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Qatari handball team members and officials celebrate on the podium after winning the gold medal, defeating Bahrain 32-27 in the final during the 2018 in Jakarta yesterday. Brilliant Qatar down Bahrain to clinch handball gold at Asiad

THE PENINSULA MEDAL TABLE (TOP 10) Yesterday’s JAKARTA: A brilliant late rally Rank Country G S B Total helped defending champions highlights Qatar to seal their second back 1 118 85 60 263 REUTERS to back Asian Games Gold medal 2 Japan 69 50 70 189 in handball following a thrilling 32-27 win over Bahrain 3 South Korea 43 54 63 160 JAKARTA: Highlights of day 14 of the 18th yesterday. 4 Indonesia 30 23 40 93 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang yesterday: The closely-fought final saw 5 Iran 19 19 20 58 Bahrain start well, but Qatar CHINESE ONE-TWO IN WOMEN’S soon equalised with Anis 6 Chinese Taipei 16 17 27 60 DIVING Zouaoui equalising with a shot 7 Uzbekistan 15 19 23 57 Chinese diver Wang Han claimed from six meters on the right side gold in the women’s one metre spring- of the opposition goal. Soon, 8 India 13 23 29 65 board, improving on her second-place Yousef Ali scored in the third 9 Kazakhstan 12 11 41 64 finish in the 2014 Games. minute to put Qatar in the lead Chen Yiwen secured a one-two finish (2-1). 10 DPR Korea 12 9 13 34 for China with a silver, while South Korea’s But, Bahrain equalised late 11 Bahrain 12 7 7 26 Kim Su-ji took bronze. in the fourth minute through 12 Thailand 10 14 45 69 SOUTH KOREA’S HA COMPLETES Bilal Askani and then continued SAILING TREBLE to maintain a narrow lead 13 6 17 17 40 South Korea’s Ha Jee-min clinched a throughout the first half. At the 14 Malaysia 6 12 15 33 third consecutive Asiad gold in the men’s break, Bahrain were leading sailing laser standard at the Indonesia 14-13. 15 Qatar 6 4 3 13 National Sailing Centre with a net score of Coach Valero Rivera Lopez’s 16 Vietnam 4 15 18 37 21.8. Khairulnizam Mohd Afendy of strategy clearly had changed as 17 Mongolia 4 8 10 22 Malaysia took silver, while Jun Han Ryan within the first minute of the Lo of Indonesia got bronze. second half Qatar equalised. 18 Singapore 4 4 12 20 THAILAND’S ANGSUTHASAWIT Frankis Marzo scored from the 19 Philippines 4 1 15 20 RACES TO TRIUMPH six meters on the bottom left and Jai Angsuthasawit secured Thailand’s Qatar’s Anis Zouaoui (centre) shoots to score against 20 UAE 3 6 4 13 it was all square with 14-14 on Bahrain during yesterday’s final. first gold since 1970 after the board. winning the men’s keirin final. Bahrain stayed a level for a Japan’s Yudai Nitta finished three greater part of the game and at Yesterday’s victory also makes Qatar only the Qatar’s Ahmad Madadi said: “It Yesterday’s gold medal took seconds behind Angsuthasawit to claim the regulation time, scores read second nation to bag the men’s handball gold at wasn’t an easy game, we played Qatar’s medal tally at the Games silver and Malaysian Mohd Azizulhasni 23-23 with Qatar scoring 12 consecutive Asian Games, after Republic of Korea against a very strong team. We did to 13, which includes six gold, Awang clinched bronze. goals in the second half and won five in a row between 1986 and 2002. what it took to keep up with the four silver and three bronze HONG KONG’S LEE RETAINS Bahrain 11. score and played until our last medals. GOLD Extra time The decider had breath. Today, also happens to be Seven of Qatar’s medals have Hong Kong cyclist Lee Wai Sze to come in the extra time and The handball gold takes Qatar’s medal tally at my birthday and it is a great way come in athletics while Qatari retained the women’s track sprint gold that’s what happened, but not the Games to 13, which includes six gold, four to celebrate with a gold medal.” equestrian riders won a silver medal after beating South Korean Lee before the two teams were level silver and three bronze medals. Four years ago, Team Qatar and a bronze. The rest of the Hye-jin in the final. Lee’s compatriot Cho at 25-25 at the end of the first found their way to the final and medals came in beach volleyball, Sunyoung beat China’s to half of the extra time. Four goals won the Asian Games 2014 title shooting and weightlifting. win the bronze final. in succession by Qatar when the penalty shot in the 67th minute Asia in handball after we dom- after defeating South Korea in Team Qatar will rely on their JAPAN WIN THIRD CONSECUTIVE score was 26-26, changed the to give Qatar a secure 30-26 inated the last five years,” he Inchon 2014. volleyball players today to add WOMEN’S TRIATHLON GOLD face of the game. lead. Bahrain netted through Ali said. The following year, Team one more medal to the tally. Yuko Takahashi won the women’s Bertrand Roine struck the Ali Merza towards the end, but Yesterday’s victory also Qatar secured a silver medal in Qatar take on Chinese Taipei triathlon, marking the third consecutive first goal in the 63rd minute Qatar score two more to increase makes Qatar only the second front of a home crown at the 2015 in the bronze medal match of the Asian Games where a Japanese athlete from nine meters on the bottom the lead to five and eventually nation to bag the men’s handball World Men’s Handball Champi- volleyball competition today has caputured the event. left, followed by Marzo’s goal win the match 32-27. tournament at consecutive Asian onships in Doha. Qatar lost to their Iranian Takahashi recorded a time of one two minutes later and then “It was a big game, and Games, after Republic of Korea The team is looking ahead to counterpart (23-25, 19-25, 18-25) hour, 59 minutes and 29 seconds to add Yousef Ali’s goal in the 65th Bahrain is a strong team,” Roine won five in a row between 1986 2019 World Men’s Handball on Thursday in the semi-finals to her 2017 Asian Championships triumph, minute was enough to build a said after the match, speaking and 2002. Championship which will be and the win booked Iran a while China’s Zhong Mengying finished good margin. in French. Commenting on the team’s hosted in Germany and Denmark meeting with South Korea in almost two minutes behind to take silver Roine put another one via a “We are now the kings of effort and deserved win, Team in January 2019. today’s final. and Macau’s Hoi Long took bronze. SATURDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 2018 SPORT 17 Eye injury ends Lee sprints to Asian Games gold Indian Vikas’s AFP confident to get a medal but not gold. Halfway through the race I JAKARTA: Hong Kong’s Sarah Lee had energy in my legs and I went hopes of second Wai-sze said she overcame a for it. jittery night to defend her sprint “I want to go to the World crown at the Asian Games Cups and World Championships. boxing gold yesterday, ending her track And I want to stay in the Thailand AFP cycling campaign with two gold team for as long as I can.” medals. Jai, 23, competed in track Lee, who set a tournament- cycling for Australia at junior and JAKARTA: Injured Krishan Vikas pulled out of record 10.583 seconds in Thurs- national levels, but in September his Asian Games boxing semi-final Friday, a day’s qualifying round, beat South 2017 chose to begin representing source within the team told AFP, denying him Korea’s Lee Hye-jin in two Thailand. the chance of repeating his 2010 gold-winning straight races at the Jakarta Azizulhasni said he had been performance. velodrome. on good form but still failed to win India’s leading middleweight suffered a The 31-year-old former more than a bronze. nasty cut just above his left eye after an acci- Olympic keirin bronze medallist “That’s the beauty of keirin,” dental clash of heads in the first round of his said she had been nervous yet he said. “This is one of my best quarter-final against China’s Erbieke confident of a strong showing performances as well.” Tanglatihan on Wednesday. going into the continental games South Korea’s Cho Sun-young “Let’s now focus on the Tokyo He went on to win a split decision after final. got bronze on Friday after edging Olympics,” he added. being forced to box at distance to protect the “I was really very nervous. I out China’s Zhong Tianshi -- who Hong Kong won the men’s wound but his withdrawal means he will have did good on that (track) but you won team sprint gold at the 2016 madison gold after their riders to settle for a bronze medal. really don’t know what will Olympics -- in a determined 2-1 pushed South Korea into second His eye was swelling badly by the end of happen. Last night I couldn’t sleep finish. position in the final few laps of the the contest and almost completely shut when very well,” Lee told reporters. In the men’s keirin, it was dis- relay event. Japan took bronze. asked by AFP if there was enough time to get Hong Kong’s “But I was more confident and appointment for Malaysia’s Azi- The Hong Kong duo of Cheung it fixed before Friday’s semi-final. Lee Wai Sze stronger than the others and that’s zulhasni Awang who settled for King-lok and Leung Chun-wing But time has run out with the source adding celebrates after why I performed well. I went step bronze a day after shaving off his lived up to their top billing as they that the boxing team’s doctor had pronounced him winning the by step to the gold medal. moustache to celebrate a sprint accumulated 59 points at the end unfit to fight against Abilkhan Amankul of Kaza- women’s keirin “I tried to calm down and gold. of lap 16, five ahead of Korea. khstan, who receives a walkover to today’s final. event during control my mental emotions to Angsuthasawit Jai raced to The relay final also witnessed There the big-punching Kazakh will meet the track cycling do my best,” Lee, who won the gold in the keirin final with Japan’s a crash between riders from Iran either Eumir Felix Marcial of the Philippines competition keirin final earlier this week, said. Nitta Yudai taking silver. and Thailand but there were no or Israil Madrimov of Uzbekistan. at the 2018 Lee, who was also part of “I just went into it as strong as serious injuries. Vikas’s quarter-final win meant he became Asian Games Hong Kong’s silver-winning I could and I came out lucky,” Jai, South Korea won gold in the the first Indian to win three Asian Games boxing in Jakarta sprint team in Jakarta, said she who earlier represented Australia, women’s madison with Hong medals, and will add the 2018 bronze to his yesterday. would target gold at the 2020 said. Kong taking silver and China set- gold of 2010 in Guangzhou and bronze four Olympics. “Very unexpected. Was tling for bronze. years ago in Incheon. South Korea coach wants team to curb aggression in final REUTERS Korean men must complete 21 because they really want to win. friendlies against Costa Rica and opponent, we need to compete months service in the military as “Other than that, our players Chile. very well. I think the players are BOGOR, INDONESIA: South a deterrent against the North, but will perform at their best and Son said the team were hungry to win,” Son said. Korea football coach Kim exemptions are offered to ath- without any doubt tomorrow’s We will take the final treating the final as a fresh start. Japan midfielder Koji Hak-bom wants his players to letes who win gold at the Asian match is very important for “Actually we faced some dif- Miyoshi said the match was a big rein in their aggression against Games or a medal of any colour them. So I don’t want to say any- match like the first in ficulties in the group stages, chance for his team to prove Japan in order to retain the Asian at the Olympics. thing to the players.” the tournament, which quarter, and semi-finals,” said their worth. Games gold in today’s men’s “We are ready for the match Son made one appearance means we will need to Son. “We know the importance “This is a big stage in the final. and we will show our best per- from the bench for Spurs before start fresh. Our team is of tomorrow’s match. final, we want to show our best Tottenham Hotspur striker formance tomorrow,” Kim told linking up with South Korea’s ready to win: Son “We will take tomorrow’s and our goal is to win the final,” Son Heung-min, who is cap- reporters yesterday. “I want to Games squad earlier this month. match like the first in the tour- Miyoshi told reporters. taining South Korea as one of the be aggressive as well but I also Spurs are currently second in the nament, which means we will “They have Son Heung-Min, over-aged players in the need the players to be wise. Premier League, behind Liv- need to start fresh. Our team is who is a popular player. So for under-23 competition, is one win “I believe our players will erpool on goal difference, after return to Tottenham until the ready to win.” us it is a big opportunity. It will away from gaining exemption play very well tomorrow. I’m just winning all three of their opening middle of September as he is set Fierce rivals Japan will be out lead us to a good future if we do from mandatory military service. worried about one thing, they fixtures. to join up with the senior to deny them. something great here. We want All able-bodied South may become too aggressive The 26-year-old will not national side next week for “Of course they’re a strong to enjoy.” Centurion Pujara gives India slight advantage AFP SCOREBOARD SOUTHAMPTON, UNITED ENGLAND, 1st Innings 246 INDIA, 1st Innings (overnight: 19-0) KINGDOM: Cheteshwar Pujara’s S. Dhawan c Buttler b Broad ...... 23 painstaking century gave India KL Rahul lbw b Broad ...... 19 a narrow lead on the second day C. Pujara not out ...... 132 of the fourth Test after England V. Kohli c Cook b Curran ...... 46 off-spinner Moeen Ali took five A. Rahane lbw b Stokes ...... 11 wickets at Southampton R. Pant lbw b Ali ...... 0 yesterday. H. Pandya c Root b Ali ...... 4 Pujara’s near six-hour 132 R. Ashwin b Ali ...... 1 M. Shami b Ali ...... 0 not out was the cornerstone of I. Sharma c Cook b Ali ...... 14 India’s 273, made in reply to Eng- J. Bumrah c Cook b Broad ...... 6 land’s first-innings 246. Extras (B9, LB1, NB3, W4) ...... 17 Ali took five wickets for 63 Total (all out, 84.5 overs, 389 mins) ...... 273 runs in 16 overs -- his second Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Rahul), 2-50 (Dhawan), successive five-wicket innings 3-142 (Kohli), 4-161 (Rahane), 5-181 (Pant), haul in a Test against India at 6-189 (Pandya), 7-195 (Ashwin), 8-195 (Shami), Southampton following a return 9-227 (Sharma), 10-273 (Bumrah) Bowling: Anderson 18-2-50-0; Broad 18.5-5-63- of six for 67 in 2014. 3 (1w); Curran 16-4-41-1 (3w); Jennings 2-0-4- Alastair Cook and Keaton 0; Rashid 7-0-19-0; Ali 16-1-63-5; Stokes 7-1-23- Jennings batted out four overs as 1 (3nb) England reached stumps on six without loss in their second ENGLAND, 2nd Innings innings -- a deficit of 21 runs. A. Cook not out ...... 2 Pujara was on 78 when Ali K. Jennings not out ...... 4 struck twice in two balls to leave Extras ...... 0 India, 2-1 down in the five-match Total (0 wkts, 4 overs, 10 mins) ...... 6 To bat: J Root, J Bairstow, B Stokes, J Buttler, M series after their 203-run win at Ali, S Curran, A Rashid, S Broad, J Anderson Trent Bridge last week, on 195 India’s Cheteshwar Pujara hits a cut during the fourth Test against England at the Ageas Bowl in West End, Britain yesterday. Bowling: Ashwin 2-1-1-0; Bumrah 2-0-5-0 for eight. Ishant Sharma survived the hat-trick at the start of Ali’s next It was the kind of patient James Anderson, England’s innings with a third-wicket stand first slip by Cook. Soon after- fellow gloveman broke a finger over before he too fell to the century seemingly beyond many all-time leading Test wicket- of 92. wards, Pujara completed a 100- while behind the stumps. all-rounder. members of an England top order taker, needed six more wickets But after lunch, Sam Curran, ball fifty. Stokes had Ajinkya Rahane That left Pujara, now on 96, for whom batting collapses have to equal retired Australia great who had already marked his Curran was unlucky to make (five) dropped at second slip by with only No 11 Jasprit Bumrah become a matter of routine. Glenn McGrath’s mark of 563 -- return to the team with a Test- way for the returning Ben Stokes diving England captain Joe Root for company. Bumrah hung around so long the most taken by any fast best 78 that rescued England at Trent Bridge. before having the same batsman But a swept two off Ali took that England took the new ball. bowler at this level. from the depths of 86 for six on All-rounder Stokes arrived lbw for 11, although he was for- him to 99 and he then survived Pujara’s response was to Anderson, however, went Thursday, took the prize wicket at Southampton nursing a knee tunate a desperately tight review the bowler’s review for lbw after launch Stuart Broad for four over wicketless in an innings return of Kohli, who in the course of his injury that led to doubts over his saw Wilson decide he had not third umpire Joel Wilson ruled midwicket and next ball drive him of none for 50 in 18 overs. innings reached 6,000 runs in ability to bowl and a fresh rejig bowled a no-ball. he had been playing a shot. through the covers for another Instead it was longtime new- Test cricket. of England’s team. Pujara suffered a painful India number three Pujara, boundary. ball partner Broad who removed The 20-year-old Surrey left- But the paceman’s first legit- blow when he missed an with the field up, lofted Ali down Broad eventually had openers KL Rahul and Shikhar arm swing bowler angled a imate delivery on Friday saw intended hook off Stokes, with the ground to complete a Bumrah, who batted over an hour Dhawan to leave India 50 for delivery across the star batsman Pujara on 50, just edge beyond the batsman needing several deserved century, his 15th in for six, caught by Cook at first slip. two. who, in a rare error, pushed out Buttler -- keeping wicket in place minutes of on-field treatment as Tests, off 210 balls including 11 India resumed Friday on 19 Pujara and India captain away from his body and saw the of Jonny Bairstow after depu- medical staff checked for fours. without loss. Virat Kohli (46) rebuilt the ensuing edge well caught low at tising in Nottingham when his concussion. 18 SPORT SATURDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 2018

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MONZA: Texas Motor after big Ericsson crash Speedway President Eddie Gossage lambasted Formula REUTERS session. “But we did plenty of One bosses for their laps this afternoon in the dry and “infamous indifference” MONZA: Sebastian Vettel we could see that, like in Spa, we toward fans after the draft suffered a spin but Ferrari were had a small gap to Ferrari on calendar for 2019 was still first and second in practice both the short and the long runs.” revealed yesterday. for their home Italian Grand Prix The main drama on a damp and The schedule would flip yesterday while Sauber’s Marcus overcast afternoon was provided the traditional autumn Ericsson walked away from a by Ericsson. pairing of the races in Austin spectacular crash. The Swede’s car speared and Mexico City, putting the Vettel, hoping to make head-on into the barriers before Mexican Grand Prix first for further inroads into Lewis Ham- anyone had set a timed lap and the first time. ilton’s 17-point Formula One barrel-rolled spectacularly four Pushing the US Grand championship lead this times along the grass verge Prix back a week to weekend, lapped the Monza before coming to rest as a pile of November 3 would conflict circuit near Milan with a best mangled wreckage. with NASCAR’s playoff race time of one minute 21.105 The session was halted for on the same day at Texas seconds. 20 minutes for a track cleanup Motor Speedway, about a Finnish team mate Kimi while Ericsson went to the three-hour drive north of the Raikkonen gave the Ferrari fans medical centre and was given a Circuit of the Americas. A -- who unfurled their giant flags clean bill of health. similar scenario happened in in the main grandstand -- a “It was a big one. It’s 2014. further boost with the second- incredible the safety of the cars “Shame on Formula One best time, 0.270 slower than these days,” said Ericsson in a Sauber’s Marcus Ericsson crashes during for doing this to the fans,” Vettel. video message on Twitter. practice during the Italian Grand Prix Gossage said. Mercedes’s Hamilton -- last “I feel fine and hopefully we at the Circuit of Monza, Monza, Italy, “Fans have recognized year’s race winner -- was third can be back tomorrow and yesterday. this as the NASCAR date on quickest and 0.287 off the pace fighting.” Vettel spun off at Par- this weekend since its set by his fellow four-times abolica later but without signif- inception long before Circuit world champion. icant damage. He kept the engine this season that one of the Mer- eighth in the afternoon as normal Verstappen was fifth and faster of the Americas was built. He had been 11th in the running and returned to the pits cedes, Ferrari or Red Bull drivers service was resumed in dry in the afternoon with the older “I would think a lot of morning after completing only before resuming. had not led the practice conditions. specification engine. fans - myself included - six laps in the rain. Heavy rain just before the timesheets. Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren reserve driver would enjoy going to both “We did a few laps but after morning practice saw neither of The Mexican, whose team who is using an upgraded Lando Norris had his second races. Now Formula One is that it was like having a day in the title contenders do many were rescued from adminis- Renault engine, was fifth and Friday practice outing, after making fans choose only the office when you don’t have laps, with Force India’s Sergio tration this month and given a sixth but is set to take penalties Belgium, in the morning but one. Yet another bad call by too much work to do -- I was Perez leading through the spray new lease of life as a new mid- that will send him towards the clocked the slowest time after Formula One showing their even snoozing in the car at one with a best effort of 1:34.000. season entry owned by Canadian back of the field on Sunday. running when the rain was infamous indifference point,” said Hamilton of that wet That marked the first time billionaire Lawrence Stroll, was Dutch team mate Max heavy. toward the fans.” Bolt makes football debut, tires quickly AFP “It was good, it was what I in a nod to his 100m world expected. The crowd gave me a record time, he finally made his GOSFORD, AUSTRALIA: Sprint big ovation which I really appre- entrance after 71 minutes to king Usain Bolt fulfilled a ciated. I was a little bit nervous huge cheers from the crowd and boyhood dream yesterday in but as soon as I got on the field fireworks. making his much-anticipated the nerves went.” Starting on the left wing, he football debut, exciting fans but After only a handful of fluffed his first touch, making a tiring quickly in a 20-minute training sessions since arriving run on the inside only for the cameo for Australia’s Central last week, the fastest man on through ball to hit him on the Coast Mariners. earth watched avidly from the heel. The Jamaican superstar, a bench as the Mariners began He got himself in the box huge Manchester United fan, has dismantling the Central Coast soon after but a cross whipped been handed a chance to train select side. in from the left went over his with the A-League side for an He didn’t have long to wait head. indefinite period in a bid to to celebrate with his team Playing more centrally he prove he has what it takes to getting on the scoresheet barely didn’t getting much of a look in, earn a professional playing 20 seconds after kick off thanks jumping for another cross that China’s goal keeper Zhao Lina (#1) tries to catch the ball as Japan’s Yuika Sugasawa (sliding) scores contract. to a sweet strike by Jack Clisby again sailed high. during their women’s football gold medal match between China and Japan at the 2018 Asian Games His arrival has generated a from the edge of the box. His best touch came 10 in Palembang, yesterday. massive buzz at the club’s base They were 5-0 up at a half- minutes after coming on when in Gosford, 75 kilometres (47 time and a massacre seemed he controlled a bobbling ball miles) north of Sydney, and imminent, but the part-timers with his right foot, rode a chal- some 10,000 people packed the battled hard in the second half. lenge and laid it off with his left Under-fire Mourinho insists Central Coast Stadium -- a vir- The eight-time Olympic foot. tually unprecedented turnout champion wore gloves and Before the game Bolt for a pre-season game. appeared relaxed, despite his admitted he was not match fit he is ‘one of the greatest’ It wasn’t quite Old Trafford nerves, as he followed the match and pouring with sweat he tired but there was a lively atmos- intently. quickly before a late flurry, nar- AFP phere with a brass band on hand On a chilly night, he stayed rowly failing to get on the end century German philosopher “I had great success last to get the crowd going. warm on the sidelines by of a low cross after a sprint into Georg Hegel. season and that’s what you “It’s a wonderful moment to stretching and jogging with the the box, and then having a shot MANCHESTER: Jose Mourinho “Of course,” said Mourinho. probably don’t want to admit,” play at a high level, in profes- 32-year-old happily giving the blocked. insisted yesterday he is one of “Hegel says the truth is in the he added. sional football,” Bolt said after thumbs up and high-fives to “I wish I had more the world’s best managers in a whole, the truth is always in the “I analyse my performance, the Mariners beat an amateur fans. touches but I’m not fit yet,” continued defence of his mana- whole. myself and for me it is more side 6-1. Wearing the number 95 shirt he said. gerial record despite Manchester “Do you ask that question important what I think than United’s recent struggles. to the manager that finished what you think. Mourinho ended a press third in the Premier League or “I won eight (league) titles, conference following his side’s fourth? To the manager who fin- I am the only manager in the 3-0 home defeat to Tottenham ished fifth?” world that won in Italy, Spain on Monday by demanding When it was pointed out and England and by winning respect from the media. that Liverpool manager Jurgen eight titles - not small titles or United also lost, 3-2, at Klopp had faced a similar line countries - my second position Brighton the week before, but of questioning last season, last season is one of my greatest Olympic the Portuguese launched into a Mourinho cited the German’s achievements in football. I Usain Bolt (right), fierce defence of his record. record of never having won a think.” playing for “I am the manager of one of European trophy. One of the few positives A-League football the greatest clubs in the world “Because he never won from United’s start to the season club Central Coast but I am also one of the greatest anything in international (com- has been left-back Luke Shaw’s Mariners, fights managers in the world,” said petition), for example. That’s his return to form. for the ball with Mourinho. problem, I tell you what I think, Shaw has not only won his a player from That was the start of another how I feel. And I answer the place back in the United team a Central Coast edgy exchange between question.” but also been selected by amateur selection Mourinho and journalists in When Mourinho was England manager Gareth team during which he was asked whether he pressed further, and quizzed as Southgate for the forthcoming a pre-season could still claim to be one of the to whether his best days were internationals with Spain and practice match greatest managers in the world behind him, the United manager Switzerland. in Gosford, New should he fail to win a league reiterated his stance that fin- “He played three very good South Wales, title with United. ishing second behind a record- matches and is not easy to play yesterday. And, in keeping with his breaking Manchester City last three very good matches when recent self-justification, season was one of his greatest your team loses two of them,” Mourinho even cited 18th achievements. said Mourinho. SATURDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 2018 SPORT 19 Al Gharafa, Al Sailiya bag full points ARMSTRONG VAS THE PENINSULA

DOHA: Al Sailiya and Al Gharafa notched up contrasting wins in yesterday’s QNB Stars League matches at the Khalifa Interna- tional Stadium. In the Week 4 matches, Al Sailiya picked up their third win when they beat Al Khor 2-1 while Al Gharafa trounced Al Ahli 4-0 Abdulqadir Ilyas yet again came to Al Sailiya’s rescue by netting a brace (sixth and 86th minutes). Brazilian forward Diogo Farias equalised for Al Khor in the 11th minute. Action from the QNB Stars The striker had struck a League match between brace in Al Sailiya’s 2-1 opening- Al Sailiya and Al Khor week victory over Umm Salal. yesterday. The winning goal of that match had come with literally the last kick of the game. This time too, Ilyas netted the winner when the match mean- dered to a 1-1 draw. He took his Belhadj were off-colour, Al Khor Gharafa in the first half by was the sub-plot of the match. tally to four goals. launched some moves past the equally sharing ball possession, Both players, former Ajax Al Sailiya’s other victory was hour mark. One such initiative before fading out in the second Amsterdam and Netherlands against Qatar SC, by a 2-0 saw Ahmed Yasin’s shot being session. team-mates, pulled the midfield margin, while they lost to Al saved by Al Sailiya goalkeeper Meshaal was penalised by together. Gharafa 1-2. Saoud Al Khater. referee Nayef Al Kadiri for a Sneijder joined Al Gharafa Al Gharafa players Wesley Sneijder and Vladimir Weiss celebrate Al Sailiya dominated the pro- After four matches, Al Khor lunging foul on Sneijder. halfway through last season, a goal during their 4-0 win over Al Ahli in the QNB Stars League ceedings. After Nadir Belhadj had are still on one point they earned Al Gharafa had most of the whereas Nigel was recruited by yesterday. his shot go narrowly wide, from their draw with Al chances in the opening half. Al Ahli at the start of this season. Abdulqadir put The Peregrines Shahania. Taremi twice came close only to Al Gharafa presented a good ahead by slotting home from an Elsewhere, Wesley Sneijder see his shots go wide of the picture of themselves after half- took their points tally to seven. and Al Arabi face Umm Salal. unmarked position. (12th-minute penalty), Mehdi target, while Abdulaziz Hatem time, forcing Nigel to retreat to Their other win was against Al Meanwhile, Al Kharaitiyat’s Al Khor were quick to draw Taremi (58th), Jasem Mohammed shot over the bar. the help of defenders at times. Sailiya (2-1). The Cheetahs had new coach Aziz Al Amri from parity as Diogo capitalised on a (own goal, 63rd) and Vladimir In between, Sneijder con- Sneijder came close to lost 1-3 to Qatar SC, while they Morocco will be looking for a mispass before finding the target Weiss (70th) scored the goals in verted from the spot after he was scoring a second time, but he held QNB Stars League leaders turn around when his team take past an advancing goalkeeper Al Gharafa’s big win over Al Ahli.. fouled by Jasem. clipped the horizontal with a chip Al Sadd to a 1-1 draw. on Al Rayyan. Saoud Al Khater. Jasem had a bad day as he Weiss continued his good shot. Al Ahli remained on three “We’ve suffered three con- After the early goals, both tripped Sneijder that resulted in form since the start of this Al Ahli goalkeeper Yazan points from their victory over secutive defeats and our problem teams somewhat slowed down the penalty. season. The Slovakian seems to Naim brought up a good save off Qatar SC in Week 2. The Briga- is psychological. One victory can even though Al Sailiya kept dom- The red card to striker be making up for missing most a Sneijder long-ranger towards diers had lost to Al Rayyan and change the situation. As of now, inating the ball. Meshaal Abdulla in the 74th of last season with an injury. the end, but the damage had Umm Salal. I’m new (he replaced Nassif Al When Moroccan striker minute compounded the woes The face-off of Sneijder and already been done. In today’s matches, Al Bayawi) and my focus is on Rachid Tiberkanine and Nadir of Al Ahli, who matched Al fellow Dutchman Nigel de Jong Al Gharafa’s second victory Rayyan take on Al Kharaitiyat arresting the losing streak.

Defending Federer, Djokovic through as storm champion Stephens into rages over umpire’s Kyrgios pep-talk fourth round AFP AFP

NEW YORK: Roger Federer on NEW YORK: Defending Thursday set-up a US Open third champion Sloane Stephens round clash against Nick Kyrgios reached the fourth round of who found himself at the centre the US Open on Friday with of an impartiality row after an a 6-3, 6-4 victory over former umpire climbed down from his world number one Victoria chair to tell him: “I want to help Azarenka. you”. Stephens, unseeded in her Second seed and five-time fairytale run to a first Grand champion Federer, 37, made it Slam title here last year, is now 18 wins in 18 second round at No. 3 the highest-ranked appearances in New York by woman left in the draw after seeing off error-plagued the exits of world number one Frenchman Benoit Paire 7-5, Simona Halep and number two 6-4, 6-4. Caroline Wozniacki in the first “I think it’s always tricky and second rounds. Stephens against Benoit, never quite the was expecting a battle against same point. Sometimes he plays two-time Australian Open very deep in the court, then he winner Azarenka, playing on plays up in the court,” said a wild card invitation as she Federer. Roger Federer of works her way back towards Also going through were Switzerland returns the top after time off to have a Wimbledon champion and two- the ball during his men’s child. time US Open winner Novak singles second round An early break gave Djokovic as well as Maria match against Benoit Stephens breathing room in Sharapova, the 2006 champion Paire of France on Day the opening set, and she put in New York. Four of the 2018 US Open it away by breaking Azarenka However, women’s second at the USTA Billie Jean at love in the ninth game. seed Caroline Wozniacki was King National Tennis But the Belarussian’s big knocked out by Lesia Tsurenko Center on Thursday. shots stretched Stephens’ of the Ukraine. vaunted defensive skills to the Kyrgios reached the third limit in a second set as Aza- round by seeing off France’s renka grabbed an early break Pierre-Hugues Herbert 4-6, 7-6 for a 3-1 lead. Stephens kept (8/6), 6-3, 6-0. said the 27-year-old, “They can the crowd noise meant that France who he has beaten 12 at Roland Garros and exited in her cool and they traded three The match created a huge tell him from the chair. He Kyrgios could not hear him. times in 13 meetings. the second round at more breaks of serve before storm after respected umpire doesn’t need to go down. He “Lahyani was concerned that German third seed Alexander Wimbledon. the American broke Azarenka Mohamed Lahyani lost patience doesn’t need to say the words he Kyrgios might need medical Zverev made the third round for She follows top seed Simona for the victory in the final with the under-performing 30th said on the video. That is not his attention,” said tournament the first time in four tries after a Halep, a first round loser, out of game. seed and climbed down from his job. I don’t think he’s a coach, referee Brian Earley. 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 victory over lucky the tournament. “I competed. When things chair to tell the Australian, he’s an umpire.” “He also informed Kyrgios loser Nicolas Mahut. Sharapova took her night got tough, I just hung in there, trailing by a set and 3-0, to try Kyrgios, however, played that if his seeming lack of interest Australian Open champion time record at the tournament battled as hard as I could, ran harder. down the incident. in the match continued, that as Wozniacki went down 6-4, 6-2 to 21 wins in 21 matches with a down every ball,” said “I want to help you,” Lahyani “He said he liked me. I’m not the chair umpire, he would need to world number 36 Tsurenko 6-2, 7-5 win over Sorana Cirstea Stephens, who wasn’t sur- could be heard saying. “This isn’t sure if that was encouragement,” to take action.” who claimed a second top 10 of Romania. prised to see Azarenka raise you. I know that. You are great said the Australian who never- Djokovic downed Tennys win this month having also The Russian, who committed her game in the second set. for tennis.” theless won 19 of the last 25 Sandgren of the United States defeated Garbine Muguruza in 33 unforced errors, next faces “I think what happened is A furious Herbert said that games following Lahyani’s 6-1, 6-3, 6-7 (2/7), 6-2. Cincinnati. 2017 French Open champion I was playing a former Grand Lahyani had over-stepped the unprecedented intervention. “I thought I played very well “She played the game I Jelena Ostapenko. Slam champion -- she raised mark. “He just said that it’s not a for the first two and a half sets should have played,” said two- Wimbledon champion her level. “I just had to stay in “The umpire doesn’t have to good look. I know what I was and then I just lost it mentally. I time runner-up Wozniacki who Angelique Kerber kept her it and I did that very well,” talk to him at all. The only thing doing out there wasn’t good.” got pissed off,” said 2011 and has endured a Grand Slam bid for a second US Open added the 25-year-old, who he can tell him is pay attention, US Open chiefs didn’t help 2015 champion Djokovic. letdown since winning in title on track, outlasting added an apology to coach because if you continue like this, matters by claiming Lahyani was Next up for sixth seed Australia. Sweden’s Johanna Larsson Kamau Murray for upping the I’m going to give you a warning,” forced to step from his chair as Djokovic is Richard Gasquet of She lost in the fourth round 6-2, 5-7, 6-4. anxiety level.