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AC Milan battle back to beat Parma Mehidy lifts Bangladesh AFP | Milan C Milan got back to Awinning ways with sec- Bangladesh beat West Indies in Test series after earning first innings win ond half goals from Patrick Cutrone and Franck Kessie sealing a come-from-behind Tigers bowl out the Bangladesh first innings 508 2-1 win over promoted Par- • West Indies first innings ma yesterday. visitors for 111 and 213 K. Brathwaite b Shakib 0 Gennaro Gattuso’s side runs on the third day K. Powell b Mehidy 4 fell 2-0 to Juventus and of the second Test KNOW WHAT S. Hope b Mehidy 10 were held 1-1 by Lazio in S. Ambris b Shakib 7 their previous two league Mehidy Hasan R. Chase b Mehidy 0 games but move fourth two • S. Hetmyer c & b Mehidy 39 points ahead of the Romans. took 7-58 and 5-59 in Mehidy Hasan‘s S. Dowrich lbw b Mehidy 37 It was a hard-fought vic- the first and second performance broke D. Bishoo c Shadman b Mehidy 1 tory for Milan days after innings respectively Bangladesh’s Test K. Roach c Liton b Mehidy 1 competing in the Europa match record with 12- J. Warrican 5 League with a number of S. Lewis lbw b Shakib 0 players missing including AFP | Dhaka 117 over the course of two innings Extras (b4, lb3) 7 suspended Argentine for- Total (all out; 36.4 overs) 111 ward Gonzalo Higuain. ff-spinner Mehidy Hasan he said. : Shakib 15.4-4-27-3, Mehidy “It’s an important victory claimed a career-best 12 West Indies’ trouble began 16-1-58-7, Nayeem 3-0-9-0, Taijul 1-0- and a great success,” said Owickets as Bangladesh West Indies’ Kieran Powell (L) is bowled out from the very start of the third 10-0, Mahmudullah 1-1-0-0 Cutrone. “It’s not easy to thumped West Indies by an in- day’s play when they lost five West Indies second innings fight back for the win.” nings and 184 runs in Dhaka yes- earning the dubious distinction Test haul for a Bangladeshi in less than an hour, K. Brathwaite lbw b Shakib 1 Roberto Inglese nodded terday to sweep the two-match of becoming the first side ever to bowler. after resuming their first innings K. Powell St Mushfiqur b Mehidy 6 in his fourth goal this season series. be asked to follow-on by Bangla- The 21-year-old spinner im- on 75-5. S. Hope c Shakib b Mehidy 25 for Parma five minutes after Hasan took 7-58 and 5-59 in desh in a Test match. proved his own record of 12-159 Hetmyer, who also top-scored S. Ambris lbw b Taijul 4 the break, off a corner but the first and second innings Big-hitting against England in 2016 at the in the first innings with 39, hit R. Chase c Mominul b Taijul 3 Milan pulled one back six respectively to help the Tigers scored an attacking 93 off 92 same ground. Mehidy for a six in the second S. Hetmyer c Mithun b Mehidy 93 minutes later with Cutrone bowl out the visitors for 111 and balls with nine sixes and a four Kemar Roach provided late over of the day, but the off-spin- S. Dowrich c Soumya b Nayeem 3 volleying in. 213 runs on the third day of the to prevent a total Caribbean col- entertainment with an unbeat- ner flummoxed him for a sharp D. Bishoo c Soumya b Mehidy 12 Kessie slotted in Milan’s second Test. lapse in the second innings. en 37 off 49 balls with seven return catch to start collapse. K. Roach not out 37 second from the spot on 71 Bangladesh made 508 runs But Mehidy stopped Hetmyer fours, but it only delayed the Bangladesh never looked back J. Warrican c & b Mehidy 0 minutes after Alessandro in their only innings at Sher- from scoring his maiden Test inevitable. as Mehidy claimed three more S. Lewis lbw b Taijul 20 Bastoni was deemed after e-Bangla National Stadium to century when the batsman went Taijul Islam wrapped up the wickets in quick time, before Extras (b6, lb3) 9 consultation with VAR to claim their first-ever victory by for a 10th sixth, but wound up innings and match when he Shakib wrapped up the innings Total (all out, 59.2 overs) 213 have handled the ball. an innings margin. delivering it to Mohammad trapped Shermon Lewis for 20 to finish with 3-27. Bowling: Shakib 14-3-65-1, Mehidy 20- “It’s disappointing to It was Bangladesh’s first Test Mithun at long-on. to finish with 3-40. Bangladesh West Indies skipper Kraigg 2-59-5, Taijul 10.2-1-40-3, Mahmudullah return with no points de- series win in four years, after He then removed Jomel War- hailed Brathwaite lamented the defeat. 1-0-6-0, Nayeem 14-2-34-1 spite playing a good match,” they won the opener in Chit- rican to complete his second his team’s effort after the match. “As batsmen we didn’t do our Result: Bangladesh won by innings said Parma coach Roberto tagong by 64 runs. five- haul of the game “We did the process right and jobs. We didn’t get a partnership and 184 runs D’Aversa, whose side had West Indies wilted for 213 all before finishing with match fig- we did well in every department. and we let ourselves down on Series result: Bangladesh wins series come into the game on a run out in the second innings after ures of 12-117 -- the best ever Overall a very good team effort,” the field,” he said. 2-0 of consecutive wins.

Bahrain to clash against Germany, Netherlands to meet in Euro qualifying China in Brave 21 Group C. priority. England avoid tough “The group is typically tough, “If you look back how it was TDT | Manama • I’d say. The Netherlands and one year ago and how the public group for Euro 2020 The group is Germany are the favourites, but were with the national team, it amza Kooheji will be - typically tough, I’d it should be enough for both is totally different at this stage,” Hcome the first Bahraini AFP | Dublin, Ireland say. The Netherlands (to go through),” said Germany said Koeman, who has led the fighter to compete in a profes- and Germany are head coach Joachim Loew. Netherlands to the final four of sional bout in the Kingdom of ormer champions Germa- the favourites, but it The top two teams in each of the Nations League. Saudi Arabia at Brave 21. The Fny and the Netherlands will should be enough for the 10 groups will qualify for “They have a lot of belief in first professional mixed mar- meet each in qualifying for Euro Euro 2020, which for the first the team, the team is showing a tial artist from the Kingdom of 2020 after being paired together both (to go through) time will be staged in 12 differ- good development and now the Bahrain will face an opponent in yesterday’s draw in Dublin, JOACHIM LOEW ent venues across the continent, target is to qualify for the tour- from China at Brave 21. but World Cup semi-finalists including Amsterdam. nament. We need to be there.” Hamza Kooheji will face England have little to complain results which included losing And having missed out on The semi-finals and final will Yayong “The Wolverine” Wang about. to the Dutch in Nations League. both Euro 2016 and this year’s be played at Wembley, handing from China who has a pro - The Germans were the most Joachim Loew’s side will also World Cup, Dutch coach Ron- England a major incentive to fessional experience of com- dangerous team outside the first face Northern Ireland, who they ald Koeman insisted qualify- go on and win the competition, peting in 12 bouts. The bout Hamza Kooheji in action pot of seeds for the competition, met at the Euro 2016 finals, as ing rather than scoring anoth- fresh from reaching the last four will be the first time a Bahraini Combat Federation winning relegated due to poor recent well as Estonia and Belarus in er victory over Germany is his at this year’s World Cup. athlete is competing against a in 4 of his appearances. Brave fighter from China. 21 will take place on 28th De- Hamza Kooheji made his cember at the King Abdullah inspirational return at Brave Sports City Indoor Sports Hall Chelsea return to winning ways against Fulham 16 in Abu Dhabi, UAE after in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The his only loss in Brave Combat bout will be broadcasted live AFP | London Federation. Currently, Kooheji in Bahrain through Abu Dhabi has competed 5 times in Brave Sports. helsea bounced back from Ctheir first Premier League defeat of the season to see off lo- 1000 cal rivals Fulham 2-0 yesterday, home goals have been Athletes from 24 nations to with goals from Pedro and Ru- scored by Chelsea in compete at events in December ben Loftus-Cheek putting the the Premier League to gloss on a mixed performance. become the third club TDT | Manama to compete in the events host- The home side dominated to reach the landmark ed by Brave Combat Federa- possession at Stamford Bridge rave Combat Federation tion in the month of Decem- and scored early through Span- Bwill be making a major leap ber. Athletes from all the six ish forward Pedro but struggled ri back to Stamford Bridge in the in the operational phase as the continents will be featured in to find their rhythm and looked Fulham dugout, were quickly global organization found in the editions of Brave Combat shaky until substitute Lof - into their stride against their the Kingdom of Bahrain will Federation taking place in the tus-Cheek settled their nerves neighbours and were ahead in- host three International events month of December. The initi- with a late second. side four minutes. in the month of December. ative marks the single largest Chelsea manager Maurizio N’Golo Kante -- publicly crit- Chelsea’s English midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek (C) controls the ball Brave Combat Federation is sports initiative bringing to- Sarri enjoyed a dream start to icised by his manager for his the largest sports initiative in gether athletes from diverse his tenure in England but a positioning in the match against Pedro’s strike was Chelsea’s roud shortly before half-time the Kingdom of Bahrain host- nationalities to a global plat- chastening 3-1 defeat to Totten- Spurs -- was instrumental in 1,000th home goal in the Pre- but they failed to convert ing three International events form initiated by the Kingdom ham last week stung him badly, the opening goal, dispossessing mier League -- they are the third their dominance into clear-cut across three nations in the of Bahrain. KHK MMA Fight prompting a series of post-mor- Jean Michael Seri in the middle club to reach the landmark after chances. month of December. Events Team found by HH Shaikh tems with individual players. of the pitch and feeding the ball Manchester United and Arse- Fulham started the match will be hosted in South Africa, Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa Yesterday’s hard-fought win to Pedro on the right side of the nal. rooted to the foot of the table India, and Saudi Arabia re - will represent the Kingdom lifted Chelsea into third place penalty box. Chelsea dominated the re- but lifted by last week’s victory spectively. of Bahrain in the editions of above Spurs. The winger stepped inside mainder of the first half, with in Ranieri’s first match as boss, Athletes from a total of 26 Brave Combat Federation dur- The home side, welcoming onto his left foot and fired the Sergio Rico saving smartly which followed six straight Pre- nations have been confirmed ing the month of December. former manager Claudio Ranie- ball into the far corner. with his feet from Olivier Gi- mier League defeats.