MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2016 SPORTS Anscombe out of Paris replaces injured Etixx barred from Wales’s opener Richardson for Australia Tour of Qatar DUBLIN: Wales full-back Gareth SYDNEY: Paceman Kane Richardson has been ruled out of Australia’s final one-day DOHA: Tour of Qatar organisers have blocked multiple Anscombe was ruled out of his side’s Six international against New Zealand with back trouble and will be replaced by Joel winners Etixx from competing in this year’s race starting Nations opener against Ireland in Paris, Cricket Australia said yesterday. Richardson was a late withdrawal from today citing “disciplinary problems” with the Belgian team. Dublin yesterday due to a tight ham- Saturday’s second ODI and CA said he would return home “for further investigation “I’ve decided not to send them an invitation despite their string, a Welsh Rugby Union spokesman into the issue”. Paris had been with Western Australia’s Sheffield Shield squad in wish to participate,” Qatar Cycling Federation president said. The Cardiff Blues back was still Lincoln, New Zealand, where he took four wickets for 37 in the drawn match against Sheikh Khalid Bin Ali Al Thani told a press conference in expected to train fully next week ahead New South Wales. Paris made his ODI debut in this season’s ODI series against India. Doha yesterday. “On several occasions the team has dis- of Wales’s second match against Richardson faces an anxious wait to determine the extent of his back injury with played disciplinary problems,” he explained. “For example Scotland in Cardiff on February 13. Australia set to announce their World T20 squad later this week. Richardson’s injury they take too long to change and give interviews even Anscombe’s place in Warren Gatland’s trouble adds further problems for selectors already faced with injuries to T20 skip- though they are expected on live television, and they take starting XV was taken by Scarlets’ Liam per Aaron Finch and allrounder James Faulkner, who both have hamstring issues. too long to reach the podium.” The sheikh accused the Williams, who has played only an hour Australia levelled the three-game Chappell-Hadlee Trophy ODI series with a four- team of “lacking respect”. Etixx have dominated the Tour of rugby since a foot injury ruled him wicket win over the Black Caps in Wellington on Saturday. The third and final match of Qatar, with Tom Boonen winning four editions (2006, out of last year’s World Cup. There were will be played in Hamilton today. Paceman James Pattinson is also with the Australia 2008, 2009, 2012) and Niki Terpstra successful in 2014 and no changes to the Wales replacements squad in New Zealand but he has been instructed to focus on the first Test against 2015. A total of 18 teams will line up for the 2016 race bench. — AFP New Zealand in Wellington starting on February 12. — AFP which finishes on Friday. — AFP 4th Golf Tournament of Crowne Plaza Kuwait Al Thuraya City KUWAIT: Crowne Plaza Kuwait Al Thuraya City registration, a continental breakfast, and a golf Suck Kwon won first place. Members of the by Ji Eon Kim and Myung Ok Cha, respectively. hosting the tournament once again next year is proud to announce the continuous success trick show performed by Mark Reynolds. The second place winner team were Young Soo Ramy Haykal, Area General Manager for and to making it bigger and better every com- of its annual golf tournament. The fourth edi- one-hour show was followed by shotgun start Son, Nam Gyu Cho, Sei Jin Pyo, and Jong Kuk Inter Continental Hotels Group, congratulated ing year.” tion took place on Saturday, 6th February, at at 10 am. In addition to the tournament’s team Choi. Third place was claimed by the team of all participants for showing great sportsman- Golf is a game of precision and focus, two Sahara Kuwait, a 18-hole championship golf prizes, the 108 players competed for individual Ho Suk Seo, Dae Sung Park, Ji Hun Song, and ship and thanked them for a wonderful day at qualities the Crowne Plaza Kuwait Al Thuraya course built to PGA standards. The 27 partici- prizes in the nearest-the-pin and longest-drive Seong GuJeong. The men’s nearest-the-pin the golf resort. He also thanked Sahara City applies in its everyday operations to pating teams of four were composed of contests. The prizes were awarded right after and longest-drive contests were won by Kuwait’s team for their crucial support in ensure its hotel guests have a memorable stay. Crowne Plaza management officials and their buffet lunch accompanied by live jazz music. Abdulwahab Al Musallam and Abdelaziz Al ensuring the event’s success. “It is really nice to The hotel trains its staff to create and maintain business partners. Achieving great scores, the team of Song Sarawi, respectively. The nearest-the-pin and see all tournament participants having a great a restful environment and provides innovative The tournament kicked off at 7 am with Mok Cho, Shin Hyuk Choi, Peter Cho, and So longest-drive contests for women were won time together,” he shared. “We look forward to products and services to make this happen. Janka wins super-G at 2018 Olympics test JEONGSEON: Former overall World Cup champi- on Carlo Janka won the super-G test event for the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics by a large margin yesterday, while several pre-race favorites failed to finish their runs in a race that was much more challenging than the downhill a day earlier. The Swiss racer clocked 1 minute, 26.16 seconds for a 0.82 advantage over Christof Innerhofer of Italy. Vincent Kriechmayr of Austria finished third, 1.06 behind. “I took some risks and everything worked over the jumps, over the waves. I had a perfect bib today,” said Janka, who started seventh. “I had GARMISCH PARTENKIRCHEN: Switzerland’s Lara Gut, center, winner of an Alpine ski some information on the start from the other guys women’s World Cup Super G race, celebrates on the podium with second-placed down in the finish and it worked very well for me.” Germany’s Viktoria Rebensburg, left, and third-placed United States’ Lindsey Vonn, Janka has struggled with injuries since winning in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany, yesterday. — AP the overall title six years ago. This was the first super-G victory of his career and his 11th World Cup win in all. Janka’s victory also gave the strug- Lara Gut wins gling Swiss men’s team its first win of the season. “We are a small team at the moment because of a lot of injuries,” Janka said. “It’s good for all the Super-G World Cup coaches and teammates. Hopefully we take some confidence out of this. Innerhofer had been an GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN: Lara Gut of Super-G standings. outspoken critic of the downhill course, which he Switzerland won her first Super G race of the “When I ski the way I can, I am able to mix it derided as too slow and easy. season yesterday to cut into Lindsey Vonn’s up with the best,” said Gut, who finished a disap- “The super-G was different,” Innerhofer said. “It JEONGSEON: Winner Carlo Janka of Switzerland holds his trophy during the award ceremony overall World Cup lead. pointing 14th in Saturday’s downhill. “I just was a nice super-G, because as you see there are a for a men’s World Cup super-G race, also a test event for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany edged Vonn made fewer mistakes than the others.” lot of guys who (make) mistakes. It’s difficult Olympics, at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre in Jeongseon, South Korea, yesterday. — AP for second place as the American narrowly “It’s much better when I focus only on the because it’s a lot of bumps at beginning and the overnight, making conditions softer than was born Thursday. Organizers offered him a seat missed out on winning back-to-back races on skiing and not think about the points. It’s not speed is OK. You start at the steepest point of this Saturday’s downhill won by Jansrud. on a private jet to Incheon airport. the Kandahar hill. Vonn won Saturday’s down- true that Lindsey is unbeatable, all of us just downhill so the speed is OK.”“We had the same “There was quite a bit of loose snow on the out- hill. Still, Vonn set an all-time high with her 42nd have to step on it,” Gut said. Rebensburg made speed as for the downhill,” Innerhofer added. “It’s podium finish in a Super-G. Renate Goetschl of the podium for the second straight day after fin- side of the track,” Weibrecht said. “I could have INJURED right to have 95 kph (60 mph) in the super-G.” Pre- made it if they had cleared the snow a little bit bet- Marcel Hirscher of Austria finished seventh to Austria had 41. Vonn’s 27 World Cup wins in ishing third in the downhill. She also won the race favorites Dominik Paris of Italy, Kjetil Jansrud Super-G races is already a record for both men last two giant slaloms. ter. But once I hit that I had no chance of making a increase his lead in the overall standings to 89 of Norway and Andrew Weibrecht of the United and women. “I couldn’t have wished for a better weekend recovery.” This was the first of 28 test events for the points ahead of Aksel Lund Svindal, the She had won seven of the last eight Super-G before home fans,” Regensburg said.