Sport THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER 2020 Miller-Uibo cries foul as world champion Salwa Eid Naser is again spared suspension We need to ensure that in athletics, we the athletes are not competing against any administrators whose only goal is for athletes to run faster, jump further and throw further at any cost. Women’s 400m Olympic champion Sport |08 Shaunae Miller-Uibo INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE Kolkata Knight Riders: 84/8, Royal Challengers Bangalore: 85/2 in 13.3 overs - RCB won by 8 wickets Own goal gives Liverpool win over Ajax; City rally to beat Porto 3-1 Coman dazzles as Bayern crush Atletico REUTERS – MUNICH Winger Kingsley Coman scored twice Depleted and set up another goal as holders Bayern Munich crushed Atletico Madrid 4-0 in the Champions League Shakhtar Group A opener yesterday to stretch their winning run in the competition shock Real to 12 games. The France international put the hosts ahead with a fine effort in the REUTERS – MADRID 28th minute and then set up Leon Goretzka to fire in their second in the Shakhtar Donetsk pulled off a shock 3-2 win 41st. away to 13-times winners Real Madrid in their Fellow France international Champions League Group B opener yesterday, Corentin Tolisso killed off any Spanish despite the Ukrainian side missing 10 players hopes of a comeback with a sensa- due to injuries and COVID-19. tional shot in the 66th minute before Brazilian midfielder Tete gave Shakhtar the Coman twice shook off defender Felipe lead in the 29th minute of a whirlwind first half, to bag his second goal of the evening slotting low past an outstretched Thibaut six minutes later. Courtois after team mate Viktor Korniyenko had Bayern, who had won all 11 of their zig-zagged his way through Madrid's defence. games en route to the Champions The visitors doubled their lead four minutes League title last season, are top on later when Madrid defender Raphael Varane three points in group, with Lokomotiv stabbed into his own net as he tried to clear the Moscow and Salzburg on one following ball after Courtois had parried a shot, while their 2-2 draw. Israeli forward Manor Solomon continued the Elsewhere, in Amsterdam, Liv- onslaught by firing home shortly before halftime. erpool beat Ajax 1-0 with a fortunate Luka Modric pulled one back for Zinedine own goal in their group-stage opener, Zidane's shellshocked side with a brilliant strike riding their luck at times but still from distance early in the second half before showing their title credentials. substitute Vinicius Jr reduced the deficit to one Ajax fullback Nicolas Tagliafico goal. turned the ball into his own net in the Federico Valverde thought he had equalised 35th minute to ensure a winning start in added time with a heavily deflected shot but Bayern Munich’s Kingsley Coman (centre) scoring their first goal against in Group D for the English champions, best but went in front in the 65th the goal was ruled out for offside as Vinicius was Atletico Madrid at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, yesterday. who looked the stronger of the two minute with a perfect, curling free kick blocking the vision of goalkeeper Anatoly Trubin teams despite Ajax creating several from Gundogan over the wall and and the depleted visitors celebrated one of their good chances at the Johan Cruyff beyond the reach of Porto keeper BOTTOM: Real Madrid’s Thibaut Courtois reacts after team-mate Raphael most memorable victories in European Arena. Agustin Marchesin. Varane scored an own goal in Madrid, Spain, yesterday. competition. Manchester City came from behind Substitutes Ferran Torres and Phil to make a winning start in Group C Foden then combined to make it 3-1, with a 3-1 victory over Porto at the with the Spaniard collecting a return Etihad Stadium. pass from the England midfielder Porto grabbed a 14th-minute lead before gliding into space and driving when City's Ruben Dias, a recent a right-foot shot into the far corner. signing from Benfica, gave away the Meanwhile, towering Colombian ball and Colombian winger Luis Diaz striker Duvan Zapata scored one goal cut in from the left, burst diagonally and set up two more as Atalanta across the City defence and shot into cruised to a 4-0 victory over the far bottom corner of Ederson's Midtjylland in their Group D clash. goal. Pep Guardiola's side were soon Inter Milan forward Romelu Lukaku back on level terms though when, after scored twice as the Serie A side Ilkay Gundogan had struck the post, snatched a 2-2 draw at home to Porto defender Pepe bundled over Borussia Moenchengladbach while a Raheem Sterling in the resulting stoppage time goal by late substitute scramble and Sergio Aguero converted Ahmed Hassan gave Olympiakos the ensuing penalty. Piraeus a 1-0 win over Olympique City were far from their flowing Marseille. Tae-Hee seals win for Al Sadd Al Kuwari becomes Asian in battle of QSL heavyweights Volleyball Vice President THE PENINSULA – DOHA THE PENINSULA – DOHA Al Sadd's players celebrate with Nam Tae-Hee. The President of Qatar Volleyball South Korean star Nam Association (QVA) Ali Ghanim Al Tae-Hee scored a brace as Al Kuwari (pictured) became a Vice- Sadd defeated the reigning President of the Asian Volleyball QNB Stars League champions Confederation (AVC) following his Al Duhail 3-1 at Abdullah Bin unanimous election as President of Khalifa Stadium yesterday. the West Asian Federation, during The former QFA Player the Zonal Association meetings of the Year, Tae-Hee netted yesterday. his goals in the 22nd and Following the election, the QVA 70th minutes while Brazilian President also obtained mem- Guilherme added one to Al bership in the Executive Office of Sadd’s account in the 38th the FIVB, the sport's world gov- from Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain as minute. erning body. members of the AVC Board of Dudu was Al Duhail’s The meetings were held through Administration. lone scorer, netting the con- videoconference yesterday with Following the election, the QVA solation goal in the 86th Zonal Executive Vice Presidents and President said that his unanimous minute of the high profile AVC Board of Administration election came as a result of the con- QSL Round 3 encounter, Members elected by member coun- fidence the West Asian Federations postponed due to the teams’ welcomed back their two attempts at the goal Nam scored a second tries to represent their zones. have vested in the Qatari Associ- Asian Champions League forward Akram Afif, who during the first half and time with an angular shot In light of the coronavirus ation in its ability to develop the commitments. was on national duty along captain Almoez Ali connected past the challenge from (COVID-19) pandemic, a full game in the region. He also said that Yesterday’s result raised with few others. a long ball wide of the target Ramin after Akram set him physical meeting could not be safely the achievements did not come out Al Sadd’s points tally to 10 Tae-Hee scored with a towards the end of it. up by heading down a long held and AVC had, therefore, of nowhere and it is the product of points as they jumped to the rising shot that dipped inside Al Duhail took the field in cross. decided to separately conduct the continuous work of the QVA in second spot in the overall the goal after hitting the the second half, with Ismail Al Duhail had a goal dis- meetings for the zonal associations all international and regional levels. rankings while Al Duhail crossbar, giving no chance to Mohammed replacing Mehdi allowed in the 77th minute as ahead of the 23rd AVC General Al Kuwari also pointed out that remained at 6 points. Al Duhail goalkeeper Benatia. Both teams then referee Salman Falahi, after Assembly, which will also be winning this position is a huge As expected, the match Mohammed Al Bakri to make made a spate of consulting the VAR, ruled that organised through video conference achievement by Qatari sports, saw a keen tussle between a save despite his effort to get substitutions. Ismail ‘handled’ the ball on October 26. thanks to the support it receives two of the best teams in his hand on to the ball. Al Duhail were now more before scoring following a With the FIVB’s support on from the wise leadership in the Qatar, right from the start. Guilherme doubled the in the game than they were free-kick taken by Ramin. using the Lumi System, the meetings country, and the great interest of Al Sadd, who were lead by heading in a free-kick in the first half even as Al Dudu finally found the were split into five sessions. the President of the Qatar Olympic without previous season's taken by captain Hassan Al Sadd goalkeeper Meshaal target with a left-footed shot, The West Zone meeting also Committee, H E Sheikh Joaan bin top scorer Baghdad Haydous. Barsham continued to make but it was too late for Al witnessed the election of officials Hamad Al Thani. Bounedjah due to an injury, For Al Duhail, Dudu made impressive saves. Duhail. THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER 2020 SPORT 11 Ozil ‘deeply disappointed’ by Arsenal omission AFP — LONDON minute for Mikel Arteta’s side next year, in January 2018 -- the soon again. That’s whywhy I keptkept since March 7. same time Alexis Sanchez left silent so far.” Upon signing my new Mesut Ozil (pictured) said “This is a difficult message the Gunners for Manchester Alongside Greece defender yesterday he was deeply disap- to write to the Arsenal fans that United.