SPORT Monday 28 May 2018 PAGE | 25 PAGE | 27 ’s Al Attiyah eyes Dimitrov downs win in mystery man as Rally Ostapenko crashes out Al Rayyan close to naming new coach THE PENINSULA The home and away jerseys for the 2018-19 football season unveiled by DOHA: Al Rayyan, who failed to Al Rayyan yesterday. win a trophy last season, are looking for a replacement for outgoing coach , it has emerged. Laudrup guided Al Rayyan to the Amir Cup final which they lost to Al Duhail on May 19 at the Khalifa International Stadium. According to a post on the club website, Laudrup has ‘fin- ished his contract with the club’ with the final match played a little over a week ago. Deputy Chairman of the club Abdullah Al Mutawa was quoted as saying that Laudrup’s contract will not be renewed by Al Rayyan. Deputy Chairman of Al Rayyan club Al Mutawa said in a statement Abdullah Al Mutawa posted on the club website: “The club will hire a new coach to lead the first football team during the Al Rayyan, one of the top teams they finished in third place in include , Marcos AL RAYYAN’S RECENT COACHES coming days.” in Qatar, finished the regular Group D, winning only one Paqueta, and Paulo Autuori...... Brazil (May 2, 2007 – May 17, 2009) The Al Rayyan official said the season behind runaway QNB match out of six. Manuel Jimenez. Also yesterday, Marcos Paqueta ...... Brazil (July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010) club had a number of candidates Stars League winners Al Duhail Laudrup, 53, took over as Al Al Rayyan unveiled its home and Paulo Autuori...... Brazil (Nov 21, 2009 – June 30, 2011) to choose from without naming and Al Sadd. Rayyan coach on October 3, 2016 away jerseys for the 2018-19 Diego Aguirre...... Brazil (Sept 6, 2011 – Nov 3, 2013) any individual. Laudrup, the former replacing former Qatar coach football season. Manuel Jimenez ...... Spain (Nov 4, 2013 – May 20, 2015) He said the Al Rayyan man- Lekhwiya coach, could not Jorge Fossati who was asked to The new football season will Jorge Fossati ...... Uruguay (May 20, 2015 – October 3, 2016) agement will go for the ‘most provide the spark Al Rayyan take the reigns of the national commence on August 3 when Al

Michael Laudrup ...... Denmark (October 3, 2016, May 19, 2018) suitable candidate as coach’ who were looking for in the AFC side at the time. Duhail take on Al Rayyan in the could help the team win trophies. Champions League in which Recent Al Rayyan coaches one-off Sheikh Jassim Cup. Pakistan crush England IPL: Watson ton helps to win first Test at Lord’s Chennai clinch title AFP AFP MUMBAI: Shane Watson smashed an unbeaten 117 as Chennai Super Kings LONDON: Pakistan completed a convincing thrashed Sunrisers Hyderabad to win their nine-wicket victory over England to win third Indian Premier League title in a spec- the first Test at Lord’s with than a day tacular return from a two-year corruption to spare yesterday. ban. Set a target of just 64 on the fourth The 36-year-old Australian hit eight morning, Pakistan finished on 66 for one sixes and 11 fours in a stunning 57 ball before lunch to go 1-0 up in this two-match innings as Chennai took just 18.3 overs to series ahead of next week’s second Test at overcome Hyderabad’s 178-6 off 20 overs. Headingley. Chennai finished on 181-2 to crush their Imam-ul-Haq was 18 not out and Haris opponents by eight wickets. They have now Sohail 39 not out. equalled the Mumbai Indians in winning Shane Watson celebrates after England were undone by two top-order Pakistan’s Mohammad Amir (second right) celebrates with team- the world’s wealthiest cricket tournament scoring a century batting collapses, slumping to 184 all out mates after taking a wicket on the fourth day of the first Test match for the third time since it started in 2008. after winning the toss in their first innings at Lord’s in London, yesterday. Ambati Rayudu was also unbeaten at and declining to 160 for six in their second the end on 16 in Mumbai’s Wankhede David Warner as captain, has been an before fifties from Jos Buttler and Test deb- SCOREBOARD Stadium which was packed with more than impressive leader, amassing 735 runs utant Dominic Bess prevented an innings England (I Innings) ...... 184 6-110, 7-236, 8-241, 9-242, 10-242 33,000 people. Rayudu hit a four to com- including eight half centuries in 17 matches. defeat. This was England’s seventh loss in Pakistan (I Innings) ...... 363 Bowling: Amir 18.1-3-36-4; Abbas 17-3-41-4; plete victory but he led tributes to Watson. He was supported by Yusuf Pathan who 10 Tests as their first match under new England (II Innings) Ashraf 9-2-31-0; Hasan 19-3-58-0 (2w); Shadab “His experience saw us through. He is hit an unbeaten 45 off 25 balls, including national selector Ed Smith ended in a A Cook lbw b Mohammad Abbas ...... 1 19-2-63-2 a world class player and when he is there four fours and two sixes. Carlos Brathwaite resounding reverse.What made this M Stoneman b Shadab Khan ...... 9 Pakistan (II Innings) anything can happen,” Rayudu said. also hit an 11-ball 21 to help Hyderabad add thrashing -- just England’s third defeat in J Root lbw b Mohammad Abbas ...... 68 Azhar Ali b Anderson ...... 4 Chennai, IPL winners in 2010 and 2011, 52 runs in the last five overs. any home Test that started in May -- all the D Malan c Sarfraz Ahmed b M Amir ...... 12 Imam-ul-Haq (not out) ...... 18 were banned for two seasons in 2015 along But after preventing Watson from J Bairstow b Mohammad Amir ...... 0 Haris Sohail (not out) ...... 39 more galling for Joe Root’s side was that B Stokes c sub (Fakhar Zaman) b S Khan ...... 9 Extras (B3, LB2) ...... 5 with Rajasthan Royals after team officials scoring for his first 10 balls and taking South they were outplayed in classic English con- J Buttler lbw b Mohammad Abbas ...... 67 Total (1 wkt) ...... 66 were found guilty of involvement in illegal African opener Faf du Plessis for 10 in the ditions by a youthful Pakistan side, whose D Bess b Mohammad Amir ...... 57 Did not bat: Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Sarfraz gambling. Super Kings captain M. S. Dhoni third over, the Hyderabad bowlers were batting, bowling and fielding was markedly M Wood c Sarfraz Ahmed b M Amir ...... 4 Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad won the toss and put Hyderabad into bat. put to the sword. superior throughout. S Broad c Sarfraz Ahmed b M Abbas ...... 0 Amir, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Abbas Their New Zealand captain Kane Wil- Brief scores: England, resuming on 235 for six in their J Anderson (not out) ...... 0 Fall of wickets: 1-12 liamson hit a top-score 47 as Sunrisers Chennai Super Kings 181 for 2 in 18.3 second innings, lost their last four wickets Extras (B4, LB9, W2) ...... 15 Bowling: Anderson 3-0-12-1; Broad 3-1-13-0; posted 178-6. overs (Watson 117*) beat Sunrisers for just seven runs in 18 balls to be bowled Total (all out) ...... 242 Bess 3.4-0-29-0; Wood 3-1-7-0; The 27-year-old Williamson, a last Hyderabad 178 for 6 (Williamson 47) by out for 242. Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-31, 3-91, 4-91, 5-104, Result: Pakistan won by nine wickets minute replacement for scandal-tainted eight wickets Barshim tops in high jump at Eugene meet

THE PENINSULA misses after both cleared 2.32 on Championships in London,. The talented Qatari star last Meanwhile, American Noah “To be honest, I’m a little Saturday. Barshim started the seaon this year won all rounds of the Lyles matched the fastest time in scared,” Lyles said. “I didn’t think WASHINGTON: Reigning world Barshim thus continued his year from the Doha meeting on Diamond League and was chosen the world this year in winning the I would be running this fast this champion and two-time Olympic impressive track record in the May 4 and set a new record for as the 2017 Athletics Player of the 200 meters in 19.69 seconds. season, this soon. I didn’t think I medalist Mutaz Essa Barshim of high jump event in the third leg the athletics championship after Year. The 20-year-old former was ready but my body was.” Qatar won the high jump at the of the Diamond League Meet in he succeeded in achieving a jump Barshim is also scheduled to world junior champion, helped The showdown at Eugene, Prefontaine Classic Diamond Eugene. of 2.40 meters. (2.42 meters) and take part in the Monaco, by a tailwind at the legal limit of Oregon, marks the final “Pre” at League athletics meet by clearing Last year’s champion, is only 3 centimeters behind the Lausanne, Oslo and Brussels 2.0 m/sec, set a personal best to 99-year Hayward Field before a 2.36m with non-aligned athlete Barshim, jumped 2.36 meters, the world record of the competition games before the end of the 2018 equal South Africa’s Clarence major reconstruction ahead of Danil Lysenko edging ’s same mark he had cleared to win named for the Cuban Javier Asian Diamond League Champi- Munyai for the top 2018 time and hosting the 2021 World Outdoor Wang Yu for second on fewer the 2017 World Athletics Sotomayor. onships in Jakarta on August 28. even shock himself. Athletics Championships. 26 SPORT MONDAY 28 MAY 2018

Minjee Lee of Australia waves to fans after a birdie Warriors crush Rockets on Saturday at Travis Pointe Country Club in Ann Arbor, Michigan. to force game 7 in AFP the game than the defence. “But the defence eventually LOS ANGELES: The Golden kicked in, and obviously that led State Warriors showed their to transition, and the shotmaking championship mettle on in the second half was just Saturday, roaring back to rout amazing,” he said. the Houston Rockets 115-86 to The Warriors outscored the force a decisive game seven in Rockets 64-25 in the second half, the NBA Western Conference limiting Harden to 10 points after finals. the break. Klay Thompson scored 35 Eric Gordon, starting in place points, Stephen Curry scored 29 of Paul, scored just three of his and Kevin Durant added 23 as 19 points after the interval. the Warriors rallied from a “I think once we settled 17-point first-quarter deficit to down defensively and started knot the best-of-seven series at staying with people and not Australia’s Lee 3-3 -- and keep their bid to making mistakes in transition, reach a fourth straight champi- then we wore them down a little onship series alive. bit,” Kerr said. seizes LPGA lead “I don’t want to go home,” The lack of defensive focus said Thompson, who made nine that plagued Golden State early three-pointers. was mirrored by the Rockets in Michigan “We worked too hard this late. season to go home.” “A lot of miscommuni- AFP But in the early going it cation,” Harden said. today, made no bogeys,” said looked like the Warriors would “That first quarter we did a LOS ANGELES: Australian Lee, who is seeking a fourth do just that. really good job of communi- Minjee Lee fired a bogey- LPGA title and her first since The Rockets, who led the cating, limiting them on threes, free four-under par 68 on 2016. league with 65 regular season just contesting everything, Saturday to put herself in She finished second in wins, ran roughshod over making everything difficult,” he position to give herself the this event by a stroke last Golden State in the opening added. LPGA Volvik Championship year. quarter as they raced to a 39-22 Although they couldn’t keep title for her birthday. Although play was lead. that up, Harden said, the Rockets Lee, who turns 22 yes- halted for more than two Houston’s Most Valuable remain confident they can close terday, held a two-stroke hours by rain, Lee said the Player candidate James Harden Klay Thompson of out the series on their home floor heading into the final round greens firmed up by the time dominated early, finishing with the Golden State on Monday and return to the in Ann Arbor, Michigan. she finished her round. 32 points, nine assists and seven Warriors drives with NBA Finals for the first time She’s been knocking on “I think just keeping it in rebounds. the ball against since Houston won back-to- the door all season, with her play was pretty important But the Warriors defense Houston Rockets in back titles in 1994 and 1995. five top-10 LPGA finishes today,” she said. clamped down on Harden in the Oakland on Saturday. “Nothing changes for us,” including a playoff loss to Lewis, seeking her first second half and the Rockets felt Harden said. Lydia Ko in San Francisco in win since the Portland the absence of injured point “We know what we have to April. Classic last August, said she guard Chris Paul, who suffered Rockets’ game-five victory. Soon, the rout was on. do. We’re still confident. We’re Lee nabbed her fourth didn’t hit the ball well, but a strained right hamstring in the “I thought Klay was amazing “I think the turnovers got a confident group. We’ve just got birdie of the day at Travis made some solid up-and- tonight, not just for 35 points and them going,” said Houston coach one chance.” Thompson said the Pointe’s par-five 18th to downs to get on a “nice little the nine threes, but his defence,” Mike D’Antoni, whose team fin- Warriors would be ready. build a 12-under par total of run.” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. ished with 21 turnovers. “Effort, intensity, passion, 204. “This golf course, you “The guy’s a machine,” he “Then once you get them those three things and playing American Stacy Lewis, can shoot a number,” said added. going and they get out of the box smart,” he said of what it will expecting her first child later Lewis, who birdied four of Klay Thompson The Warriors showed signs -- we didn’t communicate really take to beat the Rockets on their this year, fired a 67 to join a her last five holes. of life in the second quarter, well two or three times, and then home floor. group sharing second on “You can shoot six- or scored 35 points, putting together a 23-11 scoring they just got on a roll. You get “(If) we take the same focus 206. seven-under, but you can Stephen Curry scored run and trimming the deficit to these guys on a roll, and they can and execute the game plan like She was joined by South also play pretty good and 29 and Kevin Durant five points. But they trailed 61-51 hurt you.” we should I have all the confi- Korea’s Kim In-kyung, who shoot even par. added 23 as the at halftime. Kerr was at a loss to explain dence in the world in this team,” also posted a 67, and by Eng- “So you’ve just got to get Then came one of their the early defensive lapses. he said. land’s Jodi Ewart Shadoff runs like I did there at the Warriors rallied from trademark third-quarter surges. “We lost people in transition. The winner of the series will and American Lindy end of the day and just keep a 17-point deficit in Golden State opened the second We didn’t communicate. We face either the Cleveland Cava- Duncan, who both signed for hanging around and post a first quarter to knot half on an 11-0 scoring run, gave up wide-open threes,” he liers or Boston Celtics in the NBA 69s. number and see what the best-of-seven taking the lead for the first time said. Finals. “I had a pretty solid day happens.” since the opening minutes when “It was sort of a head Their Eastern Conference series at 3-3. Curry drained a three-pointer scratcher. I was more worried final is also tied at three games for a 62-61 advantage. about the offense coming into apiece. NHL set for final between Knights and Capitals

AFP Both teams were assembled by Knights general manager Canucks ink WASHINGTON: A first-year Las George McPhee, who was the Vegas expansion team of NHL Capitals general manager from Pettersson cast-offs meets a long-suffering 1997 to 2014. Washington club with superstar He brought Ovechkin, Back- Alex Ovechkin in his first cham- strom, goaltender Braden Holtby to entry deal pionship series when the Stanley and 10 other current players to AGENCIES Cup Final begins today. Washington before being fired The Vegas Golden Knights, in 2014, then joined the Vegas who didn’t begin assembling organization in 2016. NEW YORK: The Vancouver talent until last June, made a “It’s a little special actually Canucks signed Elias stunning run to the best-of- because of him,” Backstrom said. Pettersson, the No. 5 pick in seven final behind goaltender “He was here for a long time the 2017 NHL Draft, to a Marc-Andre Fleury, who back- and he drafted all of us. So it will three-year, entry-level stopped Pittsburgh to the trophy be a great challenge. I can’t wait contract. each of the past two years in part for it.” Pettersson, 19, showed his by ousting Washington. Ovechkin, a left wing, led the skill with Sweden at the 2018 “I thought I was done with NHL with 49 goals this season IIHF World Championship, them for a little bit,” Fleury said. and brings a deadly slapshot and scoring three points in five “I guess not.” physical presence. games. The Knights would be the “His one-timer and his He suffered a broken Alex Ovechkin (foreground) of the Washington first debut team in major US wrister, both of them are very thumb at the tournament and Capitals skates with the puck against the Tampa sports history to win the title. tough, very fast and quick. It’ll is expected to be ready for the Another first-year team, St. Bay Lightning in Tampa, Florida last week. be a challenge,” Fleury said of start of training camp in Louis, reached the NHL Final in Ovechkin. September. 1968 but from an entire division “He brings the best out of “Elias is a talented of new clubs from which one had find a home and we did,” said “It’s a great feeling, espe- they departed for the opener in me.” Fleury is 12-3 in the post- offensive player with tre- to make it. Knights centre Jonathan cially the way we did it. It was Vegas. season with a 1.68 goals-against mendous vision and skill,” “We’re just a bunch of Marchessault, who has eight outstanding from everybody.” “It’s huge. The town is all in. average and.947 save Canucks general manager Jim hockey players (that) wanted to goals in 15 play-off games. The Capitals trailed in every The town is excited,” Capitals percentage. Benning said in a statement The Capitals have reached playoff series but battled back captain Ovechkin said. Holtby managed his first two on Saturday.. STANLEY CUP FINAL SCHEDULE the final for only the second time each time and now could “The people get involved.” of the season in must-win playoff “Like most Canucks fans in their 43-season history, 20 become Washington’s first major “It’s awesome to see how into it games in the Eastern Conference we watched with excitement Game 1: Today - Washington at Vegas years after being swept by sport champion since the NFL they are, how much they care final and hasn’t surrendered a the incredible season he had Game 2: Wednesday - Washington at Vegas Detroit in 1998. They had never Redskins won the 1992 Super and how much they want to be goal in nearly 160 minutes with in Sweden. This is an Game 3: June 2 - Vegas at Washington reached a conference final since Bowl. a part of it,” added Caps forward 60 consecutive saves. He has a important offseason of Game 4: June 4 - Vegas at Washington until this month. ’s Ovechkin, a seven- TJ Oshie. 12-6 play-off record with a 2.04 training and development for Game 5: June 7 - Washington at Vegas “We worked so hard for this time goals leader in his 13 NHL The Capitals are 8-2 in road goals against average. Elias and we expect him to be

Game 6: June 10 - Vegas at Washington to be able to be in the final,” Cap- seasons, marveled at 6,000 sup- playoff games and led by 12 “Maybe in the past we’ve had ready to challenge for a roster Game 7: June 13 - Washington at Vegas itals center Nicklas Backstrom porters cheering the Caps after Ovechkin goals while Evgeny more skill or been better on spot in training camp,” he said. a final practice Saturday before Kuznetsov has 11. paper or whatever,” Holtby said. added. MONDAY 28 MAY 2018 SPORT 27 Dimitrov downs mystery man as Ostapenko and Venus crash out

AFP Garros title on Monday, will also Slovakia’s Viktoria Kuzmova face a lucky loser. who put out 2010 champion PARIS: Fourth seed Grigor Italy’s world 130 Simone Francesca Schiavone, the Dimitrov reached the French Bolelli moved into the draw after 37-year-old Italian who made it Open second round yesterday, Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov through qualifying, 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 even if he wasn’t exactly sure pulled out with a wrist injury. (7/2). who he was facing, while Venus Women’s fourth seed Elina Other early winners yes- Williams and defending Svitolina, a quarter-finalist in terday included Estonian 25th champion Jelena Ostapenko Paris in 2015 and 2017, overcame seed Anett Kontaveit who were defeated and Australian a first set 1-5 deficit to see off downed Madison Brengle of the firebrand Nick Kyrgios limped Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic 7-5, United States 6-1, 4-6, 6-2. out. 6-3. Kontaveit defeated Aus- Dimitrov had been drawn to “To be ready for a Grand tralian Open champion Caroline face experienced Viktor Troicki Slam is always the goal, the main Wozniacki on her way to the in the tournament opener on goal for me,” said the 23-year- semi-finals in Rome last week. Philippe Chatrier Court. old Ukrainian, also a quarter- She was also a semi-finalist However, just before he was finalist at the Australian Open on clay in Stuttgart while also due to go on court, Troicki this year. beating Venus Williams in withdrew with a back injury, “I try to do everything what’s Madrid. US Open champion allowing Egyptian world number in my power to play my best Sloane Stephens, the 10th seed, Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov plays a forehand return to Egypt’s Mohamed Safwat during their men’s 182 Mohamed Safwat to make game on the Grand Slams.” needed just 49 minutes to breeze singles first round match on day one of the French Open in Paris yesterday. his Grand Slam debut. Svitolina next faces past Arantxa Rus 6-2, 6-0. In the process, he became the first Egyptian since Tamer El Safwat. “I dealt with it as best I 21-year career. Karlovic at the US Wang Qiang of China Sawy at the 1996 US Open to could. I had never set foot on that The ninth-seeded, 37-year- Clay Court Champi- in action against Venus feature in a major. court before.” old American slumped to a 6-4, onships in April. Williams of the USA “I was warming up and my Latvia’s fifth seed Ostapenko 7-5 defeat to China’s world 91 “Having con- during their first round coach said, ‘hey look’ and we became only the second Wang Qiang, a player she sulted with my team of the French Open in saw up on the board that I was defending champion to lose in knocked out in Paris last year. and medical experts Paris, France, yesterday. playing a different opponent,” the first round when she Williams, playing Roland it is deemed too risky said 27-year-old Dimitrov, a slumped to a shock 7-5, 6-3 Garros for the 21st time, was in for me to step out former Wimbledon semi-finalist, defeat by Kateryna Kozlova of no mood for lengthy explana- and potentially play after his 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (7/1) win. Ukraine. tions after her loss. five sets on clay, “I didn’t expect that.” Safwat, Russia’s Anastasia Myskina “Nobody plans for this,” she especially as I have 27, had lost in the final round of was the only other defending said. not played a singles qualifying in what was his eighth champion to lose in the first Kyrgios was forced to match in nearly two futile attempt to make the main round in the Open era in 2005. withdraw after failing to recover months,” Kyrgios draw of the majors. Kozlova, the world number from an elbow injury, saying a wrote on Twitter. But Safwat, one of eight 66, will face either former world potential five sets on clay was Kyrgios’s withdrawal lucky losers in the men’s draw, number one Victoria Azarenka “too risky”. meant that eight then overcame blisters on his or Katerina Siniakova of the The 23-year-old was seeded places in the first right hand to put up a solid chal- Czech Republic for a place in the 21 and was due to play compa- round were opened lenge in the third set before Dim- last 32. triot Bernard Tomic in the first up to lucky losers. itrov raced through the Seven-time major winner round. Defending champion tiebreaker. Venus Williams suffered back- The enigmatic Kyrgios has Rafael Nadal, who “I only heard I was playing to-back opening round exits at not played a singles match since starts his campaign an hour before the match,” said the Slams for the first time in her a quarter-final loss to Ivo for an 11th Roland

Ramos Karius wishes Salah Real Madrid parade trophy unable to a ‘rapid sleep after recovery’ in front of ecstatic fans nightmare AFP AFP blue suits, listened from the who wore a pink Ronaldo jersey “That is what Real Madrid REUTERS pews. and a Real Madrid scarf wrapped has, it gives so much joy,” he PARIS: Real Madrid MADRID: Tens of thousands of The bus then made its way around his neck, said. added. defender Sergio Ramos ecstatic fans lined the streets of with the team and the trophy in Real Madrid fans packed The club’s “decimotercera,” KIEV: Liverpool goalkeeper tweeted his best wishes to the Spanish capital to greet Real the front to the head of the Plaza de Cibeles late on Saturday or 13th title in the competition, Loris Karius told fans he was Mohamed Salah yesterday Madrid’s players as they Madrid regional government in after the club won a record- moved them six clear of second- “infinitely sorry” for his two after their collision in the returned home yesterday after the central Plaza de Sol which extending 13th European Cup placed AC Milan in the all-time catastrophic errors in the Champions League final winning their third Champions was packed with thousands of with a 3-1 victory over honours list, after lifting the side’s 3-1 defeat to Real forced the Liverpool striker League title in a row in Kiev. fans, many decked in Real’s Liverpool. trophy for a remarkable fourth Madrid in the Champions off and cast his World Cup Real supporters cheered and famous white and black team Many headed to the central time in five seasons. League final and said he had in doubt. waved club scarves as a bus car- jersey, before it heads to the square after watching the match Former French international struggled to sleep after Satur- Salah came off just half an rying and the club’s traditional celebration lit up by a wonder goal from Zidane also became the first day’s game. hour into the game in tears rest of the team crawled past spot, the Plaza de Cibeles. Gareth Bale at the Bernabeu on coach to win three consecutive The German keeper after tumbling in a challenge crowds lining the roads from the Some children sat on the eight giant screens. Champions League crowns, gifted Karim Benzema the with Ramos, who fell on top club’s Santiago Bernabeu shoulders of their parents to get Roughly 80,000 Real Madrid despite having spent less than first goal by accidentally of the Egyptian. stadium to Madrid’s La a better look as the bus went by. fans at the stadium erupted in three years at the helm. throwing the ball against the The match was goalless Almudena cathedral where the Thousands of supporters delight at the final whistle, Spanish Prime Minister Real forward, and then at the time. Real Madrid went Champions League trophy was waited around the fountain in breaking out in familiar chants Mariano Rajoy, a die-hard Real watching it trickle into his on to win, 3-1. presented to religious leaders. the heart of the plaza, which was of “Campeones, campeones”. fan, sent a telegram to the club’s net, and he allowed a shot “Sometimes football “It is important to recall that surrounded by a white and blue “This is incredible. It’s beau- president, Florentino Perez, to by Gareth Bale straight shows you it’s good side our coach Zinedine Zidane has banner decorated with the Real tiful belonging to Real Madrid, congratulate the team for their through his hands for and other times the bad. always worked with humility to logo that read “Thanks Real this is incredible,” said Jose victory, which he said had Madrid’s third goal which Above all, we are fellow become the best coach on the Madrid supporters!”, for the Manuel Rodriguez, a 50-year- “revalidated” the club’s “conti- ended any hopes of his side pros,” Ramos wrote in world,” Real Madrid president players to arrive. old barman who came to Madrid nental leadership”. getting back in the game. English with the hashtag Florentino Perez said in a brief “I had to be here and cele- from the northern Basque region “Thank you for this sporting “Haven’t really slept “#GetWellSoon”. In the speech in the cathedral as the brate this win with them,” Ivan to watch the match at the show that filled all sports lovers until now, the scenes are still Spanish version, the Real players, who wore matching Gonzalez, a 23-year-old student Bernabeu. with emotion and pride, and for running through my head Madrid defender added once again taking Spain’s name again and again. I’m infi- “Rapid recovery, Salah. The to the highest levels of world nitely sorry to my team future awaits you.” sport,” he added in the tel- mates, for you fans and for Salah scored 44 goals in egram, his office said in a all the staff. I know that I his first season at Liverpool statement. messed it up with the two and swept the English player Rajoy had planned to watch mistakes and let you all of the year awards. the match in person in Kiev but down,” Karius wrote on “It is a serious injury.” he cancelled the trip at the last Twitter yesterday. Liverpool manager Jurgen minute after the main opposition “As I said I’d just like to Klopp said after the game. “It Socialist party filed a no-confi- turn back the time but that’s doesn’t look good. That’s it.” dence motion against his gov- not possible. It’s even worse Salah has helped propel ernment in parliament. as we all felt that we could Egypt to their first World Cup Real’s victory made the front have beaten Real Madrid and since 1990. page of all main Spanish news- we were in the game for a The national football fed- papers on Sunday. long time. eration tweeted that it was “Madrid dominates Europe “Thank you to our unbe- “optimistic”. Egypt’s first with a legendary team,” head- lievable fans who came to match is against Uruguay on lined top-selling daily El Pais Kiev and held my back, even June 15. below a photo of Ramos holding after the game. I don’t take Ramos, the Real captain, up the Champions League trophy that for granted and once has a reputation for playing surrounded by the ream of his again it showed me what a big at the limit of the rules and teammates. “An eternal Real family we are. Thank you and his name was trending glo- Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo takes a selfie with Madrid,” wrote rival daily El we will come back stronger.” bally on Twitter yesterday Casemiro and Marcelo as Real Madrid celebrate winning Mundo while conservative daily Karius received the backing morning and number one in the Champions League final in Madrid, Spain, yesterday. ANC headlined: “A Real Madrid of his coach Juergen Klopp Egypt. of legend”. after the game. MONDAY 28 MAY 2018 SPORT 25 It was a very tough night, but I’m Mohamed Salah says he is a fighter. Despite the odds, I’m TENNIS TENNIS confident of being fit to play confident that I’ll be in Russia to at the World Cup despite French Open, Men’s French Open, Men’s Singles make you all proud. Your love and sustaining a shoulder injury Singles Round 1: Novak Round 1: Rafael Nadal vs support will give me the strength LIVE ON in Champions League final. Djokovic vs Dutra Silva Simone Bolelli I need. TUBE Al Attiyah eyes win in Kazakhstan

THE PENINSULA in advance of the competitors on Friday morning. The crew will report back to AKTAU CITY, KAZAKHSTAN: officials at the Automotorsport Qatar’s FIA World Cup champion Federation of the Republic of Al Attiyah knows Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah Kazakhstan (AMFK) and any nec- the importance of (pictured) will be targeting to essary route changes will be repeating last year’s retain his title of Rally Kaza- made before top seed and FIA khstan, round five of the FIA World Cup leader Jakub Przy- victory in Kazakhstan World Cup for Cross-Country gonski leads the FIA entrants into if he is to stand any Rallies, which gets under way the timed action in his -raid chance of retaining with a timed selective section of MINI John Cooper Works Rally 280.35km between Aktau City today. his FIA World Cup and the Caspian Sea resort of The Pole, who leads the title. Kenderly today. drivers’ standings by 31 points Ahead of 27 FIA entrants and from Martin Prokop of the Czech four teams running in a National Republic, said: “This is my second rally, will be around 1,900 com- A radically revised and chal- time here. Last year was a really petitive kilometres on the longest lenging route has been devised nice race and I get the feeling FIA event of the season in terms by Sergey Talantsev and his that this year’s event will be even of total stage distance. team. better. It is different to the other Teams will face a further five The FIA opening car is longer rallies.” Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah in action in this file photo. days of timed action through the crewed by the former FIA Group “The desert here is full of deserts, grasslands and gravel N World Champion Grégoire de grass. It’s quite amazing. There tracks of western Kazakhstan Mevius and his fellow Belgian were a few places last year with week’s racing ahead. Compe- Cup title. The Qatari will be sup- Boris Gadasin and England’s before the ceremonial finish in Jean-Marie Lurquin. They began hard dunes and grass. We tition to the championship ported by Frenchman Ronan Harry Hunt at the wheel of a PH Aktau City on June 2. their passages through the stages did not expect that Kazakhstan leaders will come from several Chabot, but Saudi Arabia’s Yasir Sport Peugeot 3008 DKR. Other had such a different kind of fronts: Przygonski’s MINI team- Seaidan will not start the event in T1 runners include Yuriy Sazonov 2018 RALLY KAZAKHSTAN – LEADING STARTERS (TOP 10) terrain. We will have a good mates Yazeed Al Rajhi and Victor a third Overdrive Racing car after and Yerden Shagirov in Mobilex fight. The strategy is to have a Khoroshavtev will be aiming for withdrawing a few days before the Rally Team cars, Russia’s Andrey 1. Jakub Przygonski (POL)/Tom Colsoul (BEL) MINI John Cooper Works Rally good race, try to keep our rhythm the top five and 2006 Dakar start. Vasilyev’s co-driver Kon- Rudskoy and Andrey Novikov 2. Martin Prokop (CZE)/Jan Tomanek (CZE) Ford F-150 Evo and then we will see.” Rally winner Luc Alphand will stantin Zhiltsov said: “Last year and Spaniard Fernando Alvarez Prokop has made a suc- be hoping to continue the pro- we did not participate here and ’s Jürgen Schröder 3. Vladimir Vasilyev (RUS)/Konstantin Zhiltsov (RUS) MINI Cooper Countryman cessful switch from the WRC to gression of X–raid’s new MINI because of Vladimir’s injury.” in a pair of South Racing-run 4. Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah (QAT)/Matthieu Baumel (FRA) Toyota Hilux Overdrive take part in cross-country rallies Buggy. “I have been here two times cars. 5. Harry Hunt (GBR)/Sebastien Delaunay (FRA) Peugeot 3008 DKR and has taken the development Vladimir Vasilyev will also for the Silk Way and I know there Kazakhstan’s Marat of Miroslav Zapletal’s Ford F-150 be looking to close the gap on the are some really interesting places Abykayev holds local hopes in 6. Luc Alphand (FRA)/Andreas Schulz (DEU) MINI John Cooper Works Buggy Evo to the next level with his series leaders in his MINI for racing. We like this region the T2 category, where Saudi 7. Boris Gadasin (RUS)/Igor Petenko (RUS) G-Force Bars results, which culminated in the Cooper Countryman, while and think it could be a great Arabia’s Ahmed Al-Shegawi cur- 8. Yazeed Al-Rajhi (SAU)/Timo Gottschalk (DEU) MINI John Cooper Works Rally Czech winning the Abu Dhabi defending champion Al Attiyah battle between the drivers who rently has a commanding lead 9. Andrey Novikov (RUS)/Vladimir Novikov (RUS) G-Force Bars Desert Challenge in March. knows the importance of are fighting for the World Cup,” over Qatar’s Adel Abdulla fol-

He only arrived in Aktau City repeating last year’s victory in he added. lowing the Doha driver’s late

10. Victor Khoroshavtsev (RUS)/Dmitry Pavlov (RUS) MINI John Cooper Works Rally on Saturday evening and had Kazakhstan if he is to stand any The series regulars will also retirement from the lead of his little time to prepare for the chance of retaining his FIA World need to watch out for Russia’s home event last month.

Ricciardo claims victory Daniel Ricciardo celebrates after in Red Bull’s 250th race winning the Monaco Grand Prix. REUTERS job today,” team boss Christian “You just need to keep it Horner said after Ricciardo took smooth, keep focused.” “Will it MONACO: Daniel Ricciardo the chequered flag 7.3 seconds get better?” enquired the brought back memories of clear of Vettel. Australian. great Michael Schu- “That is right up there with “Negative,” came the reply. macher in his prime yesterday as what Schumacher did... and this From then on, Ricciardo -- the Australian nursed a wounded is payback for 2016.” down on power and with Vettel Red Bull to Monaco Grand Prix Ricciardo’s only previous pole in his rearview mirrors -- was a victory in the team’s 250th race. had been in Monaco two years model of consistency on a track Winning from pole position ago, when he lost out to Hamilton where overtaking is a challenge for the first time in his career, Ric- on strategy and finished for even the greatest of talents. ciardo drove for nearly two thirds runner-up. For lap after lap he kept the of the race with a car down on This time Ricciardo also made gap until Vettel’s tyres showed power due to problems that a clean start and, controlling the signs of wear. emerged on lap 28. pace and the race, looked as “Absolutely amazing, I don’t Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, last much of a nailed-on certainty for know how you did that, Daniel,” year’s race winner, finished victory as ever exists on Monaco’s said engineer Simon Rennie. second to cut Lewis Hamilton’s treacherous metal-fenced streets. “We had problems. We had a overall lead to 14 points after six And then it all seemed to lot to deal with during the race. I “Thanks to the team. We got under cloudy skies saw the Charles Leclerc, the first local of 21 rounds. unravel when he reported a loss felt a loss of power and I thought it back. I’m stoked. From two safety car stay in the pits, with F1 driver in 24 years to compete Hamilton, the reigning world of power over the team radio. the race was done. I got home just years ago I feel we got some only a virtual safety car needed on his home streets, having piled champion, was third for “OK mate, we can see what’s using six gears,” Ricciardo said redemption now, we can put in the closing laps. into the back of New Zealander Mercedes. going on,” his race engineer after the winning the tense race 2016 behind us,” he added. That was triggered by Sau- Brendon Hartley’s Toro Rosso at “You have done an amazing replied after a pause. yesterday. A largely processional race ber’s Monegasque driver the tunnel exit. Ipswich trio undergoes treatment at Aspetar

THE PENINSULA European U-19 Championship last Commenting on his treatment year, suffered a torn cruciate lig- at Aspetar, Dozzell said: “I’ve been DOHA: Three Ipswich Town FC ament, an injury the young star here for nearly two weeks and I midfielders, English nationals Tom picked up last August. Thanks to the It’s been an amazing have seen lots of improvement. A Adeyemi and Andre Dozzell, along progress the player has made, he is change of scenery has supported my with their Welsh team-mate Emyr expected to make full-recovery in experience for me at rehabilitation and has built upon Huws, who’ve all been absent due time for next year’s pre-season. Aspetar. In terms of what I have already achieved.” to injury for lengthy periods during Huws, who is also scheduled to the facilities they have Huws also hailed Aspetar’s facil- the recently concluded English return to action next year, suffered ities, commenting: “ I spoke to my football season, have taken part in from a longstanding knee injury that on offer, it is the best two team-mates who have visited a rehabilitation programme at hampered most of his season. The treatment centre I have before and they spoke very highly Aspetar, Qatar’s world-renowned player is still being treated at ever been to anywhere of the place, so I was keen to get orthopaedic and sports medicine Aspetar, but is set to return to in the world: English here as soon as possible. I’ve pro- hospital. England in a few weeks. gressed well, so I’m really glad I Adeyemi has been ruled out Speaking about his successful player Tom Adeyemi came.” since last October due to a ham- rehab at Aspetar, Adeyemi said: “It’s “I advise other athletes who string injury, and has worked during been an amazing experience for me I was really struggling with my have injuries to come here. It’s very his rehabilitation with some of Asp- at Aspetar. In terms of the facilities injury. The work I’ve been able to difficult to get everything under one etar’s renowned hamstring injury they have on offer, it is the best do and the help I received has been roof [in terms of services offered] experts. treatment centre I have ever been fantastic. I’m now fully confident in and I don’t know of any other English player Tom Adeyemi during a session at Aspetar. Dozzell, who was part of the to anywhere in the world.” my ability to make a full recovery facility that has that like Aspetar England team that won the UEFA “When I arrived four weeks ago, from this injury.” does,” he added.