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TENNIS | Page 4 NBA | Page 5 Murray’s Leonard scores ambition has 35 points as brought him Clippers beat back from brink rivals Lakers Friday, November 27, 2019 FOOTBALL Jumada I 1, 1441 AH Dele Alli caps GULF TIMES Spurs fi ghtback to sink Brighton SPORT Page 2 HORSE RACING De Vries rides Noor Al Hawa to Group 2 feature victory Mikhalides’ ward wins His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Khalifa al-Thani Trophy; Smart saddles two winners By Sports Reporter Doha n a spectacular fi nish, Al Wasmiyah Farm’s Noor Al Hawa won his second straight feature this month Iwhen the Georges Mikhalides ward won His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Khalifa al-Tha- ni Trophy (QA Group 2) at the Equestrian Club’s Al Rayyan Park yesterday. Adrie de Vries kept the Al Safl iya Cup (Listed) winner in the mix in the 2000m race, as Ibrahim al-Malki-trained Pazeer and Mohamed Riyaz-school Ex- tremis set the pace up front in the race for three-year-old and older Thoroughbreds. As the action moved to the fi - nal straight, the pace quickened and Noor Al Hawa took the ad- vantage with Jassim Mohamed Ghazali-saddled The Blue Eye joining the party under Harry Bentley, even as Pazeer weakened under Eduardo Pedroza. As Noor Al Hawa took a size- able advantage, the race was brought alive with a fantastic Al Shahania Stud director Abdul Rahman al-Mansour (second from right) presents the trophy to the winning connections in the presence of Trainer Georges Mikhalides (centre) congratulates jockey Adrie de turn of foot by last year’s Qatar Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club CEO Nasser Sherida al-Kaabi (right) after Al Wasmiyah Farm’s Noor Al Hawa won the His Highness Sheikh Vries after he rode Al Wasmiyah Farm’s Noor Al Hawa to His Highness Derby topper Full Moon, once Mohamed bin Khalifa al-Thani Trophy (QA Group 2) at the Al Rayyan Park yesterday. PICTURES: Juhaim Sheikh Mohamed bin Khalifa al-Thani Trophy (QA Group 2) victory. again helmed by Ryan Curatolo for trainer Deborah Mountain in lifa al-Thani’s colt to a thrilling hamed Ghazali had a winner in lid al-Mosallam, for the jockey’s 1:30.75. Owner: Al Jeryan Stud. Bachelot), 4. Zarandi (Carlos Race 7: 1. Shaman Bu Thaila (Anas the colours of Hassan Ali al-Ab- short head-victory over seven a Thoroughbred Handicap event fourth victory this season. Trainer: Hadi Nasser al-Ramzani. Henrique). Won by: Hd, 1 ¼, ¾. al-Seyabi), 2. Moaddie (Theo dulmalik. furlongs. with Sheail bin Khalifa al-Ku- Earlier in the day, Al Jeryan Race 2: 1. Chamekh (Ronan Tho- Time: 1:35.16. Owner: Sheail bin Bachelot), 3. Latamah (Ronan The colt had stayed at the back Later in the evening the famous wari’s Sam Langford registering Stud’s AJS Hamayem and Umm mas), 2. Diyala (Theo Bachelot), 3. Khalifa al-Kuwari. Trainer: Jassim Thomas), 4. Sarat Abha (Tomas of the pack and went wide com- Al Shahania Stud colours entered his fi rst victory in Qatar yes- Qarn’s Chamekh registered their Nisal (Ali Khalid al-Mosallam), 4. Mohamed Ghazali. Lukasek). Won by: 1 ½, Hd, Hd. ing off the fi nal bend but then the winner’s circle once again terday. In the miler, a distance fi rst career wins respectively un- Razad (Soufiane Saadi). Won by: Race 5: 1. Hakeem (Saleh Salem Time: 1:23.45. Owner: Ibrahim al- picked up pace coming threat- when Lukasek helmed Aaley Al the gelding has won in the UK, der Ivan Rossi and Ronan Tho- Nk, Shd, No. Time: 2:14.35. Owner: al-Marri), 2. Holy Roman Prince Malki. Trainer: Ibrahim al-Malki. eningly close to the lead before Magam to a scintillating victory Harry Bentley helmed the three- mas respectively. Umm Qarn. Trainer: Alban de (Ali Khalid al-Mosallam), 3. War Race 8: 1. Aaley Al Magam eventually running out of real in the Jaafer Cup for Smart. year-old and they beat Eduardo Thomas was also astride Ma- Mieulle. Order (Ivan Rossi), 4. Qatar (Tomas Lukasek), 2. AJS Moaddie estate. It was also the fi rst time that Pedroza-ridden Hessdalen by a jed Seifeddine saddled-Qatar Race 3: 1. Al Wannah (Tomas Weave (Meteb Ali al-Marri). Won (Alexander Reznikov), 3. Mehdi Full Moon edged out The Blue the seven-year-old won in a lit- head for a fi ne win. Dance in the Thoroughbreds race Lukasek), 2. AJS Jamra (Alexan- by: 1, ¾, Nk. Time: 1:36.08. Owner: (Ronan Thomas), 4. She’ris (Edu- Eye for the runner-up spot but tle over a year, having fi nished Qatari jockey Saleh Salem for fi llies and mares when the der Reznikov), 3. Fahim (Ronan Rashid Mohamed al-Athba. ardo Pedroza). Won by: 1 ½, ¾, 3 ¼. was beaten by a length-and-a- third in last year’s edition of the al-Marri has already done bet- seven-year-old picked up a fi ne Thomas), 4. Sendeed Al Galayel Trainer: Bader al-Balushi. Time: 2:12.23. Owner: Al Shahania quarter for the win. 2000m race. ter than his previous season’s win by a length-and-a-quarter. (Anas al-Seyabi). Won by: Shd, 5 Race 6: 1. Qatar Dance (Ronan Stud. Trainer: Julian Smart. In a graduation event for lo- Smart’s ward fi nished a tally of three wins, riding Bader ¼, Nk. Time: 1:31.05. Owner: His Thomas), 2. Amenable (Luca Race 9: 1. Noor Al Hawa (Adrie de cal Purebred Arabians, Julian length-and-a-half ahead of al-Balushi-trained Hakeem to a RESULTS Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Maniezzi), 3. Festive (Harry Bent- Vries), 2. Full Moon (Ryan Cura- Smart-trained Al Wannah Al Jeryan Stud’s AJS Moaddie, fi ne victory in a Thoroughbred Race 1: 1. AJS Hamayem (Ivan Khalifa al-Thani. Trainer: Julian ley), 4. Almahha (Soufiane Saadi). tolo), 3. The Blue Eye (Harry Bent- made it to the winner’s circle who was ridden by Alexander Handicap for horses rated 80 and Rossi), 2. Maiuf (Ronan Thomas), Smart. Won by: 1 ¼, ½, Shd. Time: 1:53.51. ley), 4. Pazeer (Eduardo Pedroza). for the third time in 2019 when Reznikov for trainer Hadi Nasser below. Al-Marri and his mount 3. AJS Al Uraiq (Al Moatasem al- Race 4: 1. Sam Langford (Harry Owner: Mubarak bin Saeed Won by: 1 1/4, Hd, 1. Time: 2:00.44. Tomas Lukasek rode His High- al-Ramzani. beat Holy Roman Prince, also Balushi), 4. Alsdry (Faleh Bugha- Bentley), 2. Hessdalen (Edu- al-Jafai al-Naimi. Trainer: Majed Owner: Al Wasmiyah Farm. ness Sheikh Mohamed bin Kha- Champion trainer Jassim Mo- ridden by a Qatari rider Ali Kha- naim). Won by: ½, 4, Nk. Time: ardo Pedroza), 3. Jacko (Theo Seifeddine. Trainer: Georges Mikhalides. QREC deputy chief steward Abdulla Rashid al-Kubaisi (right) with the winners of Jaafer Cup for local Purebred Arabians after Al Shahania Stud’s Aaley Al Magam won the 2000m race yesterday. Tomas Lukasek rides Aaley Al Magam to Jaafer Cup victory yesterday. Gulf Times 2 Friday, December 27, 2019 FOOTBALL EPL Dele Alli caps Tottenham fi ghtback to sink Brighton ‘I’m very happy with second half. I’m not saying players were wrong but we changed bits and that makes a diff erence’ AFP London ele Alli got Tottenham back on track as the England midfi elder capped a gritty es- Dcape act with the late winner in yesterday’s 2-1 victory against Brighton. Jose Mourinho’s side were in danger of a second successive Premier League defeat when Adam Webster headed Brighton into a shock lead at the Totten- ham Hotspur Stadium. But Harry Kane equalised af- ter the interval and Alli fi nished off a fl owing Tottenham move in the closing stages to erase the bitter taste of last weekend’s ac- rimonious London derby loss to Chelsea. “I’m very happy with second half. I’m not saying players were wrong but we changed bits and that makes a diff erence,” Mour- inho said. “It’s hard after a defeat to have confi dence and we started poorly, it aff ects the confi dence. Brighton have monsters in the air and it aff ected the self-esteem of our team. “In the second half the play- ers put all the negative aside and were very strong in their per- formance.” Avenging their defeat at Brighton in October, Tottenham, unbeaten in Boxing Day fi xtures since 2003, have won three of their last four league games as they try to climb into the top four. Saluting Alli’s crucial con- Tottenham Hotspur’s Dele Alli (second right) celebrates scoring their second goal with teammates against Brighton & Hove Albion in London yesterday. (Reuters) tribution, Mourinho said: “An- other goal and another incred- Boxing Day and the Tottenham later to the audible frustration ible performance and eff ort. The striker thought he had netted of the Tottenham crowd on a work rate was absolutely incred- again when he fi red home from dank, wet day in north London. Mourinho rages against festive fi xture pile-up ible from Dele. Winks’ pass, but the goal went to Mourinho, standing rain-soaked Tottenham Hotspur coach Jose Mourinho games. Leicester City manager Brendan would not compensate for the extra strain “The little details are more a VAR review and was ruled out on the touchline, revealed before has lashed out at the Premier League’s con- Rodgers described the calendar as “non- during the festive period. important than what people by the narrowest of off side deci- the game that his Christmas was gested fixture list over the Christmas period sense”.