15 TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2019 sports

PSG to face Inter in China summer Insigne’s late strike secures tournament AFP |

aris Saint-Germain will Ptake on in a second place for Napoli summer tournament in Chi- na before facing Rennes in next season’s curtain raiser Lorenzo Insigne and scored as Napoli finish second in this season Champions Trophy in Shen- zen, the Ligue 1 champions match against Sassuolo. announced yesterday. AS Roma Roma missed the chance to PSG will meet Inter, who • close the gap after a 1-1 draw at are owned by Chinese group forward Stephan El Genoa and are now three points Suning, in Macao on July 27 Shaarawy scored the behind Atalanta in fifth. before facing La Liga side opener in Genoa Torino are two points behind Espanyol three days later in Roma in sixth after a 1-1 draw Shanghai. AFP | Milan against Juventus on Friday. Chinese international But AC Milan, in seventh, can striker Wu Lei plays for the move to three points off the final Catalan outfit. orenzo Insigne stepped up Champions League place with The tournament will be to slot in a 98th-minute a win at home against held between July 23 and Lpenalty as Napoli came yesterday. August 3. from behind to beat Cagliari 2-1 Atalanta had gotten off to the on Sunday to guarantee they fin- worst possible start after Marco ish second in the Italian league Parolo had opened the scoring this season behind Juventus. for Lazio after just three min- Stephens equals Carlo Ancelotti’s side have a utes in the . 10-point lead on third-placed But Duvan Zapata hit back on best Madrid Inter Milan with three games 22 minutes for his sixth goal in showing with left. eight league games. But they are a massive 16 Napoli’s Lorenzo Insigne scores their second goal from a penalty The Colombian has scored Azarenka win points behind Juventus who had one goal more than Juventus already won an eighth consecu- dramatic finale the hosts were petition was boosted after a star Cristiano Ronaldo, with 22 AFP | Porto, Portugal tive Serie A title with five games awarded a late penalty after con- 3-1 comeback win over Lazio this season, and is three short of to spare. sultation with VAR when Artur BETTER as rivals Roma were held 1-1 at league top scorer Fabio Quagli- loane Stephens beat for- “Keeping up with Juventus Ionita handled a Faouzi Ghou- Genoa. arella of Sampdoria. Smer world number one was honestly difficult,” said An- lam cross, and was sent off. “We believed in a Champions Timothy Castagne added a Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 2-6, celotti. League place before, but now second just before the hour Insigne stepped up with the KNOW 6-2 to reach the third round “Of course we lost the strong clock ticking to score and en- we believe in it even more,” said mark with Lazio’s Brazilian de- of the Madrid Open. motivation because the gap was sure that Napoli will finish run- Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gas- fender Wallace turning into his Stephens beat the two- great, but second place satisfies ners-up for the second consec- perini. own net after 76 minutes. time Australian Open win- us and the team will certainly utive year. Dries Mertens now The side from Bergamo are Lazio’s Champions League ner for the fourth consec- be reinforced for next season.” Mertens now has 82 Napoli has 82 Napoli league just one point behind Inter Mi- hopes, however, have faded with utive time in just over two After a drab first half in Na- league goals -- one more than goals -- one more than lan who were held to a goalless Simone Inzaghi’s side seven hours to equal her best ples the hosts fell behind after club legend . club legend Diego draw at Udinese. points adrift of top four with showing at the event. Leonardo Pavoletti fired the Sar- Juventus and Napoli are al- Maradona Atalanta, who meet Lazio the Europa League also at risk. Belarusian Azarenka, dinians ahead after 63 minutes. ready assured of Champions again in the final In Genoa, Claudio Ranieri’s who double-faulted nine But Dries Mertens headed League football next season teams in the running. on May 15 in , next play side thought they had the win- times, drove a forehand into Napoli back into the game with but the battle for the final two Atalanta’s push for a first-ev- Genoa before travelling to Ju- ner when the net as she was broken in just five minutes to go and in a berths remains tight with six er berth in Europe’s top com- ventus with their final league volleyed in after 82 minutes. the final game to lose to the American eighth seed. Former US Open winner Stephens also reached the third round here in 2014 ‘Semoum’ wins Hamilton horse race Juventus-bound Ramsey bids and 2018. Dutch seventh seed Kiki TDT | Manama Nasser said, “This victory of their constant concern and ded- emotional farewell to Arsenal Bertens advanced past for- Bahraini horseracing in the UK ication that led to this victory. mer Roland Garros cham- emoum, the Mare owned reflects the great support given “The victory of ‘Sumoom’ pion Jelena Ostapenko 6-4, Sby HH Shaikh Nasser bin by His Majesty King Hamad comes to reaffirm the great po- 6-3. Hamad Al Khalifa, won the first bin Isa Al Khalifa to equestrian sition of Bahrain in equestrian Last year’s losing finalist place at the famous Hamilton sports, which we have inherited sports and horseracing. What Bertens hammered 11 aces Park Racecourse in the UK.. from our ancestors.” has been achieved in the UK as she went through in 80 Semoum won the 1,000 me- The Representative of HM today represents a great moti- minutes, breaking Ostapen- tres race for the three years of the King for Charity Work and vation and encouragement to ko four times. age category, ridden by jockey Youth Affairs and President of achieve more outstanding ac- Jack Mitchel and supervised by the Supreme Council for Youth complishments in the upcom- coach Roger Verner. and Sports to equestrian sports ing competitions,” HH Shaikh On this occasion, HH Shaikh praised Mitchel and Verner for Nasser said. Maradona misses out on first title as Pandya brothers take Mumbai to top of IPL rankings coach Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsey during a presentation after the match AFP | San Luis Potosí, AFP | New Delhi overs for a crushing nine wick- Reuters | nal’s 1-1 draw with Brighton Mexico et victory that set up a playoff and Hove Albion at Emirates ndia’s star all-rounder game against defending cham- aron Ramsey made a tear- Stadium. iego Maradona’s hopes IHardik Pandya is known pions on Aful farewell to Arsenal af- “Obviously it’s very emo - Dof winning his first for his explosive but it Tuesday. ter 11 years at the club on Sun- tional, it’s been a hell of a jour- coaching title were dashed was his bowling partnership While Mumbai Rohit day and said he was looking ney,” the 28-year-old told Sky Sunday as his Dorados team with brother Krunal that took Sharma made an unbeaten 55 to forward to the next phase of Sports. “Eleven years of my lost the Mexican second-di- to the top of lead the run-chase, credit went his career at Juventus. life, so much has happened in vision finals, along with the IPL table at the end of the to the team’s bowlers. The Welshman, whose sea- that, when I look back. You can their shot at promotion. group stage. Delighting in the recognition son ended prematurely after tell by my voice how much it Rivals Atletico San Luis Hardik, who will be a key of his right-arm medium pace, he sustained a hamstring in- means to me. scored the lone goal of the member of India’s World Cup Hardik Pandya predicted the jury last month, is set to join “I’m really excited for the second leg in extra time to team in England, dismissed game against old rivals Chennai Italian champions in the close new challenge and new chap- clinch the title and a spot danger- would be a “cracker”. season after signing a four-year ter in my life (at Juventus) but in the first division -- the men and Shubman Mumbai Indians cricketer Krunal “To be honest as a batsman, deal in February. today it’s all about this. second time they have left Pandya hugs his teammate and sibling Gill in consecutive overs to there is nothing better than hit- Ramsey, who is the club’s “This is where I grew up. I Maradona empty-handed in Hardik Pandya break up a threatening partner- ting a ball. People don’t expect a highest scoring central mid- just want to take this in today two consecutive finals. ship and earn the man-of-the of slow left-arm bowling as Kol- lot from my bowling, neither do fielder with 64 goals, was and let it settle in for a few “I nearly died... But it’s match award late Sunday. kata were restricted to 133-7 off I, but it feels nice,” the 25-year- given a guard of honour by more days before I can really fine. I’m sad for my boys, Big brother Krunal gave away 20 overs. old said after picking up his team mates and presented look forward and concentrate though,” Maradona said af- just 14 runs from his four overs Mumbai made 134-1 in 16.1 award. with a memento after Arse- on that. ter the match.