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Putin Says Blatter NBA | Page 6 SWIMMING | Page 9 Thompson Hackett turns To Advertise here Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 drops in 43 to legend as Warriors Phelps in his Rio wallop Suns Olympics bid Friday, December 18, 2015 FOOTBALL Rabia I 7, 1437 AH Suarez hat-trick GULF TIMES fi res Barca into Club WC fi nal SPORT Page 2 FOCUS Mourinho sacked as Chelsea manager Reuters “All at Chelsea thank Jose for his im- Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari. Bridge on a weekly basis and reached a London mense contribution since he returned Few could have foreseen Chelsea’s crescendo after Monday’s loss when he as manager in the summer of 2013,” a decline this season, especially as Mour- publicly criticised his players. statement on the club’s website (www. inho was rewarded with a new four- Mourinho, rated as one of the world’s ose Mourinho (right) was chelseafc.com) said. year contract in August. best coaches, joined Chelsea having sacked as manager of Premier “His three league titles, FA Cup, The squad is virtually identical to the won the Champions League with Porto League champions Chelsea on Community Shield and three League one that dominated last season’s Pre- in 2004, announcing himself as “the Thursday after a calamitous run Cup wins over two spells make him the mier League and won the League Cup. special one”. He won back-to-back ti- Jof results left the west London club one most successful manager in our 110- Yet the defeats have piled up, lead- tles, as well as the League Cup and FA point above the relegation zone. year history. ing players Diego Costa and Eden Haz- Cup, for Chelsea during his fi rst spell A statement said Chelsea and the “But both Jose and the board agreed ard have at times looked distracted and but fell out of favour with Abramovich 52-year-old Portuguese Mourinho had results have not been good enough this there has been talk of dressing room and left the club in 2007. parted company by “mutual consent” season and believe it is in the best inter- unrest at the club. He was welcomed back as a returning seven months after he led them to the ests of both parties to go our separate Ahead of this weekend’s home clash hero in 2013 after spells at Inter Milan, title by an eight-point margin. ways. The club wishes to make clear with Sunderland, Chelsea have man- where he again won the Champions Chelsea’s 2-1 defeat at surprise Jose leaves us on good terms and will aged only 15 points during their worst League, and Real Madrid and delivered league leaders Leicester City on Mon- always remain a much-loved, respected start to a season since they were rel- a third Premier League title but this day, their ninth defeat in 16 league and signifi cant fi gure at Chelsea.” egated from the top fl ight in 1978-79. season has seen Chelsea go off the rails. games since the start of a season that Chelsea said they would not be mak- The only silver lining for Mourinho They have lost the same number of has gone spectacularly wrong, proved ing any further comment until a new this season came in the Champions league games this term as they did in to be the fi nal straw for Russian owner appointment was made. League where victory against Porto last his fi rst three seasons combined from Roman Abramovich. Dutchman Guus Hiddink is the week ensured the Blues reached the last 2004 to 2007, but it is defeats by the After that latest setback Mourinho bookmakers’ favourite to take over as 16 of the competition. less glamorous clubs like Leicester, accused some of his players of “betray- interim manager, having done so suc- Speculation had been mounting Southampton, West Ham United and ing my work”. cessfully in 2009 when Chelsea fi red about Mourinho’s position at Stamford Stoke City that really hurt. CYCLING: TOUR OF ZUBARAH Hasnaoui clinches fi rst stage, Tipper stays in yellow ‘I am happy with my performance... I managed to hold on to yellow and extended my lead in the points classification’ By Sports Reporter He had an impressive sixth place Doha in the fi fth stage of the 2.HC Tour de Langkawi and second place in the Na- tional Individual Time Trial. Qatar’s aher Hasnaoui of Skydive Moosa Said fi nished the stage in 22nd Dubai recorded his maiden spot. A place behind Moosa was com- win as he clinched the fi rst patriot Ahmed Bassam al-Bourdainy, stage of the Tour of Zuba- who is riding for Sharjah Team. Mrah yesterday. The 119.8km long second stage will Hasnaoui clocked a time of 3 hours be held from Camel Race Track to 10 minutes and 52 seconds to win the Dukhan today. stage that started in Al Thakhira and fi nished at Madinat Al Shamal, the northernmost tip of Qatar. Results & Classifi cation British rider Jacob Tipper, who topped Wednesday’s prologue, fi nished 12 sec- STAGE (TOP 5) onds adrift of the stage winner. 1. Maher Hasnaoui (Skydive Dubai Tipper was satisfi ed with his show Pro Cycling Team) today as he retained yellow jersey after 2. Jacob Tipper (Team Giant RBS) an exciting battle. “I am happy with 3. Koos Jeroen Kers (Wilton Cycling my performance today as I fi nished Team) ST second. I managed to hold on to yel- 4. Andrea Palini (Skydive Dubai) ST low and extended my lead in the points 5. Abdelbaset Hannachi (Shrajah classifi cation,” Tipper said. Team) ST In third place was Koos Jeroen Kers of Wilton Cycling team, who was also OVERALL CLASSIFICATION 12 seconds behind Hasnaoui. Italian 1. Jacob Tipper (Team Giant RBS) rider and Hasnaoui’s teammate Andrea 2. Maher Hasnaoui (Skydive Dubai Palini produced yet another consistent Pro Cycling Team) run by fi nishing the 129.9kms stage at 3. Koos Jeroen Kers (Wilton Cycling the fourth place. Team) Cyclists in action during the first stage of the Tour of Zubarah yesterday. PICTURES: Jayaram Abdelbasat Hanachi of Sharjah 4. Andrea Palini (Skydive Dubai) Team completed the top-fi ve riders of 5. Hamid Beikhormizi (Pisghaman the stage. The 26-year-old Hasnaoui Giant Team) took up the challenge when a fi ve-rider breakaway headed for the fi nal two POINTS CLASSIFICATION loops on the 129.9-km run which be- 1. Jacob Tipper gan at Al Thakhira Youth Centre. 2. Maher Hasnaoui The small bunch also included Yellow 3. Andrea Palini Jersery holder Tipper of Team Giant- 4. Koos Jeroen Kers RBS, Skydive Dubai lead rider Palini, 5. Abdelbaset Hannachi Wilton Team’s Koos Jeroen Kers and Sharjah Team’s Abdelbasat Hanachi. YOUTH CLASSIFICATION The splinter group pushed away 1. Mahdi Rajabikaboodcheshme from the peloton when the race en- (Pishgaman Giant Team) tered the fi rst of four 13.5km loops. 2. Abderrahmane Mansouri With more than one and half loops (Shrajah Team) left, Hasnaoui accelerated suddenly 3. Ben Hetherington and launched an attack and would not (Achieve Northside Skinnergate) be caught. He put in a great deal of 4. Islam Shawky (Sharjah Team) leg power and sped home, 12 seconds 5. Mohamadesmail Chaichi ahead of the four-rider chasing group (Pishgaman Giant Team) for his fi rst 2.2 category stage race win. Another group of 11 riders followed. TEAM CLASSIFICATION Before this stage win, the best re- Pishgaman Giant Team sults for the UAE Cup winner Ha- Shrajah Team snaoui this year were the fi rst place in Kuwait Cycling Project the Team Time Trial in Jelajah Malaysia Skydive Dubai and a ninth place in the opening stage Team Track Astana in the same race. British rider Jacob Tipper finished second to retain the yellow jersey. Maher Hasnaoui of Skydive Dubai recorded his maiden win yesterday. Gulf Times 2 Friday, December 18, 2015 FOOTBALL CLUB WORLD CUP FOCUS Ozil arrival was a Suarez hat-trick fi res ‘massive lift ’ for Barca into world fi nal Arsenal: The Spanish giants will face Argentine side River Plate in Yokohama on Sunday Wilshere Reuters London esut Ozil’s arrival at Arsenal two years ago was a massive lift for the club, mid- Mfi elder Jack Wilshere has said, adding it was “special” to have the German playmaker as a team mate. Ozil’s move from Real Ma- drid, reportedly in the region of 42.4 million pounds ($63.31 mil- lion), smashed Arsenal’s previ- ous record purchase and repre- sented a rare big-money signing from manager Arsene Wenger. Wilshere said he could scarce- ly believe that the club had pulled off such a major coup and since the World Cup winner’s arrival, the Gunners have won back-to-back FA Cups, break- ing a nine-year trophy drought in the process. After a shaky start to his Gun- ners career, Ozil has spearhead- ed Arsenal’s Premier League title charge this campaign and recently broke a league record by claiming assists in seven con- secutive matches. “I think we knew what sort of player Mesut was. His history as a player and the clubs he has played for... to bring him in to play with us was massive,” Wilshere said. Barcelona forward Luis Suarez scores a goal “I remember watching (the past Guangzhou Evergrande goalkeeper Li TV on) transfer deadline day Shuai during their Club World Cup semi-final and seeing that Arsenal were in- in Yokohama, Japan yesterday. (AFP) terested in Ozil, and you almost didn’t believe it.
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