MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2014 SPORTS Interior Minister and Information and Youth Minister arriving at the conference. A memento presented to the Interior Minister by USIP Lt General Ahmad Al-Nawaf. Conference opens on sports security By Abdellatif Sharaa society. Sheikh Mohammad said the conference sports fans, and causes huge concerns for security will discuss the role of sports media in addition to systems. Sheikh Ahmad said Kuwait’s organization KUWAIT: The First World Police Sport and Security social media in educating all sports elements of this conference aims at confronting all forms of Conference (WPSSC) was opened yesterday under which will serve sports security, and their relation violence in sports areas, and achieve the biggest the patronage of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- with physical sports. He said the conference will possible amount of security and safety for sports Ahmad Al-Sabah, who was represented by Deputy give participants experiences and skills through fans. He said international police sports activities Premier and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad discussions of successful experiences of local and are considered a common global language among Al-Khalid Al-Sabah, who pointed to the impor- international police systems, and the way they people of all races and ethnicities. tance of the conference towards strengthening react with sports events to strengthen sports Meanwhile, Information Minister and State sports security as one of the important pillars of security. Minister for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al- the comprehensive security package of all types, President of the Kuwait Police Union and USIP Hmoud Al-Sabah said this conference is unique besides its role in securing and protecting sports Lt Gen Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf welcomed delega- around the world by dealing with sports security, competitions. Sheikh Mohammad said sports tions and hoped the conference reaches impor- and the importance of security organization, as security has a major role in securing events, main- tant recommendations that benefit sports and well as spreading the culture of anti-extremism in taining order and confronting violence and hooli- athletes in general and police sports in particular. the presence of an elite group of specialists ganism in sports arenas, which allows athletes and He welcomed the delegations in Kuwait to con- around the world. He said the conference sup- the crowd to enjoy sports in a comfortable atmos- Lt. General Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf delivering a tribute to spreading the culture of police sports ports Kuwait’s status in all fields, specially sports phere. speech. which agree with the interests of the USIP in the and international police sports. President of the He said the importance of the conference is islative and legal frameworks of sports security, as sports security issue and its behavioral and securi- Arab and Qatar police unions lauded the confer- reflected in the topics of its sessions which allows well as challenges, obstacles, crimes, crises, vio- ty dimensions as violence in arenas is on the ence’s adoption of violence issues, adding that those present to know the recent administrative lence and fighting doping with all it causes in the increase during international and Olympic tourna- there should be recommendations to fight this directions in running sports facilities and the leg- form of destructive psychological effects on the ments, which negatively affects athletes and phenomenon which poses a great threat to sports. India whip West Indies DHAKA: India’s spinners wreaked havoc on the West Indies batting to rout the defending champions by sev- en wickets in the World Twenty20 Super-10 group two match in Dhaka yesterday. The West Indies, sent in to bat, managed only 129-7 as leg-spinner Amit Mishra claimed two for 18 in four overs, Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets and Ravichandran Ashwin picked up one. India strolled past the modest target with two deliv- eries to spare as Virat Kohli made 54 off 41 balls and Rohit Sharma remained unbeaten on a fluent 62. The pair put on 106 for the second wicket after left- hander Shikhar Dhawan was trapped leg-before by spinner Samuel Badree off the fifth ball of the innings. Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men, who beat arch-rivals Pakistan on Friday, now need one more win from their DHAKA: Pakistan cricketers celebrate after winning the match against Australia dur- remaining two matches against Australia and hosts ing the ICC World Twenty20 tournament at The Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Bangladesh to advance to the semi-finals. Stadium. —AFP Dhoni said his team was not looking at the semi- finals yet and still needed to work on some weak areas. Fired-up Pakistan beat “Let’s take it one game at a time,” he said. “There is no SCOREBOARD point thinking too far ahead. We could have finished it an over earlier but that was up to the batsmen in the DHAKA: Scoreboard of the World Twenty20 Super-10 Group Two match between India and the West Australia in World T20 middle. Indies in Dhaka yesterday: “We are playing well, but we still don’t have a bowler DHAKA: Umar Akmal smashed 94 off 54 balls the top two will advance to the semi-finals. who can bowl the 18th and the 20th overs. We are try- West Indies: (w5), Ashwin 4-0-24-1 (w1), Mishra 4-0-18-2 (w1), as Pakistan bounced back after a morale-sap- Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez said the D. Smith c and b Ashwin 11 Raina 2-0-8-0 (w2), Jadeja 4-0-48-3 (w2, nb1) ing out various combinations to see who is better suit- C. Gayle run out 34 India: ping loss against India to defeat Australia by 16 plan to attack from the start paid off. ed to the job.” runs in the World Twenty20 in Dhaka yesterday. “I think were were a bit defensive against M. Samuels st Dhoni b Mishra 18 R. Sharma not out 62 Dhoni said he was happy to see Sharma get runs L. Simmons c Dhawan b Jadeja 27 S. Dhawan lbw b Badree 0 Elder brother Kamran Akmal contributed a India, but today the boys went out and under his belt. “It was important for Rohit to bat D. Bravo lbw b Mishra 0 V. Kohli b Russell 54 run-a-ball 31 and Shahid Afridi returned expressed themselves,” said Hafeez. “Umar D. Sammy c Sharma b Jadeja 11 Y. Singh c Gayle b Samuels 10 unbeaten on 20 off 11 balls to lift Pakistan to Akmal showed his real talent today. through the innings. He will take plenty of confidence from this game.” A. Russell c Kohli b Jadeja 7 S. Raina not out 1 191-5 after they were sent in to bat. “We wanted him to attack and that’s what S. Narine not out 7 Extras: (w2, nb1) 3 Australia were bowled out for 175 in reply he did. It is really nice to have a win under our West Indies captain Darren Sammy said India D. Ramdin not out 0 Total (for three wickets, 19.4 overs) 130 off the final ball of the match despite a spectac- belts. It will give us the confidence for the deserved to win, but remained confident his defending Extras: (lb1, w12, nb1) 14 Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Dhawan), 2-107 (Kohli), 3-129 ular third-wicket partnership of 118 from 64 matches to come.” champions would make the knock-out rounds. Total (for seven wickets, 20 overs) 129 (Yuvraj). balls between Glenn Maxwell and Aaron Finch. Australian skipper George Bailey said poor “We just did not respond well enough to their spin- Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Smith), 2-62 (Gayle), 3-74 Bowling: Badree 4-0-28-1, Santokie 4-0-27-0, Maxwell hit 74 off 33 balls with six sixes and catching let his team down. “Batting and bowl- ners, it took us a long time to settle down,” he said. “But (Samuels), 4-74 (Bravo), 5-97 (Sammy), 6-108 Narine 4-0-20-0 (nb1, w1), Bravo 1-0-12-0, credit to India, they executed their plans well. (Russell), 7-121 (Simmons). Sammy 1-0-9-0, Samuels 3.4-0-22-1, Russell 2-0- seven boundaries, while Finch chipped in with ing can go either way, but fielding was in our Bowling: Kumar 3-0-3-0 (w1), Shami 3-0-27-0 12-1 India won by seven wickets 65 that included two sixes and seven fours. hands,” he said. “We’ve set high standards and “It was good to see our bowlers take the game to the The pair came together after 35-year-old we didn’t do well today. last over, because run-rate could come into play later. left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar, who opened “Pakistan bowled really well and did not We did not have enough runs on the board but was the bowling, dismissed David Warner and allow us to build the momentum that Maxwell happy with the way the bowlers came back. Shane Watson in the first over to make it 8-2. and Finch created.” The Akmal brothers put on “We know what our top order can do. It’s just one Maxwell and Finch launched a brilliant 96 for the third wicket after Pakistan were game down, we have three more to go. We are not counter-attack to raise Australia’s 100 by the reduced to 25-2 by the fifth over, losing the key pressing panic buttons, we will regroup and come back eighth over, with Maxwell contributing 58 off 20 wickets of Ahmed Shehzad and Hafeez.