TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2019 15 Executive panel meeting TDT | Manama Australia advance to he executive commit- Ttee of the 2019 edition of the Bahrain Sports Day, scheduled for February 12, has reviewed updated de- tails in regards to the main sports village located at Isa Asian Cup quarters Sports City in Riffa. During its second meet- ing held at the Bahrain Mat Ryan the shoot-out hero as Australia beat Uzbekistan on penalties to reach Asian Cup last eight Olympic Committee prem- ises in Seef, executive com- AFP | Al-Ain termined to mix it up after mittee’s events committee the break and as they finally head Lounes Madene made oalkeeper Mat Ryan bril- clicked, Jamie Maclaren had a a presentation on sports and liantly saved two penal- shot blocked before Grant twice entertaining activities that Gties as defending cham- had opportunities with his head. will take place at the main pions Australia won a dramatic Leckie then made his sports village in the evening shoot-out with Uzbekistan to long-awaited first appearance session from 3pm until 8pm. reach the Asian Cup quarter-fi- of the tournament, and he had Madene revealed some nals yesterday. an immediate impact in the for- of the activities scheduled Australia had the better of ward line. during the day, which in- a goalless 120 minutes before Leckie was part of a move that clude walking race, a run- Brighton’s Ryan stopped spot- left Maclaren inches away from ning race, a fun color run kicks from Islom Tukhtakhujaev the opener, and then after drib- and some kids activities. and Marat Bikmaev in a tense bling into the box he was only On his part, committee shoot-out that finished 4-2. denied by a smart stop from Ig- member Fadi Humaidan Hertha Berlin’s Mathew Leck- natiy Nesterov. talked about the mechanism ie, returning from a hamstring Rogic’s sharp shot was turned of registration for the par- injury, buried the decisive kick around the post by Nesterov and ticipants at the venue of the to put the Socceroos into the after they went into extra time, event and the importance of last eight. the influential Celtic man curled adhering to the regulations Uzbekistan were well on top another one just past upright. in order to save time. in the first half against a pedes- However, neither side could He pointed out that the trian Australia who managed get the winner and ultimately number of volunteers has just one shot on target before the Ryan was the difference as he reached 75 volunteers, break, an innocuous effort from stood up to Tukhtakhujaev’s Australia’s defender Mark Milligan takes a penalty while this number is ex - Aziz Behich. kick straight down the middle, pected to double in the next Central defender Trent Sains- and dived low for Bikmaev’s. Asian Cup Tomiyasu’s first-half header few days. bury, back from suspension, will But in a sour note for the hold- was enough to seal it for Japan Mahmood Ashoori of the have nightmares about how ers, Rogic picked up a harsh yel- Japan 1 0 Saudi Arabia as the last-16 game between two sports village operations he was shrugged off by Eldor low card in the first half which Australia 0 0 Uzbekistan teams with seven titles between committee, presented sev- Shomurodov for a one-on-one will rule him out of the quar- (Australia win 4-2 on penalties) them failed to live up to its bill- eral logistic needs of the chance saved by Ryan’s arm. ter-final. ing. activities to be staged at the UAE 1 0 Kyrgyzstan Javokhir Sidikov fizzed one Earlier, Takehiro Tomiyasu’s Japan, record four-time win- venue, while media com- wide of the upright after Jalolid- lone strike sent Saudi Arabia ners of the Asian Cup, march on mittee head Mohammed din Masharipov all too easily crashing out of the Asian Cup Italian Serie A to a quarter-final with Southeast Lori announced the media evaded the joint challenge of as Japan beat the three-time Genoa 0 2 AC Milan Asian champions Vietnam de- coverage plan of this year’s Rhyan Grant and Awer Mabil. champions 1-0 to reach the quar- spite not yet hitting top form at Bahrain Sports Day, which But Australia seemed de - ter-finals. *Scores as of closing the tournament. started two weeks ago. The Executive Director of the Bahrain Tennis Club, Hamdi Abdel-Jawad, gives a lecture to the participants of the Bahrain National Cricket Team before departing to Oman to participate in the Asian Cricket Council T20 which is held National training project for disabilities specialists. The lecture was about the wheelchair Tennis project for disabled from 21st to 26th January. Other teams include Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Maldives & Qatar. Bahrain Team is coached by which established by the Bahrain Tennis Club on January 6th, 2019, in cooperation withthe Bahrain Sports Federation Mirza Azeem Ul Haque and captained by Adil Hanif for Disabilities, Bahrain Tennis Federation, sponsored by Manama, Sulmaniya and Adlya Rotary Clubs Dembele sparkles but Messi needed off bench to rescue Barca AFP | Barcelona injury-time. Leganes had protested against usmane Dembele gave Bar- Suarez’s finish, convinced that Ocelona a glimpse into the Pichu had been fouled by a high future but Barcelona still needed foot. Lionel Messi to beat Leganes KNOW WHAT “It was a clear foul,” coach 3-1 on Sunday and restore their Mauricio Pellegrino said. “Barca five-point lead at the top of La don’t need these kind of deci- Liga. sions to help them.” Messi had started on the Leganes had beaten But VAR disagreed and Barca bench, rested by coach Ernesto Barcelona at home in advanced to what was, in truth, Valverde, and for just over an September a fully deserved victory. It means hour at the Camp Nou, Dem - they regain their hefty advan- bele filled the void by scoring tage over Atletico Madrid at the the opening goal in a sparkling ing Messi. top of the table, with the differ- individual display. He needed only seven minutes ence ahead of Real Madrid also The 21-year-old, however, to make an impact as his bending back to 10 points. limped off with a sprained an- shot was followed up by Luis Leganes had beaten Barce- kle in the 69th minute, short- Suarez, who poked the ball in lona at home in September but ly after Leganes had equalised ahead of Leganes goalkeeper Pi- that remains the high point through Martin Braithwaite and chu Cuellar. Messi then rounded of their season. They stay Valverde responded by introduc- Lionel Messi of Barcelona scores his team’s third goal off the win by scoring himself in 14th. .