THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2021 11 Mahrez fires Man City into BRAVE CF 51 reveals stacked first Champions League final fight card for Belarus debut Marcel Grabinski vs Lucas ‘’Mineiro’’ Martins to headline the event BRAVE CF 51 Fight Card Lightweight: Lucas Martins vs Marcel Grabinski Super Welterweight: Denis Maher vs Fernando Gonzalez Lightweight: Ylies Djiroun vs Sam Patterson Riyad Mahrez scores Manchester City’s second goal Super Welterweight: Vadim Kutsyi vs TBA AFP | London Featherweight: Roman Bogatov vs Abdulmutalip Gairbekov Bantamweight: Vladislav Novitskiy vs Yanis Ghemmouri ep Guardiola said Man - BETTER Flyweight: Badmatsyren Dorzhiev vs Almanbet Abdyvasy Uulu Pchester City’s first ever Champions League final had Bantamweight: Aydemir Kazbekov vs Abdul Karim Badakhshi been five years in the making KNOW Strawweight: Anastasia Feofanova vs Sevde Turk after Riyad Mahrez’s double Light Heavyweight: Vadim Rolich vs Abylkasim Yakubov saw off Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 on Tuesday to seal a 4-1 Catchweight: 64.3kg: Murat Azerbiev vs Evgeniy Sleptsov semi-final aggregate win. Manchester City’s pre- City will look to set the seal vious four Champions future of the BRAVE CF Light- very well represented inside the on a third Premier League title League campaigns un- weight division is also set to BRAVE CF Arena in the co-main in the past four seasons in the der Guardiola ended take place at BRAVE CF 51, as event of the evening, with unde- coming days as they remain Sam Patterson takes on Ylies feated star Denis Maher facing on course for a treble, having in anguish before the Djiroun. The British standout Sweden’s Fernando Gonzalez. already lifted the League Cup. semi-final stage has left the nickname “The Fu- Four other local stars will But their previous four ture” behind, and became more be featured in the card, with Champions League campaigns this is remarkable.” and more “the present” of the Vladislav Novitskiy facing under Guardiola ended in an- Mahrez’s goal also decided division, and Djiroun lived up France’s Yanis Ghemmouri, guish before the semi-final the first leg and the Algerian, to the hype on his BRAVE CF de- Vadim Rolich fighting Kyr - stage. who grew up in the Parisian world prepares to land in Minsk, but with a submission win over gyzstan’s Abylkasim Yakubov, Guardiola has won the suburbs, haunted his home Denis Maher to face Belarus in less than a month. Abdul-Rakhman Makhazhiev. and Murat Azerbiev vs Evgeniy competition twice before as a town team again with two clin- • With the anticipation building Russian star Roman Bogatov Sleptsov opening the night in a coach during his time at Bar- ical finishes early in each half. Fernando Gonzalez in up for the 51st edition, BRAVE CF is also set to make his second Belarus vs Belarus clash. celona. The final in Istanbul on May the co-main event has revealed the full fight card BRAVE CF appearance, after BRAVE CF 51: The Future is However, the Catalan has 29 against Real Madrid or for the June 4th event. dominating Nurzhan Akishev Here takes place on June 4th, also endured a decade of dis- Chelsea is the culmination of TDT | Manama BRAVE CF 51: The Future Is back in January. Bogatov will at the Falcon Club, in Minsk, appointment in Europe’s pre- City’s rise since an Abu Dhabi Here will be headlined by a square off against Abdulmu- Belarus, and will be promoted mier club competition since. takeover in 2008 transformed pivotal Lightweight clash be- talip Gairbekov, one of the most in association with Rukh Sport “It is for all of us and the the club’s fortunes. RAVE Combat Federation, tween Brazilian veteran and feared names of the new gener- Management. The event will club. I’m incredibly proud,” Meanwhile, four years on the truly global MMA pro- former BRAVE CF world cham- ation of Dagestan, and riding a count with athletes represent- said Guardiola. “Getting to the from making Neymar and Ky- Bmotion, is ready to add pion Lucas “Mineiro” Martins 13-fight undefeated streak. ing 10 different nations, once final now makes sense of what lian Mbappe the world’s two yet another new country to its and German superstar Marcel The night wouldn’t be com- again reinforcing the global-ori- we have done in the past four most expensive players, PSG’s hosting nations list, as the fast- Grabinski. plete without the presence of entation of BRAVE Combat Fed- or five years. Every day these wait for a first Champions est-growing organization in the Another crucial match for the local stars and Belarus will be eration. guys have been consistent and League title goes on. Philippines hires foreign coach for volleyball team Injury-free Fajardo ready to rumble in PBA TDT | Manila TDT | Manila he Philippines has acquired Tthe services of a foreign ix-time Most Valuable Play- mentor in Brazilian Jorge Ed- Ser (MVP) June Mar Fajardo son Souza de Brito to join the is on the road to full recovery national women’s volleyball and ready to lead San Miguel KNOW WHAT coaching staff. Beer’s campaign in the Philip- This was confirmed by the pine Basketball Association’s Philippine National Volleyball 46th season next month. Should the league Federation (PNVF). The 6-foot-10 gentle giant is open in June, the Ce- The 54-year-old veteran tac- making great strides in his leg tician will be joining the coach- injury that sidelined him for buano franchise play- ing staff currently led by head more than a year. er would definitely be coach Odjie Mamon. Without Fajardo, the Beer- available to man the Armed with vast experience men were eliminated in the paint for the Beermen, as player and coach, Souza de quarterfinals despite holding a who are looking to Brito will help the Philippine twice-to-beat advantage against Fajardo is back from a gruesome leg regain the Philippine women’s team prepare for the Meralco. injury Cup title upcoming Southeast Asian Souza de Brito aims to bring his winning pedigree to the Philippines But now Fajardo is expected Games to be held in Hanoi, Vi- and there are a lot of fans. to fully regain his strength this ter said he could not wait to etnam from Nov. 21 to Dec. 2 “It was amazing, I can feel my month. see his star player back on the when doctors required him to this year. body shaking, it’s a very spe- So should the league open in hardcourt. undergo another surgical pro- He was a member of the 1992 I love volleyball and cial moment for all athletes. It June, the Cebuano franchise “Since there are no games yet, cedure to clean the infection in Brazilian men’s volleyball team I love the passion was the best emotion in my life. player would definitely be avail- it looks like the delay gave him his tibia last December. that captured an Olympic gold. Filipinos have for I want to repeat that feeling able to man the paint for the an advantage. He’s really doing Still, Fajardo remained opti- Souza de Brito would become volleyball. They love again — in the Philippines, in Beermen, who are looking to his best on his individual work- mistic and used the delay in the an Olympic champ again, this the SEA Games.” regain the Philippine Cup title. outs now,” Austria said. PBA opening to rehabilitate and time as Brazil’s women’s vol- the sport so much — The first day of Souza de Bri- San Miguel Beer head coach “He is very eager to get back strengthen his leg for the tough leyball coach in Beijing in 2008. and there are a lot of to’s his two-year contract will Leo Austria confirmed this on the court. That’s why he was grind ahead. He was also a champion fans be on July 1. positive development, saying: a bit frustrated when the lock- He will be joining a San coach at the club level, winning JORGE EDSON SOUZA DE BRITO “Coach Jorge has to have “Yes, he will definitely play this down was implemented.” Miguel team that made tre - titles in his home nation as well time to transition from his fam- season. His expected timeline The road to recovery, howev- mendous improvement in the as in Turkey and Japan. but I want to push myself and ily and from his job as coach of for playing was actually within er, was not easy. off-season. “With coach Jorge’s vast ex- the team, work hard to achieve Brazilian club Clube Duque de May.” After suffering a tibia frac- The frontcourt rotation that perience as a coach and player, goals,” said Souza de Brito, who Caxias,” Suzara said. Ironically, the extended lock- ture in practice in February last features Moala Tautaa and Ar- we are very sure that we will was assigned by the Interna- Souza de Brito will also work down had worked to Fajardo’s year, Fajardo sat out the entire wind Santos remains intact as get the technology transfer we tional Volleyball Federation with assistant coaches Tai Bun- advantage since he was able 2020 season that was held un- well as the backcourt core of have aspired for,” said Philip- (FIVB) to help work on the na- dit and Grace Antigua. to let his broken leg regain its der a bubble setup in Clark. He Chris Ross, Marcio Lassiter, pine National Volleyball Feder- tional women’s team program. “I will do my best to help strength. was also forced to undergo a Alex Cabagnot and Terrence ation (PNVF) president Ramon “I’m very happy to have this Philippine volleyball and I ex- “Even before the lockdown, couple of surgeries and reha- Romeo.