BRAVE 18 Marks New Chapter in the History of Bahraini Sports
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2018 15 Marquez tops Valencia practice AFP | Valencia Croatia stun Spain orld champion Marc WMarquez powered his Honda to the top of the Tin Jedvaj strikes twice to keep Croatia’s Nations League hopes alive timesheets in a rain-inter- rupted free practice session AFP | Zagreb, Croatia Croatia dominated the open- for the season-ending Moto ing exchanges but Spain began GP in Valencia. pain passed up the chance dictating possession as the half With a massive lead of to seal progress to the wore on, even if Isco’s long- 101 points on Italian An - SNations League finals as range shot shortly before half- drea Dovizioso (Ducati), they were beaten 3-2 by Croa- time was their only real effort Marquez has already se - tia on Thursday, undone by a of note. cured the championship 93rd-minute winner from Tin The game was more balanced title ahead of the season Jedvaj. and open after the restart and finale. Jedvaj’s late strike leaves two goals arrived in as many The Spaniard has won Group 4 wide open ahead of its minutes. First, Ramos and Ser- three consecutive titles final fixture between England gi Roberto were pressed into a and five overall in motorcy- and Croatia on Sunday. The vic- mistake, the latter’s poor pass cling’s top category. tors will qualify, while Spain can allowing Kramaric to sneak in But he signalled his bid to still go through if the match at and slot past De Gea with 53 finish the season in style by Wembley finishes in a draw. minutes gone. setting a fastest lap of 1min Croatia were deserving win- Spain performed better at the 39.767sec in the first session, ners in Zagreb, where Jedvaj other end. Ceballos bundled which held throughout a scored twice -- his first interna- in a quick equaliser and Aspas day plagued by delays due tional goals -- to snatch a mem- should have added another soon to heavy rain. orable victory at the end of a after but poked onto the cross- “The conditions were pulsating contest. bar. complicated,” said the Andrej Kramaric had put Cro- Spain paid the price for that 25-year-old Marquez. atia ahead but twice Spain came miss when Jedvaj headed in “There was less water in the back, as Dani Ceballos’ equal- Croatia’s Tin Jedvaj celebrates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Nations League football match between Croatia and his first international goal after morning and the grip was iser and Sergio Ramos’ penalty Spain meeting Luka Modric’s sumptu- good, but in the afternoon looked to have earned them a ous cross at the back post. there was more water. point, before Jedvaj prodded in been fair to us,” Enrique said. “It shows it was a very diffi- Sportske Novosti. Marcelo Brozovic should “There were two points deep into injury-time. Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic cult group,” Luis Enrique added. Eight of their 11 World Cup have put Croatia out of sight but where the water crossed Croatia will now head to Lon- said: “We were rewarded for a “We still have a chance.” finalists started as Jedvaj, Nikola spurned a one-on-one, his shot (the track), and you had to don with a spring in their step magnificent match.” Kalinic and Kramaric replaced grazing De Gea on its way wide. be careful.” while Spain are left to ponder Spain are at least safe from rel- ‘Win or wait in hope’ Ivan Strinic, Danijel Subasic and This time Spain made them Ducati’s Jack Miller and back-to-back defeats under egation, which cannot be said of Diario AS summed up Spain’s Mario Mandzukic, the latter two pay. Italians Danilo Petrucci and their new coach Luis Enrique, either England or Croatia, who position with the headline “Win having since retired from inter- Sime Vrsaljko hacked sub - Andrea Pedrosa took the following their surprise loss by could still both finish first or or wait in hope” on Thursday. national football. stitute Alvaro Morata’s header next positions, with Dani the same scoreline at home to last come Sunday night. England For Croatia, there was pride to Jordi Alba went straight into off the line before giving away Pedrosa clocking the fifth England last month. will be relegated if they lose or be restored, after their 6-0 hu- Spain’s line-up while Athletic a penalty, lowering his arm to fastest time at 0.700sec on “I am obviously worried about are held to a score draw. Croatia miliation in Elche in September. Bilbao’s Inigo Martinez played meet a cross that was probably what will be his final world the things we have to improve. will go down if they are beaten “Six reasons to respond”, read alongside Ramos in central de- on its way behind. Ramos made championship weekend be- But I think football today has not or draw 0-0. the front page of Croatian daily fence, with Nacho out injured. no mistake from the spot. fore retirement. BRAVE 18 marks new chapter in Cowley shocks Rai the history of Bahraini Sports TDT | Manama The event attracted big names WFCA 54 Official Results from the world of sports includ- he fight night of Brave 18 ing Khabib Nurmagomedov, the Tmarked the biggest success Abdul Rakhman Dudaev defeats Joe Taimanglo by unanimous decision son of legendary coach, Abdul- in the history of sports in the Magomedrasul Khasbulaev defeats Robert Emerson by Anaconda Choke (Round 2) manap Nurmagomedov and the Kingdom of Bahrain. Akhmed Sheraniev defeats Antonio Carlos Ribeiro by unanimous decision current UFC lightweight cham- Brave Combat Federation is a Goyti Dazev defeats Vasiliy Kurochkin by knockout (Round 3) pion. truly Bahraini sports initiative Anzor Abdulkhozjaev defeats Nikolay Kondratuk by TKO (Round 1) Brave International Combat found by H Shaikh Khalid bin Week 2018 marked the biggest Hamad Al Khalifa. combat sports event hosted in The biggest sports event in Asia. The fight night opened the Kingdom of Bahrain was Head of State of Chechnya, HH Khalifa and HH Shaikh Khalid with the fights from WFCA presided by Ramzan Kadyrov, Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al bin Hamad Al Khalifa. 54. Cian Cowley faces Hardeep Rai TDT | Manama Cowley unleashed menacing Japan remain undefeated under new boss low kicks that brought Rai ian Cowley from SBG Ire- down. AFP | Oita, Japan Cland shocked fellow IM- In the opening bout of Brave MAF medalist, Hardeep Rai CF, Khamzat Chimaev picked apan drew with Venezuela with a thrilling first round TKO a first round TKO victory. The J1-1 in a home friendly yester- finish. welterweight proved to be a day with defender Hiroki Sakai We wanted to add a The prospect who trains at force to be recognised in the netting his first goal for the Blue goal to win but that’s SBG Ireland was accompanied near future in the most com- Samurai, who stay undefeated what we have to by veteran Coach, John Kavan- peted division in the promo- under their new coach. overcome agh. In a pure stand up action, tion. The draw in Oita came as HAJIME MORIYASU Japan are gearing towards an attempt at a record-extending fifth title in the Asian Cup start- overcome,” he said. ing in January. Venezuela coach Rafael Trophies will define Liverpool’s Sakai scored a 39-minute Dudamel was quoted by Jiji opener for Japan as he fired a Press as saying: “It was a tough season, not stats - Wijnaldum volley following Shoya Nakaji- match. I’m satisfied as our play- Reuters | London behind defending champions ma’s precise free-kick. It was his ers concentrated on the fight Manchester City. first goal for the national team understanding Japan’s offence.” iverpool’s Premier League It is Liverpool’s joint best Japan’s Yuya Osako (2nd L) and Venezuela’s Jhon Chancellor (L) fight for the Last month Japan stunned on his 49th international. ball during their international friendly soccer match in Oita, Japan Lstatistics this season make start to a league season since In the second half, midfielder Uruguay 4-3 as Takumi Min- for impressive reading but the the inception of the Premier Tomas Rincon netted an equal- squeezed the ball into the goal of the World Cup under Akira amino netted twice against the focus should be on delivering League in 1992 and their un- iser for Venezuela from the pen- but it was disallowed for offside, Nishino. World Cup quarter-finalists. trophies at Anfield, accord- beaten run has been built on alty spot after a foul in the box silencing the 33,000 local fans. “Our players made the best Japan will take on Kyrgyzstan ing to midfielder Georginio solid foundations at the back. by Sakai. Japan made it three wins and preparations and won the open- in another friendly Tuesday Wijnaldum. The team has conceded five The Blue Samurai nipped one draw from Hajime Mori- er,” Moriyasu said. next week before going to the The Merseyside club are league goals — joint-best de- at the South Americans’ heels yasu’s first four games following “We wanted to add a goal to United Arab Emirates for Asia’s second in the league after 12 fensive record in competition and Maya Yoshida’s header their surprise run to the last 16 win but that’s what we have to showcase tournament. matches with 30 points, two alongside Manchester City..