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GGOLFOLF | Page 3 FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 7 Justin We can get Thomas even better, cruises to Guardiola WGC title warns rivals Tuesday, August 7, 2018 CRICKET Dhul-Qa’da 25, 1439 AH Das shines as GULF TIMES Bangladesh clinch T20 series vs Windies SPORT Page 2 SPOTLIGHT FOOTBALL Duhail star Ismail suff ers fractures, Stokes lost his ruled out for season control during brawl, court told The all-rounder had starred in England’s Test victory over India last week AFP pause for thought, to calm — he Bristol did exactly the same to Mr Ali. “Mr Ali received signifi cant in- juries including a fractured eye ngland cricketer Ben socket and required hospital treat- Stokes mocked two men’s ment.” “camp behaviour” before The three accused all sat togeth- Elosing his self-control and er in the dock. knocking two other men uncon- “This was not a trivial moment scious in a street fi ght last Sep- of unpleasantness. It was a sus- tember, a court heard yesterday. tained episode of signifi cant vio- Stokes — on trial for alleged af- lence that left onlookers shocked,” fray — acted in “revenge, retalia- Corsellis said. Duhail’s Ismail Mohamed (R) is helped by a teammate after he was tion or punishment” and was in- “A bottle was used at the begin- brought down by Al Shahania’s Nadir Awadh during their opening volved in a “sustained episode of ning by Mr Ali and a broken street QNB Stars League match on Sunday. signifi cant violence”, prosecutor sign brought into the fray towards Nicholas Corsellis told a jury at the end by Mr Hale.” Sports Reporter eral Manager Adnan Al Ali and Bristol Crown Court in southwest The court heard that Stokes had Doha Media Offi cer Mohamed Bashir England. been staying in a Bristol hotel with al-Sulaiti visited Boudiaf at the Stokes, 27, who starred on Sat- the England cricket team. He did hospital and wished him a speedy urday as England beat India in a not know the other two defend- NB Stars League hold- recovery. Other members of the Test Match at Edgbaston, is ac- ants, who were local and were ers Al Duhail eff ec- team also wished him well. cused of knocking out 27-year- friends. tively lost the services Meanwhile, Umm Salal an- old Ryan Ali and Ryan Hale, 28 in Stokes and some England team- Qof key player Ismail nounced that three of their a brawl. mates, including batsman Alex Mohamed until the end of this players — Bilal Mohamed, Mo- All three are on trial and each Hales, arrived at Mbargo nightclub season after he sustained a dou- hamed al-Sayed and Adel Alawi denies the charge of aff ray. at around 11:30pm. Stokes and ble fracture on his right leg dur- — would play in their QNB Stars The cricket star had earlier ges- Hales left at 12:46am and returned ing their 3-0 Week 1 victory over League Week 2 game against Al tured towards gay couple Kai Barry at 2:08am. promoted Al Shahania at the Rayyan at the Al Sadd Stadium and William O’Connor, mimicking Told that the club was closed, Khalifa International Stadium on on Friday, August 10. their voices, the court heard. Stokes fi rst off ered doorman An- Sunday. The trio had missed their 1-2 The fi ght took place outside a drew Cunningham £60 to get back Ismail was fouled in the 52nd loss to Umm Salal in Week 1 of the Bristol nightclub after 2:00am on in, then £300. Stokes then began minute by Al Shahania’s Nadir QNB Stars League due to injuries, September 25 last year, the pros- insulting the bouncer’s gold teeth Awadh, who received a straight but they are now back in training. ecutor said, just hours after Stokes and tattoos. red card from referee Salman However, Umm Salal will miss played in a one-day international Security camera footage showed Falahi for the off ence, and had to Nigerian striker Christian Os- win over the West Indies. Stokes copying hand gestures and be taken to the Hamad hospital aguona for two to three weeks af- Stokes, Ali and Hale were all in- fl icking a cigarette at O’Connor’s where he was operated upon. ter he suff ered a ligament injury volved in threatening and/or using head. The forward is expected to be during the Al Sailiya match. He unlawful violence towards each Ali and Hale left Mbargo at back in action only after a long is to undergo an intensive treat- other, it is alleged. 2:23am and engaged in conversa- recovery period. ment and rehabilitation pro- “During the incident, Mr Stokes tion with Barry and O’Connor. Meanwhile, Al Duhail’s Karim gramme. lost his control and started to at- Barry touched Ali’s groin and Ali Boudiaf underwent a surgery at Meanwhile, The Orange For- tack with revenge, retaliation or pushed him away. Qatar’s orthopaedic and sports tress’ French coach Laurent Ba- punishment in mind. Well beyond Footage showed Ali raising a medicine hospital Aspetar. The nide is busy rectifying the mis- acting in self defence or defence of bottle and striking at Barry. midfi elder had suff ered a knee takes they committed against another,” Corsellis said. Stokes then threw a punch to- injury during their Sheikh Jassim Al Sailiya and also getting the England cricket player Ben Stokes and his wife Clare Ratcliff e leave Bristol Crown Court after “He knocked Mr Hale uncon- wards Ali and the pair fall to the Cup loss to Al Rayyan. players focused ahead of the Al the hearing yesterday. scious and then — after time to ground and grappled. Al Duhail Sports Club Gen- Rayyan fi xture. BOTTOMLINE Qatar’s bowlers set sights on Asian Games By Sports Reporter ani told journalists. boys for their tremendous perform- Doha “Our Asian Games preparations have ance.” been going on for more than a year now Qatar had previously won a gold med- and the success at the World Youth al each at Youth Championships way atar’s success at the World Championships has come at the right back in 1988 and 1992. Youth Bowling Champion- time. It will defi nitely boost the morale Qatar defeated the Philippines 2-1 ships was just what the doctor of the boys,” he added. in the semi-fi nals to earn a place in the Qordered for the team as they He also said the team’s show in the US 2018 fi nal against Finland, 2-0 winners head to the Asian Games in Indonesia in was a result of years of planning. against top-seeded Japan. a few days, coach Pedro Merani has said. “The gold medals are results of lot of In the title match, Qatar made light Qatar won the boys’ overall title in eff ort put in by these boys who took up work of Finland, claiming the title 239- Detroit last weekend with Ghanem Abu the sport at the age of 12, seven years ago. 238, 233-199. Jassoum, Jassim Mohamed al-Muraikhi, “They are now enjoying the success Merani said the Qatar Bowling Fed- Mohamed Hamad al-Muraikhi and Jas- of their hard work in the form of gold eration had re-set its training template sim Ibrahim al-Theyab bagging two gold medals.” Qatar won one gold in the in- a decade ago. medals. dividual event, and the other in the team “This programme started 10 years “We have achieved our target at the competition. ago. The winning group of young play- World Youth Championships. Now we “We were expecting only one gold ers have been training for the last seven look ahead to the Asian Games which medal but we ended up with two, which years. So this is the fruit of seven years Coach Pedro Merani celebrates with his players after they won the boys’ overall title at the World Youth Bowling will be equally tough,” Argentinian Mer- we consider a bonus. All credit to the of hard work.” Championships in Detroit. Gulf Times 2 Tuesday, August 7, 2018 CRICKET T20 SPOTLIGHT Du Plessis ruled out of remainder Bangladesh seal of Sri Lanka tour series with 19-run victory over WI Liton Das the star with 32-ball 61 Shakib declared man of the series AFP Lauderhill, United States South African cricket team captain Faf du Plessis (R) reacts after injuring himself during the third One Day International against angladesh withstood a Sri Lanka in Pallekele on August 5. withering assault from Andre Russell to com- Reuters release from Cricket South Af- plete a series-clinch- Kandy rica yesterday. Bing 19-run victory on the DLS “He will need a rehabilitation Method over the West Indies in period of up to six weeks to make the rain-aff ected deciding nalfi outh Africa captain Faf a full recovery.” fi xture of their three-match T20 du Plessis will miss the The South Africans hold an International Series on Sunday. remainder of his side’s unassailable 3-0 lead in the fi ve- Russell smashed 47 off just Slimited overs tour to Sri match series, with the fourth 21 deliveries with six towering Lanka after injuring his shoulder game scheduled for the Pallekele sixes and one four to keep the in Sunday’s 78-run victory that International Cricket Stadium Caribbean side in with a chance clinched the one-day interna- tomorrow. of surpassing Bangladesh’s for- tional series. The teams will also be involved midable total of 184 for fi ve at Du Plessis hurt his shoul- in a one-off Twenty20 interna- Central Broward Stadium.

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