Mominul’S Second Ton of Match Guides Bangladesh to Draw Against Sri Lanka
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FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 2 RRUGBYUGBY | Page 6 Pique’s late Watson, equaliser Simmonds star keeps Barca as England win unbeaten in Rome Monday, February 5, 2018 CRICKET Jumada I 19, 1439 AH Chahal claims five as GULF TIMES India beat South Africa in second ODI SPORT Page 4 FOOTBALL Kane rescues Tottenham Spurs striker misses a penalty before scoring a controversial in Liverpool thriller one in stoppage to force draw AFP RESULTS London Crystal Palace 1 (Milivojevic 55-pen) arry Kane scored a last-gasp Newcastle 1 (Diame 22) penalty equaliser just min- Liverpool 2 (Salah 3, 90+1) Totten- utes after missing another ham 2 (Wanyama 80, Kane 90+5-pen) Hspot-kick in Tottenham’s breathtaking 2-2 draw at Liverpool, STANDINGS while Newcastle remain mired in the battle for survival after a 1-1 draw at P W D L F A Pts Crystal Palace yesterday. 1. Man City 26 22 3 1 74 19 69 After falling behind when Mo- hamed Salah punished a mistake from 2. Man United 26 17 5 4 51 18 56 Eric Dier in the third minute at An- 3. Liverpool 26 14 9 3 59 31 51 field, Tottenham hit back to equal- ise through Kenya midfielder Victor 4. Chelsea 25 15 5 5 45 19 50 Wanyama’s blistering 20-yard drive 5. Tottenham 26 14 7 5 51 24 49 with 10 minutes left. Tottenham wasted a chance to take 6. Arsenal 26 13 6 7 51 35 45 the lead when Kane saw his 85th- 7. Burnley 26 9 9 8 21 23 36 minute penalty saved by Loris Karius, who had been penalised for bringing 8. Leicester 26 9 8 9 38 35 35 down the England striker. 9. Bournemouth 26 8 7 11 30 37 31 Salah looked set to make Kane pay for that mistake in the fi rst minute of stop- 10. Everton 26 8 7 11 29 45 31 page time as the Egypt winger danced 11. Watford 25 7 6 12 33 44 27 his way through the Tottenham defence to slot in a sublime goal. 12. West Ham 26 6 9 11 32 46 27 But in the fi nal seconds, Liverpool 13. Brighton & Hove 26 6 9 11 21 35 27 defender Virgil van Dijk conceded a controversial penalty with a soft chal- 14. Crystal Palace 26 6 9 11 24 39 27 lenge on Erik Lamela. 15. Southampton 26 5 11 10 28 38 26 This time, Kane held his nerve to net his 100th Premier League goal as he Tottenham’s Harry Kane 16. Newcastle 26 6 7 13 24 36 25 stroked his spot-kick past Karius to cap scores their second goal 17. Swansea 26 6 6 14 19 37 24 an incredible fi nale. from a penalty during their Reds boss Jurgen Klopp was furious English Premier League 18. Stoke City 26 6 6 14 26 52 24 with the second penalty decision and match against Liverpool at 19. Huddersfield 26 6 6 14 19 46 24 confronted referee Jon Moss on the Anfield in Liverpool, Eng- pitch after the fi nal whistle. land, yesterday. (Reuters) 20. West Brom 26 3 11 12 21 37 20 “The result was massively influ- enced by decisions. The first (pen- alty) was clear offside, unbelievable,” “Both were a penalty and nothing to fourth-placed Chelsea, who face Wat- to settle for a point. Kenedy swung a low delivery into reach Wilfried Zaha’s cross. Klopp said. say, it is not controversial — it is noth- ford on Monday, as the battle hots up The Magpies are only one point the penalty area that Milivojevic Serbian midfielder Milivojevic sent “For the second, Virgil van Dijk ing,” he said. to qualify for next season’s Champions above the relegation zone in 16th place missed and when Martin Kelly failed his spot-kick towards the bottom touches him, but we all know Lamela “Sometimes people complain about League via a top-four fi nish. after failing to win for a fourth consec- to track Diame’s run, the Senegal corner and although Karl Darlow got a wants the touch. A situation in the last the referee, but when they are right it is utive league match. midfielder was free to finish from hand to the ball, he was unable to pre- minute like that? Wow. He (the offi cial) good to tell everyone.” PALACE HIT BACK Palace, without a win in their last close range. vent it reaching the back of the net. wanted to be middle of interest and he Liverpool remain in third place, At Selhurst Park, Rafael Benitez’s side three league games, are two points But Newcastle defender Ciaran Newcastle’s Jonjo Shelvey was for- is.” while Tottenham stay two points be- took a fi rst-half lead through Mohamed ahead of Newcastle. Clark conceded a 55th-minute pen- tunate not to concede another penalty Tottenham manager Mauricio Po- hind Klopp’s side in fi fth. Diame, but a Luka Milivojevic penalty The visitors had gone in front in the alty when he bundled over Christian for a blatant tug on James McArthur’s chettino inevitably saw it diff erently. Tottenham are one point behind soon after the interval forced Newcastle 22nd minute. Benteke after the striker leaped to shirt as the Magpies held on. QATAR TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP Unstoppable al-Khelaifi clinches another double By Sports Reporter dulla had a really good gap, I tried in the Doha last two laps to catch them but I needed more than two laps to challenge them. But I am happy that I got good results bdulla al-Khelaifi completed this weekend.” yet another perfect round in El Dib, who had a problem with the his Qatar Touring Car Cham- gearbox in the previous round, man- pionship title defence, win- aged to be on the podium for the fi rst Aning both the races of the third round at race, but was sixth in the second. “I had the Losail International Circuit. to change the gearbox but I managed In the fi rst race, pole-sitter al- to do some adjustments and it worked. Khelaifi never relinquished his lead Happy to be back on podium again,” he through to the checkered fl ag, and beat said. Mansoor al-Hajri by 1.516 seconds. The Al-Asam was very happy to get his third place in the podium was for Ad- fi rst podium of the season in the second ham El Dib. race of the day. “I was hoping to fi ght in In the second race, with a reverse the beginning of the season but the car grid, al-Khelaifi started from the last was not in good shape. For this round, position and had to fi ght for positions we had a gap of 3 weeks, so I worked a with al-Hajri and Hamad al-Asam, but lot on the set up and it was risky as I eventually took the win, crossing the changed a lot of things but the car was line 1.241 seconds ahead of al-Asam. perfect,” he said. Al-Hajri was again on the podium, this After the third round, al-Khelaifi time in third. Race-winner Abdulla al-Khelaifi (second from right) on the podium for Race 1 of third round of Qatar Touring Car Championship, with second-placed Mansoor al-Hajri leads the standings with 116 points, “In the fi rst race, my start was good. (centre) and third-placed Adham El Dib. Also seen are QMMF president Abdulrahman al-Mannai (second from left), QMMF general-secretary Abdulrazak al-Kuwari (left). while El Dib is second with 69 points Hamad had a problem at the start, so I and al-Hajri third with 66 points. secured the fi rst corner and from there as I started in the last position. I had a ing more competitive in the coming issues with my car. I was fi nally able to on the set-up again and be more com- Trophies were presented by QMMF on I built a gap. The weather is very big fi ght with Mansoor at the begin- rounds. “Finally, after two rounds of fi x it and now I am back on the podium. petitive and have fun with the guys in president Abdulrahman al-Mannai, hot for the tyres and it was very dif- ning and then with Hamad. Hamad was struggle I am back on the podium. I My lap time proved that I can be com- the front,” al-Hajri said. QMMF general-secretary Abdulrazak fi cult, so at the end of the race we all hard to pass as he has advantage on the wasn’t really prepared for this champi- petitive and I can stay with the leader, “The Race 2 with the reverse grid is al-Kuwari. slowed down to cool down the tyres,” straights. So I tried out-braking him in onship this season. I wasn’t sure I was with Abdulla, who is fl ying. I need to very diffi cult. Adham was very fast and The next round of Qatar Touring Car al-Khelaifi said. the corners and then built the gap.” going to participate this year,” he said. do a lot of work though. I have fi xed the he was blocking very well but I man- Championship will be held on February “The second race was more exciting Al-Hajri was looking back to be- “In the fi rst two rounds, I had a lot of mechanical part now but I need to work aged to pass him.