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NHL | Page 6 MOTOGP | Page 7 Lightning Resurgent hang on Rossi fi ghts to defeat back with Penguins great pole Sunday, May 22, 2016 TENNIS Sha’baan 15, 1437 AH Wawrinka clinches GULF TIMES Geneva title in fi nal French Open warmup SPORT Page 5 EMIR CUP Emir hosts lunch for Lekhwiya and Sadd QNA Doha H the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani hosted a lunch- eon banquet, at the Emiri Diwan yesterday, honouring the football Hteam and the technical and administrative organs of Lekhwiya Sports Club, the Cham- pions of HH the Emir’s Football Cup, and Al Sadd Sport Club, the Runner-Up, in ad- dition to representatives of the tournament sponsors and a number of sports and media personalities. Lekwiya produced a great fi ghtback in the fi nal, to come from two goals down and then trump Sadd in the penalty shootout. This was the fi rst-ever Emir Cup triumph for the Red Knights. HH the Special Representative of HH the Emir, Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani at- tended the function. HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani and HE Sheikh Joan bin Hamad al-Thani, President of Qatar Olympic Committee, also attended the luncheon banquet. Gulf Times 2 Sunday, May 22, 2016 FOOTBALL SPANISH CUP FOCUS CSKA Moscow beat Rostov to Russian Season comes full title on fi nal day AFP Moscow SKA Moscow claimed the Russian title in dramatic fash- circle as Barcelona, ion on the fi nal day of the season with a 1-0 win at Rubin Kazan yesterday, as Rostov’s unlikely challenge failed to fi nish in glory despite a 2-0 victory over Terek Grozny. CRussian international midfi elder Alan Dzagoev netted the only goal of the game as CSKA ended the campaign with six consecu- tive wins to fi nish two points above Rostov, whose whole team were surprisingly tested by FIFA for meldonium last week. Rostov do though qualify for the Champions League, which Sevilla seek doubles they will enter at the third qualifying round, for the fi rst time, just days after being cleared by FIFA over the meldonium allegations. In Kazan, Dzagoev fi red past helpless Rubin keeper Sergei ‘The club doesn’t allow errors, dips or not winning things and this will not change’ Ryzhikov from just inside the area following a defensive mix-up in the 19th minute. Rubin had an excellent chance to equalise and give Rostov the AFP title on head-to-head goal diff erence with just fi ve minutes re- Madrid maining, but visiting keeper Igor Akinfeev pulled off a double save from Igor Portnyagin and Mijo Caktas. “The happiness goes on. ewly-crowned Spanish Everything is cool!” CSKA manager Leonid Slutsky said, joking champions Barcelona that his heart had stopped working after Akinfeev’s intervention. face Sevilla, fresh from “I’m proud to work in such a club, together with such classy winning their third footballers.” Nconsecutive Europa League, Rostov dominated at Terek Grozny and Ecuadorian playmaker as both seek more glory in the Christian Noboa put the visitors in front in the 30th minute from Spanish Cup fi nal today. Timofei Kalachev’s corner. Another successful campaign Midfi elder Alexander Yerokhin added a second fi ve minutes af- for both sides will end as it be- ter the interval, tapping in Iranian Sardar Azmoun’s pass. gan after Barca edged Sevilla 5-4 Rostov head coach Kurban Berdyev insisted that the consola- after extra-time in a thrilling tion of European football was still a fantastic result for his team. season-opening European Super “It’s a great success for the club,” Berdyev said. Cup fi nal. “My congratulations to all who supported us.” Indeed, Barca could end the Zenit St Petersburg, Krasnodar and Spartak Moscow will repre- season with four trophies in to- sent Russia in the Europa League. tal having also claimed the Club Dynamo Moscow and Mordovia Saransk were relegated and will World Cup in December. be replaced by Gazovik Orenburg and Arsenal Tula in the top fl ight Barca captain Andres Iniesta next year. laughed off suggestions that a Anzhi Makhachkala and Kuban Krasnodar will play in the rel- La Liga and Cup double is the egation play-off s against Volgar Astrakhan and Tom Tomsk re- minimum requirement for the spectively. Catalan giants to ease the pain of their Champions League exit to Atletico Madrid at the quarter- fi nal stage last month. Lyon reject West Ham off er for Lacazette However, the Spanish inter- national did admit Barca’s suc- Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas confirmed yesterday that the cess of winning six La Liga titles French club had rejected a 40-million-euro (£30.9mn, $44.9mn) and three Copas del Rey in the off er from West Ham United for striker Alexandre Lacazette. past eight years has provoked French international Lacazette, 24, has long been linked with a a relentless demand for more move to the Premier League having scored 48 goals over the last trophies. two Ligue 1 seasons. “When you win a league it’s “For a sale to be made, all three parties must agree. impossible for it to be a bad We have refused several off ers, the most important from West season. It will always be a Ham for 40 million euros and we refused it,” Aulas told French good season,” Iniesta said daily Le Progres. yesterday. “It is an answer that says I want to keep him, but I’m not sure “This team always has the ob- because ultimately it is he who will decide. ligation to win in a fi nal. We fi ght “I do not want on August 28, ahead of the Champions League, for all the titles each season, to find ourselves in the same situation as Monaco (who sold sometimes we win and other Anthony Martial to Manchester United last summer). times we don’t, but the obliga- “Ideally, he will stay. tion to win is permanent. If he has an off er that he can’t refuse then it will come through “It is like that in every game me, and that’s it.” we play, so imagine what it is like Aulas also said that he is hoping to extend the contract of Lyon in a fi nal. The club doesn’t al- head coach Bruno Genesio, and bring in former Liverpool man- low errors, dips or not winning ager Gerard Houllier as general manager. things and this will not change.” ‘Sevilla keep winning titles’ Sevilla appear to have the sig- nifi cant disadvantage of having beaten Liverpool in the Europa League fi nal just fi ve days before Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta attends a news conference prior to Spanish Cup final against Sevilla. (Reuters) facing Barca at Atletico Madrid’s Vicente Calderon. portant for a team like Sevilla. “In the end the logical thing keen to pile the pressure on Bar- unchanged team from the side By contrast, Luis Enrique’s “They keep winning titles. has happened and the freedom ca as favourites despite Sevilla’s that started at Granada with men have had a free week since With us they are one of the of expression for everyone has fantastic cup record in the three Enrique aff orded the luxury of Luis Suarez’s hat-trick in a 3-0 teams most used to playing fi nals been respected.” years since he took charge. choosing from a squad free of win at Granada retained their and that will make tomorrow a All three previous meetings “They need this title because injuries and suspensions. league title. very attractive match.” between the sides this season Barcelona feed off winning ti- Sevilla are without the sus- Enrique insisted he expects to The action off the fi eld has have been settled by one goal tles, but our strength is our de- pended Steven N’Zonzi and win, but warned that Sevilla’s been dominated by a political as Sevilla won 2-1 at home in sire,” he added. Timothee Kolodziejczak, whilst experience in fi nals could pose row in the build up as Catalan October in La Liga before Barca “These moments come Benoit Tremoulinas and Michael Barca problems. separatist fl ags were initially claimed victory by the same around very rarely for us. How Krohn-Dehli remain sidelined “I am an optimist, I think we banned from the stadium by scoreline at the Camp Nou in many times have Barca won the by injury. are going to win,” he said. the Spanish government before February. Cup? Loads. However, Spanish interna- “Sevilla have brilliantly won Barca successfully appealed that “We have their respect be- “We haven’t, but for us to play tional goalkeeper Sergio Rico again the Europa League fi nal decision through the courts. cause we have earned it when in tomorrow’s fi nal is a gift that and captain Jose Antonio Reyes and they have the chance to do “Very few things surprise me we’ve faced them,” said Sevilla we will happily unwrap.” could return after missing out the double too which is very im- in this country,” said Enrique. coach Unai Emery. And Emery is Barca are expected to name an against Liverpool in midweek. SELECTION Tevez snubbed in Argentina’s Copa America squad AFP American confederation Conmebol, will be Buenos Aires played in the United States from June 3-26. It will feature four teams from the Concacaf region including the United States and Mexico. rgentina coach Gerardo Martino Argentina are in Group D at the tournament and named his 23-man squad for the Copa face Chile (June 6), Panama (June 10) and Bolivia America on Friday, pinning his hopes (June 14).