Skipper Shakib sets record as Tajiul claims six to nail Windies PAGE 18 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2018

PSG edge Toulouse 1-0 to record 14th straight Ligue 1 win PAGE 19 PREMIER LEAGUE BOURNEMOUTH VS ARSENAL Setting up a dream Tour win Bounedjah pumps in two as Al Sadd blank Al Arabi Wolves win 3-0 to stay 2nd on points table

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA

QNB Stars League top-scorer thus far, Baghdad Bounedjah continued his super show slam- ming in a brace as Al Sadd as- serted their supremacy over Al Arabi 3-0 in the Round 13 clash of the league on Saturday. England’s Aaron Rai looks at his scorebook on the 11th green during Bounedjah scored in the the Hong Kong Open at the Hong Kong Golf Club on Saturday. (AFP) 7th minute and 45+2min via a penalty, while Hassan al Hay- dos converted a 49th-min pen- Rai holds steady in alty in the Qatar Derby played at the Al Arabi Stadium. With the win, Al Sadd continue to remain second in Hong Kong Open the standings with 26 points, with two games in hand, AFP the world number nine said, while Al Arabi are down on HONG KONG adding that the short fairways 15th position. of Fanling and Rai’s form were It was Al Sadd’s eighth vic- YOUNGSTER Aaron Rai held proving a “test of patience.” tory. The Wolves had defeated off fellow Englishmen Tommy However, the Merseysider The Dream Team 10-1 in the Fleetwood and Matt Fitzpat- said he believed he was “still first leg. Al Sadd’s start striker Baghdad Bounedjah (3rd left) celebrates one of his two goals during the QNB Stars League match against Al Arabi on Saturday. rick at the Hong Kong Open well in there” in the chase for Bounedjah took his tally Saturday, to lead by six strokes the title. on top of the scorers’ chart to who had a good game, stood in from close range seven min- Meshaal al Shammari had heading into the final day. Spain’s Sergio Garcia, who 21 goals, while it was Al Hay- his way. utes into the second half. scored Al Sailiya’s first in the carded a six-under 64 which dous’ third goal of the season. Bounedjah took Al Sadd Luiz Martin fired a long- 73rd minute. included an eagle on the tenth, Both Al Sadd and Al Arabi ahead by slotting home an range shot in the 60th minute, Al Gharafa’s goal was was in fourth, seven shots off had registered victories in the Akram Afif cross from the left but the ball slipped past the scored by Vladimir Weiss off a the lead. last round, against Al Kharaiti- with a first-time shot. goalpost without causing any penalty in the 51st minute. Nothing is ever done until Garcia said, that his total yat (7-1) and Al Khor (1-0) re- Al Haydous soon missed a damage to Al Khor. In the 22nd minute, Slo- it’s done and 18 holes is was “still going to be a little spectively. chance as he mistimed his shot Almoez Ali fired a bullet vakian midfielder Weiss was a lot of golf. bit far behind. We’re going to Al Arabi put up a far bet- that went wide. towards the Al Khor goal, but brought down with a rough need a little bit of help from ter display than they did in Al Sadd created more chanc- goalkeeper Mohammed Al tackle by Mirghani Alzain and Aaron Rai seeking his first the leaders finishing up.” their first-leg game. This time es even though Akram and Bakri punched the shot away Swiss referee Urs Dominik win on the European Tour Park Hyo-won of Korea, around, they were bogged Bounedjah were off the mark. with a quick move. Schnyder promptly penalised who started the day in sec- down by injuries. Al Sadd doubled the lead Luis Martin once again the Al Khor offender. ond, shot four bogeys and Colombian recruit Fran- when Bounedjah converted a went for a long-range, left- Six minutes after resump- The 23-year-old, who set was later docked two strokes co Hurtado and Iraqi player penalty awarded after Yassin footed shot that narrowly tion of play in the fast-paced a course record on Friday, to card 73, putting him nine Ahmed Ibrahim were out in- Yakoub fouled Abdelkarim sailed above the Al Khor cross- match, Al Gharafa grabbed the was seven shots worse on Sat- shots off the lead. jured, while Abdulla Marafy Hassan. Mailson Farias, Mo- Nabil Maaloul’s side pick up bar in the 84th minute. lead. Weiss was brought down urday as he carded a two-un- Thailand’s Thongchai Jai- had already been ruled out for hammed Salal El Neel and three points. After a few quick exchanges, by the Al Sailiya keeper. The der par 68 in the third round. dee and France’s Victor Perez the season. Diego Jardel all tried hard, After neither side managed Al Duhail held on to their slen- referee awarded a penalty and The round included his first both shot a four-under 66 to Al Sadd missed star Span- but Al Arabi could not make a to get the break, high-scoring der lead to post another win. Weiss easily converted from bogeys of the tournament but sit eight behind the leader. ish midfielder Xavi Hernandez breakthrough. striker El Arabi broke the the spot. was good enough to extend After producing a stun- who suffered a torn muscle Haydos converted the deadlock by easily sending the Al Sailiya shock Gharafa Al Sailiya equalised when his lead. ning six birdies on the last during their QSL Cup Round 3 penalty after Ahmed Fathy ball home from the spot. with stoppage time goal rival goalkeeper Yousef Has- “Nothing is ever done until seven to make the cut on day match last week. brought down Akram soon af- He was brought down by A stoppage time goal by san failed to clear a loopy ball. it’s done and 18 holes is a lot of two, Masters champion Pat- It was Al Sadd more in the ter resumption. Khaled Radwan inside the Mudather saw Al Sailiya stun Ali’s shot bounced off substi- golf,” said the Wolverhampton rick Reed failed to find the game right throughout. Al Khor box and the referee Al Gharafa 2-1 at the Al Ahli tute Al Shammari who drove native who is seeking his first magic again. Bounedjah and Al Hay- Duhail down Al Khor 1-0 promptly pointed to the spot. Stadium. the ball into an open net with win on the European Tour. A double bogey on the dous got on to the scoresheet, Leaders Al Duhail rode on a It was the Moroccan’s 15th Substitute Mohammed a left-footed shot. After bogeying the first fourth and a frustrating bogey but it was Akram Afif who was first-half strike by Yousef El goal in this season’s QNB Stars Mudather produced a stun- Rajeb produced a deft hole, Ryder-Cup star Fleet- on the last green all but put the in the thick of action. He was Arabi to beat Al Khor in their League. ning header with a full-length header with a forward lunge wood carded a 66. American out of the running unlucky not to score as he was QNB Stars League match. Al Duhail’s Under-23 play- forward dive to score Al Saili- on a loopy cross from the flank “Not an exceptional round for his first win on the Euro- either off target or Al Arabi El Arabi converted a pen- er Abdullah Al Ahrak wasted ya’s winner three minutes into to secure vital three points for but another good solid round,” pean Tour. goalkeeper Masoud Zarayi, alty in the 35th minute to help a golden opportunity to score second-half injury time. Al Sailiya.

Quick read Belgium race to five Mickelson edges Woods in Vegas shot lead at golf World Cup playoff to earn $9m in cash prize MELBOURNE: Thomas Pieters and Thomas Detry zeroed in on AFP old times,” Woods said after Belgium’s first ever golf World LOS ANGELES celebrating with a familiar Cup title Saturday, storming to a fist pump. “I needed it. He five stroke lead over the chasing PHIL Mickelson sank a four- had a chance to close out so pack with a peerless display of foot birdie putt on the fourth I needed something special shot-making. The pair began the extra hole to pocket $9 mil- to happen.” third day level with An Byeong- lion and beat Tiger Woods in Mickelson walked up the hun and Kim Si-woo, but the an exhibition clash on Friday fairway knowing that if he South Koreans could only man- between two of golf’s greatest made birdie and Woods made Mary Kom of India gestures with her gold medal after winning the age a 68 in the fourball format rivals. par the cash grab would be his. 45-48 kg category final fight at the 2018 AIBA Women’s World Boxing at Melbourne’s Metropolitan Golf Mickelson and Woods “He does this crap to me all Championships in New Delhi on Saturday. (AFP) Club, where both players have sparred over 22 rounds of the time -- for 20 years” said a ball but only the better score match-play golf in front of an Mickelson. “Tiger is the great- counts for each hole. In contrast invitation-only gallery of 700 est of all time.” India’s Kom wins record the young Belgians sank seven people at the Shadow Creek With the invite-only gallery birdies and an eagle in a sizzling Golf Course in Las Vegas. Phil Mickelson reacts with the winner’s belt after beating winning The in attendance, golf fans were sixth world boxing gold nine-under-par 63 -- the best of Mickelson clinched the Match: Tiger vs Phil golf match in Las Vegas. (USA TODAY SPORTS) forced to watch the exhibition the day -- to be 19-under for the victory with a short putt after via a US$19.99 pay per view AFP en’s edition in 2001 and then championship. Italy’s Andrea Pa- Woods’ tee shot landed on the While both the 48-year-old major since 2008. televised format. NEW DELHI went on to win gold in each of van and Renato Paratore stayed green but he left his six-foot Mickelson and the 42-year-old Woods had to The duo both wore micro- the next five championships, in the hunt with a 66 to be joint birdie putt short. Woods are past their prime, console himself phones and they filled time in INDIA’S Mary Kom on Saturday with her most recent coming in second alongside Mexico’s Abra- “What a match it was,” Friday’s meeting between the with mak- the early going with plenty of became the most successful fe- Bridgetown, Barbados in 2010. ham Ancer and Roberto Diaz (65) Mickelson said. “My heart can’t 19-time major winners still ing the verbal banter back and forth, male boxer in world champion- Kom, who was the subject and the Koreans. (AFP) take much more.” provided some entertaining shot of but Mickelson admitted strug- ships history after clinching her of a Bollywood film in 2014, Mickelson had several putts golf. gling to find enough to say as sixth gold medal in New Delhi. won bronze at the London to win earlier in the match that But since their heyday in the match wore on. The 35 year-old beat 2012 Olympic Games. failed to drop, but he made no the late 1990s and early 2000s, the match on “I am trying to be more Ukraine’s Hanna Okhota 5-0 “Today, I was a little bit mistake on the final go at the however, both Woods and the 17th when talkative but I am just not on in the final of the 48kg catego- emotional because for the last par-three, 93-yard hole for the Mickelson have been in steady he nailed a long the back nine,” he told Woods ry contest in front of an elec- few years, I was not able to fight winner-take-all triumph. decline. birdie chip shot as they left one of the Shadow tric home crowd. in 48kg category,” an emotional The match lasted five hours While they both recorded from the back Creek tee boxes. Her sixth gold takes her past Kom said after the bout. “The and finished in darkness as or- victories on the PGA Tour in of the green to “We got back into our old Ireland’s Katie Taylor, and level effort was very challenging for ganizers had to use flood lights 2018, it has been five years stay alive in the mode again trying to beat with the men’s record held by me. Because of your love and Thomas Pieters (left) and Thomas to illuminate the green on the since Mickelson won a major, match. each other’s brains in,” Cuban legend Felix Savon as the support, I hope to qualify for Detry of Belgium bump fists on final hole. while Woods hasn’t hoisted a “Just like Woods replied. most successful pugilist ever at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. I the third day of the World Cup of Phil Mickelson plays a shot from a bunker on the 18th hole the world championships. wasn’t able to qualify for Rio Golf at the Metropolitan Golf Club The mother of three won Games. I am still suffering,” she at Shadow Creek Golf Course. (USA TODAY SPORTS) in Melbourne on Saturday. (AFP) a silver in the inaugural wom- said to the cheering crowds. Sports Sunday, November 25, 2018 17 Marri, Athba fire Qatar to DT gold Hosts grab six Arab Shooting Championships come to an end RESULTS Men’s double trap (individual) 1.Qatar 1 (Almaha Mishal al Ali & Abdulaziz Thamer al medals on last 1.Ahmad Alafasi (Kuwait) 138 Turki) 452.4 2.Hamad al Marri (Qatar) 136 2.Oman 1 (Hadil Ahmed al Harbi & Yousuf Sulaiman al day; Kuwait’s 3.Masoud Hamad al Athba (Qatar) 135 Mamari) 443.9 Double trap Team 3.Qatar 2 (Fai Marzouq Shalwan & Khalid Ayoub 1.Qatar (Hamad al Marri 136, Masoud Hamad al Athba Sharshani) 389.3 Alafasi bags 135, Abdulbaset Mohsin 125) 396 10m air rifle mixed (youth) 2.Kuwait (Ahmad Alafasi 138, Saad Almutairi 131, 1.Oman 1 (Roaa Hamed al Housni & Faham Jamal al double trap title Jarrah Alshowaier 116) 385 Badi) 477.8 3.Oman (Hussein al Shuhoumi 133, Ahmed al Hatmi 2.Qatar 1 (Shahd al Darwish & Nasser Khalid al TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK 120, Amar al Henai 117) 370 Naemi) 477.1 DOHA 10m air rifle mixed team (junior) 3.Kuwait (Yara Alkhalaf & Soud Alsobiee) 412.5

HOSTS Qatar wrapped up the after the event. tle. Oman’s Hadil Ahmed al 14th Arab Shooting Champi- “This was the last compe- Harbi and Yousuf Sulaiman onships with six medals, in- tition of the season for us. Af- al Mamari managed 443.9 for cluding two titles in the double ter a brief rest, we’ll return to the silver medal. trap and 10m air rifle mixed extensive practice as the next Qatar’s second team com- team events, at the Losail year is going to be very crucial pleted the podium when Fai Ranges on Saturday. due to Olympic quota competi- Marzouq Shalwan and Khalid Hamad al Marri, working tions. The training and compe- Ayoub Sharshani shot 389.3. hard for his first Olympic Games tition schedule is nearly ready Oman 1 and Qatar 1 were breakthrough quota place de- for the 2019. involved in an intense battle for spite winning two bronze med- “Also Doha will host the the gold medal in the 10m air als in his five successive Asian Asian championship for the rifle mixed youth contest. Roaa Games appearances since 2002, Olympic quota places in No- Hamed al Housni and Faham and Masoud Hamad al Athba vember. Our aim is to prepare Jamal al Badi put 477.8 on the put up an excellent show in the well and get in the best possible board. last shotgun event. Together shape for that,” he added. Local shooters Shahd al with Abdulbaset Mohsin, they “I want to thank the Qatar Darwish and Nasser Khalid accumulated 396, which was shooting for all the support and and Naemi also resisted brave- more than enough for Qatar to I’m quite confident that our ly and had to settle for the sec- seal the title. Qatar’s double trap team shooters celebrate their gold medal on the podium after the closing ceremony at the Arab Shooting Championships in improved display will fetch us ond place by just 0.7 point. Ku- Kuwait, led by 2015 world Losail on Saturday. more 2020 Tokyo Olympics wait’s Yara Alkhalaf and Soud bronze medallist and 2016 spots than ever,” Marri said. Alsobiee were third way behind Asia champion Ahmad Alafa- round, held off both Marri and in which he claimed his second maining two rounds. If he had championships. We finished Qatar’s other team gold at 412.5 points. si, finished with 385 and set- Athba to pocket the individual Asian Games bronze medal done a bit better in the fourth on the top despite tough com- medal came in the 10m air Later the closing ceremo- tled for the silver medal, while gold medal. He struck 138, two and was fourth in the Asian and fifth rounds, he might have petition. In the double trap rifle mixed junior event. Qa- ny took place at the Losail Oman collected 370 to bag the more than Marri netted for his Championships in Kuwait City, landed a superb double. today, we have an experienced tar 1’s Almaha Mishal al Ali Ranges and QSAA President third spot. silver medals. Athba managed shot 28 each in his first rounds. “First of all, I’m very happy team and we did well to collect and Abdulaziz Thamer al Ali Mohammed al Kuwari was However, Alafasi, who shot 135 for his bronze medal. A slight loss of focus meant that and proud of Qatar’s excit- three medals, including the Turki combined their efforts the chief guest and gave away all the 30 targets in the fourth Marri, having a good year he could post only 26 in the re- ing performance in the Arab team gold,” Marri commented to post 452.4 and win the ti- the medals.

QNB QATAR INTERNATIONAL SHOWJUMPING CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 Attiyah connects with Clinton superbly to outclass Rumaihi in Grand Prix VINAY NAYUDU DOHA

IT all came down to three chal- lenging riders from Qatar – Mubarak Yousuf al Rumaihi, Hamad Ali al Attiyah and Ham- ad Nasser al Qadi in the jump- off of the Grand Prix World Cup Competition (1.60m) class Organisers to celebrate Doha of the QNB Qatar International Showjumping Championship world gymnastics’ success 2018 on Saturday. And just when it mattered, Attiyah’s TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK those who contributed to the tactic of preserving his horse DOHA success of the event. for the big show paid dividends “We thank everyone for as he edged the superbly in- THE Organising Commit- their efforts. We consider this form Rumaihi to emerge as tee of the recently concluded success to be a great motivation champion. World Cup qualifying Grand Prix class podium finishers Hamad Ali al Doha 2018 Artistic Gymnas- for us to continue to work and All eyes at the Qatar Attiyah, Mubarak Yousuf al Rumaihi and Hamad Nasser al Qadi with tics World Championships will strive towards putting Qatar on Equestrian Federation’s out- Sheikh Mohammed bin Nasser al Thani, Member of the Board of hold a celebration of the work- top of global sporting map. door arena were fixated on the Directors of Qatar Equestrian Federation, QEF Secretary-General Badr ing committees and volunteers “The appreciation we re- final three riders, but while al Darwish and Event Director Ali al Rumaihi on Saturday. on Sunday. ceived from the International Rumaihi (on Vivaldi K) and The Organising Commit- Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Al Qadi (riding SIEC Lonnie) SCOREBOARD tee has also invited a number confirms that the Doha 2018 clipped a barrier each, the tall of officials from various par- version of the gymnastics worlds Olympian Attiyah kept his Grand Prix - World Cup Competition | Two Rounds FEI 46.53secs; 0; 32.46secs; €2,240 ties that contributed towards has been the best in the sport’s cool and stayed in absolute Art. 273.3.3.1 & 273.4.3 + 273.2.2 | Min 145-Max 2. Nasser al Ghazali (Aslan 69); 0; 47.13secs; 4; 160cm | Prize-money €12,000 | LR (Group E) 34.03secs; €1,800 achieving the big success of history. We are proud of our bid sync with his horse Clinton to Hamad Ali al Attiyah in action during the World Cup qualifying Grand 1. Hamad Ali al Attiyah (Clinton); Phase 1: Faults: 0; 3. Faleh Suwead al Ajami (Ulano); 0; 49.48secs; 4; the championships. and the success we achieved.” return a flawless routine. Prix class of QNB Qatar International Showjumping Championship at Time: 81.24secs; Jump-off: Faults: 0; Time: 53.29ses; 34.87secs; €1,400 The 48th edition of world Doha Worlds 2018 also Attiyah’s clean round QEF’s outdoor arena on Saturday. Prize: €3,300 Two Phases FEI Art. 274.5.3 | Max. 120cm | €6,000 gymnastics, which was held for provided foreign guests and also fetched him an award of 2. Mubarak Yousuf al Rumaihi (Vivaldi K); 0; 78.83secs; 1. Hamad Nasser al Qadi (Hugo Z); 0; 37.88secs; 0; 4; 50.55secs; €2,700 26.47secs; €1,500 the first time in the Middle East, visitors the opportunity to €3,300 besides the top place He won every class he entered ready for future global compe- 3. Hamad Nasser al Qadi (SIEC Lonnie); 0; 80.42secs; 2. Ali Mohammed al Marri (Fernhill Friendly Touch); 0; also witnessed the largest par- learn more about the Qatari and valuable FEI World Cup in since he started his show in titions in March,” he added. 4; 50.94secs; €2,100 40.86secs; 0; 26.75secs; €1,200 ticipation in the sport’s history. culture and heritage. qualifying points. the last two championships. A graceful Mubarak al Two Phases FEI Art. 274.5.3 | Max. 135cm | €8,000 3. M Khalid Mohammed al Emadi (Dolce Vita); 0; The Organising Commit- Over 600 gymnasts from Speaking soon after his “Today, perhaps his horse Rumaihi was equally happy 1. Mohammed Saeed Haidan (Apple Bee); 0; 38.64secs; 0; 27.99secs; €900. tee wants to appreciate the role 73 countries besides several triumph, the 23-year-old and was a bit more tired than mine finishing second in the Grand played by the working commit- hundred officials and inter- soft-spoken Attiyah – who because of the continuous Prix event. “My horse (Vivaldi tees at the event given the way national media converged in was also a member of Qatar’s competitions over a fortnight. K) has had too much to do the Hugo Z, was delighted with cess to the national equestri- they worked for the champion- Doha for the ten-day cham- showjumping team at the 2018 “I luckily saved my horse last fortnight. I won quite a his podium finish. “Given the an series Hathab. “Hathab is ships which reflected the high pionship from October 25 to Asian Games – said, “I would Clinton for this day and the few classes with him last week challenging technical course, helping all of us stay in good standards and Qatar’s top or- November 3. like to thank the almighty for tactic paid off. I had the same and I’m still very happy that he the first round was quite hard form and be ready for inter- ganisational abilities. The United States led by today’s success. I’m very hap- plan for the last two weeks, managed to get me the second for all of us. Since there are national competitions like this Ali Hitmi, the Executive the brilliant Simone Biles, py with the way my horse re- and I finished third the last place in the Grand Prix. It is strong horses and quality rid- one. I think the idea to intro- Director of the championships, topped the medals tally claim- sponded and performed.” time and today managed to too tough for the horses when ers, you have to be careful and duce Hathab has been a great said, “The celebration of the ing eight medals, including On the challenge of com- finish first. they jump for two weeks in a swift at the same time. I had a one for equestrian as a sport in working committees and the four golds. China second with peting against Rumaihi, he “Now my horse will go row,” he explained. small mistake towards the end, Qatar,” he added. volunteers reflects the full ap- six medals including four gold said, “Mubarak is one of the back to Europe as the winter The 22-year-old Hamad but still I did well to finish on Mohammed Saeed Haidan preciation of the organising was second, while Russia fin- bigger riders in Doha, he’s very approaches. We shall give him Nasser al Qadi, who had earlier the podium,” he said. won the two phases 1.35m committee for the efforts of all ished third with seven medals. dangerous and he’s very fast. adequate rest and hopefully be claimed the 1.20m class riding He also credited his suc- event on his mount Apple Bee. Parker’s dominant victory in RAM League 3 ITT TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK est Qatari. He hit the finish the Women’s B category. eration extended thanks to DOHA line with nearly a two-minute A prize distribution was main league sponsor Royal Air lead. Mubarak Alajji of Rasen held to honour winners in all Maroc, season sponsor QNB JONATHAN Parker crushed Adventure Shop was third at the five categories. The Qatar Group, Rasen Sports and Rayy- the field to win the Al Thakira 37:44.4. Cycling and Triathlon Fed- an Water for their support. Individual Time Trial at the Fabiaen Escomel secured Royal Air Maroc League 3. the win in the Men’s B category. RESULTS The Team Bottrill Van- He was timed home in 33:38.5. guard rider averaged an im- Mohammed Nabhan of Car- Men’s A Men’s C pressive 47.5 kms/h over the bon Wheels Racing was a close 1.Jonathan Parker (Team Bottrill Vanguard) 30:00.5 1.Ethan Bennett (TriClub Doha) 36:31.6 24 kms distance despite windy second at 34:22.6. The Men’s 2.Lee Jones (Team Al Jassra) 31:19.6 2.Essa al Maadeed (Qat) (QTri) 36:50.5 conditions to clock 30:00.5 and C class was won by Ethan Ben- 3.Tom Whateley (Velostar) 32:17.2 3.Ashley Chambers (TriClub Doha) 37:20.1 4.Chris Murrin 32:29.1 4.Anirudh Rangarajan 37:42.3 beat Lee Jones as the Team Al net, the TriClub Doha rider de- 5.James Moffat 32:30.7 5.Anthony Salter (TriClub Doha) 37:43.2 Jassra cyclist finished one min- feated Essa al Maadeed by well 6.Abdullah al Jaaidi (Qatar National Team) 33:03.5 ute and 19.1 seconds behind. over 15 seconds. 7.Efram Ellenbogen (Velostar) 33:28.4 Women’s A The third place went to Pia Sundstedt was domi- 8.Christian Haneke (Velostar) 34:28.5 1.Pia Sundstedt 35:34.6 Velostar’s Tom Whatley, who nant in the Women’s A cat- 9.Andrew Tangonan (Pinoy Roadies Qatar) 34:33.6 2.Julie Melville (Rasen Adventure Shop) 37:16.7 10.Istvan Deak (TriClub Doha) 34:59.9 3.Shawna Garrett (Rasen Adventure Shop) 38:01.3 managed to fend off both Chris egory, winning it with a time 4.Toni Snoxell (TriClub Doha) 39:22.7 Murrin and James Moffat with of 35:34.6. Rasen Adventure Men’s B 5.Sophie Clarke (Rasen Adventure Shop) 40:21.5 a time of 32:17.2. Murrin edged Shop duo of Julie Melville and 1.Fabien Escomel 33:38.5 Moffat by 1.5 seconds to land Winners of various categories with QCTF officials after the third round Al Thakira Individual Time Trial in Shawna Garrett picked second 2.Mohammed Nabhan (Carbon Wheels Racing) Women’s B the fourth spot. the RAM League. and third spots. 34:22.6 1.Elizabeth Dunne (Al Jassra) 38:20.0 Abdullah al Jaaidi (Qatar Elizabeth Dunne (Al Jass- 3.Andres Pablo Bustos del Valle (Los Gauchos) 34:25.9 2.Andrea Stadler (TriClub Doha) 40:20.1 4.Francisco Gutierrez (TriClub Doha) 34:37.5 3.Nerissa Usero (MAD Triathlon) 41:07.3 National Team) was sixth and Christian Haneke. Pinoy Road- and TriClub Doha’s Istvan Fadhel al Khater defeated ra) finished two minutes ahead 5.Fadhel Alkhater (Qat) (Rasen Adventure Shop) 4.Daniela Sposi (TriClub Doha) 41:41.0 he was followed by Velostar’s ies Qatar’s Andrew Tangonan Deak completed the top 10, Essa al Madeed for the dis- of Andrea Stadler of TriClub 34:46.7 5.Tala Abujbara 41:58.1 pair of Efram Ellenbogen and finished the circuit in 34:33.6 clocking 34:59.9. tinction of becoming the fast- Doha to emerge the winner in 18 Sunday, November 25, 2018 Sports Taijul bowls Bangladesh to thrilling win against WI The loss condemns West Indies to their first defeat in Bangladesh in seven Tests AFP SCOREBOARD CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH Bangladesh second innings ( overnight TAIJUL Islam claimed 6-33 as 55-5) Imrul Kayes b Warrican 2 Bangladesh defeated West In- Soumya Sarkar c Brathwaite b Chase 11 dies by 64 runs on Saturday in Mominul Haque lbw b Chase 12 the first match of their two-Test Mohammad Mithun b Bishoo 17 series. Shakib Al Hasan c Gabriel b Warrican 1 Mushfiqur Rahim b Gabriel 19 Pakistani batsmen Haris Sohail (right) and Babar Azam during the Chasing a target of 204 runs Mehidy Hasan c Dowrich b Bishoo 18 in Chittagong, West Indies stut- Mahmudullah Riyad c Hope b Bishoo 31 first day of the second Test match against New Zealand at the Dubai tered from the start and were Nayeem Hasan c Hope b Bishoo 5 International Stadium on Saturday. (AFP) all out for 139 on the stroke of Taijul Islam c Warrican b Chase 1 Mustafizur Rahman not out 2 tea on the third day, suffering Extras (b2, lb1, nb3) 6 their first defeat in Bangladesh Total (all out 35.5 overs) 125 Ali, Sohail boost in seven Tests. Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Imrul Kayes), 2-13 Sunil Ambris was the last (Soumya Sarkar), 3-32 (Mominul), 4-35 man dismissed after top-scor- (Shakib), 5-53 (Mithun) 6-69 (Mushfiqur), Pakistan to strong 7-106 (Mehidy), 8-122 (Nayeem), 9-123 ing for the visitors with 43. He (Mahmudullah), 10-125 (Taijul) Bowling: had put on a 63-run partner- Roach 1-0-11-0, Warrican 16-2-43-2, ship with Jomel Warrican for Chase 6.5-1-18-3, Bishoo 9-0-26-4, start against NZ Gabriel 3-0-24-1 the ninth wicket to lift West In- West Indies second innings dies from 75 for eight to revive K. Brathwaite lbw b Taijul 8 an unlikely hope. Bangladeshi cricketer Taijul Islam (left) celebrates with captain Shakib al Hasan (centre) after the dismiss- K. Powell st Mushfiqur b Shakib 0 REUTERS test with a match haul of seven But Mehidy Hasan dis- al of West Indies Devendra Bishoo during the third day of the first Test at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury S. Hope c Mushfiqur b Shakib 3 DUBAI wickets, then sent back Asad Stadium in Chittagong on Saturday. (AFP) S. Ambris c Mushfiqur b Taijul 43 missed Warrican for 41, and R. Chase lbw b Taijul 0 Shafiq for 12. Taijul sealed the contest in the S. Hetmyer c Nayeem b Mehidy 27 AZHAR Ali and Haris Sohail Sohail, who smashed 10 next over with the wicket of Am- Bangladesh for 125 runs in their Kraigg Brathwaite in the same Mehidy and Mahmudullah S. Dowrich lbw b Taijul 5 scored half-centuries as Paki- boundaries in his 240-ball bris. second innings. over, leaving the West Indies in tried to rebuild the innings, put- D. Bishoo b Taijul 2 stan overcame a shaky start to knock, helped Pakistan to see K. Roach lbw b Taijul 1 Left-arm spinner Taijul Bangladesh spinners re- dire straits. ting on 37 for the seventh wicket J. Warrican c Shakib b Mehidy 41 reach 207-4 against New Zea- off the second new ball and led Bangladesh’s attack with sponded almost immediately The collapse dashed any before Mehidy was removed by S. Gabriel not out 0 land on day one of the second guided them to the close of play his seventh five-wicket haul in when Shakib drew Kieran West Indies satisfaction from Bishoo for 18. Extras (b9) 9 test in Dubai on Saturday. without any further hiccups. Tests, while Shakib al Hasan Powell forward for Mushfiqur wrapping up the Bangladesh in- Bishoo then dismissed Nay- Total ( all out; 35.2 overs) 139 Sohail was unbeaten on a Earlier, New Zealand pacer Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Powell), 2-11 (Hope), and Mehidy each picked up two Rahim to accomplish a simple nings, with the hosts only add- eem Hasan and Mahmudullah 3-11 (Brathwaite), 4-11 (Chase), 5-44 patient 81 while Babar Azam Colin de Grandhomme had wickets. stumping, making Shakib the ing 70 runs to their overnight in a quick succession, while (Hetmyer) 6-51 (Dowrich), 7-69 (Bishoo), was batting on 14 after New openers Mohammad Hafeez (9) West Indies’ chase got off first Bangladeshi cricketer to score after resuming play on Chase wrapped up the Bang- 8-75 (Roach), 9-138 (Warrican), 10-139 Zealand hit back in the final and Imam-ul-Haq (9) caught by to a disastrous start, sinking to claim 200 wickets in Tests. 55-5. Mahmudullah Riyad top- ladesh innings by dismissing (Ambris) Bowling: Shakib 7-0-30-2, session to leave the contest at Tom Latham in the slips with a Nayeem 7-1-29-0, Taijul 11.2-2-33-6, 11-4 at the lunch break before “Whatever I do, I do for the scored for Bangladesh with 31 Taijul. Mehidy 8-1-27-2, Mustafizur 2-0-11-0 the Dubai International Cricket fine spell on a helpful morning an attacking 27 off 19 by Shim- team, and I’m lucky to have in the second innings, but not West Indies captain Brath- Result: Bangladesh won by 64 runs Stadium evenly balanced. wicket. ron Hetmyer provided the visi- some of these achievements,” before he was dropped by Hope waite hailed Bangladesh for Series result: Bangladesh lead the series Pakistan found themselves While De Grandhomme tors a brief respite. Shakib said after the match. off Bishoo on 15. their performance. 1-0 in a spot of bother at 25-2 with- made the early inroads, his pace Leg-spinner Devendra Bish- Shakib drew an edge from Pace bowler Gabriel took “A tough loss for us. I Man of the match: Mominul Haque in the first 10 overs after captain colleague Trent Boult heaped oo earlier claimed three wickets Shai Hope before a two-wicket the first breakthrough of the thought the Bangladesh team Sarfraz Ahmed had won the the pressure on Pakistan’s top in the morning to finish with burst by Taijul, who trapped day when he bowled Mushfiqur did very well,” he said. dies scored 246 runs in reply to toss and elected to bat first. order with some incisive bowl- 4-26 as West Indies bowled out Roston Chase for a duck and Rahim for 19. In the first innings, West In- Bangladesh’s 324. Azhar, who could not pre- ing and was unlucky not to be vent a narrow defeat in the first rewarded with a scalp of his test despite a defiant 65 in the own. second innings, put on 126 runs Azhar hit seven boundaries Shakib makes with Sohail for the third wicket and sent one over the fence as England on top after Sri Lanka collapse to leave Pakistan in control. he combined with Sohail to But his run-out in the 71st grind out the Kiwi bowling, but elite group of over saw the New Zealand- perished in a mix-up as he ap- AFP other five between them. ers spring to life and spinner proached what would have been all-rounders, COLOMBO With bat in hand and only Ajaz Patel, the hero of the first a well-deserved century. five overs of the day played, promises SRI Lanka threw away a de- Sri Lanka’s batsmen laid solid SCOREBOARD cent position in the final Test foundations. Danushka Gu- against England on Saturday, nathilaka was the only man PAKISTAN INNINGS Ali, Mohammad Abbas better show collapsing from 183 for 2 at tea out for Sri Lanka before lunch, Imam-ul-Haq c Latham b de Grandhomme 9 Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Hafeez), 2-25 (Imam), 3-151 Mohammad Hafeez c Latham b de Grandhomme 9 (Azhar), 4-174 (Shafiq) Bowling: Boult 18-5-50-0, to 240 all out as Adil Rashid caught spectacularly by Kea- Azhar Ali run out 81 Grandhomme 19-7-31-2, Wagner 22-7-44-0 (1nb), AFP and Ben Stokes skittled the ton Jennings at short leg for Haris Sohail not out 81 Patel 19-3-60-1, Sodhi 12-0-22-0 CHITTAGONG hosts in Colombo. 18 off Leach -- the first of four Asad Shafiq c Wagner b Patel 12 New Zealand: Kane Williamson (captain), Trent Boult, At the close of a rollercoast- catches at short-leg for the Babar Azam not out 14 Colin de Grandhomme, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Extras: (nb 1) 1 Ajaz Patel, Jeet Raval, BJ Watling, Ish Sodhi, Ross Taylor, RECORD-BREAKING Bangla- er second day England were Lancashire opener. Dimuth Total: (for four wkts; 90 overs) 207 Neil Wagner desh skipper Shakib Al Hasan three without loss after four Karunaratne, dropped at slip Still to bat: Sarfraz Ahmed, Bilal Asif, Yasir Shah, Hasan Toss: Pakistan promised an ever better perfor- overs when bad light stopped by Joe Root off Broad early in mance in the next Test after he play, 99 runs ahead with a 3-0 his innings, then put on a 142- overcame fitness concerns to whitewash in their sights. run third-wicket partnership lead the hosts to a 64-run win “We came out after tea, with Dhananjaya de Silva. against the West Indies on Sat- had the belief, had the mindset Just before tea, de Silva fell Hamilton storms to pole as urday. and things just changed,” said for 73, dismissed by another Shakib was included in the Rashid, who finished the in- lightning catch by Jennings off Mercedes get front-row record squad for the opening Test in nings with 5-49. Rashid. But with Karunaratne Chittagong despite having bare- “It worked out perfectly, still in and Root rueing his er- England’s Adil Rashid appeals for a succesful LBW wicket for Sri DPA ly returned to training after an Stokesy at one end bowling ror, Sri Lanka looked comfort- Lanka’s Malinda Pushpakumara during their third Test match in Co- ABU DHABI injury lay-off that forced him nice and aggressive and me able. But in the first over after lombo on Saturday. (REUTERS) to miss the recent home series at the other end mixing it up, tea Karunaratne went for 83, WORLD champion Lewis against Zimbabwe. bowling my variations,” he with Jennings again the catch- SCOREBOARD Hamilton grabbed pole posi- “I batted (in training) for added, after Stokes collected er as he edged Rashid, and the tion ahead of team-mate Valt- only three sessions before play- 3-30. collapse began. ENGLAND FIRST INNINGS B Mendis c Stokes b Rashid 27 teri Bottas as Mercedes locked ing the first Test. That was In the opening session Sri “They played exceptionally R Burns b Perera 14 A Mathews c Foakes b Stokes 5 out the front row at the sea- hardly enough, considering Lanka’s bowlers had wrapped well before lunch but we had K Jennings c Silva b Pushpakumara 13 A Silva c Jennings b Rashid 3 son-ending Abu Dhabi Grand J Bairstow b Sandakan 110 N Dickwella c Foakes b Stokes 5 I resumed playing after two up England’s first innings for a positive mindset and knew J Root c Gunathilaka b Sandakan 46 M Perera c Foakes b Stokes 0 Prix for a record fifth succes- months,” Shakib said after the 336 within half an hour, the if we stick to our plan things B Stokes c de Silva b Sandakan 57 R Lakmal not out 3 sive year. match. visitors losing their final three would change,” said Rashid. J Buttler c & b Sandakan 16 P Sandakan run out 2 Hamilton posted 1 min- “That was difficult for me. wickets for just 24 runs. Angelo Mathews fell M Ali c Mathews b Perera 33 P Pushpakumara lbw b Rashid 13 ute 34.794 seconds on the B Foakes c Dickwella b Pushpakumara 13 Extras (lb7, w1) 8 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton But I have finished the match Resuming on 312-7 after next, the ball coming off the A Rashid not out 21 Total (all out, 65.5 overs) 240 5.554-kilometres Yas Marina successfully. I am sure I will Jonny Bairstow had put his toe of his bat to keeper Ben S Broad b Sandakan 0 Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Gunathilaka), 2-173 (de Silva), course for his 11th pole of the celebrates after taking the pole play the next match in a better marker down to be England’s Foakes off Stokes for five, M Leach c Mathews b Perera 2 3-187 (Karunaratne), 4-200 (Mathews), 5-205 (Silva), season and 83rd overall. position in the qualifying session condition,” he said. permanent Test number three before Roshen Silva became Extras (b7, lb3, nb1) 11 6-222 (Dickwella), 7-222 (Mendis), 8-222 (Perera), Bottas trailed by 0.162 sec- at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Total (all out, 92.5 overs) 336 9-224 (Sandakan), 10-240 (Pushpakumara) Bowling: Dhabi on Saturday. (AFP) With his first wicket in the with a no-nonsense 110 the Jennings’s fourth victim off Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Burns), 2-36 (Jennings), 3-136 Broad 9-2-36-0, Leach 18-2-59-1, Ali 13-2-55-0, onds and Ferrari’s Sebastian second innings Shakib claimed previous day, Moeen Ali con- Rashid for three. he said Jen- (Root), 4-235 (Stokes), 5-254 (Bairstow), 6-265 Rashid 13.5-2-49-5, Root 2-0-4-0, Stokes 10-1-30-3 Vettel was third, 0.331 off the his 200th wickets in Tests, a re- tinued his indifferent series nings’ close fielding had made (Buttler), 7-294 (Foakes), 8-328 (Ali), 9-329 (Broad), pace. No team has ever man- season victory on Sunday. cord that also took him into an with the bat, falling for 33. a “big difference”. 10-336 (Leach) Bowling: Lakmal 11-2-33-0, Perera ENGLAND SECOND INNINGS aged before to lock out the first Bottas, who won in Abu 32.5-1-113-3, Pushpakumara 20-3-64-2, Sandakan R Burns not out 2 elite group of all-rounders. Left-arm wrist spinner “This series he’s proved 22-0-95-5, de Silva 5-0-16-0, Gunathilaka 2-0-5-0 K Jennings not out 1 row on the grid at one race in Dhabi last year, can still fin- Shakib, who has now 3,727 Lakshan Sandakan was the he’s an exceptional short-leg Extras 0 five straight years. ish third in the final stand- runs, is only the 14th cricketer pick of the Sri Lankan bowlers, fielder. He reads the game SRI LANKA FIRST INNINGS Total (no wickets, 4 overs) 3 Hamilton has already se- ings for which he must make in history to take 200 wickets taking 5-95 while finger spin- well. He’s alert. He practises M Gunathilaka c Jennings b Leach 18 Bowling: Perera 2-1-1-0, Pushpakumara 1-0-2-0, de cured a fifth Formula One up 14 points on Ferrari’s Kimi F Karunaratne c Jennings b Rashid 83 Silva 1-1-0-0 and score over 3,000 runs in ners Dilruwan Perera and Ma- hard in the morning and he D de Silva c Jennings b Rashid 73 Toss: England world title but can achieve Raikkonen who was fourth in Tests. linda Pushpakumara took the gets his rewards.” a personal record-tying 11th qualifying. Third T20I: India in must-win situation against Australia work and the team manage- also bowled well with figures team management will once Rain washed out India’s chance to level the ment could restore the skip- of 1/20 from four overs. again hope their side repli- series after posting a terrific comeback per to his usual batting posi- Also, K Khaleel Ahmed, cate the Brisbane show. tion. who was clobbered for 55 The middle order looks runs in Brisbane, showed India IANS bourne and Kohli will once settled with stumper Rishabh signs of improvement after Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar SYDNEY again like them to replicate Pant and Dinesh Karthik in scalping two wickets for 39 Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, the show. good nick. The duo came out runs from four overs. Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, THE Virat Kohli-led Indian Opener Shikhar Dhawan, all guns blazing in Brisbane On the other hand, Aus- Dinesh Karthik (Wicket-keeper), side faces a must-win situa- who played a classy knock of and their knocks brought tralia would once again ex- Rishabh Pant, Krunal Pandya, tion against Australia in the 76 off 42 deliveries in Bris- the visitors back in the hunt pect fireworks from Glenn Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep third and final Twenty20 In- bane, showed the kind of while chasing a challenging Maxwell and all-rounder Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, ternational of the rubber at havoc he could create and it total. Marcus Stoinis, who failed Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh the Sydney Cricket Ground is expected of him to blast However, Pant’s inexpe- in the last contest. The all- Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, (SCG) on Sunday. again for one final time in the rience was clearly visible as rounder was effective both Washington Sundar. After failing to cross the series. the Delhi stumper played an with the bat and ball in Bris- line in the rain-hit first T20I, Unlike Dhawan, his part- unwanted and completely bane and would like to repeat Australia the visitors posted a terrific ner Rohit Sharma failed to immature shot to throw his it again. Aaron Finch (Captain), Ashton comeback to restrict Austral- fire in the first game, but wicket. Ben McDermott also Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Alex ia at a moderate total in the the opener is an experienced Coming to India’s bowl- showed he could be a sur- Carey (Wicket-keeper), Nathan second contest before rain campaigner and it is a mat- ing, pacer Bhuvneshwar Ku- prise package for the visitors Coulter-Nile, Chris Lynn, Ben washed out India’s chance to ter of just a few deliveries for mar was accurate with the after a sensible 30-ball 32 in McDermott, Glenn Maxwell, level the series as the visitors him to click. leather after conceding just Melbourne. D’Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, didn’t even face a single ball. Meanwhile in the first 20 runs from his three overs Also, Adam Zampa proved Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye, The Indian bowlers came game, the ploy of promoting besides picking up a couple beneficial for the host in the Adam Zampa. out all guns blazing in Mel- Rahul to the No.3 slot didn’t of wickets. Jasprit Bumrah first game and the Australian Sports Sunday, November 25, 2018 19 Solari and Ramos feel heat as Real Madrid crash at Eibar Defender Raphael Varane top corner from 25 yards, only Bale’s free-kick was pushed Ramos brands anti-doping allegations added: “We were not well-or- to be ruled offside. wide and then he was booked ganised, we were not comfort- Karim Benzema went for dissent as Madrid looked to a ‘lie’, denies wrongdoing able and we did not find any close, his finish cleared off the be running out of ideas. Solari answers.” line by Jose Cote, but after sur- gave his first half-time team AFP violation on Friday night from Eibar, meanwhile, shoot up viving the early pressure, Eibar talk with his team behind, but EIBAR, SPAIN German magazine Der Spiegel. to seventh, a reward for their grew in confidence. their situation deteriorated in Both the club and Ramos have first ever victory over Real Kike made the woodwork the second half. SANTIAGO Solari proved the denied any breach. Madrid at the 11th attempt, in- shake with a drive from 25 Toni Kroos’ misjudged and perfect caretaker but his debut Eibar were stronger, more side their tiny 7,083-capacity yards, with replays show- misdirected crossfield pass ex- as permanent coach of Real aggressive and, worryingly for Ipurua. “We could even have ing the dipping shot had posed the unfortunate recipi- Madrid on Saturday ended in a Solari, appeared clearer about scored more,” said their coach been diverted by an excellent ent Alvaro Odriozola. Cucurel- disastrous 3-0 defeat at Eibar. the plan they wanted to ex- Jose Luis Mendilibar. finger-tip save from Thibaut la pounced, pushing Odriozola Four wins while in tem- ecute. Marc Cucurella, brilliant Ramos attacked Der Courtois. off the ball and delivering for porary charge earned Solari down the left, was instrumen- Spiegel’s claims as “lies” after Madrid’s goalkeeper came Enrich to score. a contract until 2021 over the tal in all three goals, scored by the match but allegations he to their rescue again in the 16th Odriozola was forced off international break, only for Gonzalo Escalante, Sergi En- failed to declare the correct Real Madrid’s goalie Thiabut Courtois (left) is beaten by Eibar’s Sergi minute, denying Enrich from injured and five minutes later Real to revert to the kind of rich and Kike Garcia. medication after the Champi- Enrich’goal during their Primera Division Liga match, on Saturday. (EPA) Cucurella’s cross, but this time it was three, this time Rapha- chaotic display that cost Julen Real’s loss halts their re- ons League final in 2017, can- Escalante was on hand to bun- el Varane was at fault, allow- Lopetegui the sack. vival under Solari and denies not have helped his side´s per- cal when you lack intensity. against Roma, which is likely dle in the rebound ahead of the ing Kike to nip in and convert This defeat also brought them a golden opportunity to formance. Our game was reflected by the to decide the winner of Group stumbling Dani Ceballos. Ref- another whipped Cucurella into focus the mindset of make up ground on Barcelona On their display, Ramos score.” G. They started well enough eree Juan Martinez consulted cross. Madrid’s players, after their and Atletico Madrid, who face said: “When you don´t match Solari, meanwhile, must and Gareth Bale looked in the the video assistant referee but Madrid had more than half captain Sergio Ramos faced each other at the Wanda Met- an opponent, you become a now rally Real ahead of Tues- mood when he swivelled and the delay only earned a repeat an hour to respond but it was allegations of an anti-doping ropolitano later on Saturday. bad team. You have to be criti- day’s Champions League game sent a stunning shot into the of home fans’ cheers. Eibar who looked more likely. PSG defeat ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Toulouse 1-0 to win 14th straight Ligue 1 game Attacking duo of Neymar, Mbappe were unavailable due to injury

REUTERS goals a game at home, and PARIS their strong defending pro- vided a springboard for plenty CHAMPIONS Paris St Ger- of attacks of their own. main continued their perfect Substitute Jimmy Durmaz start to the Ligue 1 season was the driving force behind as an early Edinson Cavani several promising second- strike earned them a 1-0 win half counter-attacks for the at home to Toulouse on Sat- visitors, but the PSG backline, urday, their 14th straight vic- marshalled by Gianluigi Buf- tory. fon in goal, managed to hold Uruguayan striker Cavani firm. notched his ninth league goal Brazilian defender Dani Results of the campaign with a close- Alves came on as a second- Brighton 1 - 1 Leicester range finish just nine minutes half substitute for PSG to end into the game at the Parc Des a six-month spell on the side- Everton 1 - 0 Cardiff City Princes, but PSG’s much- lines with a knee injury that Fulham 3 - 2 Southampton vaunted attack misfired for caused him to miss the World Man U 0 - 0 Palace much of the rest of the match. Cup in Russia. Watford 0 - 3 Liverpool With attacking duo Ney- Neymar and Mbappe are West Ham 0 - 4 Man City mar and Kylian Mbappe both also scheduled to return when sidelined after picking up PSG meet Liverpool in a cru- Tottenham 3 - 1 Chelsea knocks on international duty cial Champions League Group last week, PSG coach Thomas C tie in Paris on Tuesday. Manchester City’s midfielder Leroy Sane (centre) with the ball during their Premier League match against West Ham United at TheLondon Stadium, in London on Saturday. (AFP) Tuchel started with Julian The win put the Parisians Draxler and Angel Di Maria on a perfect 42 points after up front alongside Cavani. 14 Ligue 1 games, 15 ahead of Despite starting the day second-placed Olympique Ly- two points above the drop onnais, who beat St Etienne Man City, Liverpool cruise zone, Toulouse showed no 1-0 earlier on Saturday thanks fear of a PSG side that has to a Jason Denayer goal. Tou- been averaging over three louse are 15th on 14 points. as Man United stumble Super Tottenham Hotspurs end Sarri’s unbeaten start at Chelsea with a 3-1 win at Wembley AFP previous visits to the London after the break waived away. came. James Maddison sent-off for LONDON Stadium and had another three However, the visitors front Mourinho’s men were even two yellow cards in the opening before half-time in another three finally clicked 23 minutes fortunate that Marouane Fel- 28 minutes, but Jamie Vardy’s MANCHESTER City stretched dominant display. from time when Firmino fed Sa- laini wasn’t shown a red card penalty eight minutes from a relentless winning run to eight David Silva scored for the dio Mane and his cut-back was for a horrendous challenge on time secured a point. games by thrashing West Ham fourth straight game when he prodded home by Salah for his Palace captain Luka Milivojevic Gylfi Sigurdsson’s solitary 4-0 on Saturday but remain flicked home Raheem Sterling’s ninth goal of the season. that went unpunished. goal at Goodison Park was just two points clear at the top cross on 11 minutes. Alexander-Arnold then Ranieri couldn’t stop Ful- enough to see off Cardiff and of the Premier League as Liv- Sterling’s own stunning bagged his first for the cam- ham leaking goals in his first continue Everton’s progress un- erpool were also 3-0 victors at form in front of goal continued paign at club level with a sump- match in charge at Craven Cot- der Marco Silva. Watford. when he tapped home Leroy tuous free-kick after opening tage, but did secure a first win in Tottenham inflicted Maur- Manchester United are Sane’s cross for his eighth goal his account for England in the 10 league games as Aleksandar izio Sarri’s first competitive de- now 14 points off the leaders as of the season. The roles were re- international break. Mitrovic scored twice to edge a feat as Chelsea boss to leapfrog Paul Pogba was hauled off by versed from City’s flying wing- And despite having captain five-goal thriller. their London rivals into third in Jose Mourinho as they failed to ers 11 minutes before half-time Jordan Henderson sent-off, Stuart Armstrong also the Premier League with a 3-1 break down Crystal Palace in a when this time Sane showed Liverpool added a third through scored a double for Saints and win at Wembley that barely re- 0-0 draw at Old Trafford. great composure to turn home Firmino a minute from time. opened the scoring before flected Spurs’ dominance. Everton leapfrogged United the England international’s How United wish they had Mitrovic and Andre Schurrle Dele Alli and Harry Kane to move up to sixth with a 1-0 pass and Sane completed the the same firepower as after a turned the game around before put the hosts 2-0 in front inside victory over Cardiff, while Clau- rout in stoppage time. bright start they again faded half-time. Another great strike 16 minutes and Son Heung- dio Ranieri won his first match In keeping with recent and Palace held out for just a from Armstrong levelled before min’s brilliant individual run in charge of Fulham in a 3-2 weeks, Liverpool were far less second point in seven Premier Mitrovic volleyed home to spark and finish early in the second- thriller over fellow strugglers impressive but remain on City’s League games. wild scenes of celebration from half hauled Mauricio Pochet- Southampton. coat-tails as Mohamed Salah, Pogba and Romelu Lukaku Ranieri. tino’s side back to within five City have now won 12 of Trent Alexander-Arnold and were fit enough to start after Leicester showed great points of league leaders Man- their last 13 games with the Roberto Firmino all struck in missing international duty for resilience after a difficult few chester City. only dropped points coming in the final quarter at Vicarage France and Belgium through weeks off the field to fight back Olivier Giroud pulled back a creditable 0-0 draw at Liver- Road. Jurgen Klopp’s men rode injury, but failed to spark the from a goal and a man down for a late consolation for Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain’s forward Edinson Cavani celebrates his goal pool last month. their luck as Watford had an hosts and Pogba was even with- a 1-1 draw at Brighton. who slipped eight points off the against Toulouse during their French Ligue 1 match at the Parc des Pep Guardiola’s men had early goal disallowed and saw drawn for Alexis Sanchez in the Glenn Murray opened the leaders with a dreadful display Princes stadium in Paris on Saturday. (AFP) scored 13 goals in their three strong claims for a penalty just search for a winner that never scoring and the visitors had that left Sarri visibly frustrated. Malaysia beat Myanmar to join Vietnam in Asean semis

REUTERS ha’s opener earned the Malay- after latching on to Sumareh’s Jakarta to face Indonesia. HONG KONG sians second place as a result Malaysia will play the winners through ball and Zaquan The Vietnamese secured of an impressive performance of group B, which will con- scored the resulting penalty. top spot with a routine win MALAYSIA booked their place against Myanmar. clude on Sunday with leaders Myanmar did little to sug- over Cambodia, with goals in the semi-finals of the Asean Myanmar needed only gest they would find a way coming from Nguyen Tien Football Federation Champi- a draw to progress but, in Thailand playing Singapore back into the game and, with Linh, Nguyen Quang Hai and onship on Saturday with a 3-0 front of a vociferous crowd at while the Philippines travel to two minutes left on the clock, Phan Van Duc. win over Myanmar that en- Kuala Lumpur’s Bukit Jalil Jakarta to face Indonesia. Zaquan added the third goal Tien Linh gave Vietnam sures they advance to the tour- Stadium, the home side made when an attempted clearance the lead with a 39th-minute nament’s last four alongside most of the early running and by Kyaw slammed into the header and, two minutes later, favourites Vietnam. it came as little surprise when came back off the crossbar, striker’s head before looping Park Hang-seo’s side were two Vietnam finished top of Nohshahrul put Malaysia in Nohshahrul scored from close into Kyaw Zin Htet’s goal. ahead thanks to Quang Hai’s group A thanks to a comfort- front. Syahmi Safari’s darting range. Malaysia will play the win- side-foot finish. able 3-0 win over already- run down the right saw him Two minutes into first- ners of group B, which will Van Duc put the result be- eliminated Cambodia while a find Mohamadou Sumareh half injury time Safawi Rasid conclude on Sunday with lead- yond any doubt just after the Malaysian players celebrate their win against Myanmar at the end of brace from Zaquan Adha fol- with time and space in front was brought down inside the ers Thailand playing Singapore hour with a clinical shot on the their AFF Suzuki Cup 2018 match at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium lowing Nohshahrul Idlan Tala- of goal but, when his attempt penalty area by Soe Moe Kyaw while the Philippines travel to turn from just outside the area. in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. (AFP)