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CRICKET | Page 3 FOOTBALL | Page 7 No decision yet Chelsea stunned on future aft er by J-League World Cup win, team Kawasaki says Morgan Frontale Saturday, July 20, 2019 GOLF Dhul-Qa’da 17, 1440 AH Woods to take a GULF TIMES break aft er fl op at British Open SPORT Page 2 ATHLETICS Barshim, Samba in action in London tomorrow Agencies training in April this and in a low- championships taking place the laika Mihambo go head-to-head London key comeback, he topped 2.27m following week, no Americans with four-time world champion in Sopot, Poland, last month. will take part in either the men’s Brittney Reese of the United Syria’s Majd Eddin Ghazal, or women’s 100m at the two- States and British heptathlete atar’s Mutaz Essa who took bronze at the IAAF day meeting, which is part of the Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Barshim will command World Championships Lon- Diamond League series. Kenya’s Olympic and world spotlight in London to- don 2017, a competition won by The men’s 100m pits former champion Faith Kipyegon leads morrow when the high Barshim, and picked up the gold Jamaican world champion Yohan a women’s 1,500m fi eld that also Qjump world champion will make in the Asian championships in Blake against Canadian star Andre includes Britain’s Laura Muir, his fi rst Diamond League appear- April, is also on the slate. De Grasse, who has struggled with who has the third-fastest time of ance in 13 months with the IAAF Samba made a roaring return illness and injury since winning the year over the distance. World Championships all set to from injury earlier this month, three Olympic medals in 2016. Dutch long-distance runner Si- be hosted at Doha’s Khalifa In- fi nishing second in the men’s Britain’s Zharnel Hughes and fan Hassan heads up the 5,000m ternational Stadium in Septem- 400m in Monaco in 45 seconds. South African Akani Simbine, after she broke the women’s mile ber. His personal best is 44.60 sec- who have both gone under 10 record in Monaco last week. Also hoping to brush aside a onds which he ran in South Af- seconds this year, are also in the In the men’s 5,000m, Nor- brief injury-forced blip this sea- rica to kick-start his build-up to fi eld along with James Ellington, way’s double European cham- son will be Abderrahman Samba, the World Championships. racing for the fi rst time since Au- pion Jakob Ingebrigtsen will take the Asian 400m hurdles cham- Samba won the 400m fl at in gust 2016 following a motorbike on Ethiopia’s Hagos Gebrhiwet, pion, who was unbeaten in the Pretoria, before unsurprisingly Abderrahman Samba (left) and Mutaz Essa Barshim will be participating in men’s 400m and high jump crash that left him with career- who is third quickest in the world Diamond League last season. running away with 400m hurdles events at London Diamond League event tomorrow respectively. threatening injuries. this year. Barshim, the 2017 World Ath- gold at the Asian Championships Greek Olympic pole vault Aged just 18, Ingebrigsten set lete of the Year, will go up against in April. Ann Fraser-Pryce will go head- ing to her best form after clock- second behind Fraser-Pryce at champion Katerina Stefanidi the world alight last year as he world leader Ilya Ivanyuk, who In ominous fashion, he opened to-head with British sprint star ing a joint world-leading time of the Lausanne Diamond League and double Olympic triple jump won double European gold over topped 2.33m ten days ago in his Diamond League season in Dina Asher-Smith. 10.73sec in Kingston in June, also meeting earlier this month. champion Christian Taylor of the 1500m and 5,000m. Szekesfehervar, Hungary, the Shanghai with a 47.27 second ef- Jamaica’s Fraser-Pryce, 32, faces world indoor champion In the women’s 200m, the star United States will all be compet- After London there are Dia- same venue where the Qatari tore fort to win the 400m hurdles gold is returning to a happy hunting Murielle Ahoure and world 200m attraction is Elaine Thompson of ing in London as they prepare to mond League events in Birming- the ligaments on his left ankle before injury forced a break. ground, having retained her Ol- champion Dafne Schippers. Jamaica, who won a 100m and defend their world titles in Doha ham, Paris, Zurich and Brus- during an attempt on a would-be Also at the Anniversary Games ympics 100m title in the London British record-holder Asher- 200m sprint double at the Rio later this year. sels in the lead-up to the world world record of 2.46m last year. in London Stadium, double Ol- stadium in 2012. Smith, 23, set a season’s best Olympics. The women’s long jump will championships in Doha, which The 28-year-old resumed ympic 100m champion Shelly- Fraser-Pryce, who is return- time of 10.91sec in fi nishing With the US trials for the world see Germany’s world leader Ma- start on September 27. GOLF / THE OPEN Lowry surges into share of Open lead with Holmes ‘I’m disappointed with the bogey but I’m where I want to be and happy with my two days’ work’ Reuters four-leafed clover emblem, dis- Portrush, United Kingdom appeared after a monster putt on the 10th he held a two-shot lead but three-putted the 14th. A su- reland’s Shane Lowry proved per par-save at the 17th kept him master of the Dunluce links ahead but he paid for an aggres- for the second successive day sive chip on the last and missed a to move into a share of the 12-foot par putt. Ihalfway lead with American J B “I’m disappointed with the Holmes at the British Open yes- bogey but I’m where I want to terday. be and happy with my two days’ A fl urry of birdies early in a siz- work,” said Lowry, from County zling outward nine of 31 looked Off aly in Ireland. “I knew the rain like giving the 32-year-old from was coming so I wanted to get a across the border the outright fast start. I’m very, very excited lead but a bogey at the 18th left for tomorrow. him on eight under after succes- “Next week I’ll be in Memphis sive rounds of 67. and there will be 10 men and a Holmes, the overnight leader, dog following me. There will be had the better of the weather ear- thousands of Irish people roaring lier in the day and consolidated me on. Will be amazing.” his challenge with a 68. Fleetwood grew up playing They will play together in the links golf at Southport and de- last group today in what prom- lighted the crowd with a birdie on ises to be a battle of the beards. the 18th. Once again the par-71 layout Westwood, 46, has had to wait on the Antrim coast proved tough a lot longer for his fi rst major, terrain for the world’s best golf- having had 18 top-10 fi nishes but ers, although there were some never a victory. low numbers on a congested lea- But with his girlfriend on his derboard. bag, he rolled back the years with English duo Tommy Fleetwood a brilliant round, including a 65- and Lee Westwood, both looking foot birdie at the 16th. for their fi rst majors, made hay “There’s too much ground with rounds of 68 moving them to cover before Sunday night. to seven under while South Af- There’s a long way to go in this rican Justin Harding’s posted the tournament,” Westwood said. lowest round of the day, six bird- Koepka suff ered a cool day ies and an eagle helping him to with the putter but was happy a six-under 65 to move three off to be in the pack. “Right where the lead. I want to be and close enough to Alongside Harding are Aus- make a run this weekend,” the tralian Cameron Smith, who four-time major winner said. scored a 66, and England’s Justin Late in the day all eyes turned Rose after a 67. to local favourite Rory McIlroy South Africa’s Dylan Frittelli, who produced a thrilling coun- who only secured his place last Shane Lowry of Republic of Ireland in action on the 17th hole during the second round of The Open in Portrush, Northern Ireland, yesterday. (Reuters) ter-attack in a bid to make the week, was also on six under af- cut after his nightmare 79 on ter his charge was tempered by a the world number one, and 2017 after he missed the cut. Phil Mickelson was also cut, vived for the weekend. three successive birdies, made Thursday. double-bogey at the 17th. winner Jordan Spieth, are well- Woods looked more like a 15- meaning it is the fi rst time in another at the fi fth and another After 12 holes McIlroy was fi ve Holmes left several other big- placed to challenge on fi ve under. time major champion yesterday the 83 majors in which the two LOUD SUPPORT at the eighth to move into the under for his round and just two ger-name Americans in the shade There will be no trademark Tiger after his opening-round 78 but American heavyweights have Lowry, given loud support by the lead outright.