14 Monday, December 23, 2019 Sports Hassouna qualifies for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games

egory, totaling 229 kgs, eight Qatar lifter tops clean & jerk, and total kgs more than second-placed Italian Giorgia Bordignon re- for two gold medals in 96 kg class corded. The North Korean was second to Bordignon in the Tribune News Network cation to the Olympic Games snatch but won the remain- DOHA #Tokyo after winning the gold ing two sections to stamp her medal of 96 kg in the Qatar Cup class. The bronze medal went Fares Ibrahim Hassouna Weightlifting Championship... to Indian Rakhi Halder, who did Qatar proud again as the Congratulations to our distin- was fifth in the snatch but world silver medallist de- guished player, and our mission did well in the clean and jerk fended his 96kg class crown is to always raise the challenge... Qatar’s Fares Ibrahim Hassouna to finish second with 123 kgs, at the Qatar Cup Weightlifting @qatar_olympic.” qualified for the 2020 Tokyo which helped her secure the Championship and booked his Iran’s Kianoush Rostami Olympics with a golden show at third spot in the total. spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olym- finished second and his com- home in Doha on Sunday. Italian Mirko Zanni (147 pics on Sunday. patriot Ali Miri was third. kgs, 173 kgs & total 320 kgs) The Radisson Blu Hotel hall Rostami topped the snatch clean and jerk to ensure his defeated Indian Jeremy La- was packed with fans and the with 178 kgs to up the ante, first gold medal. While the Qa- lrinnunga (140 kgs, 166 kgs atmosphere got thick when the while he managed 172 kgs, one tari recorded 213, 223 and 228 & total 306 kgs) to claim young Qatari held off his closest kg less than Hassouna, in his kgs, the Iranian hoisted 210, the men’s 67kg class crown. challengers from Iran to grab first attempt but added five 220 and 225 kgs, which al- French Bernardin Kingue- two gold medals – one in the more kgs in the second. Olym- lowed Hassouna to pocket the matam was third (133 kgs, 170 clean and jerk with 228 kgs and pian Hassouna raised 173 kgs second gold with a difference kgs & total 303 kgs). other in the total with 404 kgs. off his first two attempts and of just one kg in the total. Turkey’s Daniyar Ismay- His Excellency Sheikh could snatch only 176 kgs off Miri was left just a specta- Qatar’s Fares Ibrahim Hassouna with other podium finishers of 96kg category, and officials, at the 2019 ilov easily outdueled Germa- Joaan bin Hamad al Thani, the his final try. tor in the contest by the two Qatar Cup Weightlifting Championship at Hotel Radisson Blu in Doha on Sunday. ny’s Max Richard Lang to win Qatar Olympic Committee Pres- Miri’s best in the snatch competitors and he totaled the men’s 73kg class, sweep- ident, tweeted his delight when was a way down 162 kgs. 371 kgs to be content with the tova Boyanka made a clean class, Latvia’s Rebeka Koha North Korean Choe Hyo ing all the three sections. Al- he recognised the feat. “Fares Hassouna beat Rostami in bronze medal. sweep of all the three gold and Romania’s Irina Lacra- Sim emerged the champion bania’s Briken Calja took the Ibrahim guaranteed qualifi- all the three attempts in the Azerbaijan’s Minkova Kas- medals in the women’s 59kg miora Lepsa was third. in the women’s 64 kg cat- third spot. Pak close in on series win after tons by Ali, Azam

Fernando keeps hosts waiting with a defiant century AFP Karachi

India cricketers celebrate after winning the third ODI and series against the West Indies at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday. (AFP) Sri Lanka opener Oshada Fernando struck a maiden century to delay Pakistan’s victory quest after the home team’s top four all scored hun- Kohli inspires India as dreds in the second Test in Ka- rachi on Sunday. Set a daunting 476 runs Pakistan’s Azhar Ali (right) celebrates with teammate Babar to win, Sri Lanka were totter- Azam after scoring a century on the fourth day of the second Test ing at 97 for five before Os- against Sri Lanka in Karachi on Sunday. Azam also scored a century hosts wrap up series hada and Niroshan Dickwella to bolster the hosts. (AFP) halted the slide with a resolute Scoreboard to bring the packed house back 104-run stand for the sixth Jadeja, Thakur to life as he celebrated the win . Scoreboard West Indies: KL Rahul c Hope b Joseph 77 with Jadeja. But the last three overs of Pakistan (1st innings): 191 Sri Lanka (2nd innings): contribute crucial E. Lewis c Saini b Jadeja 21 V. Kohli b Paul 85 India paceman Navdeep the day saw Dickwella fall for Sri Lanka (1st innings): 271 D. Karunaratne c Rizwan b Abbas 16 S. Hope b Shami 42 S. Iyer c Joseph b Paul 7 Pakistan (2nd innings, overnight 395/2) O. Fernando 102 58 runs after the R. Chase b Saini 38 R. Pant b Paul 7 Saini claimed two after 65 -- bowled while attempt- Shan Masood c Oshada b Kumara 135 K. Mendis c Azam b Naseem 0 S. Hetmyer c Yadav b Saini 37 K. Jadhav b Cottrell 9 being handed his ODI cap by ing a reverse sweep off spinner Abid Ali lbw b Kumara 174 A. Mathews c Rizwan b Shaheen 19 skipper’s fluent 85 N. Pooran c Jadeja b Thakur 89 R. Jadeja not out 39 Kohli. Haris Sohail -- and Dilruwan Azhar Ali st Dickwella b Embuldeniya 118 D. Chandimal lbw b Naseem 2 K. Pollard not out 74 S. Thakur not out 17 The 27-year-old Saini got Perera caught behind off Na- Babar Azam not out 100 D. de Silva b Yasir 0 J. Holder not out 7 Extras (lb2, w9, nb1) 12 Mohammad Rizwan not out 21 N. Dickwella b Sohail 65 afp Extras (lb4, w3) 7 Total (6 wickets, 48.4 overs) 316 his maiden ODI wicket after seen Shah for five. Extras (lb5, w2) 7 D. Perera c Rizwan b Naseem 5 Cuttack (India) Total (5 wickets, 50 overs) 315 Did not bat: S. Thakur, K. Yadav, M. Shami, N. Saini sending the dangerous Shim- The 16-year-old Naseem Total (for 3 wkts declared, 131 overs) 555 Extras: (lb 3) 3 Did not bat: K. Paul, K. Pierre, A. Joseph, S. Cottrell Fall of wickets: 1-122 (Sharma), 2-167 (Rahul), 3-188 ron Hetmyer back to the pavil- had the best figures of 3-31. Did not bat: Haris Sohail, Asad Shafiq, Yasir Shah, Total: (for seven wkts; 60.1 overs) 212 Skipper Virat Kohli smashed Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Lewis), 2-70 (Hope), 3-132 (Iyer), 4-201 (Pant), 5-228 (Jadhav), 6-286 (Kohli) ion for 37. At the close, Sri Lanka were Mohammad Abbas, , Shaheen Shah Still to bat: V. Fernando, L. Kumara, (Hetmyer), 4-144 (Chase), 5-279 (Pooran) : Cottrell 10-1-74-1 (w7), Holder 10-0-63-1, Afridi L. Embuldeniya 85 to help India pull off a nerv- Bowling: Thakur 10-0-66-1 (w2), Shami 10-2-66-1, Paul 9.4-0-59-3 (nb1), Chase 4-0-19-0, Pierre 7-0-46- Hetmyer’s wicket ended a 212 for seven with Oshada (102 Fall of wickets: 1-278 (Masood), 2-355 (Abid), 3-503 Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Karunaratne), 2-40 (Mendis), ous chase of 316 to win the Saini 10-0-58-2 (w1), Yadav 10-0-67-0, Jadeja 10-0- 0, Joseph 8-0-53-1 (w2). 62-run third-wicket stand with not out) at the crease and with (Azhar) 3-70 (Mathews), 4-96 (Chandimal), 5-97 (De Silva), third One-Day International 54-1. Toss: India Roston Chase who was bowled the visitors needing an unlike- Bowling: Fernando 24-2-105-0, Kumara 29-5-139-2, 6-201 (Dickwella), 7-212 (Perera) by four wickets against West India (target 316) Result: India won by four wickets by a toe-crushing yorker from ly 264 runs for victory. Embuldeniya 50-4-193-1 (1w), Perera 21-1-94-0 Bowling: Shaheen 14-3-51-1, Abbas 12-2-33-1, R. Sharma c Hope b Holder 63 Series: India won the three-match series 2-1 (1w), De Silva 7-0-19-0. Naseem 11.1-3-31-3, Yasir 19-2-84-1, Sohail 4-0-10-1. Indies and clinch the series on Saini for 38 to hurt the West Pakistan need just three Sunday. Indies. wickets on Monday to win the India relied on a key 58- of 122 after the West Indies from the other end to make the But Pooran counter at- series -- their first at home Matthews for 19 before tea. de Silva (nought) to leave Sri run sixth-wicket stand between posted 315 for five. second-ranked ODI side finish tacked and completed his sec- since the 2009 attack on the Pace spearhead Moham- Lanka struggling at 97 for five. Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja, West Indies skipper Kieron the year on a high. ond successive fifty with a six Sri Lanka side resulted in in- mad Abbas had Karunaratne It was only the second time unbeaten on 39 off 31 balls, to Pollard and got Sharma off left-arm wrist spinner Kul- ternational cricket being sus- caught behind in the tenth in a Test innings that the top achieve their target with eight put together 135 runs for the caught behind and Alzarri Jo- deep Yadav, who went wicket- pended in the country. over of the innings before Na- four all scored centuries after balls to spare. fifth wicket to lift their side from seph sent Rahul trudging back less after coming into the game Pakistan earlier declared seem had Mendis snapped up openers Abid Ali (174) and Paceman Keemo Paul 144 for four to a fighting total. to the pavilion after his second with 99 scalps. their second innings at lunch in the slips. Shan Masood (135) grabbed claimed three wickets, includ- Pollard remained unbeaten successive score of 50 plus. He He hit 10 fours and three on 555 for three after Azhar It became 70 for three theirs on Saturday. ing that of Kohli in the 47th on 74 off 51 deliveries after made 102 in India’s series-lev- sixes in his knock that lasted 64 returned to form with 118 and when Mathews, Sri Lanka’s India against Bangladesh over, before Jadeja and Shar- Pooran hit an attacking 89 to elling second ODI. balls before falling to Shardul Babar Azam struck 100 not out. most experienced batsman, at Dhaka in 2007 was the other dul Thakur, 17 not out, took pulverise the Indian bowling in But Kohli kept up the attack Thakur with a mistimed hit to It was a dismal batting edged a short from occasion. the team home and win the the last 10 overs that got West during his 81-ball knock despite deep point. show by the Sri Lankans on a Shaheen Shah Afridi to wick- Azhar, who had a lean series 2-1. Indies 118 runs. wickets falling at the other end Pant dropped three National Stadium pitch where etkeeper Mohammad Rizwan. 2019, completed his 16th cen- Rohit Sharma, who made In response Kohli, who before chopping a wide delivery catches to give Chase (on the home batsmen flourished. After tea, young Naseem tury before he was off 63, and KL Rahul, on 77, lay the made India bowl first after win- on the off side onto his stumps. nought), Hetmyer (on nine) Skipper Dimuth accounted for Dinesh Chandi- spinner Lasith Embuldeniya foundation of the team’s chase ning the toss, batted with con- Thakur then hit two fours and Pooran (on 52) extended Karunaratne went for 16, Kusal mal (two) and leg-spinner Ya- after 11 boundaries in his 157- with their opening partnership viction despite wickets falling and a six in his six-ball cameo stays at the wicket. Mendis for a duck and Angelo sir Shah dismissed Dhananjaya ball innings.

QNB Stars League Week 11 Sailiya down Umm Salal; Rayyan pip Wakrah

Tribune News Network Rayyan Club laboured to a 1-0 chances, but it was Al Sailiya “We have to make a strong DOHA victory against Al Wakrah and who were spot-on for a second return to the league competi- Qatar Sports Club played a 1-1 time as Ilyas headed in a free- tion. There is no time to rest Al Sailiya defeated Umm draw against Al Arabi Club. kick by captain Majdi Siddiq. now or in the days to come. Salal with two first-half goals Al Sailiya, who finished a The scoreline did not We have to use all players to record their fifth victory in creditable third last season, change in the second half. to collect points to make up the QNB Stars League at the have top-four finish as their Umm Salal captain Yannick for the lapses. We must win Qatar SC Stadium on Sunday. target this season too. And Sagbo came up with a scream- every game. Mostafa Mohammed that reflected in their perfor- ing kick in stoppage time, “Al Sadd’s style is col- (third minute) and Abdul- mance. Umm Salal will need but goalkeeper Khalifa Aboo- lective play. That helped us qadir Ilyas (37th minute) were to pull up their socks if they backer was on hand to parry present good matches at the scorers as Al Sailiya increased are to move away from the it away as Al Sailiya bagged beginning of the season. We their points tally to 17 after the danger zone. three valuable points. have many standout play- Week 11 match. Even before Umm Salal ers who can offer their best As the tournament com- settled down, Al Sailiya forged Al Sadd wary of Al during the match against Al pleted the halfway stage, Umm ahead, with Mostafa finding Gharafa Gharafa. Salal found themselves pre- the target from a goalmouth Al Sadd coach Xavi Her- “I understand the club’s cariously placed with just five melee following a Majdi Sid- nandez promised good results fans’ sadness over the team’s points from one victory and diq free-kick from the right. and bring smile to faces of results, but we promise them two draws to show for their Midway through the half, his club fans. The Wolves are that we will do our best to efforts. The Orange Fortress Al Sailiya’s Karim Ansari hit a scheduled to take on Al Ghara- change the situation. We and have suffered eight defeats. rising shot against the crossbar. fa in the QNB Stars League the fans are one family and we Al Sailiya players celebrate a goal during the QNB Stars League match against Umm Salal on Sunday. In other two matches, Al Umm Salal also had their Week 11 match on Sunday. need their support,” said Xavi.