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l Duhail continued their fine form tonight with Aa comprehensive 5 -3 victory over league rivals Al Rayan at Al Sadd Stadium yesterday. With both sides coming into this game unbeaten, it was Al Duhail who applied the most pres- sure in the early exchanges with neither side able to break the deadlock. The match changed in the 28th minute when Moaaz Ali Abdalla was brought down in the penalty area. Al Rayyan’s forward Yousef Al Arabi stepped up to fire it into the back of the net and gain the advantage. With the first half drawing to a close, ’s lofted pass over the Al Duhail SC’s South Korean star Nam Tae Hee opposition deface was expertly volleyed on the turn celebrates with team-mates after scoring aginst by Yousef Msakni Al Rayyan during their QNB Stars League match who left the goalkeeper played at Al Sadd Stadium yesterday. BELOW: stranded. Action during the QNB Stars League third round Into the second half and match between Al Sadd and Al Gharafa, played Al Duhail won another pen- at Al Sadd Stadium yesterday. alty with Youssef Al Arabi Pictures: Baher Amin / The Peninsula once more firing home for his 4th goal of the season. From here the game opened up even further and it was Al Al Rayyan’s Rodrigo Tabata shoots a free kick during their QNB Stars League match against Al Duhail at Duhail’s South Korean star, Al Sadd Stadium yesterday. Al Duhail beat Al Rayyan 5-3 in an eight-goal thriller. Nam Tae-hee, who finished off a great passing move with a left footed shot past Al Ray- apply constant pressure. They will feel they should have got 1-0 at half time but Al Sadd an’s goal. got two quick fire goals from hold of the game earlier on. hit back when Boualem Al Rayyan then really substitute Abderrazak Ham- Meanwhile for Duhail’s assist- Ahmad Khoukhi equalised in came to life and started to dallah and Sebastian Soria ant coach Bruno Oliveira, the 56th minute. which led an exciting finale. yesterday’s result confirms Al Sadd had a sigh of relief QNB STARS LEAGUE: Deep into injury time, The their third consecutive win, in the 86th minute when TODAY’S FIXTURES Lions grabbed a third as Soria propelling them to the top of Mohammad Morteza headed pounced on a defensive error the QNB Stars League. the ball into the net from close Al Duhail beat Al Rayyan before Al Duhail restored their Later, at the same venue, range to take the game away 5-3 two-goal victory through Ali the hosts Al Sadd defeated Al from Al Gharafa and seas a 2-1 Al Sadd beat Al Gharafa Yahya as the match drew to Gharafa after win at home. 2 - 1 a close. Al Gharafa took the lead In the other match of the Al Kharaitiyat drew with Coach Michael Laudrup in the 29th minute after Luis day, Al Kharaitiyat and Al Al Khor 1-1 will be pleased with his side’s Jimenez scored through a Khor shared honours in an response after going down but penalty kick. Al Gharafa led one-all stalemate. A l Arabi eye ‘quick return’ to winning ways on home soil

Rizwan Rehmat The Peninsula QNB STARS LEAGUE: TODAY’S FIXTURES l Arabi, one of the most popular QNB Stars Al Arabi vs SC ALeague outfits in the At Al Arabi Stadium country, haven’t had the best of (5.45pm) the start to the new football sea- Al Ahli vs Umm Salal son and the coach of the ‘Dream At Al Ahli Stadium Team’ said he wants a quick (7.45pm) return to winnings ways. Al Arabi, with feared striker Khalfan Ibrahim in their ranks Markhiya 1-0 to pick up their for the 2017-18 season, lost to first three-pointer this Al Sailiyah in round one and season. then crashed to a 2-0 loss “In football everything is against Al Duhail last week. possible. We always look to Head coach Kais Yaakoubi improve and we had a bit of luck said the turnaround in fortunes in the last game and hope we is just one good performance can improve and get more sat- away but a positive result is isfying results,” the Kings coach what he wants from his side. said. Al Arabi coach Kais Yaakoubi speaks during “After our second defeat “Yes, we can replicate our against Al Duhail last week, the a press conference on the eve of their QNB performance from last week in team (now) needs to start turn- Stars League match against Qatar SC. LEFT: this game,” he added. ing things around. We hope the An Al Arabi player heads the ball during their The Argentine said: “The game against Qatar SC will be second match of the League against Al Duhail league is very similar to every our gate to winning ways,” Yaa- SC in which they lost by 2-0. football league in the world. You koubi said yesterday as the team have two or three good teams prepared to take on Qatar SC because of the high profile play- today. teams spirit ahead of the game. very well and we respect our every team needed to safeguard teams,” Calderon said at a pre- ers they have. However, the rest “We have a very healthy The Al Arabi coach ended opponent. But I believe both the its interests with powerful match press conference of the teams are at the same atmosphere in the changing the press conference by saying teams are at the same level and performances. yesterday. level.” room and the training ground. that he is hoping his team could I hope we can take all three “Every match is a final, this “It is importance to build on In another game today, win- We are working hard and you pick up all three points on their points,” Yaakoubi said. game is difficult. Al Arabi needs from our result last week and less Al Ahli face unbeaten Umm will see the teams real face in home soil. Qatar SC’s head coach to get their first win and we we will be trying to get the win Salal at Hamd Bin Khalifa Sta- the next game,” the Tunisian “We looked at Qatar SC last Gabriel Calderon said QNB Stars need to keep winning as well. against Al Arabi,” he warned. dium. The game kicks off at said when asked about the two games and the team played League was a format in which Its a difficult game for both Last week Qatar SC beat Al 7.55pm. SPORT SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2017 21 Barty crushes Ostapenko to sail into Wuhan final

Wuhan, China consistent level throughout the AFP match and haven’t had any real drops,” 21-year-old Barty said. ustralia’s Ashleigh “I feel like I’m moving well Ferrari’s German driver Sebastian Vettel prepares to drive Barty crushed on the court. I feel like I have full French Open winner control of the ball, which in some out of the pit during the second practice session of the Jelena Ostapenko of conditions it’s really tough to Formula One Malaysia Grand Prix in Sepang, yesterday. Latvia 6-3, 6-0 yes- do.” terday,A cruising into the final at In the other semi-final, Gar- the Wuhan Open. cia dominated qualifier Sakkari F1: Flying Vettel puts Barty, who began the year to reach her first final of the year ranked outside the top 300, will and the first Premier 5 level final face Caroline Garcia in her first of her career. pressure on Hamilton ever Premier 5 tournament final “It feels good, it was a long after the French player toppled time without a final,” Garcia said Greece’s Maria Sakkari 6-3, 6-2 in an interview on court after the Sepang, Malaysia championship leader, Hamil- in a one-way semi-final. match. AFP ton who was only sixth fastest Ostapenko, ranked 10 in the “It was such a fight today, with Valtteri Bottas seventh. world, struggled with a niggle to and she had a great week com- ebastian Vettel smashed the “Red Bull looked very fast her right wrist and appeared ing from qualifiers, and I’m very all-time Sepang lap record in the mixed conditions this tired after triumphing over happy with the way I played.” Syesterday as Ferrari put the morning, in the damp and wet world number one Garbine Garcia, ranked 20 in the pressure on Lewis Hamilton on the intermediate tyres,” Muguruza in the quarters. world, had earlier triumphed before a track fault brought an added Vettel. “I had no energy,” Ostap- over Dominika Cibulkova, early halt to Malaysian Grand Hamilton had been on just enko, 20, told journalists. seeded seven, and number 12 Prix practice yesterday. his 10th lap of the afternoon “I’ve been playing so many seed Angelique Kerber. Vettel clocked 1min when he took too much speed matches... and yesterday we fin- The shock-prone Wuhan 31.261sec around the 5.543-kil- into turn eight, resulting in a ished quite late so I didn’t really Ashleigh Barty of Australia hits a return against Jelena Open has delivered surprise ometre circuit on his qualifying sideways excursion into the have enough time to recover.” Ostapenko of Latvia during their women’s singles semi-finals results from the get-go. simulation run in the second gravel and a wrecked set of soft Barty, ranked 37th in the match at the WTA Wuhan Open in Wuhan, yesterday. An exodus of tournament session to smash the old record tyres. Hamilton did manage to world, snatched an early break favourites included Radwanska, of 1:32.50 set by Fernando avoid beaching the car and was in the first set to lead her normally fiery opponent 2-0. Barty had already seen off Romanian Simona Halep, seeded Alonso in 2005. able to limp back to the pits, Ostapenko broke back but the former world number one two, and Caroline Wozniacki, the His Ferrari team-mate Kimi where his mechanics removed WUHAN OPEN RESULTS Australian moved ahead again Karolina Pliskova, Agnieszka fourth seed. Raikkonen was second, six- the nose and started making Results of singles matches at the WTA Wuhan Open in the sixth game and held on to Radwanska, seeded nine, and The three stars followed fel- tenths of a second adrift. frantic changes to the set-up. yesterday (x denotes seeding): close the first set in just under Johanna Konta, the fifth seed low seeds Konta, Sloane “It’s been a decent day,” When he did re-emerge Semi-finals an hour. in a dream run in the Chinese Stephens, Madison Keys and Vettel told Sky TV. with 40 minutes of the session Ashleigh Barty (AUS) bt Jelena Ostapenko (LAT x8) After breaking early in the city. Petra Kvitova among others out The Red Bulls of Daniel Ric- remaining his car appeared still

6-3, 6-0 second, Barty stormed ahead to “It’s been an unbelievable in the first few days at the tour- ciardo and Max Verstappen to be handling erratically, and Caroline Garcia (FRA) bt Maria Sakkari (GRE) 6-3, 6-2 the finishing line in less than 30 week. I’ve played some really nament, which was plagued by were third and fourth on a frus- his first timed lap was fully 1.4 minutes. good tennis at a really hot and sticky conditions. trating day for Mercedes’ seconds down on Vettel.

US take early lead over Obama, Bush and Clinton give Internationals

Jersey City Presidents Cup executive buzz AFP Jersey City he United States lived up AP to their top billing, seiz- Ting a two-point lead over a battling International team on Matsuyama and South African he start of the Presidents the opening day of the Presi- Charl Schwartzel 6 & 4. Jordan Cup gave golf a new Big dents Cup match play golf Spieth and Patrick Reed (pic- TThree — former Presidents showdown. tured) never trailed in their 5 & Barack Obama, George W. Bush The Americans, winners of 4 win over International rook- and Bill Clinton posing with nine of the prior 11 editions of ies Kim Si-Woo of South Korea players and wives on each team the Cup, with one draw and just and Emiliano Grillo of in an opening ceremony unlike one International victory back Argentina. any other. in 1998, wasted no time in Dustin Johnson and Matt It was the first time three US asserting themselves at Liberty Kuchar rallied on the back nine presidents have attended the National Golf Club. for a 1-up win over Aussie matches together since this They won the first three Adam Scott and Venezuela’s event began in 1994, named after matches before South Africans Jhonattan Vegas before Oost- the highest office in the land. Louis Oosthuizen and Branden huizen and Grace topped The U-shaped grandstands Former US Presidents (from Left) Barack Obama and George W Grace notched the lone Inter- Brooks Koepka and Daniel around the first tee at Liberty national win of the day. Berger 3 & 1. National were at capacity more Bush and Bill Clinton smile during the first round foursomes match Australians Jason Day and than an hour before the first tee of The President’s Cup golf tournament at Liberty National Golf Marc Leishman were 3-down PRESIDENTS CUP SCORES time Thursday. Most of the play- Course on Thursday. early but battled back to stand Results on Thursday in the 12th Presidents Cup ers were warming up on the 1-up through 16. match play tournament between the United States range. Phil Mickelson, in the fifth But they ended up sharing and the International team at Liberty National Golf and final match, came over early a point with Kevin Kisner and Club: to clasp hands with all three. President Donald Trump on the first tee, especially when a filled the box. Mickelson got his Phil Mickelson in the final United States 3.5 International team 1.5Foursomes Then, Mickelson took out his Sunday, though it has not been platform behind the tee began selfie, and before long other match of the day, in which Rickie Fowler/Justin Thomas (USA) bt Hideki Mat- phone for a selfie he might not confirmed. “I get excited about to fill. All three PGA Tour com- players and assistant captains Mickelson missed a seven-foot suyama/Charl Schwartzel (JPN/RSA) 6 & 4 get again. All presidents are the fact that three individuals missioners dating to 1974 were filed over to see the presidents. putt at the 18th that could have Dustin Johnson/Matt Kuchar (USA) bt Adam Scott/ invited to be the honorary chair- ascended to the highest office in there — Monahan, Tim They stepped out of the box to given the Americans yet Jhonattan Vegas (AUS/VEN) 1-up man of the Presidents Cup when the land and golf was an impor- Finchem and Deane Beman. stand to the back of the tee as another win. Jordan Spieth/Patrick Reed (USA) bt Kim Si-Woo/ it is held in the United States, and tant part of their life and The loudest cheers were for Charl Schwartzel of South Africa It’s the sixth straight time Emiliano Grillo (KOR/ARG) 5 & 4 all have accepted. Clinton has continues to be an important Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, and Rickie Fowler hit the respec- that the Internationals have lost Louis Oosthuizen/Branden Grace (RSA) bt Brooks been the only sitting presidents part of their life,” PGA Tour who along with Arnold Palmer tive opening tee shots. the opening session. Koepka/Daniel Berger (USA) 3 & 1 to attend the matches, on Satur- Commissioner Jay Monahan said were the Big Three during one The presidents then went Rickie Fowler and Justin Kevin Kisner/Phil Mickelson (USA) v Jason Day/Marc day at the Robert Trent Jones Wednesday. of the early growth periods in over to greet the wives of the

Thomas got the ball rolling for Leishman (AUS) halved Golf Club in Virginia in 2000. “I think it’s a great statement golf. Palmer died a year ago on International and US teams and the hosts on a blustery day, That might change. The PGA for our game.” Monday. stayed behind for the rest of the dominating Japan’s Hideki Tour was preparing for a visit by There was plenty of buzz on And then the US presidents matches to begin. Legend Woods has nothing to prove to anyone: McIlroy

Jersey City over his golfing future but said multiple back surgeries. “If this “I don’t think there’s a single could not do. “If he doesn’t play everyone should just applaud Reuters during the President’s Cup on is it, Tiger doesn’t have anything figure who ever did more in terms again, he’s been the greatest what a great career he’s had.” Thursday that he may never play to prove to anyone; not to me, of bringing different groups of player I’ve ever seen. Jack (Nick- McIlroy, who has failed to ory McIlroy has said that another round competitively due not to you, not to himself,” McIl- people into the game, different laus) has a better record but I record a victory in a frustrating Tiger Woods does not need to his lingering back problems. roy said. ethnicities, different age groups.” don’t know if he played better injury-hit season, showed Rto prove anything to any- The American former world “He can walk away with his McIlroy said he had spent golf. glimpses of a return to form with one anymore and has guaranteed number one claimed the last of head held extremely high. He’s time with Woods over the past “Tiger made golf cool in the a first round three-under 67 in his status as a legend even if he his 14 major titles in 2008 and done wonders for this game,” few months and revealed the 90s, when it really needed an Newcastle to sit four strokes never returns to competitive golf. has only played six competitive four-time major winner McIlroy 41-year-old was waiting on doc- injection of something. He’s a behind joint leaders Tyrell Hat- Woods remains optimistic rounds in the past two years after said of the American. tors to tell him what he could and legend and, if this is it, then ton and George Coetzee. 22 SPORT SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2017

England star Man City rocked as Aguero Alli banned over crude suffers broken rib in car crash gesture London AFP London AFP ele Alli has been given a one-game England anchester City Dban after making an striker Sergio offensive gesture during his Aguero has suf- country’s World Cup quali- fered a broken rib fier against Slovakia. in a car crash in Alli was hit with the pun- Mthe Netherlands, dealing a major ishment and fined 5,000 blow to the Premier League Swiss francs (£3,800) by leaders’ title aspirations. world governing body FIFA Aguero had established him- following the incident in Eng- self as the driving force behind land’s win at Wembley last City’s surge to the top of the table month. with six Premier League goals Television footage this season, but now the Argen- showed the Tottenham mid- tine ace could face a lengthy spell fielder making a on the sidelines. middle-finger salute shortly The 29-year-old sustained after a collision with Martin the injury after a taxi taking him Skrtel. to an Amsterdam airport follow- But Alli claimed the ges- ing a music concert was involved ture was aimed at England in an accident on Thursday night. team-mate Kyle Walker Rescuers gather on the scene of a car accident involving Manchester City’s Argentine striker Sergio Aguero in Amsterdam on City manager Pep Guardiola rather than the officials or any said Aguero will miss City’s clash Thursday. Right: Sergio Aguero Slovakia player. at champions Chelsea on Satur- FIFA’s disciplinary com- day, and is also set to be sidelined Aguero was due to return to Thursday after “a taxi-cab hit a where Colombian singer Maluma his official Instagram page. mittee accepted the for Argentina’s World Cup qual- Manchester on Friday morning, lamp-post”. performed on Thursday. Aguero’s former club Indepen- 21-year-old was not taunting ifiers early in October. with Guardiola insisting he had He could not confirm the Television images showed a diente posted a message of referee Clement Turpin, but British media reports claim no problem with Aguero being identities of the two passengers black cab, mounted on the grassy support on Twitter, saying: still handed out the Aguero will be out of action for in Amsterdam on his day off. and the driver, who all asked to middle of a busy four-lane high- “Strength and speedy recovery suspension. at least two months, but Guar- “A day off is to be happy,” he remain anonymous. way, the front staved in after it @aguerosergiokun! All @Inde- Alli is set to miss next diola did not have an exact time said. “I am a trainer who doesn’t “No other vehicles were apparently ploughed front first pendiente is with you at this Thursday’s game against frame for how long his star want to train every day because involved,” he said, adding that into a tall blue-and white striped difficult time.” Slovenia at Wembley as Eng- would spend recovering from the they (the players) need to rest, three people in the taxi “have lamppost. It was surrounded by The striker, whose side are land look to seal their place injury. mentally and physically.” been transferred to hospital for at least two ambulances and two above Manchester United on at next year’s World Cup, “The first impression is he Amsterdam police spokes- observation... but there were no police cars. goal difference, needs only two He could return for the has broken a rib but the number man Frans Zuiderhoek told AFP bad injuries”. Aguero, who has scored 176 more goals to pass Eric Brook as final group game in Lithua- of days he will be out, I don’t that officers attended an acci- The accident occurred on De goals for the English club, on City’s all-time leading scorer and nia on Sunday. know,” Guardiola told reporters dent in the city at around Boelelaan street, said Zuider- Thursday posted a picture of is widely viewed as one of the “Following the incident in Manchester yesterday. 11:00pm (2100 GMT) on hoek, not far from the Arena A himself with Maluma on world’s most feared strikers. that occurred during the match between England and Slovakia on 4 September Dutch manager 2017. Dele Alli has been sanc- Apollon Limassol’s Hector tioned with a suspension for one official match, and a fine Yuste scores their second Advocaat drops of CHF 5,000 for making an goal during the Europa offensive and unsporting ges- Sneijder and League match against ture,” a FIFA spokesman said. Everton at Goodison Park, “Although the Discipli- recalls Babel Liverpool, yesterday. nary Committee was not convinced that the player The Hague directed the gesture at the Agencies referee, and regardless of whether it was allegedly etherlands coach Dick directed at a team-mate, it did Advocaat yesterday consider such gesture to be Ndropped Wesley Sne- offensive and unsporting and ijder for their crucial 2018 therefore it amounted to a World Cup qualifiers next violation of art. 57 of the FIFA month and gave winger Ryan Disciplinary Code.” Babel a surprise recall. Advocaat’s 24-man squad take on Belarus on October 7, Veteran Villa before hosting Sweden in what looks set to be a crunch left out of match in their final qualifier on October 10. Spain squad The Netherlands are hop- ing to avoid failing to qualify Madrid for successive major tourna- Bayern start search for Boateng back AFP ments for the first time since 1986 after missing out on eteran forward David Euro 2016, but are third in for Germany Villa was dropped yes- European qualifying Group A, Ancelotti successor Vterday from coach three points behind second- Julen Lopetegui’s Spain squad placed Sweden and four Munich, Germany Pressed on the issue, Salihamid- Berlin to face Albania and Israel in behind leaders France. AFP zic would only add that “it would be AFP World Cup qualifiers next Only the top nation will good” if the new coach spoke German. month. gain an automatic spot for the ayern Munich are putting their Having won the 2001 Champions ayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng made his However, in-form pair finals in Russia, with second faith in Willy Sagnol as interim League trophy with Bayern, Sagnol has return to the Germany squad announced by Jose Callejon of Napoli and place likely to yield a Bcoach “for now” while seeking management experience after coach- BJoachim Loew yesterday for the closing two World Valencia’s Rodrigo Moreno play-off. a replacement for the sacked Carlo ing French Ligue 1 side Bordeaux from Cup qualifiers. were both welcomed back The 33-year-old Sneijder Ancelotti, said the club’s sporting 2014 until last year. Group leaders with eight straight wins, Germany into the 25-man squad. has made a record 132 director yesterday. Bayern president Uli Hoeness need just a single point to ensure direct qualification Lopetegui said that Villa, 35, appearances for the Dutch Two days before the Bundesliga had said earlier that he planned to for the finals in Russia, either against Northern Ireland who is two caps short of national team, but has strug- champions visit Hertha Berlin, sport- hire a new coach by mid-October. next Thursday in Belfast or at home to Azerbaijan on reaching a century, had gled to break into the Nice ing director Hasan Salihamidzic took But Salihamidzic was less com- October 8. needed more time to recover first team since joining in the Ancelotti’s place at the pre-match mittal about the timeframe. But several key players are missing from Loew’s from an injury suffered dur- close season and has not press conference. “We are discussing this internally. squad due to injury. ing the last international played for the Ligue 1 side Chief executive Karl-Heinz Rum- At Bayern, we usually make our deci- Although the experienced Boateng will be back to get-together and would likely since August. menigge was also absent, after he sions unanimously,” he said. “We will bolster the defence alongside Mats Hummels, many of be lacking match fitness. Advocaat has given made the decision to fire Ancelotti a remain in a room and come out with Germany’s World Cup winning squad are left off the In Villa’s place Lopetegui Besiktas winger Babel, 30, his day after the side suffered a stinging a decision. list. In midfield, the defending world champions are called up Callejon, who has first call-up in six years, after Champions League 3-0 defeat at “We’ll talk about the profile we without Mesut Ozil, Sami Khedira and Mario Goetze, scored four goals for Napoli the former Liverpool man’s Paris Saint-Germain. need. We’ve only just separated from who is still below-par after having only returned in this season, and Rodrigo, who impressive start to the season Asked what sort of coach Bayern Ancelotti yesterday... We need to let August following seven months off with a metabolic has hit the net three times for in Turkey. But he will have to are looking for, Salihamidzic said: things settle, and analyse the situa- disorder. Valencia. They have respec- make do without Stoke City “That’s something that we are dis- tion calmly. Missing from defence are Benedkit Hoewedes and tively just three and one caps. defender Bruno Martins Indi cussing internally, the names too. We “We will see, and if we find a Jonas Hector, while forward Mario Gomez is also out. Another returnee is Real and Lazio full-back Stefan de won’t comment about this, otherwise solution, we’ll hire a coach.” Another key absence is that of captain Manuel Neuer, Sociedad’s defensive mid- Vrij, who are both injured. there will be speculation, and that’s Wednesday night’s defeat to PSG who is sidelined until January after fracturing his left fielder Asier Illarramendi. Netherlands’ position not our intention.” was Bayern’s heaviest since losing foot. Goalkeeper Neuer has not played for Germany Meanwhile, Lopetegui remains precarious, and com- “I can’t name any names, nor 3-0 away to Barcelona in the Cham- since October 2016, when Die Mannschaft beat North- sprang to the defence of ing up this week is a daunting profile. For the time being Willy Sag- pions League semi-final, first leg, in ern Ireland 2-0. To replace them, Loew has turned to Barcelona centre-back Ger- double-header against the nol is our solution until further May 2015. It was also their heaviest Confederation Cup winners Sandro Wagner, Marvin ard Pique, often jeered by French and a Bulgaria side notice,” he added, referring to the ex- loss in a group game in the compe- Plattenhardt and forward Timo Werner, with Barcelo- Spain fans due to his open that beat them 2-0 in Sofia France international, who had been tition since a 3-0 reverse in Lyon in na’s Marc-Andere ter Stegen keeping goal. pro-Catalan independence earlier in the campaign. serving as Ancelotti’s assistant. March 2001. stance. SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2017 SPORT 23 Enable hot favourite for top prize at Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe

The Peninsula Wednesday morning and a total (Munjiz), second in the Impact). After the forfeits, the (Gr1) still counts 20 candidates. calendar, now in its second year of 20 runners have been declared prep-race. Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère Meanehile, the rain at Chantilly. avourite Enable is set to for the €5m race, with seven The list of the Total Prix Mar- (Gr1) is once again very full, with announced for tomorrow in Europe’s most prestigious head the field for today’s trained by popular Irishman cel Boussac – Critérium des seventeen 2yos (including three Chantilly forced Limato (Tagula) race, a one-and-a-half-mile test FQatar Prix de l’Arc de Tri- Aidan O’Brien. Pouliches (Gr1) came down to 10 Aidan O’Brien trained fillies, also to step out after winning last of speed and stamina for three- omphe at Chantilly. The Qatar Arabian World on Wednesday morning, before entered in the Marcel Boussac) year’s edition of the Qatar Prix year-olds and above, commands The three-year old filly, Cup (Gr1 PA) will see 19 horses the due date for the probable still on the list. de la Forêt (Gr1). After the for- a purse of €5m, with a first prize could give jockey Frankie Det- in it’s 10th edition of the race runners. Four fillies are trained As usual, the Prix de l’Abbaye feits, the race still counts 18 of €2,857,000 ($3.3). That makes tori a record fifth win in Europe’s tomorrow and the most promi- by Aidan O’Brien, including the de Longchamp Longines was candidates. it the third-richest horse race in richest horse race. nent contenders are Ebraz trio of the Moyglare Stud Stakes filled up again, and 18 horses The prestigious Prix de l’Arc the world, behind the Pegasus Enable, trained by John Gos- (Amer), Tayf (Amer), who beat (Gr1), Happily (Galileo), Magical stayed entered after the forfeits de Triomphe is a highlight of World Cup and the Dubai World den, was supplemented on him in Goodwood, and Yazeed (Galileo) and September (Deep and the Prix de l’Opéra Longines France’s sporting and cultural Cup. Rajeh wins his first Group 1 PA race at Saint Cloud

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E Sheik Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Thani-owned H colt Rajeh emerged cham- pion at the Qatar Arabian Trophy des Poulains (Gr1 PA) at Saint- Cloud, France yesterday. Winner for his two first runs, Rajeh (Jaafer Asf) bagged his first Group 1 PA by three lengths. After waiting among his rivals, he came out of the field in the middle of the home straight and left no chances to Rodess du Loup and Goumoh, respectively second and third. Rajeh’s trainer, François Rohaut said: “We know he is a good horse and he is even more impressive when maturing. He is getting better race after race. He does not have any issues, he is easy and nice to train. We are even happier to win it since his breeder and owner Sheik Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Thani is here.” The colt stays unbeaten after H E Sheik Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Thani-owned Rajeh and his team pose for a photograph after the colt this race since he had already won the Qatar Arabian Trophy des Poulains (Gr1 PA) at Saint-Cloud, France yesterday. INSET: H E Sheik won his two first races including Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Thani receiving the winner’s trophy after Rajeh won his first Group 1 PA. a Gr3 PA. SA in control of Chandimal helps SL post 419; first Test against Bangladesh Pakistan make solid start propelled his team to a strong chance to post his maiden Test SCOREBOARD AFP total. He came in to bat with his hundred. Potchefstroom, South Sri Lanka (I innings): Mushfiqur’s fol- team in trouble at 61-3 on Thurs- Dickwella hit nine bounda- D Karunaratne run out ...... 93 Africa lowed that of openers Imrul aptain Dinesh Chan- day, but led the fightback in a ries and a six during his rapid K Silva b Hasan ...... 12 Reuters Kayes (7) and Liton Das (25), dimal made an fourth-wicket stand of 100 with 117-ball knock and bettered his L Thirimanne lbw b Shah ...... 0 who went early as Kagiso Rab- unbeaten 155 as Sri Dimuth Karunaratne (93). previous best Test effort of 81. K Mendis c Ahmed b Shah ...... 10 angladesh face a long haul ada and Morne Morkel made Lanka put the pres- Yesterday, after Sri Lanka Chandimal reached his ninth D Chandimal () ...... 155 in their bid to fight their the breakthrough for the hosts. sure on Pakistan on resumed at 227-4, Chandimal Test century -- his first in four N Dickwella b Hasan ...... 83 way back into contention Elgar fell one run short of a Cthe second day of the first Test in added 134 for the fifth wicket matches as captain, and first D Perera lbw b Haris ...... 33 B R Herath c Azam b Herath ...... 4 against South Africa after end- maiden double century as Abu Dhabi yesterday. with Niroshan Dickwella (83) against Pakistan -- by driving S Lakmal lbw b Abbas ...... 7 ing the second day of the first South Africa battered Bangla- Openers Sami Aslam (31 not and another 92 for the sixth left-arm paceman Mohammad L Sandakan b Abbas ...... 8 Test on 127 for three, still 369 desh’s bowlers for a second day. out) and Shan Masood (30 not with Dilruwan Perera, who Amir through the covers for his N Pradeep b Abbas ...... 0 behind the hosts’ first innings They were 298 for one over- out) negotiated 23 overs to take made 33. 11th boundary. Pakistan’s misery Extras: (LB11, NB3) ...... 14 tally. night as Elgar made his highest Pakistan to 64-0, still trailing Sri Chandimal faced 372 balls was compounded as they did get Total: (all out) ...... 419 (28) and test score and Hashim Amla Lanka’s first-innings total of 419 and struck 14 boundaries to leave Perera twice on nought, but the Fall of : 1-34, 2-35, 3-61, 4-161, , who hit a six off completed his 27th century by 355 runs. Pakistan toiling for wickets, all-rounder made successful 5-295, 6-387, 7-396, 8-408, 9-419 the final ball of the day to reach before lunch yesterday. They need another 156 to before the tail succumbed to reviews on both decisions -- once : Amir 27-5-63-0, Abbas 26.5-0-75-3 22, were not out at stumps yes- Amla became the 70,000th avoid the follow-on. some good pace bowling by each off Shah and Haris Sohail. (2nb), Shah 57-11-120-3, Hasan 27-6-88-2 (1nb), Masood 1-1-0-0, Sohail 13-0-51-1, Shafiq terday as Bangladesh began wicket in Test when he Both Masood and Aslam, Mohammad Abbas, who took Perera also survived a stumping 3-0-11-0 their reply after South Africa’s was dismissed three balls after opening for the first time 3-75. decision before finally falling to Pakistan(I innings): tea-time declaration on 496 for lunch, chipping Shafiul Islam together, looked assured as Sri Leg-spinner fin- part-timer Sohail for his first Shan Masood (batting) ...... 30 three. straight to Mehidy Hasan at Lanka attacked through all their ished with 3-120 in a marathon wicket. Sami Aslam(batting) ...... 31 Visiting captain Mushfiqur backward point to depart for three spinners and two seamers 57 overs of hard work. Shah then had Rangana Her- Extras: (LB2, NB1) ...... 3 Rahim led a spirited charge but 137. in short spells. The Chandimal-Dickwella ath for four before Abbas took the Total: (for no loss) ...... 64 fell on 44 from 57 balls after Elgar, who seemed to lose But it was a memorable day stand was only broken in the wickets of Lakshan Sundakan Bowling: Lakmal 4-0-12-0 (1nb), Pradeep 5-0-

being caught at forward short concentration as he approached for Sri Lankan skipper Chandimal, 22nd over of the day when Dick- (eight) and Nuwan Pradeep 13-0, Perera 6-1-24-0, Sundakan 5-1-5-0, Her-

ath 3-0-8-0 leg off Keshav Maharaj, who his double ton, skyed a short whose marathon knock of over wella played on to fast bowler (nought) from successive had seen Dean Elgar at first slip into the air to be nine hours in hot conditions Hasan Ali, spurning a good deliveries. spill two earlier chances to snag caught by Mominul an agonis- the Bangladesh skipper. ing single run short of the Mushfiqur’s brief spell sug- milestone. gested the possibility of an On the first day, Elgar saw intriguing contest as a flat track his new opening partner Aiden England crush West Indies by 9 wickets at Senwes Park looked likely to Markram run out for 97, begin offering more turn on the heartbreakingly short of a Southampton wicket to fall — trapped leg SCOREBOARD third day today. debut ton. AP before wicket for 96 by Miguel West Indies: (2w); Plunkett 10-0-54-2 (2w); Rashid 10-1-42-1 Cummins in the 22nd over — C Gayle c Plunkett b Curran ...... 40 (1w); Ali 10-0-36-1 onny Bairstow top scored after an opening stand with K Hope c & b Plunkett ...... 33 England SCOREBOARD with 141 not out as England Bairstow of 156. S Hope c Billings b Ball ...... 72 J Roy lbw b Cummins ...... 96 Jchased down its target of 289 Root was 46 not out in 44 M Samuels st Buttler b Ali ...... 32 J Bairstow (not out) ...... 141 South Africa (I innings): 5-0-24-0, Mominul Haque 2-0-15-0, Sabbir Rah- J Mohammed c Root b Rashid ...... 25 J Root (not out) ...... 46 D Elgar c Mominul Haque b Mustafizur Rahman 199 man 5-1-15-0 in 38 overs to win the fifth and balls at Southampton with two S Ambris (not out) ...... 38 Extras (LB2, W9) ...... 11 A Markram run out (Mominul Haque) ...... 97 Bangladesh (I innings): final one-day international fours and the winning six. R Powell b Plunkett ...... 11 Total (1 wkt) ...... 294 H Amla c Mehidy Hasan b Shafiul Islam ...... 137 Liton Das c Amla b Morkel ...... 25 against West Indies yesterday. Earlier, Shai Hope struck 72 A Nurse (not out) ...... 31 Fall of wickets: 1-156 T Bavuma (not out) ...... 31 c Markram b Rabada ...... 7 England finished on 294-1 and Ashley Nurse added a late- Extras (W6) ...... 6 Did not bat: E Morgan (capt), J Buttler (wkt), S F du Plessis (not out) ...... 26 Mominul Haque (batting) ...... 28 after Joe Root smashed a six off innings 31 not out off 12 balls to Total (6 wkts) ...... 288 Billings, M Ali, T Curran, A Rashid, L Plunkett, J Ball Did not bat: A Joseph, J Taylor, M Cummins Bowling: J Taylor 8-0-52-0, Joseph 7-0-54-0, Extras (LB4, W2) ...... 6 c Markram b Maharaj ...... 44 Marlon Samuels to win the help West Indies score 288-6

Total (3 wkts dec.) ...... 496 Tamim Iqbal (batting) ...... 22 Fall of wickets: 1-52, 2-86, 3-143, 4-195, 5-221, Cummins 8-0-70-1 (5w), Nurse 8-0-56-0, Samuels

series 4-0 with the second ODI after England won the toss. 6-253 4-0-41-0, Powell 3-0-19-0 Did not bat: Q de Kock, A Phehlukwayo, K Maha- Extras (LB1)...... 1 raj, K Rabada, M Morkel, D Olivier. Total (3 wkts) ...... 127 a no-result due to rain. Chris Gayle hit five sixes — Bowling: Ball 10-1-94-1 (1w); Curran 10-1-62-1 Result: England won by nine wickets Fall of wickets: 1-196, 2-411, 3-445 Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-36, 3-103 Bairstow, who also got a ton including four in a row across Bowling: Mustafizur Rahman 27-2-98-1 (1w), Bowling: Morkel 7-1-34-1, Rabada 9-2-23-1, Ma- in the first match, hit 17 bound- two overs — in a 29-ball 40 at Hope’s knock came off 95 batsmen got into double figures

Shafiul Islam 25-5-74-1 (1w), Mehidy Hasan 56-4- haraj 11-3-38-1, Olivier 5-1-27-0, Phehlukwayo aries in his 114-ball innings. the top of the innings to get the balls and included four fours and as they looked to avoid a series 178-0, 26-5-88-0, 2-1-4-0 Jason Roy was the only English tourists off to a quick start. a six. All eight of West Indies’ whitewash.