Mo Forza Wins QREC-Sponsored Gr2 Qatar Twilight Derby in US
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Barty beats Svitolina to win WTA Finals crown PAGE 14 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2019 HE SHEIKH JOAAN honoURS QATAR’S ATHLETES WHO EXCELLED AT GCC Women’S GAMES His Excellency Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al Thani, President, Qatar Olympic Committee, honoured Qatar’s women athletes who excelled at the recently concluded 6th GCC Women’s Games in Kuwait winning a total of 34 medals (9 gold medals, 14 silver medals, and 11 bronze). QOC First Vice-President Sheikh Saud bin Ali al Thani, QOC Second Vice-President Dr. Thani Abdulrahman al Kuwari, and QOC Secretary-General Jassim Rashid al Buainain, President of Qatar Women’s Sports Committee (QWSC) Lolwa al Marri, Directors of Departments, and staff of QOC attended the ceremony. Mushfiqur leads Bangladesh to first T20I win over India AFP NEW DELHI Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim hits a boundary during the first T20 international MUSHFIQUR Rahim hit an of a three-match series against India, at the unbeaten half-century to pow- Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi er Bangladesh to their first-ev- on Sunday. (AFP) er Twenty20 international vic- tory over India in pollution-hit New Delhi on Sunday. Mushfiqur made 60 to anchor Bangladesh’s chase of 149 as the tourists achieved their target with three balls Mo Forza, ridden by Joel Rosario (right) wins The Twilight Derby at Santa Anita in California, USA, on Saturday. (RACINGFOTOS.COM) to spare. They won by seven wickets to lead the three- match series 1-0. Bowlers Shafiul Islam and Mo Forza wins QREC-sponsored Aminul Islam claimed two wickets each to play a key part in Bangladesh winning their first T20 againstI ndia in nine attempts. Gr2 Qatar Twilight Derby in US The Indian capital has been blanketed by smog with authorities saying air pollu- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK tion had reached “emergency” levels, with schools closed and O Forza, with the other restrictions imposed. widest draw of the But it was business as usu- SCOREBOARD Mfield in gate 13, went al at Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla on to win the This year, the ground with Bangladesh re- INDIA BANGLADESH (TARGET 149) Qatar Twilight Derby went to stricting the hosts to 148 for R. Sharma lbw b Shafiul 9 Liton Das c Rahul b Chahar 7 win the Grade 2 Qatar Twilight six after electing to bowl first. S. Dhawan run out (Mahmudullah/Mushfiqur) 41 Mohammad Naim c Dhawan b Chahal 26 KL Rahul c Mahmudullah b Aminul 15 Soumya Sarkar b Ahmed 39 Derby in the United States The tourists were in trou- S. Iyer c Naim b Aminul 22 Mushfiqur Rahim not out 60 on Saturday. ble at 54 for two when Soumya R. Pant c Naim b Shafiul 27 Mahmudullah Riyad not out 15 The 1m 1f race for 3-year- Sarkar, who made 39, and S. Dube c & b Afif 1 Extras (lb3, w4) 7 olds was run at Santa Anita, Mushfiqur put on a crucial 60- K. Pandya not out 15 Total (3 wickets, 19.3 overs) 154 W. Sundar not out 14 Did not bat: Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Aminul California, on Saturday. run stand for the third wicket. Extras (lb3, w1) 4 Islam, Shafiul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Al-Amin Total (6 wickets, 20 overs) 148 The General Consul of Qa- Soumya was bowled by Hossain Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Liton), 2-54 (Naim), Did not bat: Y. Chahal, D. Chahar, K. Ahmed tar in Los Angeles, HE Khalid paceman Khaleel Ahmed but 3-114 (Soumya) Bowling: Chahar 3-0-24-1 (w1), Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Sharma), 2-36 (Rahul), 3-70 bin Yousif Khalifa al Sada Mushfiqur survived a dropped (Iyer), 4-95 (Dhawan), 5-102 (Dube), 6-120 (Pant) Sundar 4-0-25-0, Ahmed 4-0-37-1 (w1), Chahal 4-0- crowned the winners. chance at 38 to hit four consec- Bowling: Shafiul 4-0-36-2, Al-Amin 4-0-27-0, 24-1, Pandya 4-0-32-0 (w1), 0.3-0-9-0 (w1) Mo Forza, the three-year- utive boundaries off Ahmed to Mustafizur 2-0-15-0, Aminul 3-0-22-2, Soumya 2-0- Toss: Bangladesh Result: Bangladesh won by seven wickets old colt of Uncle Mo, was bred put Bangladesh ahead. 16-0, Afif 3-0-11-1, Mosaddek 1-0-8-0, Mahmudullah 1-0-10-0 (w1). Series: Bangladesh lead the three-match series 1-0. by Barry and Diane Abrams’ Skipper Mahmudullah Ri- Bardy Farm and is owned The General Consul of Qatar in Los Angeles, HE Khalid bin Yousif Khalifa al Sada with the winners. yad joined Mushfiqur at the by them in partnership with crease and brought up the slumped further. Cricket-crazy fans seemed Og Boss. He is trained by US winner in second under John sponsor of the Gr 3 Dukhan pace was a little slower than win with a six off debutant Pollution levels turned haz- to have ignored health warn- trainer Peter Miller. R Velazquez. The other Rich- Sprint, for 3-year-olds and I thought, but he was loaded all-rounder Shivam Dube. He ardous during the past week, ings from government agen- Quickly away, he was able ard Baltas’s ward, Neptune’s older, which is run over 6 fur- the whole way. The horse was made an unbeaten 15. putting the match in danger cies as a near-capacity crowd to come across the field and Storm was third under Ricar- longs in the finale of the an- throwing his head, but then India lost early wickets in- of being called off, but India’s turned out to watch the first settled in behind the leader in do Santana. nual HH The Amir Sword Fes- Joel got him to settle.” cluding skipper Rohit Sharma cricket board felt it was too late match of the series. second position on the rail in As part of the agreement tival in February. QREC attaches great im- who was trapped leg before to change the venue. In December 2017, two an evenly paced race. Coming for mutual sponsorship be- Following the success of portance to such internation- wicket for nine off Shafiul in The reading for pollut- players from Sri Lanka fell ill into the short home straight tween QREC and Breeders’ the QREC-sponsored Juvenile al partnerships in line with the first over of the innings. ants in the atmosphere hit 810 on the pitch because of smog of Santa Anita, he came up to Cup, the ongoing partnership Turf Sprint Stakes in 2017 and QREC’s vision to promote Qa- Aminul then struck twice to micrograms per cubic metre and play in the Test match join the leader and flew home between the two organisations 2018, this year QREC is the tar as a horseracing hub and a rattle the opposition top-order Sunday morning, beyond the was briefly suspended. to secure his firstS takes win has entered its third year. sponsor of the Grade 2 Qatar leader worldwide. with KL Rahul, who made 15, “hazardous” zone according Every winter, the megacity on the world stage in this Under the agreement, Twilight Derby. Such partnerships are and Shreyas Iyer, who scored to the US embassy in Delhi, of 20 million people is blan- Group 2 contest. QREC is associated with a Trainer Peter Miller com- essential in fostering Qatar’s 22, letting go of their starts. which independently moni- keted by a poisonous smog He was ridden by Joel Breeders’ Cup race run at one mented after the race, “I just international presence while Opening batsman Shikhar tors pollution levels. of car fumes, industrial emis- Rosario. The Richard Baltas- of the top racecourses in the told Joel to get a position. supporting Qatar’s illustri- Dhawan made 41 with three The recommended World sions, and smoke from stub- trained SucceedAndSurpass USA in November every year There were one or two speeds, ous heritage, culture and sixes but returned to the pavil- Health Organisation safe daily ble burning at farms in neigh- was 1.75 lengths behind the while Breeders’ Cup is the just sit behind the speed. The traditions. ion after being run out as India maximum is 25. bouring states. Sports Monday, November 4, 2019 13 All eyes on Olympian Attiyah as Asian Shooting C’ship at Losail begins today VINAY NAYUDU DOHA QSAA CHIEF ELECTED AS ASIAN SHOOTING CONFEDERATION VICE-PRESIDENT QATAR’S ace sportsman Nasser Saleh al Attiyah would ALI Mohammed al Kuwari, step away from the world of President, Qatar Shooting car rallying for now and in- & Archery Association, was stead wield his gun at the 14th elected Vice-President of the Asian Shooting Champion- Asian Shooting Confedera- ship – the opening ceremony tion at the General Assembly of which will be held at the on Sunday. Losail Shooting Range on Al Kuwari’s elevation in the Monday evening. Asian confederation was Attiyah, a bronze medal- hailed by HE Sheikh Joaan ist at the Olympics and twice bin Hamad al Thani, who Asian Games gold medalist, is congratulated in a tweet and seeking to make a record 7th wished him all success. appearance at the Olympics and as such would be aiming for a qualification berth for the forthcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He will be in action in the skeet and trap events. “It’s a big ambition for him. I think he would break the re- cord of most number of par- ticipation by making it his 7th Olympics at Tokyo 2020. He Ali Mohammed al Kuwari, President, Qatar Shooting & Archery Association (QSAA), and Chairman, Higher Organizing Committee for the Asian has been training and working Championship (2nd left), Hussein Saleh al Sada, Vice-Chairman, Organising Committee, & Chairman of the Finance Committee (2nd right), very hard.