FOOTBALL | Page 2 NFL | Page 6 Bayern interim Cowboys boss Flick beat Giants recalls Mueller to stay atop and Martinez divisional fi ght Wednesday, November 6, 2019 TENNIS Rabia I 9, 1441 AH Djokovic ready for GULF TIMES ‘big task’ to grab year-end top spot SPORT Page 3 ASIAN SHOOTING CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Kumar bags Tokyo Barca held by Slavia spot as Chinese Prague; Leipzig win and Indians shine at Zenit TEENAGE SENSATION MANU BHAKER WINS 10M AIR PISTOL GOLD DPA Berlin ive-time winners Bar- celona were held 0-0 by Slavia Prague yesterday which should give the FCatalans some headaches going into their fi nal two group games in the Champions League. Lionel Messi smashed against the crossbar in the 35th and was then ruled off side when he fed Arturo Vidal to score in the 58th as Barca disappointed again af- ter a weekend 3-1 La Liga defeat at Levante. They missed injured marks- man Luis Suarez while newly- signed Antoine Griezmann failed again to get his fi rst Champions League goal for them, substituted with some 25 minutes left for 17-year-old Ansu Fati. Slavia Prague’s Czech defender Prague goalkeeper Ondrej Jan Boril (C) kicks the ball during Kolar made several good saves their UEFA Champions League and his team-mates were also group F football match against dangerous up front, with Nico- Barcelona at the Camp Nou Gold medallist Yukun Liu (C), second-placed Haonan Yu (second from left) and India’s Dipak Kumar pose on the podium after the 10m Air Rifle competition in the 14th Asian lae Stanciu’s promising shot stadium in Barcelona yesterday. Shooting Championships yesterday. At extreme left is Ali Mohamed al-Kuwari, the President of the Qatar Shooting and Archery Association. hitting the back of a teammate, and Jan Boril’s goal on the stroke 16 with a 2-0 win at Zenit St Pe- By Anil John of half-time disallowed for off - tersburg in Group G. Doha RESULTS (ONLY FINALS side. Barca top tricky Group F Diego Demme fi red the open- with eight points but their last er into the bottom left corner Men’s 10m Air Rifle two matches are against former on the stroke of half-time and he 14th Asian Shooting Cham- 1. Yukun Liu (CHN) 250.5 champions Borussia Dortmund Marcel Sabitzer wrapped up pionships began yesterday and 2. Haonan Yu (CHN) 249.1 and Inter Milan who take four matters for the Germans in the based on initial evidence China 3. Deepak Kumar (IND) 227.8 each into their duel later Tues- 63rd. Leipzig lead the way with and India seem to be blessed with day in Germany. nine points, with Zenit on four Tthe steadiest hands and the sharpest eyes Women’s 10m Air Rifle Slavia are last with two while Lyon (four) and Benfi ca as far as the sport is concerned in the 1. Qian Yang (CHN) 251.6 points. RB Leipzig meanwhile (three) were meeting later in the continent. 2. Tessa Neo (SGP) 251.4 took a big step towards the last day. Shooters from these two nations 3. Eunhea Jung (KOR) 228.9 equally shared the four gold medals on off er on the fi rst day and their domina- Women’s 10m Air Pistol Verona given partial stadium ban for racist abuse tion is likely to continue throughout the 1. Manu Bhaker (IND) 244.3 event, the last-chance saloon for hope- 2. Qian Wang (CHN) 242.8 Milan: Serie A club Verona have where the abuse was heard for fuls to book quota spots at next year’s To- 3. Ranxin Jiang (CHN) 220.2 been handed a one-match partial their next home game. kyo Olympics. stadium closure over the racist It said in its report that Balotelli Yukun Liu grabbed the 10m Air Rifl e Mixed team Trap junior abuse suff ered by Brescia for- was the target of racially dis- gold for men while Qian Yang won the 1. India (Vivaan Kapoor and Manisha ward Mario Balotelli on Sunday criminatory chanting which was women’s competition in the same disci- Keer) while the club themselves have “clearly perceptible” to both the pline at the Lusail Shooting Complex. 2. China (Ting Zhang and Pengyu banned one of their leading player and the match delegate. Later, India’s teenage sensation Manu Chen) ultras for more than 10 years. Both the home club and Verona’s Bhaker once again displayed her tremen- 3. China (Hanyu Jiang and Haiyan However, Balotelli also came mayor had denied the abuse had dous potential to clinch the women’s 10m Yang) under attack from politicians and taken place. Air Pistol gold. a group of Verona councillors Meanwhile, Verona banned ultra The Indian junior duo of Vivaan Ka- India’s Manu Bhaker (C) poses with her gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol event with Today’s schedule (Only finals) asked the municipal government Luca Castellini from its matches poor and Manisha Keer emerged victori- silver medallist Qian Wang (L) and bronze winner Eunhea Jung of South Korea. In 1.15pm: 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (men) to take action against him for until June 2030 for “considera- ous in the Trap Mixed Team contest for front is Asian Shooting Federation General Secretary Duaij al-Otaibi. 1.30pm: Trap (men) damaging the city’s image as the tions and expressions... utterly juniors to round off proceedings for the 3pm: Trap (women) fallout continued from Italian contrary to the ethical principles day as far as the gold medals were con- He was given a stiff fi ght by compatriot Asian championships and my intention 4.30pm: 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team football’s latest racism scandal. and values of this club.” cerned. Yu but he went under 10 on three occa- has been to give my best just as the oth- Balotelli kicked the ball into the That appeared to refer to an China had secured 25 quota places at sions to hand the advantage to Liu. ers. crowd and threatened to walk incendiary radio interview on the Olympics even before the Qatar event “I am very happy to become the Asian “Today is also special because it is my off the pitch early in the second Monday when Castellini said that began, while South Korea had bagged 12 champion after such a tough competi- birthday and I feel I have gifted myself pics next year,” she added. half of Verona’s 2-1 league win Verona fans were merely being and India nine. tion,” Liu said. I was confi dent from the this bronze medal and a place at Tokyo Qatari men and women were also in because he said some fans were “irreverent”, that Balotelli was Yesterday, Deepak Kumar bagged In- start but my rivals pushed me hard. I 2020 Olympics. I aim to continue to ex- action in the trap competitions yester- making monkey noises. “clowning around” and that the dia’s 10th Olympic spot after clinching had to show strong resolve.” cel and bring more laurels for my coun- day. Rashid al-Athba is in ninth posi- The referee stopped play for player could never be consid- the bronze in the 10m Air Rifl e competi- Kumar, who was celebrating his 32nd try.” tion with a score of 71, while Mohamed around five minutes while an- ered completely Italian. tion with a total score of 227.8 among the birthday yesterday, scored 10 or over Seventeen-year-old Bhaker, mean- al-Rumaihi is 14th with 70 after the nouncements were made to the Earlier yesterday, the Gazzetta eight fi nalists. with 23 of his 24 shots, but was let down while, clinched her first Asian Champi- first three rounds. crowd. The 29-year-old, who was dello Sport published a motion Kumar is the second Indian to bag by his very first shot, which fetched him onships gold in style, winning the 10m After two more rounds today, the top born in Sicily to Ghanaian par- sent to the Verona council by a quota spot for Tokyo after Divyansh only 8.9. That meant he was in sixth Air Pistol competition for women. six will make the finals. Qatari women ents and given up for adoption four councillors proposing that Panwar in the 10 Air Rifl e event, but he spot after his first round of five shots, Having already grabbed an Olympic are also participating in the trap. when he was three, has faced “the mayor and the legal off ices was overshadowed by gold-winner Liu, but as the event progressed, he steadily quota place with a gold medal at the Meanwhile, Hussein Saleh al-Sada, the racist abuse throughout his of the municipality should take who shot 250.5, while Haonan Yu, also of made lost ground to realise his dream of Munich World Cup in May, she was un- Vice Chairman of the Organising Com- career in Italy. He was backed by legal action against the foot- China, bagged the silver with a score of qualifying for the Olympics. der no pressure whatsoever and shot mittee, expressed his happiness with the Napoli coach Carlo Ancelotti and baller and all those who attack 249.1. “I feel very proud that I could win an aggregate of 244.3, edging out Qian proceedings on the fi rst day. by rival club AS Roma, among Verona by unjustly defaming it.” Liu, the 22-year-old left-hander from an Olympic quota place for my country Wang of China (242.8) and bronze med- “Everything went off smoothly.