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NBA | Page 4 GOLF | Page 6 Is Irving China’s Dou part of NBA’s earns historic new rental PGA Tour market? card Tuesday, August 1, 2017 ATHLETICS Dhul-Qa’da 9, 1438 AH Bolt departure GULF TIMES great for rivals, bad for athletics SPORT Page 3 FOOTBALL TRANSFER NEWS Neymar expected in Doha for PSG medical? Agencies Nasser al-Khelaifi . A training spat with new Barcelona before attending an evening event for a Doha The news outlets reported al-Khelaifi signing Nelson Semedo during that clothing brand. as saying that he was optimistic of sign- pre-season tour in Miami ramped up Neymar also posted on Weibo a pic- ing Neymar for the coming season. chatter that Neymar could be about to ture of himself with fellow Brazilian eymar hit the red carpet in “Neymar’s deal is going well, I am con- swap Spain for the French capital. forward Hulk, who plays in the Chinese Shanghai yesterday as specu- fi dent,” al-Khelaifi was quoted as saying. Super League for Shanghai SIPG. lation mounted that the Brazil Neymar is currently in China on a SHANGHAI SOJOURN Even following the training-ground star could be set to quit Bar- promotional trip and will stop over in Neymar, who has remained tight- bust-up in the United States, after Ncelona for Paris Saint-Germain for a Doha today on his way back for fi nal lipped about the transfer rumours, which Neymar appeared to storm off , world-record 222 million euros. negotiations and medical check-ups, posted a message for Chinese fans on his Barcelona team-mates said they The 25-year-old striker is at the cen- the newspaper added. Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter, wanted him to stay at the Camp Nou. tre of an apparent tug of war between the The Brazilian was the key perform- after arriving for a promotional visit. “Neymar and I, we are very close and two European giants in what would be er for Barcelona’s famous Champi- “Ni Hao China! I’m Neymar Jr. and I want him to stay and I know the situa- the most expensive transfer fee in foot- ons League comeback against PSG in I’ve just arrived in China,” he wrote. tion,” defender Gerard Pique told ESPN ball history. The fee would be more than March and has scored over 100 goals in “I’m in Shanghai at the moment. I FC. “Right now he doesn’t know what double what Manchester United paid Ju- all competitions for the Spanish giants. would like to send a huge hug to all my to do and we are trying to help him — the ventus for Paul Pogba last summer. The player who Barca signed from Chinese fans, thank you very much for ones (on the team) that are more close to The record transfer appeared to be Santos in 2013 also put in a strong per- your support.” him — to take the right decision.” moving closer yesterday after several formance during his team’s 3-2 friendly He later posed for a scrum of pho- Despite that it seems like Neymar is news outlets reported that he was due victory over LaLiga arch-rivals Real tographers and television journalists ready to leave Barcelona and head to in Doha for talks with PSG president Brazilian footballer Neymar Jr. poses for a photograph in Shanghai yesterday. Madrid in Miami on Saturday night. and answered questions about fashion, PSG. Wait and watch we shall. CRICKET Ali hat-trick sees England England v South Africa 3rd Test scoreboard England 1st Innings 353 (B Stokes 112, A Cook 88; M Morkel 3-70, K thrash South Africa Rabada 3-85) South Africa 1st Innings 175 (T ‘At no point have we made excuses — we know Trent Bridge wasn’t good enough, we’ve responded’ Bavuma 52; T Roland-Jones 5-57, J Anderson 3-25) AFP London England 2nd Innings 313-8 dec (J Bairstow 63, T Westley 59, J Root 50; K Maharaj 3-50) oeen Ali became the fi rst bowler in The Oval’s 100 South Africa 2nd Innings Test-history to take a hat- (overnight 117-4, target 492) trick as England wrapped H. Kuhn b Broad 11 Mup a crushing 239-run win in the third D. Elgar c Stokes b Ali 136 Test against South Africa yesterday. H. Amla c Root b Roland-Jones 5 Victory put England 2-1 up in this Q. de Kock b Stokes 5 four-match series, with just the fourth F. du Plessis lbw b Stokes 0 Test at Old Traff ord starting on Friday T. Bavuma lbw b Roland-Jones 32 to come. V. Philander lbw b Roland-Jones 0 After having Dean Elgar (136) and C. Morris c Stokes b Ali 24 Kagiso Rabada (nought) caught at K. Maharaj not out 24 fi rst slip by Ben Stokes with the last K. Rabada c Stokes b Ali 0 two balls of his 16th over, off -spinner M. Morkel lbw b Ali 0 Ali ended The Oval’s landmark match Extras (b4, lb7, nb4) 15 when he had Morne Morkel lbw with Total (all out, 77.1 overs, 341 mins) 252 the fi rst ball of his next over — although Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Kuhn), 2-47 England had to fi rst review umpire Joel (Amla), 3-52 (De Kock), 4-52 (Du Ples- Wilson’s not out decision. sis), 5-160 (Bavuma), 6-160 (Philander), “I was very confi dent it was out, 7-205 (Morris), 8-252 (Elgar), 9-252 as soon as it hit his pad,” Ali told Sky (Rabada), 10-252 (Morkel) Sports of his hat-trick delivery. Bowling: Anderson 13-3-26-0; Broad “It was a great feeling.” 16-4-47-1; Roland-Jones 18-4-72-3; Ali’s treble saw him become the 13th Stokes 14-1-51-2 (4nb); Ali 16.1-5-45-4; England bowler to take a hat-trick at this England: Alastair Cook, Keaton Jen- level, with South Africa’s second innings nings, Tom Westley, Joe Root (capt), the fi rst in the 140-year history of Test Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Jonny cricket to include four fi rst-ball ducks. Bairstow (wkt), Moeen Ali, Stuart South Africa, set a mammoth 492 for Broad, Toby Roland-Jones, James victory, were all out for 252 after lunch, Anderson with Worcestershire all-rounder Ali taking four for 45. Result: England won by 239 runs “What a way to celebrate the 100th Man-of-the-match: Ben Stokes Test at this ground,” said England cap- (ENG) tain Joe Root. Series: England lead four-match He added that England’s fi rst-innings series 2-1 batting, with man-of-the-match Stokes England’s Moeen Ali (C) and England cricketers celebrate victory on the fifth and final day of the third Test between England and South Africa at The Oval yesterday. making 112 and former captain Alastair Cook 88 in a total of 353, had laid the plat- the fi eld for much of this Test with a Hashim Amla cheaply for the second form for an emphatic success. viral infection. time in the match on Sunday, eventu- Moeen proves England’s man for the ages “I think the way we batted in the fi rst “It’s obvious to say that someone like ally ended a stand worth 108 runs. innings was really important and set a Vernon Philander missing out on that His full-length delivery struck Bavu- The Oval has extracted every last drop expect of such a deed. in this series. good benchmark for us. fi rst innings was costly, so they got 100 ma on the pad as the diminutive bats- of publicity from its 100th test but even Every now and then, cricket conjures Moeen has taken 18 wickets in the se- “Alastair Cook’s innings was crucial runs too many in that innings, but you man got only half-forward. the famous old ground’s PR depart- up days that span generations. ries at an average of under 15 in 2017. — we could have gone fi ve or six down have to say the English team batted well,” Aleem Dar ruled not out but England ment would have struggled to dream Within minutes of Moeen dismissing These impressive statistics reflect but the way he played was brilliant.” said South Africa captain Faf du Plessis. reviewed the experienced Pakistani um- up an ending so dramatic it may be the unfortunate Morne Morkel, who the new-found confidence to deliver The way this series has see-sawed — South Africa resumed yesterday on 117 pire’s decision and Bavuma had to go for talked about 100 games hence. had earlier bowled superbly for South slower balls, often tossed up to keep England won the fi rst Test at Lord’s by for four, with left-handed opener Elgar 32 after a defi ant innings of more than After an unremarkable morning, Africa for no reward, statistics started the batsmen guessing. 211 runs and South Africa took the sec- (72 not out) and Temba Bavuma (16 not two hours. Philander didn’t stay too long. Moeen Ali bounced up to the crease as to drip feed out of computers. The more he has been dropped down ond at Trent Bridge by 340 runs — will out) having already helped the Proteas Elgar, batting with a bruised fi nger, the third English bowler to be on a hat- This was the third time a test had been the order the more he has accepted give the Proteas hope of bouncing back recover from 52 for four yesterday.