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Japan Olympic kit to feature recycled clothes Double upset Tokyo, Japan Kvitota aims early Korea, Aus crash out of Asian Cup apanese athletes com- Jpeting at the Tokyo 2020 Asian Cup Olympics will wear an offi- South Korea 0 - 1 Qatar cial kit made in part from onslaught in final recycled clothes collected UAE 1 - 0 Australia from across the country, delaziz Hatim fired a late sports firm Asics said on The final will winner as Qatar stunned ti- Friday. • tle-chasing The project was a way to determine the world South Korea engage the Japanese public number one ranking 1-0 to reach the in the run-up to the Olym- semis for the pics, the firm added. Neither Osaka nor first time. “This is something we Kvitova• has held the South Korea didn’t want to do alone. We were looking to wanted to bring the Japa- top spot before. end 59 years of hurt nese public into it as well,” in the tournament but the Asics spokesman Keisuke Osaka is currently two-time winners missed a Harada told AFP. sitting• on a career- string of second-half chances “We will use these clothes high ranking of four before Hatim’s hammer blow that people are attached to after 78 minutes. and make the products for “There are some big emo- the Japanese teams togeth- AFP | , Australia tions today, but it’s no mira- er.” cle,” said Qatar coach Felix zech Petra Kvitova is Sanchez. aiming to rock Japan’s “We deserve to be in the C‘on fire’ Naomi Osaka semis. I feel like the happi- Pandya to join with an early onslaught in the est coach in the world -- it’s Australian Open final, predict- a big step forward.” India team in New ing the decider will be more Zealand slugfest than tactical master- Aussie pain in Al Ain class. It took the Koreans until New Delhi, India The final today features two three minutes into the second of the game’s biggest hitters in half to register a shot on target, ll-rounder Hardik Pan- a showdown for both the Aus- Hwang Ui-jo forcing a low save Adya is set to join India’s tralian crown and the world from Saad Al-Sheeb from the touring squad in New Zea- number one ranking. edge of the box. land after his suspension Two-time Wimbledon cham- UAE forward Ali Mabkhout Lee Chung-yong then blazed celebrates his opening goal over sexist comments on a pion Kvitova is on an 11-match wide and captain Son Heu - TV show was lifted by the winning streak and has been in Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova Japan’s Naomi Osaka celebrates ng-min was denied by Al- country’s cricket board. imperious form at Melbourne celebrates her victory against Danielle after victory over Czech Republic’s Al-Ain, Sheeb before Kim Jin-su’s Pandya talked about his Park, where she is yet to drop Collins of the US during their women’s Karolina Pliskova free kick smacked against encounters with multiple a set or even be stretched to a singles semi-final match sian Cup hosts UAE the post. That wastefulness women in a chat show ear- tie-break. and rival Qatar pulled came back to haunt them lier this month as teammate The 28-year-old is jubilant bit.” Aoff titanic upsets as when Hatim smashed a long- K. L. Rahul sat next to him, about making a Grand Slam Osaka has battled through they sent defending champi- range rocket past goalkeep- that led to the duo being final for the first time since a three-setters three times on ons Australia and Son Heu- er Kim Seung-gyu to give the suspended pending an in- burglar sliced her racquet hand her way to the final and said ng-min’s South Korea crash- 2022 World Cup hosts a fa - quiry. The Board of Con - in a terrifying attack in late 2016 advancing at Grand Slam level ing out in the quarter-finals mous victory. trol for Cricket in In- at her home in the Czech Re- KNOW WHAT was sometimes more about the yesterday. “We didn’t create too many dia (BCCI) Thursday public. ability to outlast an opponent Ali Mabkhout poached a opportunities but we created allowed Pandya to “It’s probably a bit more spe- than outthink them. 1-0 win for UAE over Australia more than them,” protested participate in the cial because of everything I’ve The pair have never “I’m playing the best players and the Qataris ousted South South Korea coach Paulo Ben- ongoing one- been through,” said Kvitova, met and Osaka said in the world, and I’ve been play- Korea by the same scoreline to. day interna- who feared she would never ing three sets most of the time,” to set up a semi-final buzz - In Al Ain, tional series in rejoin the game’s elite after suf- she would have to ad- she said. ing with regional tensions be- flashed a header over as Aus- New Zealand fering permanent nerve dam- just her game against “It’s more like a battle of wills cause of the Gulf blockade of tralia proved an early threat and Rahul age. the lanky left-hander. at this point.” Qatar. but UAE were also looking to join the But to make her comeback Kvitova’s coach Jiri Vanek Milos Degenek’s defensive sharper than their previous India A complete, the eighth seed needs our belies a ferocious competi- said both finalists played in a mistake allowed UAE sharp- games. Mabkhout nearly con- squad in to overcome US Open champion tive instinct. similar manner. shooter Mabkhout to pounce nected with a header with the Thiru- Osaka, one of the few players “Naomi is on fire. She’s in “(Osaka) goes for winners, for a win that was greeted by goal at his mercy, and Ismail vanan- who can match Kvitova’s pow- very good form,” Kvitova said. Petra goes for winners. You joyous drumming and a sea Al-Hammadi forced a reac- thapu- erful serve and blazing ground- “She’s an aggressive player, don’t have time to come up with of smartphone torches at a tion save from Mat Ryan when ram. strokes. which I am, as well. great tactics” he said. packed Hazza Bin Zayed Sta- one-on-one with the Brighton The Czech said she must start “So I think it will be about “Both of them play so fast, I dium in Al Ain. goalkeeper. Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya strongly against the 21-year-old, who’s going to take the first think it’s going to be about who Japan and Iran, with sev- Apostolos Giannou saw a whose meek off-court demean- point and push the other a little has the bigger heart.” en Asian Cup titles between shot palmed away as Australia them, will play the other semi finished the first half strong- Olympic champ as the 24-team continental ly, but Mabkhout was inches showpiece nears its final in away when his header just Adrian has cancer Abu Dhabi on February 1. cleared the bar. ’s Australia The second half was one- Messi makes plea for will feel aggrieved by their de- way traffic as Degenek and feat after having the best of it went close with against UAE, only to be undone headers, and Giannou had the by a single defensive error on ball in the net but the goal was Sala search to resume 68 minutes. chalked off for offside. Nathan Adrian Degenek, who this week All Australia needed was a Barcelona, Spain including Bordeaux’s Valentin signed for Saudi giants Al Hi- goal and there was disbelief Los Angeles, United States Vada and Leganes’ Uruguayan lal, rolled a casual ball to Ryan when it went the other way as ionel Messi urged investi- attacker Diego Rolan, begged but Mabkhout nipped in and Mabkhout, a peripheral figure ive-time Olympic cham- Lgators yesterday to resume authorities to continue the rounded the ‘keeper before for most of the half, pounced Fpion swimmer Nathan the search for missing strik- search. scoring into an empty net. on Degenek’s misplaced back Adrian said Thursday he er Emiliano Sala after police Sala’s family have asked that Earlier, in Abu Dhabi, Ab- pass. has testicular cancer but is called off rescue operations and Nantes not to commemorate confident of recovery and admitted the chances of finding their former teammate at this wants to compete at the him were “extremely remote”. weekend’s French Cup clash 2020 Tokyo games. Police from Guernsey aban- with third-tier Entente Sannois In a statement on Twitter, doned the search on Thursday Saint-Gratien. Rain halts South Africa’s the 30-year-old 2012 100m after the light aircraft taking “We ask you to respect the freestyle gold medallist said the 28-year-old Argentinian family who absolutely refuse to pursuit of 318-run target he expects to be back swim- to Wales following his signing talk about mourning and ask us Centurion, South Africa down a 318-run target. ming within “weeks” after with Cardiff City from Ligue 1 to keep believing,” Nantes cap- A minimum of 20 overs a starting treatment. side Nantes disappeared from tain Valentin Rongier told more ain stopped play during side is necessary for a result. “We caught it early, I have radar near the British island Messi than 300 Nantes fans who came Rthe third one-day inter- already started treatment on Monday. your family and friends,” said to an open training session on national between South Africa Scores in brief: and the prognosis is good,” “While there is the possibili- the Barcelona attacker on Thursday. and Pakistan at SuperSport Pakistan 317-6 in 50 overs Adrian wrote. “I will be ty, a shred of hope, we ask that Instagram, with the hashtag “It is for this reason that we Park on Friday. (Imam-ul-Haq 101, Babar back in the water in a few you please #NoDejenDeBus- “#PRAYFORSALA”. are not going to have a minute’s The interruption came after Azam 69, Mohammad Hafeez short weeks with my sights car (don’t stop searching) for Messi’s plea comes after Sa- silence or a minute’s applause 16.5 overs of South Africa’s in- 52) v South Africa 88-2 in 16.5 fully set on Tokyo.” Emiliano. All my strength to la’s father and other players, because we still have hope.” nings as the home side chased overs (Q. de Kock 33).