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GULF TIMES SPORT Edwina Breaks Victory Drought at Al Rayyan FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 3 GGOLFOLF | Page 7 Chelsea ‘old Indian ace boy’ Salah Chawrasia concerns extends lead Conte in Hong Kong CRICKET Saturday, November 25, 2017 Rabia I 7, 1439 AH Smith stands tall to keep fi rst Ashes GULF TIMES Test in balance SPORT Page 2 QNB STARS LEAGUE Al Duhail beat Sadd to make a Action from the Qatar-Kazakhstan match in Doha yesterday. Kazakhstan won strong statement 82-70. BASKETBALL/ WORLD CUP QUALIFYING Djamel Belmadi’s boys move four points clear with 4-2 victory Results Kazakhs, Iraq Al Sadd 2 (Baghdad Bounedjah 12, Hassan Ahmed 80) Al Duhail 4 (Almoez Ali 6, Yousef El Arabi 20, Bassam al-Rawi 72, Nam Tae-hee 89) Al Markhiya 1 (Abdulqadir Ilyas 77) in upset wins Al Arabi 1 (Ahmed Saleh 50) By Sports Reporter 62-53 lead with the fi nal 10 minutes Al Khor 1 (Sourosh Rafiei 84) Al Doha remaining during which the visitors Sailiya 0 further consolidated to clinch a famous win. atar’s bid to qualify for the In another match in Group D, Iraq By Sports Reporter FIBA World Cup in 2019 got upset favourites Iran 74-66. Iran were Doha off to a disappointing start the runners-up at the Asian Cup in Qwhen they fell to an up- Beirut in August. set 82-70 loss to Kazakhstan in their Meanwhile, Jayson Castro hit some l Duhail made a strong state- opening Group D qualifi er in Doha yes- big shots in the endgame as the Philip- ment of intent in the QNB terday. pines thwarted Japan, 77-71, in Group Stars League with an enter- Kazakhstan were the least favoured B.Castro scored 5 points in quick suc- Ataining 4-2 victory over Al team in the group, which also includes cession in the latter stages of the fourth Sadd that established them as fi rm fa- Iran and Iraq, but they surprised the quarter as Gilas Pilipinas dowsed water vourites for their sixth title and the fi rst hosts with a scintillating third quarter on Japan’s last ditch rally. The man under their new name following their performance for a vital win that would called “The Blur” back in Manila fi n- merger with El Jaish. stand them in good stead in the long ished with 20 points, 7 rebounds and The win took Djamel Belmadi’s un- road to China 2019. 6 assists for the Philippines. Andray beaten side to 25 points, four ahead of Anton Ponomarev was the star for Blatche did his part, fi nishing with 13 Al Rayyan who occupy second spot Kazakhstan with 23 points, while Ab- points, 12 boards and 3 blocks. thanks to their superior goal diff erence dulrahman Saad excelled for Qatar Japan stayed within striking distance over Al Sadd. with 20. for the entire game, even leading at one “This was a very crucial win for us, The teams were evenly poised after point in the third period, but the Fili- one which we wanted the most,” Al Du- the fi rst quarter with 20 points each pinos played well enough to stave off hail coach Djamel Belmadi, who was a although Qatar were marginally better the home team’s challenge. Makoto picture of nervous energy during the in the second period, which they edged Hiejima shone for Japan with 20 points match, said. 26-23. and 5 assists. “A coach longs for such wins and the But the match turned on its head in Philippines return home to host boys delivered what the team wanted,” the third quarter when the Kazakhs Chinese Taipei on 27 November at the he added. racked up 19 points while limiting the Smart Araneta Coliseum, while Japan Moez Ali (sixth minute), Youssef El Qataris to just seven. fl y out to Adelaide to face Australia at Arabi (20th), Bassam al-Rawi (72nd) That gave the Kazakhs a crucial the Titanium Arena. and Nam Tae-Hee (89th) scored for the winners, while Baghdad Bounedjah (12th) and substitute Hassan Ahmed SPOTLIGHT (80th) were on target for Al Sadd. El Arabi continued to top the scoring chart with 15 goals. Al Duhail’s Youssef Msakni played the captain’s role to per- Russia deprived of fection only to be unlucky not to have scored despite testing Al Sadd goal- keeper Saad al-Sheeb time and again, two more Sochi especially in the second half. Al Duhail straightaway went into at- Duhail’s Nam Tae-hee (R) and Ismail Mohamed cel- tacking mode and were rewarded when ebrate the former’s goal against Al Sadd yesterday. golds for doping Moez pounced on a miss-pass by Ali Asad and struck past al-Sheeb in the sixth minute. The lead was, however, sported a disappointed look. ing a cross by Salem Al Ali. The Uzbek when his free-kick from just outside AFP (speed skating). All the guilty athletes short-lived as Baghdad Bounedjah Hassan, who replaced Ali Asad in forward amateurishly misjudged the the area swung agonisingly wide. Lausanne have also received a life ban from Ol- tapped home a Hassan al-Haydous the 71st minute, reduced the margin by fl ight of the ball and went underneath Not long after, there was a moment ympics. The next Winter Games will cross from the right and restored parity, slamming home a rebound after Kha- the shot for the defl ection that did not of controversy as Abdulqadir latched be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the Algerian yet again proving his skills lifa blocked Hamroun’s shot. However, take place. onto a defence-splitting pass. How- he International Olympic in February. as a poacher. Nam sealed the issue by taking advan- Eleven minutes into the second half, ever, his right-footed eff ort into the Committee has annulled the A rush of rulings this week means Al Sadd seemed to have the upper tage of a disorganised Al Sadd defence Helal Mohammed of Al Khor charged far corner was ruled out as he was ad- two titles Russia won in the that, in total, the IOC have punished hand as the equaliser spurred them on. with one minute of regulation play and into the rival box, but his shot from judged to have been off side. Tbobsleigh in the 2014 Sochi 14 Russian Olympians on the recom- However, Al Duhail’s second goal came four minutes’ stoppage time remaining. close was blocked by goalkeeper Ab- The sides had gone level at the break, Winter Olympics yesterday following mendation of a commission headed out of the blue, off a counter-attack. Earlier, Al Khor rode on a late strike darrahman Aziz. but it was Al Arabi, who grabbed the hearings by its commission into state- by Swiss sports offi cial Denis Oswald Msakni, instead of taking the shot after by defender Soroush Hossein to edge Al Khor’s Reza Najafi failed to con- initiative early in the second half. Kha- sponsored doping. set up to investigate evidence of state- being put through in front of the goal, past a resolute Al Sailiya. nect an indirect free-kick from outside lfan Ibrahim found himself clear on the Alexander Zubkov, a hero in Russia sponsored doping. cut the ball to the right for El Arabi, Hossein struck the only goal in the the Al Sailiya box in the 78th minute byline and his pull-back into the area after winning both the two-man and On Wednesday, four skeleton com- who squeezed the ball under the diving 84th minute. It was Al Khor’s third win and the game headed for a draw. was met by Ahmed Khalfan to sweep four-man bob in the Russian Black petitors were punished. They in- al-Sheeb. of the season and their second in a row. It was then that Hossein, following a home from 10 yards. The Dream Team Sea resort, was disqualifi ed and his re- cluded Alexander Tretiakov, the Sochi Nam, Luis Martin and Ismail Mo- For Al Sailiya, it was their fi rst loss in short cross, fi red home as Al Khor cel- did have a chance to double their lead in sults struck off . The IOC also deprived men’s champion, and Elena Nikitina, a hamed played the supporting roles for the last four matches. ebrated the late strike in style. the 66th minute, but Yusef’s shot was speed skater Olga Fatkulina of her sil- bronze medallist, as well as Maria Or- Al Duhail, while Xavi Hernandez and Al Sailiya managed to earn a couple In another match a late equaliser saved by the onrushing keeper. ver medal in the 500 metres. lova and Olga Potylitsyna, who did not Jugurtha Hamroun pulled the strings of corners in the fi rst 10 minutes, but from Abdulqadir secured a deserved While Al Markhiya had always looked The decisions mean the Russians make the podium. for Al Sadd in the midfi eld. hosts Al Khor, despite facing repeated point for Al Markhiya against Al Arabi. like the most threatening side, it took a have lost nine medals, including four Yesterday, the International Bob- A spate of fouls followed as the ac- attacks, held fi rm to keep the visitors in Al Arabi’s goal had come against the moment of magic to unlock the opposi- of their 13 golds, from the Games they sleigh and Skeleton Federation an- tion hotted up and the teams had an check. run of play at the start of the second tion backline. A long ball from midfi eld hosted in February 2014. nounced that it had provisionally almost equal share of ball possession In the fi rst 20 minutes, Al Sailiya im- half, but it was a sublime fi nish from was played over the top to Abdulqadir Russia fi nished top of the medals suspended Tretiakov, Nikitina, Orlova after an hour’s play.
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