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FF1|1 Page 4 GGOLFOLF | Page 7 Mission Tway wins impossible for fi rst PGA title Vettel as Lewis as Snedeker dominates fades away Tuesday, October 9, 2018 FOOTBALL Moharram 29, 1440 AH Hazard torn between GULF TIMES new Chelsea contract and ‘dream’ Real move SPORT Page 3 FOOTBALL Mbappe nets four as PSG break 82-year-old record ‘FANTASTIC, INCREDIBLE. IT WAS SUPER HARD IN THE FIRST HALF, IT WAS A CRAZY MATCH’ AFP Paris ‘I should have scored more’ ylian Mbappe tore Lyon Paris: Teenage sensation Kylian “I keep working and I never to shreds with four goals Mbappe insisted that he “should doubted. I knew I had the sup- as a 5-0 thrashing at the have scored more” despite port of my team-mates. I often Parc des Princes saw netting four times in a magnifi- say that as long as an attacker KParis Saint-Germain set a new cent individual display as Paris is creating chances, everything French top-fl ight record of nine Saint-Germain thrashed Lyon is fine.” straight wins to start a season. yesterday. PSG are already eight points Thomas Tuchel’s Ligue 1 lead- The 19-year-old scored four goals clear at the top of the table after ers broke the 82-year-old record in the space of 13 second-half breaking an 82-year-old record of eight consecutive wins set by minutes as a 5-0 victory saw set by Olympique Lillois in 1936, Olympique Lillois in 1936, having PSG set a new French top-flight as Mbappe looks to win the title equalled the mark with their 3-0 record of nine straight wins to for the third straight campaign victory at Nice last weekend. start a season. after also lifting the trophy with “Fantastic, incredible. It was But Mbappe did miss several Monaco in 2016-17. super hard in the fi rst half, it was earlier chances as he was thrice “It was the work of the whole a crazy match,” PSG coach Tuchel denied when one-on-one with team, but the most important told Canal+. Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes thing was the record,” he added. A Neymar penalty gave PSG and struck the post before grab- “I insist we talk about the col- a ninth-minute advantage, but bing his first goal just after the lective, we will have time to talk Presnel Kimpembe was sent off hour mark. “I missed opportuni- about me, Neymar. just after the half-hour mark to ties, I should have scored more,” “We wanted to win, we wanted give Lyon hope. he told Canal+. this record at all costs.” Bruno Genesio’s side threw away their man advantage, though, as Lucas Tousart was dismissed, and Tanguy Ndombele, but with the through PSG, and the fl oodgates after missing a string of chances, young midfi elder lying stricken on opened as centre-back Marquin- the sensational Mbappe capped the ground, a video review result- hos drove into the box and squared an virtuoso display by scoring four ed in the centre-back’s punish- for Mbappe to stab in his eighth times in 13 minutes to seal history ment being upgraded to red. goal of the campaign. for PSG. But Lyon shot themselves in the Neymar soon sent the 19-year- The capital-city giants, bidding foot on the stroke of half-time as old bearing down on goal yet for a sixth title in seven seasons, Tousart tripped Mbappe inside the again, and Mbappe lofted the ball are already eight points clear of PSG half and was given a second into the net to complete an incred- second-placed Lille at the top of yellow card. ible eight-minute hat-trick. the table, with Lyon fi ve points Lyon should have equalised ear- He was not done there, though, further back in sixth. ly in the second period, but Max- as he pounced to slam home his Lyon endured the worst possible wel Cornet contrived to miskick fourth with 16 minutes left af- start to the match, as star man Na- with the goal at his mercy. ter Neymar had seen a low shot bil Fekir was forced off injured in Cornet, who came on for Fekir, blocked. the seventh minute, and the hosts almost scored in bizarre circum- Earlier on Sunday, 10-man Mo- were awarded a spot-kick just sec- stances shortly after, as a Silva naco slumped to a fi fth defeat in onds later. clearance ricocheted off his back nine Ligue 1 matches as former Mbappe raced to reach a loose and bounced back off the base of PSG outcast Hatem Ben Arfa ball, and visiting goalkeeper An- the post. earned Rennes a 2-1 victory with thony Lopes needlessly charged Mbappe almost put PSG out of his fi rst league goal since April off his line to bring down the teen- sight three times in the space of 2016. ager. Neymar stepped up and sent fi ve minutes — powering clear af- Leonardo Jardim’s Monaco, Lopes the wrong way with a stut- ter Cornet’s unwitting eff ort and runners-up to PSG last season, tering run-up to score his 11th goal drilling against the far post, see- remain winless since the opening of the season. ing Lopes dive at his feet as he ran weekend and above the automatic Paris St Germain’s Kylian Mbappe celebrates Lyon responded well, though, through one-on-one, and shoot- relegation spots only on goal dif- with Marquinhos as Neymar charges down to with veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi ing too close to the Lyon ‘keeper. ference. join them during their Ligue 1 match against Buff on having to shovel a Mem- But the World Cup-winner’s Elsewhere, ex-Japan coach Va- Lyon on Sunday night. phis Depay free-kick over the bar, persistence fi nally paid off in the hid Halilhodzic saw his Nantes before Di Maria was fortunate not 61st minute as he latched onto the side beaten 3-0 at Bordeaux on to concede a penalty for handball. ball inside the area after Neymar his return to French football, The reigning champions had burst forward, turned his man while Kostas Mitroglou and Flo- thought they had got lucky again and smashed the ball in off both rian Thauvin scored as Marseille when Kimpembe was only shown posts. climbed to third following a 2-0 a yellow card for a nasty tackle on Confi dence was coursing victory over Caen. WORLD GYMNASTICS America’s Biles returns to action in Doha aft er one-year break By Sports Reporter en gymnasts from 78 nations. chances to qualify at competitions in Kenzo Shirai, who won the men’s All- Doha Among the stars will be Japan’s 2016 2019 and 2020. Around title in Montreal last year, and Olympic All-Around champions Kohei Countries will earn Olympic Yusuke Tanaka, Uchimura’s team- Uchimura, who pulled out from last qualifi cation spots mates in Glasgow and Rio, are back he 48th Artistic Gymnastics year’s edition in Montreal, Canada, fol- Interestingly, this year’s com- along with 2015 team member Kazuma World Championships is going lowing an injury during training ses- petition marks the first time in 44 Kaya and newcomer Wataru Tanigawa. to be one of the fi ercely con- sion. years that nations can earn Olympic His younger brother Kakeru Tanigawa, tested editions in recent years Meanwhile, 48 countries have en- qualification spots a full two years who upset Uchimura at Japan’s national Tas United States of America’s Simone tered for the men’s while 44 have been prior to the Olympic Games. Since championships earlier this year, is the Biles, who took more than a year’s registered in the women’s category in 1979, all Olympic gymnastics quali- team alternate. break, will return to action at Doha’s the tournament – fi rst qualifi cation fication has taken place in the year Meanwhile, in the women’s group, Si- Aspire Dome from October 25 to No- event for the Tokyo Games. immediately preceding the next Ol- mone Biles, who led USA to team victo- vember 3. The medal-winning nations in the ympic Games. ries at the 2014 Worlds in Nanning, Chi- The tournament will be signifi cant Team Final competition will earn auto- The Japanese men and American na, Glasgow and Rio, is the only member for the participating countries as med- matic berths for 2020 Olympics while men are the reigning champions from from those squads back in 2018. She will als won from the Team fi nals will earn top 24 nations from team qualifi ca- both the 2015 World Championships in be joined by world All-Around champion an entry to the 2020 Olympic Games in tion will advance full teams to the 2019 Glasgow and 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Morgan Hurd and world championships Tokyo. World Championships in Stuttgart, Can Japan retain team title? debutantes Kara Eaker, Grace McCallum The nominative roster released last Germany. Japan will hope to defend their crown and Riley McCusker, with Shilese Jones week includes 265 men and 244 wom- Other nations will have additional amid strong challenges from China. the alternate. Gulf Times 2 Tuesday, October 9, 2018 FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT Arsenal sign new kit deal with Adidas Arsenal have signed a new kit deal with German sportswear firm Adidas starting in July, 2019. Adidas will take over from Puma, whose five-year contract with the north London club expires at the end Modric vs Ronaldo of the season. The new deal is worth 300mn pounds over five years until 2024.