20 Friday, November 17, 2017 SPORTS 30 researches for Shaikh Nasser Award DT News Network Racing got off to Manama he Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC), organisers of the Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad AlT Khalifa Scientific Research Award in the field of sports, has approved 30 researches for the second edition of the award, which takes place next month. electrifying start! General Secretary of the award Dr Abdulrahman Sayyar said the final arbitration of the submitted researches are scheduled for early December and these researches will be announced at the awards ceremony that will take place later in the same month. The qualified researches, prepared by a group of participants from around the Arab region, will be looked into by a purpose-formed scientific committee, comprising Dr Mohammed Sobhi Hassanein of Egypt, Dr hmed Al Sharif of the UAE, Dr Sari Hamdan of Jordan, Dr Hazza Al Hazza of Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain’s Sayyar. DT News Network Sayyar said the General Secretariat has Manama received 30 research projects from 12 Arab here was an electric atmosphere yesterday countries, while 60 arbitrators will participate in at Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) as research arbitration in the preliminary and final racingT got off to a brilliant start in the FIA WEC stages of arbitration. The Secretariat’s efforts Bapco 6 Hours of Bahrain weekend. continue to prepare for the closing ceremony of set the pace in the weekend’s the second edition of the award. opening free practice session held as part of the Meanwhile, Sayyar returned from Kuwait ninth and final round of the World Endurance where he attended the Second International Championship’s (WEC) 2017 season. Scientific Conference for sport sciences under Diego Menchaca, meanwhile, emerged as the slogan (the Arabic sport between competition the fastest man in the opening test of the World and practice). The conference was opened by Dr Series Formula V8 3.5. Pavan Ravishankar Muhamad Abdulatif Al Fares, minister of higher registered the best lap of the day in the MRF education, minister of commerce and industry, Challenge, and Al Faisal Al Zubair did the same vice minister of juvenile affairs Khaled Naser Al in the GT3 Cup Challenge Middle Roudhan. East. Lotterer was behind the wheel of the no. fastest lap of 2:00.428. Kobayashi powers Toyota to top time 1 Porsche Hybrid, and he finished the early Toyota Gazoo Racing maintained their recent session 0.334s from first place. Bamber, part of Oliphant quickest in Porsche GT3 Cup’s good form at BIC yesterday by topping the a Porsche trio who have already clinched the morning session timesheet in free practice one of the WEC’s drivers’ world title, followed 0.500s off the pace. Tom Oliphant and Al Faisal Al Zubair both Bapco 6 Hours of Bahrain. Each of the top four were competing in the opened the new season of the Porsche GT3 Pakistan’s Kamui Kobayashi steered Toyota’s no. 7 LMP1 class. Cup Challenge Middle East on a positive note car to a best lap of one minute 42.313 seconds Leading the LMP2 category was Vaillante today in Sakhir. Mohammad around BIC’s 5.412-kilometre Grand Prix track. Rebellion’s , who Oliphant topped the timesheet in the series’ He was followed by teammate Kazuki clocked a best lap of 1:48.707 in his Oreca first practice of the weekend, but it was Al Hafeez Nakajima in Toyota’s no. 8 Hybrid. The pair of 07-Gibson challenger. Zubair clocked the best time of the day. Japanese talents were a narrow 0.199 seconds In the Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance Oliphant registered a fastest lap of two between each other as they led the field of 26 (LMGTE) Pro, it was driving a minutes 03.643 seconds in free practice one. banned challengers in the four competition categories. 488 GTE for AF Corse, who set the pace Classified right behind him was Charlie Trailing Toyota on the overall classification with his 1:58.579 lap. Frijns from the Netherlands. Only 0.108s from and in the LMP1 class were Andre Lotterer and The LMGTE Am cars were led by Christian separated the pair at the top of the session’s Earl Bamber from world champions Porsche, Ried of Dempsey-Proton Racing, who ended timesheet. Al Faisal Al Zubair of Oman came bowling who were third and fourth, respectively. the session in his Porsche 911 RSR (991) with a third 0.303s behind Oliphant.

Dubai akistan’s Mohammad Hafeez has been suspended from bowling in international Pcricket for the third time in three years after the ICC found his bowling action to be illegal. The ICC said of the off-spinner that “the majority of his deliveries exceeded the 15 degrees level of tolerance permitted under the regulations.” Hafeez is still allowed to bowl in domestic cricket events played under the Pakistan Cricket Board. The 37-year-old was reported during the third ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi in October and underwent an assessment at Loughborough University earlier this month. Hafeez - who can apply for a reassessment after modifying his bowling action - was previously banned in November 2014 and June 2015 because of an illegal bowling action. Highlights from the opening free practice session The spinner has taken 247 wickets in 326 international games for Pakistan. (skysports)