SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2016 SPORTS

Cahill wonder goal for Jorge Lorenzo crashes Bravo to shake a leg City on A-League debut ahead of Japan race in Indian dance show MOTEGI: Defending champion Jorge Lorenzo was sent to NEW DELHI: West Indies’ cricketing star Dwayne Bravo announced plans to MELBOURNE: Veteran Socceroo Tim Cahill launched his homecoming to hospital yesterday after crashing during practice ahead of take his talents to the dance floor by joining an Indian celebrity dance com- Australia’s A-League with a spectacular long-range goal in Melbourne City’s today’s Japanese MotoGP Grand Prix, while Honda’s Marc petition, months after making waves with his acclaimed hip thumping 4-1 derby win over Melbourne Victory yesterday. The Marquez clocked the fastest lap of the day. hop anthem “Champion”. “I am very excited to be a part 36-year-old well-travelled international hit a sizzling 35- The Yamaha rider was thrown into the air at Turn 2 of the of this show and to do something different. I just metre volley that sailed over goalkeeper Lawrence Thomas dry and sunny Motegi circuit, where a number of other riders want to have fun and enjoy,” Bravo, 33, told reporters into the top right-hand corner to open the scoring. Cahill, also crashed Friday, including Dani Pedrosa, who broke his Friday ahead of his first performance in Jhalak who has scored a record 48 international goals for his collarbone. Lorenzo was launched off his bike while taking the Dikhla Ja, the Indian version of BBC’s Strictly Come country, was playing for the first time in the A-League right turn, flipping him onto gravel where he rolled hard with Dancing. “These days, cricket and entertainment after a stellar 18-year stint overseas. Uruguayan Bruno five minutes left in the 45-minute morning practice session. go together... Dancing is definitely harder than Fornaroli, Luke Brattan and Argentine Fernando Brandan The Spaniard was not able to immediately stand but was cricket,” said Bravo, who was a part of the West rounded off the scoring for Melbourne City, who are able to sit on the back of an emergency scooter to go to the Indies squad that played against Pakistan in a owned by Abu Dhabi-based City Football Group and circuit’s clinic. He was seen walking into the on-site medical Twenty20 series last month. The all-rounder might coached by Dutchman John van’t Schip. Marco Rojas, centre before being sent to Dokkyo Medical University well take inspiration from former England bowler who flew back after playing for New Zealand in Hospital for a CT scan to see whether he suffered any head Darren Gough who won the third series of Strictly the United States in mid-week, scored Victory’s trauma, his team said. Come Dancing in 2005. Bravo launched the track only goal. Melbourne City remain unbeaten The heavy fall followed a nasty crash Friday by Honda’s “Champion” in Mumbai in March during the World along with Sydney FC after the opening two Pedrosa, while several riders struggled to test hard tyres and Twenty20 competition which his side went on to win rounds of the A-League. —AFP find the right bike settings. —AFP after beating England. —AFP

DOHA: The pack rides during in the women’s elite road race event as part of the 2016 UCI Road World Championships yesterday, in the Qatari capital Doha. — AFP Dane Dideriksen wins women’s world road race

DOHA: Denmark’s Amalie Dideriksen race expecting the best result but to be the Ladies Tour of Qatar, admitted she double. She had already taken gold in was the shock winner of the women’s able to take gold, it’s a dream come true, was unhappy to have come second on a the earlier this week road race event at the world champi- but I didn’t expect it.” flat course with such a strong team ride. and the 41-year-old made an almost onships in Qatar yesterday. The tight finish looked set to deliver “It feels like a losing gold,” she said of decisive breakaway carving out a lead of The 20-year-old stunned one of the gold for Wild after sterling work by her her silver medal. “It’s a bit disappointing. almost a minute in the closing stages. pre-race favourites, , on the Dutch teammates set her up for a poten- We had a really good strong ride with the But the peloton reeled her in on the finishing line timing her sprint to perfec- tial title-winning finish 300m from the team so I can’t blame anything but final lap of seven at the Pearl Qatar tion to take the coveted rainbow jersey. line. The strong Dutch team had domi- myself. where the race finished-to ensure a Finland’s Lotta Lepisto took third, with nated the later stages of the race and it “This course was like Holland, only the sprint finish. Prior to that Japan’s Eri defending champion of seemed like the eventual winner would fields in Holland are green here they are Yonamine had set the early pace. The Britain finishing fourth. come from their ranks before yellow and the cows are camels.” world championships draw to a close on “I think it is a surprise for everybody,” Dideriksen’s last minute intervention. Wild had a minor crash in the earlier Sunday when the men compete in the said Dideriksen immediately afterwards. The Dane, a former double junior stages of the race but admitted that had road race with Britain’s Mark Cavendish a DOHA: Denmark’s gold medallist Amalie Dideriksen “I know I am OK in the sprint, but taking world road race champion, finished the no impact on her final position. Before favourite to take his second world title celebrates on the podium at the end of the women’s the world championship is unbelievable.” 134-kilometre course in a time of 3hr the sprint finish it looked as if America’s following his first success in Copenhagen elite road race event as part of the 2016 UCI Road She added: “Of course, I go into every 10min 27sec. Wild, a four-time winner of Amber Neben was on course for a rare in 2011.—AFP World Championships yesterday in Doha. — AFP

Kuwaiti wins first place in UAE’s cycling tourney Rossi takes pole for

KUWAIT: Kuwait Motor Sports Club’s the upcoming rounds so as to honor player Fahd al-Musallem has won the the dear homeland in this big event. Japan Grand Prix first place in the UAE desert cycling He expressed his gratitude to tourney, which concluded on Friday Chairman of the Kuwait Motor Sports in Dubai. Club Sheikh Ahmad Al-Dawood Al- MOTEGI: Nine-time world champion Valentino for an operation. Marquez said he was gather- cuit, known for its stop-and-go layout with a lot The win was the fruit of intensive Sabah for supporting him in all con- Rossi stormed to pole position for today’s Grand ing momentum on the circuit where he has nev- of hard braking and acceleration points. “We are preparations and exercises conduct- tests. Al-Musallem ranked first after Prix of Japan after clocking the fastest time in er won in the premier race category. there. We are very close. We are very consistent ed this season to get ready for local crossing 280 km in a three-hour qualifying, resuming his campaign to overtake The two-time world champion noted Yamaha with our lap time,” Marquez said. “We are in the and international championships, he competition. This is the first round of championship leader Marc Marquez. have traditionally done well on the Honda cir- front row. That was our main target.” —AFP told KUNA in a telephone call yester- the tourney which includes three The Yamaha man timed 1min 43.954sec at day. He promised to do his best in others left. —KUNA the Twin Ring Motegi circuit Saturday to grab his third pole of the season, as he attempts to close a 52-point gap against Honda’s Marquez, who will start from second on the grid after finishing Cavendish, Sagan ready 0.180sec behind the Italian, his closest champi- onship rival. Defending world champion Jorge Lorenzo overcame a spectacular crash earlier in for road race battle the day and earned the third fastest lap in quali- fying to claim a spot on the front row, clocking DOHA: Britain’s Mark Cavendish will be bow jersey he won last year easily and has 0.267sec after his Yamaha teammate. The sec- eying a possible second world road race proved that even in flat sprints he can ond row will be occupied by Ducati’s Andrea title in Doha today but should face a stern match the pure sprinters. Last year he saw Dovizioso, LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow and challenge from reigning champion Peter off the challenge of Australia’s Michael Suzuki’s Aleix Espargaro. Rossi said his team had Sagan. Matthews to win gold and he has contin- struggled to find the right balance for their For the first time since 2011 the World ued his good form throughout 2016. The machine, while he himself felt weak. “Before (the Championship course is best suited to Slovakian won the points classification at Saturday afternoon practice) we did a great job sprinters, giving in-form Cavendish plenty the Tour de France for the fifth consecutive as a team, we found a good balance. It will be to be excited about. The 31-year-old Briton year and won the European road race important to start from pole,” he said. “I am not won that race in 2011 in Copenhagen championships last month. Other riders in at 100 percent. I am quite sick and have difficulty when he was the height of his powers. contention include omnium gold medallist breathing,” Rossi said. “Race here is always very After seemingly being eclipsed by in Rio, Italy’s Elia Viviani and France’s fiery long and very demanding.” His Yamaha team- German Marcel Kittel as the world’s best sprinter Nacer Bouhanni, a former winner mate Lorenzo was also content with his perform- sprinter since, Cavendish was back in form of the French national road championships ance after being launched from his bike in the this season, winning four stages during and known for his blistering finishes. morning. He was airlifted to a hospital to check July’s Tour de France before claiming Compatriot Arnaud Demare could also be for head trauma but was quickly declared fit for Olympic silver on the track in Rio in August in with a shout of the title. The German’s the race. He was not able to stand up immedi- in the omnium. have plumped for Andre Greipel as their ately after the crash, with his left leg in particular He’s been ill since then but is coming team leader but Kittel provides a formida- pain. After the incident, helped by painkillers showed in finishing sixth at Paris-Tours ear- ble plan B, even if he’s been far from his and adrenaline, Lorenzo said his bike started to lier this month that his speed is still there. 2013 and 2014 form this season. feel better and his lap times began to improve. Qatar also holds good memories for Sunday’s event will be raced over a 257- “Honestly, I was scared,” Lorenzo said of the Cavendish, who won the Tour of Qatar in kilometre long course stretching from crash. “All of my body was hurting. February for the second time after also suc- Doha’s Aspire Zone, a vast sporting com- “I am happy with the front row. We have a ceeding in 2013. Sunday’s race could set plex in the west of Doha used in the past good potential to fight for a victory tomorrow,” up a fascinating encounter with one of the for training by international sporting sides Lorenzo said. His crash came a day after a nasty MOTEGI: Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Italian rider Valentino Rossi gestures at the parc ferme star’s of the year. such as Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain fall during Friday’s practice by Dani Pedrosa, after getting the pole position during the qualifying sessio at the Japanese Grand Prix in the Peter Sagan won’t be giving up the rain- and the Welsh rugby team.— AFP who broke his collarbone and flew back to Spain Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Motegi yesterday. — AFP