14 Monday, August 26, 2019 Sports QOC’s S-G attends IJF’s Darwish powers Qatar hoopsters to win over Oman in GCC U-18 meet award ceremony in Tokyo Tribune News Network Darwish sank 26 points and col- selmani will face local players Arif Doha lected 17 rebounds, while Moham- Alamri and Hood Aljalboubi. Third- Tribune News Network ad had 18 points and 16 rebounds seeded Swedes Alexander Anner- DOHA Mahmoud Darwish, Ahmad Mo- and Jama grabbed 11 points and 10 stedt and Martin Appelgren took hamad and Mubarak Rashid Jama rebounds. just 36 minutes to down Alamri and Jassim bin Rashid al Buenain, Sec- all had a ‘double-double’ each and Hosts Bahrain beat the UAE in Aljalboubi 21-11, 23-21. The win- retary-General of the Qatar Olympic inspired Qatar to a 66-57 victory in another match 112-49 to stay un- ners will advance to the knockout, Committee (QOC), attended the gala their last league match in the Gulf beaten. The winners have already while the losers will bow out. dinner and award ceremony in To- Under-18 Basketball Champion- qualified for the Asia champion- Saifeddine Elmajid and Benl- kyo, organised by the International ship, the 2020 Asia qualifiers, in ship along with Saudi Arabia, who ouaer Ziad, after qualifying for the Judo Federation (IJF) on occasion Manama, Bahrain on Sunday. beat Kuwait. main round with a straight 21-17, of the 55th anniversary of judo as This was the second victory 21-16 win over Saudi Arabians Has- Olympic Sport since 1964. for Al Annabi in five matches af- Setbacks for Qatari teams san Alabdulbaqi and Ali Mahfouz, The ceremony was held on Au- ter they got past the United Arab Qatar’s both beach volleyball went down fighting 18-21, 19-21 gust 23 on the sidelines of the 2019 Emirates earlier. teams need a win each to qualify for to second seeds Jure Bedrac and World Judo Championships. The first quarter was quite the knock-out of the Salalah One- Danijel Pokersnik from Slovenia. The QOC secretary-general pre- productive for Qatar, whose ag- Star in Oman on Monday. Elmajid and Ziad must win sented two of the awards during the gression fetched them a 20-9 lead. Tamer Abdelrasoul and Denis their second Pool C match against gala, including the best male athlete Oman rallied hard and recovered Messelmani, sixth seeds, were up- Polish qualifiers Piotr Ilewicz and in the 2012 London and the 2016 Rio to trail 19-28 at the interval. They set by Czech 11th seeds Frantisek Piotr Janiak if they wish to extend Olympic Games to France’s Teddy continued their battle and the next Knobloch and Jakub Vala 21-23, their stay in Salalah. Ilewicz and Riner and the best female athlete quarters saw the two teams finish 16-21 in 43 minutes in their Pool Janiak lost 15-21, 18-21 to Oma- in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games to QOC Secretary-General Jassim Rashid al Buenain with awardees and IJF official at par – 14-14 in the third and 24- C match. ni players Ahmed Alhousni and USA’s Kayla Harrison. after awards presentation in Tokyo, Japan. 24 in the final one. Both Abdelrasoul and Mes- Haitham Alshereiqi. Caribbean Collapso: India Sindhu wins India’s bowl out WI for 100, win Test 10th Test century first world b’ton title for Rahane; Bumrah scalps Men’s crown With the historic victory, for Japanese the Rio Olympics silver five, Sharma 3 medallist Sindhu leads the Agencies Momota head-to-head battle North Sound against Okuhara 8-7. The 2016 Olympics silver med- India handed West Indies Agencies a humiliating 318-run defeat Basel (Switzerland) allist had previously beat- in the opening Test at the Sir en the Japanese in the Vivian Richards Stadium in Pusarla Sindhu won India’s Indonesia Open 2019. Antigua on Sunday. Ajinkya Rahane (left) of India celebrates his century with Hanuma first-ever title at the world Set with an improbable Vihari on Day 4 of the first Test against the West Indies in North badminton championships target of 419 runs for victory, Sound, Antigua and Barbuda, on Sunday. (AFP) when she comfortably beat make the final look like a walk the hosts were bowled out for Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara 21- in the park. Okuhara, on the a paltry 100 in just 26.5 overs. 7, 21-7 to win the women’s contrary, looked out of touch The destruction of the Car- singles at Jakobshalle in Basel and failed to produce any se- ibbean team was led by India SCORES on Sunday. rious challenge for her Indian paceman Jasprit Bumrah , Sindhu also ended her own counterpart. who claimed a five-wicket haul India: 297 & 343-7 unhappy run after she lost in In the second game, Sind- for just 7 runs while Ishant decl (Rahane 102, Vihari 93, Chase the previous two world finals, hu, who had defeated World Sharma scalped 3 wickets for 4-132) vs West Indies: including one against Okuhara No.1 Tai Tzu Ying in the quar- 31 runs. Mohammed Shami 222 and 100 all out in in 2017, as well as the Olympic ter-finals, continued to display took 2 wickets for 13 runs. 26.5 overs. final in 2016 and the Com- her brilliance from the outset, Interestingly, the last monwealth Games final last clinching seven consecutive wicket pair of Kemar Roach year. points. She did not allow Oku- (38) and Miguel Cummins (19) The 24-year-old, fifth in hara settle down as the Japa- shared a fifty-run partnership. the world rankings, never nese displayed her agony by Earlier in the day, Ajinkya looked back after racing to screaming loudly with every Rahane completed his 10th an eight-point lead in the point she lost. Sindhu went on Test hundred while Hanuma first game. to capitalise on her momen- Vihari fell seven runs short of “Last time, I lost the finals. tum and win the final with his maiden Test century in a Before that, I also lost the fi- ease. total of 343 for seven. Shai Hope (R) of West Indies is bowled by Jasprit Bumrah (left) at the nals so it’s very important for Japan’s Kento Momota Soon, Bumrah and Shar- Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium in North Sound. (AFP) me to win now,” she said. retained the men’s title by ma were utterly devastating India Prime Minister Nar- outclassing 22-year-old Dane against batsmen who ap- four overs at the interval. hundred ended shortly after endra Modi offered his con- Anders Antonsen, who had peared ill-equipped – men- He could have also had the the resumption of play. His gratulations on Twitter. stunned Olympic champion tally and technically – to cope wicket of Shimron Hetmyer knock of 102, which followed “The passion and dedica- Chen Long in the quarter- with high quality fast bowling. but Kohli grassed a straight- his first innings top score of tion with which she’s pur- finals, 21-9, 21-3 in another Bumrah, who got five for forward catch at third slip. 81, spanned five hours, 242 sued badminton is inspiring,” India’s gold medallist Pusarla Venkata Sindhu after winning her one-sided match. seven in 7.3 overs, was the first Sharma, who led the In- deliveries with five fours. he said. women’s singles final match against Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara at the The world number one to strike in extending Kraigg dia attack with five wickets in Kohli delayed the declara- “PV Sindhu’s success BWF Badminton World Championships at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, needed only 37 minutes to Brathwaite’s already protract- the first innings, was not to be tion in anticipation of Vihari’s will inspire generations of Switzerland, on Sunday. (EPA-EFE) dispatch his opponent as he ed run of low scores before denied his share of the spoils, hundred but the right-hander, players.” became the fourth man to win scattering the stumps of open- trapping debutant Shamarh on 93, gloved an attempted With the historic victory, 8-7. The 2016 Olympics silver Sindhu completely took successive world titles. ing partner John Campbell Brooks leg-before and then hook off Holder to wicketkeeper the Rio Olympics silver medal- medallist had previously beat- control of the match from the The world championships and senior batsman Darren sending Hetmyer back. Hope, leaving the West Indies list Sindhu leads the head-to- en the Japanese in the Indone- opening game. She clinched are held annually, except in Bravo to have the outstanding Rahane’s 17-match and with what developed into an ag- head battle against Okuhara sia Open 2019. eight consecutive points to Olympic years. figures of three for eight off nearly two-year wait for a Test onising 40 minutes before tea.

New Zealand Serena-Sharapova showdown grabs spotlight gain lead US Open crowds are US Open starts today with the known for loud and boister- reuters ous behavior, an atmosphere COLOMBO American chasing a record-tying where some thrive and others must adapt. Half-centuries from 24th title “Here in New York, the Colin de Grandhomme and AFP day’s draw announcement. atmosphere is crazier than BJ Watling gave New Zea- New York “Of course I’m going to any other Grand Slam,” said land a first-innings lead of 138 watch it,” Osaka said. “I think 19-year-old Canadian Bianca against Sri Lanka on the fourth faces Ma- everyone in New York is going Andreescu, who won a WTA day of the second and final ria Sharapova in a blockbuster to watch it.” tuneup event in Toronto. Test in Colombo on Sunday. first-round match on Monday Williams owns a 3-1 record “Everyone makes it so The touring side, who need at the US Open, the feature over Sharapova in Grand Slam intriguing. You never know a series-levelling win after Sri showdown in the year’s final matchups, having lost their what you’re going to see on the Lanka won the opener in Galle, Grand Slam tennis event. first such meeting in 2004 at streets. There is always some- reached 382 for five wickets on Eighth-ranked Williams, Wimbledon, but this will mark thing to do.” another rain-interrupted day. who lost to Naomi Osaka in the first time they have met in Halep tries to relax to deal Watling was unbeaten on last year’s US Open final and to a US Open. with the energy and uncertain- 81 while de Grandhomme was in last month’s “Someone texted me about ty Flushing Meadows crowds 83 not out after a blistering Wimbledon final, is seeking it,” US 10th seed can produce. knock with his side needing her 24th career Grand Slam recalled. “I think I was shop- “You expect very loud quick runs to set Sri Lanka a singles title to match Margaret ping, had no idea the draw was of Spain hit a tennis ball into the stands during Arthur Ashe Kid’s Day ahead of the 2019 crowds. You expect loud at- target on the final day. Court’s all-time record. actually happening. So it was US Open at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, on Sunday. (EPA-EFE) mosphere here,” Halep said. Overnight centurion Tom The 37-year-old American like, ‘Oh my God. Look at this “I’m trying just to stay on my Latham and Watling continued owns a 19-2 record against first round.’” Open winner last won a Slam “Yeah, it’s OK. We don’t ranked Sumit Nagal, top-seed- rhythm. I have my restaurants accumulating runs with ease Russia’s 87th-ranked Shara- Williams last won a Grand at the 2014 . She talk about that. It’s past, so ed defending champion Novak where I’m going. I went to and took their side past Sri Lan- pova and has beaten her 18 Slam at the 2017 Australian has reached the fourth round we just live the present,” Ha- Djokovic against Spain’s 76th- Central Park just to relax my- ka’s first-innings total of 244. consecutive times dating to Open, while pregnant. at the past two US Opens. lep said. “It’s going to be a big ranked Roberto Carballes Bae- self. So I’m doing easy things The pair added 143 for the 2005. Five-time Grand Slam Two years ago, Romania’s match, definitely.” na and French Open champi- to get the pace I need.” fifth wicket for the Black Caps That lopsided rivalry, how- champion Sharapova, 32, Halep who was handed an epic Other first-day match- on , the second Barty revels in the thrill of before Latham was finally out ever, has not prevented the failed a drug test at the 2016 first-round matchup against es in Arthur Ashe Stadium seed from Australia, against New York. leg before for 154, giving off- matchup from being the talk of Australian Open and served Sharapova, just back from her send Swiss third seed Roger 77th-ranked of “There’s no place in the spinner Dilruwan Perera his the tournament since Thurs- a one-year ban. The 2006 US doping ban, and lost. Federer against India’s 190th- Kazakhstan. world like New York,” she said. third wicket.