for Al Duhail’s start with a 3-2 win over Uzbekistan’s third goal in the 25th minute. Msakni PFC Lokomotiv while Al Rayyan latched onto El Arabi’s precise through displayed a brave show to earn an 1-1 pass and deftly chipped Ignatiy Nes- draw against Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal as terov to give his side a firm 3-0 lead Qatari clubs enjoyed a good day at AFC going into the break. Champions League yesterday. Lokomotiv looked a different side At Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium in after the restart and duly pulled a goal Doha, Al Duhail, who are in golden back in the 57th minute, with substi- form, overcame a fightback from Loko- tute Nivaldo scoring with his first touch motiv to maintain their 100 percent just moments after coming on. Two record and stay top of Group B. minutes later, Marat Bikmaev made it The QNB Stars League (QSL) lead- 3-2 after a lobbed finish over Al Duhail ers got off to a blistering start, with keeper Amine Lecomte. Youssef El Arabi scoring twice inside However, despite pushing hard for the first 20 minutes after being set up an equaliser, Lokomotiv were unable by Al Moez Ali on both occasions. to complete what would have been an The Moroccan’s first goal came via impressive comeback. a fierce low shot following a swift pass- Lokomotiv slumped to third place ing move in the ninth minute. In the following the loss. The Uzbek side will 19th minute, El Arabi doubled the hosts’ now look to take revenge when they Al-Duhail’s Youssef lead by tapping in to an empty goal host Al Duhail in Tashkent on Match- Msekni kicks the ball past after Ali’s squared pass for his fourth day Four. In Riyadh, Michael Laudrup’s Lokomotiv’s goalkeeper Al Rayyan held their nerves to share Ignaty Nesterov during AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULTS spoils with Al Hilal, spurred with their AFC Champions packed home spectators at King Saud League match yesterday. Al Duhail 3 Lokomotiv 2 University Stadium. Al Hilal 1 Al Rayyan 1 The visitors came off the blocks Zob Ahan 2 Al Wahda 0 racing and found the back of the net Al Ain 2 Esteghlal 2 just three minutes into the game after came close to levelling the score in the mark when Abderazak Hamdallah beat with venom into the top right corner captain Rodrigo Tabata’s pass found ninth minute when Achraf Bencharki’s the goalkeeper, only to see his goal to earn his side a point on the night. Guangzhou 5 Jeju United 3 Mohsine Moutouali who fired a pow- close range shot from a narrow angle ruled out for offside. The Saudi side The 2017 runners-up remain Jeonbuk 6 Tianjin Quanjian 3 erful strike from outside the box that was blocked by defender Ahmed started the second half brighter and in without a win in the group and will Reysol 1 Kitchee 0 went in off the post to put Al Rayyan Yasser. the 58th minute, Bencharki sent an next travel to Doha to face Al Rayyan, Buriram 2 Cerezo Osaka 0 in front. Al Rayyan thought they had dou- intelligent pass into the box for over- who have now drawn all their three Al Hilal regrouped quickly and bled their lead just before the half hour lapping left-back Al Zori who struck games. 30 SPORT WEDNESDAY 7 MARCH 2018 ‘Challenging Beyond Expectation’ to celebrate achievement of Qatari women in sport THE PENINSULA Nada Mohamed, who is the DOHA: Six inspirational indi- first Qatari female to compete viduals will be sharing their at two Olympic Games. incredible stories of achieving success in women’s sport and health in a panel session open to all tomorrow. This will be immediately fol- lowed by sporting activities led by Qatar’s leading health and lifestyle professionals for female guests of all ages and abilities. Both activities are free to attend and no registration is necessary. Organised by the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) in collaboration with the Aspire Zone, the event aims to highlight Mariam Farid, 2019 IAAF World Championships Ambassador and a and celebrate the extraordinary member of Qatar’s national athletics team runs at Khalifa Stadium. women in Qatar who are break- ing down barriers and changing perceptions of women in sport achieve their dreams. The QOC to reach beyond the expectation in honour of International Wom- is organising this event not only of others and fulfil their own ulti- en’s Day 2018. to celebrate our successful mate life ambitions. The event will provide an women in sport and health but Sheikha Asma will be joined Suhail Choukou from the Qatar takes place annually on March 8 available to participate. The ses- opportunity to create a conver- also to create a conversation on the panel by Youth Activist at Paralympic Committee who and is a global day celebrating sion is for women only and it’s is sation about what more can be about what we can all be doing Education Above All and Educa- closely supported Qatar’s first- the social, economic, cultural and free of charge. done to inspire and empower as a society to further support the tion Excellence Award winner ever global medallist Sara political achievements of Guests are requested to more females to achieve their participation of more women in Dana Al Anazy, who together Masoud, who won para-athlet- women.