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14 Sunday, July 26, 2020 Sports Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani’s Aspetar lands new group victory Tribune News Network Doha

His Highness Sheikh Moham- med bin Khalifa Al Thani’s homebred Aspetar (FR) (Al Kazeem x Bella Qatara) was an impressive winner of the Group 2 Sky Bet York Stakes at the York racecourse in Eng- land on Saturday. Second, to Magny Cours on his re-appearance, the 5-year- old gelding was never in dan- ger this time. He won the My Belle Du Soleil made a perfect debut winning the Prix Mangalie d’Albret (Maiden) in France on Saturday. 2100-metre race for 3-year- (Pic: Robert Polin) olds and older by one and a half lengths under Jason Wat- son for trainer Roger Charlton. Ali bin Hamad Al Attiya’s My Belle Du Soleil Fox Chairman (IRE) (Kingman x Starfish) was the opens account at La Teste in France runner up under Silvestre De Sousa. He is trained by An- Tribune News Network in the middle of the field. Vin- bre, she secured a one-two for drew Balding. Doha cent Cheminaud chose to pro- her trainer Thomas Fourcy. Lord Glitters (FR) (Whip- gress in the open stretch and Haya Du Prelat (FR) (Josco per x Lady Glitters) was a The 3-year-old filly My Belle My Belle Du Soleil answered Du Cayrou x Petitelaika) was a further half-length behind in HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani’s homebred Aspetar winning the Group 2 Sky Bet York Stakes Du Soleil (FR) (General x Pal- very professionally. further length behind in third third. He is trained by David at the York racecourse in England on Saturday. (Pic: Racingfotos) ladore), a General half-sister She took the lead at the under Guillaume Trolley De O’Meara and was ridden by to the champion Amyr Du 300-metre mark and was nev- Prevaux. She is trained by T. Daniel Tudhope. couple of weeks ago and we’ve quarter, a mile and a half! and he’s done it well. It was Soleil, made a perfect debut er really in danger, despite the De Lauriere. The winning jockey said, come here quite confident. He’s a small horse, but well- a competitive race today and winning the Prix Mangalie good effort of Alawjs, and won Thomas Fourcy said My “He’s been very progressive. Although he’s not always the built with a good turn of foot. I didn’t think we’d win like d’Albret (Maiden) in France by one and a half lengths. Belle Du Soleil could be aimed We’ve always liked him, and most straightforward, he’s That’s what some of these we did. He’s improved mas- on Saturday. Al Shaqab Racing’s home- for the Breeders’ Cup in Septem- this year he’s been a lot more matured plenty and he put the stayers lack, which plays sively and keeps on improv- It was the first time out for bred Alawsj (FR) (Dahor De ber and then the Qatar Arabian relaxed at home. We’ve taken race to bed very well today. into our hands. I didn’t have ing, so we’ll just see how he the filly owned by Ali Hamad Brugere x Bint Jakkarta), on Trophy des Pouliches (Gr1 PA) our time with him. He ran a He’s quite versatile with trip. to do a lot today – nice and comes out of this, but he was Al Attiya. Trained by Thomas her debut as well, was the - in October during the Qatar Prix nice race back at Sandown a “A mile, a mile and a smooth through the gears impressive today.” Fourcy, My Belle Du Soleil sat ner-up. Ridden by Jerome Ca- de l’Arc de Triomphe weekend.

Stuart’s Day Out at Old Trafford Broad excels with bat and ball as Windies collapse in series decider

Scoreboard England’s cel- ebrates the of West West Indies’ rejoices taking a wicket. (AFP) England 1st (overnight: 258-4) R. Burns c Cornwall b Chase 57 Indies’ on the D. Sibley lbw b Roach 0 second day of their 3rd Test at J. Root (Chase) 17 Old Trafford in Manchester on Paceman Roach proud B. Stokes b Roach 20 O. Pope b Gabriel 91 Sunday. Broad took 2-17 as J. Buttler c Holder b Gabriel 67 West Indies slipped to 137-6 in C. Woakes b Roach 1 reply to England’s 369. (AFP) to join the 200 club D. Bess 18 J. Archer c Holder b Roach 3 S. Broad c Blackwood b Chase 62 AFP now in his 59th Test following J. Anderson c Cornwall b Holder 11 Manchester a debut in 2009. Extras: (b12, lb4, nb6) 22 Roach was initially an ex- Total: (All out, 111.5 overs, 494 mins) 369 Kemar Roach set his sights on press quick, capable of 90 mph Fall of : 1-1 (Sibley), 2-47 (Root), 3-92 (Stokes), 4-122 (Burns), 5-262 (Pope), 6-267 yet more success after the fast bouncers. But his career started (Woakes), 7-272 (Buttler), 8-280 (Archer), 9-356 bowler became just the ninth to take a different direction in (Broad), 10-369 (Anderson) West Indian – and first since 2014 when he was involved in a : Roach 25.4-4-72-4; Gabriel 23.2-5-77-2 1994 - to take 200 Test wickets. car crash in after suf- (5nb); Holder 24.5-5-83-1 (1nb); Cornwall 27-5- 85-0; Chase 11-3-36-2 Barbados fast bowler fering shoulder and ankle inju- Roach reached the landmark ries either side of that incident. West Indies 1st Innings when he had England’s Chris Struggling to regain speed, K. Brathwaite c Root b Broad 1 J. Campbell c Burns b Archer 32 Woakes playing-on during the Roach became increasingly S. Hope c Buttler b Anderson 17 second day of the third Test at expensive and was dropped by England’s Stuart Broad sweeps one to the fence on the second day of the 3rd Test against the West Indies S. Brooks c Buttler b Anderson 4 Old Trafford on Saturday. the West Indies for 18 months. at Old Trafford in Manchester on Sunday. Broad scored 62 and later picked two crucial wickets. (AFP) R. Chase lbw b Broad 9 Despite Roach’s eventual But he was recalled for J. Blackwood b Woakes 26 J. Holder not out 24 return of 4-72, England still the last tour of England three AFP dangerman other way to Shamarh Brooks, S. Dowrich not out 10 made 369 in their first innings, years ago, and since then he Manchester at slip by England cap- and this time the batsman in- Extras: (b4, lb5, w5) 14 thanks mainly to tailender has become an effective per- tain for one. side edged to wicketkeeper Total: (For 6 wkts, 47.1 overs, 229 mins) 137 Stuart Broad’s dashing 62. former, with his use of the Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Brathwaite), 2-44 (Campbell), Stuart Broad sparked a top- John Campbell, dropped on Jos Buttler. 3-58 (Hope), 4-59 (Brooks), 5-73 (Chase), 6-110 And at stumps, the West and greater movement order collapse after starring 10 when normally reliable sec- In a campaign that marks (Blackwood) Indies had slumped to 137-6, through the air and off the with the bat as England re- ond slip put down a international cricket’s return Bowling: Anderson 11-4-17-2; Broad 10-3-17-2; a deficit of 232 runs, to give seam compensating for a de- duced the West Indies to 137-6 routine chance, looked increas- from lockdown, Broad then Archer 13.1-1-55-1 (5w); Woakes 13-1-39-1. England the edge in the decid- cline in raw speed. at stumps on the second day of ingly assured while making 32. produced a classic nip-backer ing match of a three-Test se- Since 2017, he has taken 79 the decisive third Test at Old But fast bowler Jofra Arch- to have Roston Chase lbw for ries currently all square at 1-1. wickets in 22 Tests at a miserly Trafford on Saturday. er, back after being omitted nine, the batsman not bother- a quad injury, opted to play ished with 4-72, his 200th But the 32-year-old Roach average of under 23 apiece. But England had slumped to from England’s 113-run win ing with a review as West Indies an extra seamer by dropping Test wicket. was understandably proud of whereas the likes of Ambrose 280-8 after losing four wick- in the second Test for breach- collapsed to 73-5. batsman as they Buttler was well caught low his achievement in becoming found themselves operating ets for 18 runs before No. 10 ing the bio-secure regulations Jermaine Blackwood, who looked to win this three-match down for 67 by Holder at sec- the first West Indies bowler on helpful home surfaces in Broad’s swashbuckling 62 governing this series, produced made a match-clinching 95 series 2-1. ond slip. since 26 years attacks featuring fellow great took them to a first innings a rib-high that left- during West Indies’ four-wicket They had lost early wickets But Broad, who has a ago to take 200 Test wickets. fast bowlers such as Malcolm total of 369. hander Campbell could only win in the first Test, looked but resumed on 258-4 after los- highest Test score of 169, “I guess I had that land- Marshall and Courtney Walsh, When bad light forced an fend to gully. good while making 26. ing the toss. counter-attacked with his mark on my mind a little bit Roach has had nothing like the early close, the West Indies Anderson, England’s all- But he had his middle was 91 not out first fifty at this level in just too much, I had a few restless same quality of support at a were 232 runs behind, needing time leading Test wicket-taker, stump knocked out of the and Buttler unbeaten on 56 -- over three years. nights,” Roach, who amaz- time when pitches 33 more to avoid the follow-on. then struck either side of tea on ground when his first Test fifty in 14 innings. On a ground where he was ingly went wicketless when increasingly favouring spin. West Indies Jason his home ground as nipped one off the seam. Pope, however, failed to hit on the face by a bouncer the West Indies beat England Another sign of changing Holder was 24 not out and the tourists slumped to 59-4. Dowrich, fresh from two add to his score. from India’s Varun Aaron in in the opening match of this times is that when the West 10 not out. , struggling for ducks in the second Test, was In sight of his second Test 2014, left-handed batsman series, told the BBC. Indies last won a Test at Old Veteran new-ball duo Broad runs this series, was squared up lucky when he got in a tangle , Pope had already been Broad pulled Roach for six as “It’s good to get past that Trafford 32 years ago, in a and James Anderson, paired by an Anderson delivery that against an Archer bouncer only dropped by the new ball started to soften. barrier now and see how many crushing innings and 156-run together for the first time this moved away late -- a desper- for the ball to just clear the in the slips when Shannon Ga- Broad pulled Holder for more I can get. 300 would be success that featured Mar- series, both had stumps figures ately difficult ball to play -- and back-pedalling Rory Burns in briel clean bowled him to end a four to complete a 33-ball fifty great. shall’s second-innings 7-22, of 2-17. was caught behind for 17. the gully. fifth-wicket stand of 140. before hitting a full-toss from “I’ll work hard to get there they had a four-man pace at- Broad struck with just his After the interval Ander- England, with all-rounder Woakes promptly played occasional off-spinner Chase to and we’ll see how many I can tack while England fielded fourth ball to have West Indies son got one to come back the Stokes unfit to bowl following on to give Roach, who fin- deep mid-wicket. go past 300,” added Roach, two spinners.

‘My body said stop’: Marquez quits Andalucia MotoGP as Quartararo grabs pole

AFP said. “When you are a sportsman, Puig said after Saturday’s qualifying. Racing, was third fastest, 0.169sec be- “When I went out again imme- Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) and you have a passion, you try.” The Honda rider sat out practice hind Quartararo, to complete the front diately there was a big pain in the The six-time world MotoGP on Friday and struggled in Satur- row of the grid. Veteran Italian Valen- elbow, not the bone. My body at World champion Marc Marquez champ broke his right arm in a crash day’s third session before dropping tino Rossi was fourth for Yamaha. that moment said stop,” he said. He will not start the Andalucia MotoGP at the delayed season-opening Span- out of opening qualifying without In the opening practice session of started the first qualifying session in Jerez after dropping out of quali- ish Grand Prix on the same track last recording a time. the morning, Marquez managed only but returned to the pits without post- fying on Saturday four days after an Sunday. He was declared fit to race Frenchman Fabio Quartararo, the 20th best time, 1.3sec behind ing a time. “I followed my instinct,” operation on a broken arm. on Thursday after passing a medical who won his maiden MotoGP race Vinales, who set a course record. “I Marquez said. “My instinct said go to “I understood that it would be which, he said on Saturday, included last week and rides for the Yamaha was kind of surprised at being able Jerez. It’s what I did. My instinct to- very difficult to ride the bike and to 40 push-ups using his broken arm. satellite team, grabbed pole with a lap to ride in a good way,” Marquez said. day said ride the bike. It’s what I did. Petronas Yamaha SRT’s French rider finish the 25 laps in the race,” Mar- “A champion cannot stay at home of 1min 37.007sec to edge Yamaha’s In the second session, Marquez My instinct in Q1 said stop and I did.” Fabio Quartararo during the third MotoGP quez said. “But after surgery I saw if he thinks he has the option or a Maverick Vinales by 0.095sec. Franc- began to struggle, slowing on cor- “I will sleep well because I tried free practice session on Saturday. (AFP) there was a small possibility,” he slight chance,” Honda boss Alberto esco Bagnaia, an Italian with Pramac ners and swinging wide. and now I know I couldn’t.”