Al Attiyah Targets Another Title in ME
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MONDAY 15 APRIL 2019 SPORT 07 We were lucky it wasn’t Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admits Manchester United Barcelona today. They played FOOTBALL FOOTBALL better than us but we have one will have to improve ahead English Premier League: Spanish La Liga: Leganes of the best goalkeepers in the of Barcelona game, after they rally to beat West Ham Watford vs Arsenal vs Real Madrid world. ACTION on Saturday. TODAY’S Qatari star tops entry list for Jordan Rally Al Attiyah targets another title in ME THE PENINSULA (Škoda)(Škoda) and Nasser Khalifa Al Arabia’sArabia’s Saeed Al-Mouri and Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah is the defending DOHA Attiyah (Ford) and Jordan’s Lebanese rookie Alex Feghali. champion and a winner of the Jordan Rally on a dozen MaroufMarouf Abu Samra (Ford).(Ford). TheThe Jordanian quintet ofof occasions and he tops the entry list in a Volkswagen The resurgence of interestnterest in the TheThe MERC 2 (formerly Group Salameh Al Gammaz, Tareq Polo GTI R5. FIA Middle East Rallyally Champi-Champi- N)N) category has attracted a AlTaher,AlTaher, Ziad Miqdad,Miqdad, onship continues too gather pace furtherfurther 12 entries and defending Amjad Anasweh and Sami Kuwaiti driver Meshari Al Thefiri returns to defend the with the news thatat the Jordan championchampion HenryHenry KahyKahy of Fleifel will take part in a MERC 2 title he won so convincingly in 2018. He has Rally has attracted 1818 entries and LebanonLebanon and local driver Asem nationalnational rally category an additional fivee crew for a Aref will do battle in MERC 3 runningrunning behind the already claimed maximum points for his win in Qatar national rally. for two-wheel drive vehicles. main FIA event. last month. Jordan Motorsportort yesterdayyesterday Kuwaiti driver Meshari Al TheThe 2019 Jordan officially announceded that com-com- ThefiriThefiri returns to defend the RRallyally will be based at the The 2019 Jordan Rally will be based at the Crowne petitors from 10 nationsions will take MERCMERC 2 title he won so concon-- Crowne Plaza Jordan Dead Plaza Jordan Dead Sea Resort and gets under way with part in the second round of the vincingly in 2018. Sea Resort and gets under way regional rally seriesies on April HeHe has alreadyalready claimed withwith a ceremonial start at a ceremonial start at Abdali Boulevard in Amman from 25-27. maximum points for his win in AbdaliAbdali BoulevardBoulevard in Amman 19.00hrs on April 25. Qatar’s Nasserer SalehSaleh AlAl QatarQatar lastlast month.month. fromfrom 19.00hrs19.00hrs on AprilApril 25. 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Warriors open title Caps beat defence with victory Hurricanes to secure over LA Clippers 2-0 lead REUTERS OAKLAND NBA: PLAY-OFF RESULTS REUTERS Eastern Conference WASHINGTON Stephen Curry complemented a Brooklyn 111 Philadelphia 102 game-high 38 points with a (Brooklyn lead series 1-0) Defenceman Brooks Orpik career-play-off-high 15 Orlando 104 Toronto 101 scored 1:48 into overtime rebounds in a historic (Orlando lead series 1-0) to give the Washington performance on Saturday night Western Conference Capitals a 4-3 victory over as the Golden State Warriors Golden State 121 Los Angeles 104 the visiting Carolina Hurri- opened defense of their NBA title (Golden State lead series 1-0) canes in Game 2 of an with a 121-104 win over the Los San Antonio 111 Denver 102 Eastern Conference first- Angeles Clippers in a volatile round series on Saturday (San Antonio lead series 1-0) Game 1 of their Western afternoon. Conference first-round series in The Capitals have a Oakland, California. Clippers, who are the last 2-0 lead in this series, The matchup of familiar Western Conference team to which shifts to Carolina for Pacific Division rivals featured beat the Warriors in a play-off the next two games, the ejections of the Warriors’ series. starting Monday. Orpik’s Kevin Durant and Clippers’ That was in 2014, when they game-winner was just his South African players celebrate after winning the Singapore Rugby Sevens Cup final match against Patrick Beverley, each of whom also lost Game 1 before winning fourth goal in 151 NHL Fiji in Singapore, yesterday. was nailed with a second tech- four of the last six. play-off games. nical foul for a verbal altercation The Warriors led nearly Predators 2, Stars 1 near midcourt midway through wire-to-wire, but the Clippers Craig Smith scored at the fourth quarter. remained competitive most of 5:00 of overtime in Game SA produce big comeback Curry’s 38 points included the way by taking advantage of 2 as Nashville defeated vis- 8-for-12 shooting on 3-pointers 21 Golden State turnovers and iting Dallas. on a night when he passed Ray enjoying a 65-22 advantage in Rocco Grimaldi also Allen (385) for the NBA all-time points off the bench. scored for the Predators, to win Singapore Sevens career play-off record. Curry Curry’s 38-point game was who evened the first- finished the game with 386 his 31st in postseason play with round Western Conference career threes. 30 or more. The Warriors have play-off series at a game AFP The Springbok Sevens Davids and Ryan Oosthuizen. Draymond Green provided gone 28-3 in those games. apiece. Game 3 is SINGAPORE staged a big comeback The comeback was com- a surprising offensive spark with His previous high for scheduled in Dallas. Goal- after the interval with pleted when Fiji conceded a 17 points on 7-for-12 shooting rebounds in a play-off game was tender Pekka Rinne made South Africa recovered from a Selvyn Davids kicking a penalty right in front of the posts to go with seven rebounds and 10, done four times. 22 saves. 19-point deficit to stun defending last-minute penalty to in the final minute and Davids a team-high-tying seven Durant contributed 23 points Jamie Benn scored the champions Fiji and win the seal a 20-19 victory. drop-kicked the winning points assists, helping Golden State and three blocked shots in 32 lone goal for the Stars, who World Rugby Sevens Series tour- to secure his side’s second win the opener of its first-round minutes while Klay Thompson won 3-2 in Game 1 and nament in Singapore. victory in this year’s series fol- series for the sixth consecutive added 12 points. were looking to return Winners of the Hong Kong England beat series lowing their triumph in Van- season. DeMarcus Cousins, playing home with a two-game Sevens last week, the Fijians leaders the United States couver last month. Montrezl Harrell had 26 in his first NBA play-off game, edge. Goalie Ben Bishop appeared to be on course for a 28-7 to finish third in South Africa’s victory means points, and Lou Williams 25 with collected nine points and nine stopped 40 of 42 shots but second consecutive title in Sin- Singapore. that the US remain at the top of a game-high nine assists for the rebounds before fouling out. suffered the first overtime gapore when they raced to a 19-0 the series table with 145 points, play-off defeat of his lead at half-time in the final. three ahead of Fiji on 142 with career after five straight However, the Springbok South Africa won all New Zealand third on 130. wins. Sevens staged a big comeback five of their matches on South Africa complete the Bruins 4, M’ Leafs 1 after the interval with Selvyn their run to the final in top four with 121 points, 14 ahead Brad Marchand had a Davids kicking a last-minute Singapore. of fifth-placed England. goal and an assist, and penalty to seal a 20-19 victory. With the top four teams in Boston defeated visiting England beat series leaders this year’s series earning berths Toronto to even the best- the United States 28-7 to finish before wins against Samoa at the 2020 Olympics, the US of-seven, first-round play- third in Singapore. (21-12) in the quarter-finals and only need six more points from off series at 1-1. New Zealand’s hopes of USA (24-12) in the semi-finals. the final two tournaments in Charlie Coyle, Danton winning the overall series title But they were blitzed by the London and Paris to book their Heinen and Patrice for the first time since 2014 suf- Fijians in the opening half of the spot in Tokyo.