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SPORT 07 He Wants to Be Here and Do As Well As He Can, That’S Why We Don’T Want to Talk Too Much CRICKET RALLYING Zinedine Zidane Urges About This MONDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2019 SPORT 07 He wants to be here and do as well as he can, that’s why we don’t want to talk too much CRICKET RALLYING Zinedine Zidane urges about this. He is integrated into England vs New Zealand Baja 1000 critical Real fans to start the group and he wants to play 1st Test - Day 5 at the1,287-kilometer course backing Bale again. ACTION on Mount Maunganui in Ensenada, Mexico well, just like everyone else. TODAY’S Al Attiyah headlines Baja 1000 in Mexico THE PENINSULA a good job, and we have a good ENSENADA, MEXICO strategy.” Al-Attiyah added. “Baja in itself is a challenge, North America’s most famous you have to expect the unex- off-road race began yesterday In appearance, the pected. Anything can happen in just outside of Ensenada, Mexico, this race and you really need to – a day late thanks to torrential trophy truck is a stay calm and let it come to you.” rains that are sure to have 4x4 like our Toyota “This race is unique by the muddied up the course with a Hilux, but the main length and the time – the crew few superstar racers pairing up difference is the huge will have to stay focused on the to tackle the 1,287-kilometer track. Should be less difficult on course through Baja’s rocky travel of the shocks. navigation as we have some roads and sandy washes. Driving will be a little recce possibility... then Nasser An exciting last-minute entry bit different from and I will have to find the fastest from two legendary off-road what we know but and easiest way during the race,” racers coming in from afar: Price said. reigning Dakar Rally champions, for that I trust Nasser Baumel, Al Attiyah and Price Qatari Nasser Al Attiyah and Aus- 100%: Baumel have already agreed on one tralian Toby Price, will also be strategy – Toby will open the hopping in a Trophy Truck course on roads that he already together for the first time. While “I am so excited to do Baja knows, then plans on handing the Baja 1000’s all-day, all-night 1000 – I’ve been dreaming of the truck over to superstar driver style of racing will be a change doing this race for a long time! Nasser with plenty of life left in for the cross-country rally With two Dakar champions, I it for the race to the finish. experts, their driving skills will think it will be really a nice Andy McMillin and Bryce Qatar’s Nasser Al Attiyah (centre), Australian Toby Price (left) and Mathieu Baumel pose for a picture make them a force to be feeling to race together,” Al Menzies, both of USA have during the Baja 1000 in Mexico. reckoned with. Toby will be Attiyah said. always been racing against each joined by co-driver Dustin Hell- “I have never driven a trophy other – but for the 2020 Baja Truck as fast as they can during non-stop, day and night, over doing – and Bryce has proven strom, and Al Attiyah by Mathieu truck, so we need to test the 1000, they’re going to be on the this iconic off-road race – each 1,287 kilometers. himself with three Baja 500 Baumel. The pair are supported truck. It won’t be easy at the same team – piloting the same taking a turn (or two) at the With five Baja 1000 wins to championships, making this duo by Baja racing legend Jesse Jones. beginning, but I think we can do Mason Motorsports Trophy wheel as the truck races his name, Andy knows what he’s very dangerous. Inspired Nadal fires Spain into Davis Cup final against Canada REUTERS Nadal completed that task point with a big serve and then hours. “I’m living the dream,” he MADRID with a 6-4 6-0 win over Dan Nadal produced miracles to flick said. Evans, which extended his a lob over Murray before putting “It’s a very special moment. Rafael Nadal fired hosts Spain incredible run of Davis Cup away a smash as the Scot replied Rafa hit an unbelievable lob into the Davis Cup final as he singles wins to 28 since 2004, with a lob. when we were down in the break joined Feliciano Lopez to win a and, just like 24 hours earlier, he It felt like Nadal was tackling 6-4. We are really happy and thrilling late-night doubles and bounded back on court around Britain on his own as he saved a have a great opportunity to hold seal a nail-biting 2-1 victory over half an hour later for a doubles fourth set point with a monstrous this trophy tomorrow.” Britain on Saturday. decider. forehand that whistled past Canada reached their first The world number one, In a match of gut-wrenching Murray. Three-time Grand Slam Davis Cup final after Denis playing like a man possessed, tension played in front of a champion Andy Murray, sitting Shapovalov and Vasek Pospisil, sent a capacity crowd in the frenzied soccer-style crowd in at courtside after being left out, who have played every rubber Magic Box wild as he almost the 12,500-seater stadium, could not look. for their side this week, beat single-handedly hauled his Nadal, 33, and Lopez, 38, Spain then had a match point Russian duo Andrey Rublev and country home and set up a final squeezed out the first set on a which Nadal miscued, but when Karen Khachanov as their semi- with Canada in the inaugural tiebreak in which every single Skupski bunted a volley long it final also went to the wire. edition of the revamped point felt like a drama. meant Lopez had a service point Pospisil’s run of three competition. With the clock ticking well to seal it, and he delivered. straight singles wins here came With the semi-final on a past midnight yet again, the “Rafa Rafa” the crowd bel- to an end in the opener against knife edge at 1-1 after the singles inspired British pair kept their lowed as they saluted their hero an inspired Rublev, the Russian were shared, Nadal and veteran noses in front on serve in the and he will need them behind winning 6-4 6-4. Lopez came through an electri- second set and when Lopez him again in the final against Shapovalov levelled the tie fying doubles clash against Jamie made a horrible mess of a smash Canada at the end of an when he beat Khachanov 6-4 Murray and Neal Skupski, on the Nadal serve at 5-6 they exhausting week. 4-6 6-4 before the Canadian duo winning 7-6(3), 7-6(8) to take had a set point. “This competition is dra- edged the doubles 6-3 3-6 7-6(5). five-time winners Spain into Nadal saved that one with a matic and with this new format “I don’t think any of us their first Davis Cup final since nerveless forehand winner down even more,” Nadal said on court. expected that we could get this 2012. Just as on the previous the line but there was more “It was very close. We knew it far,” Shapovalov said. “You have night against Argentina in the trouble for Spain in the was going to be a very tough to have a little bit of luck on your quarter-finals, Nadal first had to tiebreak. battle. But we found a way.” side and just play some ridic- Spain captain Sergi Bruguera celebrates with Rafael Nadal after win his singles to drag his team After an angry Nadal clashed Lopez was close to tears at the ulous tennis and play at a ridic- winning his doubles match with Feliciano Lopez against Britain’s level after Lopez was outplayed with the umpire Britain led 6-4 end and who could blame him ulous level. It’s dream to be in Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski in Madrid on Saturday. 6-3 7-6 by Kyle Edmund. but Lopez saved the first set after the tension of two dramatic the final.” Second Leg of the Qatar MTB League: Wasiak tops in Open Category NBA Results Cleveland 110, Portland104 Milwaukee 104, Detroit 90 Atlanta 116, Toronto 119 New York 104, San Antonio 111 Philadelphia 113, Miami 86 Utah 128, New Orleans 120 Memphis 108, LA Lakers 109 Charlotte 115, Chicago 116 Indiana 111, Orlando 106 Minnesota 98, Phoenix 100 NHL Results Vancouver 2 Washington 1 Calgary 3 Philadelphia 2 Arizona 3 Los Angeles 2 Boston 5 Minnesota 4 Carolina 4 Florida 2 Toronto 5 Colorado 3 NY Rangers 6 Montreal 5 New Jersey 5 Detroit 1 Tampa Bay 6 Anaheim 2 Winnipeg 4 Columbus 3 Dallas 2 Chicago 1 Nashville 4 St. Louis 2 Edmonton 4 Las Vegas 2 The podium winners at the Second Leg of the Qatar MTB League Season 2019-2020 pose for a picture with Thani Al Zaraa, General Secretary of the Qatar Cycling San Jose 2 NY Islanders 1 Federation in Duhail. The league is organised in collaboration between the United Filipino Mountain Bikers Qatar and the Qatar Cycling Federation. National Team coach Szymon Wasiak and national team rider Marwan Aljalham were placed first and second respectively in the Open Category. 08 SPORT MONDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2019 India crush Bangladesh to sweep series AFP played a key part with his 136 in SCOREBOARD KOLKATA India’s 347 for nine declared on Bangladesh 1st innings 106 Saturday as they managed a lead India 1st innings 347-9 dec Paceman Umesh Yadav claimed of 241 runs.
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