FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 3 NNHLHL | Page 5 Chelsea give Blackhawks Conte cheer, put it past Burnley Panthers 3-2 go fourth in overtime Thursday, December 14, 2017 CRICKET Rabia I 26, 1439 AH Fed-up Root tells GULF TIMES England to stand up and be counted SPORT Page 2 SPOTLIGHT Sharma fi rst player to Mo Farah hit 3 ODI double tons the star AFP unbeaten 111. Leg-spinner Yuz- Mohali vendra Chahal claimed three wickets. attraction The third and deciding match kipper Rohit Sharma will be played in Visakhapa- became the first bats- tanam on Sunday. man to hit three double Scenturies in one-day India in Ooredoo internationals as he powered R. Sharma not out .........................208 India to a 141-run win over Sri S. Dhawan c Thirimanne b Lanka in the second match Pathirana ......................................................68 yesterday. S. Iyer c sub (Chaturanga) b Sharma’s ubeaten 208 steered Perera ..............................................................88 Marathon the hosts to an imposing 392-4 M.S. Dhoni lbw b Perera .................7 and then restricted Sri Lanka to H. Pandya c Thirimanne b By Sports Reporter participation event in Qatar at- 251-8 to level the three-match Perera ..................................................................8 Doha tracting runners from over 50 na- series at 1-1 in Mohali. Extras (b1, lb1, w11) ............................13 tionalities. Farah continued, “I also His epic knock, laced with 12 Total (4 wickets, 50 overs) 392 look forward to running alongside India’s Rohit Sharma sixes and 13 fours in 153-ball Fall of wickets: 1-115 (Dhawan), ritish distance running ace my fellow elite athletes and spend- reacts after recording his stay, led the Indian charge after 2-328 (Iyer), 3-354 (Dhoni), 4-392 Sir Mo Farah will be the star ing time with amateur athletes and double century against they were invited to bat first in (Pandya) attraction in the Ooredoo spectators at the marathon. Doha is Sri Lanka yesterday. overcast conditions. Did not bat: D. Karthik, M. Pan- Doha Marathon on January a truly international city, and that B12, 2018, Ooredoo and Qatar Tour- makes for a great atmosphere and Sharma reached 200 in the dey, B. Kumar, W. Sundar, J. Bum- 50th over, bowled by opposi- rah, Y. Chahal ism Authority (QTA) announced overall experience.” tion skipper Thisara Perera. His Bowling: Mathews 4-1-9-0, yesterday. During his stay in Qatar’s capital, first hundred came off 115 balls, Lakmal 8-0-71-0 (w1), Perera 8-0- The organisers have invited run- Farah and other top international and his second off just 38 balls. 80-3 (w1), Pradeep 10-0-106-0 ners, new and experienced, in Qatar athletes will be visiting schools and The right-hander scored 209 (w3), Dananjaya 10-0-51-0 (w1), and from around the world, to join universities to give talks and coach against Australia in Bangalore Pathirana 9-0-63-1 (w3), Gu- Farah in Doha. students. They are also scheduled to in 2013, and followed that dou- naratne 1-0-10-0 (w2) Farah became the fi rst athlete to attend public events where fans will ble-hundred with his highest win three long-distance doubles at have a unique chance to meet their score of 264 against Sri Lanka a Sri Lanka (target 393) successive World Championships heroes. year later in Kolkata. D. Gunathilaka c Dhoni and Olympic Games – securing his Hassan al-Ibrahim, Acting Chair- Martin Guptill (New Zealand), b Bumrah ......................................................16 place in the history books when man at QTA said, “We are delighted Virender Sehwag (India), Chris U. Tharanga c Karthik he won double gold in 5,000m and that Sir Mo Farah has chosen Doha Gayle (West Indies) and Sachin b Pandya ..........................................................7 10,000m at the Rio Olympics in as the launch pad for this exciting Tendulkar (India) have recorded L. Thirimanne b Sundar ...............21 2016. new chapter of his athletic career.” a double century each in ODI A. Mathews not out ...........................111 His participation in the half mar- He added, “Qatar has played host cricket. N. Dickwella c Sundar athon event in Doha, will be his fi rst to numerous global sporting events, Sharma made a bright start b Chahal ........................................................22 event of 2018. It will also be his fi rst and with its pleasant winter weath- with his opening partner A. Gunaratne st Dhoni under his new coach, Gary Lough, er, world-class sporting facilities, Shikhar Dhawan (68) after b Chahal ........................................................34 who coached women’s marathon and award-wining hospitality op- the Indian batsmen’s horror T. Perera c Dhoni b Chahal .........5 world record holder Paula Radcliff e. tions, provides the ideal destina- showing in the opening ODI, S. Pathirana c Dhawan The half marathon in Doha will be tion for athletes and sport tourists when they were skittled out for b Kumar ............................................................2 an important step towards the Lon- to come together and celebrate their just 112. A. Dananjaya c Sharma don Marathon in April 2018 where passion for sport. We look forward Sharma’s 213-run stand for the b Bumrah ........................................................11 Farah will do battle with the Olym- to welcoming Sir Mo and all inter- second wicket with Shreyas S. Lakmal not out ...................................11 pic champion Eliud Kipchoge. national participants in Qatar for Iyer, who scored 88, also stood Extras (lb2, w9) .....................................11 On coming to Doha, Farah com- the Ooredoo Doha Marathon.” out on a hazy day in Mohali. Total (8 wickets, 50 overs) 251 mented, “I am really looking for- Waleed al-Sayed, Ooredoo’s Dhawan, who hit nine bounda- Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Tha- ward to opening my 2018 season in Chief Executive Offi cer, said: “Hav- ries during his 67-ball knock, ranga), 2-30 (Gunathilaka), 3-62 Doha. I am looking forward to the ing such a world-class and well- was caught at mid-wicket off (Thirimanne), 4-115 (Dickwella), event, as a chance to test myself on respected athlete like Sir Mo Farah Sachith Pathirana. 5-159 (Gunaratne), 6-166 (Perera), the fast and fl at run along Doha, and enter the Ooredoo Marathon will The wicket though proved to be 7-180 (Pathirana), 8-207 (Danan- also to hopefully check out the city.” hopefully encourage more people a minor blemish on India’s in- jaya) The invitational elite half mara- than ever from across Qatar’s com- nings as Sharma dominated the Did not bat: N. Pradeep thon that Sir Mo is taking part in, munities to take part. This year we bowlers with the attack-minded Bowling: Kumar 9-0-40-1 (w2), will be part of the Ooredoo Doha are asking everyone to be ‘united’ as Iyer for company. Pandya 10-0-39-1, Bumrah 10-0- Marathon which includes a full mar- we run, whether you’re running for Sri Lanka were never in the 43-2 (w2), Sundar 10-0-65-1, Cha- athon, half marathon, 10K and 5K health, for fun, or for a great cause, chase after losing their open- hal 10-0-60-3 (w5), Iyer 1-0-2-0 events for adults and youth as well we hope that together we can make ers for just 30 runs as Angelo Toss: Sri Lanka as 3K and 1K events for children. the Marathon a shining example of Mathews top-scored with an Result: India won by 141 runs Over the past fi ve years, the Oore- Qatar’s ability to host international doo Doha Marathon has steadily sporting events, and inspire every- grown to become the largest mass one to get active.” FOOTBALL/ CLUB WORLD CUP Mo Farah of Britain. Returning Bale rescues Real AFP credible stop to turn a defl ected Ron- sure to cut inside and curl his shot in- Abu Dhabi aldo header onto the bar then got down side Keylor Navas’ far post. well to parry eff orts from Luka Modric A monumental upset looked on and Karim Benzema. when Al Jazira had the ball in the net areth Bale came off the Real Madrid’s Benzema also had a goal ruled out for for a second time two minutes into bench to book Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale a push by Ronaldo in the build-up, but the second half. However, this time place in the Club World Cup celebrates Madrid thought they had fi nally gone VAR came to Madrid’s rescue as Mbark Gfi nal as the European cham- in Abu Dhabi ahead when Casemiro’s header de- Boussoufa was off side by the fi nest of pions recovered from the shock of go- yesterday. fl ected off an Al Jazira head and looped margins before slotting home. ing behind to beat Emirati champions over Khaseif. Zinedine Zidane’s men grabbed Al Jazira 2-1 yesterday. However, after a four-minute delay that let-off gratefully and were level Despite dominating throughout, for the VAR referral, Brazilian referee eight minutes later when Ronaldo was Madrid trailed at half-time to Romar- Gremio on Saturday. Sandro Ricci disallowed the goal due played in by Modric and smashed a inho’s opener in a match also marred Al Jazira, only invited to the compe- to Benzema being in an off side position shot past Khaled al-Senaani, who had by use of the video assistant referee tition as champions of the host coun- despite the fact the Frenchman was ar- replaced the injured Khaseif moments (VAR) that ruled out a goal for both try, enjoyed their 15 minutes of fame guably not interfering with play. earlier. Madrid continued to lay seige sides. at the break after a remarkable fi rst 45 In total Madrid had 18 shots on goal to the Al Jazira goal, but the misfi ring Madrid’s pressure fi nally paid off minutes.