SPORT Tuesday 5 June 2018 PAGE | 22 PAGE | 23 Curry’s 3-point England motivated dazzlers help by Euro 2016 Warriors rout Cavs failure: Rashford Qatar eye medals in Japan CHINTHANA WASALA QATAR TEAM FOR ASIAN JUNIOR ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS aged 16, 17, 18 or 19 years as of THE PENINSULA December 31, 2018 competing in 44 event disciplines. Jaber Hilal Al Mamari, Salim Mohamed, Bassem Mohamed Awad Hemeida, DOHA: Qatari athletes will be At the previous edition of the eyeing a rich haul of medals Saoud Abdulaziz Al Humaidi, Nuh Abdulkadir, Rashid Abdulla Al Suwaidi, Moaaz championship which was held in when they compete against the Mohamed Ibrahim, Ahmad Saed Al Haj, Jalil Badawi, Muhannad Khamis and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam two best at the Asian Junior Athletics Awab Osman years ago, Qatar won two gold Championships set to begin on Chef de Mission: Issa Al Fadalah medals and same number of Thursday in Gifu, Japan. silver medals to finish eighth in Qatar will field 11 athletes at the overall medal standings. the premier junior track and field looking to win many medals to have achieved many laurels Qatari athletes still account championship which will take showcase the country’s excel- recently. He also said that the for eight Championship records. place at the Gifu Nagaragawa lence in athletics. Qatari athletes have proved their Junior Championships in ath- Stadium. The head of the mission also excellence in the continental and letics in Asia have been held since Secretary-General of Qatar said that the chances of winning international arena at the youth 1986 and this time, it will be the Athletics Federation (QAF) and medals remained high as the level. 18th occasion that the future of Chef de Mission, Issa Al Fadalah current generation includes a The five-day event will see Asian Athletics will again be vying said that the Qatari team will be group of talented athletes who athletes from 44 Asian countries, for top honours. Serena withdraws as Sharapova moves into quarters AFP She was also in just her third and Maria Jose Martinez tournament of the year after FRENCH OPEN RESULTS Sanchez with the American PARIS: Serena Williams giving birth to daughter sisters getting a 6-0 bagel in the announced her shock with- Olympia in September. MEN final set. Serena had gone into drawal from the French Open “I gave up so much time FOURTH ROUND that match wearing her striking through injury yesterday just with my daughter and time with Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) bt Maximilian Marterer (GER) 6-3, 6-2, all-black catsuit but admitted minutes before her scheduled my family all for this moment. 7-6 (7/4) she had had to tape her serving fourth-round clash against So it’s really difficult to be in this Diego Schwartzman (ARG x11) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA x6) arm to try and protect the long-time bitter rival and fellow situation.” injury. 1-6, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7/0), 6-2 Grand Slam icon Maria Williams, whose absence Serena’s withdrawal com- Sharapova. from the sport has seen her Marin Cilic (CRO x3) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA x18) pletely over-shadowed the The 36-year-old said she ranking tumbling to 451, has not 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3 remainder of yesterday’s last-16 had suffered a pectoral muscle lost to the Russian since 2004, Juan Martín Del Potro (ARG x5) bt programme. injury in her third-round win winning their last 18 matches. John Isner (USA x9) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 World number one Simona over Julia Goerges and “can’t It had been the most Halep, twice a runner-up, serve at all”. eagerly-awaited match of the WOMEN needed less than an hour to The 23-time Grand Slam tournament, coming just two FOURTH ROUND make the last-eight for the third champion added that she would days after Williams had blasted Simona Halep (ROM x1) bt Elise Mertens time with a 6-2, 6-1 rout of Bel- stay in Paris for a Tuesday scan Sharapova’s autobiography for (BEL x16) 6-2, 6-1 gium’s Elise Mertens. on the injury. being “100 percent hearsay” Angelique Kerber (GER x12) bt Caroline Garcia (FRA x7) “I was a little bit stronger in “I unfortunately have been when it came to references the important moments,” said 6-2, 6-3 having some issues with my pec about her. Halep who next faces 12th seed muscle, and (it) has been getting Sharapova, the champion in Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP x3) bt Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 2-0 Angelique Kerber. worse to the point where right Paris in 2012 and 2014, goes on -- retired The German, a former world now I can’t actually serve. It’s to play a first quarter-final at Maria Sharapova (RUS x28) bt Serena Williams (USA) number one and two-time kind of hard to play when I can’t the Slams since losing to Wil- -- walkover major winner, reached the physically serve,” she explained. liams at the same stage at the Daria Kasatkina (RUS x14) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x2) quarter-finals for the second She was unable to say 2016 Australian Open. 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 time with a 6-2, 6-3 win over whether or not she would be fit It was in Melbourne that France’s Caroline Garcia. for Wimbledon which gets Sharapova tested positive for Australian Open champion underway in four weeks’ time. meldonium after which she World number one Simona Halep of Romania celebrates her win against Elise Mertens of Belgium and second seed Caroline Woz- “I’m beyond disappointed,” served a 15-month doping ban. during their fourth round match of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris yesterday. niacki was knocked out by Rus- added three-time Roland Garros The Russian will face 2016 sia’s Daria Kasatkina 7-6 (7/5), champion Williams who was champion Garbine Muguruza 6-3. playing in her first Grand Slam who was 2-0 ahead or Lesia my match against Serena and “I hope she returns to the Garros, Williams played doubles Kasatkina will be playing in since winning the 2017 Aus- Tsurenko when the Ukrainian am disappointed that she had tour soon.” in Paris with sister Venus. her first Slam quarter-final tralian Open while two months quit having suffered a leg injury. to withdraw,” said Sharapova Despite playing just four They had been knocked out where she will face US Open pregnant. “I was looking forward to in a statement. matches in 2018 before Roland on Sunday by Andreja Klepac champion Sloane Stephens. Mission Impassible races to victory in France Qatar 2022 World THE PENINSULA Cup a source of pride CHANTILLY: Very unlucky after getting boxed in the Poule d’Essai for Arabs: Benzema des Pouliches (Groupe 1) in the latter stages, Mohamed bin Fahad Al Atti- QNA yah’s Mission Impassible put the wrongs to right by landing the Prix de Sandringham (Group 2) at Chan- KUWAIT: Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema tilly on Sunday. (pictured) said that Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 World Cristian Demuro managed to Cup will be a source of pride for the Arabs. relax his mount in the slipstream of Benzema made these remarks on the sidelines of the leader Efaadah before the com- his visit to Kuwait, adding that 2022 World Cup will bination took the latter’s measure be a great honour for Arab countries and he is waiting in the straight. Crown Walk, coming for a wonderful organisation. off a win in a maiden, finished The French strikeriker also sasaidid that the strongly to deprive Efaadah of proximity of the stadiumsstadiums in Qatar second. would help the fansans to attend the Mission Impassible is expected largest number of World Cup to race at Deauville in the summer, matches. Jockey Cristian Demuro rides Mission Impassible (centre) towards the Prix de Sandringham (Group 2) but it’s not the cards that she will Benzema expressedessed admiration win at Chantilly, France on Sunday. tackle either the Prix de Diane for Qatar’s potentialial in thethe fieldfield ofof Longines or go to Royal Ascot. sports, pointing out thatthat hehe hadhad “When she worked at Deauville she was all dressed up with nowhere “Today, she was a lot calmer come too soon. Ditto the Prix de visited Doha and partici-partici- at the beginning of the week, we to go in the final 200-metres… She than in her previous two races. We Diane. We are going to train her pated in a friendly matchmatch didn’t overtax her as she had raced needed to get a race under her belt wanted to be clear in our minds by with a view to going to Deauville between Real Madridrid three weeks earlier”, said Jean- on her return and, what we are giving her another chance. At and why not have a look at the and Pariss Claude Rouget, the winning trainer. doing, is putting the pieces of the present, I’m not thinking of going British programme for fillies?,” he Saint-Germain. “However, in the Poule d’Essai, jigsaw together,” Rouget said. to Royal Ascot with her as it will added. 22 SPORT TUESDAY 5 JUNE 2018 DeChambeau prevails in three-way play-off AFP DUBLIN, UNITED STATES: Bryson DeChambeau birdied the second extra hole to beat South Korea’s An Byeong-hun and capture the biggest title of his Ariya Jutanugarn holds the championship trophy after defeating career on Sunday at the Hyo-Joo Kim in a sudden death play-off in the US Women’s Open Memorial.