CCRICKETRICKET | Page 4 NNBABA | Page 5 Pakistan on Westbrook verge of milestone fuels innings win Wizards, Curry in Zimbabwe pours in 49 Monday, May 10, 2021 FOOTBALL Ramadan 28, 1442 AH Man City’s title GULF TIMES party delayed by United win at Villa SPORT Page 2 Al Sadd in Amir Cup final Al Sadd’s Hassan al-Haydos (L) congratulates Nam Ta-hee after the South Korean forward scored against Al Arabi in the Amir Cup semi-final yesterday. All Sadd won 3-0 to stay on course for their 18th Amir Cup title. At right a piece of the action from the match. PICTURES: Noushad Thekkayil and Jayan Orma FORMULA 1 ATHLETICS Barshim joint winner with Tobe Fift h straight for at Tokyo meeting Hamilton in Spain ‘I saw a British flag out there which I haven’t seen for a long, long time. I feel great’ AFP Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/McLaren- Barcelona Mercedes) 1:13.768, 7. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/Ferrari) 1:14.670, 8. Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren- ewis Hamilton claimed Mercedes) 1 lap, 9. Esteban his fi fth successive Span- Mercedes’ British Ocon (FRA/Alpine-Renault) 1 lap, ish Grand Prix yesterday driver Lewis Hamilton 10. Pierre Gasly (FRA/AlphaTau- ahead of Red Bull’s Max poses for a selfie with ri-Honda) 1 lap, 11. Lance Stroll LVerstappen after a Mercedes team members after (CAN/Aston Martin-Mercedes) pit-stop masterstroke. the Spanish 1 lap, 12. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/ Hamilton moved on to 98 ca- Formula One Grand Alfa Romeo-Ferrari) 1 lap, 13. reer wins after a surprise second Prix race at the Circuit Sebastian Vettel (GER/Aston change of tyres hoodwinked Red de Catalunya in Martin-Mercedes) 1 lap, 14. Bull to lift him 14 points clear Montmelo on the George Russell (GBR/Williams- of Verstappen in the drivers’ outskirts of Barcelona. Mercedes) 1 lap, 15. Antonio standings. Giovinazzi (ITA/Alfa Romeo- “It was a really great strat- Ferrari) 1 lap, 16. Nicholas Latifi egy by the team. What a day!” (CAN/Williams-Mercedes) 1 beamed Hamilton, who was lap, 17. Fernando Alonso (ESP/ quick to acknowledge the smat- Alpine-Renault) 1 lap, 18. Mick tering of fans allowed in to Schumacher (GER/Haas-Ferrari) Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim in action during the men’s high jump watch, a rare occurrence in the 2 laps, 19. Nikita Mazepin (RUS/ final in Tokyo yesterday. time of coronavirus. Haas-Ferrari) 2 laps “It is great to see. I saw a Brit- Fastest lap: Max Verstappen Agencies in Doha, where he managed ish fl ag out there which I haven’t Retired: Yuki Tsunoda (JPN/ Tokyo 2.25m in March this year. In To- seen for a long, long time. I feel AlphaTauri-Honda) kyo both athletes were clearly great after this. I feel like I could slow by a couple of seconds in “Currently 22 seconds... between us. Remarkable job by feeling the strain after a long go again.” another minor but potentially we’ve done it before...” came everyone in this team. What a Drivers standings atar’s Mutaz Barshim competition and therefore de- Hamilton had set off from critical error by the Red Bull title back the reply. day.” 1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 94 pts, warmed up for the cided to share victory ahead of pole for the 100th time but was pretenders. There was a note of despera- Red Bull boss Christian 2. Max Verstappen (NED) 80, 3. Doha Diamond Takashi Eto, who also cleared beaten to the fi rst corner by Ver- The Mercedes pit wall pulled tion on Red Bull’s radio with Horner was magnanimous in Valtteri Bottas (FIN) 47, 4. Lando League in style by 2.30m but had required two at- stappen, with Charles Leclerc Hamilton in for a lightning stop Verstappen suggesting “I don’t defeat, saying: “In fairness, hats Norris (GBR) 41, 5. Charles Qclaiming joint fi rst position tempts at that height as well as for Ferrari dishing out the same a few laps later as they pinned know how we are going to make off to Mercedes and Lewis.” Leclerc (MON) 40, 6. Sergio Pe- with Japan’s Naoto Tobe at the three at 2.27m. treatment on Valtteri Bottas on their hopes on fresher medium it to the end”. Verstappen said: “We’re not rez (MEX) 32, 7. Daniel Ricciardo Ready Steady Tokyo meeting Competing in the stadium turn two. On lap eight Yuki Tsu- tyres making the diff erence to- Hamilton moved into second where we want to be and we still (AUS) 24, 8. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) yesterday. The event is part of which will host Olympic athlet- noda’s drive in Catalonia suf- wards the fi nish. but there was no hint of team need to push hard and catch up 20, 9. Esteban Ocon (FRA) 10, 10. the World Athletics Continen- ics action this summer, Kazuki fered a premature end when his At the midway point Hamilton orders with Bottas forcing his because at the moment we are a Pierre Gasly (FRA) 8, 11. Lance tal Tour Gold series. Kurokawa and Ryuji Miura were AlphaTauri came to a grinding set the fastest lap to go less than teammate into full overtaking little bit slower. But compared to Stroll (CAN) 5, 12. Fernando A battle between Barshim among the athletes to rise to the halt. two and a half seconds behind mode.Ten laps to go and Ham- last year, it has been a jump for Alonso (ESP) 5, 13. Yuki Tsunoda and Japan’s top three athletes occasion. But on the track, it “Engine stop” the Japanese his Dutch rival. The gap was less ilton had only three seconds to us.” (JPN) 2, 14. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) had been expected in the men’s was Kurokawa and Miura who rookie lamented as the safety car than a second shortly after. make up on Verstappen and on Bottas took third in the sec- 0, 15. Antonio Giovinazzi (ITA) high jump, but a jump off be- had the races of their lives in the emerged briefl y to remove the On lap 43 Mercedes played lap 60 he did it, surging past the ond Mercedes with Leclerc’s 0, 16. Sebastian Vettel (GER) tween Qatar’s two-time Olym- 400m hurdles and 3000m stee- immobile obstacle. their ace card. Dutchman on turn one – Toto Ferrari in fourth and Sergio Pe- 0, 17. George Russell (GBR) 0, pic medallist and the Japanese plechase respectively. Verstappen held off Hamilton Hamilton, half a second off Wolff , his team boss, punching rez in the second Red Bull com- 18. Mick Schumacher (GER) 0, indoor record-holder Tobe took For Kurokawa, that resulted comfortably on the restart on the lead, came into the pits for a the air with delight as their mas- pleting the top fi ve. 19. Nicholas Latifi (CAN) 0, 20. things up another notch. in a PB of 48.68 to lead the top lap 11, with Leclerc continuing second new set of mediums. terstroke paid off . Nikita Mazepin (RUS) 0 With both athletes clearing three all under the Olympic to split the two Mercedes. He re-emerged with under Hamilton said he was in two Race heights from 2.15m to 2.30m qualifying mark of 48.90. The With a third of the race com- 23sec to make up on Verstappen, minds as to whether to obey the 1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mer- Constructors standings on their fi rst attempts and then 19-year-old, who is coached pleted the fi rst round of pit stops who with tyre wear was in dan- order to come in. cedes) 1hr 33min 07.680sec, 2. 1. Mercedes 141 pts, 2. Red Bull- failing their three goes at 2.33m, by 1997 world indoor 400m began, with all eyes on which ger of becoming what he would “I was about to get a shot to Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull- Honda 112, 3. McLaren-Mercedes they then took it in turns to at- bronze medallist Shunji Karu- of the front two with less than describe afterwards as “a sitting get past him as I pitted. I was re- Honda) at 15.841sec, 3. Valtteri 65, 4. Ferrari 60, 5. Alpine-Re- tempt 2.33m, 2.31m and 2.29m be, led from start to fi nish and a second between them would duck” for the man in pursuit of a ally confl icted — ‘do I come in or Bottas (FIN/Mercedes) 26.610, nault 15, 6. AlphaTauri-Honda 10, to decide the winner. although tiring in the closing blink fi rst. record eighth drivers’ title. ignore the call?’. 4. Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari) 7. Aston Martin-Mercedes 5, 8. Since retaining his world title stages he held on to improve on Verstappen it was who came Hamilton asked his pit wall: “I did what the team asked 54.616, 5. Sergio Perez (MEX/ Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 0, 9. on home soil in 2019, Barshim his previous best of 49.19 set in on lap 25, but the pit stop was “How far have I got to catch up?” because there is a great trust Red Bull-Honda) 1:03.671, 6. Williams 0, 10. Haas-Ferrari 0 had competed just once, also last year. 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