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Page 25 March 15.Indd SPORT Wednesday 15 March 2017 PAGE | 25 PAGE | 26 PAGE | 27 Kerber rallies India, Australia head UAE riders shine to reach for Ranchi Test amid on opening day fourth round simmering tensions in Qatar Al Rayyan win, Lekhwiya pick a point Armstrong Vas The Peninsula brace from Rodrigo Tabata helped Qatar's Al Rayyan to register an emphatic 3-1 win over Persep- olisA at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium while Lekhwiya playing away from home earned a point in the one draw against Iran's Estegh- lal Khouzestan in the AFC Champions league matches yesterday. In Doha, Tabata bagged a brace and set up another as Al Rayyan moved to the top of Group D. Mehdi Taremi opened the scoring for Persepolis on six min- utes with his third goal in two games after being played in by a delightful Mohsen Mosalman pass, only for the hosts to level Persepolis' Vahid Amiri (front) fights for the ball during the Asian Champions League football match against Qatar's Al Rayyan at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium after 19 minutes when Tabata in Doha yesterday. RIGHT: Ricardo Goulart (LEFT) of China's Guangzhou Evergrande fights for the ball with Noborizato Kyohei of Japan's Kawasaki Frontale found space for himself in the during their AFC Champions League group stage fmatch in Guangzhou, China yesterday. box and fired low into the back of the net for his second of the In Ahwaz, Esteghlal Khouz- earn Djemal Belmadi’s team a three Champions League outings. his left and then his right arm. first Champions League cam- continental campaign. estan dropped their first points draw that sees the Qatari side Frontale were denied time and Qatari referee Abdulrahman paign. Brazilian Johnathan And the same player then put of their campaign as Ismaeel maintain the two-point gap again after half-time by a series Al Jassim had no choice but to popping up with the headed win- his side 2-1 up as the hour Mohammed’s goal earned between the teams at the top of of saves using hands, feet and point to the spot, despite the pro- ner from Yeom Ki-Hun's cross approached by confidently dis- Qatar’s Lekhwiya a 1-1 draw with Group B. body by goalkeeper Zeng Cheng. tests of the Evergrande players 12 minutes from time at the Mon- patching from the spot after Jalal the Iranian champions. Meanwhile, Kawasaki Fron- And Kobayashi must have and coach Luiz Felipe Scolari gkok Stadium. Another Japanese Hosseini upended Sebastian Hasan Beytsaeid put Sirous tale captain Yu Kobayashi coolly thought it was destined not to be who believed that the contact side, Kashima Antlers, took pole Soria in the box, before the Al Pourmousavi’s side in front after chipped home a penalty in the his night when he finally beat had occurred outside the box. position at the top of AFC Cham- Rayyan captain then delivered a seven minutes when he picked fifth minute of stoppage time to Zeng with a 71st-minute snap- Kobayashi's last-gasp level- pions League Group E with a pinpoint free-kick for Sergio himself off the floor to convert secure a richly deserved draw shot across goal after a sweet ler leaves Group G wide open comfortable 3-0 home win over Garcia to volley home a third two from the penalty spot as Estegh- against Guangzhou Evergrande turn, only to see the ball cannon with Kawasaki closing to two Brisbane Roar. South Korean side minutes from time. lal Khouzestan sought to yesterday. back off the foot of the post. points behind Guangzhou and Ulsan Hyundai's lacklustre 0-0 The win sees Al Rayyan leap- maintain their perfect start to the The Japanese side laid siege But deep into injury time Suwon Bluewings, who both draw with Muangthong United frog their opponents and Al Hilal campaign. to the two-time Asian champi- Frontale's persistence paid off have five points after the South allowed the reigning J-League to the top of the standings after But Mohammed latched on ons goalmouth after the prolific when Evergrande's Yu Hanchao Korean side beat Hong Kong champions to leapfrog the unde- the Saudi Arabian side drew 2-2 to Chico Flores’ header across Brazilian striker Alan put the made a hash of a clearance near minnow Eastern 1-0. feated Thai side in the Group E with Al Wahda in other Group D the Iranian side’s goal in the 11th home side ahead in the 26th the edge of his penalty area Suwon left it late against the standings with six points from encounter. minute to level the scores and minute with his third goal in resulting in the ball striking first Hong Kong side who are in their three matches. Special Olympics: Qatar to take part in World Winter Games in Austria Doha Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Executive Director of Qatar Spe- QNA Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, cial Olympics Amir Al Mulla along Morocco and Syria. with Sarah Al Dosari. It includes he Qatar team will partici- The Qatar delegation will head four players: Abdullah Nasser Al pate in the 11th Special to the Austrian city of Graz today Mannai, Saud Al Sulaiti along with TOlympics World Winter to participate in the games, which their coach Ali Hdaib, and Khalifa Games in Austria, which will kick will be held in four Austrian cities: Al Dosari and Mohammed Jaber Al off on Friday and continue until Graz, Schladming, Ramsau, and Bahih with their coach Hatem March 25. Rohrmoos. Bedier . Qatar is participating in The competitions will see the Qatar will take part in speed the Special Olympics World Win- participation of 3,000 athletes skating competitions in the city of ter Games for the fourth time in a from 110 countries, including 15 Graz, and snowboarding in row after taking part in the games Qatar handball team, winners of the gold medal at the GCC Women’s Games, pose for Arab countries, namely Qatar, Ramsau. that were held in Japan, the United Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Oman, The delegation is headed by States and South Korea. a picture. Dortmund's defender Matthias Ginter, Qatar win handball gold Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Buerki (right) and Lottes Bernd Rosinger vie for the ball during the German Cup in GCC Women’s Games DFB Pokal quarter-final football match in Osnabruck, northern Germany, yesterday. The Peninsula Bahrain, who are in the second place. Meanwhile a physical education workshop for atar handball team claimed the gold people with special needs kicked off in Doha medal at the ongoing GCC Women’s yesterday. QGames which end in Doha on Friday. Titled 'Modern international applications to In the closing match on Monday, Qatar integrate people with special needs into the phys- recorded a 32-12 victory over Oman to finish ical education program' the workshop is on top in the event with 12 points. organized by the Qatar Olympic Academy (QOA) United Arab Emirates finished second while and held at QOA Headquarters. Bahrain settled in the third place. On the other The four day long workshop is targeting hand, the Qatar table tennis team clinched the 25 teachers (male and female) in the public gold medal in the team event of the Games. In and private schools beside Al Shafalah Center the closing match, Qatar edged past Bahrain to for people with special needs and coaches from secure the gold medal. Qatar Paralympic Committee. Elsewhere, the Qatari basketball team con- The workshop will help the teachers to tinued their winning streak beating UAE 39-38 get more knowledge and experience about in a thriller on Monday. the methods required to integrate the peo- The victory took the Qatari team to lead ple with special needs into the physical basketball standings, three points more than lessons. SPORT WEDNESDAY 15 MARCH 2017 25 Birmingham, Liverpool keen to host 2022 CW Games London in close contact with the Gov- Anticipating trouble with facilities and they can quickly get leaving the South African city has been an enthusiastic partic- Reuters ernment about the developing Durban, the CGF recently the money together to make a the sole bidder. ipant in the Commonwealth situation." acquired the power to choose a commitment to do that." “This raises the some inter- Games, which take place every he English cities of Bir- Birmingham had already new host city without a formal New Zealand, which last esting possibilities ... but the city four years and bring together mingham and Liverpool expressed an interest in staging bid process. hosted the Commonwealth could not undertake this alone,” athletes from the 52 members T have expressed interest in the 2026 Games, as had Liver- Its executive vice president Games in Auckland in 1990, said the Edmonton Journal quoted of the Commonwealth, most of hosting the 2022 Common- pool. The BBC quoted a Kereyn Smith, also the head of it had no interest in hosting the city's mayor Don Iveson as which were at one time colo- wealth Games after Durban was spokesperson for Liverpool City the New Zealand Olympic Com- 2022. saying. nies of Britain. stripped of the right on Council as saying they had mittee, confirmed the CGF "We have no intention of The 2018 Games will be held Melbourne (2006), Brisbane Monday. "already indicated to the gov- would invite cities seen as will- taking over the 2022 Common- on Australia's Gold Coast. (1982) and Perth (1962) have all "Here in Birmingham we are ernment that we are very willing ing and capable of holding the wealth Games," sports minister Smith held out the possibil- hosted the Games before.
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