CCRICKETRICKET | Page 3 TENNIS | Page 4 Pandya, Resurgent Kuldeep put Federer makes India on top in to fi nal against third Test Zverev Monday, August 14, 2017 FOOTBALL Dhul-Qa’da 22, 1438 AH Falcao hits treble GULF TIMES as Monaco win without Mbappe SPORT Page 7 RALLYING Al-Attiyah cruises to comfortable win in Hungary Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim celebrates his win in the men’s high jump final at the 2017 IAAF World Athletics Championships in London yesterday. (Reuters) 2017 IAAF WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Felix wins 16th It was Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah’s (left) fourth victory in the Hungarian Baja. Agencies result. It will come, he is still young.” worlds medal as US Veszprem, Hungary Al-Attiyah made the perfect start and a time of 7min 33.2sec through the 11.41km Prologue stage on Friday af- verdrive Racing’s Nasser ternoon gave the Qatari the choice of Saleh al-Attiyah moved a favourable starting position for Sat- one step closer to a third urday’s opening selective section and successive FIA World Cup an overnight lead of 8.8 seconds over Ofor Cross-Country Rallies title with a Czech driver Martin Prokop. Domzala win 4x400m title convincing start-to-fi nish victory in slotted into fi fth place, sandwiched the Veszprém-based Hungarian Baja, between Marcin Lukaszewski and fel- Kenya’s Manangoi and Obiri win gold; Semenya wins 800m title with ease round eight of the series. low Pole Jakub Przygonski. The Qatari and French co-driver Al-Attiyah continued where he left Matthieu Baumel clinched victory on off on Friday evening with the fastest the Prologue stage on Friday evening time of 1hr 39min 19sec through the and that paved the way for a domi- fi rst of two runs in a 136.60km selec- nant performance in their Toyota tive section on Saturday morning. It Hilux that saw them reach the po- enabled the Qatari to extend his ad- dium fi nish with a winning margin vantage over Mikko Hirvonen to 1min of 3min 38sec over former WRC star 14sec. Przygonski moved up to third Mikko Hirvonen of Finland. Al-At- and Domzala climbed a place to fourth. tiyah won four of the weekend’s fi ve The slippery special featured numer- timed tests. ous water splashes and muddy condi- It was the fourth win for al-Attiyah tions after overnight heavy rain. in Hungary after previous successes In drying conditions, al-Attiyah in 2008, 2014 and 2015 and the sixth was 4min 13sec quicker on his sec- of the season in the FIA World Cup ond run through the stage than he for Overdrive Racing after victories had been in the morning and duly ex- in Russia, Dubai, Qatar, Kazakhstan tended his advantage over Hirvonen and Spain and a bonus victory for to 1min 24sec at the overnight halt, Christian Lavieille in China’s Takli- despite admitting to driving with makan Rally. caution over the rutted tracks and “It was not an easy race at all. The through the muddy sections. Dom- conditions were diffi cult on Saturday zala dropped around fi ve minutes to Elijah Motonei Manangoi of Kenya celebrates his win in the men’s 1,500m final in US athletes Quanera Hayes, Allyson Felix, Shakima Wimbley and Phyllis Francis and I did not want to take any risks,” his closest rivals after collecting two London yesterday. (Reuters) celebrate their women’s 4x400m relay victory yesterday. (Reuters) said the Qatari. “Mikko was always punctures and returned to Veszprém close behind and I could never relax, in sixth overall, 2min 24sec off fi fth Agencies lation for her Olympic silver last year title when she won the world 800 me- last men’s individual track event to take but the win puts me in a strong posi- place. London winning the women’s 5,000 metres tres gold, biding her time before surg- the title in 3 minutes 33.61 seconds, just tion now to retain the FIA World Cup A shortened selective section of world title. ing clear to record one minute 55.16 ahead of Cheruiyot (3:33.99). title.” around 98 kilometres was repeated The 27-year-old produced a devas- seconds, the fastest time in the world Kiprop, who had briefl y threatened Poland’s Aron Domzala and navi- twice on Sunday. Al-Attiyah re- lympic champions the United tating burst down the back straight to this year. to make it a Kenyan clean sweep, found gator Maciej Marton set the fastest corded his fourth successive quickest States reclaimed their wom- leave defending champion Almaz Aya- South Africa’s Semenya, who won the pace too hot on the last lap, fading time on the fi nal stage – beating al- time in the opener by stopping the en’s 4x400m relay world ti- na trailing and went on to win in a time bronze in the unfamiliar 1,500m on into ninth place in 3:37.24, a fairly tame Attiyah by just one second - and de- clocks in 1hr 01min and that enabled tle as Jamaica suff ered more of 14min 34.86sec. Monday, looked much more at home attempt to emulate the four straight livered a solid display in the second him to extend his lead to 3min 11sec Oinjury heartbreak in the fi nal yesterday. Ayana, who had won the 10,000m in her preferred event as she sat on the metric mile world golds of Moroccan of the Overdrive Racing Toyotas to heading into the fi nal stage. Domzala Twenty four hours after Usain Bolt gold in what was her fi rst race of the shoulders of front-runnerers Francine Hicham El Guerrouj. fi nish in sixth position, despite los- tied to the second with Zimbabwe’s sensationally pulled up in his relay season, took silver for Ethiopia in Niyonsaba of Burundi and in-form Norway’s European champion Filip ing around fi ve minutes with two fl at Conrad Rautenbach and consolidat- event, Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby 14:40.35 with the Netherlands Sifan American Ajee Wilson before driving Ingebrigtsen snatched the bronze on tyres on the third stage. ed his hold on sixth overall. slowed down clutching her leg 20 Hassan fi nishing third in 14:42.73. clear off the fi nal bend. the line in 3:34.53. Overdrive Racing’s CEO Jean-Marc metres into her second leg and went Ayana had decided to inject some Semenya, 26, is the 2016 Olympic Fortin said: “It has been a very good 2017 HUNGARIAN BAJA RESULTS to ground, ending Jamaica’s reign as much-needed zip into the pace with and 2009 world champion and is poised PERKOVIC DOMINATES DISCUS TO weekend, perfect, with nothing hap- 1. Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah (QAT)/ world champions. nine laps to run and only Obiri was able to inherit two more golds after Russian CLINCH SECOND WORLD TITLE pening to the cars at all. For Nasser, Matthieu Baumel (FRA) Toyota Hilux Jamaica had been in the lead, but to match her. doper Mariya Savinova-Farnosova was Double Olympic champion Sandra Perk- from the pre-rally test to the fi nish, Overdrive 5hrs 24min 54sec American Allyson Felix surged clear The fi eld was suddenly splintered stripped of her 2012 Olympic and 2011 ovic eased her way to a second world it was a perfect weekend. We chose a 2. Mikko Hirvonen (FIN)/Andreas of the fi eld to open up a 15-metre gap with Hassan, also fom Ethiopia but who world titles. discus title after being the only athlete to good place to start the fi rst stage after Schulz (DEU) Mini John Cooper which teammates Shakima Wimbley came to the Netherlands as a refugee Niyonsaba, who took silver behind throw over 70 metres yesterday. the Prologue. Opening the road today Works Rally 5hrs 28min 32sec and Phyllis Francis extended to win aged 15, leading a group of fi ve contest- her in Rio, was second again in 1:55.92 The Croatian, who fi rst won the was not easy, but he managed. We were 3. Jakub Przygonski (POL)/Tom Col- gold in a world leading time of 3 min- ing the minor medal. and Wilson claimed bronze in 1:56.65. world title in 2013, threw 70.31m on her managing the eight tyres only as well. soul (BEL) Mini John Cooper Works utes 19.02 seconds. Ayana was unable to burn off Obiri as second attempt which was enough to Mikko used his eight tyres yesterday, Rally 5hrs 32min 56sec Felix strengthened her record as she had done her rivals in the 10,000m MANANGOI BRINGS 1,500M JOY triumph in the same stadium in which which was a mistake. So, this morning, 4. Martin Prokop (CZE)/Jan Tomanek the most decorated athlete in World — which she won by over 46sec — with FOR KENYA AS KIPROP FLOPS she won Olympic gold in 2012. we had fresh tyres and that made the (CZE) Ford F-150 Evo 5hrs 38min Championships history by winning her the Kenyan content to let her 25-year- Asbel Kiprop failed in his bid for a The 27-year-old had the top three diff erence. 41sec 11th gold to equal Bolt’s haul. It was her old rival do all the pace-setting. fourth consecutive 1,500 metres gold throws of 2017 going into the compe- “For Aron, this was a mixed rally. 5. Miroslav Zapletal (CZE)/Marek 16th medal overall. Her strategy paid off perfectly as medal at the World Athletics Cham- tition, and led from the fi rst attempt There were some excellent times, a Sykora (SVK) Ford F-150 Evo 5hrs Britain fi nished second in 3:25.00 heading into the fi nal lap she moved up pionships but Kenya still celebrated a in the fi nal to secure her country’s fi rst good Prologue but then he got two 39min 55sec to clinch silver.