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Dovizioso pips Marquez to emerge UCI WORLD TOUR, BINCK BANK TOUR best in Austrian MotoGP PAGE 14 THE NETHERLANDS/BELGIUM ’s Al Sadd aiming to put it past Duhail in ‘home’ show

cial away goal advantage. something his team of champi- Al Duhail recently added Wolves-Red Knights In arguably the toughest ons could help rectify. Iraqi striker Mohanad Ali to to face off in AFC match to call of the Round 16, In their last encounter at their squad that also includes nearly all of Al Sadd’s players the newly-opened Al Janoub Bassam al Rawi, , Champions League have experience of winning Stadium, ace Qatari striker , Luis Martin, Round of 16 second the biggest tournaments. Akram Afif had given Al Sadd Ahmed Yasser, Ali Afif and While an impressive four the lead, but that was can- Asim Madibo. leg on Tuesday of the 14 players who got game celled out in the first half itself However, they will miss the time for Al Duhail last week by Al Duhail’s Tunisian attack- services of Moroccan defender TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK played in the AFC Asian Cup ing midfielder Yousef Msakni, Mehdi Benatia, who walked UAE 2019 final against Japan, who made his second debut off the pitch with an injury in all seven of Al Sadd’s local for Al Duhail. the 18th minute of the first-leg LOTS of thrills are guaranteed starters appeared against the Both teams tried hard in game against Al Sadd. as Qatari giants Al Sadd host East Asians. the second half, but the win- Al Sadd have in their ranks Al Duhail in the AFC Champi- Add to that the fact Bagh- ning goal remained elusive. South Korean playmaker Nam ons League Round of 16 sec- dad Bounedjah recently Xavi, who replaced Por- Tae-Hee, who donned the ond leg on Tuesday. The kick- scored the winning goal for tuguese Jesualdo Ferreira as Al Duhail colours for seven off is scheduled at the Jassim Algeria in the 2019 African coach ahead of this season, seasons winning many titles Bin Hamad Stadium at 19:15. Cup of Nations final and that will be hoping to take the side before making his debut for Head coach Xavi’s mana- skipper Gabi captained the to Round of 8 even as his Al them in the first-leg match, gerial career got underway Atletico Madrid team that won Duhail counterpart Rui Faria, Akram, Fernandez, Bouned- with a 1-1 draw against Al Du- a La Liga title ahead of Barce- also from Portugal, is sure to jah, Hassan al Haydous, Ab- hail, a satisfactory result for lona and Real Madrid before Europa League, then it is clear one of the most decorated play- competed for. The AFC Cham- bring out all weapons in his ar- delkarim Hassan, Hamed the Stars League cham- rounding off his career in the Al Sadd boast winners aplenty. ers in world football having won pions League remains one that senal so that The Red Knights Ismail, Jung Woo-Young and pions, besides gaining a cru- Spanish capital with the UEFA Then there’s Xavi, who is almost every honour he has he has yet to get his hands on, turn the tables on The Wolves. Pedro, among others. Emery impressed Manchester Utd thrash by Arsenal’s gritty win over Newcastle

Lampard’s Chelsea 4-0 AFP NEWCASTLE (UK) AFP MANCHESTER (UK) UNAI Emery saluted Arsenal’s gritty 1-0 win at Newcastle on MARCUS Rashford scored Sunday as the Gunners erased twice as Manchester United the painful memories of last made the perfect start to their season’s away-day woes. Premier League season by in- Emery’s side did not re- flicting a 4-0 defeat on Frank cord their first Premier League Lampard in his first match in clean sheet on their travels charge of Chelsea on Sunday. until April last term and man- Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s aged only one in the top flight men were in need of a fast start all season. to the campaign to erase mem- That wretched run played ories of a terrible end to last a key role in Arsenal’s failure season and got it, as Rashford’s to finish in the top four. early penalty and three goals in But Emery has worked 16 second-half minutes from hard to overhaul Arsenal at Anthony Martial, Rashford the start of his second season and debutant Daniel James in charge, with a host of new had Old Trafford in raptures. signings and a more deter- Arsenal’s Spanish head coach Harry Maguire and Aaron mined mentality fuelling the Unai Emery gestures on the Wan-Bissaka also impressed north Londoners’ solid effort touchline during the English at the back on their debuts at St James’ Park on Sunday. Premier League match against after United spent £130 mil- While they were only spo- Newcastle United at St James’ lion ($156 million) on the pair radically effective in attack, Park in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, over the summer to shore up a they remained organised England, on Sunday. (AFP) defence that conceded 54 Pre- enough at the back to keep mier League goals last season. Newcastle at bay until Pierre- 30 minutes with us. “It is a great start for my- Emerick Aubameyang fired “Nicolas Pepe came one self and the team. We rode the second-half winner. week ago and physically he our luck a bit first-half but New boys Dani Ceballos, needs to get his best fitness to second we were much more Nicolas Pepe and Gabriel Mar- be ready to play 100 percent ourselves,” said Maguire, who tinelli were introduced from for 90 minutes. Today, 20 won man-of-the-match in his the bench to add more opti- minutes is good for him. first game as the world’s most mism for Arsenal fans. “And Ceballos is in the expensive defender. “I want to win, I want to middle because he came be- “We knew there were only score and I want to do a clean fore Pepe, but he got an injury two clean sheets last year here sheet. Today we won and we and he stopped training. He (at Old Trafford). We need to did that,” Emery said. needs to know the Premier make it a fortress.” “The balance offensively League, so today was impor- However, questions will be and defensively is only taken tant for him and for us.” asked of Chelsea’s decision to with the victory. Today in our - Defensive lapse -Mean- let experienced defender Da- 90 minutes, we could do that. while, Newcastle manager vid Luiz leave to join Arsenal “Also, we created chances Steve Bruce was left to rue a earlier this week as the Blues and we need also to create key defensive lapse in his first struggled to contain the Unit- chances for our strikers and match in charge of the club he ed counter-attacks despite today with Auba, we won.” supported as a boy. dominating long spells. Asked about his new sign- The 58-year-old could only Lampard’s first team selec- ings, Emery added: “David look on as full-back Ainsley tion was a bold one as he put Luiz did pre-season with an- Maitland-Niles intercepted his faith in youth with Tammy RASHFORD ROCKS: Manchester United’s English striker Marcus Rashford, who scored a brace, celebrates after scoring the team’s third goal other team and he is OK to Paul Dummett’s attempt- Abraham and Mason Mount during the English Premier League match against Chelsea at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, on Sunday. (AFP) play physically, but he only ed pass to substitute Jetro handed starts, while £60 million trained completely with us Willems before feeding signing Christian Pulisic was them opportunities they will Pogba the provider and set off a flowing counter- RESULTS yesterday. On Friday, he did Aubameyang. made to wait for his Premier counter. For massive parts of Rashford dusted himself off attack that ended with Mar- League debut on the bench. the game we didn’t allow them to blast the penalty high past tial bundling the ball home Manchester United “The team we put out today to do that. (There are) loads of Kepa to open the scoring. at the far post from Andreas VAR denies Wolves victory in bore draw at Leicester was clearly competing in the lessons for us.” United needed David de Pereira’s cross. 4 (Marcus Rashford game for long periods but we Chelsea started the better as Gea to recover his best form Paul Pogba then played 18’ (pen), 67’; LEICESTER: Leicester City and Wolves offered little to show made four mistakes and they Abraham smashed a shot from as he made fine saves from provider with a brilliant ball Anthony Martial 65’, they can break into the Premier League top six this season after were clinical in the way they the edge of the box off the post, Ross Barkley and Emerson over the top for Rashford to Daniel James 81’) opening the campaign with an uninspiring goalless draw on put them away,” said Lampard. but the heart of Lampard’s de- Palmieri, while the Italian in- burst in behind before coolly bt Chelsea 0 Sunday. Wolves did put the ball in the net early in the second- “It was nowhere near a 4-0. fence always looked fragile. ternational also blasted off the slotting past Kepa. half through Leander Dendoncker, but were denied by VAR as the Four mistakes for the goals, but Kurt Zouma had already inside of the post. Pogba was the creator Arsenal 1 goal was ruled out for a handball by Willy Boly before the Belgian we controlled major parts of gotten away with gifting pos- But at the other end, Rash- again for the fourth as the (Pierre-Emerick fired home. Both sides, along with Everton, were seen as poten- the first-half. We hit the wood- session to Martial on the edge ford and Martial provided the Frenchman played a one-two Aubameyang 58’) tial beneficiaries should Manchester United, Chelsea or Arsenal work, (made) poor decisions in of his own box as the French- clinical touch to kill the game off with Rashford and powered stumble this season, but largely cancelled each other out at the the final third, we should be in man shot weakly into the arms in the space of 60 seconds that through the Chelsea defence bt Newcastle 0 King Power stadium. The hosts had over 70 percent possession the lead at half-time. of Kepa Arrizabalaga before he Chelsea lacked. before laying off to James, Leicester City 0 but had to wait until seven minutes from time to force Wolves’ “They are a counter-attack- was turned easily by Rashford Maguire showed his pres- who got the benefit of a vs Wolves 0 goalkeeper Rui Patricio into a save as the Portuguese interna- ing team, it’s a big strength, and hauled the England strik- ence to outmuscle Abraham big deflection to find the tional comfortably held Harvey Barnes’ effort. (AFP) they have pace, and if you give er to the ground. on the edge of the United box bottom corner. Sports Monday, August 12, 2019 13 Al Ahli SC sign Ailing Serena retires to hand Andreescu Toronto crown

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SERENA Williams wept as back pain forced her out of the WTA Toronto final after just four games on Sunday, hand- ing the title to home hope Bi- anca Andreescu. Andreescu, 19, was up 3-1 with a break of serve when 23- time Grand Slam champion Williams found she couldn’t continue. When it was clear that Wil- liams would retire, the young Canadian approached her chair, offering words of encour- agement and a consolatory hug. An on-court microphone caught Williams’ mention of Al Ahli SC announced on Sunday that they have signed Australian back spasms, with the official defender Shane Lowry for one season, after the player passed his cause of her retirement given medical. Al Ahli have also signed Abel Hernandez, Hernan Perez, as an upper back injury. Mohammed Diame, and Nabil El Zhar. Lowry completes the total It was a big blow for the number of foreign players Al Ahli can sign for next season. The team 37-year-old who was closing held a 20-day training camp in The Netherlands in the summer, during in on her 73rd WTA title – and which they played a total of five friendlies. Al Ahli will look to improve her first since the birth of her on their showing of last year, which saw them finish fifth in the league daughter, Olympia, in Sep- Serena Williams (left) dries her eyes with a towel after withdrawing in the championship match against Bianca Bianca Andreescu of Canada with 34 points. (QNA) tember of 2017. Andreescu during the Rogers Cup at Aviva Centre in Toronto, Canada, on Sunday. (USA TODAY SPORTS) holds up the winner’s trophy. Beaten by Simona Halep in the Wimbledon final in July, year, but we’ll keep going.” It remains to be seen if title since 1969. truly a champion on and off Williams was playing just her The outcome left Williams her latest injury will threaten “I know how it is to pull the court.” Man City’s reserves could 24th match of year disrupted in search of her first title since her chances of trying again for out of tournaments and be in- Andreescu, who beat world by nagging knee trouble. the 2017 Australian Open -- number 24 at the US Open, jured, it’s not easy,” she said, number five Kiki Bertens and “I’m sorry I couldn’t do it when she was already pregnant. the final Grand Slam of the addressing Williams directly third-ranked Karolina Pliskova win title says Mourinho today,” she told the crowd, her Since returning to compe- year that starts at Flushing during the trophy presenta- on the way to the title, now owns voice cracking. “I tried, but I tition she has reached three Meadows on August 26. tion. a stunning 7-0 record against AFP potential title challengers. couldn’t do it. Grand Slam finals -- but has For Andreescu, Sunday’s “This wasn’t the way I ex- top-10 players in her career. LONDON “When I looked at the bench “Bianca you’re a great been unable to equal Austral- events were a bittersweet pected to win and for you to go She’s projected to break yesterday, the players not in- sports person, woman. Thanks ian Margaret Court’s record of achievement as she became off the court. I’ve watched you into the top 15 in the world JOSE Mourinho claims Man- volved, I think even the ‘B’ team to my team, it’s been a tough 24 major titles. the first Canadian to win the play so many times, you are rankings. chester City are so strong the could fight for the title.” Premier League champions Former Chelsea and Real could even win the title with Madrid manager Mourinho their second-string side. also admitted he did not be- Mourinho, working as a lieve United could win the ti- Mexico City signs deal with F1 to race GP through 2022 India want pundit for Sky Sports on Sun- tle last season before he was day, was asked who can win sacked in December. Davis Cup tie the title this season and the “When I said that second former Manchester United position the previous season boss was quick to highlight (2017-18) was one of my big- moved from City’s strength in depth. gest achievements in football City kicked off their bid for a I was not having fun with the Pakistan over third successive title by thrash- words,” he said. ing West Ham 5-0 on Saturday “I just was just telling you Kashmir thanks to Raheem Sterling’s what I was feeling. hat-trick and strikes from Ga- “I didn’t feel last season AFP briel Jesus and Sergio Aguero. we did enough in the transfer NEW DELHI Against West Ham, Pep window to allow us to compete Guardiola’s side had a substi- for the first position because INDIA have asked the Inter- tutes bench including new sign- though we finished second the national Tennis Federation ing Joao Cancelo, Bernardo Sil- distance to first was very con- to move their upcoming Da- va, Ilkay Gundogan and Aguero, siderable. A file photo of Mercedes’ Lewis vis Cup tie from Pakistan to a who scored a penalty after his “So I don’t feel this season Hamilton during the Mexican neutral venue due to escalat- second-half introduction. they can win but I hope they Grand Prix race at Autodromo ing political tensions between “Man City, Tottenham, feel they can because that will Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico the two nations. Liverpool and the Man City ‘B’ be an important motivational City, Mexico, in October 2018. The Indian team are sched- team,” Mourinho said of the push for them.” (REUTERS) uled in Pakistan’s capital Is- lamabad for the Asia/Oceania Group 1 tie to be held on Sep- tember 14 and 15. But relations between the neighbours are Guardiola backs ‘special’ badly strained after India re- voked the special autonomy sta- Sterling to shine as striker tus of Kashmir, which the nucle- AFP renew its hosting rights for the “new financing models” would uled for October 27, is expect- ar-armed rivals have fought two REUTERS victory at West Ham United. MEXICO CITY race. Under the new contract, be used to put on the 2020 to ed to bring some $700 million wars over since gaining inde- LONDON Guardiola said that Ster- no government money will be 2022 editions of the event. to the local economy, create pendence from Britain in 1947. ling, who began the contest MEXICO City signed a deal spent, officials said. Officials did not say who 8,000 short-term jobs and “We have asked ITF for a MANCHESTER City forward on the left of their attacking Thursday with the Interna- “This is an investment with the investors were. Mexican bring 300,000 international neutral venue because the sit- Raheem Sterling’s improving trident after record goalscorer tional Motoring Federation new rules, for the benefit of newspaper Milenio said they visitors to the capital, she said. uation is a bit unpredictable,” physicality and finesse can Sergio Aguero dropped to the (FIA) to continue hosting a the city. We are seeking a new included telecoms billionaire The Mexican race is one All India Tennis Association help him excel as a central bench, had the versatility to Formula One race through formula so that F1 can stay, Carlos Slim – Mexico’s rich- of the most colorful on the F1 (AITA) president Praveen Ma- striker when he is deployed in perform in any position across 2022, after months of uncer- without the need for public est man – and companies circuit, famous for enthusias- hajan told AFP on Sunday. the role, manager Pep Guar- the forward line. tainty about the future of the resources,” Mexico City May- such as Coca-Cola, Heineken tic fans clad in mariachi outfits “I believe it is a reasonable diola has said. “Since we started this sea- Mexican Grand Prix. or Claudia Sheinbaum told a and Citibanamex. or zany “lucha libre” wrestling request because of the current England international son in China and the Com- The government of Mexican press conference. The event will now be called costumes. state of affairs.” Sterling scored a superb hat- munity Shield he’s scored one President Andres Manuel Lopez Alejandro Soberon, chief ex- the Mexico City Grand Prix. The contract was signed Pakistan Tennis Fed- trick as the champions kicked goal minimum every game,” Obrador, a leftist austerity cru- ecutive of the company that op- Sheinbaum said it was im- by Sheinbaum, Soberon and eration vice president Khalid off their Premier League de- Spaniard Guardiola told Man- sader, had balked at shelling erates the Mexican F1 race, CIE, portant for the city to keep the Formula One chief executive Rehmani said his country re- fence with a convincing 5-0 chester City’s website. out tens of millions of dollars to said private investment and race. This year’s event, sched- Chase Carey. mained ready to host the tie. Pakistan has downgraded diplomatic ties with India amid a military lockdown in Indian- administered Kashmir and Al Khor return from training in the Netherlands DeChambeau hits back stopped a cross-border train. The AITA was preparing to at slow-play critics send its team to Pakistan de- spite suspended sporting ties between the two countries, AFP but the Kashmir situation has NEW YORK raised fresh doubts. India cut bilateral US golfer Bryson DeCham- ties with Pakistan after the beau hit back Saturday at crit- 2008 Mumbai attacks. ics who took to social media to An Indian tennis team last complain about his painfully toured Pakistan in 1964 for the slow pace of play. Davis Cup, where they defeat- Fellow US PGA Tour play- ed the hosts 4-0. Pakistan lost ers were among those weigh- Bryson DeChambeau. 3-2 when they toured Mumbai ing in after a video showed in 2006. DeChambeau taking more than to me about slow play and how Until a few years ago, Paki- two minutes to make a putt. I’m killing the game, I’m do- stan were forced to host home But the 25-year-old American ing this and that to the game, Davis Cup ties at neutral ven- defended himself after the third that is complete and utter you- ues as teams refused to travel round of the Northern Trust in know-what. That’s not fair.” to the South Asian nation over Jersey City, New Jersey. DeChambeau, who is security concerns. “Let’s talk about slow play, known for an idiosyncratic India named a full- guys,” DeChambeau told re- approach that includes using strength squad for the crucial porters after concluding a clubs all cut to the same length tie with the country’s highest- third-round 71 that left him and a mathematical approach ranked players in Prajnesh eight shots off the pace at Lib- to reading greens, said he felt Gunneswaran (90) and Ram- Al Khor Club’s first team has returned to Doha following its training camp held in the Netherlands, in preparations for the newseason of the erty National. he was “somehow being sin- kumar Ramanathan (184) to QNB Stars League, which is set to begin on August 21. “When people start talking gled out.” play the four singles matches. 14 Monday, August 12, 2019 Sports Jamie Chadwick Austrian MotoGP is first champion of all-female W Series REUTERS less Chadwick failed to finish, BRANDS HATCH (ENGLAND) and although she overtook the Briton for third in the clos- BRITAIN’S Jamie Chadwick ing stages she had to settle was crowned first champion for overall runner-up and a of the all-female W Series $250,000 payout. on Sunday, and collected a “I think I gave it everything $500,000 prize, after finish- I had today, unfortunately not ing fourth in the season’s final enough for the champion- race at Brands Hatch. ship,” said Visser. “If I come The 21-year-old had start- back, I want to fight for the Race winner Italian MotoGP rider Andrea ed from pole position in front title again, to be sure.” The Dovizioso of Ducati Team during the trophy cer- of her home crowd as clear champion ended up with 110 emony for the MotoGP of Austria at the Red Bull favourite, 13 points clear of points to Visser’s 100. Powell Ring in Spielberg, Austria, on Sunday. (EPA-EFE) Dutch title rival Beitske Vis- was third overall on 76. ser who lined up fifth, but she Chadwick, who had stood made hard work of it. on the podium in the five pre- vious races, had led cleanly from the start but then suf- F1 ladder fered her worst afternoon of The W Series, which uses the season, dropping back identical 1.8 litre Formula down the field. Three cars, aims to help “I knew they had nothing to lose, and Alice’s move came female racers climb out of nowhere and caught me the male-dominated by surprise,” said Chadwick. “I motorsport ladder towards didn’t want to get involved in Formula One, which last their battle, I tried to be sensi- saw a woman start ble with it. a race in 1976. “I found myself having a bit of wheel banging at times. I thought I had Beitske behind “Possibly the worst 30 me but made a bit of a mistake minutes of my life, followed and she got past. And then I by the best 30 minutes of my was, like, let’s just bring this life,” smiled Chadwick of her home, let’s not make any more afternoon. “The pressure just mistakes.” got to me a little bit. The W Series, which uses Italian MotoGP rider Andrea Dovizioso of Ducati Team (No. 04) during the race for the MotoGP of Austria at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria, on Sunday. (EPA-EFE) “I definitely didn’t make identical 1.8 litre Formula that easy for myself but, fin- Three cars, aims to help female gers crossed, we can take this racers climb the male-dominat- on to bigger things,” added the ed motorsport ladder towards Williams Formula One devel- Formula One, which last saw a Dovizioso pips Marquez to opment driver. woman start a race in 1976. Compatriot Alice Powell “It’s really turned my ca- ripped up Chadwick’s script reer around,” said Chadwick, of a comfortable pole-to-flag who last year at Brands Hatch win by seizing her first victory became the first woman to emerge best in Spielberg of the six race campaign while win a round of the British F3 Finland’s Emma Kimilainen championship. took second place. “To have the champion- Visser had needed to win ship crown today is pretty AFP RESULTS AND STANDINGS Italian Andrea Dovizioso is to have any real chance, un- amazing.” SPIELBERG (AUSTRIA) 1. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Ducati) 39min 34.771sec Did not finish (selected): Jack Miller (AUS/Ducati) Moto2 standings (after 12 of 19 races) still 58 points behind 2. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) at 0.213 MotoGP standings (after 12 of 19 races) 1. Alex Marquez (ESP/Kalex) 181 points, 2. Thomas five-time world champion DUCATI’S Andrea Dovizioso 3. Fabio Quartararo (FRA/Yamaha-SRT) 6.117 1. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) 230 points Luthi (SUI/Kalex) 138 3. Jorge Navarro (ESP/Speed won the Austrian MotoGP on 4. Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 7.119 2. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Ducati) 172 Up) 126 4. Augusto Fernandez (ESP/Kalex) 121 5. Marc Marquez despite Sunday to slightly close the 5. Maverick Vinales (ESP/Yamaha) 8.674 3. Danilo Petrucci (ITA/Ducati) 136 Lorenzo Baldassari (ITA/Kalex) 115 pipping the Honda rider 6. Alex Rins (ESP/Suzuki) 8.695 4. Alex Rins (ESP/Suzuki) 124 Moto3 results gap between him and runaway 7. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA/Ducati-Pramac) 16.021 5. Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 103 1. Romano Fenati (ITA/Honda) 37min 50.135sec, 2. on the final lap to gain his championship leader Marc 8. Miguel Oliveira (POR/KTM) 16.206 Constructors standings Tony Arbolino (ITA/Honda) at 1.097, 3. John McPhee first race win since the Marquez. 9. Danilo Petrucci (ITA/Ducati) 17.350 1. Honda 236 pts, 2. Ducati 202, 3. Yamaha 179, 4. (GBR/Honda) 1.105, 4. Celestinio Vietti (ITA/KTM) season opener in Qatar. Italian Dovizioso is still 58 10. Franco Morbidelli (IRA/Yamaha-SRT) 20.510 Suzuki 141, 5. KTM 69, 6. Aprilia 47 1.120, 5. Marcos Ramirez (ESP/Honda) 6.789 11. Takaaki Nakagami (JPN/Honda) 22.273 Moto2 results Moto 3 standings (after 12 of 19 rounds) points behind five-time world 12. Johann Zarco (FRA/KTM) 25.503 1. Brad Binder (RSA/KTM) 37min 24.963sec 2. Alex 1. Lorenzo Dalla Porta (ITA/Honda) 155 points, 2. Aron champion Marquez despite 13. Stefan Bradl (GER/Honda) 31.962 Marquez (ESP/Kalex) 0.330, 3. Jorge Navarro (ESP/ Canet (ESP/KTM) 154, 3. Tony Arbolino (ITA/Honda) Marquez’ second place on pipping the Honda rider on 14. Aleix Espargaro (ESP/Aprilia) 34.741 Speed Up) 1.839, 4. Lorenzo Baldassarri (ITA/Kalex) 113, 4. Niccolo Antonelli (ITA/Honda) 105, 5. Marcos the podium was hard earned. the final lap to gain his first 15. Karel Abraham (CZE/ Ducati) 48.109 2.183, 5. Augusto Fernandez (ESP/Kalex) 3.303, Ramirez (ESP/Honda) 89. The brother of MotoGP race win since the season world champion Marc Mar- opener in Qatar. er BT Sport. verstone on August 25. with a 0.330sec advantage quez had started from 11th “I didn’t think I could over- “Dovi did an incredible job over Alex Marquez, who on the grid but managed to take on the last corner but it was and at the moment we are lead- Binder’s birthday treat moved on to 181 points at the avoid a series of crashes that the last one and I absolutely had ing by 58 points, so we have to Earlier on Sunday South Af- top of the Moto2 champion- eliminated Japan’s pole sitter to try,” Dovizioso, 33, said. continue on the same way.” rican Brad Binder celebrated ships standings, a lead of 43 Tetsuta Nagashima, Spain’s “I felt incredibly strong at Yamaha’s Fabio Quartara- his 24th birthday in style with points over Thomas Luthi. Xavi Vierge, Australian Remy that point and sometimes you ro completed the podium and success in the Moto2. Binder’s success came just Gardner and Italian duo Enea have to try something crazy.” Australian Jack Miller was one The KTM rider was all after Austrian manufacturer Bastianini and Luca Marini. Marquez, who is yet to win of four riders who fell during smiles after ending a winless KTM had announced they “The conditions were very in Austria during his illustri- the race. spell stretching back to Aus- were withdrawing from the difficult and treacherous with ous career, praised Dovizioso’s Seven-time MotoGP world tralia in October last year. Moto2 championship at the a very slippery circuit,” he said. performance. champion Valentino Rossi was “I can’t imagine a better end of this season to plough all The Moto3 race was won “I’m happy because I fin- fourth, his best result since day than winning on my birth- their resources into MotoGP by Italian Romano Fenati for ished second, of course we finishing second in the US in day at KTM’s home track,” in an initial five-year deal. Honda, his first victory since Jamie Chadwick of Great Britain in action during the W Series race missed the last corner but I April, but he is a whopping 127 the 2016 Moto3 champion That will suit Binder, who being banned for grabbing a at Brands Hatch in West Kingsdown, Britain, on Sunday. (Inset) She was sliding a lot on the rear points behind Marquez ahead beamed. is graduating to the premier break leaver of fellow rider celebrates her victory. (REUTERS) tire,” Marquez told broadcast- of the British Grand Prix at Sil- Binder crossed the line category in 2020. Stefano Manzi last September. Vunipola leads the way as England deny Wales the world top spot AFP Monday, led by 17 points early up return clash with in Cardiff. propelled into the starting XV. TWICKENHAM (UK) in the second half before two “We weren’t at our best, England had a 14-0 lead as Wales tries in quick succes- especially in the first half – a early as the 15th minute fol- ENGLAND denied Wales top sion from George North and couple of soft tries,” said Gat- lowing two converted tries. spot in the world rankings as replacement Wyn Jones that land, who will stand down as Powerhouse No. 8 Vuni- led a fine for- cut the gap to just five points. Wales boss after Japan 2019. pola ripped the ball clear from ward effort in a 33-19 win at England had squandered “England went back to tra- a close-range maul to force his Twickenham on Sunday in a 31-0 lead in a 38-38 draw ditionally what they’re really way over the line. their opening Rugby World with Scotland last time out in good at. Fly-half George Ford and Cup warm-up match. March. Back then they played “We will be a lot better Heinz combined to work the Six Nations champions a far more expansive game, next week,” the New Zealand- ball on the left hand side be- Wales, who kicked off on the but this time they made sure er insisted. fore wing Cokanasiga crashed back of a 14-match unbeaten of victory. The bulk of the Wales side over for their second. streak, would have gone top of “I wrote down on a bit at Twickenham had clinched A brilliant solo effort from the standings following reign- of paper before the game I this season’s Six Nations scrum-half Gareth Davies got ing world champions New thought we would win 33-12,” Grand Slam. Wales back into the game in Zealand’s shock 47-26 loss England coach Eddie Jones England, by contrast, were the 22nd minute. to Australia on Saturday had told the BBC. fielding an experimental side, England lost impressive they avoided defeat. “It’s exciting and we are with scrum-half Willi Heinz flanker to injury England’s Billy Vunipola scores their first try in the opening Rugby World Cup warm-up match against Wales “To have a structured looking forward to finalising given a Test debut and named and Wales saw fly-half Gareth at the Twickenham Stadium in UK on Sunday. A capacity crowd of 80,000 watched the game. (REUTERS) game suits us more and for the squad of 31 tomorrow,” the vice-captain. Anscombe, later on crutches, most of that game we stuck to Australian added. They had been forced into also go off before half-time. score his first Test try. soon had another try when them 30-19 up with just seven it,” Vunipola told Sky Sports. “This game was never go- three late changes after in- Wales hooker Ken Ow- An early second-half pen- substitute prop Jones went minutes left. “There were times Wales ing to be a be all and end all juries to centre Henry Slade, ens missed captain Alun alty saw Ford extend Eng- over. And there was still time for crept in but they’re a great side selection.” flanker and Wyn Jones, making his land’s lead to 24-7. This time Dan Biggar con- England full-back and that’s going to happen.” Wales coach Warren Gat- wing Ruaridh McConnochie 135th Test appearance, at a But Wales hit back when verted but Ford gave England to land a late drop-goal to the England, who announce land tried to downplay the de- with Jonathan Joseph, Joe Co- line-out and hooker Cowan- North powered over from a breathing space with three delight of a capacity crowd of their World Cup squad on feat ahead of next week’s warm- kanasiga and Lewis Ludlum all Dickie caught the ball to close range scrum, and they penalties, the last one putting over 80,000. Sports Monday, August 12, 2019 15 Kohli blasts 42nd ODI ton Gayle goes past Lara as highest India captain SCOREBOARD INDIA: ends ‘dry spell’ of S. Dhawan lbw Cottrell 2 ODI run-maker R. Sharma c Pooran b Chase 18 ten matches with V. Kohli c Roach b Brathwaite 120 R. Pant b Brathwaite 20 a smashing 120; S. Iyer b Holder 71 for West Indies K. Jadhav run out 16 AFP Visitors make R. Jadeja 16 for seven. B. Kumar c Roach b Brathwaite 1 PORT OF SPAIN This match was already an 279-9 vs WI M. Shami not out 3 historic landmark for Gayle as Extras (1b, 2nb, 9w) 12 CHRIS Gayle on Sunday be- it is his 300th ODI, taking him AFP TOTAL: (For 7 wkts, 50 overs) 279 came the all-time highest West past Lara’s 299 as the most by PORT OF SPAIN Fall of : 1-2 (Dhawan), 2-76 Indian run-scorer in the One- a West Indian in the 50 overs- (Sharma), 3-101 (Pant), 4-226 (Kohli), Day International cricket. per-side format. 5-250 (Iyer), 6-258 (Jadhav), 7-262 (Kumar) VIRAT Kohli ended a run of Did not bat: K. Yadav, K. Ahmed Going into the second Having made his senior ten matches without a century : S. Cottrell 10-0-49-1 (2w), K. Roach ODI of the three-match series West Indies debut in an ODI in pacing India to a competi- 7-0-54-0 (1nb, 2w), J. Holder 9-0-53-1 (1w), against India at against India in tive 279 for seven first O. Thomas 4-0-32-0 (1nb, 2w), R. Chase the Queen’s Park Toronto almost against the West Indies in the 10-1-37-1, C. Brathwaite 9-0-53-3 (2w). Oval in Trinidad The match was 20 years earlier, second One-Day International Toss: India. needing just nine already an historic where he batted in Trinidad on Sunday. runs to surpass landmark for Gayle at number four in India’s captain went a the tally of 10,405 as it is his 300th the order, Gayle long way towards justifying lent start when he trapped by Brian Lara, the had initially an- his decision to bat first with a Sharma’s opening partner, 39-year-old open- ODI, taking him nounced that he typically assertive innings of Shikhar Dhawan, leg-before ing batsman played past Lara’s 299 as would be retiring 120 off 125 deliveries, with 14 in his first over, a decision with exaggerated the most by a from the format fours and four sixes adorning determined by the television care for 21 deliver- West Indian in the after the 2019 his 42nd ODI hundred. official after on-field umpire ies before slashing 50 overs format. World Cup in He received excellent sup- Nigel Llong turned down the left-arm seamer England. port from Shreyas Iyer who initial appeal. Khaleel Ahmed to However, two contributed 71 and featured in Kohli’s eighth ODI hun- the backward-point boundary weeks before the end of that a 125-run fourth- stand dred against the West Indies to reach 11, lifting his overall tournament, with the West In- with Kohli at the Queen’s Park and second in succession in tally to 10,408. dies eliminated from making Oval. the Caribbean underlined However, he was dismissed the semi-finals, the hard-hit- As their partnership pro- both his supreme class and without adding to that score ting Jamaican announced he gressed through the middle ravenous appetite for runs. in the very next over, trapped would be playing in this series overs, a total closer to the 300- At no time was he trou- leg-before by right-arm fast- despite missing the preced- run mark seemed inevitable. Virat Milestones bled and it was only with his medium bowler Bhuvneshwar ing series of three T20 inter- However Kohli’s dismissal demise, followed closely by Kumar to have the West Indies nationals due to his commit- by Carlos Brathwaite in the Number of centuries for Virat Kohli against Iyer being bowled round his at 45 for one in the tenth over ments with the Canadian T20 42nd over triggered a mini- West Indies in ODIs. Only Sachin Tendulkar has legs by West Indies captain replying to India’s total of 279 franchise competition. collapse and the West In- 08 more hundreds against a single opposition, Jason Holder, which eased dies retained their discipline which is nine against Australia. Kohli has eight tons the mounting pressure off the through the final ten overs in against two other teams - Australia and Sri Lanka. home side’s shoulders. conceding just 67 runs. Tendulkar also has eight hundreds against Sri Lanka. No With a 3-0 sweep in the Brathwaite was the most other batsmen have more than seven centuries against a preceding T2 international successful of the bowlers, also single opposition. contest already under their accounting for Rishabh Pant belts, the tourists retained the and Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Innings taken by Kohli to complete 2000 ODI same XI from the rain-ruined finish with figures of three for runs against West Indies, which is the least by first ODI of the three-game se- 53 off ten overs. any batsman against a single opposition. The ries in Guyana last Thursday, However, off-spinning all- 34 which was declared a no-result rounder Roston Chase was the previous record was 37 innings by Rohit Sharma against with only 13 overs bowled in most economical, going for Australia. Kohli is the first batsman to score 2000 runs the match. only 37 runs off his ten-over against West Indies. The previous record was 1930 by West Indies were forced allotment and also claiming Javed Miandad, whom Kohli passed in this innings. to make one change, with left- the all-important wicket of (ESPNCRICINFO) arm spinner Fabian Allen un- prolific opener Rohit Sharma well and his place taken by fast for 18. bowler Oshane Thomas, who Chris Gayle of West Indies celebrates his 300th ODI at the start the Sheldon Cottrell got the India skipper Virat Kohli celebrates his century during the 2nd One-Day International against the proved expensive with his four 2nd ODI against India at Queens Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad West Indies off to an excel- West Indies at the Queens Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on Sunday. (AFP) overs costing 32 runs. and Tobago, on Sunday. (AFP) Calf injury frustrates Qatar’s rugby team posts two wins in Asia 7s paceman Anderson TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK FINAL RANKINGS DOHA Final men’s standings REUTERS much as possible without mak- QATAR finished seventh in 1...... Malaysia LONDON 2...... Singapore ing them feel worse,” Anderson, the Asia Rugby Women’s Sev- 3...... Thailand who apologised to teammates ens Trophy, which concluded 4...... Mongolia ENGLAND fast bowler James after pulling up injured at Edg- in Jakarta, Indonesia on Sun- 5...... India Anderson said he was filled baston, told BBC Radio 5 Live. day. They crushed Bangla- 6...... Indonesia 7...... Afghanista with guilt and frustration after “I missed the Ireland Test as desh 44-0 and Chinese Taipei 8...... Laos being ruled out of the second a precaution to make sure I was 36-5 to win both the play-off 9...... Uzbekistan Ashes Test against Australia 100 percent for the Ashes. I felt matches. 10...... Bangladesh because of a calf injury that angry having done all the work The team consisted of 11...... Brunei Final women’s standings limited his participation in the to get there. There’s nothing Salma Marwa Tedjini, Safaa 1...... Philippines series opener. else we could’ve done.” Tedjini, Yasmine Dehbi, Nour 2...... India The match begins at Lord’s The England and Wales Shalaby, Sarah Jane, Gihad 3...... Indonesia on Wednesday. Cricket Board (ECB) has said Waled Atallah, Lauren Mudg- 4...... South Korea 5...... Guam The 37-year-old, who that the chances their record way, Teagan McCormack, 6...... Laos missed a warm-up match with Test wicket-taker playing in the Phillipa Frances Innes, Rachel 7...... Qatar Ireland and struggled to be fit rest of the series would be reas- Frances Innes, Yasmine Asabi 8...... Chinese Taipei for the series opener against sessed on “an ongoing basis”. Aisha Tobun, Angel Janine Ni- 9...... Bangladesh Australia at Edgbaston, pulled “All the tests they do... to see eters, Rebecca Richards and up injured on day one of the if it’s OK, it just wasn’t playing Hana Gildam-Clark. Malaysia and Singapore first test which the hosts lost by ball so it was hugely frustrat- Hassan El Sabeh was the Qatar’s squad for the Asia Rugby Women’s Sevens Trophy. fought a closely-contested 251 runs.He was then ruled out ing,” Anderson added. coach, while Heba Ali Hoham men’s final, and although Sin- of the second Test on Tuesday. “When I was batting I was the team manager and phy was held to determine the in 2020. physical and beat hosts Indo- gapore led at the break, Ma- “You feel lots of guilt (and pushed off for a run and it didn’t Hamad al Abdulla Ched de men’s and women’s champi- The Philippines beat In- nesia 26-7. The Cup winners laysia turned the game around you are) generally frustrated but feel right. There’s nothing else Mission. ons for 2019 and promotion to donesia to claim the women’s went through the whole week- in the second half to win 17-14 you’re trying to help the lads as we could have done.” The Asia Rugby 7s Tro- the main Asia Rugby 7s Series title. The Philippines were too end unbeaten. and emerge the champions.

Qatari U23 spikers secure 13th spot in Asia Two US champions face sanctions for anti-Trump protests in Lima

AFP John Carlos at the 1968 Olym- been cut short by the multiple Games at the invitation of LIMA pics in Mexico. shortcomings of the country Lima organisers, had also On Friday, two-time I hold so dear to my heart. taken the opportunity to slam TWO US gold medal winners Olympian fencer Race Im- Racism, Gun Control, mis- Trump last week. could face sanctions after stag- boden, 26, set the tone after treatment of immigrants and “We have a president who ing dramatic podium protests ‘taking a knee’ as his team a president who spreads hate is racist and a misogynist, who against US President Donald celebrated gold in the team are at the top of a long list. doesn’t value anybody but Trump at the Pan American foil event. “I chose to sacrifice my himself,” said Lewis, who was Games in Lima. He was the latest US sports moment today at the top of asked to weigh in on the issue Gwen Berry stunned the star to follow NFL quarter- the podium to call attention of gender equality in sport. crowd when she raised a back Colin Kaepernick, whose to issues that I believe need “My mother was a pioneer. clenched right fist on the po- kneeling protest during the US to be addressed. I encour- My parents were teachers and dium and bowed her head as national anthem before NFL age others to please use your they taught us that everyone the US national anthem closed games in 2016 became a na- platforms for empowerment deserves the same opportuni- her gold medal ceremony for tional issue. and change.” ties,” said Lewis, who counts the women’s hammer. “We must call for change. Imboden had already nine Olympic gold medals The 30-year-old’s protest This week I am honored to staged a similar kneeling pro- among his 10 total. on Saturday -- which she told represent Team USA at the test at the 2017 Fencing World “Of course I’m for (equal US media was aimed at “ex- Pan Am Games, taking home Cup in Egypt. pay) in athletics. We shouldn’t Qatar got the 13th spot in the Asia Men’s Under-23 Volleyball Championship, which was held by Nay Pyi treme injustice” - echoed the Gold and Bronze,” tweeted Olympic athletics legend even be talking about it. We Taw, Myanmar. They beat Hong Kong 26-16, 22-25, 25-22, 25-20 in the placement match on Sunday. iconic raised fist protest of US Imboden. Carl Lewis, who had been at- have to fight for people’s rights Earlier, they had beaten both Hong Kong and New Zealand to reach the 13th place playoff. sprinters Tommie Smith and “My pride however has tending the Pan American and love each other.”