SPORTS Thursday, May 18, 2017 21 Football Scores as of closing English Premier League: Southampton 0 Man Utd 0 English Championship play-off semi- Fraile final second leg: Sheffield Wed 1 Huddersfield 1 Scottish Premiership: Dundee 0 Inverness 2 Rangers 1 Aberdeen 2 breaks St Johnstone 1 Hearts 0 Spanish La Liga: Spaniard Omar Fraile of team Dimension Data, celebrates as he crosses the finish line Celta Vigo 1 Real Madrid 4 French Ligue 1: Dumoulin controls Giro rivals Monaco 2 Saint-Etienne 0 duck Serie A: Italian Cup final, Bagno di Romagna particular rider Laurens ten rider Mikel Landa in a two- day for a long time,” said Fraile, Juventus 2 Lazio 0 paniard Omar Fraile broke Dam the thumbs-up as he man breakaway and when a former winner of the Tour of his duck with crossed the finish line to thank they were eventually reeled in Spain’s King of the Mountains Svictory in a thrilling 11th stage them for keeping the threats to by a counter-attacking group jersey. (AFP) of the Giro d’Italia yesterday a minimum. containing Portugal’s former Shaikh Nasser announces that ended the hopes of “We expected a really world champion Rui Costa, Britain’s . hard fight today, and it was,” the Spaniard did well to keep Results from the 11th stage candidacy for BOC President retained said Dumoulin, who pushed some powder dry. held over 161km between Manama the pink jersey after a 161 km Quintana into second when Their three-man lead Florence and Bagno di H Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Representative ride from Florence to Bagno he finished 49secs ahead of group increased to four in the Romagna: of His Majesty the King for Charity Works and di Romagna that saw the second-placed Thomas on final kilometres when Tanel YouthH Affairs, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth Dutchman and his Sunweb Tuesday. Kangert (Astana) tagged along Stage and Sports, President of Bahrain Olympic Committee team pushed all the way before “We expected guys to attack with less than two kilometres (BOC) announced his candidacy for the Presidency of the he maintained his overall race on the first climb, and they did. remaining. 1. Omar Fraile (ESP/DDD) 4hr Bahrain Olympic Committee’s Board of Directors for the lead of 2min 23sec on 2014 All I can do is thank my team. The Estonian launched a 23min 14sec, current period until the year 2020. champion Nairo Quintana They always kept it within bid for stage victory in the 2. Rui Costa (POR/UAE) same time, “My candidacy for the presidency of BOC comes after the (Movistar). distance. It was a really good final kilometre and, for a brief 3. Pierre Rolland (FRA/CAN) s.t., successes achieved by the sports sector in Bahrain through Italy’s two-time and day, I’m really happy.” moment, it looked like the the implementation of BOC’s strategy which has been 4. Tanel Kangert (EST/AST) s.t., defending champion Vincenzo He added: “Laurens is our four leaders would be thwarted designed to make a better future for sports in Bahrain. We Nibali (Bahrain), who saw old warrior, he’s getting better when the peloton came over 5. Giovanni Visconti (ITA/BAH) s.t., are on the right track towards reaching BOC’s aspirations of teammate Franco Pellizotti with age. Like a good wine.” the horizon with 400 metres 6. Ben Hermans (BEL/BMC) s.t., building a sports system that is based on modern scientific crash but get back on his bike, With over 4,000 metres to race. 7. Dario Cataldo (ITA/AST) s.t., work in accordance with the ambitions and hopes of all remains fifth overall at 2:47 as of climbing on the stage, the But Fraile, 26, countered, 8. Simone Petilli (ITA/UAE) s.t., sports members in Bahrain,” Shaikh Nasser stressed. the contenders for the “maglia attacks came thick and fast but driving for the finish inside rosa” look forward to two days mountain man Fraile seized the final 200 metres to cross 9. Maxime Monfort (BEL/LOT) at of comparative rest on stages the day. the line in triumph. 03sec, 12 and 13, which are more He managed to join Sky “I’ve been waiting for this 10. Laurens De Plus (BEL/QST) s.t. Malkiya, Al Ahli hailed suited to sprinters. Manama The overall victory hopes General classification upreme Council for Youth and Sports deputy general of Sky rider Thomas, whose Ssecretary and Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) bid more or less ended when 1. Tom Dumoulin (NED/SUN) 47hr general secretary Abdulrahman Askar congratulated Al he lost over five minutes in 22min 07sec, Malkiya and Al Ahli Sports Clubs on their respective a crash on Saturday, now 2. Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) at victories this season. Askar congratulated Al Malkiya Club look conclusively over after 2min 23sec, board members, players and all their affiliates on the the Welshman finished 2min club’s team winning their first-ever Bahrain VIVA Football 25sec in arrears to drop to 3. Bauke Mollema (NED/TRE) 2:38, League for the season 2016/2017 and Al AhlI Club volleyball over six minutes behind 4. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 2:40, team on winning the Crown Prince Cup recently. Dumoulin. 5. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/BAH) 2:47, He said these victories reflect the teams’ outstanding Despite his significant 6. (CRC/MOV) 3:05, efforts throughout the season on achieving positive results. advantage following victory in 7. (LUX/QST) 3:56, Askar also commended the efforts of Al Malkiya Club the 10th stage time trial on president Jassim Abdula’al and his compatriot at Al Ahli Tuesday, Dumoulin had to rely 8. Tanel Kangert (EST/AST) 3:59, Club Khalid Kanoo, in addition to the administrative and 9. Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA/ALM) on his team to chase down and Italy’s rider of team Bahrain - Merida Vincenzo Nibali (R), technical staff of both teams in securing their respective control a number of attacks. France’s Thibaut Pinot (2ndR) of team FDJ and Colombia’s 4:05, titles. He was quick to pay Nairo Quintana of team Movistar (3rdR) compete 10. Ilnur Zakarin (RUS/KAT) 4:17 tribute, giving Sunweb and in Sports Management course Manama Nadal advances as Almagro quits sports management course, organised by the Bahrain Olympic Committee’s (BOC) Sports Training and Rome compatriot 3-0 in the first set. Garros. number one Angelique Kerber ADevelopment Centre, will come to a close today at the centre afael Nadal advanced to It was a 50th win for Nadal in “There is always things to crashed out, the top seed beaten premises in Juffair. Director of the centre Nabeel Taha will be Rthe third round yesterday Rome and he is on a hot streak improve, but it is not the right 6-4 6-0 in the second round by presenting the concluding session of thiscourse, which will as fellow Spaniard Nicolas after sweeping the honours on time to say I’m not happy with Anett Kontaveit of Estonia. focus different subjects related to the main themes. Almagro was forced to quit with clay at Monte Carlo, Barcelona one thing or another. Second seed Karolina Taha conducted the first of the three sessions on the a left knee injury during their and last weekend in Madrid. Nadal though was distressed Pliskova beat Lauren Davis 6-1, inaugural day of the course on Saturday, speaking about match at the Rome Masters. “I am happy with almost to see Almagro injured. 6-1, Madrid winner Simona Olympic movement. Three-time French Open everything, I am playing well. I Joining Nadal in the next Halep started with a win over Twenty four sports officials from various national sports quarter-finalist Almagro -- won a lot of matches this year,” round was Japanese seventh Germany’s Laura Siegemund federations are attending the course, which aims to develop he lost all three to Nadal -- said the fourth seed, who next seed Kei Nishikori, winner over 6-4, 6-4 and eighth seed Elina administrative performance and skills within national sports was unable to continue after faces either Jack Sock or Jiri Spain’s David Ferrer 7-5, 6-2. Svitolina put out Alize Cornet federations. 24 minutes while trailing his Vesely as he builds up to Roland In women’s play, world 6-4, 7-6 (13/11).