FORMULA 1 | Page 4 CRICKET | Page 7 Hamilton would ‘We urned it’ – have hit Leclerc Aussie pride had title not restored in been in play Ashes triumph Tuesday, September 10, 2019 TENNIS Muharram 11, 1441 AH Nadal routs GULF TIMES Medvedev to win US Open SPORT Page 3 SPOTLIGHT New technology to boost TV experience for athletics fans during Doha Worlds thletics fans around the audience before. the past year to ensure that the “Traditional camera positions letics Championships Doha 2019. on offi cials (in the call room and in long jump, triple jump and the globe will be closer In collaboration with the coverage in Doha would be fresh only showed the top or side of “Our main responsibility is to offi ciating on the race walks pole vault, the distance achieved to the action than ever IAAF’s long-standing timing and dynamic. their heads as they took their deliver accurate, reliable and fast course), drones, rail and wire in each of the three phases of before as IAAF Pro- partner Seiko, IAAF Produc- “Athletics is an extraordi- marks,’’ Lord explained. “The timing and measurement data cameras on the back straight, a the triple jump, and the speed Aductions introduces ground- tions will launch the world-fi rst nary sport where our athletes new cameras within the blocks and we remain 100% focused on rail camera in the tunnel between and angle of release of the long breaking technology to the technology of Block Cam at Kha- do amazing things,’’ Lord said. will capture that intense moment this, as our enhanced Start infor- the warm-up track and stadium, throws. broadcast of the IAAF World lifa International Stadium. Two “There is exceptional life, colour just before a race. Seiko has done mation System for sprints dem- a super slo-mo remote camera in “We’ve embraced innovation Athletics Championships Doha miniature cameras have been and movement not only in but a brilliant job of bringing this to onstrates. However, for Doha, the discus cage, and hand-held throughout the Championships, 2019, starting on September 27. installed in each starting block around the competition and we life.” we have also invested in new cameras for athletes to take on showing more behind-the- The IAAF, with its technology which will provide a new dimen- wanted to showcase all of this Seiko will also introduce an technologies that bring the sport victory laps. scenes footage from the moment partners and suppliers, has made sion to the coverage of the 100m to the world in new and exciting improved Start Video System, closer to the fans like the ‘Block The 2019 World Champion- the athletes arrive at the stadium, a concerted push to revolutionise and sprint hurdles, broadcast- ways.” video distance measurement for Cam’ system, and a new infor- ships will also see a quantum leap through their whole journey to broadcast coverage of athletics ing the fi rst pictures of athletes’ The idea for Block Cam came shot put and new LED sand pit mation board for the long and forward in graphic production the end of the Event – and with at its fl agship competition, the faces in the moment before they from IAAF Productions Creative event boards which will deliver triple jumps. We hope that all of and analysis, using the combined more than 130 cameras inside biggest sporting event this year, hear the starting pistol, and cap- and Live Director Westbury Gil- more information to spectators. this helps bring new excitement expertise of Seiko, Hawkeye, An- and outside the stadium, we can’t by introducing an array of new turing the explosion of energy as lett, who felt the audience was The Chairman and Group CEO and new fans to the great sport of gular Velocity and Deltatre. wait to broadcast these unique cameras that will provide inno- the athletes leave the blocks. missing a crucial moment of the of Seiko Holdings Corporation, athletics.” These will display the maxi- Championships to a prospective vative angles on the competition IAAF Director of Broadcast drama by not being able to see Shinji Hattori said: “We are very The suite of new cameras being mum speed reached by sprinters audience of more than a billion and behind-the-scenes pictures James Lord said his team had the athletes’ faces at the start of proud of the service that we have used by IAAF Productions will during a race, and their fi nish- people,” Lord added. that have never been shown to been working intensively over sprint races. created for the IAAF World Ath- also include body cameras placed ing speed, the speed of take off – IAAF FOOTBALL Qatar favourites but India keep up hope in qualifi er Pre-match niceties apart, it’s diff icult to see Qatar make any further concessions when the team face off at 7.30pm today By Sports Reporter Doha here’s a little bit of hype these days about how Indian football is looking Tup, but that will count for nothing when they face Qatar in their FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 qualifi er in Doha today. Qatar’s coach Felix Sanchez and some of their players have been at their courteous best, praising the visitors for their recent perform- ances, saying anything can hap- pen on the fi eld of play. But pre-match niceties apart, India’s goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (left) and head coach it’s diffi cult to see Qatar make Igor Stimac at a press conference yesterday. any further concessions when the teams face off at 7.30pm at the as strategy – to tackle Qatar, but ceptional to achieve success. It Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Sta- the hosts are not bothered, with is same thing which most of the dium. Sanchez saying that they have other countries do. We were suc- Qatar have a well-earned stat- their own priorities. cessful because we had some tal- ure to maintain. For starters they “We have twin targets in ented players which made our job are the Asian champions. Then mind…qualify for the 2023 Asian easier of winning the title.” there is the small matter of them Cup and prepare a good team for Meanwhile, Stimac, who had being the hosts of the 2022 FIFA the 2022 World Cup,” the Span- coached Al Shahania in the Qatar World Cup. The possibility of a Qatar coach Felix Sanchez conducts a training session yesterday ahead of today’s match against India. PICTURES: Noushad Thekkayil iard said at his pre-match press Stars League, said Qatar hardly defeat to India, ranked 103rd in conference. had any weaknesses. the FIFA rankings, therefore, will “It is an important game for us. “I know the Qatar team pretty be something of a catastrophe as It will be a tough game, but we ex- well. Their physical strength is far as Qatar are concerned. pect all our 11 players to give their great and their technical capabili- It was with this mindset that best and play to their best. ties and movements are fantastic. they took on Afghanistan last “We want our substitutes It’s diffi cult to fi nd any weak point week, beating them 6-0 thanks wherever they are called to take to in their squad,” Croatian Stimac to a hat-trick by Almoez Ali and a the fi eld and to play their role to stated. goal each by Abdelkarim Hassan, perfection. About making tacti- “But in football, everything is Hassan al-Haydos and Boualem cal changes we have not decided possible. You never give up.” Khoukhi. yet; we have a few things in mind.” Stimac said his players are India’s stock went up a notch Sanchez said he watched India ready for Qatar despite them hav- when they managed to lead Oman play against Oman last week. ing little time to prepare for the for most of their fi rst Group E “We have seen how they played match. match last Thursday, but it’s also in the last match against Oman “We didn’t have much time a fact they ran out of steam and and we read that they plan to after the Oman game. Qatar are conceded two late goals to go make a few changes from the last a very good team. We are trying down 2-1. match. India have done well in to give everything on the pitch. India coach Igor Stimac had the last few matches and we re- So we have been working on the made it clear that the team cannot spect them and we want to give players, and talking to them on keep on relying on veteran Su- our best.” how to prepare. nil Chhetri – who scored against A self-eff acing man that he is, “Fitness is not a concern. Ef- Oman – to deliver all the time, Sanchez played down sugges- fectiveness of running is impor- asking other players to step up tions that teams like India and Af- tant. A more experienced team and take responsibility. ghanistan can learn a lot from the would have known when and how India are also thinking about Asian champions. to run. We were wasting too much changes – to personnel as well “We did not do something ex- of our energy.” Gulf Times 2 Tuesday, September 10, 2019 FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT England’s Rice received threats following switch of allegiance Perfect Spain and Italy London: England midfielder Declan Rice has revealed threats have been made against him and his family since he switched allegiance from the Republic of Ireland in February.