SPORT Monday 10 September 2018 PAGE | 26 PAGE | 27 Dovizioso beats Enrique’s Spain Marquez for third seal 2-1 win at win of season Wembley Haroun makes Asia and his mother proud with dominant win in Ostrava CHINTHANA WASALA Team America athletes celebrate after securing thethhe eeveventent in tthehe eeasternasteern CCzechzzeecchh THE PENINSULA the overall victory in the IAAF Continental Cup in city,cic tyy, toppingtopping defendingdeefef ndinng cham-chchaamm- Czech Republic yesterday. pionsppioons EuropeEurope withwith 2332233 points,popoiinnttss, DOHA: Team Asia-Pacific’s Asia-PacificAsA iaa-PPacifi icc withwitth 188181 8 andannd Qatari star Abdalelah Haroun AfricaAfA riccaa withwiith 142.1442.2 produced yet another TripleTriipple jumperjumpep r outstanding performance to ChristianChriistian TaylorTaylloor andandd take the men’s 400m title as the sspsprinterprrintteer SShaunaehaaunu ae third IAAF Continental Cup MMiMiller-Uibolle r - U ibb o concluded in Czech Republic hhahandedndeedd thethhe yesterday. Haroun clocked a time of 44.73 secs conclude the season AmAAmericasmereriicas with his ninth win in the season teamteeamam a winwiinn onon which include an amazing 14 thethhe secondsecocondd andandd podium victories. The 21-year- finalfiinnaal dayday afteraaffteer old Qatari athlete has reached dominatingdomiinaatiingg theirtheheiri eventsevventnts andanand the podium in all his appear- thenththenen leadingleeaaddinngg thethhee finalfinall mixedmiixxedd ances except on one occasion, 4x4004x4 4000 metresmem ttrres relayrelay toto a win.wwinn. when he took a false start TheThe rerreigningeigi nininngg worldwoorldd during the Birmingham IAAF championchhamampionn ElijahEllijjaah MotoneiMottonei Man-MMan- World Indoor angoiaanngoi ofof KenyaKene yay wwonon thethe 11,500m,55000m Championships. but that didn’t matter here,” said Tajikistan’s 36-year-old Rio Europe’s Bence Halasz was in 3min3min 40.00sec40.00seecc aheadahead ofof The Asian Games double Haroun who has a best of 44.54 2016 champion Dilshod placed third with 74.80. Poland’sPolandd’s MarcinMaarrcicin LewandowskiLLewwaanndowskki gold medallist, competing for this season. Nazarov took sweet revenge on Diego Del Real of Americas andand NorwegianNNorwwegegiaan teenagetet enagge sen-ssen- the continent this time, held off “I just wanted to win my last Qatar’s Ashraf Elseify by had a season’s best of 75.86 as sationsatioonn JakobJakobb Ingebritsen.Ingebbriittsseenn. a final straight challenge from race of the season. I will rest winning the men’s hammer the Qatari Asian Games gold Inn thethe men’smen’’ss 1001000 metres,metrres, Team Africa’s Baboloki Thebe now for three weeks, and then throw. medallist, Elseify was placed NoahNoahh LylesLyllees endedendndeedd hishiis seasonseeason on of Botswana, who finished I must train again because a big Nazarov, who finished fifth after clearing 74.08 in his a high,hhigh, battlingbaatttlliinng SSuu BiBingtianngn tian ooff second in 45.10. Nathan year is ahead – I will be com- second behind Elseify at the first attempt. ChinaChChinna andanand TeamTeTeaamm Asia-Pacific.Asiiaa-PaPacificfic.c Strother of the United States peting at home in the IAAF recently concluded Asian Elseify tried to surpass the TheThhe USUS 100m100m championchama pipion came through to win the third World Championships,” the Games in Indonesia, mark in two more attempts, but overcameovercame SuSu overovere hishis finalfini ala fivefive place with a time of 45.28 young Qatari runner said after Nazarov took a first round only succeeded in clearing 73.87 strides,strides, clockingclockkinng 10.0110.001 too outplayoutpllay ahead of the European adding eight points to the Team lead of 75.05m, and kept on and 72.55. thethe ChineseChC inese starstar byby twotwt o hun-hun- champion Matthew Hudson- Asia-Pacific points tally extending the lead with five The Continental Cup, pre- drethdreth of a second.seconnd.d Smith who finished fourth in yesterday. successively longer throws viously known as the World The rereigningigning OOlympiclympicc aandnd 45.72. “My mother said to me ‘this which culminated at 77.34 Cup of Athletics, gathers four EuropeanEuropean championchampion ThomasThhommaass Haroun’s team-mate is your last race of the season, metres. continental teams with two ath- RohlerRohler diddid whatwhat hishis teamteamm waswaas Muhammed Anas Yahiya of so don’t come home without Team Africa’s Egyptian letes from each team in each expectedexpected from himhim inn thethee Qatar's Abdalelah India, earned four points after winning,” Haroun told jour- hammer thrower Mostafa event, except the relays. men’smen’s javelinjavelin throwthrow andand Haroun in action in this finishing fifth in 45.72. nalists at the Mestsky Stadion. Elgamel cleared a distance of Team America collected battled hard to fifinishnish wwithith a file photo. “It wasn’t my fastest time, Earlier yesterday, 74.22 to finish second while 262 points over the two days of bestbest ofof 87.07m.87.07m. Serena fined Al Rayyan, Al Sadd notch up impressive wins $17,000 after FAWAD HUSSAIN Al Sadd’s THE PENINSULA Hamid Ismail QSL CUP celebrates US Open final DOHA: Football giants Al after scoring YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Rayyan and Al Sadd got off to the first goal Round 1 (Group B) outburst flying starts at the QSL Cup, against Al Al Sadd beat Al Shahania 3-0 AFP registering commendable wins Shahania Al Rayyan beat Al Ahli 3-0 in their respective Group B yesterday. Al Khor beat Al Sailiya 2-1 opening matches, yesterday. NEW YORK: Serena Williams has At the Thani bin Jassim been fined $17,000 by the US Tennis Stadium, Al Rayyan com- Association in the wake her outburst fortably secured a 3-0 victory during a controversial US Open final over Al Ahli to earn full points loss to Japan's Naomi Osaka. while Al Sadd registered an The American star was fined for identical win over Al Shahania coaching, racquet abuse and for verbal at Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium. abuse when she accused umpire The last match of Group B Carlos Ramos of being "a thief" during yesterday at Abdullah bin Saturday's stormy final. Khalifa Stadium saw Al Khor Williams was incensed at the defeating Al Sailiya 2-1. coaching violation, although coach Al Rayyan were clearly the Patrick Mouratoglou, sitting in her box, better side against Al Ahli last admitted that he was coaching when evening as they dominated mistake on a clever pass from he moved his hands. That violation their opponents in their first captain Xavi in the 47th carried a $4,000 fine, while a second QSL Cup clash, with star minute. violation for racquet abuse -- after she Sebastian Soria scoring a ‘The Wolves’ pulled off smashed her racquet after dropping brace. another goal in the 53rd minute her serve in the fifth game of the ‘The Lions’ found their first with Hasan Ahmed finding the second set -- cost her $3,000. goal through a superbly- target this time. The second violation also cost her crafted free-kick from captain Soud Ibrahim sealed the a point in the match, sparking her Rodrigo Tabata in the 37th 3-0 victory with a strike in the renewed verbal attack on Ramos, a minute. Just a couple of 88th minute. code violation which carried a minutes later, Soria scored his The first round matches in $10,000 fine. Her third code violation first goal to double Al Rayyan Group A on Saturday saw Al of the match also cost her a game, lead. Duhail and Umm Salal winning putting Osaka on the brink of what Soria scored again in the their respective matches. would be a 6-2, 6-4 victory that made 82nd minute to complete a 3-0 Al Duhail edged Al her the first Japanese player to win a victory over Al Ahli. Kharaitiyat 2-1 while Umm Grand Slam title. Al Sadd, meanwhile, scored Salal secured a 1-0 win over Al “There are matters that need to be all their three goals against Al Arabi. looked into that took place during the Shahania in the second session Defending champions Al match. For tonight, it is time to cele- Al Sadd’s Aladeen Suleiman Younes (foreground) vies for the ball possession with an Al after a goalless first half. Gharafa were held to a 1-1 draw brate these two amazing players, both Shahania player during their QSL Cup Group match played at the Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium. Hamid Ismail broke the by Qatar SC in other Group A Pictures: Anvar Sadath of whom have great integrity,” WTA deadlock when he made no match. said in a statement after the match. 26 SPORT MONDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2018 Fitzpatrick Dovizioso pips Marquez for wins play-off to defend third victory of the season Masters title AFP AFP early pace after starting from the second row on the grid. CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, MILAN: Italy’s Andrea Dovizioso He overtook his Ducati SWITZERLAND: Matthew won the San Marino MotoGP team-mate Lorezno on the sixth Fitzpatrick edged out yesterday for the Ducati rider’s lap and never looked back. Denmark’s Lucas Bjerregaard third success of the season, Lorenzo and Marquez closed in a play-off yesterday to holding off world championship the gap until the pole starter fell, become the first man to leader Marc Marquez of Honda. leaving the way open for successfully defend the The 32-year-old Dovizioso Dovizioso to follow on from his European Masters title at finished 2.822sec ahead of the wins in the season-opening race Crans Montana since Seve Spaniard on the Misano track on in Qatar and the Czech MotoGP Ballesteros 40 years ago. Italy’s Adriatic coast with Brit- last month. The 24-year-old Eng- ain’s Cal Crutchlow snatching “We’ve done good work lishman, who missed out on third for Honda after pole sitter towards the title,” said Marquez. a Ryder Cup wildcard pick Jorge Lorenzo of Ducati crashed “It was a very difficult race.