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OLYMPICS | Page 4 FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 8 S. Sudan team In a clash of selection champions, To Advertise here swayed by a big victory Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 ad deal? for PSG Monday, August 1, 2016 TENNIS Shawwal 27, 1437 AH Nishikori seeks GULF TIMES Djokovic revenge in Toronto fi nal SPORT Page 5 FORMULA 1 Hamilton surges clear with win at Hockenheim Dreadful start costs Rosberg as German driver finishes fourth to trail by 19 points in championship AFP and failed — to stave off a charging Ros- Hockenheim, Germany berg. Verstappen defended aggressively and retaliated, a characteristic that has ewis Hamilton extended his earned him a reputation, but he lacked lead in the Formula One drivers’ the pace needed. championship to 19 points after “He pushed me off the track,” said winning the German Grand Prix Verstappen over the radio. The stew- Lwith ease yesterday, as Mercedes team- ards investigated, agreed and handed mate and title rival Nico Rosberg toiled Rosberg a fi ve-second stop-go penalty to fourth. to be taken at his next pit stop. Home hero Rosberg surrendered his “I was very surprised to get that pen- lead from pole with a dreadful start alty,” a downbeat Rosberg said later. to the Briton, who stormed away to To make matters worse for the luckless claim his sixth win in seven races and Rosberg, Mercedes team manager Ron strengthen his grip in the title chase. Meadows had a problem with his stop Second was Daniel Ricciardo, with watch and the team held him by more Max Verstappen, his young Red Bull than eight seconds instead of just fi ve. teammate, third. “That cost me dearly. It didn’t make Reigning world champion Hamilton any diff erence that I was held longer took full advantage of the poor start than needed as I couldn’t challenge the by Rosberg, who also received a fi ve Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg Red Bulls after the penalty,” Rosberg second pit-stop penalty for an over- said. aggressive passing move, to deliver a Briton Jenson Button, the 2009 “When a day goes completely wrong, fl awless drive. world champion, fi nished eighth ahead all those things come together. “I had a great start and my engi- of Finn Valtteri Bottas of Williams and “Being 19 points behind Lewis now is neers gave me a perfectly balanced car,” Mexican Sergio Perez of Force India. not tough — tough is losing the race in Hamilton, who started second on the the way that I did. grid, told the Hockenheim crowd from ROSBERG TOILS “That will take me some time to di- the podium. In front of a big race-day crowd who gest.” “I am so happy to be here and to win had come to see Rosberg grab back the for Mercedes Benz — I have been with title lead, it was Hamilton who was to GERMAN GP RESULTS (TOP 10) them since I was 13. seize the initiative from the off . 1. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1:30:44.200 “Today it was about staying cool As the lights went out, the 31-year- 2. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) +6.996 and I didn’t make any mistakes and in old produced a perfect departure to 3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +13.413 my heart I felt I did a great job. For me, dash past his teammate. 4. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) +15.845 yesterday wasn’t perfect, but you learn The German’s poor start also allowed 5. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) +32.570 from those things.” both Red Bulls to surge past him with 6. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) +37.023 For Rosberg, who was seeking to re- Verstappen squirming wide to the left 7. Nico Hulkenberg (Force India) +1:10.049 peat his 2014 triumph, it ended up as a to pass Ricciardo and take second as 8. Jenson Button (McLaren) 1 lap day of bitter disappointment. they rushed into the sweeping right- 9. Valtteri Bottas (Williams) 1 lap “A tough one, yes, very tough,” said hander Turn One. 10. Sergio Perez (Force India) 1 lap the 31-year-old. “Really diffi cult. For Down in fourth after the 320 metres me, the start went completely wrong rush down the straight, Rosberg bat- DRIVERS’ STANDINGS (TOP 5) — none of it was good. There was a lot tled to regain a place on lap one with- 1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 217.0pts of wheel-spin and it caught me by sur- out reward as the fi eld stretched and 2. Nico Rosberg (GER) 198.0 prise. settled. 3. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) 133.0 “It was not like that in the practice For the championship leader Hamil- 4. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) 122.0 starts before the race and it was very ton, who has grasped the impetus in the 5. Sebastian Vettel (GER) 120.0 diffi cult for me after that.” title race in recent weeks, it was a dream The home fans had another German start to the race. For his teammate Ros- CONSTRUCTORS’ STANDINGS (TOP 5) to cheer as four-time champion Sebas- berg it was a nightmare. 1. Mercedes 415 pts tian Vettel fi nished fi fth ahead of his Rosberg was soon tussling with Ver- 2. Red Bull 256 Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen and stappen. 3. Ferrari 242 compatriot Nico Hulkenberg, who was The Dutch teenager had to run wide 4. Williams 96 Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates his win in the German Grand Prix at the Hockenheim circuit yesterday. (AFP) seventh on home turf for Force India. and off the circuit as he attempted — 5. Force India 81 CRICKET / WI VS IND, DAY 2, 2ND TEST Rahul century helps India take control against Windies AFP Only 59 runs were added from discipline in seeking to ensure that Kingston, Jamaica the overnight position, extend- the advantage achieved on the fi rst ing the second-wicket partnership day of the match was consolidated between Rahul and Pujara to 98, at the start of day two. okesh Rahul completed but none off the bowlers were able In just his sixth Test match, Ra- a patient hundred as In- to make the much-needed break- hul’s innings has already occupied dia closed in on the West through. over four-and-a-half hours during Indies’ fi rst innings total Of further concern to the home which he has faced 199 deliveries, Lof 196, by reaching 185 for one at side would have been the sight stroking 12 fours to accompany the lunch on the second day of the sec- of debutant fast-medium bowler big hit that took him past the cher- ond Test at Sabina Park in Jamaica Miguel Cummins leaving the fi eld ished landmark. yesterday. in some physical discomfort just At the other end, Pujara was even Making the most of his recall to before the interval. more watchful, adding only 19 runs the team due to a thumb injury sus- He beat the bat on more than one to his overnight score without ever tained by Murali Vijay ahead of the occasion during his spell and would looking in any real diffi culty on a match, Raul reached his third Test have been expected to shoulder a pitch that still off ered its challenges century with a six over long-on, but lot of the bowling heading into the to the batsmen. was generally watchful throughout afternoon session, especially with Cummins was able to extract the morning in getting to 107 in the West Indies continuing to use awkward bounce to him on one oc- partnership with Cheteshwar Pu- their premier strike bowler, Shan- casion but in his trademark phleg- jara (37 not out). non Gabriel, sparingly due to his matic manner he continued watch- India’s Lokesh Rahul Trailing in the four-match series very recent history of debilitating fully through the period of play. plays a shot off a delivery following an innings defeat in the injuries. from West Indies bowler fi rst Test in Antigua a week earlier, Rahul’s celebratory six off part- BRIEF SCORES (at lunch): West Jason Holder on the the West Indies were far more dis- time off -spinner Roston Chase was Indies 196 all out (J Blackwood 62; second day of the second ciplined with the ball over the fi rst a rare moment of all-out aggres- R Ashwin 5-52) lead India 185 for 1 Test in Kingston, Jamaica, two hours of play than on the fi rst sion by the Indian second-wicket (KL Rahul not out 107; R Chase 1-52) yesterday. (AFP) evening. pair as they exercised admirable by 11 runs Gulf Times 2 Monday, August 1, 2016 ROAD TO RIO FOCUS Corpses, litter... welcome to Rio sailing venue AFP The New York Times published a trouble-free Olympics — or almost. “Is Rio de Janeiro picture this week of a bloated human there a chance we’ll have some prob- body in the bay. Another body part lem?” he asked. “It’s not impossible. washed up on Copacabana beach, just But I am very optimistic that we can hen Olympic sailors outside Guanabara, in June. guarantee a fair regatta.” compete in Rio the cam- “It’s shameful,” Kunze said. Martine Grael, daughter of fi ve- eras will show a made- As part of its winning 2009 bid to time Olympic medallist Torben Grael, Wfor-television scene of host the Olympics, Rio promised to is an outspoken critic of the pollution sparkling tropical waters and moun- treat 80% of the pollution, a task re- failure.