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FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 2 RRUGBYUGBY | Page 6 Van Dijk, Fit-again lock Rapinoe among Barrett returns, FIFA Best player Hansen cuts 5 nominees from squad Thursday, August 1, 2019 CRICKET Dhul-Qa’da 29, 1440 AH Clinical Sri Lanka GULF TIMES whitewash ‘negative’ Bangladesh SPORT Page 7 HORSE RACING / QATAR GOODWOOD FESTIVAL Ebraz wins big in Arabian feature on second day His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Khalifa al-Thani’s horse wins Qatar International Stakes on his third attempt QREC chairman Issa al-Mohannadi (second from left) presents the trainer’s trophy to John Gosden (centre) after Too Darn Hot won the Qatar Sussex Stakes (Group 1) at Qatar Goodwood Festival yesterday. Al Shahania Stud director Abdulrahman al-Mansour (fourth from right), trainer Julian Smart (third from right) and jockey Maxime Guyon (second from right) celebrate Ebraz’s victory in the Qatar International Stakes (Group 1 PA) at Qatar Goodwood Festival yesterday. PICTURES: Juhaim By A Correspondent this sponsorship, the answer has in the last two renewals of the Goodwood, United Kingdom become quite clear. The event Group 1 event and Smart was de- has been held since 1802, and lighted that he had fi nally got his therefore has its traditions and head in front. He said: “We came is Highness Sheikh heritage. The sponsorship has back to try and win this race with Mohamed bin Khalifa contributed to strengthening the Ebraz again this year. The Qa- al-Thani’s Ebraz landed partnership between Qatar and tar Goodwood Festival is a very the big Arabian prize on the United Kingdom in various prestigious meeting and to have Hsecond day of the Qatar Good- fi elds. an Arabian race within the meet- wood Festival, going one better “Through the embassy, we ing is very important. It gives us than his previous attempts at conducted a study on the impact a wider audience and allows peo- the Qatar International Stakes of Qatar’s sponsorship of the ple to watch our racing.” (From left) QREC CEO Nasser bin Sherida al-Kaabi, QREC chairman Issa bin Mohamed al-Mohannadi and (Group 1 PA) yesterday. Festival. The results were great, Al Shahania Stud director Qatar’s ambassador to the United Kingdom Yousef bin Ali al-Khater at Qatar Goodwood Festival yesterday. Present yesterday were Qatar’s demonstrating a high increase Abdulrahman al-Mansour ex- ambassador to the United King- in the turnout of both racegoers pressed his pleasure with Ebraz’s Arabian World Cup at Paris- up his 11th Group 1 win this year. £75,000 Unibet Handicap to be- dom Yousef bin Ali al-Khater, and TV viewers, and in the Eng- win. “First of all, I would like Longchamp in October. I wish The partnership beat the Aidan come trainer Mark Johnston’s Qatar Racing and Equestrian lish people’s awareness of Qatar’s Stakes (Group 1 PA) with Max- to congratulate His Highness Al Shahania Stud all the best O’Brien-trained duo Circus 79th winner at the famous meet- Club (QREC) chairman Issa bin commitment to horseracing and ime Guyon in the saddle. Julian Sheikh Mohamed bin Khalifa al- especially with the high atten- Maximus and I Can Fly in the ing. Johnston had another win- Mohamed al-Mohannadi, Qatar the equestrian sport, as well as Smart-trained six-year-old fi n- Thani,” he said. tion paid by His Highness Sheikh mile-long contest. ner when Mrs Bouquet topped and the Asian equestrian fed- the success of the events spon- ished with a fl ourish to win the “It is the fi rst victory for Ebraz Mohamed bin Khalifa al-Thani John Quinn-trained Liberty Alice Keppel EBF Fillies’ Condi- erations president Hamad bin sored by Qatar. The study has miler by two and three-quarter during the Qatar Goodwood Fes- and his keenness to own the best Beach recorded her fourth win tions Race (Class 2). Abdulrahman al-Attiyah, QREC also shown the appreciation of lengths. Tayf, owned by His tival. It is certainly special be- Arabian breeds in the world.” from fi ve starts with a smart suc- Mannaal was Simon Crisford’s CEO Nasser bin Sherida al-Kaabi offi cials in England for Qatar’s Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin cause it coincides with Gazwan’s Newmarket trainer John Gos- cess in the £75,000 Markel Insur- fi rst success at the Festival, win- and QREC Board members. role in sponsoring the Festival, Khalifa al-Thani and trained by victory at Newbury a few days den and Frankie Dettori notched ance Molecomb Stakes (Group 3). ning the £30,000 British EBF “When Qatar got the right to which is one of the best sports Alban de Mieulle, was the run- ago, which means that Al Sha- their second straight feature at the Luke Morris rode Timoshenko Premier Fillies’ Handicap, while sponsor this prestigious Festival sponsorships in the United King- ner-up with Olivier Peslier in the haniya Stud dominates the Ara- Qatar Goodwood Festival with Too to a gutsy victory in the £50,000 Richard Hannon-trained Dirty in 2015, the question was what dom currently.” saddle. Tadgh O’Shea rode Karen bian racing scene in the UK.” Darn Hot landing the £1,059,250 Unibet Goodwood Handicap Rascal captured the fi nal race on benefi t would Qatar get from His Highness Sheikh Moham- Van Den Bos-trained Lightning Al-Mansour added: “We will Qatar Sussex Stakes (Group 1). for Newmarket trainer Sir Mark the second day of the Festival, such sponsorship,” said al-Khat- ed’s Ebraz won the prestigious Bolt to third. have other challenges in the near Too Darn Hot was nudged to Prescott. the £ 25,000 New & Lingwood er. “Five years after the start of £400,000 Qatar International Ebraz had fi nished second future, especially in the Qatar victory by Dettori, who picked Sir Ron Priestley won the Handicap. ATHLETICS IAAF hails ‘parity and clarity’ aft er Semenya ruling AFP in events between the 400m and Swiss Federal Tribunal that classifi ed, biologically, as men. “human guinea pig” and vowed “Thus, with the participation of Paris mile, as she did in June and July. “there are some contexts, sport It is a position hotly contested by never to again allow the IAAF to a female athlete with ‘46 XY DSD’ “The IAAF welcomes the being one of them, where biol- South African offi cials. enforce medication upon her in in the ‘protected class women’, a Swiss Federal Tribunal’s decision ogy has to trump gender identity, In the build-up to the 2009 order to compete. basic principle of top-class sports, Swiss court ruling that today to revoke its Super-Provi- which is why the IAAF believes world championships in Ber- The Swiss Federal Tribunal, in namely fair competition, is disre- blocks South African sional Order of 31 May 2019 after (and the CAS agreed) that the lin, where Semenya went on to its ruling released Wednesday, garded from the outset.” Caster Semenya from hearing the IAAF’s arguments,” DSD (diff erences of sexual devel- win gold in the 800m, the South was also not optimistic for Se- Semenya on Tuesday ex- defending her world the International Association of opment) regulations are a neces- African had to undergo gender menya’s ongoing appeal. pressed her disappointment at A800m title in Doha in Septem- Athletics Federations said after sary, reasonable and proportion- verifi cation testing to confi rm It concluded “in a fi rst sum- being ruled out of defending her ber creates much-needed “par- the judge’s ruling was made pub- ate means of protecting fair and her eligibility to compete in the mary examination, that Caster title, adding: “This will not deter ity and clarity” in athletics, the lic yesterday. meaningful competition in elite women’s category. Semenya’s appeal does not ap- me from continuing my fi ght for sport’s governing body said yes- “This decision creates much- female athletics”. She was subsequently put on pear with high probability to be the human rights of all of the fe- terday. needed parity and clarity for all medication to reduce her tes- well founded”. male athletes concerned.” A judge at the Swiss Federal athletes as they prepare for the ‘PEOPLE CAN BE MEAN’ tosterone levels, spending six “The CAS, after thoroughly She later tweeted: “People can Tribunal on Monday revoked a World Championships in Doha Semenya is classifi ed as a wom- months sidelined by the IAAF. evaluating the expert evidence, be mean. Don’t take it personally. temporary suspension on the this September.” an, was raised as a woman and Semenya, born with the “46 found that the ‘46 XY DSD’ char- It says nothing about you, but a IAAF’s controversial testoster- Semenya had appealed to the tration for Sport (CAS). races as a woman. XY” chromosome rather than the acteristic has a direct impact lot about them.” one-curbing rules, meaning Swiss court in May after failing The IAAF added that it would But for the IAAF, women like XX chromosome most females on performance in sport, which Semenya followed that up yes- two-time Olympic champion to get the new IAAF regulations maintain its position in the re- Semenya, with certain mascu- have, described the experience could never be achieved by other terday by saying: “Determined Semenya can no longer compete overturned by the Court of Arbi- mainder of proceedings at the line attributes due to DSD, are as like that of being treated like a women,” the tribunal said. spirit is unstoppable.” Gulf Times 2 Thursday, August 1, 2019 FOOTBALL FOCUS SPOTLIGHT African Champions Van Dijk, Rapinoe League fi nal remains in limbo aft er CAS decision among FIFA Best Yet the referee ruled it out for Reuters Lausanne, Switzerland off side and turned down animat- ed appeals from the Wydad play- ers to consult the VAR because he decision to order a the system was not working.