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GGOLFOLF | Page 5 MMOTOGPOTOGP | Page 6 Rahm aims at Quartararo No.1 aft er late claims Spanish birdies bring GP; Marquez lead crashes out Monday, July 20, 2020 CRICKET Dhul-Qa’da 29, 1441 AH England’s Broad GULF TIMES boosts victory bid in West Indies Test SPORT Page 2 SPOTLIGHT HORSE RACING AFC chooses Abdelkarim Hassan, Pedro Qaysar back with a win for Shaqab Agencies Miguel to be on list of best defenders Haydock, United Kingdom QNA journey of Abdelkarim and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Pedro in numbers and statistics, n the colours of Al Shaqab where the former is consid- Racing, Qaysar was back in ered one of the most prominent Ithe winners’ circle in the he Asian Football Con- players in the left-back position Racing TV Handicap at Hay- federation (AFC) has in Asia, and his performance dock on Saturday evening. Tchosen the players of contributed to taking Al Sadd The fi ve-year-old bay gelding, the Qatari national team to the semi-fi nals of the conti- trained by Richard Hannon, was and Al Sadd club, Abdelka- nental championship. In 2018, running over a mile and he sat to- rim Hassan and Pedro Miguel, he won the award for the best wards the rear before making up among the best defenders in the player in the Asian continent, as ground under plenty of impul- 2018 edition of the AFC Cham- his performance shone mostly sion in the fi nal 400m. pions League for their fantastic as a defender, but also as an of- In the hands of Thore Ham- performances. fensive player. mer, he took the lead insides the The AFC posted on their of- As for Pedro Miguel, he par- fi nal 200m and fl ew to the line Thore Hammer (left) rides Qaysar to Racing TV Handicap victory at fi cial website the names of the sen according to their distin- tral defender, while Abdelkarim ticipated mostly in Al Sadd for a victory by four lengths and Haydock on Saturday evening. (John Grossick) defenders who were nominated guished performance in the last Hassan is competing as the best matches and was part of a back- a quarter in the race for three- to be on the list, which included AFC Champions League 2018 left-back defender to enter the line that kept fi ve clean sheets in year-olds and older rated 0-105. was ridden by George Wood. Al David Allan. 14 players, with the best of them and their positions in the fi eld, best squad for the continental their 12 games, as the team came Alternative Fact was the run- Erayg was a further short head It was the eighth win for Qaysar, all to be chosen by voting. where Pedro Miguel entered the championship in 2018. so close to reaching their fi rst fi - ner-up. The fi ve-year-old geld- behind in third. He is trained by who was purchased in the Arqana Al Sadd defenders were cho- competition as the best cen- The AFC shed light on the nal since 2011. ing is trained by Ed Dunlop and Tim Easterby and was ridden by Breeze Up Sale as a two-year-old. FORMULA 1 CHESS QCA to celebrate Hamilton ties Schumi International Chess Day with online with Hungarian win tournament By Sports Reporter Mercedes driver equalled seven-time champion’s record of winning a Grand Prix eight times Doha Reuters Budapest, Hungary he Qatar Chess Association (QCA) will be hosting the T‘We Are One Family’ Online masterful Lewis Ham- Chess Tournament on the ilton won the Hun- occasion of International Chess Day A garian Grand Prix in today. dominant style and The tournament will be played for a record eighth time yester- over 18 rounds of Blitz Chess on Li- day to wrest the Formula One chess.org, and the player who gets championship lead from Mer- the most points after all the rounds cedes teammate Valtteri Bottas. will be declared the winner. Max Verstappen took second The overall winner will receive for Red Bull, the Dutch young- USD 500 in prize money, while the ster awarded ‘drive of the day’ second- and third-placed players after crashing on the way to the will receive USD 250 and USD 150 re- grid in early drama that had his spectively. mechanics scrambling to fi x the There are USD 100 and USD 50 damage before the start. dollars for the fourth- and fi fth- Bottas, now fi ve points be- placed players respectively. hind Hamilton after three races, There is prize money for Best Fe- fi nished a close third after bat- male (USD 250), Best Boy U20 (USD tling back from a botched start 100) and Best Girl U20 (USD 100). off the front row. The top three residents will re- Hamilton’s 86th career vic- ceive USD 150, USD 100 and USD 50, tory, from his 90th pole posi- while Best Resident U20 and U16 will tion and collecting a bonus receive USD 75 and USD 50 respec- point for fastest lap, left the tively. six-times world champion fi ve Top three Qatari males will receive short of Michael Schumacher’s USD 200, USD 100 and USD 50 re- all-time record of 91 wins. spectively, and so will the top three “It was a pretty beautiful day, Qatari females. Best Qatari U20, U14 to be honest,” said Hamilton, and U12 will receive USD 100, USD 75 who had lapped all but three and USD 50 respectively. cars by the time he pitted for soft A win in the tournament, which is tyres with three laps to go and a open for all with no charge, will earn lead of more than 26 seconds. the player one point, while a draw The Briton also equalled half-a-point. Schumacher’s record of win- If two or more players have the ning a Grand Prix eight times, same number of points at the conclu- something the Ferrari great sion of the tournament, Sonneborn- achieved in France between Mercedes’ driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates after winning the Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring circuit in Mogyorod near Budapest, Hungary, yesterday. (AFP) Berger score will be the tie break. 1994 and 2006. The organisers have urged the “Round one had multiple wins in a row in Hungary, with against the clock, giving him a Canadian Lance Stroll fi n- team mate Romain Grosjean were 4. Lance Stroll (Racing Point) participants to familiarise them- diff erent punches that I wasn’t the next two races on home soil car to drive from seventh place ished fourth for Racing Point, later summoned to stewards for +57.579 selves with the Swiss System for- perhaps ready for but I refo- at Silverstone. on the grid and zero to hero. who are racing while subject an alleged use of driver aids dur- 5. Alexander Albon (Red Bull) mat at Lichess.org. cused and the last two have been Those will also be without “I thought I was not going to a protest from Renault over ing the formation lap. +1:18.316 The QCA has taken several meas- fantastic,” Hamilton, fourth in spectators in a season over- to race, so to be second is like a the legality of their Mercedes- Carlos Sainz fi nished 10th for 6. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 1 lap ures to ensure clean and fair play the opener won by Bottas, said shadowed and delayed by the victory for me,” he said. lookalike car. McLaren. 7. Sergio Perez (Racing Point) 1 lap system for all participants, and has of the season so far. Covid-19 pandemic. Bottas meanwhile rued what Alex Albon took fi fth for Red AlphaTauri’s French driver 8. Daniel Ricciardo (Renault) 1 lap said that they reserve the right to “This weekend, we’ve just might have been, the Finn dis- Bull in another turn up for a Pierre Gasly was the only re- 9. Kevin Magnussen (Haas) 1 lap ban a player, who is caught cheating been on point throughout so we ZERO TO HERO tracted on the grid by a cockpit team who appeared to be strug- tirement of the race. 10. Carlos Sainz Jr (McLaren) 1 lap or using any external assistance like need to try and keep this up,” The day started wet and con- light that made him move early gling on Saturday. chess engines during the tourna- said the Briton, the only Black ditions were still greasy by the and then stop before starting Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel was HUNGARIAN GP RESULTS DRIVERS’ STANDINGS (TOP 3) ment, from future events and also driver who again led other driv- time the cars went out, as Ver- again. sixth, with Racing Point’s Ser- (TOP 10) 1. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 63 pt declare the player’s name publicly. ers in taking a knee before the stappen discovered to his cost “I reacted to a light on my gio Perez seventh and Austral- 1. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 2. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) 58 If your Lichess account is further start in support of anti-racism when he locked up and skidded dash that went off . I don’t know ian Daniel Ricciardo eighth for 1:36:12.473 3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 33 convicted of fair-play violations, campaigns. into the tyre wall at turn 12. what it was and I reacted to that Renault. 2. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) CONSTRUCTORS’ (TOP 3) your account will be closed, and you Hamilton, winner of the Sty- The Dutch driver was amazed instead of the start light,” he Denmark’s Kevin Magnussen +8.702 1.