Klopp 'Surprised' That Liverpool Have Stayed with Man City
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FOOTBALL | Page 2 Klopp ‘surprised’ that Liverpool have stayed with Man City Friday, April 26, 2019 GOLF Sha’baan 21, 1440 AH Masters champ GULF TIMES Woods to return to Japan in October SPORT Page 6 AL ARABI WIN AMIR CUP HANDBALL The Al Arabi handball team celebrate with the Amir Cup trophy after their 26-25 win over Al Gharafa in the final yesterday. Sheikh Saud bin Ali al-Thani, First Vice President of the Qatar Olympic Committee, Ahmed al-Shabi, Qatar Handball Association President and other off icials are also seen in the picture. At right, a glimpse of the action from the match. PICTURES: Noushad Thekkayil MOTORSPORT TENNIS Nadal advances to Barcelona quarters Al-Attiyah hot line judge. Reuters Barcelona Nadal fi nally closed the match out at the fourth opportunity as Ferrer could only fi nd the net. afael Nadal gave a much Nadal led fans in applauding improved perform- Ferrer as the defeat signalled his ance to advance into last appearance at the Barcelona Rthe quarter-fi nals of Open. favourite to win the Barcelona Open yesterday, “Losing to Rafa makes me dispatching Spanish compatriot proud, I’m happy with the game and crowd favourite David Ferrer as I did what I could, I gave eve- 6-3, 6-3. rything I had but I tip my hat to The world number two had Rafa,” Ferrer said. produced a scrappy display “It was diffi cult, I started well against Leonardo Mayer on but the court was slower when Wednesday, losing a set for the the rain started coming down, Jordan Rally title fi rst time in four years at the that damaged me but I still tournament, but he showed played a competitive game.” more spark and composure Nadal paid tribute to Ferrer, Reigning champion Meshari al-Thefiri is the man to beat in the MERC 2 category against Ferrer. who he beat in the 2013 French Nadal broke the 37-year-old Open fi nal, and was pleased with and the Kuwaiti is looking for a strong start on the 21-stage event this weekend Ferrer, who will retire from the his own display. game next month after the Ma- “It’s his decision but on a ten- Sports Reporter marked the last time that HM King Ab- drid Open, in the sixth game to nis level he doesn’t have to re- Dead Sea, Jordan dullah II took part in a round of the MERC take a 4-2 lead in the opener but tire, he’s struggled with injuries in an M-Sport Ford Escort. play was halted due to rain with but he is playing very well this Reigning champion Meshari al-Thefi ri the score at 5-3. year. After all his years fi ghting asser Saleh al-Attiyah is the is the man to beat in the MERC 2 category Nadal promptly saw out the and giving us all joy he deserves clear favourite to take an eighth and the Kuwaiti is looking for a strong set when play resumed and the reception he got,” Nadal said. successive and an unrivalled start on the 21-stage event this week- broke Ferrer in the fi rst game of “I had to improve on yester- 13th outright victory in the Jor- end. He was the class of the fi eld in Qatar the second but then lost a serv- day, not just the result but over- Ndan Rally when action roars into life with and fi nished over 18 minutes ahead of his ice game, which made it 2-2. all. This was important for David the opening Panorama super special stage nearest rival in sixth overall. The Mallorcan broke again but for me it was important to do of 16.92km, near Mount Nebo, today Competition will be even more intense and then took a 5-3 lead, spurn- better and play with more en- morning. in Jordan. Defending National Champion ing three match points due to ergy than yesterday I did that so At the wheel of his factory-built and Khaled Juma was third overall in a recent two marginal calls which left I can go back to my hotel feeling Autotek-run Volkswagen Polo GTI R5, event at the Dead Sea and heads a local him visibly annoyed with the much happier.” the Qatari won all 11 special stages on his contingent that includes Ihab al-Shorafa home event last month and heads into and Shadi Shaban. two days of rallying action in the Dead Sea The Sultanate of Oman will be repre- Murray ‘optimistic’ he can play this year and Jordan Valley areas having never lost a sented by recent national rally runner-up timed test in the Volkswagen. Abdullah al-Ruwahi, Zakariya al-Aufi and London: Andy Murray is round of golf that reinforced Competitors from 10 nations were Zakariya al-Amri, while Kuwait’s Saleh “cautiously optimistic” he will the message that he was on the fl agged away from the start at Abdali bin Eidan returns to action in a Mitsubi- be able to play tennis again mend. Boulevard in Amman yesterday and three shi Lancer Evolution alongside Slovenian this season after successfully “It’s still early days so we will of those, in particular, will be trying to navigator Vili Oslaj. undergoing hip surgery, his have to wait and see what hap- hunt down al-Attiyah and put a stop to his Lebanese rookie Alex Feghali takes his mother Judy has said. pens. He is cautiously optimistic remarkable run of success. fi rst rallying footsteps outside Lebanon to The three-times Grand Slam about getting back on the Four-time local champion Marouf Abu take part in a Motortune Mitsubishi along- champion said at this year’s match court perhaps at some Samra (1996, 2001, 2013 and 2014) won side fellow countryman Ahmad Khaled, Australian Open that constant point over the summer,” Judy the opening round of this year’s Jordan while Saudi Arabia’s Said al-Mouri takes pain in his hip had brought him was quoted as saying by British National Championship in a Ford Fi- a break from circuit racing and drifting to to the verge of quitting tennis media. esta R5 run by Motortune and is relishing take part in the event for the fi rst time in but revealed last month that he “He was told not to do impact the challenge of competing against the several seasons alongside Amr Refai. Leb- was pain free after the proce- work, which basically means 48-year-old three-time Dakar winner. anon’s Henry Kahy is the clear favourite dure in January. running around the garden hit- Abu Samra teams up with former world to win the MERC 3 category in his Škoda Murray posted an Instagram ting a ball, for three months but ju-jitsu champion Malek Hariri. Fabia R5. Local driver Asem Aref drives a video of himself on an outdoor he’s been hitting against a wall Abdulaziz al-Kuwari shadowed al- showroom specifi cation Renault Clio and court earlier this month, from a static position.” Attiyah to the fi nish of the opening round is currently second in the FIA’s two-wheel describing the footage of him Murray hoped to make his in Qatar and he and Marshall Clarke will be keen to overturn a nine-point defi cit in event with Italian navigator Nicola Arena drive series. hitting a tennis ball for the first comeback at Wimbledon and compete in Jordan with a Škoda Fabia R5 the fi ve-round championship. last month and fi nished fourth overall Jordanian drivers Salameh al-Gammaz, time since the surgery as “a said in March that he would run by FN Speed and MC Racing. The Qatar’s Nasser Khalifa al-Atya fi nished in a Ford Fiesta R5, the same car that he Tareq al-Taher, Ziad Miqdad, Amjad start”. consider playing doubles former WRC 2 front-runner was the only as the runner-up in the regional series hopes will guide him to a podium fi nish Anasweh and Sami Fleifel will take part in He followed that up with a because it would put less stress driver able to come anywhere near al- way back in 1993 and returned to action on his return to the stages in Jordan for the a national rally running behind the main video of himself playing a on his hip. Attiyah’s stage times last month and will in Kuwait last year. He tackled his home fi rst time since 1996 – the year that also FIA event. Gulf Times 2 Friday, April 26, 2019 FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT Klopp ‘surprised’ that Liverpool have stayed with Man City AFP but that there could be just one ested in and at the end of the sea- London champion. “One of us, it’s like son you see where you end up. If with the Highlander, will be we do it we will do it,” he added. there at the end,” said a buoyant “If we will not do it there are urgen Klopp admitted Klopp, referring to the famous no regrets as long as we give al- 26 - 04 -2019 his pleasant surprise at phrase from the fi lm — “There ways our best. I saw that the how hard Liverpool have can be only one”. whole season from the boys but pushed Manchester City “But we don’t only play for be- still the season, however it ends Jin the race for the Premier League ing champions at the end of the up, is only the fi rst step in that title, stating that this season is a season.