TTENNISENNIS | Page 4 MMLBLB | Page 5 Kyrgios backs Padres rally to Barty to ‘pile beat Rockies, cap up’ Grand record-setting Slam wins series Tuesday, June 18, 2019 FOOTBALL Shawwal 15, 1440 AH China, Spain GULF TIMES through to last 16 as Germany win big SPORT Page 6 FOOTBALL / COPA AMERICA Draw with Paraguay a positive result: Qatar coach Sanchez Almoez Ali and Bualem Khoukhi scored in the second half as Qatar rallied for a 2-2 draw at the iconic Maracana Stadium struck Portuguese-born full- back Pedro Miguel’s arm. Cardozo hammered the result- ing spot kick straight down the middle of the goal to give Para- guay a fourth-minute lead. Qatar were neat and tidy in possession but initially lacked the cutting edge and ruthlessness that Paraguay showed. The South Americans threat- ened to double their lead but Fabian Balbuena headed over and Hernan Perez forced a smart save from goalkeeper Saad al-Sheeb. Paraguay looked to have dou- bled their lead on 51 minutes when Cardozo turned home a Qatar’s coach Felix Sanchez reacts during the match. Miguel Almiron cross, but VAR adjudged Gonzalez to have been By Sports Reporter added. off side in the build-up. Rio de Janeiro Sanchez said the playing pat- Five minutes later, though, tern witnessed in Sunday’s clash Gonzalez himself scored the against Paraguay was similar to second with a screamer from 25 atar coach Felix the one seen in Qatar’s friendly yards into the top corner. Sanchez yesterday against Brazil. Qatar were back in it halfway termed his team’s 2-2 “We should improve as we go through the second period with a draw against Paraguay long,” Sanchez said. “We man- special strike of their own as Ali’s Qa ‘positive result’. aged to own the game in the sec- shot from the corner of the 18- Almoez Ali and Bualem ond half. We scored twice and yard box took a nick off a defend- Khoukhi scored in the second that showed our fi ghting spirit. er’s foot and arched over Fernan- half as Qatar rallied for a 2-2 draw The players showed great will to dez into the top corner, drawing at the iconic Maracana Stadium. score under pressure. cheers from the sparse crowd in- It was Qatar’s fi rst match in “Like I said this is a positive re- side the Maracana stadium. their maiden appearance in Copa sult. We played similar football in And the Asian champions were America. the Asian Cup and won that title. level 13 minutes from time after “In the fi rst half there was not “The level of Al Annabi was opening up the Paraguay defence enough attention from my play- good and the goals scored were with a slick passing move. ers. But we reacted diff erently in also good. We started the match Akram Afi f slipped in Algeri- the second. I would say it was a badly. So Paraguay team came Qatar players celebrate Boualem Khoukhi’s goal in the second half of their match against Paraguay on Sunday. an-born Khoukhi, running in at positive result,” Sanchez said af- forward but then we controlled an angle between full-back and ter the match. the match. si’s presence in the Argentinian Colombia and then we can think snatched a share of the Group B made a disastrous start with centre-back. “The team eff ort was good in “We saw the Colombia match. team will further motivate Qatar about match against Argentina. spoils for the tournament debu- a defensive mix up in the fi rst His fi nish hit Fernandez’s the second half. We got support They played well against Argen- when they take them on in their We will arrive prepared,” he said. tants. minute causing panic in their knee and ballooned up into the from the fans and the presence tina. We will try for wins in our last Group B match on July 23. In the match, an Oscar Cardo- It left the sides two points be- own area. air where the back tracking Ro- of the fans helped us to work next two matches. “We know Messi is playing zo penalty and a stunning Denis hind Group B leaders Colombia, The Asian champions survived drigo Rojas attempted to head it well on the pitch and gave boost “We will continue to try and here and that’s why we want to Gonzalez strike gave the South who opened their account with but Paraguay kept the pressure off the line but succeeded only in to the players. The enthusiasm improve. We will look for positive do well against the better players Americans a 2-0 lead in Rio de a 2-0 win over Lionel Messi’s Ar- on and a couple of minutes later putting the ball into the roof of was great and the players gave a results. We want to be in front.” and better teams,” he said. Janeiro but goals from Almoez Ali gentina on Saturday. had won a penalty for hand- the net and then injured himself good performance,” the Spaniard Sanchez added that Lionel Mes- “But for now we can focus on and Khoukhi in the fi nal quarter Tournament invitees Qatar ball after a Bruno Valdez header falling into the goal. 2019 ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP Shakib smashes ton as Bangladesh sink Windies AFP The highest chase in the cur- Scorecard joint-fastest fi fty of the tourna- Taunton, United Kingdom rent World Cup prior to the mas- ment from Shimron Hetmyer terclass from Mashrafe’s men helped the West Indies reach was New Zealand’s 248 against WEST INDIES tafizur 9-0-59-3 (5w), Miraz 9-0- 321-8. angladesh powered to Bangladesh. C. Gayle c Rahim b Saifuddin 057-0 (1w), Mosaddek 6-0-36-0, The Windies couldn’t be con- Shakib 8-0-54-2 the second highest run But the Tigers had already E. Lewis c sub (Sabbir) b Shakib 70 tained in the second half of the chase in World Cup his- posted 330 in the fi rst innings of innings as Hope laid the foun- tory as Shakib Al Hasan’s their win over South Africa ear- S. Hope c Das b Rahman 96 BANGLADESH dations for his country’s fourth Bbrilliant century clinched a re- lier in the competition and they N. Pooran c Sarkar b Shakib 25 T. Iqbal run out (Cottrell) 48 highest World Cup score with a markable seven-wicket win over were never intimidated by their S. Hetmyer c Iqbal b Rahman 50 S. Sarkar c Gayle b Russell 29 resolute 121-ball innings. the West Indies yesterday. task against the Windies. Hitting around Hope, Evin A. Russell c Rahim b Rahman 0 Shakib Al Hasan not out 124 Shakib blasted 124 from 99 Opener Tamim Iqbal set the Lewis made 70 from 67 balls be- balls and Liton Das hit a superb tone in the chase with six fours J. Holder c Mahmudullah b Saifud- M. Rahim c Hope b Thomas 1 fore Hetmyer smashed 50 in 26 94 from 69 deliveries to lead in his 53-ball innings of 48 before din 33 L. Das not out 94 balls, featuring four fours and Bangladesh to 322-3 with 8.3 being superbly run out by Shel- three sixes. D. Bravo b Saifuddin 19 Extras (b1, w25) 26 overs to spare at Taunton. don Cottrell. It was the equal fastest 50 in O. Thomas not out 6 Bangladesh’s highest one-day Tamim and Soumya Sarkar had Total (three wickets, 41.3 overs) 322 this year’s tournament and the international run chase put them taken the score to 50 in the ninth Extras (lb6, w16) 22 Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Sarkar), third quickest by a West Indies behind only Ireland’s 329-7 against over. Total (eight wickets, 50 overs) 321 2-121 (Iqbal), 3-133 (Rahim) batsman in World Cup history. England in 2011 in the history of Soumya was dismissed for 29 Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Gayle), Bowling: Cottrell 10-0-65-0 Lewis’s partnership of 116 with successful World Cup chases. when he scooped Andre Russell 2-122 (Lewis), 3-159 (Pooran), (3w), Holder 9-0-62-0 (1w), Hope was the West Indies’ fi rst Mashrafe Mortaza’s side re- to Chris Gayle in the slips. 4-242 (Hetmyer), 5-243 (Russell), Russell 6-0-42-1 (1w), Gabriel century stand of the World Cup. main in with a chance of reaching But there were huge cheers from 6-282 (Holder), 7-297 (Hope), 8.3-0-78-0 (2w), Thomas 6-0-52- A towering six from Nicholas the semi-fi nals after their second the Bangladesh fans around the 8-321 (Bravo) 1 (5w), Gayle 2-0-22-0 (1w) Pooran off Mehidy Hasan Miraz win in fi ve matches. ground when Shakib became just left a hole in the roof of one of the It was a brutal day for the West the second player to score 6,000 Bowling: Mortaza 8-1-37-0, RESULT: Bangladesh won by 7 Taunton stands. Indies, who were shambolic career ODI runs for the Tigers. Saifuddin 10-1-72-3 (6w), Mus- wickets And skipper Jason Holder’s 33 in the fi eld and bowled far too After reaching his fi fth suc- from 15 balls — including four loosely. cessive ODI 50, Shakib — who Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan plays a shot during the 2019 ICC Cricket fours and two sixes — ensured A third defeat from their fi ve scored 121 against England earlier World Cup match against West Indies in Taunton yesterday.