Tabata Strikes As Al Sadd Dent Duhail's Title Hopes
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Chris Woakes does the star turn as England score stunning win over Pakistan at Old Trafford page 12 SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2020 Al Shaqab Racing’s Al Rufaa QNB Stars League teams show support for Lebanon scores third consecutive win Al Rufaa, owned by Al Shaqab as his jockey tried to settle him Al Rufaa could well be heading Racing, has barley put a foot with cover. There was a reason- into Stakes company for the wrong in 2020. He won his ably steady pace in this 8-run- second half of the season. This third consecutive race of the ner race. Coming under pres- colt is by leading sire Kingman season in the Betway Handicap sure at the 500-metre mark, he and was bred in France by Jean- at Newmarket’s July course joined the leaders in the final Pierre Dubois, one of France’s on Saturday. Partnered by his 200 meters. He then pulled top breeders. He was bought regular rider Robert Havlin over clear easily, winning by two at the Arqana August Yearling the 1,400-metre race, he was lengths for trainer John Gos- Sale from Haras des Capucines a little keen in the early stages den. Improving with every race, in 2018. (TNN) Al Rufaa on way to winning the Betway Handicap at Newmarket’s July course in UK on The players of QNB Stars League teams Al Sadd and Al Duhail showed their support for Lebanon, the people of which are trying to recover from Saturday. the trauma of enormous explosions that occurred at Beirut port and killed over 150 people and left several injured last Tuesday, ahead of their (PIC: RACINGFOTOS) crucial Round 20 #QNBstarsleague fixture on Saturday. The Al Sadd and Al Duhail players held up Lebanon’s flag as they lined up prior to the start of the match at the Al Janoub Stadium. Lebanon’s national anthem was also played as a mark of solidarity. (TNN) Tabata strikes as Al Sadd dent Duhail’s title hopes In the second half, Al Do- Brazilian scores sari was forced into a save by Bayern Munich’s Polish forward a brilliant Almoez header, Robert Lewandowski (top) cel- his first goal in while Han could only shoot ebrates after scoring during the straight at Dosari when he UEFA Champions League second- his second stint should have done better as Al leg Round of 16 match vs Chelsea for the Wolves Sadd held on for a slim win. in Munich on Saturday. (AFP) In Saturday’s earlier TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK match Umm Salal and Al Ahli Lewandowski DOHA played out a drab 1-1 draw at the AL Janoub Stadium. fires Bayern AL Duhail’s title hopes took a Rasul Bezerra’s put Umm significant blow on Saturday Salal ahead on the stroke of past Chelsea as the league leaders fell to half time, but an own goal by defending champions AL Sadd Rami Fayez, 18 minutes before to set up 1-0 at the Jassim Bin Hamad time ensured Al Ahli managed Stadium. Rodrigo Tabata to steal a point despite umm Barca clash scored the lone goal in the Salal’s industrious play. 24th minute as Al Sadd earned Umm Salal are now in AFP their third straight win which 10th place with 17 points, MUNICH (GERMANY) puts them four points behind one point ahead of Al Khor, Al Rayyan in second and five while Al Ahli are eighth with ROBERT Lewandows- behind Al Duhail. 20 points. ki bagged his Champions The league leaders have League-leading 12th and 13th been inconsistent all season goals this season as Bayern despite losing just one match Results Munich set up a quarter-final before Saturday’s defeat. clash with Barcelona after a A win for the Red Knights Umm Salal 1 (Raul 4-1 home win over Chelsea in would have made it easier to Becerra 45’) Al Ahli 1 Saturday’s last 16 second leg. win the title next weekend Leading 3-0 from the first with a victory over Al Khor. (Rami Fayez 72’ OG) leg at Stamford Bridge in Feb- However, with this result and Al Sadd 1 (Rodrigo ruary before the coronavirus Al Rayyan’s win on Thurs- pandemic halted the compe- day, Duhail would need to Al Duhail players attempt to check Al Sadd’s Rodrigo Tabata during their QNB Stars League match at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium on Saturday. Tabata 24’) Al Duhail 0 tition, treble-chasing Bayern win their last two matches to Tabata scored winner in the 24th minute as Al Sadd moved to third place in the standings with a tally of 41 points. underlined their dominance to claim the Falcon Shield. progress 7-1 on aggregate. Al Sadd though, still have Despite Duhail’s posses- The Bundesliga and Ger- a slim chance of retaining the sion, Tabata scored the lone man Cup champions will meet title but would need both Al goal 25 minutes slotting in a Barcelona next Friday in Lisbon Duhail and Al Rayyan to lose rebound. Hassan al Haydos’s for a place in the semi-finals. their last two matches while Al shot was punched out by Mo- Lewandowski netted a Sadd ensure maximum points hammed al Bakri onto the penalty with just 10 minutes from theirs. path of Baghdad Bounedjah, gone at the Allianz Arena. A cagey first half saw few and then Tabata, who made no Winger Ivan Perisic then dou- chances created, and Duhail mistake from close range. bled Bayern’s lead before Eng- were without Yousef Msekni; Bounedjah should have land striker Tammy Abraham hence Almoez Ali and Mo- made it two before half time, tapped home a loose ball to hammed Muntari were left but the Algerian’s shot flew give Chelsea brief hope. to carry the goalscoring load. harmlessly wide. However, replacement Han Kwang-Song marked the Almoez headed over midfielderCorentin Tolisso put opening of exchanges with a the bar in the 44th minute the result beyond doubt when shot straight at goalkeeper in a rare first-half chance he fired home aL ewandowski Saad Al Dossari. for Duhail. pass with 14 minutes to go. This was a world-class dis- play from Lewandowski who QNB Stars League Standings played a hand in all four goals, adding a late header to his pair POS CLUB M W L D GF GA GD pTS of assists. 1 Al Duhail 20 14 2 4 36 16 20 46 After a ruthless display in 2 Al Rayyan 20 13 1 6 37 15 22 45 the first leg, Bayern picked 3 Al Sadd 20 13 5 2 49 28 21 41 up where they left off six 4 Al Gharafa 20 9 6 5 32 28 4 32 months ago. 5 Al Arabi 20 6 7 7 28 27 1 25 They took the lead when 6 Al Sailiya 20 7 9 4 21 25 -4 25 Serge Gnabry, who scored 7 Al Wakrah 20 6 8 6 27 29 -2 24 twice in London, spotted the run into the box of Lewan- 8 Al Ahli 20 5 10 5 24 34 -10 20 dowski, who was tripped by 9 Qatar SC 20 4 9 7 18 25 -7 19 Chelsea goalkeeper Willy Ca- 10 Umm Salal 20 3 9 8 18 36 -18 17 ballero. The Poland striker 11 Al Khor 20 3 10 7 23 32 -9 16 was initially flagged offside, 12 Al Shahania 20 2 9 9 22 40 -18 15 Action from the Umm Salal and Al Ahli match played at the Al Janoub Stadium on Saturday. but VAR ruled otherwise. 12 Sunday, August 9, 2020 Sports Scoreboard Sydney makes pitch to Pakistan (1st Innings): 326 England (1st Innings): 219 Pakistan 2nd Innings (Overnight: 137-8) host Boxing Day Test Shan Masood c Buttler b Broad 0 Abid Ali c Woakes b Bess 20 Azhar Ali lbw b Woakes 18 AFP grounds, acting as hubs and Babar Azam c Stokes b Woakes 5 SYDNEY hosting multiple Tests. Asad Shafiq run out (Sibley) 29 Mohammad Rizwan lbw b Stokes 27 Cricket Australia’s interim Shadab Khan lbw b Broad 15 SYDNEY made a pitch Satur- chief executive Nick Hockley Yasir Shah c Buttler b Broad 33 day to host the money-spin- said Melbourne retaining the Shaheen Afridi c Burns b Stokes 2 ning Boxing Day Test against Test depended on whether fans Mohammad Abbas not out 3 Naseem Shah b Archer 4 India as its traditional home were allowed. Extras: (b4, lb5, nb4) 13 Melbourne battles a surge in “It comes down to if we Total: (All out, 46.4 overs, 223 mins) 169 coronavirus cases. can get a crowd at the MCG, Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Masood), 2-33 (Abid), 3-48 The fate of the marquee we’ll play at the MCG,” he (Babar), 4-63 (Azhar), 5-101 (Shafiq), 6-120 (Rizwan), 7-122 (Shadab), 8-137 (Afridi), 9-158 fixture is uncertain with no live told reporters on Saturday. (Yasir), 10-169 (Naseem) sport currently in Melbourne “We are full steam ahead Bowling: Anderson 9-2-34-0 (1nb); Broad 10-3- as it struggles with hundreds of with the planning (for Boxing 37-3 (1nb); Archer 6.4-0-27-1 (1nb); Bess 12-2- new daily infections, in contrast Day at the MCG) in the an- 40-1; Woakes 5-1-11-2; Stokes 4-1-11-2 (1nb); to Sydney which continues to ticipation that we’ll be back England 2nd Innings (Target: 277) see only a handful of cases.