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Messi Begins Road to World Cup Glory FFORMULAORMULA 1 | Page 3 FOOTBALL| Page 7 Hamilton, Ibra signs Vettel savour deal to play for competing Los Angeles against ‘best’ Galaxy Friday, March 23, 2018 Rajab 6, 1439 AH CRICKET Boult has six GULF TIMES appeal as England dismissed for 58 SPORT Page 2 Messi begins road to World Cup glory AFP in extra-time. Manchester As if that was not bad enough, for the first time in his career, he missed in a penalty shootout when Argen- tina were beaten by Chile in the Copa America final ionel Messi begins his road to World Cup re- two years ago. demption today as Argentina take on Italy in Although Messi is still in his prime, the 30-year-old a glamour friendly, desperate to win a major realises the World Cup in Russia, which starts in June, international prize to crown his glorious ca- could represent his last chance to hoist the famous Lreer. gold trophy. In Barcelona’s colours, Messi has experienced nothing He will be approaching the twilight of his career by but success, winning eight La Liga titles and four the time the 2022 edition kicks off in Qatar. Argentina’s forward Lionel Champions League crowns, while earning FIFA’s Bal- Messi will have also noted that key Argentina team- Messi participates in a team lon d’Or award five times. mates Sergio Aguero, Gonzalo Higuain, Angel Di training session at the City But pulling on Argentina’s blue-and-white striped shirt Maria, Nicolas Otamendi and Javier Mascherano will Academy in Manchester has brought the forward some of the most painful all be 30 or over this year. ahead of their international moments of his career. “Obviously, we depend on results and therefore the friendly against Italy today. Rarely able to hit the same heights with Argentina thinking in this group is that having got to three finals that he routinely scales with Barcelona, Messi has en- and not being able to win and even then people say dured stinging criticism from albiceleste fans at times. a lot of things about us, if we are not champions then Nobody would dispute Messi’s status as one of the all- we won’t have another one (opportunity),” Messi said. time greats, but many in Argentina believe he cannot Having edged through to the finals thanks to Messi’s be considered on the same level as Diego Maradona treble in a 3-1 win over Ecuador in October, Argentina until he wins a major honour with his country, as his are focused on peaking in Russia, where they will play compatriot did at the 1986 World Cup. Croatia, Iceland and Nigeria in the group stage. Rubbing salt into those wounds, Messi has lost in First up is an intriguing test against an Italy side that three successive major finals with Argentina as the failed to qualify for the World Cup. 2014 World Cup and the 2015 and 2016 Copa America Argentina boss Jorge Sampaoli believes the match at titles slipped from his grasp. Manchester City’s ground will help to sharpen his side “I cried many times because of games like these, for before a second friendly in Spain next week. lost finals, for what they mean and for not being able “Each match and training session is fundamental for to achieve the dream of a country. It was a hard blow us in preparation for the World Cup. Playing against to take,” Messi recently told Argentine television Italy, in a venue as important as Etihad Stadium, is an programme La Cornisa. invitation to a great event,” he said. The last World Cup was devastating to Messi as he “Every Argentine in the world wants to be there when missed a golden opportunity to put Argentina ahead the national team plays. We are certain they will ac- in the final against Germany, who went on to win 1-0 company us for this one.” RALLYING CRICKET India’s Shami to get Qatar’s Adel Abdulla aims to central contract as extend T2 lead in Abu Dhabi corruption probe ends Reuters By A Correspondent Mumbai Abu Dhabi ast bowler Mohamed Sha- atar’s Adel Abdulla has man- mi will be off ered a central aged to piece together a sec- contract after the commit- ond successive deal to rent a tee of administrators (CoA) car and will be hoping to ex- Frunning India’s cricket board (BCCI) Qtend his FIA T2 World Championship said no action was warranted against at the forthcoming Abu Dhabi Desert him for alleged breaches of its anti- Challenge, starting tomorrow in the corruption code. UAE capital. Shami was left out of the list of The third round of the FIA World Cup contracted players unveiled by the for Cross-Country Rallies features an BCCI earlier this month after being opening timed super special stage and charged by police in the Indian city then fi ve demanding selective sections of Kolkata following a complaint by through the remote deserts of the noto- his wife, who accused him of do- rious Rub Al-Khali in the UAE’s Empty mestic violence. Quarter. The board’s decision to omit the The BCCI said yesterday that Abdulla has managed to hire a Nis- 27-year-old from the list of con- Neeraj Kumar, head of its anti-cor- san Safari Y61 to take part in the T2 or tracted players raised doubts about ruption unit, had investigated the showroom category, where he and navi- Adel Abdulla has secured a deal to rent a Nissan (R) for the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, starting tomorrow. his ability to participate in this year’s allegations against Shami and sub- gator Nasser al-Kuwari face fi erce com- Indian Premier League for his team mitted a confi dential report clearing petition from the likes of Saudi Arabia’s could not, unfortunately, bring our car still set a good pace. My experience from good job and to represent Qatar in a good the Delhi Daredevils. him of wrongdoing with respect to Ahmed Shegawi, Russia’s Yuliya Khe- again. We are lucky that we have been to the last two years as a driver will be valu- way. We hope to reach the podium with Shami’s wife, Hasin Jahan, also al- the BCCI’s code. gay-Migunova and Romania’s Claudia hire a Nissan. I am always happy to drive able. good points. leged that her husband had received “Based on the conclusions in the Laurentiu Barbu. The duo tested the car a Nissan. This time I will drive a Patrol “I did this race for the fi rst time, ac- “Thanks to the Qatar government, the money from a Pakistani woman said report, the CoA is of the view for the fi rst time yesterday. Safari Y61. We have prepared ourselves tually, in 1993. I respect the dunes here Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation named Alishba before returning to that no further actions/proceedings The Qatari fi nished third at Baja Rus- well to try and get the maximum points and we need to be patient and to cross (QMMF) and Ooredoo Qatar for their India after the tour of South Africa under the BCCI anti-corruption sia and second in the recent Dubai Inter- we can. from the right places. To get stuck and to support. The fi rst of fi ve desert stages earlier this year. code are warranted in the matter,” national Baja and now holds an eight- “We will try to win. This rally is the waste time is not ideal and you lose eve- gets underway on Sunday and crews It was the latter allegation that the board said in a statement. point lead in the T2 rankings after two of best one in the cross-country and it is rything you have built up in a day. The will stay at a purpose-built bivouac prompted the committee of admin- “For this reason, the BCCI shall 11 rounds. also a very tough race for everybody, es- race is won on the last day and not the deep in the heart of the UAE desert for istrators to initiate an investigation proceed with off ering a Grade ‘B’ “At the end we had permission to do pecially for the T2s. We will try and keep fi rst two days. Nasser is well prepared four nights before the fi nish back in Abu into Shami. Shami has denied any annual retainership contract to the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, but we the car in a good condition every day and as well. We are feeling positive to do a Dhabi next Thursday (March 29). wrongdoing. Mohd. Shami.” Gulf Times 2 Friday, March 23, 2018 CRICKET FOCUS Boult leaves England red-faced in SCORECARD pink ball Test South Africa, first innings (Du Plessis), 5-236 (Bavuma), 6-242 D. Elgar not out .................................... 121 (De Kock), 7-254 (Philander), 8-257 A. Markram c Smith b Hazlewood 0 (Maharaj) H. Amla c Cummins b Hazlewood 31 Bowling: Starc 21-3-81-1 (2nb), A. de Villiers c Warner b Cummins 64 Hazlewood 18-4-37-2, Lyon 19-6-39-0, F. du Plessis c Smith b Cummins .. 5 Cummins 21-4-64-4 (1w), M. Marsh T. Bavuma c Smith b Cummins ....... 1 7-2-26-1 (1nb, 1w), Smith 1-1-0-0 Q. de Kock c Paine b Cummins ......3 Australia: S. Smith, C. Bancroft, V. Philander c Paine b M. Marsh .... 8 D. Warner, U. Khawaja, S. Marsh, M. K. Maharaj c Bancroft b Starc ......... 3 Marsh, T.
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