SPORT Tuesday 9 October 2018 PAGE | 28 PAGE | 31 Mission impossible Barcelona held for Vettel as Hamilton at Valencia as nears fifth title Sevilla go top Qatar’s Adel bounces back in Morocco THE PENINSULA category lead to the Saudi. RALLY OF MOROCCO Adel Abdulla said: “It was a ERFOUD, MOROCCO: Adel T2 positions on SS4: long stage after the electrical Abdulla was given authorisation 1. Ahmed Al-Shegawi (SAU)/Alexei Kuzmich problem we had with the ECU to start the penultimate selective (RUS) Toyota Land Cruiser 6hrs 18min for two days. We managed to fix section of the 2018 Rally of 29sec the car on Sunday. We are still Morocco by race officials after 2. Adel Abdulla (QAT)/Jean-Michel Polato in the race. It was a tough stage the Qatari had missed two legs (FRA) Nissan Patrol Y62 6hrs 57min 49sec with a lot of different terrain, of the penultimate round of the TBA. gravel, stones, sand and dunes. FIA World Cup for Cross- Alexey Titov (RUS)/Andrey Rusov (RUS) Ford It was very tough in the dunes. Country Rallies following a F-150 TBA We passed three or four places niggling ECU issue on his Nissan with different kinds of dunes. I Patrol Y62. think we did well. We did not The QX Rally Team driver is push. The target now is to finish still hopeful that he can salvage the car category, but they were the race and see what will something from the demanding quickly into a fast pace in their happen with the other Qatar’s Adel six-day African event, even repaired and reprogrammed competitors.” Abdulla in though he is too far behind arch Nissan. Adel Abdulla’s challenge for action in the T2 championship rival Ahmed They finished the timed test honours comes with the support 2018 Rally Al-Shegawi and Russian driver that featured difficult navigation, of the Qatar Motor and Motor- of Morocco Andrey Titov in the general dunes and punishing rocky cycle Federation (QMMF), yesterday. classification. tracks in an unofficial time of Ooredoo Qatar and Nissan Qatar. Adel and his French navi- 6hrs 57min 49sec to claim Action in the Rally of gator Jean-Michel Polato started second position in the T2 cat- Morocco reaches a conclusion the 342km loop stage through egory behind Al-Shegawi after with the final stage between the Erg Chebbi around Erfoud Titov was delayed with his own Erfoud and the ceremonial finish from last position on the road in share of problems and lost the in Fes today. Ballon d’Or: Bale, De Bruyne Summer Youth Olympic Games among first nominees AFP France Football magazine will another player in the running nominees to be announced be announced on December 3. after starring alongside De later. In another first, the best PARIS: Real Madrid and Wales Having lost out in the FIFA Bruyne at the World Cup, with under-21 player will receive the forward Gareth Bale and best player of the year award to England’s Golden Boot winner Kopa Trophy. Kylian Mbappe, Manchester City’s Belgium Luka Modric, Cristiano Ronaldo Harry Kane also included. the Paris Saint-Germain striker midfielder Kevin De Bruyne takes his place among the 30 Manchester City forward who burst onto the global scene were among the first 15 nominees for the Ballon d’Or Sergio Aguero is nominated as with his performances as nominees for the Ballon d’Or that were being unveiled in is another prolific South France won the World Cup, is award announced yesterday. stages throughout yesterday. American striker, Edinson the favourite. Bale, who scored two goals The Juventus forward, cur- Cavani of Uruguay and Paris The Ballon d’Or, which was in Real’s triumph in the final of rently facing allegations of rape Saint-Germain. Two goal- first won by Englishman Stanley the Champions League against dating back to 2009 that he keepers are also among the first Matthews in 1956, is decided by Liverpool, joins his club strenuously denies, has already 15 — Thibaut Courtois of a ballot of journalists from teammate Karim Benzema won the Ballon d’Or five times Belgium and Real Madrid and around the world. among the first wave of 30 and is the current holder of the Liverpool and Brazil stopper First 15 nominees (of 30) for nominees for the year’s best award. Alisson Becker. Ballon d’Or: Sergio Aguero player. Antoine Griezmann, a Real Madrid midfielder Isco, Alisson Becker Gareth Bale De Bruyne was nominated World Cup winner with France Liverpool’s Brazilian Roberto Karim Benzema Edinson Cavani for helping his club win the and Europa League champion Firmino and Uruguay’s rugged Thibaut Courtois Cristiano Qatar’s Yacob Al Khulaifi competes at the Buenos Aires 2018 Premier League and his country at Atletico Madrid, is nominated defender Diego Godin of Ronaldo Kevin De Bruyne Summer Youth Olympic Games yesterday. Yacob clocked a time reach the World Cup alongside international Atletico Madrid also got the nod. Roberto Firmino Diego Godin semi-finals. teammate and Chelsea mid- For the first time, a Ballon Antoine Griezmann Eden of 57.09 to finish second in the men’s 100m butterfly heats. The The winner of the pres- fielder N’Golo Kante. d’Or for women players will be Hazard Isco Harry Kane N’Golo Summer Youth Olympic Games is being hosted in Buenos Aires, tigious award organised by Eden Hazard gives Chelsea awarded this year, with the Kante Argentina and will conclude on October 18. Qatari athletes in action at Asian Para Games Squash: Qatar Classic tickets sale begins THE PENINSULA DOHA: The online sales of tickets for the Qatar Classic 2018 will go live today, organisers of the event announced yesterday. Fans can now purchase tickets for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final of the prestigious squash event by visiting www.qatarsquash.org. Tickets will also be available onsite at the Ticket Kiosk of Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex, the venue of the event, from October 17. Entry is free for all rounds proceeding the quarter-finals. The world’s best players are participating in the tournament which will take place from October 27 to November 2. Players that will be on parade include three-time winner and defending champion Mohammed El Shorbagy of Egypt, world No.2 Ali Farag of Egypt, world No.4 Tarek Momen, Germany’s Simon Rosner, Colombia’s Miguel Angel Rodriguez and Gregory Gaultier of France. “We are proud to host another edition of the prestigious Qatar Qatari athletes taking part in the Asian Para Games in Jakarta Classic. The tournament has grown to become one of the major cor- Indonesia yesterday. The Games which began on October 6 will nerstones in Qatar’s sports calendar. As usual, fans of squash will conclude on October 13. Qatari athletes are competing in athletics have another opportunity of seeing the world’s best players at close and goalball events. Qatar’s goalball squad consists of Mohammad quarters and enjoy their beloved sport during this week-long festival Hamam Al Mohammad, Mohammad Al Kahalout, Abbad Waleed Al of squash. We are looking forward to seeing the fans troop out in Shamali, Ikrami Murad, Hassan Al Kohaji and Abdulhadi Al Marri. large numbers to enjoy this amazing experience,” Tournament Director Abdullah Abdulqader Nasser Al Sahouti, Khalid Al Hajri, Debais Tareq Zainal said of the upcoming event. Al Dosari, Mohammad Al Abd, Mohammad Rahsed Al Kebaisi and To purchase tickets and find all tournament information, one can Sarah Masoud, are representing Qatar in athletics. visit www.qatarsquash.org. 28 SPORT TUESDAY 9 OCTOBER 2018 Tway wins first US PGA Tour trophy AFP Japanese LOS ANGELES: Kevin Tway amateur lives birdied his last five holes, three in a play-off, to win his first US ‘dream’ by PGA Tour title on Sunday at the Safeway Open, where Brandt winning Snedeker squandered a five-shot lead in the final round. Masters spot Tway rolled in a 10-foot AFP birdie putt at the third hole of sudden death to win the first event of the US tour’s 2018-19 SINGAPORE: New Asian season over Ryan Moore at Sil- amateur golf champion verado Resort in Napa, Takumi Kanaya said he was California. living out a childhood dream Snedeker, who started the after emulating Japan’s top day with a three-shot lead and golfer Hideki Matsuyama by led by five with 11 remaining in winning a spot in next year’s regulation, fell by the wayside US Masters and British Open. with a par at the first playoff The 20-year-old Japanese hole. Kanaya shot a five-under-par Moore matched Tway’s 65 on Sunday to win the Asia- birdies at the first and second Pacific Amateur Champi- playoff holes, before succumbing onship by two strokes from at the third -- the par-four 10th. India’s Rayhan Thomas and “I’m kind of at a loss for compatriot and fellow Asian words,” said Tway, the 30-year- Kevin Tway poses with the trophy after Games gold medal winner old son of 1986 PGA Champi- putting in to win on a third hole sudden Keita Nakajima. onship winner Bob Tway. death play-off against Ryan Moore during “This is simply like a “I think I birdied my last five the final round of the Safeway Open at dream. I have been dreaming holes -- that always helps.” the North Course of the Silverado Resort of going to the Masters ever He had birdied 17 and 18 in and Spa on Sunday. since I was a kid,” said regulation to complete a one- Kanaya at Sentosa Golf Club under par 71 at Silverado Resort after posting a 13-under par in Napa, California, finishing tied total of 267 after four days of with Moore and Snedeker on four bogeys on the back nine.