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QSL PLAYOFF FOCUS Do-Or-Die Match for Shahania Al Ahli Football and Qatar Sports Club Coach Adam Resigns BASEBALL | Page 5 CCRICKETRICKET | Page 7 Yankees Bangalore beat White tame Gujarat Sox for 8th Lions in their straight win own den Wednesday, April 19, 2017 FOOTBALL Rajab 22, 1438 AH Win every game GULF TIMES now, Wenger tells Arsenal SPORT Page 2 QATAR CROSS-COUNTRY RALLY Al-Attiyah, Meo and Ponce take Super Special Stage Al-Attiyah was 1.8 seconds quicker than Yazeed al-Rajhi in the cars, while Leeroy Poulter slotted into third By Sports Reporter Sunderland is focused and determined Losail to continue his winning run. “We know how diffi cult this rally can be and in terms of the navigation but this one atar’s Nasser Saleh al-At- and Abu Dhabi are strategic rallies. tiyah, Frenchman Antoine That’s the nature of them. I guess the Meo and Peru’s Alexis Her- end of the stage is a bit like motocross Qnandez Ponce entertained with everyone jostling for position, but the crowds with the fastest times in we have to deal with that.” the car, motorcycle and quad catego- Honda’s Kevin Benavides blotted ries through the opening 4.85km Su- his copybook by falling and damag- per Special Stage of the Qatar Cross- ing his bike during a test session on Country Rally at Losail yesterday. Monday afternoon and defending FIM Run over a purpose-built track that World Champion Pablo Quintanilla featured jumps and water splashes and was forced to miss the pre-event press sections of Losail’s motocross course, conference to visit hospital for treat- the stage was also used to determine ment after sustaining a slight injury on the all-important starting order for the Monday afternoon in another test. fi rst of four desert selective sections on A fascinating battle is anticipated Wednesday. in the T2 car category. Qatar’s Adel Al-Attiyah was 1.8 seconds quicker Abdulla, driving a Nissan Patrol, than Yazeed al-Rajhi in the cars, while Qatar’s Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah snatched an early 5.6- second lead over Leeroy Poulter slotted into third place powers through the Super Special Saudi rival Yasir Saeidan. Abu Dhabi’s on his Qatar debut with a South Afri- Stage yesterday. At bottom, QMMF Mansour al-Helai was a further second can-built Toyota Hilux. “I had a test in chief Abdulrahman al-Mannai flags behind. the car yesterday and there was a little off the participants. “I thank the QMMF, Nissan Qatar pain from the crash in Abu Dhabi, but and Ooredoo for their support,” said nothing too serious,” said al-Attiyah. Qatar’s defending FIA T2 champion “I will see what develops. If I have to Adel Abdulla at the pre-event press push, then I will.” conference. “This is my home event The tactical game began in earnest in and it is special to me. I need to close the motorcycles and the stage win for the gap on the leader in the champion- Frenchman Antoine Meo enabled him ship. That is the goal this week.” to choose the most favourable starting Frenchman Claude Fournier topped position for the desert action. With the the T3 standings and fi rst blood event reduced from fi ve to four desert amongst the 10 competitors in the sections this year, a diff erent strat- Qatar National Baja went to a fl ying egy may pan out amongst the factory Ahmed Allouh in his Polaris. Khalid riders. Red Bull KTM teammate Mat- al-Mohannadi was second in a similar thias Walkner fi nished second and Sam car. Sunderland gave the Austrian manu- Today, is the fi rst of four desert se- facturer a 1-2-3 fi nish. lective sections at the Qatar Cross- Alexis Hernandez Ponce was the Country Rally. Competitors will tackle class of the quad fi eld on his Yamaha a 334.08km section that starts near the Raptor. Rafal Sonik switched from a tered for FIM Quad World Cup points. nine quads were fl agged away from a Earlier in the day, 11 competitors had and Rafal Sonik joined car drivers al- village of Rawdat Rashed in the munic- Honda to a Yamaha to fi nish second South Africa’s Martin Beyers dropped ceremonial start by QMMF President joined QMMF president al-Mannai Attiyah, Sheikh Khalid al-Qassimi, ipality of Al Rayyan and fi nishes south and Dutchman Kees Koolen third. seven minutes to the leaders. Before Abdulrahman al-Mannai, with the at the offi cial pre-event press confer- Martin Prokop and the Qatari duo of of the former Sealine bivouac, 93.72km Saudi riders Abdulmajeed al-Khulaifi they tackled the stage, 25 FIA cars honour of fi rst into the stage falling to ence at Losail. Riders Sam Sunder- Mohamed Abu Issa and Adel Abdulla from Losail, after taking in a westerly and Sultan al-Masood also entered and 10 more running in the National Abdulmajeed al-Khulaifi on his Yama- land, Pierre Alexandre Renet, Paulo at the media event. and southerly loop of the State of Qa- on their Yamahas, but were not regis- Baja, along with 13 motorcycles and ha YFZ 450R. Gonçalves, Mohammed al-Balooshi Defending motorcycle champion tar. BOTTOMLINE Tough stages, tougher navigation challenge participants in Qatar Cross-Country Rally By Joe Koraith more about navigation, about the ter- Jan Tomanek is a very worried man be- Doha rain and about the car. I would like to cause of the challenge that this round wish all the drivers a very successful off ers. “I have heard many stories about and safe event,” he added. this event and the tricky navigation and he Qatar Cross-Country Ral- Al-Attiyah, who was leading by more my co-driver Jan (Tomanek) is quite ly is one of the events of the than an hour in Abu Dhabi before that worried and knows he will need to work calendar held in high regard crash, is still on recovery path. “Both hard,” said Prokop yesterday. Tby all the participants. The me and Mathieu are lucky that we Honda rider Paulo Goncalves too en- tricky terrain and the demanding navi- didn’t break anything. But I have mus- forced the prevalent opinion that Qatar gation requirements have established cle and nerve injuries. I have been in is going to test the limits of the compet- this round as one of the toughest in the Apsetar Hospital for 10 days. I am get- itors. “We know here that we will have calendar. Four extremely desert sec- ting better and better,” said the Qatari a long, diffi cult rally with a lot of navi- tions will require the competitors to be yesterday. gation. The level of riders is higher. I at their very best if they are to emerge Qatar’s second representative in the expect an intense race,” said Goncalves. victorious. cars category, Mohamed Abu Issa, is All of this talk of Qatar being a tough Reigning motorcycle Dakar Rally looking to gain valuable experience for race leaves QMMF president Abdulrah- champion Sam Sunderland knows that next year’s Dakar. “Cross country is man al-Mannai a very happy man. He this will be a diff erent outing as com- a lot more diffi cult. You have to han- knows that it will translate into a com- pared to the Abu Dhabi Desert Chal- dle diff erent terrains. In Abu Dhabi, petitive race. “We’re very excited about lenge, which he had won. “I am happy you had to tackle the dunes. In Qatar this race. It’s going to be a diffi cult race. to be here in Qatar for another year. We navigation will be the most important And we are hoping that the weather will always know before we come that we Participants in the Qatar Cross-Country Rally pose with QMMF off icials prior to the start of the event. aspect. For me it’s super important to help us in this race. It has been an excit- will have a tough race here. It’s such a fi nish the world championship and get ing season so far. We are hoping that we diff erent race from Abu Dhabi. There between,” said the KTM rider during tar’s Nasser al-Attiyah, knows how dif- cross country is diff erent and it will be as much experience as I can for the next see a strong competition in this round.” it’s all dunes. We come here and there’s the press conference yesterday. fi cult this event can be. “This is known more diffi cult. The stages and the kilo- year in Dakar,” he said. Come Saturday and those present on a lot of navigation and diff erent terrain. Sheikh Khalid al-Qassimi, who won to be a very diffi cult rally. I have partici- metres are longer,” said al-Qassimi yes- Navigation is the biggest focus for the winner’s ramp will be very happy at It’s good to have that contrast. We have the car category in Abu Dhabi, after an pated in the Middle East Rally Champi- terday. participants in Qatar. Czech driver having conquered one of the most chal- to adapt so quick with only a week in unfortunate accident suff ered by Qa- onship. That was diffi cult in itself but “The purpose of this event is to learn Martin Prokop joked that his co-driver lenging rounds in this calendar. Gulf Times 2 Wednesday, April 19, 2017 FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT Qatar’s al-Mohannadi hits out at FIFA ban AFP last month successfully overturned the scandal-hit governing body and now “They didn’t have a case, they Doha sanctions against him.
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