Caster Semenya Remains Events Between the 400M and Against the CAS Award”
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CCRICKETRICKET | Page 2 TTENNISENNIS | Page 3 Langer predicts Andy Murray hostile Ashes ‘quite close’ to reception for singles return, Bancroft maybe Cincy Wednesday, July 31, 2019 FOOTBALL Dhul-Qa’da 28, 1440 AH Tuchel tells players to GULF TIMES ‘make sacrifi ces’ aft er Mbappe shines SPORT Page 8 HORSE RACING / QATAR GOODWOOD FESTIVAL Stradivarius wins again on thrilling opening day Gosden’s ward wins third straight Qatar Goodwood Cup; top class entries for today’s Qatar International Stakes By A Correspondent Goodwood, United Kingdom he opening day of the Qatar Racing and Eques- trian Club (QREC)- sponsored Qatar Good- Twood Festival saw a spectacular third straight victory for Stradi- varius in the Qatar Goodwood Cup (Group 1), even as the focus will be on some top quality Ara- bian racing today in the Qatar In- ternational Stakes (Group 1 PA). The Arabian Racing Organisa- tion (ARO) announced a high- class fi eld of eight runners for the £400,000 Arabian feature, the most valuable race in the UK Arabian racing calendar. Qatar Equestrian Federation president Hamad Abdulrahman al-Attiyah (second from left) presents the owner’s trophy for the Qatar Goodwood Cup Stakes (Group 1) after Stradivarius won the two-mile contest at Qatar Goodwood Festival yesterday. PICTURES: Juhaim & Zuzanna Lupa for this race exceeds our expecta- tions. We are delighted that we have the fi rst four home from last year’s race which is always a very Jockey Frankie Dettori dismounts in his trademark fashion off Stradivarius to applause from the racegoers competitive event as you would after their Qatar Goodwood Cup Stakes (Group 1) victory at Qatar Goodwood Festival yesterday. expect with a such a valuable prize.” great run from the horse,” he said. Stakes (Group 2) with a smooth was back in second. Appleby- Lining up in the gates for Yesterday, ridden by Frankie “The fi rst and third have both success in the seven-furlong trained Setting Sail was third. the Qatar International Stakes Dettori and trained by John Gos- had a run and it always makes a contest. Ridden by Gerald Mosse, Trainer John Gallagher was (7:25pm Qatar time) will be fi ve den, the superstar stayer Stradi- diff erence. He has run really, re- the fi ve-year-old quickened “buzzing” with the success of individual Group 1 PA winners, varius extended his unbeaten ally well. You can’t take it away up smartly to win by a length Green Power in the £30,000 including His Highness Sheikh sequence to eight wins with a from him and he has gone down from the James Tate-trained Chelsea Barracks Handicap over Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Thani’s vintage display in the two-mile by a short head.” Hey Gaman in second. David fi ve furlongs. Ridden by PJ Mc- Tayf, the winner in 2017, and His contest. The fi ve-year-old trav- Jockey Moore added: “He has O’Meara-trained Suedois was Donald, the four-year-old son of Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin elled powerfully into contention run a good race for fi rst time out.” third. Kheleyf, ran on strongly to snatch Khalifa al-Thani’s Ebraz, who in the home straight and dis- The Charlie Appleby-trained Fayez captured the opening victory close home, defeating the was runner-up in the last two re- played his customary turn of foot Pinatubo raced to a spectacu- race of the Qatar Goodwood Fes- Ruth Carr-trained Poyle Vinnie newals. to win eased down by a neck from lar triumph in the Qatar Vintage tival with a dramatic victory in by a head. Also declared are Khalifa bin the Mark Johnston-trained Dee Stakes (Group 2). The son of the 10-furlong Unibet Handicap. Maid For Life provided New- Hamad bin Khalifa al-Attiyah’s Ex Bee in second. The Charlie Ryan Moore (right) rides HE Sherida al-Kaabi-owned Fuwayrit to second Shamardal, who won this race Second-last entering the home market trainer Charlie Fellowes Rodess Du Loup, who won both Appleby-trained Cross Counter place in the European Breeders Fund EBF Maiden Stakes yesterday. in 2004, was sent off by jockey straight, O’Meara’s ward had to with a victory in the fi nal race on the French and the English Der- was third. James Doyle to win by fi ve lengths wait for a gap to appear on the Day One of the Qatar Goodwood by’s last year, 2016 UK Derby Stradivarius’ illustrious win In the European Breeders Fund bi-owned and Mark Johnston- from the Clive Cox-trained Posi- rail, but managed to thread a pas- Festival, the mile-long Unibet winner Lightning Bolt and Mu- record now features three Qatar EBF Maiden Stakes, John Quinn- trained Fuwayrit, the mount of tive. The Aidan O’Brien-trained sage in the closing stages under a Fillies’ Handicap. Ridden by PJ raaqib, the winner of the last re- Goodwood Cups, two Gold Cups, trained Cobra Eye, a two-year- Ryan Moore. Lost In Time fi n- Lope Y Fernandez was third. superb ride by Danny Tudhope, McDonald, the three-year-old newal. two Yorkshire Cups, a Lonsdale old, emerged as the second win- ished third, a further one and a David Elsworth-trained Sir who is chasing his fi rst jockeys’ daughter of Nathaniel edged ARO Commercial and Finance Cup and a QIPCO British Cham- ner on the card for Dettori who half lengths back. Dancealot became the second championship success this sea- ahead closer home to score, de- Director Genny Haynes said: pions Long Distance Cup suc- nursed his mount to a short-head Johnston was pleased with Fu- horse to win back-to-back re- son, to score by a half-length. feating Johnston-trained Warn- “Every year the quality of entries cess. victory over HE Sherida al-Kaa- wayrit’s performance. “It was a newals of the Qatar Lennox The Jedd O’Keeff e-trained Jazeel ing Fire by a half-length. ATHLETICS Semenya to miss Doha Worlds aft er Swiss court ruling AFP ter me from continuing my fi ght that the judge had made a “pro- classifi ed, biologically, as men. It Paris for the human rights of all of the cedural decision” that has no im- is a position hotly contested by female athletes concerned,” said pact on the appeal itself. South African offi cials. the South African who is also a “We will continue to pursue The IAAF, seeking “to ensure aster Semenya will not two-time Olympic gold medal- Caster’s appeal and fi ght for her fair competition for all women”, defend her world 800m list. fundamental human rights. A argues that DSD athletes, like title in Doha in Septem- Semenya’s representatives race is always decided at the fi n- Semenya, born with the “46 XY” ber after a Swiss judge said in a statement that, on ish line.” chromosome rather than the XX Coverruled a temporary suspen- Monday, “a single judge of the Semenya is locked in a bitter chromosome most females have, sion on the IAAF’s controversial Swiss Federal Supreme Court dispute with the International would have an advantage in all testosterone-curbing rules, her reversed prior rulings that had Association of Athletics Fed- events based on their levels of representatives said yesterday. temporarily suspended the erations (IAAF), which should testosterone that are in the male The ruling means the 28-year- IAAF regulations pending the be settled by a fi nal ruling from range. old can no longer compete in outcome of Caster’s appeal Switzerland’s supreme court on “Caster Semenya remains events between the 400m and against the CAS award”. Semenya’s appeal against the steadfast in her defi ance of the mile, as she did in June and July. “In this latest decision, the regulations. highly controversial IAAF regu- The World Championships are Supreme Court emphasised the Semenya is classifi ed as a lations that require female ath- scheduled between September strict requirements and high woman, was raised as a woman letes with naturally elevated 28 and October 6 in the Qatari thresholds for the interim sus- and races as a woman. testosterone levels to undergo capital. pension of CAS awards and found But for the IAAF, women like hormonal drug intervention in “I am very disappointed to be that these were not fulfi lled.” Semenya, with certain mascu- order to compete in international kept from defending my hard- Dorothee Schramm, the lawyer line attributes due to diff erences competitions,” the athlete’s rep- earned title, but this will not de- leading Semenya’s appeal, added of sexual development (DSD), are resentatives said. Gulf Times 2 Wednesday, July 31, 2019 CRICKET FOCUS SPOTLIGHT India’s Shaw handed eight-month Sri Lanka coach suspension for doping violation given deadline Reuters statement. “Mr. Shaw had inad- to taking the banned substance, medical ailments even if the to quit: minister Bengaluru vertently ingested a prohibited in line with BCCI ADR Article medicine is available over the substance, which can be com- 10.10.2, with the ban deemed to counter.” AFP tional candidates were asking for monly found in cough syrups. have started on March 16 and Shaw last played for India in Colombo, Sri Lanka lower salaries of between $17,500 ndia batsman Prithvi “Mr. Shaw had provided a ending on November 15. a Test match against West In- to $25,000 a month, but did not Shaw has been handed a urine sample as part of the BC- Shaw released a statement dies in October last year and has name them.