BBASKETBALLASKETBALL | Page 4 TTENNISENNIS | Page 8 Davis shines Coronavirus as Lakers sink fear forces Jazz to claim Nadal to top spot skip US Open Wednesday, August 5, 2020 FOOTBALL Dhul-Hijjah 15, 1441 AH Man United close GULF TIMES in on deal with Dortmund for Sancho SPORT Page 2 CRICKET SPOTLIGHTSPOTLIGHT Second straight win for Al Shaqab England wary of Racing’s Duhail Agencies er. He began to make up ground Deauville, France coming out of the fi nal turn. Coming down the centre of the track in the home straight, he l Shaqab Racing’s ever- showed his smart acceleration slow start against consistent Duhail was to take the lead and, justifying back in the winners’ his favourite status, secured a enclosure at Deau- comfortable victory. We Go fi n- Aville in France, winning the Prix ished in second, with Repertoire Le Comptoir Et La Table (Prix in third. d’Hudimesnil) by a length and a Bred by Lynch-Bages and quarter yesterday. Camas Park Stud, Duhail is a Trained in Chantilly by Andre son of Ballylinch Stud’s leading Pakistan in 1st Test Fabre, this four-year-old geld- sire Lope De Vega. Single, his ing has only once been out of the dam, was runner up in the Prix Three-match Test series gets underway at Old Traff ord in Manchester today money in his career and today d’Aumale (Group 2). was his fourth win. The second dam produced AFP bah-ul-Haq on Monday. Ridden here by regular jockey four Stakes performers, includ- Manchester “Still we feel there is always a slight Vincent Cheminaud, the race ing Zantenda, third in the Qatar nervousness when you just play Test was run over 1,300m on the Prix Marcel Boussac (Group 1). cricket after a long, long time (away),” he fi bre-sand track. He sat in mid- He was bought at the Arqana ngland know another sluggish added ahead of his side’s fi rst Test in six division through the early stages Breeze Up 2018 by Al Shaqab start to a Test campaign could months. Misbah accepted that how his and the turn with plenty of cov- Racing. prove costly as they go in search batsmen coped with James Anderson and of a fi rst series win over Pakistan Stuart Broad — who now both have more Ein a decade. than 500 Test wickets each after Broad Today sees a three-match contest get reached the landmark against the West underway with the fi rst Test at Old Traf- Indies — would go a long way to deter- ford. mining the outcome of the series. And while England can point to recent But the former Pakistan captain was series victories over most of their rivals, also excited by a pace attack that in- their last such success against Pakistan cludes the youthful promise of teenage was back in 2010. rising star Naseem Shah as well as the That campaign, however, was over- accurate Mohamed Abbas,and towering shadowed by a ‘spot-fi xing’ scandal at left-armer Shaheen Shah Afridi. Lord’s which led to bans and jail terms Naseem has impressed Pakistan fast- for then Pakistan captain Salman Butt as bowling great turned bowling Waqar well as pacemen Mohamed Asif and Mo- Younis and Misbah so much when they hamed Amir. saw him in action in Lahore, the coach England have lost the fi rst Test in eight said they had no qualms about fast- of their last 10 series — including during tracking a “complete bowler” into Paki- last month’s 2-1 win over the West Indies stan’s side in Australia last year. that marked international cricket’s re- Naseem became the youngest bowler turn from the coronavirus lockdown. to take a Test hat-trick against Bangla- It is a statistic they are all well aware desh in February and he showed a liking of, with in-form England pacemen Chris for English conditions with 10 wickets in Woakes admitting: “I’d love to be able to the two practice matches at Derby. put my fi nger on it and I’m sure the man- “He is one who could win a Test match agement and the team would as well. on his own,” said Misbah of Naseem. Vincent Cheminaud (right) rides Duhail to Prix Le Comptoir Et La “It’s not coincidence but it’s almost, Pakistan, however, could still deploy Table (Prix d’Hudimesnil) victory at Deauville in France yesterday. it is just a coincidence that we can keep two spinners at Old Traff ord in Yasir (Scoopdyga) losing that fi rst Test match. Shah and Shadab Khan. “But we want to put that right,” he The West Indies failed to post a single added, with the eyes of the global cricket individual century in their recent series. FOCUS community set to turn to Manchester in Pakistan will hope the likes of Abid Ali, the absence of any other major interna- the fi rst man to score a hundred on both tional fi xtures outside of England amid Test and one-day international debut, the pandemic. Shan Masood, Azhar Ali, Babar Asam Al Wasmiyah Both of Pakistan’s past two series in and Asad Shafi q can provide the runs England — 2016 and 2018 — ended in they need. Meanwhile England must de- draws, which should encourage the tour- cide whether to stick with four quicks in Stud’s Dhabyah ists this time even though they go into their XI after Ben Stokes couldn’t bowl the fi rst Test on the back of just a couple in the West Indies decider because of a of intra-squad warm-up fi xtures com- quad injury. wins on debut pared to their ‘match-hardened’ hosts. The star all-rounder was, however, re- “We’ve had good preparations and ported to have bowled with good pace in team bonding,” said Pakistan coach Mis- Ben Stokes, England’s hero of the series against the West Indies. the nets on Monday. Spain and Real Madrid legend Casillas retires AFP golden age for Spanish football. Forever a legend @IkerCasillas,” Madrid He lifted five La Liga titles and Ramos tweeted. the Champions League on three Vicente del Bosque, who coached occasions during his time at the Casillas at Madrid and with Spain pain’s World Cup-win- Santiago Bernabeu. also hailed his eff orts. Danny Tudhope (right) rides Dhabyah to Racecourse Live Streams ning goalkeeper Iker “The best goalkeeper in the his- “Casillas has been a hero of the On Racing TV Extra Maiden Fillies’ Stakes victory at Haydock in the Casillas announced his tory of Real Madrid and Spanish national team and Spanish foot- United Kingdom on Monday evening. (Racingfotos) Sretirement yesterday, af- football joined us at the age ball,” he said. ter being sidelined for more than of 9. He was formed here and Former Italy captain Gianluigi Agencies She won the 2,300m contest a year with a heart problem. defended our shirt for 25 years, Buff on, who played against Casil- Haydock, United Kingdom for three-year-olds and older Casillas, 39, also won the Euro- becoming one of our most em- las on numerous occasions and is by a length and three quarters in pean Championship twice with blematic captains of all time,” the also seen as one of his country’s front of her half-sister Coconut, his country in a trophy-laden club said in a statement. finest ever goalkeepers, echoed n the colours of Al Wasmi- who is trained by Ed Walker and career which included more than “Today one of the most impor- Ramos and Del Bosque’s praise. yah Stud, Dhabyah made a was ridden by Hector Crouch 700 games for Real Madrid. tant footballers in our 118 years “They say competition makes perfect start to her career, and had had two attempts earlier. “Today is both one of the most of history calls it a day as a us better than others but not winning the Racecourse Live The favourite and more expe- important and most diff icult days professional player, a player we perfect faced with ourselves. IStreams On Racing TV Extra rienced with four starts already of my sporting life, the time to love and admire, a goalkeeper Maybe this futile pursuit of Maiden Fillies’ Stakes at Hay- in her career, La Dragontea, say goodbye has arrived,” he said who has made the Real Madrid perfection is what made us who dock in the United Kingdom on trained by Michael Bell, was on Twitter. legacy bigger with his work and we are.#Grac1as Iker, without you, Monday evening. a further length and a quarter Casillas joined Portuguese side exemplary behaviour both on everything would have been less Trained by William Haggas in behind in third under William Porto in 2015 after a tearful and off the pitch,” they added. meaningful,” Buff on tweeted. Newmarket, Dhabyah came from Buick. departure from Madrid. Former club and country team- In June, Casillas said he was last to fi rst in the straight. A little The German-bred Dhabyah He suff ered a heart attack in May mate Sergio Ramos was among ending his bid to run for the green and showing some imma- was a private purchase at the Ar- In this file photo taken on July 11, 2010 Spain’s goalkeeper last year. many players to praise the presidency of the Spanish Foot- turity, the three-year-old chest- qana Deauville August Yearling Iker Casillas celebrates with the trophy following the 2010 He played 167 times for Spain, veteran, nicknamed ‘The Saint’, ball Federation, because of the nut fi lly took time to fi nd her Sale.