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MMLBLB | Page 4 FORMULA 1 | Page 6 Harrison Ferrari’s Vettel homer spells aims to build heartbreak for his lead at Dodgers’ Hill Belgian classic Friday, August 25, 2017 FOOTBALL Dhul-Hijja 3, 1438 AH Neymar and PSG GULF TIMES steeled for ‘first big test’ SPORT Page 2 ATHLETICS MOTORSPORT Qatar’s Barshim Al-Attiyah aspires to win reclaims Diamond Lebanon rally League trophy Barshim jumps 2.36m in Zurich; Farah wins his final track race Qatar’s Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah leads the Middle East standings with 85 points. QNA Al-Attiyah, who has already won Beirut the Middle East title 12 times, also won the last two rallies in Jordan and Cyprus in May and June respectively. he International Rally of He will aim to perform well in his Lebanon, the fourth round of Ford Fiesta. the Middle East Rally Cham- The participants include Kuwaiti pionship, will begin today in Mishari al-Theffi ri, Jordanian Assem Tthe mountainous town of Matn with Aref and a large group of Lebanese the participation of 32 cars. drivers including Abdo Feghali. The rally will continue un- Qatar’s talented Rashed al-Naimi til Sunday, with a total distance of started the Middle East Champion- 672.75km, includes 11 special stages ship by winning Qatar Rally in Febru- with a distance of 206.30km. ary, before his compatriot al-Attiyah Qatar’s Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah is won the next two rounds in Jordan seeking to win the title for the fi rst and Cyprus. time in his career in order to put an Al-Attiyah leads the overall rank- end to the dominance of Lebanese ing of drivers in the Middle East with drivers, especially Roger Feghali, who 85 points, 19 points behind Kuwaiti has won the title 12 times. driver al-Theffi ri. Qatar Mutaz Essa Barshim (foreground), Britain’s Mo Farah (left) and Sam Kendricks of the US pose with their Diamond League Trophies in Zuirch yesterday. (Reuters) SPOTLIGHT Agencies 200m event. Zurich Miller-Uibo, who was only third in the event at the recent world cham- pionships in London, won in a time of Ronaldo named UEFA atar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim 21.88sec ahead of Thompson (22.00) made a clean sweep of men’s and Marie-Josee Ta Lou of the Ivory high jump events at Diamond Coast (22.09), the silver medallist in player for 2016-17 League meetings to win the London. Qoverall trophy in Zurich yesterday. Schippers struggled home in fourth AFP The 26-year-old jumped 2.36m in place (22.36). Monaco the Swiss city yesterday to reclaim the It was the second shock failure of the Diamond League Trophy he lost to season for Thompson, the Jamaican American Erik Kynard last summer. sprinter who captured Olympic gold in ristiano Ronaldo was Barshim has had a blockbuster of a the 100m and 200m in Rio in 2016. named UEFA Player of the season winning all six Diamond League In the 100m at the world champion- Season for 2016-2017 yes- events he participated in, including ships, she fi nished in a lowly fi fth place. terday after a campaign the season opener back home in Doha, However, she will get a last chance Cwhich saw the Portuguese superstar with the world title victory at the Lon- to redeem herself at the concluding help Real Madrid to the La Liga and don World Championships earlier this Diamond League meet of the season in Champions League double. It was the month a highlight. Shaunae Miller-Uibo of Bahamas celebrates winning the gold medal in women’s Brussels on September 1 when she runs third time that Ronaldo had won the In Birmingham, he jumped the world 200m event yesterday. (Reuters) in the 100m. award which was presented on the leading mark of 2.40m. Bahrain’s Ruth Jebet ran the second sidelines of the Champions League Having jumped that landmark height probably my result.” Paul Chelimo, in turn tripping Ethio- fastest women’s 3,000m steeplechase group stage draw. each season since 2013, Barshim is the pian Yomif Kejelcha on the outside. winning in 8min 55.29sec. His great rival Lionel Messi has fi rst man in history to clear 2.40m or FARAH WINS FINAL TRACK RACE Chelimo stumbled over the line in The Kenyan-born Olympic cham- won the prize on two occasions and higher for fi ve consecutive years. His Mo Farah won the fi nal track race of his second and Edris’s momentum took pion, 20, was two and a half seconds off could pave the way for him to cap- winning jump was also the fi rst 2.40m career by the skin of his teeth yesterday, him over in third. her own world record of 8:52.78 set in ture a fi fth Ballon d’Or title. “There leap on British soil since 2000. clinching a dramatic 5,000 metres win Briton Farah, beaten by Edris in the Paris in August last year. are the same goals every year, to meet “I was thinking about going higher,” after three chasing rivals collided with World Championship 5,000 metres fi - Jebet had a disappointing world the same challenges, win everything Barshim said after his victory in Zurich each other as they approached the fi n- nal two weeks ago, will run marathons championships where she fi nished fi fth if possible, qualify for the World Cup yesterday. “But the weather was not ish line. from next year. but she bounced back on Thursday with my national team,” said Ronal- good. It was too cold, it had rained. The The quadruple Olympic champion beating Kenya’s Beatrice Chepkoech do. “This trophy will give me the mo- ground was wet. led down the fi nal straight but Ethiopi- MILLER-UIBO SHOCKS SCHIPPERS (8:59.84), the runner who famously tivation to keep working hard, never “But I think 2.36 is the second best an world champion Muktar Edris came AND THOMPSON IN 200M missed the water jump barrier in Lon- to give up. I am blessed and delighted where Real defeated Juventus 4-1 in eff ort in the world this year. On Sun- powering through and appeared set to Bahamas’ Shaunae Miller-Uibo don and had to retrace her steps. to be with Real Madrid.” the fi nal, he fi nished as top scorer day I will do my last competition for sneak victory on the line. stunned world champion Dafne World champion Emma Coburn of Ronaldo won the UEFA award in with 12 goals. Juventus goalkeeper this season in Eberstadt in Germany. However Edris fell to the ground after Schippers and Olympic gold medallist the United States was fourth in 9min 2013-2014 and 2015-2016 and in and captain Gianluigi Buff on was Perhaps there the weather is better and being clipped from behind by American Elaine Thompson to win the women’s 14.81sec. the Champions League last season, second in the voting ahead of Messi. Gulf Times 2 Friday, August 25, 2017 FOOTBALL LIGUE 1 Qatar beat Turkmenistan in friendly match Doha: Qatar’s national football final group A match. team beat Turkmenistan 2-1 in Qatar trained at a prepara- Neymar, PSG steeled a friendly match at Thani bin tory camp in Birmingham last Jassim Stadium yesterday. week, where they played three The match was played as a friendly matches. They lost to preparation ahead of Qatar’s Leeds United and Nottingham next two 2018 World Cup quali- Forest before winning their fiers matches against Syria and match against Andorra. China. The Qatari team will Meanwhile, captain Ibrahim for ‘fi rst big test’ play against Syria on August 31 Majid will not play the Syria in Malaysia, and then will host match because of suspension China on September 5 at Khalifa and will return to the team for Neymar dazzled in his Parc des Princes debut last weekend, scoring twice International Stadium, in the the China fixture in Doha. FOCUS Ibrahimovic rejoins United to settle unfi nished business AFP himovic told ESPN FC. London Ibrahimovic, who was linked with a move to Los Angeles Gal- axy earlier in the close-season, latan Ibrahimovic has re- has been working with United’s joined Manchester Unit- medical staff at the club’s Car- ed on a one-year contract rington training base and his re- after the Swedish star’s gime has been so successful that Zspell with the Premier League reports suggest he could be back side was curtailed by a serious on the pitch by late October. knee injury last season. On Sunday, Ibrahimovic, who Ibrahimovic missed the fi - will wear the number 10 shirt for nal weeks of United’s campaign United, posted a video on Twit- after suff ering ligament dam- ter challenging his followers to age in a Europa League clash guess which knee he had dam- against Anderlecht in April. But aged as he showed off taekwondo United manager Jose Mourinho moves on a punch bag. remained in contact with the “In the beginning when it hap- 35-year-old while he underwent pened, it was something new for his rehabilitation and the former me because it was a big injury, Paris St Germain’s Neymar (centre) with teammates Thiago Silva (left) and Edinson Cavani during a training session in Paris yesterday. (Reuters) Barcelona and Paris Saint-Ger- this is the fi rst major injury of my main forward has now agreed to career,” Ibrahimovic said. AFP Emery.”They have already put in some the club’s hardcore supporters on Tues- to Claudio Ranieri’s Nantes tomorrow.