ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2021 16 Josef Newgarden leads the fi eld after taking the green fl ag at the start of an IndyCar race at Mid- Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, July 4, 2021. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Palou pushes lead in championship to 39 pts Newgarden gets first win at last LEXINGTON, Ohio, July 5, (AP): The American insisted nothing need- the performance was just fine. After all, record for an American driver. On the final lap of warmup before the ed to change on the No. 2 team because he had started from the pole and led 99 This one again seemed to be in the IndyCar race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car of 125 laps in the two races he lost after bag for Newgarden - particularly after Course, Josef Newgarden heard “an late restarts. a pair of slow pit stops took fellow audible vibration” in his engine that Now he’s led 172 of 205 laps - or front-row starter Colton Herta out of concerned him enough to alert his 83.9% - over three races and finally contention - but a hard charge from team. put Team Penske in victory lane in the Marcus Ericsson put Newgarden on Had he cut his warmup one lap short, 10th race of the season. The last time the the defensive. He had to hustle his another race weekend might have been Penske organization went this late in the way through the 13 turns over the fi- ruined. year without a victory was its 1999 win- nal two laps to hold off the Swede by Team Penske and Chevrolet pulled less season. 0.8790 seconds. Newgarden’s engine ahead of Sunday’s Team Penske on Saturday marked IndyCar points leader Alex Palou fin- race, saving him from a potentially di- ished third and was followed by six-time sastrous third consecutive defeat. In- and reigning IndyCar champion Scott stead, he snapped his streak of late race CAR RACING Dixon as Honda cars owned by Chip misfortunes and won for the first time Ganassi went 2-3-4. Ganassi earlier this this season - earning the first IndyCar the 50th anniversary of its first IndyCar week said he had sold his NASCAR victory of the year for Team Penske on win, with Mark Donohue at Pocono. team and will focus on his IndyCar, the same weekend the storied organiza- The team celebrated by presenting IMSA sports cars and Extreme E teams tion celebrated the 50th anniversary of Roger Penske with a commemorative at the end of the year. its first win. trophy of Donohue’s victory shaped as Will Power, one of four Penske driv- Newgarden led all but seven of the 80 Pocono’s “Tricky Triangle” with th e ers in the field, was involved in one of laps at Mid-Ohio to earn an overdue vic- Italy’s Matteo Berrettini celebrates original program covers, ticket, parking the three earlier cautions at the start of tory. The two-time IndyCar champion winning a game against Ilya Ivash- pass and other memorabilia worked into the race when contact with Dixon sent dominated the two races leading into ka during the men’s singles fourth the design. Power spinning into a blind turn. Incom- Sunday, but late yellows altered the out- round match on day seven of the Penske was one of the first to greet ing traffic couldn’t see Power stopped Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur plays a return against Poland’s Iga Swiatek during come and denied Newgarden two trips Wimbledon Tennis Championships Newgarden in victory lane, where he in the middle of the track and he was the women’s singles fourth round match on day seven of the Wimbledon to victory lane. in London. (AP) celebrated his 19th victory - an IndyCar drilled by Ed Jones. Tennis Championships in London. (AP) Parade of newcomers make final 8 Jabeur becomes first Arab woman to reach quarters, Coco out; Nole advances WIMBLEDON, Eng- land July 5, (AP): Novak Djokovic reached his 12th Wimbledon quarterfinal Monday to pull even with Arthur Gore, who had a 117-year head start, while a parade of newcomers also made the final eight. First-timers on the men’s side included Canadian Denis Shapovalov, Italian Mat- teo Berret- tini, Marton Fucsovics of Hungary and Russian Karen Khachanov, who won a bi- zarre fifth set to beat Ameri- Djokovic can Sebastian Korda on his 21st birthday. Women advancing to their first Wimbledon quarterfinal included No. 1-seeded Ash Barty, No. 2 Aryna Sa- balenka of Belarus, Tunisian Ons Ja- beur, Karolína Plíšková of the Czech Republic and Viktorija Golubic of Vancouver Whitecaps forward Brian White (24) and FC Dallas midfielder Bryan Acosta (8) try to head the ball in the second half of an MLS soccer match in Frisco, Texas. The match ended in Switzerland. 2-2 draw. (AP) Another upstart was eliminated when 2018 champion Angelique Ker- ber beat 17-year-old Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-4. Azzurri are rolling at the moment Djokovic, the two-time defending champion, held every service game Kuwait Olympic Committee to tie Gore and beat No. 17 Cristian Garín, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2. inks deal to insure athletes Three-time champion Gore first Spain, Italy take unbeaten played Wimbledon in 1888. Djokovic KUWAIT CITY, July 5, (KUNA): had Al-Nasser said. made his debut in 2005, and they share Kuwait Olympic Committee and He expressed gratitude to third place on the men’s all-time list the Gulf Insurance Group inked on Sheikh Hamad Sabah Al-Ahmad for most men’s quarterfinal berths, Monday an agreement for insuring Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for his distinc- behind Roger Federer’s 18 and Jimmy some 263 Kuwaiti athletes. tive efforts in backing the Kuwaiti runs into Euros semifi nals Connors’ 14. Speaking at a news conference athletes. marking the deal, Kuwait Olympic For his part, Khaled Al-Has- TENNIS Committee Chairman Sheikh Fa- san, the group CEO, said in a LONDON, July 5, (AP): Luis En- tria in the round of 16. The elimination ends of the field. had Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- statement during the news con- rique thought for a couple of seconds, of top-ranked Belgium in the quarter- Much has changed since Roberto Sabah said insuring the athletes for ference that the deal was neces- looked straight back at the questioner, finals. Mancini took charge in May 2018, Khachanov, seeded No. 25, out- pitch injuries will encourage youth sary and in line with the com- and gave the curtest of replies. Maybe Luis Enrique isn’t aware, but with the team having evolved into a lasted Korda 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 10-8. to get engaged in sports, boost mo- pany responsibility toward the “No,” said the Spain coach, with the Italy are rolling at the moment. high-energy unit that presses hard and With both players battling fatigue and rale of the athletes and nudge them society, namely the athletes. blankest of looks on his face, after be- This might be a match between attacks at pace. But the Azzurri’s de- nerves, there were 13 services breaks into greater achievements. Insurance coverage for the Ku- ing asked if he had seen a better team teams who have almost forgotten what fense need little introduction. in the final set, and for Korda, it was a The agreement that stipulates waiti sportsmen and women has- than his at the European Champion- it feels like to lose — Spain have only Formidable center backs Leonardo disappointing end to an otherwise im- medical insurance for all Kuwaiti become necessary due to possible ship. one defeat in its last 29 games — but Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini are still pressive Wimbledon debut. male and female athletes will en- accidents that infl ict short or long An answer out of blind loyalty? Per- Italy look to have the edge, at both holding the fort, like they have been “I’m still super happy with how the hance their morale to excel in local term injuries. haps. for more than a decade, and Italy has whole tournament and today was,” and international competitions and The year-long deal, effective as Or was it the fact that Spain is the conceded only two goals so far. Korda said. “I fought my hardest. I lift the name and fl ag of Kuwait of early July, benefi ts some 263 leading scorer at Euro 2020? Maybe. Spain’s defense, on the other hand, don’t know what was happening out aloft at sports quarters, Sheikh Fa- players of national teams. Or the fact that La Roja are on an are a work in progress while center there. We just couldn’t hold serve.” unbeaten streak stretching back to Oc- back Aymeric Laporte integrates fol- Khachanov will next face the No. tober, a run of 13 games? Quite pos- lowing his switch of nationality from 10-seeded Shapovalov, who hit 15 sibly. France. aces and beat No. 8 Roberto Bautista were singing a football song. I felt the in a Grand Slam quarterfinal by Spain’s opponents in the European In attack, striker Alvaro Morata Agut 6-1, 6-3, 7-5. need to sing with them.” beating Rybakina 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Championship semifinals on Tuesday continues to frustrate for Spain, The No. 7-seeded Berrettini became Barty was troubled again by a shaky Plíšková, seeded eighth, has now might have something to say about all which needed a penalty shootout to the first Italian man in 23 years to serve but saved eight of 10 break points reached the final eight at every ma- that.