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‘Outstanding’ bowlers help Australia snap GERMAN BUNDESLIGA seven-game losing streak PAGE 14 BAYERN MUNICH VS DORTMUND Clinical Al Sailiya beat Umm Salal to go third; Al Rayyan drop points

few and half chances but Al Al Arabi snap Sailiya managed to double their lead with 15 minutes left in nor- four-game losing mal time. A long ball over the skid in QNB Stars top from George Kwasi caught the Orange Fortress napping League as Fahd Youssef capitalised on Mohammed Kasola’s hesitance AYENI OLUSEGUN to latch on to slot in his first DOHA league goal past Basel Samih. Meanwhile, Al Rayyan AS Monaco players react after being defeated 4-0 by Club Brugge dur- AL Sailiya climbed to third of missed a host of chances as ing their UEFA Champions League Group match at the Stade Louis II the QNB Stars League after they were held to a 1-1 draw by in Monaco on Tuesday. (AFP) beating Umm Salal 2-0 at Al Al Ahli. Gharafa Stadium on Friday. Al The Lions scored in the Rayyan’s 1-1 draw away at Ahli third minute as new recruit Henry’s Monaco means Sailiya have 22 points Lucca Brito headed home but move third with superior Mowafak Awad’s cross for his goal difference over the Lions first league goal. who lacked the cutting edge Tabata missed a clear in disarray as against the Brigadiers. chance to make it tow for the The game however started Lions with 10 minutes to go in on a sour note for Al Sailiya as the first half. The former league league leaders striker Rachid Tiberkanine was MVP blazed wide from 10 yards given a straight red card for a out after being set up by Lucas. reckless tackle on Mahmoud Moutoualli should have PSG come to town Mawas just five minutes into scored for the hosts in 70 th the game. minute but Barry held firm to AFP But despite going a man parry for a corner. But the di- PARIS Contrasting down, in-form striker Abdul- minutive Moroccan was not qadir Ilyas put Sami Trabelsi’s to be denied a second time. WINLESS in 15 matches and fortunes men in front in the 27th min- Al Rayyan failed to clear the coming off the club’s heaviest O Monaco have lost their ute. The big striker beat his lines and the ball fell kindly European home defeat, it could marker and rose highest to for Moutouali who rifled home well get worse for Thierry Hen- last seven meetings with head home from Nadir Belh- past the hapless Barry in the ry and Monaco this weekend PSG -- including a 7-1 adj’s cross. 75th minute. with the visit of runaway Ligue thrashing in the last league Umm Salal failed to capital- At Al Khor, Mohammed 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain. clash in April. ise on their numerical advan- Salah’s 26th minute strike Monaco’s flickering Cham- tage and rarely threatened but Al Sailiya goalscorer Abdulqadir Ilyas celebrates his goal against Umm Salal during their QNB Stars League was enough to seal victory for pions League knockout hopes O PSG are off to a were soon made to curse their match at the Al Gharafa Stadium on Friday. Al Arabi over hosts Al Khor. fizzled out completely with a record-setting start with 12 luck as Atef Mohamed was The Dream team had lost four “shameful” 4-0 defeat by Club successive wins, the shown his second yellow card team reduced to 10 men with chance to draw level for Umm viding a brave save to keep the straight matches before Salah’s Brugge in midweek, leaving best-ever start to any of of the game. Atef’s needless five minutes left in the first half. Salal but Sailiya’s goalie Saoud Peregrines ahead. strike ensured victory and a Henry still chasing his first vic- Europe’s so-called big five challenge on Marri saw both Yannick Sagbo missed a Mubarak reacted quickly, pro- The second half presented move up the table to eighth. tory as manager since taking leagues -- Spain, England, over from Leonardo Jardim. Italy, Germany and France. The odds are massively stacked against his injury-de- pleted side ending that wait on lines on Wednesday after the Man United’s Sunday. Monaco have lost their Russian billionaire was charged Arsenal, Chelsea through last seven meetings with PSG -- with influence peddling and Lukaku back including a 7-1 thrashing in the bribery in connection with a last league clash in April. fraud case involving a Swiss art training ahead Meanwhile, PSG are off to a dealer. record-setting start with 12 suc- With PSG a staggering 11 to Europa League last 32 cessive wins, the best-ever start points clear already, Montpel- of derby day to any of Europe’s so-called big lier hope to maintain their sur- five leagues -- Spain, England, prise push as the best of the rest REUTERS Italy, Germany and France. away to Angers on Saturday. MANCHESTER Olivier Giroud scores his first goal of the season to secure Chelsea’s passage “We need to try and get back “We’ve got to maintain the on the right track. I hope we’ll spirit we’ve shown since the MANCHESTER United striker find the solution to stopping start of the season, but in foot- Romelu Lukaku has returned Paris,” said Henry, albeit admit- ball everything’s fragile and to training ahead of Sunday’s ting “the worst is possible”. can change quickly. We can’t Manchester derby after missing “We’re trying to do every- get carried away,” said coach his team’s last two games with thing to regain a sense of calm Michel Der Zakarian. a muscle injury, manager Jose but if you don’t win it’s diffi- Lille, who are level on points Mourinho said on Friday. cult,” he added. with Montpellier in third, have Lukaku, who has scored “We lost another player to brought in Nicolas Anelka as four goals for United this sea- injury in (Kamil) Glik. That’s an academy coach to train the son, missed Wednesday’s 2-1 not going to help matters as club’s apprentice strikers. win at Juventus in the Cham- we already had 10 or 11 injured “Nicolas is really enthusias- pions League as well as last players. I have to be positive, tic. He wants to stay out of the weekend’s 2-1 Premier League otherwise what can you do?” spotlight and bring some of his victory over Bournemouth. Henry received the back- striking expertise and know- The Belgium international ing of France boss and former how to our young players,” said will return to the squad when team-mate Didier Deschamps, Lille boss Christophe Galtier. they visit local rivals Manches- Monaco’s coach when they Fourth-placed Lyon travel ter City if he comes through reached the 2004 Champions to Guingamp, the only club be- training without incident. League final, who believes the low Monaco at the foot of the “Lukaku is training with 41-year-old can excel in man- table. the team this morning,” Mour- agement. Guingamp are set to reap- inho told a news conference. “If “He is starting in a tough point Jocelyn Gourvennec, the answer is positive – and we and difficult situation,” said De- the man who led them to the have of course one more session schamps. “He’s just beginning French Cup title in 2014, on a tomorrow – he is ready.” but he has all the abilities to be- two-year deal next week after Defending champions City come a very good coach.” sacking Antoine Kombouare. are two points clear at the top Chelsea’s Olivier Giroud celebrates scoring against BATE Borisov during their Europa League match at the Borisov Arena in Barysaw, Belarus on PSG will look to put a tur- Marseille face a partial close of the league and nine ahead Thursday. (REUTERS) bulent week off the pitch to one of their south stand after fans of seventh-placed United, who side. The club has come under threw missiles and set off flares won last season’s correspond- REUTERS A heavily changed Arse- half to secure a win at BATE, were eliminated after their scrutiny following Football during their 2-0 defeat to PSG ing fixture 3-2. LONDON nal side were unable to break meaning Maurizio Sarri’s side 2-0 defeat by Fenerbahce in Leaks revelations about their on October 28. They host Dijon Mourinho, however, does down a dogged Sporting have qualified from Group L. the same group. breaches of Financial Fair Play on Sunday. not want to dwell on the gap be- ARSENAL and Chelsea were team, who were reduced to 10 Marseille were dumped Sevilla, the most success- regulations, while a probe is un- The sale of Bordeaux to US tween the teams. among seven teams to reach men in the 88th minute when out when they lost 2-1 at ful team in the history of the derway into claims that young investment fund GACP was “If we draw (the gap) is nine the Europa League knockout defender Jeremy Mathieu Lazio in Group H. Goals from competition with five titles, players were subject to racial completed on Tuesday. New (points) and if we lose, it’s 12,” stage on Thursday, while last fouled striker Pierre-Emerick Marco Parolo and Joaquin went down to 10-men at Akh- profiling by talent scouts. owner Joe DaGrosa is planning he said. “I don’t think that’s the year’s runners-up Olympique Aubameyang as he raced to- Correa were enough to ex- isarspor but came away with Monaco owner Dmitry Ry- to invest 80 million euros over way to look at the match. It is de Marseille were eliminated wards the area. tend a miserable run for the a 3-2 win in Group J thanks bolovlev also made the head- the next two seasons. difficult enough being an isolat- at the group phase. However, the point was French side, who have now to a late Ever Banega penalty ed event. “If you want to put the The two Premier League enough to guarantee the north lost four games in a row in all that ended the Turkish side’s match into the context of where teams were joined by Eintra- London side a place in the last competitions. qualifying hopes. Quick read we are and where we can be, it cht Frankfurt, Lazio, Bayer 32 atop Group E on 10 points, Lazio, meanwhile, went There was a goalfest in becomes even more difficult.” Leverkusen, FC Zurich and with Sporting behind them through along with Eintracht Russia as Spartak Moscow Dinamo Zagreb in the last 32 on seven. Vorskla Poltava lost who eliminated Apollon Li- came from 3-2 behind to lead Man City’s Sterling signs contract extension with two games still to play 1-0 to FK Qarabag, with both massol with a 3-2 victory in Rangers 4-3 in two minutes before the draw for the next teams on three points. the other game in the section. before the hour mark with the MANCHESTER: Manchester City’s in-form winger Raheem Sterling round in Nyon, Switzerland Arsenal forward Welbeck Leverkusen joined both home side’s eventual win tak- has signed a three-year contract extension to keep him at the club on Dec. 17. was taken off on a stretcher teams in the next stage af- ing them to second place and through to 2023, the English champions said on Friday. The 23-year-old Arsenal qualified with a and given oxygen in the 25th ter beating FC Zurich 1-0 at level with their opponents on England player, who has seven goals in 14 games this season, said 0-0 draw against Sporting at minute after landing awk- home in Group A but thanks five points in Group G. he was in the best place to improve, having played in several positions The Emirates, although strik- wardly when jumping for a to Ludogorets 0-0 draw with Rangers’ domestic rivals under Pep Guardiola. er Danny Welbeck was car- header only hours after being AEK Larnaca the Swiss side Celtic kept their hopes alive British media said Sterling’s deal was worth up to 300,000 pounds ried off on a stretcher in the named in the England squad also progressed. with a 2-1 win over RB Leip- a week, which would put him among the best paid players in the first half with a serious ankle for their next internationals. Dinamo Zagreb beat Spar- zig in Group B, while AC Mi- league. “I’m delighted to sign,” he told the City website. “My develop- injury, while Chelsea won 1-0 Earlier, Chelsea’s France tak Trnava 3-1 to qualify from lan and Real Betis took a step ment here has been incredible. I felt from the minute I got here it was at BATE Borisov in one of the striker Giroud got his first Group D while Anderlecht, towards qualifying with a 1-1 the right choice for me. It’s paid off and I’m really grateful.” (REUTERS) Romelu Lukaku early kickoffs. goal this season in the second UEFA Cup winners in 1983, draw in Group F. 14 Saturday, November 10, 2018 Sports England spin out in Galle

AFP , after GALLE, SRI LANKA a confident start, was caught at first slip by Root off Stokes in SRI Lanka Dinesh the last over before lunch for 21. Chandimal paid tribute on Fri- The ball earlier he was given out day to an “outstanding” Eng- but reprieved on review. land after Moeen Ali spun the After the break Kusal Men- visitors to a commanding first dis hit Leach for four over his Test victory in Galle. head but attempting a repeat Set a mammoth 462 to win, the next ball skied the ball to sustained pressure from Ali, Ali, departing for an otherwise Gaby Lopez of Mexico plays a fellow spinner Jack Leach and impressive 46. shot during the third round of the aggressive seam bowling from Chandimal, suffering from Blue Bay LPGA tournament in Ben Stokes bundled out the a groin injury that kept him off Sanya on Friday. (AFP) hosts for 250 on day four. the pitch all of Thursday, was The 211-run victory, Eng- skittled by Leach for 11. Niro- land’s first Test win away from shan Dikwella fell the first ball Mexico’s Lopez home in 13 matches, leaves Joe after tea, caught adroitly by Root’s men 1-0 up in the three- Stokes one-handed at slip off hits birthday match series, with the sec- Ali for 16. ond Test starting in Kandy on Soon afterwards Angelo ace to grab Wednesday. Mathews -- dropped on 18 by “We played some really James Anderson -- went for 53, Blue Bay lead good stuff,” Root said. “We can caught by Jos Buttler at mid- go to Kandy with huge amounts England’s Moeen Ali (centre) celebrates with his teammates Jos Buttler and Ben Foakes after taking the of Sri Lanka’s Dimuth wicket with Ali again the wicket- AFP of confidence and look to still Karunaratne on the Fourth Day of the first Test match in Galle, Sri Lanka on Friday. (REUTERS taker. He was followed into the SHANGHAI improve and get better.” pavilion by Akila Dananjaya for England had secured a first- batting),” said Chandimal. SCOREBOARD second Test match and hope- 8. Last out was silver fox Ran- GABY Lopez hit a 183-yard innings lead of 139 thanks to a “Credit goes to England, fully back up a really good per- gana Herath, ’s most suc- hole-in-one as she surged into century on debut by Ben Foakes they played some outstanding England first innings 342 (B. Foakes 107, S. M. Perera c Stokes b Rashid ...... 30 formance.” cessful left-arm spinner, run out the lead of the $2.1 million Blue -- man of the match -- and a cricket. We had a really good Curran 48; D. Perera 5-31) A. Dananjaya c Stokes b Ali ...... 8 Fifteen without loss over- for five in his swansong before Bay LPGA in China to celebrate Sri Lanka first innings 203 (A. Mathews 52; M. R. Lakmal not out ...... 14 formidable spin attack led by start in the first session but we Ali 4-66) H. Herath run out ...... 5 night, Sri Lanka’s openers retirement. her birthday in style Friday. Ali and assisted ably by Leach couldn’t capitalise on it,” he England second innings 322 for 6 declared (K. Extras (nb 1) ...... 1 Kaushal Silva and Dimuth Chandika Hathurusingha, The Mexican’s ace on the and Adil Rashid restricting Sri said. Jennings 146 not out, B. Stokes 62; Herath Total (all out, 85.1 overs) ...... 250 Karunaratne withstood the Sri Lanka’s coach, said his side par-three 17th hole helped her Lanka to 203 in reply. Root, who only managed 35 2-23) Bowling: Curran 5-1-15-0, Anderson 12-2- pressure from England’s formi- were playing catch-up since leapfrog world number one Sri Lanka second innings 27-0, Ali 20-2-71-4, Rashid 18.1-0-59-1, In England’s second innings and 3 with the bat himself, said F. Karunaratne c and b Ali ...... 26 Leach 21-1-60-3, Stokes 8-2-16-1, Root 1-0- dable bowling attack for the first lunch on day one when England Ariya Jutanugarn on Hainan is- an assured unbeaten 146 by Ke- he was “very proud” of his team, J. Silva lbw b Leach ...... 30 1-0 Fall of : 1-51 (Silva), 2-59 hour on Friday. turned the match around hav- land and Lopez – ranked a low- aton Jennings, his first century paying tribute to his “excellent” D. de Silva c Root b Stokes ...... 21 (Karunaratne), 3-98 (de Silva), 4-144 But both fell after attacking ing been five down for 103. ly 136th – is in pole position for since a ton on his 2016 debut bowling unit and to some “cru- B. Mendis c Ali b Leach ...... 45 (Mendis), 5-154 (Chandimal), 6-190 shots, with Kaushal leg before “After that, the way they her first title on the US-based A. Matthews c Buttler b Ali ...... 53 (Dickwella), 7-197 (Mathews), 8-229 that has silenced his critics for cial knocks” by England’s bats- L. Chandimal b Leach ...... 1 (Dananjaya), 9-239 (Perera), 10-250 (Herath) trying to sweep Leach for 30 batted, they took the game away LPGA Tour with one round to now at least, allowed Root to men. N. Dickwella c Stokes b Ali ...... 16 England won by 211 runs and Karunaratne caught and from us. From there on we were play. declare at 322 for six. “We’ve done our homework bowled by Ali -- who took four chasing the game. In Test crick- Lopez’s feat was all the “Our batting was below-par and made sure we came here said. it and make sure we don’t just wickets in both innings -- for 26 et, especially on wickets like more satisfying because it was during the game, you can’t stay knowing how we were going to “It’s been a fantastic start of rest on our laurels now. We will as he skipped down the pitch for these, it is very difficult to come her 25th birthday and she had in the game (with this kind of try and approach things,” Root things and we’ve got to build on work very hard now before that an attempted heave. back,” he said. turned around after making the tee shot, not appearing to know what she had accomplished un- til her caddie gleefully told her. Cue high fives all round, in- Mosaad, Kandra lead cluding with overnight leader ‘Outstanding’ bowlers help Australia Jutanugarn. “As soon as the ball left the top stars as QSF club I knew it was a good shot, snap seven-game losing streak but I couldn’t see because the sun was in my face,” Lopez said. No.1 begins today “I turned around and my AFP SCOREBOARD caddie goes, ‘It went in.’ The Egyptian, along with ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA “I’m like, ‘No way!’” Qatar ace star the other top eight seeds, re- AUSTRALIA A cameraman confirmed ceives a bye into the second AUSTRALIA skipper Aaron A. Finch b Pretorius 41 the ball had rolled straight in. Tamimi leads T. Head lbw b Ngidi 8 round and will face either Ja- Finch praised his “outstanding” S.Marsh c de Kock b Rabada 22 “I couldn’t give myself a home challenge maica’s World No.81 Christo- bowlers on Friday after they C. Lynn c de Kock b Rabada 44 better birthday present,” said pher Binnie or Welsh World snapped a seven-game losing A. Carey c de Kock b Rabada 47 Lopez, who was presented af- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK No.50 Peter Creed for a place streak by beating South Africa, G. Maxwell c de Kock b Pretorius 15 terwards with two cakes. DOHA M. Stoinis c Hendricks b Pretorius 2 in the last eight. boosting their battered confi- P. Cummins b Steyn 3 Lopez, who was joint sec- Germany’s Kandra, dence while keeping the one- M. Starc c&b Steyn 6 ond going into the third round, THE QSF No.1 PSA Wolrd meanwhile, is seeded to meet day series alive. A. Zampa c Miller b Rabada 22 carded a six-under-par 66 to go Tour Bronze tournament will England’s former World No.9 Set 232 to win, the Proteas J. Hazlewood not out 10 nine under for the tournament, Extras (lb9, w2) 11 kick off on Saturday at the Daryl Selby in the semi-finals could only manage 224-9 in Total (all out, 48.3 overs) 231 a one-shot lead on Thailand’s Khalifa International Tennis but will first have to navigate their 50 overs, leaving the series Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Head), 2-66 (Marsh), Jutanugarn. & Squash Complex. through a draw that also con- tied at 1-1 with the decider in 3-96 (Finch), 4-133 (Lynn), 5-166 The South Korean pair of Egypt’s former World tains the likes of home fa- Hobart on Sunday (Maxwell), 6-170 (Stoinis), 7-179 Park Sung-hyun and Kim Sei- (Cummins), 8-187 (Starc), 9-204 (Carey), No.3 Omar Mosaad and Ger- vourite Qatar’s World No.23 The hosts, who were 10-231 (Zampa) Bowling: Steyn 10-1-31- young were tied third on a dis- many’s Raphael Kandra are Abdulla Al Tamimi and thrashed by six wickets with 2, Ngidi 9-0-67-1, Rabada 9.3-0-54-4, tant four under. seeded to meet in the final Scotland’s World No.32 Greg more than 20 overs to spare in Pretorius 10-0-32-3, Imran Tahir 10-1-38-0 Moriya Jutanugarn, Ariya’s of the tournament which will Lobban. the opening match, dug deep sister, fell from tied second SOUTH AFRICA run until November 14. Home interest comes in with their bowlers getting them Quinton de Kock c Zampa b Starc 9 overnight to a share of seventh A high-quality line up will the form of Al Tamimi, who over the line. Reeza Hendricks c Carey b Hazlewood 16 after a disappointing 74. battle it out for a share of the will face either Spain’s Iker Marcus Stoinis was the pick Aiden Markram run out (Stoinis/Carey) 19 $51,000 prize purse. Pajares or France’s Auguste with 3-35 off his 10 overs, in- Faf du Plessis b Cummins 47 Australia’s players celebrate their victory during the second one day Heinrich Klaasen c Lynn b Stoinis 14 Quick read Mosaad – who has never Dussourd for a place in the cluding the crucial scalp of Da- David Miller lbw Stoinis 51 faced Kandra on the PSA quarter-finals. Wildcards vid Miller who hit a stubborn 51. international cricket match against South Africa at the Adelaide Oval Dwaine Pretorius c Lynn b Hazlewood 14 Tour – is seeded on the same Rashid Al-Harib and Ham- “The way we defended was in Adelaide on Friday. (AFP) Dale Steyn b Stoinis 3 Ricciardo handed side of the draw as the likes ad Al-Amri face England’s outstanding, The bowlers were Kagiso Rabada b Starc 9 Lungi Ngidi not out 19 grid penalty for of Spain’s former World No.5 World No.53 Joshua Masters relentless,” said Finch. South Africa captain Faf du Markham was run out. Imran Tahir not out 11 Borja Golan [now withdrawn] and Egypt’s World No.52 “I’m not sure if it’s relief, Plessis said “good teams should Six balls later and Hen- Extras (b1, w11) 12 Brazilian GP Australia’s Cameron Pilley Mohamed Reda in the open- but justification for some hard close that (score) down”. dricks was also in the club- Total (for nine wickets, 50 overs) 224 and England’s Chris Simpson. ing round. work. We held our chances “I felt we let ourselves down house, getting an outside edge Fall of wickets: 1-18 (de Kock), 2-46 SAO PAULO: Australian Daniel (Markram), 3-48 (Hendricks), 4-68 Ricciardo will have a five place and it went our way. We knew with the bat, very disappoint- off Josh Hazlewood to give (Klaasen), 5-142 (du Plessis), 6-174 we had to bowl them out, or go ed,” he added. “I don’t believe Australia hope. (Pretorius), 7-184 (Steyn), 8-187 (Miller), grid penalty for Sunday’s Brazil- close to it.” that score was worth winning, And when Heinrich Klassen 9-202 (Rabada) Bowling: Hazlewood 10-0- ian Grand Prix, the penultimate Adelaide has been a happy we let ourselves down.” fell to Stoinis to leave the Pro- 42-2, Starc 10-0-51-2, Cummins 10-0-27- race of the Formula One sea- 1, Stoinis 10-0-35-3, Zampa 9-0-57-0, son, after Red Bull replaced the hunting ground in the past for With Mitchell Starc return- teas on 68-4 the crowd finally Maxwell 1-0-11-0 Australia. ing to new-ball duties after a came alive, sensing the miser- Toss: South Africa turbocharger on his car’s power In fact, their last one-day short-lived experiment with able run could be over. Result: Australia won unit. Stewards said the sixth win came at the oval nine Nathan Coulter-Nile in Perth Du Plessis and Miller built new turbocharger exceeded the months ago against England, backfired, the Australian attack a 74-run partnership before Pat and he and Travis Head tried driver’s permitted allocation, before the reigning world cham- did its job. Cummins got a breakthrough to set the tone after being sent triggering the automatic drop. pions were knocked for six by Starc got a reward in his with the South African skip- into bat. Ricciardo was first out of the the ball-tampering scandal in third over, with Adam Zampa per dragging the ball onto his But Head’s aggressiveness garages in practice at Interlagos South Africa in March and dis- getting under a catch in the stumps on 47. cost him and he was trapped on Friday, waiting for several array within Cricket Australia. deep to end Quinton de Kock’s Miller dug in as partners fell lbw for eight. minutes at the end of the pits Their form slump had been night. to grind out a gutsy 51 before he That brought Shaun Marsh for the session to start. Under characterised by batting col- Aiden Markram and was given out lbw on a review to the crease and he quickly Formula One rules, grid penal- lapses and they again struggled Reeza Hendricks looked dan- decision and the South African got into his groove, working ties are applied according to the to compile a big total with some gerous as they pushed the tail failed to wag. up a 50 partnership with Finch order in which the offences are tight South African bowling score to 46, but they need- Finch had stressed before- before getting a thick edge off committed, as registered by the Germany’s Raphael Kandra in action during the just concluded Qatar putting them back in the pavil- lessly attempted a third run hand the need to go back to Kagiso Rabada on 22 with de car’s transponder leaving the Squash Classic. ion for 231. from a clip off the pads and basics and build partnerships, Kock taking the catch. pitlane. (REUTERS) Harmanpreet makes history as India beat New Zealand by 34 runs

AGENCIES to notch a T20I half-century. three wickets each. Kaur raced to a 33-ball 50 GEORGETOWN Opting to bat, first bats- Kaur belted a 51-ball 103, and in no time converted that to women did a fantastic job espe- laced with seven boundaries a magnificent century off only A combined effort helped In- cially centurion Harmanpreet and eight sixes, and more im- 49 deliveries.A dia thrash New Zealand by 34 Kaur (103) andAJemimah Rod- portantly raised a record 134- Sensing the urgency of put- runs in the opening match of rigues (59) then Indian bowlers run fourth wicket stand with the ting up a big total, Jemimah, the Women’s World T20 at the kept the pressure right from the young Jemimah Rodrigues (59 towards the end also pressed on Providence Stadium here on first ball and restricted them for off 45 balls; 4X7) to bail India the accelerator to get to her half Friday. 160/9 to seal the match. out of a troubled start. century off 40 balls. Indian captain Harman- Chasing a mammoth 195, Electing to bat after winning New Zealand managed to preet Kaur slammed her maid- New Zealand never looked in the toss, India found themselves get rid of the partnership with en T20I century. contention as they lost wickets in a vulnerable position, totter- Jess Watkin getting the back Harmanpreet also became at regular intervals. ing at 40/3 by the sixth over, of Jemimah and Sophie Devine the first Indian woman to score Apart from opening stand after losing the top three bats- dismissing Kaur, but by then a century in T20I. She is now the of 52 runs betweenASuzie Bates women -- Taniya Bhatia (9), the damage was done as India third player in world cricket to (67) and Anna Petersen (14)A Smriti Mandhana (2) and Daya- walked back with the highest score a T20I International cen- no other player rose to the occa- lan Hemalatha (15), cheaply. ever total in a World T20 tie. tury. Coming in to bat at num- sion and failed to build partner- Making her first appear- ber five, she stitched a record ships. ance in a World T20, Jemimah Brief Scores: India 194/5 134-run partnership with Jemi- Bates and Katey Martin (39) controlled her nerves playing (Harmanpreet Kaur 103, mah Rodrigues to put India in were the highest scorers for the perfect second fiddle to the Jemimah Rodrigues 59; Lea command. Rodrigues etched New Zealand. fluent Kaur, who was at her ag- Tahuhu 2/18) vs New Zealand her name in record books after For India, Dayalan Hemala- India captain Harmanpreet Kaur hits a shot during their Women’s World T20I match against New Zealand gressive best throughout the in- 160/9 (Suzie Bates 67;ADayalan becoming the youngest Indian tha and Poonam Yadav took at the Providence Stadium in Georgetown, Guyana on Friday. nings. Hemalatha 3/26). Sports Saturday, November 10, 2018 15

SHEIKH JOAAN GRACES LONGINES GLOBAL CHAMPIONS TOUR AT AL SHAQAB

HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al Thani with Bassem Hassan Mohammed and his horse Argelith Squid at the Al Shaqab equestrian centre on Friday. HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al Thani, President of the Qatar Olympic Committee, at the Longines Global Champions Tour at Al Shaqab on Friday. Bassem, Ahlmann steal limelight

VINAY NAYUDU DOHA Hathab Medium Tour QATAR’S Bassem Hassan Mohammed and Germany’s honours for Al Baker, Christian Ahlmann came up with sizzling rides on their trusted mounts to steal the Team Al Shaqab Day Two show of the on-going Longines Global Champions VINAY NAYUDU Tour (LGCT) at the magnifi- DOHA cent Al Shaqab Equestrian Centre on Friday. THE team of Al Shaqab While Bassem claimed the and young rider Mohamed top honours, his second suc- Khalifa al Baker stood out cessive of the Doha leg, in the on Friday in the third leg international CSI5* (1.50m) the national equestrian se- class, Ahlmann triumphed in ries Hathab emerging on top the CSI5* 1.55m class. in the Medium Tour at Al The occasion was graced Shaqab on Friday. by His Highness Father Amir Al baker, who has been Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al in good stead, reveled in Thani and HE Sheikh Joaan Hathab – being held along- bin Hamad al Thani, President, side the international Lon- Qatar Olympic Committee. gines Global Champions Mohamed Khalifa al Baker As the arena reverberated Tour, excelled on his geld- receives his prize after winning with the cheers of a packed ing chestnut Circus finishing the Medium Tour of Hathab holiday crowd, Bassem riding with a top time of 34.75secs on Friday. his 12-year-old gelding Arge- in the 120/130cm class. lith Squid came up with an- He beat Saeed Nasser al third committing a few er- other delightful speed show to Qadi, who on Daydreamer EC rors while trying to be quick, pip France’s Julien Epaillard finished in 37.89 secs, while though they had a good over- (on Safari d Auge) by 11 secs. Salman Mohammed al Ema- all time. The two riders had finished di (riding Eglantine du Caste- Earlier, in the Small as joint-first in the 1.45cm Christian Ahlmann from Germany in action in the Longines Global Champions Tour CSI5* 1.55m class at Al Shaqab on Friday. let), was third in 38.86 secs. Tour, Khalifa Abdulla al class on Thursday. In the team event, Al Khaldi won with his mare While Epaillard finished lith Squid for the second win good and I would like to thank SATURDAY SCHEDULE Al Shaqab. Shaqab comprising Moham- Dusty clocking the fastest in a time of 64.22secs, Bassem in two days. everyone for supporting us,’ Wathelet and his bay geld- ed Sultan al Suwaidi, Saeed time of 52.43secs. did so in 64.11secs. “After a few barrier clear- he said. 09:00hrs Hathab (1.15/1.25m) ing were super quick from the Nasser al Qadi and Khalid Mohamed al “I’m thrilled. I am also ances, I could feel that could Later in the evening, Ahl- 11:50 Hathab 91.30/1.45m) start, but they were the first to Ghanim Nasser al Qadi re- Emadi (on Dolce Vita M) was 14:30: CSI5*: 2nd GCL team Competition happy with my finish,” said the win. My horse did an amazing mann astride Caribis Z tri- (1.55/1.60m) fall victim to the troublesome turned a best cumulative second, and Ali Mohamed al 31-year-old, who had won the job,” he said. umphed in a star-studded 17:45: CSI5*: Longine Global Champions Tour black and white GC vertical. time of 149.93secs. Qadi (astride Henrico) third. LGCT Grand Prix event last The local hero also thanked jump off setting the stage for Grand Prix (1.60m). Ahlmann duly took note Team ExxonMobil’s The Hathab series year with his horse Gunder. the big support from the spec- LGCT Grand Prix and the and went out all guns blaz- Khejaim Faraj al Marri, Mo- launched in 2017 carrying Bassem also praised Arge- tators. “The crowd was so Global Champions League ing to pull off a powerful clear hamed Abdulla Juma and a total prize of QR1mn is an (team) finals on Saturday. tor, Marucs Ehning riding Mill round on Caribis Z in 45.06 Faleh Suwayed al Ajami fin- initiative of HE Sheikh Joaan RESULTS Gregory Wathelet and Creek Filippa K and Laura forcing the following combi- ished as the runners-up. bin Hamad al Thani, Presi- Qualido 3 delivered the first Kraut on Deauville. nations to make mistakes if The Al Salam team of dent, Qatar Olympic Com- NATIONAL EQUESTRIAN SERIES HATHAB: SMALL TOUR clear round in impressive After their successful they were to have any chance Mubarak Yousuf al Rumaihi, mittee, has been highly suc- fashion and a jump off was rounds Smolders and Kraut to beat him. Mohamed al Ghazali, Khali- cessful and brought to light Table A, One round against the clock, Art. 238.2.1 (110/115cm) Prize: QR10,000 guaranteed as Ahlmann and both predicted “a fast jump Michael Whitaker, Marlon fa Abdulla al Khaldi finished many bright young talent. 1. Khalifa Abdulla al Khaldi; Dusty (Horse); Faults :0; Time: 52.43secs; Prize: QR2,500 Caribis Z turned in a beauti- off” and so it was to be a crack- Manolo Zanotelli and Peder 2. Khalid Mohammed al Emadi; Dolce Vita M; 0; 56.06; QR2,000 fully balanced clear. ing display of speed, precision Fredricson were all casualties 3. Ali Mohammed al Qadi; Henrico; 0; 57.09; QR1,500 A stellar cast joined them and split-second times. As of the GC vertical and Ben Ma- 4. Hussain Said Haidan; Belucci Van’T Vleminkhof; 0; 57.39; QR1,000 for the jump off including riders limbered up there were her, who will be crowned 2018 Harrie Smolders and Emer- bustling scenes on the edge of LGCT Champion of Champi- NATIONAL EQUESTRIAN SERIES HATHAB: MEDIUM TOUR ald, Pieter Devos and Claire the arena as families enjoyed ons on Saturday, suffered an Table A, One round with jump-off (Individual) (120/130cm) Prize-Money:QR20,000 Z, Scott Brash on Hello Sena- the balmy summer evening at unusual 8 faults on Madame X. 1. Mohammed Khalifa al Baker; Circus; 0; Time: 75.51; Faults: 0; Time: 34.74; QR5,000 2. Saeed Nasser al Qadi; Daydreamer EC; 0; 78.07; 0; 37.89; QR 4,000 3. Salman Mohammed al Emadi; Eglantine Du Castelet; 0; 75.61; 0; 38.86; QR3,000 4. Mohammed Abdulla Juma; Carport; 0; 79.35; 0; 39.16; QR 2,000 Table A, One round with jump-off (Teams), (120/130cm) Prize: QR20,000 1. Team Al Shaqab; Faults: 0; Time: 149.93secs; Jump-Off Time: 37.89; Prize: QR10,000 T Mohammed Sultan al Suwaidi (Numero Uno); 0; 71.86 Saeed Nasser al Qadi (Daydreamer EC); 0; 78.07; Jump-Off Faults: 0; Time: 37.89 Ghanim Nasser al Qadi (Concordiva VH Wilgenhof); 4; 72.26 2. Team ExxonMobil: Faults: 4; Time: 158.09secs; Jump-Off Time: 45.15; Prize: QR6,000 Team Al Shaqab comprising Mohammed Sultan al Suwaidi (on Khejaim Faraj al Marri (Beyonce); 0; 78.74; Jump-off Faults: 4; Time: 45.15 Numero Uno); Saeed Nasser al Qadi (on Daydreamer EC); and Mohammed Abdulla Juma (Carport); 0; 79.35 Ghanim Nasser al Qadi (on Concordiva VH Wilgenhof) after they Faleh Suwayed al Ajami (Ulano); 0; 82.72 won the Medium Tour of National equestrian series Hathab’s 3rd 3. Team Al Salam: Faults: 8; Time: 146.47secs; Jump-Off Time: 35.31; Prize: QR4,000 leg on Friday. Mubarak Yousuf al Rumaihi (Vivaldi K); 0; 70.36; Jump-Off Faults: 8; Time 35.31 Mohammed al Ghazali (Alegro 84); 0; 76.11 Khalifa Abdulla al Khaldi (Fantastique); 8; 79.36. LONGINES GLOBAL CHAMPIONS TOUR International showjumping competition: CSI5* Against the clock Table A, FEI Art. 238.2.1 (1.50m) Prize: €50,000 1. Bassem Mohammed (QAT); Horse: Argelith Squid; Faults: 0; Time: 64.11secs; Prize: €16,500 2. Julien Epaillard (FRA); Safari d Auge; 0; 64.22secs; €10,000 3. Nicola Philippaerts (BEL); J’Adore van het Schaeck; 0; 66.29secs; €7,500.00 4. Christian Kukuk (GER); Colestus; 0; 67.30secs; €5,000 CSI5* Against the clock Table A, FEI Art. 238.2.2 with jump-off (1.55m); Prize-money: €145,000 1. Christian Ahlmann (GER); Caribis Z; 0; 74.11secs; Jump-off: 0; 45.06secs; Prize: €47,850 2. Harrie Smolders (NED); Emerald; 0; 76.70 sec; Jump-off: Faults: 0; Time: 45.61secs; €29,000 3. Shane Sweetnam (IRL); Main Road; 0; 73.53secs; Jump-off: Faults: 0; Time: 45.80secs; €21,750. Crowds swarmed the Al Shaqab equestrian arena on Friday for the national showjumping series Hathab and the international Longines Global Champions Tour Doha leg finale. 16 Saturday, November 10, 2018 The Last Word

QDA ANNUAL WALKATHON Qatar walks against diabetes PEOPLE from all walks of life took part in the annual walkathon organised by Qa- tar Diabetes Association (QDA) to raise awareness of diabetes, at the Oxygen Park in Education City, on Friday. The event attracted nearly 7,000 people including families, students from schools and management and staff of sev- eral organisations. Members of Qatar Foundation who participated in the event included Sidra Medicine, World Innovation Summit for Health, National Diabetes Strategy, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute and Qatar Biobank. The others included, Primary Health Care Corporation, Hamad Medi- cal Corporation’s Tobacco Control Center, Sasol, Red Crescent, Qatar Football Asso- ciation, Committee for Women’s Sports, among others.

(Catherine W Gichuki)

Lessons for future at QNL Qatar Charity provides food aid expo on ‘The Great War’ for 26,000 displaced Yemenis TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK as well as exclusive video DOHA clips, which are also part of TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK the exhibition, illustrate how DOHA ON the occasion of the cen- people were affected by the tenary of the end of the Great harshness of war during that QATAR Charity (QC) has War, the French Embassy in time. recently distributed 3,700 Qatar, the French Institute of Commenting on the food baskets to the displaced Doha and Qatar National Li- exhibition, French Ambas- people from Yemen’s Al Hu- brary have jointly organised sador to Qatar HE Franck daydah Governorate in the a unique exhibition named Gellet said, “I am delighted capital Sana’a. ‘1918: War is over’. The ex- to introduce the exhibition The food baskets that hibition includes rare items celebrating the Centenary of incurred a total cost of from the Sheikh Faisal Bin the end of World War 1 at the QR800,000 benefited some Qassim Al Thani Museum. Qatar National Library. ‘The 26,000 people suffering from The exhibition, offered war is over’ is a tribute paid acute food scarcity. The char- by the French museum of to the victims. A centenary ity is also preparing to provide the First World War ‘Histo- later, the celebration is to food and shelter assistance rial de la Grande-Guerre’, is WWI Exhibition draw lessons for the future”. to 2,000 families in Yemen being held from November Dr Sohair Wastawy, ex- this month in view of the ap- 4 to 19 at the Qatar Nation- exhibition deals about the ecutive director of Qatar proaching winter. al Library. experience of hearing the National Library, said: “The The food baskets con- This exhibition presents war. The sound environ- Great War was a monumen- tained flour, rice, sugar, two aspects of the war. The ment, it may be noted, was tal chapter in the history of cooking oil, milk powder, The food baskets contained flour, rice, sugar, cooking oil, milk powder, dates, salt, cans of bean and other first part features the roles of of great importance to the the world, with significant dates, salt, cans of bean and items, enough to cover the needs of beneficiary families for a month. ‘Father, mother and child dur- soldier’s life. The exhibition repercussions which are other items, enough to cover ing the Great War’, while the also reminds visitors of the still marking contemporary the needs of beneficiary fami- by the Yemeni government to ing the staff and volunteers food aid due to the food insecu- second part is about ‘Hearing huge influence of the war on history. lies for a month. manage and supervise the ac- and applauded their behaviour rity faced by the Yemeni people. the War: sounds, music and the arts, taking music as an “The exhibition will pro- QC’s office is keen to imple- tivities of local and internation- in dealing with beneficiaries He also pointed out that silence in 1914-1918’. example. vide the community in Qatar ment all its projects through al humanitarian organisations. during the distribution of food QC’s office has recently dis- The first part, about Visitors also have the op- with an important learn- complete coordination with A beneficiary said, “I baskets. “We thank you for the tributed the benefits of the families, presents the vari- portunity to see how soldiers ing experience, and we are United Nations organisations haven’t ever received such a transparency and profession- sponsorship for three months ous facets of the war which created a unique musical proud to present this impor- and Yemeni governmental big food basket since the be- alism that characterised the to 7,500 orphans, poor fami- caused disruption to the landscape for themselves de- tant part of history to visitors agencies, the charity said in a ginning of the crisis, and I work of your team,” an official lies and people with special lives of families, as well as spite the surrounding chaos. at Qatar National Library. press statement. could not buy it even if I had told Qatar Charity. needs sponsored by the chari- aspects of the day-to-day life Items from the Sheikh We are grateful to our part- The baskets were distrib- worked for three months.” Mohammed al Wa’i, direc- ty. The distribution of the ben- of soldiers at the front. Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani ners for bringing this exhibi- uted with ease thanks to the The officials of the govern- tor of QC’s office in Yemen and efits will continue for another The second part of the Museum Rare collection, tion to Qatar.” coordination between the QC’s mental body hailed the profes- Djibouti, said that QC would in- 13,000 sponsored people dur- office and the body authorised sionalism of QC’s team includ- tensify its efforts in the field of ing the coming period.

QATARI AMIRI AIR FORCES TAKES PART IN NATO OPERATION

The Qatari Amiri Air Forces participated in the NATO operations, with the Air Transport Wing of the Amiri Air Force moving supplies from Hungary to Afghanistan through its C-17 aircraft fleet. The Qatari Amiri Air Forces’ air transport fleet has been heavily involved in the US-led coalition mission since June, 2017, by transporting cargo of critical importance and supplies throughout the region. (QNA)