CCYCLINGYCLING | Page 4 NFL | Page 5 Roglic wins Brady shines time-trial to as Tampa Bay take overall Buccaneers lead in Vuelta hold off Giants Wednesday, November 4, 2020 FOOTBALL Rabia I 18, 1442 AH Blow for PSG as GULF TIMES injured Mbappe to miss Leipzig clash SPORT Page 2 QATAR CLASSIC SQUASH FOOTBALL Elias in last 16 with Gladbach hammer win over al-Tamimi Shakhtar World No 1 Ali Farag kicks off his title defence with a 3-0 win over Richie Fallows with Plea hat-trick Borussia Moenchengladbach’s French forward Alassane Plea (L) scores past Shakhtar Donetsk’s Ukrainian goalkeeper Anatolii Trubin at the Olympiyskiy stadium in Kyiv yesterday. Reuters ern Munich who were playing Kyiv Salzburg away later on Tuesday. Lokomotiv have two points and Salzburg one. triker Alassane Plea Centre back Jose Gimenez scored a hat-trick as fi red Atletico ahead in the 18th Borussia Moenchenglad- minute with a fi ne header from bach crushed their hosts 13 metres after an inch-per- SShakhtar Donetsk 6-0 to take fect cross by Hector Herrera, a over from them at the top of their minute after Guilherme kept out group in the Champions League. a Saul Niguez shot. Gladbach, who conceded The home side levelled in late equalisers in their previous the 25th after a lengthy VAR Qatar’s Abdulla al-Tamimi (R) watches World No. 7 Diego Elias play a shot during their second round match in the Qatar Classic yesterday. group matches against Inter Mi- check deemed Herrera to have lan and Real Madrid, scored four handled the ball in the penalty By Sports Reporter his accuracy and length well to said Elias following the match. The 28-year-old, who recap- RESULTS in the fi rst half, with two coming area and Anton Miranchuk sent Doha quickly double his advantage “I think the fi rst time we tured his place at the top of the from the 27-year-old Plea, to kill Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak with al-Tamimi struggling with played I was 14 and he was 16. rankings this month, was chal- Eain Yow Ng (Mas) bt Declan off the game and eventually earn the wrong way with a perfect his movement. We played a couple of times in lenged by Fallows in the opening James (Eng) 3-0 (13-11, 11-7, 11-8) one of the largest away wins of spot-kick. eru’s World No 7 Diego It all went wrong for al-Tami- juniors and he beat me there two games with the 25-year-old (42m) the competition. Angel Correa hit the crossbar Elias reached the last mi in the third after he slipped also, it’s the fi rst time I’ve beat fi nding some good shots and Lucas Serme (Fra) bt Tom They are now top of Group B for the visitors with a curling 16 of the Qatar Classic whilst retrieving the ball in the him here. He is really hard to making the scoreline close in Richards (Eng) 3-1 (9-11, 11-9, on fi ve points from three games, shot from 25 metres on the half- Pafter defeating home front left and required physio play, he has so many diff erent each. However, Farag was able to 11-9, 11-6) (57m) one point ahead of Shakhtar. hour and Atletico continued to hope Abdulla Mohamed al- treatment. He came back onto shots from the front and I never remain clinical towards the end [8] Joel Makin (Wal) bt Mo- Gladbach, now on an eight- pile on the pressure after the Tamimi 11-9, 11-4, 11-8 in the court to see out the match, but it know what he’s going to do. of each game to take a 2-0 lead. hamed Abouelghar (Egy) 3-0 game unbeaten run in all com- break as Guilherme twice denied third round yesterday. was simple for Elias to close out “It’s really hard for me, we’re Farag then looked completely (11-7, 11-3, 11-6) (33m) petitions, caught Shakhtar by Joao Felix. The Peruvian had never got with al-Tamimi unable to move really good friends too, so I’m at ease in the third, taking the Miguel Rodriguez (Col) bt surprise with a two-pass counter Koke headed against the the better of al-Tamimi in their smoothly due to a hamstring really sad for what happened ball in well on the cold court to Shahjahan Khan (USA) 3-0 attack and Stefan Lainer fi nding woodwork in the 66th minute previous three meetings but strain. and I hope he has a quick recov- close out 11-9, 11-8, 11-3 in 28 (11-3, 11-3, 11-6) (44m) space down the right to cut back with Guilherme beaten but Luis that changed yesterday with too Elias will face Colombia’s ery.” minutes. James Willstrop (Eng) bt Greg for Frenchman Plea, who scored Suarez saw his rebound ruled out many “tins” in the fi rst game Miguel Rodriguez for a place Egypt’s World No 1 Ali Farag Up next for Farag is Malaysia’s Lobban (Sco) 3-1 (11-7, 13-15, 11-7, with a crisp fi nish in the eighth for off side as Lokomotiv hung from the Qatari player. in the quarter fi nals of the PSA kicked off his title defence with Eain Yow Ng for a place in the 11-7) (59m) minute. on desperately in front of a noisy Elias was much more com- Platinum event. a 3-0 win over England’s Richie quarter fi nals after he defeated [2] Ali Farag (Egy) bt Richie They doubled their lead nine contingent of home fans. fortable in the second, fi nding “We’ve played all of our lives,” Fallows. England’s Declan James earlier Fallows (Eng) 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, minutes later when Christoph A last-gasp intervention by in the day. 11-3) (28m) Kramer’s shot from outside the Murilo Cerqueira denied Felix a “We’ve never played before, [5] Diego Elias (Per) bt Ab- box took a defl ection from Valer- sitter in the 80th minute, with but I know how talented Richie dulla al-Tamimi (Qat) 3-0 (11-9, iy Bondar to send Shakhtar keep- Lokomotiv struggling to keep is,” said Farag afterwards. 11-4, 11-8) (43m) er Anatoliy Trubin the wrong possession and barely able to “This is a unique court in a [3] Tarek Momen (Egy) bt way. break out of their own half. good way in that it takes the Youssef Soliman (Egy) 3-1 (13- A Plea missile from 25 metres Atletico swarmed all over the ball in very easily, so any bad 11, 9-11, 11-1, 11-5) (56m) put the game beyond the hosts hosts in the last 10 minutes but shot and you’re penalised im- before Ramy Bensebaini added Lokomotiv’s packed defence mediately. All credit to Richie a fourth a minute before the somehow held on, punting long he played really well. In the fi rst great job of making us feel com- break. balls upfi eld whenever they two I couldn’t really fi nd my fortable and there is nothing else Lars Stindl made the most of a could to run the clock down. range and in the third I was hap- you need other than thinking Trubin error to put his team 5-0 Atletico Madrid have py I was able to fi nd the corners I about your squash.” ahead in the 65th, before Plea signed midfi elder Geoff rey Kon- was intending to. Meanwhile, England’s former beat the off side trap to complete dogbia from Valencia, the two “Another guy I’ve never World No 1 James Willstrop his hat-trick with a fi ne fi nish. clubs announced yesterday. played before up next. What a overcame Scotland’s World No In Moscow, Atletico Madrid were Kondogbia, who has played promising talent he is, World 22 Greg Lobban 11-7, 13-15, 11-7, held to a 1-1 draw at Lokomo- internationally for France and Junior champion and has been 11-7 to reach the last 16. tiv Moscow in their Champions the Central African Republic, knocking on the door for a while Willstrop, who is featuring in League Group A match after the has signed a contract until 2024, now. He is based in Bristol and is his 17th Qatar Classic event and home team’s goalkeeper Guil- Atletico said in a statement. playing well, you could tell from has won the trophy before in herme pulled off a string of su- La Liga rules allowed Atletico his win today against a great 2005, was at his accurate best in perb saves to keep the Russian to buy outside the transfer win- player like Declan James, so I the fi rst game to take a one game side in the hunt for a last-16 dow after Arsenal activated Tho- will have to watch his match and lead. berth. mas Partey’s 50 million euro ($58 hopefully I will be ready. “We Willstrop will face the winner The result left Atletico second million) release clause on the last World No 1 Ali Farag of Egypt lunges for the ball during his match against Richie Fallows in the second need nothing here, the Qatar of Tarek Momen vs Youssef Soli- in the group on four points from day of the summer transfer win- round yesterday. Squash Federation always does a man in the next round.