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MLB | Page 5 CRICKET | Page 7 Yankees rout Rashid’s recall Royals but to Test squad lose Judge to leaves England injury in a spin Saturday, July 28, 2018 CYCLING Dhul-Qa’da 15, 1439 AH Thomas tightens GULF TIMES grip on yellow, Roglic wins 19th stage SPORT Page 4 RALLYING Al-Attiyah caps challenging Silk Way with second place Despite technical troubles early on, Qatari driver and French navigator Baumel bounce back for encouraging finish By A Correspondent ticular water crossing impossible. Race Moscow, Russia offi cials decided to start the last 191km section from PC1, after 112km. Andrey Rudskoy stopped with tech- atar’s Nasser Saleh al-Atti- nical issues after just fi ve kilometres yah claimed the third quick- and that put his hold on fi fth position in est time on the fi nal stage of jeopardy. Italy’s Marco Piana, who had the Silk Way Rally between towed Serradori for 180km on Thursday, QLipetsk and Moscow yesterday and stopped to assist the Russian on the 79km confi rmed second overall in the general fi nale but he lost over an hour in any case. classifi cation. Al-Attiyah led from Serradori and The Overdrive Racing driver and al-Rajhi after 37km, but al-Rajhi stayed French navigator Matthieu Baumel set clear of trouble to reach the fi nish and a time of 58min 02sec on the weather- confi rm outright victory with the stage shortened special and, in so doing, win falling to Hunt. headed for the fi nish in Red Square 1hr 08min 12sec behind race winner Yazeed al-Rajhi. SS7 RESULTS 1. Harry Hunt (GBR)/Sebastien It’s great to reach the fi nish Delaunay (FRA) Peugeot 3008 DKR aft er our week was beset with 49:54 several delays and little prob- 2. Joan Roma (ESP)/Alex Haro (ESP) ‘ lems. This was not the result MINI John Cooper Works Rally we wanted but we lost a lot of 52:18 time earlier in the race with the diff erential problem and 3. Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah (QAT)/ the drive shaft , and we came Matthieu Baumel (FRA) Toyota back strongly at the fi nish to Hilux Overdrive 58:02 take second place.’ 4. Matthieu Serradori (FRA)/Fabian — Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah Lurquin (BEL) MCM Original 1:00:32 5. Yazeed al-Rajhi (SAU)/Timo Gottschalk (DEU) MINI John Frenchman Matthieu Serradori con- Cooper Works Rally 1:01:34 fi rmed third place and former rally leader Harry Hunt confi rmed the stage win from Spaniard Joan Roma. Russia’s OVERALL STANDINGS Sergei Kariakin fi nished fourth. 1. Yazeed al-Rajhi (SAU)/Timo “It’s great to reach the fi nish after our Gottschalk (DEU) MINI John week was beset with several delays and Cooper Works Rally 23:49:14 little problems,” said al-Attiyah. “This was not the result we wanted but we 2. Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah (QAT)/ lost a lot of time earlier in the race with Matthieu Baumel (FRA) Toyota the diff erential problem and the drive Hilux Overdrive 24:57:26 shaft, and we came back strongly at the 3. Matthieu Serradori (FRA)/Fa- fi nish to take second place.” bian Lurquin (BEL) MCM Original Al-Attiyah’s Silk Way Rally challenge 28:56:21 ran with support from Red Bull, the Qa- 4. Sergei Kariakin (RUS)/Anton tar Motor and Motorcycle Federation Vlasiuk (RUS) Can-Am Maverick X3 (QMMF), Ooredoo Qatar and Toyota 31:22:27 Gazoo Racing. Al-Attiyah followed al-Rajhi into the 5. Mariia Oparina (RUS)/Taisiia last of the special stages between Li- Shtaneva (RUS) Can-Am Maverick petsk and Moscow. But weather condi- X3 32:32:57 tions in recent days had made one par- Qatar’s Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah (also inset) and French co-driver in action during the Silk Way Rally in Russia. FOOTBALL ‘He’s a champ’: Tuchel says Neymar will bounce back Agencies round playing on the beach, around the knows how to handle losses... he’s Singapore houses, on the streets,” he said. a champion and we will help him to “We want to fi nd this and bring this bounce back.” out so that they enjoy it. And also enjoy ew coach Thomas Tuchel the hard work, and that they are aware Wenger respect dismissed concerns about of the signs that they give to everybody Tuchel had been linked in the British dealing with Paris Saint- outside and inside the club. media with the Arsenal job but the Germain’s “big personali- “I am not here to teach them football German said it was never something Nties” yesterday, as he pledged to help and how to play, I am here to help them he had considered and he was fully Neymar bounce back after a diffi cult and organise a structure to show off committed to the project of leading World Cup. their talent and keep them on track and the French treble winners to further The 44-year-old German is taking hungry. I also need to show them the success. on a star-studded squad including value of their behaviour and how it fi ts “I made my decision to join Paris Neymar, the world’s most expensive in to the work of the whole group.” Saint-German before Arsene Wenger player, with a mandate from PSG’s Qa- Neymar is yet to return to PSG after made his decision to leave Arsenal,” he tari owners to land a coveted European PSG coach Thomas Tuchel. the World Cup, where Brazil were added of the Frenchman, who ended title. stunned by Belgium in the quarter-fi - his 22-year tenure in North London in Ex-coach Unai Emery reportedly ons Cup in Singapore, where PSG play nals. The forward was also lampooned May. tangled with Neymar, while French Emery’s Arsenal today. for his extravagant play-acting, which “He has my biggest respect as he World Cup-winner Kylian Mbappe is Tuchel, whose side also face Atletico sparked the viral #NeymarChallenge built a club famously known for its also rumoured to have a fractious rela- Madrid at the Singapore National on social media. style of football. He is an idol and role tionship with the Brazilian star. Stadium on Monday, highlighted that “Everybody in the club wants to help model for many coaches, especially for But Tuchel insisted: “In my experi- every player, no matter how famous, them to feel very well very soon so they me. I never got in touch with Arsenal, ence the biggest players are the easiest would have grown to love the sport can approach their next goals and not so I don’t know if I was ever meant to characters because they want to com- from a similar, humble background. worry too long about what happened be his successor... pete and they want to win.” “In the end I strictly believe that at the World Cup,” Tuchel said, when “He was more than just a coach, he “Of course we have very big person- all of these guys were somewhere, asked about Brazil’s defeat. was Arsenal. He’s a gentleman and one alities but I’m not worried about this,” sometime, some fi ve, six-year-old “He’s (Neymar) a big player, he of the biggest coaches in the world. I Paris Saint-Germain’s players warm up during an off icial training session for the he added at the International Champi- guy with the ball under his arm, going knows how to handle victories, he have the feeling he’s not fi nished yet.” International Champions Cup in Singapore yesterday. (AFP) Gulf Times 2 Saturday, July 28, 2018 FOOTBALL PRE-SEASON TOUR Cherchesov gets two more years as Russia coach Russian national team coach Stanislav Cher- chesov yesterday saw his contract extended by at least another two Arsenal’s Emery looks years after the side’s good show at the World Cup. The contract is for two years with the possibility of a fur- ther two-year extension, the federation said. Russia reached the quarter-finals of the tournament for the first time in beyond PSG reunion its post-Soviet history despite being the lowest-ranked team. Today, President Vladimir Putin is set to host the team and its coaches for an ‘I remain grateful to PSG. I had a good experience there and it was wonderful for my career’ awards ceremony at the Kremlin. Reuters Russia midfi elder Golovin Singapore joins Monaco from CSKA ew Arsenal coach Unai Em- Russian midfielder Aleksandr Golovin ery is looking forward to a has quit CSKA Moscow to join Monaco reunion with former club on a five-year contract worth 30mn Paris St Germain in a Singa- euros ($35mn) plus add-ons. Capped 23 Npore friendly today but the Spaniard is times by Russia, the 22-year-old Golovin focused more on intensifying pre-sea- was one of the host team’s stand-out son conditioning ahead of the Premier players as they reached the quarter-fi- League campaign. nals of the World Cup. Golovin becomes The 46-year-old opted to leave the the first Russian player to be signed French capital at the end of last season for Monaco, whose Russian billionaire after leading the Qatar-backed club to president, Dmitry Rybolovlev, took over a domestic treble and replaced Arsene the club when in the second division in Wenger at Arsenal after the French- December 2011. man ended his almost 22-year tenure In his three seasons with CSKA, Golovin in North London in May. played 113 matches.