Qatar Football Association's Awards Night
TTENNISENNIS | Page 6 Murray could get extended deadline for Wimbledon Wednesday, May 1, 2019 FOOTBALL Sha’baan 26, 1440 AH Messi’s motivation GULF TIMES spurs on Barca, says Rakitic SPORT Page 2 SPOTLIGHT FOCUS Qatar and Al Sadd Brazil mourns star Afi f bags QFA’s Senna 25 years best player award aft er his AL SADD’S FERREIRA IS BEST COACH, AL-RAWI TOP UNDER-23 PLAYER death AFP Sao Paulo master on the For- mula One racing track, triple world champion Ayrton ASenna was the pride of Bra- zil. Twenty-fi ve years after his tragic death in the San Marino Grand Prix, he remains one of the country’s biggest sporting legends. The anniversary of Senna’s death today — dubbed “Senna Day” — will revive the sense of loss and bewilderment that followed the shocking crash same intensity or emotion,” on the Imola circuit in Italy explained Grunwald. on May 1, 1994, that took the “With Senna, it was Sun- 34-year-old’s life. days with the family” in front It will also serve as a bitter of the television. reminder that since Senna’s Cultural and sporting events last title in 1991, there has are planned for “Senna Day” at never been a Brazilian world Sao Paulo’s Interlagos track. champion. Charismatic and controver- “There were some successes sial, Senna was crowned the after Ayrton Senna... but the F1 world champion in 1988, lack of an internal structure in 1990 and 1991 when he drove Brazilian motorsport did not for McLaren. He had already allow its development,” said switched to the Williams team Alexander Grunwald, a Brazil- when he was killed.
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