RUGBY | Page 10 CRICKET | Page 5 England stay Zimbabwe To Advertise here Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 on course for ousted by Six Nations Afghanistan Grand Slam in World T20 Sunday, March 13, 2016 FOOTBALL Jumada II 4, 1437 AH Messi masterclass GULF TIMES as Barcelona hit Getafe for six SPORT Page 3 SPOTLIGHT BASKETBALL FOOTBALL/FA CUP Schumi manager Rembert Lukaku on avoids target twice giving detailed shines as as Everton updates Khor bounce sink Chelsea back for win El Jaish hold nerve to edge Al Arabi 81-77 Michael Schumacher suff ered a serious skiing accident in 2013 and is undergoing treatment in Switzerland. AFP Berlin ichael Schumacher’s manager Sabine Kehm admits purposefully avoiding giving out Mexact details about the health of Germany’s Formula One legend to prevent speculation or misinter- pretation in the media. “At the moment, I see no alter- native,” she told yesterday’s edi- tion of the Munich-based news- paper the Sueddeutsche Zeitung. “Every sentence is a catalyst for new inquiries, every word is a beacon for further information. It never dies down.” Former seven-time world champion Schumacher suff ered head injuries in a skiing accident Everton’s Romelu Lukaku celebrates scoring their second goal against in the French Alps in December Chelsea in their FA cup quarter-final yesterday. 2013 and spent six months in an induced coma before returning to AFP million, 258 million euros) to buy his home in Switzerland to con- Liverpool 49.9 percent of the club, having tinue his rehabilitation. made a pre-match address to sup- Any updates by Kehm on Schu- porters in the media. macher’s health over the last two- Al Khor's Ronald Rembert drives past Qatar Sports Club's Ibrahim al-Muftah during their Qatar Cup clash yesterday. omelu Lukaku scored two In it, he talked of investment in and-a-half-years, which have superb goals to give Everton players, as well as a pledge to hold been few and far between, are By Sports Reporter a 2-0 FA Cup quarter-fi nal onto existing talent and solve the pounced on by the media. Doha victory yesterday over his club’s search for a new state-of-the- Last month, ex-Ferrari chief Luca Rformer club Chelsea, for whom Diego art stadium. di Montezemolo shed brief light on Costa was sent off . But the future of manager Rob- Schumacher’s condition by saying: onald Rembert and Charles Abouo combined for a As a fractious match neared its erto Martinez was not on the agen- “I get news about him constantly, whopping 64 points as Al Khor bounced back from conclusion, Lukaku took a Tom Clev- da, despite disquiet among Everton and unfortunately it’s not good” and a seemingly hopeless position to score an 84-77 win erley pass in his stride after 77 min- supporters over the club’s current added “Unfortunately, a skiing ac- over Qatar Sports Club in the Qatar Cup basketball utes and powered past four defenders 12th-place standing in the Premier cident ruined his life.” Rtournament at the Gharafa Club yesterday. before burying an unstoppable shot League. Kehm refused to comment on Di Qatar Sports Club were quick off the mark, leading 23-13 into the back of the visitors’ goal. There was little for the home fans Montezemolo’s comments. after the fi rst period and maintained their ascendancy even Just fi ve minutes later, after neat to cheer in the early stages, apart She says Schumacher took pains during the second quarter after which they appeared cruis- passes from Gareth Barry and Ross from a fi rst-minute Cleverley volley to keep his private life separate ing comfortably towards victory with a 40-30 cushion. Barkley, it was left to Lukaku to de- into the body of Chelsea goalkeeper during his career and she is just But Al Khor were not done yet as they produced a sen- liver the killer blow with another Thibaut Courtois. doing the same. sational third period during which they scorched the court emphatic fi nish that earned Everton Costa was the victim of a crude “Before his accident, Michael’s with 32 points, while restricting Qatar Sports Club to just 18. a place in the semi-fi nals. early foul from Barry and retaliated private life was sacred and everyone That gave them a slender 62-58 advantage going into the The controversy was still to come, within seconds, earning a caution as accepted that,” said the 51-year-old fi nal session, but that was all the encouragement they need- however, as Costa earned a second he challenged the Everton midfi elder Kehm. The former journalist says she ed as they poured in 22 more points to clinch a deserving win. yellow card after 84 minutes as he re- with a leading arm. is careful what fans are told when they Rembert was the top scorer for either side with 38 points, acted to a Barry foul by motioning his Chelsea left-back Kenedy was for- write to ask how their hero is. which included 12 from three-pointers, while Abouo chipped head towards the Everton man and tunate not to be cautioned after two “One can’t answer that question in with 26, nine of which came from the three-point mark. apparently threatening to bite him. clumsy trips on Aaron Lennon, while in a few sentences,” said Kehm, Abouo also had six assists and three steals. Barry did not cover himself in Costa made the most of slight con- adding Schumacher’s recover is “a Alen Hadzibegovic also contributed 13 points for the win- glory and after being booked for his tact with home defender Phil Jagielka continuous process”. ners, while none of the others could manage double fi gures. part in that fl ashpoint, he received off the ball, appealing for a penalty In January, Pope Francis prayed for For Qatar sports Club, Anthony White excelled with 34 a second yellow three minutes later that was instantly rejected. Schumacher as he off ered his back- points, while Consteveous Jeff erson had 24 and Abdulrah- for a foul on Cesc Fabregas, which Nor were Everton blameless, with ing for a Formula One-led road safety man Muftah 14. meant that both teams fi nished with Jagielka booked just before the inter- campaign aimed at reducing the Al Khor scored 26 points from turnovers while Qatar 10 men. val for a wild kick at Fabregas. number of children killed by cars. Sports Club had just nine. El Jaish's Leon Macklin soars above the Al Arabi defence to Defeat brought an end to a misera- From the ensuing free-kick, Joel Kehm last spoke about Schu- In the second match of the day, El Jaish held their nerve to score. ble week for Chelsea, who were elim- Robles made the fi rst meaningful macher’s health in February dur- post an 81-77 win over Al Arabi. inated from the Champions League save of the game by tipping over a ing the opening of an exhibition in In a close match, El Jaish just about managed to stay in ing only a slender lead throughout, the lead never changed by Paris Saint-Germain on Wednes- dipping eff ort from Willian. Marburg, central Germany, dedi- front throughout the match and never cracked under pres- even once during the match. day and no longer have any chance of On Friday night, late goals by Yo- cated to his Formula One career. sure. Oumar Seck and Narcellius Soyebo scored 20 points winning any silverware this season. han Cabaye and Fraizer Campbell “The exhibition allows the Ernest Bell top-scored for the winners with 19 points, apiece for Al arabi, while Mohamed Matalaqh and Moutasim Everton’s new co-owner Farhad gave Crystal Palace a 2-0 victory at memory of the time of Michael while Yousuf Mohamed and Leon Macklin had 18 each. Hamed chipped in with 16 and 14, respectively. Moshiri was in attendance at Goodi- Championship (second-tier) club with Ferrari, Mercedes and Benet- El Jaish led 23-20 after the fi rst quarter, 45-42 after the On Tuesday, Al Khor play Al Shamal at 5pm followed by a son Park for the fi rst time since pay- Reading in their FA Cup quarter- ton to be revived,” she said. second and 63-61 after the third. Remarkably, despite enjoy- match between El Jaish and Al Wakrah at 7pm. ing a reported £200 million ($287.7 fi nal. Gulf Times 2 Sunday, March 13, 2016 FOOTBALL SETBACK SPOTLIGHT Pelle gives Saints European edge Man City hopes over Stoke City hit by stalemate with Norwich The result also jeopardised the visitors’ hopes of Champions League qualification Southampton’s Graziano Pelle in action with Stoke’s Phillipp Wollscheid during their EPL clash yesterday. AFP Butland parried from Shane London Long shortly after, but on the half-hour the Stoke goalkeeper was at fault as Pelle swapped raziano Pelle ended a passes with Dusan Tadic before 13-game goal drought curling in a tame shot that the with a brace as South- England international should ampton won 2-1 at have saved. GStoke City yesterday to steal a To make matters worse for the march on their European qualifi - home side, winger Xherdan Sha- cation rivals. qiri was then forced off holding The Italy striker struck twice the top of his thigh, with Bojan in the fi rst 30 minutes and de- Krkic coming on. spite Marko Arnautovic reduc- Southampton squandered a ing the arrears and Southampton gilt-edged chance to eff ectively substitute Sadio Mane seeing red kill the game off before half-time at the death, Ronald Koeman’s as Long freed Tadic, whose deci- side held on for victory.