NNBABA | Page 4 FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 7 Giannis shines PSG look as Bucks hold forward to on, Harden CLeague aft er nets 49 cup fi nal wins Sunday, August 2, 2020 FORMULA 1 Dhul-Hijjah 12, 1441 AH Hamilton shatters GULF TIMES lap record to grab British GP pole SPORT Page 2 HORSE RACING Sheikh Mohamed’s Ebraz dazzles with second straight Qatar International Stakes win Julian Smart-trained Doha Triple Crown winner wins under Maxime Guyon; Sheikh Abdullah’s Tayf finishes third Trainer Julian Smart (left) and jockey Maxime Guyon (right) celebrate in the winner’s enclosure after Ebraz won the Qatar International Stakes (Group 1 PA) at Qatar Goodwood Festival yesterday. (Sam Stephenson) His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Khalifa al-Thani’s Ebraz is ridden to Qatar International Stakes (Group 1 PA) victory by Maxime Guyon at Qatar Goodwood Festival yesterday. (Debbie Burt) Agencies Chichester, United Kingdom he fi fth and fi nal day of Qatar Racing and Eques- trian Club (QREC)- sponsored Qatar Good- Twood Festival came with a massive Qatari victory when His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Khalifa al-Thani’s Ebraz won the Qatar International Stakes (Group 1 PA) for four-year-old and older Arabians, for the sec- ond year on the spin. Ebraz managed to keep his title in the opener of the eight-race card and give a second success in the prestigious event for his trainer Julian Smart and his jock- ey Maxime Guyon in much the same way the triple did last year. The mile contest is a Group 1 contest for purebred Arabian horses and forms the fi rst leg Jim Crowley (left) rides Enbihaar to victory in the Qatar Lillie Langtry Stakes (Group 2) at Qatar Goodwood of the Doha Triple Crown. Fol- Festival yesterday. (Sam Stephenson) lowing his victory in 2019, Ebraz went on to become the fi rst win- Ryan Moore rides Society Lion to Qatar Handicap (Class 2) victory yesterday. (Sam Stephenson) year in succession. Partnered by SOCIETY LION WINS QATAR SPRINT HANDICAP ner of the Doha Triple Crown, Jim Crowley, the fi ve-year-old HANDICAP FOR SIR MICHAEL Treacherous, trained by Ed de with victories in the Qatar Arabi- is that the horse has to not only saddle. He is trained by Thomas he has done it; maybe he can do Redoute’s Choice mare over- STOUTE Giles, was the comfortable win- an World Cup at Longchamp and travel well to three countries, Fourcy. another one, you never know. hauled leader Snow, trained by Sir Michael Stoute picked up his ner of the six-furlong Unibet His Highness The Amir Sword in but also stamp their supremacy Trainer Julian Smart said: We will obviously target the Arc Aidan O’Brien and ridden by fi rst winner of the Qatar Good- Stewards’ Sprint Handicap, the Doha. over three diff erent distances. “Ebraz is very special. He is one meeting for the Qatar Arabian Ryan Moore, entering the fi nal wood Festival when Society Lion contest for horses eliminated With this repeated victory The Qatar Arabian World Cup is of the best - he already proved Gold Cup and then we’ll see, do quarter mile. Enbihaar com- and Ryan Moore landed the Qa- from the Unibet Stewards’ Cup. under his belt, Ebraz, the high- run over a mile-and-a-quarter that in Doha, winning the Triple we go back to Doha or do we leave fortably saw off the challenge of tar Handicap, a Class 2 over 7f Under Harry Bentley, the six- est rated Arabian in the world, (2,000m) and His Highness The Crown, winning the Amir Sword him in France to go to stud? That Cabaletta, trained by Roger Var- for three-year-olds rated 0-105. year-old delivered his challenge sends a strong message that he is Amir Sword is a mile-and-a-half three times. This is the fourth will all be decided if he is sound ian and ridden by David Egan, He managed to win the race by entering the fi nal furlong and was targeting the Doha Triple Crown (2,400m). time he has come to Goodwood in October.” to score by three-and-a-half 1 and a quarter lengths in front never in any danger thereafter, once more. Deryan, trained by Didier - he has been unlucky on two lengths. of Mister Snowdon, trained by coming home a length and three The grey son of Amer has Guillemin, was the runner-up occasions and has managed to SECOND QATAR LILLIE Thady Gosden, assistant Richard Hughes, who was rid- quarters to the good over Dream shown his intent on landing the under by Ioritz Mendizabal. win it the last two years. Now we LANGTRY STAKES FOR trainer to his father John, said: den by Shane Kelly. The Roger Today, who is trained by Jamie title yet again, an accomplish- His Highness Sheikh Abdullah go to France for the Qatar Ara- ENBIHAAR “Enbihaar has run really well and Varian-trained King Ragnar was Osborne and was ridden by Saffi e ment, if realised, may not be re- bin Khalifa al-Thani’s Tayf, the bian Gold Cup and who knows, Enbihaar, trained by John Gos- is such a lovely horse. It was only third under David Egan Osborne. peated by any other horse. runner-up last year and the win- maybe the unthinkable. We al- den, justifi ed her favouritism a three-runner fi eld, but she has The Lamplighter, trained by What makes the Doha Triple ner of the 2017 edition, fi nished ready thought the Arabian Tri- to win the Qatar Lillie Langtry that lovely long stride and she COMFORTABLE VICTORY FOR George Baker, was third under Crown especially challenging third with Olivier Peslier in the ple Crown couldn’t be done and Stakes (Group 2) for the second picked up well in the straight.” TREACHEROUS IN STEWARDS’ Shane Kelly. Gulf Times 2 Sunday, August 2, 2020 SPORT FORMULA 1 TENNIS WTA says Palermo Open will go on aft er Hamilton shatters player tests positive Reuters have taken place across the world Mumbai, India since the sport was abruptly halted in early March but the women’s tournament in the Si- player set to participate cilian capital will be the fi rst lap record to grab in the Palermo Ladies across both the elite WTA and Open starting tomor- ATP tours in fi ve months. row has tested posi- WTA chief Steve Simon re- Ative for Covid -19 but the event cently told Reuters that he hoped which marks the return of the Palermo would provide a blue- professional tennis season will print for tournament operations continue as planned, the WTA for the rest of 2020 amid the said yesterday. Covid-19 pandemic. British GP pole The WTA did not name the The WTA International-level player but said she had pulled out event would usually attract only Bottas ensures Mercedes lock the front grid; Verstappen, Leclerc to start third, fourth and all those who may have been a modest fi eld but its initial entry in close contact with her were list boasted a host of players in AFP being tested. the top 20, including twice Grand Silverstone, United Kingdom “A player has tested positive for Slam champion Simona Halep of Covid-19 at the 31st Palermo La- Romania. dies Open and has subsequently World number two Halep has ewis Hamilton smashed withdrawn from the tournament. since withdrawn from the tour- the track record twice The player is asymptomatic,” the nament due to concerns over yesterday to grab a WTA said in a statement. international travel amid the record seventh British “Following this information, new coronavirus pandemic as LGrand Prix pole position with a the WTA, in coordination with has Britain’s Johanna Konta, who stunning performance in a tense the Tournament Infection Con- will be focusing on hardcourt qualifying session. trol Offi cer and along with its events in the United States. Hamilton, who today seeks a medical advisors and infectious Croatia’s Petra Martic will be record-increasing seventh Sil- disease specialist from the Mayo the highest-ranked player at 15th verstone victory, fi nished ahead Clinic, immediately put its Cov- with Czech Marketa Vondrous- of his Mercedes teammate Valt- id-19 response plan into action. ova and Maria Sakkari of Greece teri Bottas by more than three- “Any individual who tests being the other top 20 players in tenths of a second after the Finn positive will remain in isola- the fi eld. had been fastest in fi nal practice tion until cleared by a physician The event has put in place and then again in both Q2 and per the established protocols, strict health protocols with eve- Q3 when he also set lap records. and will receive proper medical ryone having to undergo Cov- The defending six-time treatment.” id-19 tests before they come to champion and current series Organisers had earlier said two the tournament as well as on ar- leader bounced back from a players tested positive for Cov- rival and then every four days. ragged performance, includ- id-19 antibodies, adding they During the event players have ing a spin, in the fi rst parts of returned negative results when to handle their own towels and qualifying to claim his 65th pole they underwent a Polymerase there will be a smaller team of with Mercedes and the record- Chain Reaction test currently ball kids and lines offi cials but a increasing 91st of his career. being used to detect Covid-19. limited number of spectators are It was also a record eighth A handful of prominent late allowed in the stands.