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SPORTS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2016

Matches on TV (Local Timings)

English 2016/2017

Manchester City v Chelsea 15:30 beIN SPORTS 2 HD beIN SPORTS 11 HD EN

Sunderland v Leicester City 18:00 beIN SPORTS 4 HD

Tottenham Hotspur v Swansea City 18:00 beIN SPORTS 2 HD

Crystal Palace v Southampton 18:00 beIN SPORTS 7 HD

West Bromwich Albion v Watford 18:00 MUNICH: This combination of picture made on December 1, 2016 shows (from L) Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward beIN SPORTS 9 HD in Madrid, on November 19, 2016, Atletico Madrid’s French forward Antoine Griezmann in Munich on May 3, 2016, and ’s Argentinian forward in Barcelona. Fifa announced yesterday that Real Stoke City v Burnley 18:00 Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo, Atletico Madrid’s French forward Antoine Griezmann and Argentinian beIN SPORTS 13 HD EN forward Lionel Messi are the final nominees for The Best FIFA Men’s Player Award. — AFP

West Ham United v Arsenal 20:30 beIN SPORTS 2 HD beIN SPORTS 11 HD EN FIFA nominates Ronaldo, Messi Spanish League Primera Div and Griezmann for best of 2016 Granada v Sevilla 15:00 beIN SPORTS 3 HD AFC names Omar Abdulrahman ‘Player of the Year’ Barcelona v Real Madrid 18:15 : FIFA yesterday said it had nomi- ented 25-year-old made up for that dis- second in the league and runners-up in beIN SPORTS 1 HD nated Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi appointment by topping this year’s the President’s Cup, Abdulrahman beIN SPORTS 3 HD and Antoine Griezmann to battle it out shortlist ahead of Iraq’s Hammadi shone brightly during his side’s quest for Leganes v Villarreal 20:30 for the accolade of world player of the Ahmed and Wu Lei from China, the AFC Champions League glory. beIN SPORTS 3 HD year. Real Madrid star Ronaldo is Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said. In total, the midfield maestro gar- favourite for the crown after winning Abdulrahman’s recognition comes nered eight Most Valuable Player Atletico v Espanyol 22:45 the Champions League and also Euro after the diminutive played Awards, three goals and plaudits galore beIN SPORTS 3 HD 2016 with Portugal, albeit he exited the pivotal roles in guiding Al Ain to this as Al Ain stormed through the Group final win over France with an early season’s AFC Champions League final, Stage, overcame Zobahan, Lokomotiv Italian Calcio League Serie A injury. and the UAE to within touching distance and El Jaish in the knockout phase and Perennial rival Messi of Barcelona of a place at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in then lost to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Juventus v Atalanta 22:45 and Argentina, the reigning player of Russia. over two legs in the final after which beIN SPORTS 4 HD the year, had a less stellar year by his Despite failing to land silverware Abdulrahman was duly voted the exacting standards. Griezmann mean- with Al-Ain at the end of a domestic sea- Toyota Most Valuable Player of the German Bundesliga 1st Div while suffered double heartache with son which saw the Emirati giants finish Competition. —Agencies France and Atletico Madrid at Euro 2016 Dortmund v Monchengladbach 17:30 and in the Champions League. beIN SPORTS 5 HD German Olympic champion Melanie Behringer will go up against Brazilian Claudio Ranieri defends Leverkusen v Freiburg 17:30 veteran Marta and US star Carli Lloyd for beIN SPORTS the women’s accolade.Real Madrid’s spluttering Leicester will vie with Leicester Wolfsburg v Hertha Berlin 17:30 miracle worker Claudio Ranieri and SUNDERLAND: With their Premier in new players they start very well. beIN SPORTS Portugal boss Fernando Santos for the League title defence in disarray, “ started (playing title of top coach. Despite benig a rela- Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri has well) in his second year. If he need six Werder Bremen v Ingolstadt 17:30 tive coaching novice, Zidane led Real to been forced to defend the spluttering or seven months, imagine the others.” beIN SPORTS the Champions League after replacing champions ahead of today’s trip to Ahmed Musa, a striker signed from Rafael Benitez mid-season at the Sunderland. CSKA Moscow, has started just five Hoffenheim v Koln 17:30 Bernabeu. Ranieri shocked the football Ranieri backed his title-winning league games so far, while winger beIN SPORTS world when he led Leicester to a first stars after criticism of their league Bartosz Kapustka has not played at all. ever league crown in England while form, which has fallen well below last Free transfer defender Luis Leipzig v Schalke 20:30 Santos ensured Portugal finally broke season’s remarkable standards. The Hernandez has made just three beIN SPORTS 5 HD their major title duck. Italian, whose team are only two league appearances and goalkeeper French League 1st Div “ am getting better day by day and points above the relegation zone, Ron-Robert Zieler has been uncon- continue to learn. But maybe it is too attempted to explain the difference vincing. Midfielder , between his side’s stellar Champions who was signed from Nice to replace Montpellier v Paris Saint 19:00 early for me to be up there among the League performance in their debut the influential N’Golo Kante after his beIN SPORTS 6 HD three nominees,” Zidane reflected mod- estly. The title of best women’s coach season and their poor displays in move to Chelsea, has made just one Metz v Lyonnais 22:00 will go either to US handler Jill Ellis, domestic games. appearance due to injury. beIN SPORTS 9 HD ’s Silvia Neid or Sweden’s Pia Ranieri was also forced to defend But Mendy, 24, could return to the Sundhage. his club’s transfer business as ques- squad at Sunderland after training Monaco v Bastia 22:00 FIFA will bestow its “Best” awards on tions intensify about the impact of this week following ankle surgery. beIN SPORTS 6 HD the winners at a Zurich gala evening on their signings. “He has worked with us and done January 9. Club record buy Islam Slimani, who all the training sessions this week Guingamp v Nantes 22:00 Meanwhile, the football star of Al-Ain is in line to start at the Stadium of pain-free,” Ranieri said. beIN SPORTS SC and the UAE national team Omar Light, is the only one of the new “He lacks stamina but he is getting Abdulrahman, nicknamed as Amoori, recruits to make a significant impact better. I have to decide but think he is Girondins de Bordeaux v Lille 22:00 has been named the 2016 AFC Player of with five goals in 10 games since the OK for the bench. Maybe he can play beIN SPORTS 7 HD the Year at a glittering ceremony here forward’s arrival from Sporting Lisbon. for half an hour.” on Thursday. But Ranieri said: “The recruitment Meanwhile, Adnan Januzaj insists Angers v Lorient 22:00 Beaten to the 2015 award by compa- is very good and I’m very happy, but Leicester hold no fears for struggling beIN SPORTS triot Ahmed Khalil, the prodigiously tal- it’s not always certain when you bring Sunderland.—AFP