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13 Classifieds TUESday 31 August 2021 Sport TUESday 31 August 2021 14 Competitors before the Pakistan to allow Belgian Grand Prix race on vaccinated spectators Sunday. to attend NZ series

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Pakistan will allow spectators who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend their home limited-overs series against New Zealand starting next month, the country’s Formula One to review points board said yesterday. The grounds will be full to 25% capacity. New Zealand will arrive in Islamabad on Sept. 11 with Rawalpindi hosting three one-dayers before five Internationals in rule after Belgian GP ‘farce’ Lahore. “Only spectators who are fully vaccinated and have REUTERS – LONDON minimum allowance of a race. Is it 25%? Brown said the sport needed to be pre- Immunisation Certificate for Covid-19 will be allowed entry And there needs to be some racing.” pared for every scenario and also had to inside the stadia,” the Pakistan Cricket Board said in a Formula One will review the rules on how Formula One’s sporting regulations say make amends to fans who waited for hours statement. long a race needs to run before points can half-points can be awarded “if the leader in the cold and wet without seeing any F1 The Pindi Cricket Stadium will be able to welcome 4,500 be awarded after bad weather turned has completed more than two laps but less cars turn a wheel in anger. spectators for the 50-overs format while the Gaddafi Stadium Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix into a three- than 75% of the original race distance”. While everyone understood safety was can have a crowd of around 5,500 for the T20 matches fol- lap farce with no overtaking allowed. Sunday’s race was the shortest ever, paramount and the weather could not be lowing approval from the National Command and Opera- McLaren Racing head Zak Brown told with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen taking the controlled, Brown said the lack of a clear tions Centre, a military run body that oversees COVID-19 Reuters yesterday he had spoken to win after three laps behind the safety car Plan B hurt. Such a backup might mean operations in Pakistan. Formula One chief executive Stefano and drivers trundling around in heavy being able to postpone the race to the fol- “I am sure following the NCOC decision, the unvacci- Domenicali after the rainswept race at Spa- spray. lowing day or rip up the television schedules nated cricket followers will expedite their vaccination Francorchamps and there would be further Domenicali said afterwards that the and bring it forward. process so that they can witness the first series on home soil discussions this week with F1, teams and outcome had not been dictated by com- “What’s clear is we weren’t as a sport between the two sides since 2003,” PCB Chief Executive the governing FIA. mercial considerations and the need to fulfil prepared... we need to quickly figure out a Wasim Khan said. “I spoke with Stefano last night. He’s broadcast contracts, as some had plan for the future and also to address what Pakistan has reported about 1.16 million cases of very upset by what happened, he knows suggested. happened,” he said, comparing the situ- COVID-19 with over 25,600 deaths, according to government the outcome wasn’t right and he’s going to Several drivers said even half-points ation to a fire breaking out at a school or data. get everyone together next week and he’s should not have been awarded. Mercedes’s workplace. going to tackle this issue,” said the seven-times world champion Lewis Ham- “You can’t control the fire but you have American. ilton called it a farce and said fans should a fire drill so you get everyone out safely. “What I always tell people on the race get their money back. We hadn’t rehearsed the fire drill. We had Perera returns to team is mistakes are okay, fix them and “If there were actually no race laps, no a fire, we didn’t create the fire but we didn’t don’t make the same one twice. That’s what competition, why should points be given have a fire drill so it wasn’t a good exit.” we need to do now. or any be given?” asked Ferrari’s Brown defended race director Michael Masi, squad for “We need to figure out what is the Carlos Sainz. saying he could only go by the rules. South Africa series Record breaking athletes at Paralympics Reuters – Batsman has been named in the Sri Lanka Sumit Antil of India in action squad for next month’s limited-overs home series against during the men’s javelin South Africa after recovering from COVID-19, the country’s throw F64 final. Sumit cricket board said yesterday. shattered the F64 Experienced batsman and veteran category world fast bowler have also been recalled. record multiple Perera tested positive for COVID-19 this month, having times on his also missed the home limited-overs series against India in way to win July due to a shoulder injury. the gold New additions include leg-spinner Pulina Tharanga and medal. batsman , who both impressed during the domestic Twenty20 league this month, while left-arm spinner and seamer have been left out. Sri Lanka play South Africa in three one-day interna- tionals and three T20s, with the first ODI in Colombo on Thursday.

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