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Mutaz Essa Barshim, the 2017 London worlds champion and the World Athlete of the Year, is back in action having suffered an unfortunate ankle injury last year. (Right) Abderrahman Samba created a big stir last season and went on to become the second fastest one-lap hurdler along with Rai Benjamin of the US. The 23-year-old also produced a 46.98s shocker at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Paris, only the second time 400m hurdles’ 47-second barrier has been broken. Asian record holders, two women Qatar squad for IAAF Doha 2019 Worlds ATHLETE DISCIPLINE make the 18-member team Abbas, Mohamed Nasir 4x400 Metres Relay TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK at 2.43m, Barshim’s fitness Abdalla, Abubaker Haydar 800 Metres DOHA and how he handles the situ- Al Hasani, Yaqoob 4x100 Metres Relay ation, would be under focus Bagharab, Yaser Salem 3,000 Metres Steeplechase QATAR’S 18-athlete squad during the Doha Worlds tak- for the upcoming IAAF World ing place in the Middle East Barrow, Owaab 4x100 Metres Relay, 100 Metres Athletics Championships region for the first time. Barshim, Mutaz Essa High Jump boasts of Asian record holders Samba created a big stir El Seify, Ashraf Amgad Hammer Throw in world high jump champion last season and went on to be- Farid, Mariam Mamdouh (W) 400 Metres Hurdles Mutaz Essa Barshim, 400m come the second fastest one- hurdler Abderrahman Samba, lap hurdler along with Ameri- Haroun, Abdalelah 400 Metres, 4x400 Metres Relay 100m & 200m sprinter Femi can Rai Benjamin, sweeping Hassan, Abdirahman Saeed 1,500 Metres Ogunode, and the 4x400m everything in his sight. This Hemeida, Bassem 4x400 Metres Relay Relay team. Qatar team also season, he ran in 400m, includes two women athletes. 400m hurdles and 4x400m Khalid, Mahamat Zakaria 4x100 Metres Relay The meet begins at the relay as a build up for the Mohamed, Abdelaziz 4x100 Metres Relay, 200 Metres majestic Khalifa Internation- worlds, including his wins in Ogunode, Femi 4x100 Metres Relay, 4x400 Metres Relay al Stadium, Aspire Zone, on the Asian meet and Shanghai Ogunode, Tosin 4x100 Metres Relay September 27th. The ten-day Diamond League. event will last till October 6 But he has not raced Osman, Ashraf Hussen 4x400 Metres Relay culminating with a midnight against world champion Nor- Samba, Abderrahman 400 Metres Hurdles, 400M, 4x400 Metres Relay marathon at the spectacular wegian Karsten Warholm and Sosse, Kenza (W) 400 Metres Corniche. American Banjamin, who are Ashraf El Seify will be in action in hammer throw. Owaab Barrow will run in 100m and 4x100m relay. Barshim, the 2017 Lon- expected to be his main ri- don worlds champion and the vals in the Doha 2019. In the tional 4x100m and 4x400m – Samba, Bassem Hemeida Khalid, Abdelaziz Mohamed, plechase, respectively. World Athlete of the Year, is meantime, Warholm show- relay teams. The latter quarter and Ashraf Hussen Osman. Femi Ogunode and 2018 Former under-20 world back in action having suffered cased his preparations and is the reigning Asian record With arrival of Haroun and Asian Games silver medallist champion and 2018 Asian an unfortunate ankle injury posted the second fastest time holder after winning the gold Ogonode, the Qatar team def- Tosin Ogunode. Games gold medallist Ashraf last year. His best has been after the world record holder medal in the Asian Games in initely looks much stronger Abdelaziz Mohamed will Amgad El Seify will represent 2.27m twice this season while Kevin Young in the Zurich Di- Jakarta last year. than before. also line up in the men’s the home team at the men’s in Zurich he could clear only amond League in August. In Jakarta, the 4x400m hamed Nasir Abbas and Mo- Young sprinter Owaab 200m, while Abubaker Hay- hammer throw. 2.20m in his last event before Ogunode, the current foursome consisted of world hamed Mohamed. Barrow will run in 100m, be- dar Abdalla has been listed Doha 2019 bid ambassa- bowing out. Asian record co-owner in 400m bronze medallist Ab- For the Doha worlds, Qa- sides assisting the 4x100m for 800m. Abdirahman Saeed dor Marim Farid and Kenza So the second highest 100m with Chinese Su Bign- dalelah Haroun, who is tar retained only three of relay tam. Other members Hassan and Yaser Salem Ba- Sosse, the two female athletes, jumper in the history after Cu- tian and 200m, will be using also back after recovering the team that won the Asian of the relay team are Yaqoob gharab have been listed for will run 400m hurdles and ban legend Javier Sotomayor his experience to help the na- from injury, Samba, Mo- title here in April this year al Hasani, Mahamat Zakaria the 1,500m and 3,000m stee- 400m, respectively.

Marquez and Quartararo cat-and-mouse ‘Crazy lap’ lifts Leclerc to Singapore pole AFP them we are on pole,” he said. act hits Aragon front row SINGAPORE “I am not that keen to com- pare tracks but performance- CHARLES Leclerc’s stunning wise it seems the setup of the turn in Singapore Grand Prix car is working. I think from qualifying on Saturday came Hungary we understand the thanks to a “crazy lap” that car better and the balance we boosted the Formula One rookie need to achieve the best per- into his third straight pole start. formance,” Leclerc added. The 21-year-old Ferrari “I wasn’t happy with my driver has gone from strength driving yesterday, so I im- to strength since the season proved quite a lot personally returned from summer break, and the balance of the car also notching wins in Belgium and improved a lot today.” Repsol Honda’s Spanish rider Marc Marquez (left) presses Petronas Yamaha SRT French rider Fabio Quar- Italy in the last three weeks With seven rounds re- tararo during the San Marino MotoGP Grand Prix race on Saturday. (AFP) and edging championship maining, Hamilton leads the leader Lewis Hamilton’s Mer- Ferrari’s Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc celebrates after taking title race by 63 points over his AFP Marquez has won at Aragon of the season and Marquez cedes by 0.191 seconds ahead pole position after the qualifying session for the Formula One Singa- Mercedes teammate Valtteri ALCANIZ (SPAIN) for the past three seasons and explained he had been deter- of Sunday’s race. pore Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit on Saturday. (AFP) Bottas, with Leclerc in fourth the 26-year-old set a blister- mined not to come second “It was quite a crazy lap after and Vettel fifth. MARC Marquez is a red-hot ing pace in qualifying before again after being pipped on the first one was compromised ing the wall two or three times and Vettel, starting third, to Dense smog from forest favourite to win the Aragon taking pole, 0.327sec ahead of the line in the previous two when I started too close to Lewis but it felt amazing.” compete at the front of the grid. fires in neighbouring Indone- MotoGP after roaring to pole Quartararo. races at Silverstone and the (Hamilton), so there was quite After victories on power- “Still very surprised with sia had floated over Singapore position for his home Grand Last week, Marquez ghosted Dutch GP. a bit of pressure to perform on friendly circuits at Spa and the pace of the car. We knew in the past week, sparking con- Prix on Saturday where the along just behind Quartararo On Sunday, fans at the the last lap and I gave it my all,” Monza, Ferrari were not expect- we had more to come after cerns the F1 could be affected. Spaniard will renew his strug- for 18 laps at the San Marino GP 5.077km Aragon circuit, just Leclerc told reporters after his ed to be a major factor around yesterday, but did not expect Air quality hovered around gle with French tyro Fabio before finally springing past the 160km from Honda rider Mar- 1:36.217 final lap. the technical 23-turn race. to challenge Mercedes or Red “unhealthy” levels in parts of Quartararo on the front row, Yamaha youngster on the last quez’s hometown Cervera, can “There were quite a few Leclerc credited the team Bull. It just proves how good the city Saturday evening but with Maverick Vinales third. lap to clinch a captivating win. anticipate another mouth-wa- mistakes, I lost the car quite a for making significant changes a job the team have done back only a light haze was visible Reigning world champion It was his seventh victory tering duel between the pair. few times and felt I was touch- to the car that enabled himself at the factory, so it’s thanks to and did not affect the race. 14 Sunday, September 22, 2019 Sports

WORLD CUP RUGBY All Blacks bash Boks, make a statement

AFP livewire wing Cheslin Kolbe TOKYO went to ground. Handre Pollard potted a DEFENDING champions New drop goal to make it 17-13 but Zealand put the Rugby World penalties to Richie Mo’unga and Cup on notice with an impres- Beauden Barrett ensured New sive 23-13 win over South Af- Zealand seized control of Pool B. rica on Saturday after France France and Argentina came and Australia both survived to blows at the end of their Al Rayyan fans cheer with the players after Abdulaziz Hatem’s goal against Al Khor during their QNB Stars Al Duhail’s Mohammed Muntari celebrates with teammates after major scares. match after Emiliano Boffelli’s Legaue match at the Al Janoub Stadium on Saturday. scoring against Al Wakrah on Saturday. The All Blacks have been last-gasp penalty miss allowed much maligned heading into Les Bleus to sneak home by their third consecutive title just two points. defence but they floored the Gael Fickou and Antoine Al Rayyan ease past Al Khor Boks with 17 points in just five Dupont both scored brilliant- first-half minutes to silence ly as France led 20-3 at the their critics. break, before Argentina came Saturday. Brahimi nearly scoring as broken from a set piece tak- back of the net past a helpless It was the culmination of a storming back with two near- Lions pick up first Franck Kom’s 66th min- he collected a pass out wide en short as Mowafak Awad goalkeeper. thrilling first full day of action identical catch-and-drive tries ute strike and and Abdelaziz and drove a fierce shot across whipped in a low cross from Meanwhile Al Duhail had at the tournament in Japan af- to Guido Petti Pagadizaval and win of season; Hatem curler 10 minutes lat- the face of the goal which re- the right which Kom met with to fightback from going a goal ter Australia came from behind Julian Montoya. Al Duhail into er helped the Lions to a much quired a fine finger-tipped the faintest of touches to steer down after Mohammed Be- to beat Fiji 39-21, and France Benjamin Urdapilleta slot- needed win. save from Rajab Hamza. in at the back post. The frustra- nyettou’s opener inside three scraped past Argentina 23-21. ted two penalties to give Argen- top four with In the late match on Sat- So often on the back foot, tion following the goal boiled minutes. Ali Afif and Moham- “Today was a big game for tina a 21-20 lead but Camille urday, AL Duhail held off a Al Khor started the second over leading to Wagner receiv- med Muntari soon put Rui both sides and fortunately for Lopez’s cool drop goal put 4-2 victory over strong Al Wakrah challenge half in blistering fashion and ing his marching orders for a Faria’s men 2-1 up before the us, we came out on top,” said France back in front, and the to seal a 4-2 win which pro- were unfortunate to have a second bookable offence. half time whistle. All Blacks coach Steve Hansen. unfortunate Boffelli missed his Al Wakrah pels the Red Knights back goal ruled out by VAR within With a one-man advan- Early in the second half “It was another titanic chance for glory when he put into the top four. minutes of the restart. After tage Al Rayyan turned up the again, Al Wakrah pulled level struggle between New Zealand his penalty wide. TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK A well-fought first half chasing a long ball over the pressure and quickly secured when Ismail Mahmoud con- and South Africa and hopefully “We never controlled the DOHA was largely dominated by Al top, Tiago Bezerra was able to their second goal of the night. verted Cristian Ceballos’s cross. the people watching here today game and we never controlled Rayyan, with their superior beautifully lob the goalkeeper Advancing down the left, Bra- However, not to be denied enjoyed it and got excited by it.” the ball in the second half but AL Rayyan recorded their attacking strengths on dis- from six yards out. However, himi played the ball short to a much needed win, Muntari In Yokohama, the venue for we are very proud of the first first league victory in the cur- play. With neither side cre- VAR adjudged the player to Abdelaziz Hatem who hit a put Duhail ahead with a love- the final on November 2, New half, because we were very rent campaign with a com- ating too much in the open- have handled the ball as he sumptuous 25-yard, left-foot- ly finish from just inside the Zealand went behind to an clinical and when we play like fortable 2-0 win over Al Khor ing stages, it soon burst into controlled it. ed shot which swerved from box before Almoez Ali’s pen- early penalty but they turned this we are very dangerous,” at the Al Janoub Stadium on life with Al Rayyan’s Yacine The deadlock was finally left to right and struck the alty sealed all three points. the game on its head with two said France Guilhem silky tries to lead shellshocked Guirado. South Africa 17-3 at the break. The indoor Sapporo Dome George Bridge went over witnessed some bone-crunch- after a breathtaking counter- ing collisions as Fiji led Aus- Liverpool’s Klopp braces for test Coutinho and Lewandowski fire attack, and Scott Barrett gal- tralia 21-12 early in the sec- loped in for New Zealand’s ond half, before replacement Bayern top with Cologne rout second following another flow- scrum-half Will Genia inspired from ‘exciting’ Chelsea young guns ing move when Anton Leinert- Australia’s recovery and bo- AFP ley Ehizibue was shown a Brown stepped past a group of nus-point win. AFP ham, Mason Mount, (Callum) BERLIN straight red card for bring- Springbok defenders. Tolu Latu crashed over LONDON Hudson-Odoi. A good team, all ing the Brazilian in the area Pieter-Steph du Toit’s op- twice, and Samu Serevi and my respect. They are a proper PHILLIPE Coutinho’s first when he was one-on-one with portunist try gave South Africa Marika Koroibete also crossed JURGEN Klopp warned Liv- contender for pretty much eve- Bayern Munich goal and a Cologne stopper Timo Horn. hope early in the second half in the second half following erpool on Friday to brace for rything.” brace from Robert Lewan- Coutinho capped a sat- but at 17-10, the Springboks scores by Michael Hooper and a fierce fight with the Chelsea Academy graduates Abra- dowski brace helped the Ger- isfying day by setting up let a golden opportunity slip Reece Hodge in a helter-skelter youngsters that remind him ham, Mount and Fikayo To- man champions to the top Ivan Perisic to compound when Willie Le Roux’s pass to first period. of the thrilling Borussia Dort- mori have all enjoyed strong of the Hundesliga with a 4-0 Cologne’s misery by slotting mund sides that took Germany starts to Lampard’s first season thrashing of 10-man Cologne Bayern’s fourth on 73 min- and Europe by storm. in charge, with Chelsea’s trans- on Saturday. utes. Klopp, whose Premier Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp fer ban forcing their new man- Poland star striker Le- Bayern top for the first League leaders take on Chelsea ager to give the youngsters an wandowski put Bayern ahead time this season after the win, at Stamford Bridge on Sun- “It’s a really exciting team, opportunity that was hard to with just 150 seconds gone at but RB Leipzig can replace day, built a dynamic team in it reminds me a little bit of my come by in previous years of big the Allianz Arena after Josh- them with a win at Werder his seven years at Dortmund team at Dortmund years back spending by the Blues. ua Kimmich split the Cologne Bremen later. fuelled by gifted prodigies in- when they were really young, Liverpool head to Chelsea defence before then doubling Having also netted in the cluding Mario Goetze, Nuri Sa- even younger than this Chelsea having won all of their opening the hosts’ lead with a bullet 3-0 Champions League win hin, Shinji Kagawa and Robert team,” Klopp said. five league matches but with header from a corner at the over Red Star Belgrade on Lewandowski. “People always talked about only one away win against top start of the season half to take Wednesday, Lewandowski He sees more than a few how young they are but they six opposition in their previous his league tally to nine in five has scored from each of Bay- similarities between Dortmund only played because they were 12 attempts. games. ern’s last seven games with 11 teams that won the Bundes- that good, they didn’t play be- Despite his praise for Chel- Coutinho, on loan from goals in all competitions. liga in consecutive seasons and cause they were that young. sea’s young tyros, Klopp must Barcelona, claimed his first He is the first to score in reached the Champions final in “They brought in Christian fancy his chances of ending Bundesliga goal on the hour each of the first five league 2013, and the way Chelsea boss Pulisic in the summer and all that frustrating streak against a by converting a penalty at games since Pierre-Emerick New Zealand’s George Bridge in action during their Pool B Rugby Frank Lampard has put his the players around him have team still looking for their first the second attempt, when Aubameyang for Borussia World Cup opener against South Africa at the International Stadium faith in the Blues’s kids. the same value -- Tammy Abra- home win under Lampard. Cologne defender Kings- Dortmund four years ago. Yokohama on Saturday.

Pan Pacific Osaka advances Ruthless City hit eight in Watford demolition, into final in home city Shaky Spurs rocked by Leicester City JAPANESE tennis sensation Naomi Osaka beat Elise Mertens AFP Bruyne’s corner nodded on by of margins for offside by VAR. of Belgium on Saturday to reach LONDON Nicolas Otamendi for Bernardo The hosts built on that lift the final of the Pan Pacific Open, to head home. immediately as Ricardo Pereira thrilling her Japanese fans in the MANCHESTER City powered By the time Otamendi fin- equalised before James Maddi- city of her birth. to their record Premier League ished off Aguero’s cross in the son struck the winner from long Top seed Osaka dispatched No. 9 win as the champions scored 18th minute, City had estab- range five minutes from time. seed Mertens 6-4, 6-1 in Osaka, five times in the first half of lished the fastest 5-0 lead in the By contrast, Tottenham western Japan, to reach her first an incredible 8-0 thrashing of Premier League era. have now won just two of their final since winning the Australian Watford, while Leicester en- The joint biggest half-time first seven games of the season Open. joyed a VAR-assisted 2-1 victory lead in Premier League history in all competitions and Mau- The pair both held their serves over Tottenham on Saturday. wasn’t enough for City and Ber- ricio Pochettino admitted the for the first set until Osaka broke Inspired by Bernardo Silva’s nardo struck again with a close- VAR controversy had played a Mertens in the 10th game. hat-trick, Pep Guardiola’s side range finish after another flow- role in their latest flop. Osaka, 21, rounded into form in ripped woeful Watford to pieces ing move in the 48th minute. Pochettino bemoaned the the second, and after the pair at the Etihad Stadium, eclipsing Bernardo completed his momentum swing given to traded early breaks, won the last a 7-0 success against Norwich first Premier League treble on Leicester by the long stoppage four games of the match to sprint in 2013 which stood as their the hour with a tap-in from De in play prior to Aurier’s strike to victory in just over an hour. previous biggest top-flight win. Bruyne’s cross. being ruled out for an extremely “It’s been kind of rough like the Although City fell one goal De Bruyne set City’s new marginal offside against Son past couple of months so I’m short of equalling the biggest record mark in the Premier Heung-min. really glad that I made it to the Premier League margin of vic- Manchester City’s midfielder Bernardo Silva scores the team’s seventh goal against Watford during their League when the Belgium mid- “The emotion of the game final,” she said. tory -- Manchester United’s 9-0 English Premier League match in Manchester on Saturday. (AFP) fielder scored the eighth in the changed. The belief it gave to She tried to stay calm because demolition of Ipswich in 1995 85th minute. Leicester made things happen the 23-year-old Belgian player is -- their swaggering display was the second half is not serious, and they picked up where they foul on Riyad Mahrez. At the King Power Stadium, differently in the last 10 min- “an amazing player and it’s so the perfect way to erase the bit- it’s boring but we did the op- left off at Wembley with a goal Sergio Aguero coolly slotted Leicester proved their creden- utes,” Pochettino said. hard to hit her balls,” she said. ter taste from last weekend’s posite and we were more ag- inside the first minute at the in the spot-kick for his eighth tials to gatecrash the top four as Burnley beat Norwich 2-0 Earlier in the day, Osaka saw off shock defeat at Norwich. gressive and made a very good Etihad Stadium. goal in six games this term. they came from behind to beat at Turf Moor, with New Zealand Yulia Putintseva in straight sets, Second-placed City move second half. Kevin De Bruyne played a Guardiola had rested Ra- Tottenham. striker Chris Wood scoring in even as she was tricked at times to within two points of leaders “People still don’t under- superb ball in from the right, heem Sterling, but even without Harry’s Kane’s improvised the 10th and 14th minutes. by the Kazakh player’s slices and Liverpool, who face Chelsea at stand, journalists, pundits, leaving David Silva with the their star winger City were ram- 29th-minute opener as he Sheffield United piled pres- drop shots. “For me, I learned Stamford Bridge on Sunday. former players, losing games simple task of poking home pant and they made it three in stumbled before flicking home sure on Everton manager Mar- a lot from when I played her at “When you shoot on target is part of life. We can lose the from close range for his first the 12th minute when Mahrez’s put Tottenham ahead. co Silva, whose side were booed Wimbledon, and I know that a five times for five goals -- the games but the important thing goal of the season. free-kick hit Watford’s Tom However, the game swung off after a 2-0 defeat at Goodi- hard court is where I feel most quality of players we had made is the approach and how we re- The champions doubled Cleverley in the head and de- Leicester’s way after Tottenham son Park, the damage done by comfortable,” Osaka said after the difference,” Guardiola said. act.” their lead in the seventh minute flected past Foster. defender Serge Aurier’s goal Yerry Mina’s 40th-minute own beeting Putintseva. (AFP) “What I like the most is nor- City had crushed Watford after Watford keeper Ben Fos- Astonishingly, City scored midway through the second goal and Lys Mousset’s 79th- mally when it’s 5-0 at half time 6-0 in last season’s FA Cup final ter conceded a penalty with a again in the 15th minute, De half was ruled out by the finest minute strike. Sports Sunday, September 22, 2019 15

QATAR CHAMPIONS IN GOALBALL AFTER Shakib’s 70 ends THRILLER AGAINST IRAQ Bangla’s T20I skid Bangladesh taste first T20I victory against Afghanistan in five matches

Qatar won the goalball title in the West Asia Para Games in Amman, Jordan, overcoming Iraq 9-7 in the final on Saturday. The Qatar team consists of Mohammed Hamam, Hassam al Kohaji, Abbad al Shemali, Abdullah Bo Falasa, Abdulhadi al Marri and Mohammed al Kahalout. Mubarak wins second gold in QSAA Cup Bangladesh’s captain (third left) celebrates with his teammates after the dismissal of Afghanistan’s Hazratullah Zazai during the third match in the T20 Tri-nations series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday. (AFP) bronze medal. Double for archer In the 50m event, Khan AFP SCOREBOARD he said. was followed against Saadi in CHITTAGONG (BANGLADESH) Mosaddek, who was un- Shraf Khan the second spot and Abadi in AFGHANISTAN: BANGLADESH: beaten on 19, chipped Naveen the third. SHAKIB Al Hasan smacked Rahmanullah Gurbaz c & b Mustafizur 29 c Asghar b Mujeeb 4 at mid-on for two runs in the TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK The Olympic 70m event Hazratullah Zazai c Mustafizur b Afif 47 Najmul Hossain c Rashid b Naveen-ul-Haq 5 DOHA an unbeaten half-century Asghar Afghan c Najmul b Afif 0 Shakib Al Hasan not out 70 last ball of the penultimate was won by Ali al Yazidi. The as Bangladesh ended their Najibullah Zadran b Saifuddin 14 c Shafiqullah b Karim 26 over to complete only Bangla- silver medal went to Abdul four-match losing streak to Mohammad Nabi lbw b Shakib 4 Mahmudullah Riyad lbw b Rashid 6 desh’s second T20 win against ALDANA al Mubarak and Aziz al Abadi, while the bronze Afghanistan in run out 1 c Gurbaz b Naveen-ul-Haq 1 Afghanistan. archer completed a fine dou- medal was taken by Saadi. Shafiqullah not out 23 Afif Hossain b Rashid 2 internationals with a four- Karim Janat c Mustafizur b Shafiul 3 not out 19 Naveen and Rashid ble each in the QSAA Shooting But in the 70m knockout, Ab- win in their final Rashid Khan not out 11 Extras (b1, lb1, w4) 6 claimed two each for and Archery Cup, which came dul Aziz emerged the winner, league match of the tri-nation Extras (lb 1, w4, nb1) 6 Total (six wickets; 19 overs) 139 Afghanistan. to an end at the Losail Ranges while Ali al Yazidi was second tournament in Chittagong on Total (seven wickets. 20 overs) 138 Did not bat: Mohammad Saifuddin, Shafiul Islam, Earlier, Afif swung the on Saturday. and Ahmed al Abadi clinched Did not bat: Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman Mustafizur Rahman Saturday. Fall of wickets: 1-75 (Hazratullah), 2-75 (Asghar), Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Liton), 2-12 (Najmul), 3-70 momentum Bangladesh’s way Mubarak defeated Nasra the bronze medal. Shakib hit an unbeaten 70 3-80 (Rahmanullah), 4-88 (Nabi), 5-96 (Naib), 6-109 (Mushfiqur), 4-93-4 (Mahmudullah), 5-96 (Sabbir), with his double strike in the Mohammed in the 25m pistol. The Qatar Shooting and Aldana al Mubarak with her off 45 balls to guide Bangla- (Najibullah), 7-114 (Karim) 6-104 (Afif Hossain) 10th over of Afghanistan’s in- Suad al Khater was third. Archery Association hosted sedond gold medal desh to 139-6 in 19 overs after Bowling: Saifuddin 4-0-23-1 (nb1), Shafiul 4-0-24-1 Bowling: Mujeeb 4-0-19-1 (w1), Naveen-ul-Haq 4-0- nings after Hazratullah Zazai Amal Mohammed emerged (w1), Sakib 4-0-24-1(w1), Mahmudullah 1-0-16-0, 20-2 (w1), Karim 3-0-31-1 (w1), Naib 2-0-16-0, Nabi young off-spinner Afif Hossain Mustafizur 3-0-31-1(w2), Mosaddek 1-0-10-0, Afif 3-0-24-0, Rashid 3-0-27-2 (w1). made 47 runs off 35 balls, put- the winner in the 10m running led the bowling effort with 2-9, 3-1-9-2. Toss: Bangladesh ting on 75 runs with Rahman- target with Mohammed Abu helping the home side restrict ullah Gurbaz in the opening Taima and Mohammed Haq Afghanistan to 138-7 in 20 stand. finishing second and third, overs. Shakib hit an unbeaten 70 off 45 balls to guide A wicket apiece for Mo- respectively. Taima however In pursuit of a modest tar- Bangladesh to 139-6 in 19 overs after young off-spin- hammad Saifuddin, Shafiul managed to beat Amal in the get, Bangladesh wobbled at ner Afif Hossain led the bowling effort with 2-9, helping Islam, Shakib and Mustafizur 10m running target mixed and the start as openers Liton Das the home side restrict Afghanistan to 138-7 in 20 Rahman left Afghanistan in won the gold medal. Haq se- (four) and Najmul Hossain overs. disarray before Shafiqullah’s cured the bronze again. (five) both fell cheaply before 23 off 17 balls gave them a Ahmed al Shammari Shakib put on 58 runs with group. Shakib struck the Afghanistan glimmer of hope. bagged the first spot in the Mushfiqur Rahim to steady Rashid Khan struck twice skipper for a four and six in Afghanistan and Bangla- 25m rapid fire event. Has- the innings. after the delay and debutant consecutive balls to take Bang- desh had already qualified for san Mushid claimed the sil- Mushfiqur made 26 off 25 Naveen-ul-Haq also claimed ladesh close. Tuesday’s final in Dhaka after ver medal, while Mohammed balls, but not before he was a wicket as Bangladesh lost “If you look at the last few winning two of their previous al Tamimi picked the bronze dropped by substitute fielder Mahmudullah (six), Sabbir months, we haven’t been up to three matches in a competi- medal. Najib Tarakai off Mohammad Rahman (one) and Afif (two) the mark in T20s. We’re work- tion that also featured Zimba- Four events were contest- Nabi on 14. in quick succession to slide to ing on it. The bowlers bowled bwe. ed in archery. Shraf Khan won Ahmed al Shammari, the 25m rapid fire pistol winner, with other Medium pacer Karim 104-6. well on the wicket,” Shakib “Best things are that it’s the Olympic 50m Recurve and medallists and QSAA officials after the prize distribution. Janat dismissed Mushfiqur Mosaddek Hossain cut said after the match. happened in the group stag- 50m recurve titles. Farhan al in the 11th over before a Rashid late for a brilliant “We needed someone to es. We have to restart and do Saadi was the silver medal- the event to prepare the na- which are scheduled in Qatar floodlight disruption enabled boundary to ease some pres- bat through the innings. And the basics right for the final,” list in the Olympic 50m and tional pistol and rifle team in October. The shotgun event Afghanistan’s bowlers to re- sure on the home side before luckily today it was my day,” Rashid said. Ahmed al Abadi bagged the for the Asian championships, will take place from October 2. Qatar, Canada to clash in Qatari spikers qualify for AVC Hafeez left out of Sri crucial match today Olympics qualifying tourney Lanka tour TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Iran champions; situations at the end and won ners, had to be satisfied with DOHA the third set. However, Qatar the third place when they AFP holders Japan quickly sealed the win and downed South Korea 3-1. Chi- LAHORE QATAR will take on Canada in finish third managed to enter the 2020 nese Taipei got the fifth spot their crucial match in the ICC Tokyo Olympics qualifying with a 3-1 win over China and PAKISTAN on Saturday left World Cup Challenge League event, which is scheduled in Pakistan came seventh after out veteran batsman Moham- Group A in Kuala Lumpur, TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Jiangmen, China from Janu- beating India 3-2. mad Hafeez for next week’s Malaysia on Sunday. DOHA ary 7 and 12, 2020. series start against Sri Lanka, The match holds a lot of Only eight teams were RANKINGS who are touring the country value for both the teams as they QATAR qualified for the AVC to make it to the qualifying 1 Gold medallists ...... Iran for the first time since they are the only unbeaten sides in Olympic Qualification Tour- event but Japan, the defend- 2 Silver medallists ...... Australia were targeted in a terror at- 3 Bronze medalists ...... Japan the six-team tournament with nament as they avenged their ing champions who finished 4 ...... South Korea tack. Canada being on the top at the classification pool loss to Ka- third, will be playing the 5 ...... Chinese Taipei Hafeez, 38, was part of moment. Besides, the winner is zakhstan in the Asian Men’s 2020 Tokyo Games as the 6 ...... China Pakistan’s fifth-placed World likely to end up as the champi- Volleyball Championship in hosts, Qatar was granted the 7 ...... Pakistan Cup squad but has been kept ons too later in the event. Tehran, Iran. vacant spot. 8 ...... India off due to his commitments On Friday, Qatar posted a Qatar’s Mohammed Rizlan receives the man of the match award from Qatar, which had lost the Hosts Iran handed a 9 ...... Qatar in the Caribbean Premier superb four-wicket victory over Cricket Association of Thailand CEO Mohideen Kader in Kuala Lumpur Pool G game 1-3, beat the ri- straight-set defeat to Australia 10 ...... Kazakhstan League, said head coach and Malaysia with Mohammed Ri- on Friday. vals 25–12, 25–18, 29–31, 25– to win the third Asian title on 11 ...... Thailand chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq. 12 ...... Indonesia zlan stitching two late fighting 19. They could have wrapped Saturday. In a clash for former 13 ...... Oman “He is not out of our partnerships. cluded five boundaries. man but I put him lower down up the match in three sets winners, the home team pre- 14 ...... Sri Lanka plans,” added Misbah. “Who- Chasing a modest 155-run Qatar joined Canada at the order because we needed but Kazakhstan managed to vailed 25-14, 25-17, 25-21. 15 ...... Kuwait ever is effective for the team target, Qatar were reeling six the top of the six-team stand- him there since Malaysia have haul themselves out of tight Japan, the nine-time win- 16 ...... Hong Kong will be included in the future.” down for 50. Rizlan lifted the ings with four points from two quality spinners. Malaysia Fellow World Cup team team with an unbeaten 44 off matches while Denmark rose to maybe underestimated him, members Hasan Ali and fast 98 balls and featured in a 48- third on net run-rate from Sin- thinking he was a tail-ender.” bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi run partnership with Gayan gapore and Malaysia after se- Nazril marked his 50-overs have also been left out due to Munaweera (28) for the sev- curing their first win by beating international debut with an un- poor fitness. enth wicket. Vanuatu by 148 runs in another beaten half-century after Ma- Three one-day interna- Then he added 56 runs for match. laysia struggled for runs in the tionals will be played in Kara- the unbroken eighth-wicket al- “Everyone thinks of us as early going, scoring at a rate of chi, the first on September 27. liance with Dharmang Patel, a underdogs as we’ve not played two per over to slip to 64-6. Another three Twenty20 top-order player who was used 50-overs cricket for two years. matches will be played in La- as No. 9 batsman by skipper We have a young side but we BRIEF SCORES hore in early October. Iqbal Hussain Chaudhry. The know the talent we have in Malaysia: 153-7 in 50 overs (Nazril Rahman 52 not out, Virandeep Singh 25, Suharril Fetri 24, Khurram Shahzad Squad: Sarfaraz Ahmed, Babar Azam, Abid Ali, Asif Ali, move proved a master stroke as the team,” said Iqbal. “I was 2-16, Musawar Shah 2-20, Iqbal Hussain 2-33) Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Haris Sohail, Mohammad the two frustrated the rivals and very calm at 50-6 as we kept Qatar: 154-7 in 47.4 overs (Mohammed Rizlan 44 not Hasnain, Iftikhar Ali, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, seal the win with Patel getting one batsman as our wild card. out, Dharmang Patel 37 not out, Gayan Munaweera 28, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, 37 not out in 48 balls, which in- Dharmang is a top order bats- Pavandeep Singh 2-14, Anwar Rahman 2-20) The Qatar volleyball team which took the ninth place in the Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship. Usman Shinwari, Wahab Riaz