MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2019 15 Man City score seven in FA Cup stroll Callum Lang heads late winner as League Two Oldham humble Fulham

English Premier League Phil Foden helps merciless• Manchester Fulham 1 - 2 Oldham Athletic City put Rotherham Manchester City 7 - 0 Rotherham United to the sword Millwall 2 - 1 Hull City Preston North End 1 - 3 Doncaster Rovers AFP | London Queens Park Rangers 2 - 1 Leeds United Sheffield United 0 - 1 Barnet remier League champi- Woking 0 - 2 Watford ons Manchester City be- Newport County 1 - 0 Leicester City Pgan their FA Cup campaign with a 7-0 thrashing of Rother- ham yesterday but Fulham, bat- Spanish La Liga tling to avoid relegation from the Eibar 0 - 0 Villarreal Premier League, were beaten 2-1 Sevilla 1 - 1 Atletico de Madrid by fourth-tier Oldham. Barnet ensured there would be a non-league presence in Asia Cup the fourth round with a 1-0 win Australia 0 - 1 Jordan away to second-tier Champion- Thailand 1 - 4 India ship club Sheffield United. Manchester City manager Pep Syria 0 - 0 Palestine Guardiola may have made eight *Scores as of closing changes from the team that beat Premier League leaders Liver- Man City score seven in FA Cup stroll pool on Thursday but still field- seems certain to have been Cesc League clash, Brighton won ed a strong side for the visit of the second half before Mahrez, thirst’s 21st-minute penalty. Millwall came from a goal Fabregas’s final match for the 3-1 away to south coast rivals Championship club Rotherham, Nicolas Otamendi and Leroy Watford manager Javi Gracia down to beat Championship ri- Blues. Bournemouth. with Raheem Sterling, Riyad Sane added further goals. changed his entire starting side vals Hull 2-1, substitute Shane It was the same scoreline as Second division Derby, man- Mahrez and Gabriel Jesus all Denis Odoi put Fulham ahead from the team that drew 3-3 at Ferguson scoring twice inside Manchester United beat Read- aged by former England mid- starting as playmaker Kevin De in the 52nd minute at Craven Bournemouth, with Venezue- the closing eight minutes. ing to make it five wins out of fielder Frank Lampard, came Bruyne returned from injury. Cottage but Sam Sturridge drew la forward Adalberto Penaran- QPR beat Championship lead- five under caretaker boss Ole from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 De Bruyne played in Sterling Oldham level with a penalty da making his Hornets debut ers Leeds by the same scoreline, Gunnar Solskjaer. with Premier League strugglers for a 12th-minute opener and before Callum Lang’s header against non-league Woking. Jake Bidwell scoring a 75th-min- Arsenal, the record 13-times Southampton. City then scored twice in the two minutes from time sealed a But hopes of Woking, 110 plac- ute winner for the west London FA Cup winners, won 3-0 at Newcastle were also held to closing stages of the first half. comeback win. es adrift of the Hornets, enjoying club. Blackpool, West Ham beat Bir- a draw, 1-1 against second-tier Phil Foden, the England Un- Daniel Iversen compounded a shock win suffered a setback Fourth-tier Newport County mingham 2-0 but Everton had to Blackburn. der-21 international, got on the Fulham’s misery by saving an when Will Hughes curled in a are at home to Premier League work hard to see off Lincoln 2-1. Premier League leaders Liver- end of a cross from Ilkay Gun- Aleksandar Mitrovic penalty just 13th-minute shot from the edge Leicester in yesterday’s 1630 Saturday also saw Champion- pool will complete a third round dogan in the 43rd minute before moments earlier. of the area. GMT kick-off. ship club Bristol City beat top- that started with Tottenham’s Rotherham defender Semi Ajayi Elsewhere, Barnet beat Cham- Watford made it 2-0 16 min- On Saturday, FA Cup holders flight basement club Hudders- 7-0 thrashing of Tranmere on turned the ball into his own net. pionship high-flyers Sheffield utes from time when Troy Chelsea cruised to a 2-0 win field 1-0. Friday when they travel to top- Jesus made it 4-0 early in United thanks to Shaquile Coul- Deeney scored from close range. over Nottingham Forest in what Elsewhere, in an all-Premier flight rivals Wolves on Monday.

Supreme Council for Youth and Sports assistant secretary general and Bahrain excel in Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) member Shaikha Hayat bint Abdulaziz Al Khalifa in a meeting with Youth Arab Cross Country and Sports Affairs Minister Ayman Tawfiq Al Moayyed. Shaikha Hayat commended the results of the meeting Championships which was conducted to boost women’s sports in Bahrain by activating her role within national sports clubs. Supreme Council for Youth and Sports assistant secretary general and Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) secretary general Abdulrahman Askar was also present

Bahrain’s Team after being crowned champions

TDT | Manama of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, President of ahrain National Athletics the West Asian Athletics Fed- BTeam has won the first eration and President of Bah- place in the teams category at rain Athletics Association also the 23rd Arab Cross Country congratulated the Leadership Championships that conclud- the occasion of the achieve- ed recently in Jordan. ment. Team members Albert Rob “The Bahraini athletics Supreme Council for Youth and Sports assistant secretary general and Bahrain Supreme Council for Youth and Sports assistant secretary general and and John Koech also won the sports continue achieving re- Olympic Committee (BOC) secretary general Abdulrahman Askar receives a copy Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) secretary general Abdulrahman first and second places re - markable results in regional, of the calendar from Head of Banking Services at NFH Ali Rida. Askar praised the Askar receives a shield from international Bahraini football referee spectively in the men’s singles intercontinental and interna- pioneering role of National Finance House (NFH) in supporting all community Nawaf Shukralla. Askar noted the efforts of Shukralla in all past competition while Winfred tional championships and con- programs, especially the youth and sports sectors competitions Mutile Yav and Ponito Idao tests. Bahraini athletes have Robeto came in the second and overcome all the challenges third places in the women’s in order to promote the King- contest. dom in international sports HH Shaikh Khalid bin Ham- arenas as an incubator of ex- Federer, Kerber cautious on new Aus Open tie-break rule ad Al Khalifa praised the cellent professional athletes. achievement attained by Bah- This is the first international AFP | Perth The year’s opening Grand a player will need to be the first tie-break in the decider. rain National Athletics Team participation for the team in Slam, starting January 14, will to 10 with an advantage of at Speaking earlier this week, members in the championship 2019 and we are optimistic and tar players Roger Federer for the first time feature an least two points. Federer -- who said he had been and commended on their high look forward for more victo- Sand Angelique Kerber have extended tie-break in the final The move means all four asked for his opinion on the and professional performance ries throughout the next 12 cautiously welcomed new tie- set when the score reaches 6-6, Slams now use different rules, change by tournament officials shown in the race months,” HH Shaikh Khalid break rules for the deciding set rather than a traditional full set. with only the French Open -- admitted marathon final sets The First Deputy Chairman said. at the Australian Open. To win the decisive tie-break, holding off from introducing a would be missed by some.