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SPORT SPORT | 05 SPORT | 06 US Open: Tiger, Thiem apologises Koepka, McIlroy for playing in among golfers to get Djokovic's exemption tennis event FRIDAY 26 JUNE 2020 First title for Reds in 30 years as Chelsea down City Australia and New Zealand Liverpool win Premier League named hosts for 2023 Women’s crown with 7 games to spare World Cup LAUSANNE REUTERS — LONDON REUTERS — Flags, scarves and cutout Liverpool’s 30-year English photos of Liverpool players, Australia and New Zealand were title drought ended yesterday Liverpool manager Juergen handed the right to host the 2023 as they were confirmed as Klopp and the Premier Women’s World Cup soccer tour- Premier League champions League trophy are seen nament by a comfortable margin after courtesy of second-placed outside the house of a vote by the FIFA Council yesterday. Manchester City’s 2-1 loss at Liverpool fan Emily Farley, Their joint proposal beat a rival Chelsea. yesterday. bid from Colombia to host the tour- The result at Stamford nament which is being expanded to Bridge means Liverpool have 32 teams. an unassailable 23-point lead Japan, who had also put forward over City with seven games a bid to stage the event, pulled out on left. Monday after they were ranked below Liverpool were last cham- the joint bid by world governing body pions of England when they FIFA’s evaluation report. won the old First Division title The report highlighted the infra- in 1989-90 after which a structure and organisational advan- decline in fortunes saw Man- tages of the Australia/New Zealand chester United and Arsenal, bid which FIFA believed would make then Chelsea and Manchester for a commercially successful City seize power. tournament. Manager Juergen Klopp “The FIFA Women’s World Cup has rekindled the Anfield 2023 in Australia and New Zealand flame though and delivered will be ground-breaking in many the club’s 19th title, one ways,” said a delighted Chris Nikou, behind arch-rivals United’s president of Football Federation Aus- record of 20, after finishing tralia (FFA). runners-up to City in a “Not only will it be the first ever thrilling title race last season. Liverpool’s coronation, they United (2000-01) and Man- CHAMPIONS SINCE 2010 matching Manchester City’s co-confederation hosted FIFA World Despite the COVID-19 have won the title with a chester City (2017-18), who record, before their hopes of Cup and the first ever FIFA Women’s pandemic forcing a three- record seven games to spare. sealed their respective titles 2010_Chelsea an unbeaten season were World Cup in the Asia-Pacific region, month suspension of the They eclipsed the record with five games left. 2011_Manchester United dashed by a 3-0 defeat at but we will unlock the huge potential season and delaying jointly held by Manchester Had it not been for the 2012_Manchester City Watford, a result that was for growth in women’s football in the unprecedented stoppage Liv- 2013_Manchester United merely a blip. Leading the Asia-Pacific region.” erpool were on course to 2014_Manchester City charge has been Mohamed There had been media reports that smash the record for the ear- 2015_Chelsea Salah, the Egyptian forward the vote could be tight with UEFA’s liest league title. Instead they 2016_Leicester who is the first Liverpool European representatives backing are now the first team to lift 2017_Chelsea player to score 20 goals in all Colombia but in the end the margin the coveted trophy as late as 2018_Manchester City competitions in three consec- of victory was wide with Australia and June. 2019_Manchester City utive seasons since Michael New Zealand gaining 22 votes to Liverpool ended last Owen at the start of the Colombia’s 13. 2020_Liverpool season with nine consecutive millennium. The 2019 World Cup in France league wins and, after City were the first team to was hailed as a watershed for global claiming the Champions have set a record-breaking breach the 100-point barrier interest in the women’s game and Chelsea’s League, began the new cam- pace and were 25 points clear in the Premier League two FIFA President Gianni Infantino per- players paign in relentless fashion to in February -- the biggest lead seasons ago but Liverpool are sonally drove the campaign to celebrate their leave all of their rivals trailing in Premier League history. on course to shatter that increase the field to 32 teams from 24 scoring goal, in their wake. When they beat West Ham mark, as well as records for for 2023. yesterday. With 28 wins and just one United that month it was their most points at home (55) and Infantino had also expressed a defeat in 31 games, Liverpool 18th successive top-flight win, most wins in a season (32). preference for the successful Aus- tralia/New Zealand bid during the FIFA Council meeting. Colombia, who were hoping to AFC Cup: Qatar U-19 QSL clubs continue preparations for restart become the first South American nation to hold the tournament, were squad's training disappointed at the decision but vowed to keep fighting to host a major FIFA event. camp begins today “We wanted the seat of the Women’s World Cup 2023 for THE PENINSULA — DOHA Colombia and we gave everything to get it,” the country’s sports Ministry The Qatar U-19 squad will launch its prepar- wrote on twitter. atory camp for the AFC U-19 Cup today, Qatar “We will work more strongly to Football Association (QFA) announced bring another World Cup to Colombia. yesterday. With the efforts of all, women’s soccer The players and the backroom staff with the (here)...will keep growing.” squad will undergo medical protocols before Infantino said the women’s tour- starting the training sessions which will end on nament should head to South America July 27. soon and suggested that increasing The squad is preparing to take part in the the regularity of the tournament to AFC U-19 Cup which will be held in Uzbekistan every two years, instead of a four- from October 14 to 31. year gap, was worth considering. Qatar are in Group D alongside Tajikistan, “It is something we will look at,” Malaysia and Yemen. he told reporters after praising the A total of 16 teams will feature in the tour- bid process’s transparency. nament with the top two in each group of four FIFA published details of their bid reaching the quarter-finals. evaluation process and released all The top four teams in the tournament will the individual votes of members of represent Asian at the FIFA U-20 World Cup to the FIFA Council, in contrast to the be held in Indonesia next year. secrecy of some of the hosting votes TOP: Al Sadd players take in the past. QATAR U-19 SQUAD part in team's training session as the reigning Joint bid beats rival proposal Qatar Squad: Mustafa Tariq Mashaal, Karim Haider, Youssef Abdullah champions continue to from Colombia. FIFA Council Blida, Abdullah Badr Al Yazidi, Talal Ibrahim Faraj, Faisal Muhammad, prepare for QNB Stars votes 22-13 for Australia-New Abdul Rahman Masoud Al-Nuaimi (Al Sadd), Abdul Rahman Al Has- League (QSL) restart. The san Al Abdul Rahman, Mustafa Essam Shawqi, Muhammad Mansour QSL will resume on July 24, Zealand. Musa, Saif Al Din Hassan, Shalban Al Din, Abdullah Nasser, Abdullah with Al Sadd meeting Al It will be the first women’s Sir Al Khatem (Al Gharafa). Muhammad Imad Ayyash, Diab Haroun Khor the same day. RIGHT: World Cup to be held in the Taha, Jassim Muhammad Al Muhairi, Lutfi Madjer, Ali Muhammad Al Rayyan player during a Asia-Pacific region. (Al-Duhail), Jassem Jaber Abdul Salam, Abdullah Issa Al Sulaiti, Abdul team's training session. Al Rahman Bilal Al Sadiq, Faisal Yusef Al Obaidli (Al Arabi), Mustafa Es- Rayyan will take on Qatar Infantino had also expressed a sam Abu Ali, Al Makki Mohsen and Nayef Abdul Rahim Al Hadrami (Al SC on July 24, which will preference for the successful Rayyan). Osama Abdul Karim Al-Tairi, Ali Nasser Al-Marri, Muhammad be the first game at the Australia/New Zealand bid Abdul-Fattah Seraj (Muaither), Hadi Ali and Abdullah Mahmoud brand new Education City during the FIFA Council Stadium, a FIFA World Cup Awad (Al-Sailiya), Muhammad Abdul-Wahhab (Al-Khor) and Jassem meeting. Mohammed Al-Sharshni (Al-Ahli). 2022 venue. FRIDAY 26 JUNE 2020 SPORT 05 Al Thumama Stadium: A sign of culture, history and NBA legend Carter symbolism of Qatar and the region announces retirement after 22 seasons AFP — NEW YORK Eight-time NBA All-Star Vince Carter (pictured) announced his retirement yesterday after a 22-season career that included 2000 Sydney Olympic gold and spectacular slam dunks during his “Vinsanity” heyday. Carter, who turned 43 in January, came off the bench for the Atlanta Hawks this past season and played his final NBA game on March 11, the same night 1999 NBA Rookie of the Year, his the league shut down after Utah’s high-leaping acrobatics bringing Rudy Gobert tested positive for a 2000 NBA Slam Dunk Contest COVID-19. title and the nickname “Air “I’m officially done playing Canada.” professional basketball,” Carter Carter also played for the said on his podcast “Winging It.” New Jersey Nets, Orlando Magic, The Hawks went 20-47 Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, before the NBA went on hiatus Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento and were not among the 22 clubs Kings and Atlanta as a shooting who qualified to compete in the guard and small forward.