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Rohit’s ton goes in vain as India lose to ASIAN CUP 2019 PAGE 19 Australia’s in first ODI at Sydney QATAR VS NORTH KOREA (3 PM) Focused Qatar seek more goals from clash against North Korea Coach Sanchez says team will stick to their own style of play

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QATAR coach Felix Sanchez has stressed his team will not be changing their style of play when they take on DPR Korea in their next Group E clash in Al Ain on Sunday despite struggling to turn their domi- nance into goals when they met Lebanon last Wednesday. Sanchez’s side eventually secured a 2-0 win over the West Asian side with goals from Ab- dulaziz Hatem and Almoez Ali, but they had to wait to break down Miodrag Radulovic’s well-drilled Lebanese side. The Spanish coach, though, praised his team’s pa- tient approach and has no in- tention of a different approach when they take on DPR Korea, with victory almost certain to take the Qataris into the next phase of the competition. “Each match is different and we cannot renounce the way we play,” said Sanchez. “It’s difficult to change now, but we need to find solu- tions to be more close to the opposition’s goal. “But in front you always have an opponent and Leba- non showed they’re a well or- ganised team and they were Qatar players during their training session in Al Ain on Saturday, ahead of the Group E match against DPR Korea in the Asian Cup 2019. Qatar beat Lebanon 2-0 in their opening match. very physical. This was the first game and it’s never easy for the young forward’s loss. to do the right thing all the “I can say that without him time in the first game. there will be some effect but “But the team showed I don’t think it will be too big they were patient enough and, Each match is because we have some good hopefully, in the next game different and we players like our captain, Jong we will perform better and do cannot renounce the Il-gwan, and Pak Kwang Ry- something that we couldn’t do ong, who plays in Austria, so I in the last game.” way we play. But we don’t think there will be a big Sanchez refused to discuss need to find effect for the second match,” whether 2018 AFC Player of solutions to be said Kim. the Year Abdelkarim Hassan more close to the “Our primary target in this would start against DPR Korea opposition’s goal. tournament is to qualify for having been left on the bench the next round, so for the last for the first hour of the open- Qatar coach three days we have focused in ing game before being intro- Felix Sanchez training on the mistakes we duced to great effect. made in the first game. We’ve Qatar laboured until the been training for three days Al Sadd man replaced Ab- Players of DPR Korea warm up for a training session. and we’re ready for the game. dulkarim Salem and his pres- “In the first game we fo- ence inspired the team to points with Saudi Arabia at the back of the net could be a ranking, so for that reason “We know it’s going to be the game without suspended cused more on defence than score twice in 14 minutes as the top of Group E but, with factor in determining the final when we play the game we’re a very tough opponent and striker Han Kwang-song after attacking and we didn’t cre- the country picked up their the Saudis scoring four unan- outcome of the group. going to try to be focused and we are going to play a very he was sent off in the loss to ate many goal scoring chances first win in an AFC Asian Cup swered goals against DPR Ko- “We’re focusing game-by- perform during the 90 min- good game tomorrow to get Saudi Arabia, but coach Kim and to overcome this we’ll be opener since 1980. rea, Sanchez knows the num- game and goal difference can utes so we can get the best re- the result.” Yong-jun is confident he has playing more offensively than The win left Qatar level on ber of times his team finds make the difference in the sult for us,” he said. DPR Korea will go into enough quality to compensate we did in the last match.” Qatar aim to bounce back to winning ways against Egypt at handball Worlds The result left Qatar’s than us in almost every aspect Coach Riveira calls head coach Valero Riveira of the game. All we can do is fuming. He said the loss was look forward to the next match for improved show a result of huge mistakes that and forget that this game,” everyone should assume said Riveira. against Egypt responsibility for. Wajdi Sinen agreed with Speaking at the press his coach, saying, “Today was TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK conference after the match, really not our day. Angola beat DOHA he praised Angola’s play and us because they were good and said they were smart and bal- we weren’t. ASIAN champions and 2015 anced in how they “Hopefully we will do bet- world championships runners- approached the game. ter in our next game against up Qatar will look to make He added that their op- Egypt,” he added. amends and bounce back to ponents was ruthless when it Sweden, Argentina and winning ways at the 16th IHF mattered more, stressing that Hungary are the other teams Men’s Handball Champion- there were no excuses for the in Qatar’s bracket of Group D. ship when they meet Egypt in Qatari side to lose the game. Qatar’s Rafael Capote and their second match of Group D He said that the amount Frankis Marzo delivered well at the Royal Arena in Copen- of easy chances missed in in the opening match and the hagen on Sunday. the game were enough for team would look to follow in Qatar were edged by one their opponents to score and their footsteps against Egypt. goal in the first big surprise of achieve a better result. The match will be played the tournament caused by An- “We’ve just played the at 1.30pm Qatar time. Later, gola on Friday, as the African most horrible game in over Sweden will play Argentina in Qatar were pipped by a goal’s margin by Angola in a surprise result of the 26th IHF Men’s World Championship in Denmark on Friday. beat Asia’s number 1 side 24-23. five years. They were better a match from the same group. Sports Sunday, January 13, 2019 17 AFC ASIAN CUP 2019 Ole, Pochettino Iran beat Vietnam, Iraq face off in Man United ‘audition’ power past lowly Yemen Pochettino remains the favourite to take over the Red Devils’ job full-time

AFP ment for Solskjaer is probably LONDON to qualify for next season’s Champions League – United OLE Gunnar Solskjaer has a have closed the gap signifi- golden opportunity to further cantly but are still six points his credentials for the perma- behind fourth-placed Chelsea. nent manager’s job at Man- But the former striker, chester United when he goes who has United fans’ undying head to head against Totten- loyalty after his exploits as a ham boss Mauricio Pochettino player, must see off the threat on Sunday. from Pochettino if he is to pro- The Norwegian interim long his stay at Old Trafford. manager has enjoyed a perfect start to his Old Trafford ca- Spurs trophy charge reer, winning all five matches Spurs have amassed 48 and transforming the mood points after 21 matches, just among players and fans. two behind Manchester City But in the opposite dugout and six shy of leaders Liver- at Wembley will be Pochetti- pool and are still competing no, who remains the favourite on four fronts with Champions to be named to the United hot League, FA Cup and League seat after keeping Spurs on the Cup commitments on top of a fringes of the Premier League title challenge. title race against considerable Pochettino started the sea- odds. son with two huge challenges United have beaten Car- -- no fresh signings and no diff, Huddersfield, Bourne- proper break for many of his mouth and Newcastle in the top stars after they were in- league and Reading in the FA volved in the World Cup until Iran’s forward Sardar Azmoun (centre) shoots to score during the 2019 AFC Asian Cup Group D match against Vietnam at the Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. (AFP) Cup since Solskjaer replaced the final weekend. Jose Mourinho last month. Tottenham, who beat AFP Iran, looking to end a 43- The Rubin Kazan forward ment in the last third, are very But third-placed Totten- United 3-0 at Old Trafford ABU DHABI year title drought since last lashed in his third goal of the Results interesting.” ham in London will be a differ- earlier this season, are also winning Asian football’s most tournament from the edge of Group D In Sharjah, 18-year-old Ali ent proposition and the match still waiting to move into their IRAN sank Vietnam and Iraq coveted prize, could have the box 20 minutes from time Iran 2 Vietnam 0 scored a wonderful solo goal to will be a severe examination new stadium after months of beat Yemen as the neighbours scored four or five but for some to give Iran a record ninth suc- Iraq 3 Yemen 0 put Iraq 1-0 up after 11 minutes, of how far United have come delays. and arch-rivals powered into poor finishing in Abu Dhabi. cessive first-round victory dat- Group E although questions must be under their temporary leader. The Argentine boss, who the Asian Cup round of 16 on “It’s a pity our performance ing back to 2007. raised of the Yemeni defence. Solskjaer has revitalised a has yet to win a trophy as a Saturday ahead of their highly didn’t produce a couple more Co-favourites with South Saudi Arabia 2 Lebanon 0 Pouncing on a loose back number of players including manager, has given mixed anticipated group decider goals,” Iran coach Carlos Quei- Korea to lift the Asian Cup, pass, Ali held off three defend- Paul Pogba and Marcus Rash- messages over his future, re- next week. roz told reporters. Iran crushed war-torn Yemen score a third goal led to some ers before rifling his shot past ford, but bristles at suggestions fusing to rule out a move to Sardar Azmoun struck “But winning is the best 5-0 in their opening Group D bad passes.” Jalal Hassan in the Yemen goal. he has had an easy ride so far. Old Trafford but also saying both goals in Iran’s 2-0 win medicine in football. To win game. Queiroz singled out Bashar Resan doubled “We’ve had tests,” he said. he hopes to be at Spurs for 20 in Abu Dhabi, while teenager two games and score seven They were indebted to goal- Azmoun, who came out of in- Iraq’s lead midway through “Newcastle away is a test and years. Mohanad Ali’s early solo strike goals -- I have to praise my keeper Alireza Safar Beiran- ternational retirement for the the first half when his deflected the first game was a test as to But Pochettino believes kick-started Iraq’s 3-0 victory players because I am very de- vand for a courageous save Asian Cup. shot drifted in off the upright how everyone reacted. The neither he nor Solskjaer will in Sharjah. manding.” from Nguyen Cong Phuong, “He’s a finisher,” said the with Hassan slow to get across. first home game with the need any extra motivation Iran and Iraq will meet in Saman Ghoddos and Me- but were otherwise barely ruf- Portuguese, now in his eighth Ali hit the post in one of the crowd is a test.” than the three points on offer Dubai on Wednesday to decide hdi Taremi went close for fled by the Southeast Asian year as Iran coach. rare highlights of the second “We are not going to get on Sunday. who tops Group D in a repeat Asia’s top-ranked team be- champions. “We have high hopes for half before Alaa Abbas struck as many chances to attack “Of course for him (Solsk- of their combustible quarter- fore Azmoun rose to head “We just need to relax him for this competition. But in injury time, finishing sharp- against these as we had before jaer) it’s a massive motivation final of 2015, which Iraq won home a Ghoddos cross after more,” said Queiroz. “In the the way the team is contribut- ly after Ahmed Yaseen’s header so when we have the ball we or challenge to manage Man- on penalties. 38 minutes. second half our anxiety to ing around him, and our move- into his path. have to be ready to play well chester United, like for me with it and we have to use the it’s a massive challenge to be whole pitch because Wembley in front for this football club, is a decent size pitch as well,” Tottenham. Quick read he added. “Always the motivation is Cavani, Mbappe strike as PSG bounce back Solskjaer says he has not to win because we’re so com- Nigeria eyes graft spoken to the club hierarchy petitive. We’re people that charges against about the full-time position love to win and hate to lose, football officials from League Cup exit with win at Amiens although has clearly stated his and always when you play a desire to stay beyond the end friendly game or a competitive ABUJA: The head of a Nigerian AFP Maria’s shot struck the arm of a of the season. game like Sunday always it’s presidential anti-corruption body PARIS sliding Alexis Blin from barely a The minimum require- about winning.” has said charges will be brought yard away, with the capital club against football officials for al- EDINSON Cavani and Kylian awarded a penalty. legedly misappropriating public Mbappe scored as Paris Saint- Cavani stepped up to slot funds. Okoi Obono-Obla dis- Germain responded to their the ball into the middle of the closed that the body was in the shock midweek League Cup net and score his 14th goal of process of finalising charges defeat by claiming a 3-0 win at the season in all competitions. and that a “prima facie case” Amiens on Saturday to move 13 An uphill battle became a had been established. points clear at the Ligue 1 sum- mountainous one for the home “We will now file charges mit. team when Mbappe was hauled against them,” said Obono-Obla. PSG had seen their bid for down by Khaled Adenon who “They will be arraigned before a a sixth straight League Cup ti- was shown a second yellow court of competent jurisdiction,” tle ended in midweek by strug- card. he told Kiss FM Abuja radio. gling Guingamp at the Parc des It did not take long for Obono-Obla has previously Princes, but were too strong for Mbappe to take full advantage interviewed the head of the Ni- a dogged Amiens. of Adenon’s dismissal himself geria Football Federation, Amaju The reigning French cham- to tap in his 18th goal this term. Pinnick, and his two deputies, pions remain unbeaten after 18 PSG centre-back Mar- Seyi Akinwunmi and Shehu Dikko. games of the league season, and Paris Saint-Germain’s players celebrate after scoring against Amiens quinhos sealed the win when General secretary Mohammed sit 13 points ahead of second- at the Licorne stadium in Amiens on Saturday. (AFP) he ventured forward to divert Sanusi and executive committee placed Lille. Thomas Tuchel home Julian Draxler’s cutback member Ahmed Yusuf have also rested Neymar for the trip to the struggled to create any chances PSG took the lead in the to make it three with 11 minutes Manchester United interim manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Tot- been questioned. (AFP) Stade de la Licorne, and his side of note in a drab first half. 57th minute when Angel Di to play. tenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino. Salah extends Liverpool lead; Arsenal suffer Hammers blow saw teenage midfielder De- Results points clear of the drop. The Reds are now clan Rice score his first West Andre Schurrle put Ful- seven points clear Ham goal in a 1-0 win at home West Ham 1 Arsenal 0 ham ahead in just the second to London rivals Arsenal. Brighton 0 Liverpool 1 minute but Burnley equalised of second-placed Victory, in front of a Lon- Burnley 2 Fulham 1 in the 20th minute through don Stadium record crowd of Joe Bryan’s own-goal and City who play on over 59,000, cemented the Cardiff 0 Huddersfield Town 0 were soon in the lead when Monday Hammers’ place in the top Palace 1 Watford 2 Denis Odoi also put through half of the table. Leicester 1 Southampton 2 his own net. AFP Rice’s 48th-minute strike Craig Cathcart scored at LONDON saw the midfielder give him- both ends as Watford won self an early present ahead of themselves a man down when 2-1 away to Crystal Palace in MOHAMED Salah’s second- his 20th birthday on Monday. Yann Valery was shown a red a match coinciding with the half penalty was enough to West Ham’s Marko Ar- card for a second bookable of- second anniversary of former give Premier League leaders nautovic waved to home fans fence after tugging the shirt of Hornets manager Graham Liverpool a 1-0 win away to when substituted in the 71st Marc Albrighton. Taylor’s death. Brighton on Saturday that saw minute which suggested the Southampton still doubled Watford defender Cath- them go seven points clear at Austria forward, linked with their lead just before half- cart gave Palace, whose man- the top of the table. a move to the Chinese Super time when Long pounced on a ager Roy Hodgson is also a Jurgen Klopp’s men were League, may have played his mistake by goalkeeper Kasper former England boss, a 38th- enduring a frustrating after- last game for the club. Schmeichel. minute lead with an own-goal. noon on the south coast until “We will see what hap- The Foxes scored a sec- But he equalised midway Egypt forward Salah converted pens in the next days,” Ma- ond-half goal through Wil- through the second half be- a spot-kick after being brought nuel Pellegrini, the Hammers fried Ndidi but it wasn’t fore Tom Cleverley’s volley down in the box by Pascal manager, told Sky Sports enough and defeat saw Leices- into the top corner won the Gross at the Amex Stadium. when asked about the future ter, managed by former Saints game for Watford with 16 Second-placed reigning of Arnautovic. boss Claude Puel, booed by minutes left. champions Manchester City, Defeat dented Arsenal’s Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah after scoring the opening goal from the penalty spot against Brighton and their own fans come full-time Huddersfield remained fresh from a 9-0 rout of Bur- bid for Champions League Hove Albion during their English Premier League match at the American Express Community Stadium in at the King Power Stadium. bottom of the table following ton Albion in the first leg of a football ahead of next week’s Brighton on Saturday. (AFP) Fulham remained in the a goalless draw away to rele- League Cup semi-final, will clash at home to Chelsea. relegation zone after a 2-1 loss gation-threatened Cardiff. look to close the gap at home The fourth-placed Blues “This afternoon is a bad the table, 10-man Southamp- penalty, awarded after Nam- to Burnley that saw them con- Third-placed Tottenham to Wolves -- who knocked will be six points clear of the result for us,” said Arsenal ton moved a point clear of the palys Mendy fouled Shane cede two own-goals in three Hotspur face Manchester Liverpool out of the FA Cup Gunners if they beat strugglers manager Unai Emery. bottom three with a 2-1 win Long, gave the Saints an 11th- minutes at Turf Moor as the United at Wembley on Sunday -- on Monday. Newcastle in Saturday’s late - 10-man Saints beat away to Leicester. minute lead. Clarets -- who didn’t have a when Everton are at home to Saturday’s early kick-off kick-off at Stamford Bridge Leicester -At the other end of James Ward-Prowse’s But the visitors found shot on target -- moved three Bournemouth. 18 Sunday, January 13, 2019 Sports Salmeen steals Big Tour show on Cantaro 32

RESULTS Big Tour | Table A, One round against the clock with jump off, Art.238.2.2 | 130/145 | QR35,000 1. Rider: Salmeen Sultan al Suwaidi; Horse: Cantaro 32; Faults: 0; Time: 82.70secs; Jump-off Faults:0; Time:34.13secs; Prize: QR9,625 2. Nasser al Ghazali; Colibri 19; 0; 84.18secs; 0; 35.39secs; QR7,875 3. Ahmed Mohammed al Badi; Monopoly; 0; 81.65secs; 4; 41.27secs; QR6,125 Open Class | Table A, One round against the clock Art. 238.2.1 | 115/125 | QR15,000 1. Jaber Rashid al Amri; Canavaro De Muze (E.T.); 0; 54.41secs; QR3,750 2. Nasser al Ghazali; What A Pleasure; 0; 54.45secs; QR3,000 3. Khalid Hamad al Attiya; Viking D; 0; 54.59secs QR2,250 Dressage Test - Level 1, Test C, Prize-Money: QR10,000 1. Ali Mohammed al Marri; Santa Cruz III; 68.276pts; QR2,900 2. Ali Mohammed al Marri; Fernhill Friendly Touch; 68.103pts; QR2,300 3. Jessica Waldon; Lusspo Del Castegno; 67.931pts; QR1,800 Dressage Test - Level 2, Test C, Prize-Money:QR5,000 1. Mohammed Salem al Marri; Gin Tonic Van De Kranenburg; 68.636pts; QR1,250 2. Mohammed Nasser al Qadi; Kantje’s Este Fana; 67.727pts; QR1,000 3. Iris Nijboer; Rose Alsulaimi; 67.273pts; QR625.

Canavaro De Muze (E.T.) with Hathab, an initiative of HE a time of 54.41secs. Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al Nasser al Ghazali on What Thani, President, Qatar Olym- Salmeen Sultan al Suwaidi, astride Cantaro 32, during the Big Tour Table A, One round against the clock with jump off, Art.238.2.2 | 130/145 class action of Hatab Round Six at a Pleasure finished second and pic Committee, is co-hosted Qatar Equestrian Federation’s outdoor arena on Saturday. (Right) The Big Tour podium finishers Salmeen al Suwaidi, Nasser al Ghazali and Ahmed al Badi with official and guests. Khalid Hamad al Attiya (on by QEF and Al Shaqab eques- Viking D) third. trian centre and sees a total of TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK potential bagging the Big Tour turned the best faultless times 19. He clocked 84.18secs and jump-off faults. In the dressage Level 1 twelve legs. DOHA top title of the sixth leg of the in the Table A, One round 35.39secs in the jump-off and Winner of this tour in the and Level 2 competitions, Ali The best seven results series at the Qatar Equestrian against the clock with jump with no faults. last round, Saeed Nasser al Mohammed al Marri on San- are taken into account at the SALMEEN Sultan al Suwaidi, Federation on Saturday. off, Art.238.2.2 | 130/145cm The third podium place Qadi, ended up fourth this time ta Cruz III, and Mohammed end of the QR 1.3mn series who has been challenging the On a cold evening, the Qa- class clocking 82.70secs and was clinched by Ahmed Mo- on his horse Daydreamer EC. Salem al Marri astride Gin in deciding the overall win- top finishing riders in the on- tar Armed Forces rider stood 34.13secs respectively. hammed al Badi, who rode The Open Class competi- Tonic Van De Kranenburg ners in various categories of going national equestrian se- out on his mount Cantaro 32, Coming a close second was Monopoly and finished in tion was once again topped by garnered the most points to showjumping and dressage. ries Hathab, finally proved his a grey gelding, as the two re- Nasser al Ghazali on Colibri 81.65secs and 41.27secs with 4 Jaber Rashid al Amri, riding finish as the winners. The series ends in April.

STARS GEAR UP FOR THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN Nadal ready to let rip remodelled serve

AFP “I didn’t compete with this MELBOURNE new serve, so let’s see how it works. I am confident it’s go- RAFAEL Nadal revealed on ing to work well.” Saturday that he was back to His 2018 season ended full fitness and has a brand with another injury retirement new serve to unleash at the in the US Open semi-final but Australian Open. Nadal still managed to win five The world number two tournaments in a truncated limped away from Melbourne season, including a record- Park a year ago, forced to extending 11th French Open retire in pain from his quar- to leave him just three Grand ter-final with Marin Cilic. Slams behind Roger Federer’s all-time record of 20 majors. Nadal said he was sad to hear another member of ten- nis fabled ‘big four’, Andy The serve was always a Murray, was to quit tennis this thing that I tried to year, possibly as early as next Naomi Osaka of Japan in improve. I am happy with week, with chronic hip pain. Melbourne on Saturday. (AFP) the motivation to do Nadal said he could relate something new. If I am to it having had his own suc- able to make that happen cession of injury issues over the years, but he had always Shy Osaka working in a good way, then been focused on getting back hopefully it will give me on court if at all possible. the chance and help me Spain’s Rafael Nadal during training at the Melbourne Park in Australia on Friday. (REUTERS) “My only goal is always to be more mature in the longer term. to have been to keep going,” clared Saturday his troubles issues when you come back. iard, who faces Australian he said. “That’s the only way AFP bilities that come with being Rafael Nadal were behind him. “But it’s nothing new for wildcard James Duckworth in that you can keep having con- MELBOURNE a major winner. “I feel good. If I am not me,” added Nadal who admits the first round. fidence and hope for a good “For me one of my biggest feeling good, I will not be he has to manage the work- “The serve was always a comeback in terms of health. US Open winner Naomi goals is to be more mature, The 17-time Grand Slam here,” Nadal told reporters load on his creaking 32-year- thing that I tried to improve, “But I know that tennis is Osaka admitted on Saturday like to mature as a person,” champion missed most of the two days before the start of the old body, battered by years of and I think I did. not forever. I want to do it as that she was naturally shy she said ahead of her opening next three months and cut short first Grand Slam of the year. his all-action style. “I am happy with the moti- long as I can and give myself and said one of her key goals round clash at the Australian his season to have surgery on a “I have good feelings in To better cope, he has re- vation to do something new. If the best possibilities to fight in the off-season had been to Open against Poland’s Magda troublesome foot injury. terms of the surgery. After modelled his serve to help ex- I am able to make that happen for the things really I am pas- work on her confidence and Linette next week. He pulled out of a Bris- surgery, after months without tend his career. in a good way, then hopefully it sionate about, and to keep become more mature. “And I feel like in a way bane warm-up event with competing, having trouble prac- “There are always things will give me the chance and help doing the things that I really The likable 21-year-old I am, but in other parts I’m a slight thigh strain but de- tising, of course there are always to improve,” said the Span- me in the longer term. enjoy doing.” Japanese was catapulted into very, like, three years old the global spotlight when she mentality, you know? I feel won the US Open last year, like just levelling that out is beating Serena Williams, one of my biggest goals I had whose tantrum at the umpire during the off-season.” Top 10 target for Kyrgios, in the final almost overshad- Winning in Flushing De Minaur seizes first ATP owed her achievement. Meadows has meant Osaka The breakthrough made now has to do far more me- but Raonic comes first her a new standard bearer for dia, and her confidence in title at home in Sydney tennis in her homeland, Asia that department is growing. AFP and the next generation of But she admits to still MELBOURNE DPA Kvitova triumphs women, and she is working struggling in one-on-one SYDNEY Earlier in the evening, Petra hard on living up to the hype. situations. “I mean, in press I AUSTRALIAN Open home Kvitova denied victory to an- While focusing on her feel comfortable because I’m hope Nick Kyrgios declared LOCAL favourite Alex de Min- other local favourite, Ash Bar- game during the off-season, being asked questions,” she on Saturday that he could aur clinched his maiden ATP ty, in the women’s final in a she has also been concen- said, when it was noted that break into the world’s top 10 title at the Sydney Interna- thrilling three-set match that trating on better dealing she seems more relaxed in if he can get “right physically tional on Saturday, defeat- saw her eventually prevail 1-6, with the off-court responsi- media conferences. and mentally”. But first the ing Italy’s Andreas Seppi 7-5, 7-5, 7-6 (7-3). world number 51 will need 7-6 (7-5) in a match that was The Australian world num- to get past the “unbelievably closely fought to the end. ber 15 had dominated the first Halep ready for Slam crown number two tough” Canadian 16th seed A fan takes a photograph of Nick The win was all the more set but two-time Wimeble- Milos Raonic in a blockbuster Kyrgios as he changes during a impressive since de Minaur don champion Kvitova fought WORLD No. 1 Simona Halep She served for what first-round encounter when practice session at Melbourne had only completed his semi- back in the second, eventually admitted losing the 2018 Aus- would have been a 5-3 ad- the year’s opening Grand Park on Saturday. (EPA-EFE) final hours earlier in 34-de- breaking Barty to lead 6-5 be- tralian Open final was a pain- vantage but Wozniacki broke Slam begins on Monday. gree-Celsius heat, after the fore serving out the set. ful moment, but it taught her then held serve for lead 5-4. Kyrgios rose to a career- thinking about that. I want to match was postponed from The third set saw consecu- how to better handle pressure The fired-up Dane went high 13th in 2016, but has just enjoy my time in Austral- Friday due to heavy rain. tive breaks of serve in the last situations which she has since on to break again and win steadily slipped down the ia, the Aussie summer. I want The 19-year-old, who was four games, forcing a tiebreak. put to good use. 7-6 (7/2), 3-6, 6-4, leaving pecking order since. to play good tennis and be defeated in last year’s final, The 28-year-old Czech was The Romanian was tar- Halep crushed. He cut short last season in happy. That’s the main thing.” began the first set 2-0 down visibly struggling in the final geting a first ever Grand “It was really painful to October after an elbow injury, Kyrgios and Raonic have after Seppi broke and held for Australia’s Alex de Minaur holds stages of the match, leaning Slam title in that match lose it,” she said at Mel- admitted he was working on met six times, with the se- an early lead. the trophy after beating Andreas on her racket and appearing to against Caroline Wozni- bourne Park when asked mental health issues and then ries level at 3-3. Only one of However he soon broke Seppi of Italy in the final of Sydney have difficulty breathing. acki and looked on track to reflect on what went suffered a spider bite over those encounters was on hard back to level at 3-3 and man- International on Saturday. (AFP) “I didn’t feel the best. I was to win before folding in wrong. But I learned Christmas. But he was in an courts, at Miami in 2016, and aged to break again at 6-5 to exhausted. I had cramps, as the third set. some things from that upbeat mood as he spoke to it was the Australian who won take the set. “Third time lucky and you well. I didn’t feel well from my Halep had won her match. Now I know reporters at Melbourne Park in straight sets. The second set went to a guys don’t know how much it stomach, as well,” Kvitova told service game and then how to manage bet- on Saturday ahead of squar- They have met twice in tiebreak that could have gone means to do it in front of all reporters afterwards. broke the Dane to get ter if that happens ing off against the former Grand Slams, both times at either way as neither man you guys from my home.” The victory, her sec- a 4-3 lead. again,” she said. world number three. Wimbledon, and again they gave an inch. The pressure will now be on ond Sydney title, after 2015, “If I get right physically are level 1-1. “Yeah, obviously “It’s crazy that this actually the teenager – who only broke should give her another confi- and mentally... realistically I Milos is a tough player. We’ve happened,” said de Minaur, into the top 100 last year and is dence boost at the Australian could be top 10. That’s a fact,” played each other a couple who was also beaten in the fi- now ranked at 29 –in the Aus- Open. She also won five WTA said Kyrgios. times at Grand Slams,” said nal of last year’s Citi Open, as tralian Open, where he plays titles last year, ending 2018 as “Right now I’m not even the Australian. he accepted the trophy. his opening match on Monday. the world number seven. Simona Halep in Melbourne on Saturday. Sports Sunday, January 13, 2019 19 FIRST ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL IN SYDNEY Olivier nets another five-wicket haul Bowlers SCOREBOARD SOUTH AFRICA (1ST INNINGS): 262 Bowling: Steyn 12-4-35-0, Philander 13-4-43-3, dominate PAKISTAN (1ST INNINGS, OVERNIGHT 17-2): Rabada 11.4-0-41-2, Olivier 13-2-51-5. Imam-ul-Haq c Elgar b Philander 43 again in final Shan Masood c De Kock b Philander 2 SOUTH AFRICA (2ND INNINGS): Azhar Ali c De Kock b Philander 0 D. Elgar c Sarfraz Ahmed b Mohammad Amir 5 Mohammad Abbas c De Bruyn b Olivier 11 A. Markram c Sarfraz Ahmed b Mohammad Abbas 21 South Africa Test Asad Shafiq c De Kock b Olivier 0 H. Amla not out 42 AFP Babar Azam c Rabada b Olivier 49 T. de Bruyn c Asad Shafiq b Faheem Ashraf 7 Sarfraz Ahmed c Amla b Rabada 50 Zubayr Hamza lbw b Faheem Ashraf 0 JOHANNESBURG Shadab Khan c De Bruyn b Rabada 5 T. Bavuma c Sarfraz Ahmed b Shadab Khan 23 Faheem Ashraf c Zubayr Hamza b Olivier 0 Q. de Kock not out 34 LEADING wicket-taker Du- Mohammad Amir c Zubayr Hamza b Olivier 10 Extras (b2, lb1) 3 Hasan Ali not out 0 Total (5 wkts, 37 overs) 135 anne Olivier said bounce and Extras (b5, lb10) 15 Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Elgar), 2-29 (Markram), 3-45 swing were key factors as Total (49.4 overs) 185 (De Bruyn), 4-45 (Hamza), 5-93 (Bavuma) bowlers again dominated on Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Masood), 2-6 (Azhar), 3-53 Bowling: Mohammad Amir 10-2-28-1, Mohammad the second day of the third and (Abbas), 4-53 (Shafiq), 5-91 (Imam), 6-169 (Sarfraz), Abbas 9-2-33-1, Hasan Ali 6-1-27-0, Faheem Ashraf final Test between South Af- 7-169 (Azam), 8-169 (Ashraf), 9-185 (Amir) 6-2-19-2, Shadab Khan 6-0-25-0. rica and Pakistan at the Wan- derers Stadium on Saturday. Olivier claimed five for wickets in five innings said not out off 90 balls against 51, his third five-wicket haul swing was a factor for the first tight, disciplined bowling. of the series, as South Africa time in the series. Sarfraz said his team had gained a first innings lead of “The previous two Tests missed an opportunity with 77. But Pakistan’s bowlers hit there wasn’t much swing. the bat to match or get close to India batsman Rohit Sharma celebrates his century against Australia during the first One-Day International (ODI) at the Sydney ricketC Ground back. South Africa were 135 There’s quite a bit of swing South Africa’s first innings to- on Saturday. (Right) Australia’s Jhye Richardson is jubilant after taking the wicket India captain Virat Kohli. (AFP) for five in their second in- at the Wanderers. There’s tal of 262. They lost their last nings at the close, an overall still enough assistance for the five wickets for 16 runs. lead of 212. bowlers and both teams have Sarfraz and Babar Azam “The match is still on,” bowled well.” played some thrilling strokes said Pakistan captain Sarfraz Olivier started the series in putting on 78 off 61 balls for Rohit’s sizzling ton in Ahmed, although he admitted as South Africa’s fifth-choice the sixth wicket but both were that his team would need to fast bowler but played in the out within the space of five produce their best batting per- first Test in Centurion be- balls, to be followed immedi- formance of the series in order cause of injuries to Vernon ately by Ashraf, who was out to chase down whatever target Philander and Lungi Ngidi. first ball to Olivier. vain as India fall short they are set. He had match figures of 11 for “If you want to score here Players of both teams said 96, prompting South Africa to you have to play positively be- after the first day that the opt for a four-man pace attack cause a good ball is coming,” Richardson’s match-winning 4 for 26 tonic for ailing Aussies pitch was better for batting when Philander returned for said Sarfraz, who scored 50 off than in the first two Tests - but the second Test. 40 balls. But he blamed “three AFP Kohli was caught at square 25 wickets have fallen in two Pakistan were right back in bad shots, me, Babar and SYDNEY leg off Richardson for three days and the match appears to the game when medium-pacer Faheem” for the collapse. Dhoni fifth Indian and two balls later Ambati be hurtling towards another Faheem Ashraf took two wick- Sarfraz played one cut shot AUSTRALIA fended off an Rayudu was trapped leg be- early conclusion. ets in his first over to reduce too many and was caught at explosive century from Rohit fore wicket by Richardson “The Pakistan batsmen South Africa to 45 for four. But first slip off Kagiso Rabada Sharma to post a morale-boost- to enter 10k club after a review for a two-ball batted quite well and quickly,” Hashim Amla and Temba Ba- before Azam hooked Olivier ing 34-run victory over India in duck, leaving India rocking at said Olivier. “If you get your- vuma blunted the bowlers in a to long leg. Ashraf got into a the first one-day international IANS of 10,173 runs in the 50- four for three. self in you will get rewarded fifth wicket stand of 48 before tangle trying to play a pull shot in Sydney on Saturday. SYDNEY over format during a home Former World Cup-win- with the bat but as a bowler I Quinton de Kock joined Amla and spliced a catch to short leg. The Australians made 288 series against West Indies ning captain Dhoni put on feel there is always something, and lifted the scoring rate late Sarfraz said the bowlers for five off their 50 overs after FORMER skipper Mahen- in October 2018 however, 137 runs with Sharma for the especially with the bounce at in the day by scoring 34 not had also let their standards winning the toss and restricted dra Singh Dhoni on Satur- the record also contained fourth wicket to stabilise In- the Wanderers.” out off 35 balls. slip towards the end of the day India to 254 for nine. day became the fifth Indian the 174 runs, which he dia’s rocky start before he Olivier, who has taken 21 Amla made a patient 42 when De Kock flourished. Sharma blasted 133 off 129 to reach the elusive 10,000- smashed against the Africa was out leg before wicket to balls in a scintillating effort run mark in One-Day In- XI, while representing the Behrendorff for 51 and his to keep India in the contest, ternationals (ODIs) for the Asia XI in a three-match 68th ODI half-century. while man-of-the-match Jhye country. rubber in 2007. Dhoni, 37, who has cap- Richardson took four for 26 Dhoni, who was miss- Before Dhoni, Sachin tained India 332 times across for Australia. ing the feat by just a run, Tendulkar, Sourav Gangu- the three formats, faced It was a tonic for the ailing entered the 10,000th club ly, Rahul Dravid and Virat 96 balls and hit three fours Australians, coming off their with a single off Jhye Rich- Kohli had scored 10,000 and a six. first-ever home Test series de- ardson in the ongoing first ODI runs for India. Sharma’s mighty knock feat to Virat Kohli’s India and ODI between India and Overall, Dhoni is the came to an end when he skied after winning just three of their Australia. 12th player in history of Marcus Stoinis to Glenn Max- previous 24 ODIs. The Ranchi stumper had ODI cricket to reach the well at deep mid-wicket to end Test discard Peter Hands- earlier accumulated a total 10,000-run club. India’s remaining hopes. comb tops-cored with 73 off 61 All-rounder Stoinis re- balls for Australia with Usman Handscomb, passed over and MS Dhoni supported him mained unbeaten on 47 off 43 Khawaja and Shaun Marsh this week by selectors for this well but we could have done bet- balls with two fours and two also registered half-centuries. month’s two Tests against Sri ter with the tempo of the game.” sixes, while limited-over spe- “I am very pleased with the Lanka, led the way with six India lurched to a disas- cialist Glenn Maxwell finished performance,” Australia skip- fours and two sixes. trous start, losing three wick- 11 off just five balls in Austral- per Aaron Finch said. Fellow Test discard Marsh ets in the first six overs, from ia’s innings. “I think the way they re- knocked up 54 off 70 balls while which they failed to recover. Aaron Finch fell for six in Podium winners of the Beach Under-14 Cricket Championship, part of the Qatar Olympic Committee’s built, Rohit and MS Dhoni, Khawaja made 59 from 81. Shikhar Dhawan was out the third over when he was winter camp at the Sealine Beach. we knew they will take it deep India’s Bhuvneshwar Ku- on the sixth ball of the innings bowled by Kumar for the pace- and we managed to pick up the mar finished with two for 66 when he was leg before wicket man’s 100th ODI wicket. wickets at the right time. and wrist-spinner Kuldeep Ya- for a first-ball duck to ODI deb- Alex Carey fell in Kuldeep’s Pak Shama School’s Red team “We can always improve dav claimed two for 54. utant Jason Behrendorff. first over when he attempted and our execution with the ball “We are not very pleased to cut the leg-spinner, only to was at times off. It will be a with the way we played,” Kohli Early setbacks get an outside edge to Sharma claims beach U-14 cricket title good series.” said. “Rohit was outstanding It got worse for India when at slip for 24 off 31 balls. TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK in cooperation with the Qatar and wide participation of the SCOREBOARD DOHA Tourism Authority. students in the event. Bravo Academy settled for “The big success of the AUSTRALIA: Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Finch), 2-41 (Carey), 3-133 S. Dhawan lbw b Behrendorff 0 Total (9 wickets; 50 overs) 254 PAK Shama School Red the third spot. championship will surely A. Carey c Sharma b Kuldeep 24 (Khawaja), 4-186 (Marsh), 5-254 (Handscomb) V. Kohli c Stoinis b Richardson 3 Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Dhawan), 2-4 (Kohli), 3-4 A. Finch b Kumar 6 Did not bat: J. Richardson, N. Lyon, P. Siddle, J. A. Rayudu lbw b Richardson 0 (Rayudu), 4-141 (Dhoni), 5-176 (Karthik), 6-213 claimed the first Beach The event featured 10 motivate us to organise more U. Khawaja lbw b Jadeja 59 Behrendorff M.S. Dhoni lbw b Behrendorff 51 (Jadeja), 7-221 (Sharma), 8-247 (Yadav), 9-254 Cricket Championship at the schools, represented by 120 similar championships and S. Marsh c Shami b Kuldeep 54 Bowling: Kumar 10-0-66-2 (1w), Ahmed 8-0-55-0 (2w, D. Karthik b Richardson 12 (Shami) Sealine beach, beating their students. community activities in fu- P. Handscomb c Dhawan b Kumar 73 2nb), Shami 10-0-46-0 (3w), Kuldeep 10-0-54-2, R. Jadeja c Marsh b Richardson 8 Did not bat: K. Ahmed Green team. Mohammad Abdullah al ture,” he said. M. Stoinis not out 47 Jadeja 10-0-48-1, Rayudu 2-0-13-0. B. Kumar not out 29 Bowling: Behrendorff 10-2-39-2 (1w, 1nb), Richardson G. Maxwell not out 11 K. Yadav c Khawaja b Siddle 3 10-2-26-4 (3w), Siddle 8-0-48-1, Lyon 10-1-50-0, The under-14 champion- Meer, Head of the QOC Ac- He also extended his Extras (b4, lb2, nb2, w6) 14 INDIA: M. Shami c Maxwell b Stoinis 1 Stoinis 10-0-66-2 (2w), Maxwell 2-0-18-0. ship was hosted at the winter counts Section, honoured the thanks to the Qatar Cricket Total (5 wickets; 50 overs) 288 R. Sharma c Maxwell b Stoinis 133 Extras (lb7, nb1, w6) 14 Toss: Australia camp by the Qatar Olympic winning teams. He hailed the Association officials for their Committee (QOC) on Friday, success of the championship contribution to this success.

Vijay Shankar, Shubham Gill to Masoud Hamad, Noora bag Trap gold medals replace Rahul TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA RESULTS and Pandya MEN’S TRAP MASOUD Hamad al Athba 1.Masoud Hamad al Adba (19 22 22 23 21) 107 & AGENCIES 40 capped his transition by win- 2.Mohammed al Rumaihi (23 22 21 20 22) 108+1 MUMBAI ning the Men’s Trap gold med- & 37 al at the National Shooting 3.Hamad al Adbi (20 20 22 22 24) 108+0 & 27 INDIAN selectors named Vijay and Archery Team Cup at the 4.Khalid al Mohannadi (22 23 20 22 17) 104 & 25 5.Abdulaziz al Adba (22 23 17 20 24) 106 & 15 Shankar and Shubman Gill as Losail Ranges on Saturday. 6.Masoud Ali al Adba (25 21 16 21 20) 103+1 & replacements for Hardik Pan- Athba, an international 13 dya and KL Rahul for the on- Double Trap shooter, beat Mo- 7.Khalifa al Attiyah (21 18 21 23 20) 103+0 going ODI series against Aus- hammed al Rumaihi, ninth in Women’s Trap tralia and in the series against the 2015 Gabala World Cup, by 1.Noora al Ali (20 18 17 19 20) 94 & 36 New Zealand respectively. three shots to emerge the cham- 2.Banna Ali (20 19 17 23 21) 100 & 33 The Board of Control for pion. Hamad al Adbi got the 3.Amna al Abdullah (13 13 12 17 18) 73 & 26 Cricket in India (BCCI) con- bronze medal with 27 hits. 4.Noora al Mohannadi (18 17 14 21 18) 88 & 21 firmed that Vijay Shankar will Khalid al Mohannadi, Ab- Junior Men’s Trap join the side before the second dulaziz al Adba and Masoud Ali 1.Husain al Bannai (18 14 15 19 23) 89 ODI, while Gill will join for the al Adba were fourth, fifth and 2.Ibrahim al Tamimi (19 15 12 14 21) 81 New Zealand series. sixth, respectively. Winners of the Trap events at the National Shooting and Archery Team Cup in Losail after the prize distribution on Saturday. 3.Saleh Hamad al Marri (15 14 15 17 16) 77 The selectors had to pick Masoud Hamad, third best Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol replacements after Pandya qualifier with 107, shot 40 in al Mohannadi was fourth, Elizaveta Shakhova earned di managed the silver medal and archers. He thanked the shoot- 1. Ahmad al Shammari and Rahul were handed sus- the gold medal match, while shooting 21. the gold medal in the Women’s bronze medal behind champion ers of France and Asian coun- 2. Riyad Rustom pensions for their controver- Rumaihi could manage only Husain al Bannai collected 50m Rifle 3 Positions as she got Mohannadi on the concluding tries for their participation and 3. Adel Rustam sial comments on a TV show. 37. Rumaihi and Hamad al 89 to claim the Junior Men’s the better of Matara Fahad al day of the event. adding quality to contests. He Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions While this is for the first time Adbi had topped the qualifying gold medal. Ibrahim al Tamimi Assieri. Haya al Boloushi won Tournament Director Ibra- also expressed his gratitude to 1.Elizaveta Shakhova Gill will make it to the limited rounds with 108 and then had (81) finished second, while Sal- the bronze medal. him al Mohannadi, Shaker Ab- the sponsors for their support to 2.Matara Fahad al Assieri overs side, for Vijay Shankar, a shootoff to decide the placings eem Hamad al Marri had 77 for Abdulaziz al Abadi and Ibra- dullah and Al-Anoud al Naimi the competitions. 3.Haya al Boloushi it will be a second assignment for the finals. the bronze medal. him al Mohannadi shared the honoured the winners. “This year is very impor- after the outing in the Nidahas The Women’s Trap title was Ahmed al Shammari pock- honours in two archery events. Qatar Shooting and Archery tant from the Olympic Games ing hard and quite optimistic Trophy. BCCI officials said that bagged by Noora al Ali, who eted the Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Ahmed al Badi and Ali al Yazidi Association President Ali Mo- qualification point of view. The about getting a good number of Mayank Agarwal’s name was cracked 36 and beat Banna Ali Pistol title, beating Riyad Rus- followed Abadi in the second hammed al Kuwari expressed participants displayed good qualifying berths for the 2020 also considered but the selectors by three shots. Amna al Abdul- tom and Adel Rustam secured and third places, respectively. his happiness at the quality of level and commendable fight- Tokyo Olympics this season,” he decided to give a chance to Gill. lah was third with 26 and Noora the bronze medal. Yazidi and Abdulaziz al Aba- performances by shooters and ing spirit. We’re already work- added. 20 Sunday, January 13, 2019 The Last Word

QATAR-INDIA YEAR OF CULTURE QM to hold photo Innovation in education QF’s contest on cricket key mission: Sheikha Hind TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Fuadal Mudahka, acting di- DOHA rector of 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum, said: AFTER officially announcing “Photography has always been India as its 2019 Year of Cul- an integral part of the Year of ture partner country, Qatar Culture programme. Every Museums (QM) has officially year we look to photographers launched the first initiative of to use their imagery to intro- what is set to be a year filled duce audiences to the cultural with cultural and artistic ex- elements of both Qatar and change programmes. The partner countries, thus foster- initiative, a competition ti- ing mutual appreciation and tled ‘Cricket Contempo- rary Pho- tography’, has invited Qatar-based photogra- phers to submit pho- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK tos and vid- DOHA eos about cricket for HE Sheikha Hind bint Ham- a chance to The competition invites Qatar-based photographers to ad al Thani, vice-chairperson win a prize submit photos and videos about cricket for a chance and CEO of Qatar Founda- from Qatar to win a prize from Qatar Museums. tion (QF), has described in- Museums. novation in education as one Said to have originated in understanding between our of the key elements of QF’s 16th century England, cricket people. Cricket has long been mission. went on to become one of the a sport that ignites passion Sheikha Hind was most popular sports in India. among its enthusiasts and we speaking at the latest ‘Off The game involves two teams look forward to how partici- The Record’ discussion ti- of 11 players each playing with pants can bring that to life.” tled ‘A Discussion of Educa- a bat and ball. The game is Under the leadership of Her tion, Women’s Rights and played on a field, at the centre Excellency Sheikha al Mayassa the Blockade’ in New York of which is a 20-metre pitch bint Hamad bin Khalifa al Tha- City, US. focuses on addressing global ment is built on equality of reached an all-time high of concluded on January 11. with a wicket at each end, each ni, QM spearheads the Years The talk was moder- and international challenges opportunity and equipping almost 50 percent in the cur- As part of the trip, she comprising two bails balanced of Culture initiative — an an- ated by journalist Magalie in education and other areas young people with the skills rent academic year, while met with senior officials from on three stumps. nual series of bilateral, cultural Laguerre-Wilkinson from US through collaboration. that enable them to address overall female enrolment at the home campuses of QF’s Photographs and videos exchange programmes with a news programme ‘60 Min- “Innovation in educa- national and global chal- Carnegie Mellon University international partner uni- submitted for review may de- partner country. It is designed utes’. tion is one of the key ele- lenges and make a positive in Qatar – also a QF part- versities, as well as influen- pict any location in Qatar to deepen understanding be- Speaking about her ments of QF’s mission. Our impact on the world.” ner university –stands at 63 tial thought leaders, innova- where the members of vari- tween nations and their people participation in the event, participation in this event QF’s commitment to em- percent. tive think tanks and leading ous communities play crick- through mutual exchanges of Sheikha Hind said, “This dis- has illustrated how we are powering women in educa- Across QF, 40 percent of policy-makers in education et, including professional or arts, culture and heritage. cussion has provided a valu- an exemplar of high-quality tion is reflected by the fact the organisation’s leadership and research. She also toured friendly matches that portray The deadline for sub- able opportunity to outline education provider and how that the number of female is female. Weill Cornell Medicine, part themes such as: competition, missions is March 31, 2019. and promote the vision and we have created a multi- students enrolled in engi- Sheikha Hind’s participa- of Cornell University, to meet sportsmanship, passion, loss For more information about mission of Qatar Foundation disciplinary, cross-cultural neering courses at Texas tion in the ‘Off The Record’ students and learn more and victory. requirements please vis- to the world on an impactful educational and research A&M University at Qatar, a event formed part of her four- about its innovative research Commenting on the it: https://form.jotform. international platform that environment. This environ- QF partner university, has day visit to the US, which initiatives. launch of the competition, me/83150400514442 Photo expo on Italian heritage Nine winners walk away with QR200,00, to open at Katara on Jan 15 two cars at Shop Qatar 3rd raffle draw TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA DOHA

THE Embassy of Italy in THE third of the Shop Qatar’s Doha and the Cultural Village four raffle draws was held at Foundation – Katara have an- Mall of Qatar on Thursday nounced that a photographic when nine winners walked exhibition titled ‘A Focus on away with two Jaguar cars and Italian Heritage’, curated by QR200,000 in cash prizes. the Italian contemporary art At the time of the raffle draw, gallery Spazio Nuovo – Roma, there was also a ‘Wheel of For- will kick off at Building 19, Gal- tune’ where 15 shoppers won lery 1 at Katara on January 15. have otherwise eluded com- valuable prizes courtesy of the The exhibition will continue prehension at a first glance. mall’s shops. until January 30. Their common sense of com- The five winners of the customers to shop more in order the concert will end at 11pm. “We are very proud to position, better known in the QR10,000 cash prizes in the to increase their chances in the Tickets are on sale on https:// open the Italian Embassy’s world of photography as “fo- third week’s raffle draw are Cas- prize draw.” www.wanasatime.com/night- cultural programme in 2019 cus”, reflects the intrinsic abili- tillo (148038), Yusuf (010851), Visitors and residents still life/ArjitSingh2019 with this very special exhibi- ties to simultaneously archive Mohamad Ibrahim (142684), have a chance to win in the Besides, there is great news tion, a unique collection of and innovate. Niyaz (144157) and Milvin De fourth and final draw by shop- for American pop/rock music 16 art pictures, created and What distinguishes the Arce (132183). The winner of ping or dining at any of the fes- fans! Not one but two inter- made by a group of three art- work of Roller, Borghese and QR50,000 is Gabriel (145880) tival’s 13 mall partners or at The national sensations Bazzi and ists, Riccardo Ajossa (Italy), Ajossa, are their artistic sub- and the biggest cash prize of Pearl-Qatar. Boyce Avenue will be perform- Camilla Borghese (Italy) and jects - sculpture, architecture QR100,000 went to Ziad Ali For every QR200 spent at ing live in Doha during the Shop Olivier Roller (France), using and painting. Roller investi- (125086). any of the participating retail- Qatar festival on Thursday, Jan- photography to reinterpret the gates the anatomic details of Two fortunate shoppers ers or restaurants, shoppers uary 17 from 7pm to 11pm. immense Italian artistic herit- Classical Roman statues in or- Asif Aslam (214772) and Rasy can enter the final raffle draw, Tickets are available on age,” said Italian Ambassador der to reveal the most intimate (148214) get to update their with three cars namely: Jaguar Qtickets at https://www.q- to the State of Qatar HE Pas- and human aspects of power, ride this year with brand new E-PACE, Range Rover Evoque tickets.com/Events/EventsDe- quale Salzano. while Borghese concentrates Jaguar E-PACE and Jaguar XJ 2019 and Land Rover Discovery tails/6723/stage-2551-presents- Every art piece is a vis- graphic medium and to the on the wondrous perspective respectively. Sport 2019 along with 7 cash bazzi-and-boyce-avenue ual and emotional journey sublime Greco-Roman art as and the divine proportions of Stuart Elder, Mall of Qatar’s prizes ranging from QR10,000 Meanwhile, Saturday through the renowned Italian a subject of personal interest. the monumental architecture CEO, said: “As proud supporters to QR100,000 to be won at the shopping experiences, Bolly- marked the end of eight days of heritage of classical architec- However, what visually links of ancient Rome, and Ajossa of QNTC’s Shop Qatar festival, end of the festival on January wood music buffs can listen to fashion-forward activities at the ture, painting and sculpture, their compositions is their apt- re-examines fragments of Ital- Mall of Qatar is thrilled to host 20, 2019. the most sought-after music Shop Qatar Design District, the which continue to be a source ness at highlighting and un- ian Renaissance paintings, the 3rd raffle draw on our iconic The next and final Shop Qa- sensation Arijit Singh perform first of its kind in the festival. of inspiration for many and are veiling certain key elements of mirroring them in the soft un- Ooredoo Oasis stage. The cash tar Raffle Draw will be held at his superhit songs live on Fri- It featured 17 fashion shows by admired globally. specific masterpieces of the an- dulations of the sea to amplify and car prizes are a great way to 7:30pm on Sunday, January 20, day, January 18, at Lusail Sports globally renowned and locally The three artists share the cient times, so as to reveal an and highlight their chromatic support our retailers and a fan- at the Doha Festival City Mall. Arena. acclaimed designers, as well as same devotion to the photo- intrinsic meaning that would allure. tastic incentive to encourage our In addition to the exciting Gates will open at 5pm and 11 masterclasses and workshops. Ashghal partially opens longest and deepest bidirectional tunnel

The 1.5-kilometre long tunnel is part of the Al Rayyan Road Upgrade Project Phase 2. It is 25 metres below ground level, making it the longest and deepest bidirectional tunnel in Qatar.