15 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2020 sports Macarrao to face Riffa suffer narrow defeat as Booth in Brazil Manama draw in AFC Cup TDT | Manama ahrain’s Riffa suffered a tough 1-2 loss to Qadsia SC Bof Kuwait while Manama played to a goalless draw against Al Jaish of Syria in their opening matches of the AFC Cup 2020 football tournament. Competing in Group C, Riffa conceded a goal on each side of half-time before scoring a lone consolation in the final 10 minutes of their disheartening home loss to the Kuwaitis last night. BETTER Djamil Chan via unanimous KNOW Leonardo decision back at BRAVE CF 25 • and will look to follow it up Players in action during the match “Macarrão” returns with another victory in front home to take on of his home crowd. Manama are in Group Manama, on the other hand, Riffa’s goal was supplied by Jazeera of Jordan and Dhofar England’s Carl Booth Booth, on the other hand, A with defending were playing on neutral soil in star midfielder Mohammed Club of Oman. Their next game at BRAVE CF 35 will look to build on his two- champions Al Ahed Sharjah where neither team Marhoon. His 81st minute strike is on February 25 against Ja - fight win streak against Mafra FC of Lebanon, Hilal could find a winner, resulting was deflected and it eventually zeera in Amman. in his Super Lighweight debut. in a tightly contested stalemate sailed into the net past opposing In Group A, Manama are with TDT | Manama “The Bomber” is coming off Alquds Club of Pales- on Sunday. goalkeeper Khaled Al Rashidi. defending champions Al Ahed victories over Dino Bagattin tine and Jaish while Qadsia’s Sultan Al Enezi and Earlier in the second half, FC of Lebanon, Hilal Alquds ne of Brazil’s best-known and Hayder Hassan, the last Riffa are in Group C Saif Al Hashan were the scorers with Qadsia leading by just a Club of Palestine and Jaish. Ofighters will be back in ac- one in the main event of BRAVE of the AFC Cup 2020 for their team. Al Enezi opened goal, Riffa’s Komail Al Aswad Their ensuing fixture is on Feb- tion in his home country, as CF 32, in Kyrgyzstan. along with Qadsia, Al their account in the 25th minute missed a spot kick which would ruary 24 against Ahed. It will Leonardo “Macarrão” Mafra Carl has been knocking at Jazeera of Jordan and with a header, while Al Hashan have equalised the proceedings. be played on home turf at the has been added to the BRAVE the door of a title shot at Wel- Dhofar Club of Oman fired in a penalty in the 71st min- Riffa are in Group C of the AFC Khalifa Sports City stadium in CF 35 card. The show will take terweight but hopes to become ute. Cup 2020 along with Qadsia, Al Isa Town. place at his hometown of Bal- a double threat with a dom- neário Camboriú, Brazil, as inant performance against Leonardo makes his return to “Macarrão” at Super Light- the city after six years from his weight. last bout at home. At BRAVE BRAVE CF 35 will be head- Bahrain lose to Lebanon in Amman tournament CF 35, he will welcome Eng- lined by Cleiton “Predator” lishman Carl Booth to Super Silva’s first title defence as the TDT | Manama for their upcoming qualifiers for The Bahrainis are in Group D by former NBA champion Sam Lightweight. The event will reigning Lightweight world the 2021 Fiba Asia Cup. of Fiba Asia Cup qualification Vincent. The 13-man roster mark the fifth time Bahrain’s champion takes on top con- ahrain’s national basketball Five teams in all are partici- along with India, Lebanon and includes Ahmed Aldurazi, Ali premier sporting organization tender Guram Kutateladze, Bteam fell to their counter- pating in the Jordan event. The Iraq. They open their campaign Shukrallah, Mohammed Bual- will host a show in the South from Sweden. Also confirmed parts from Lebanon 64-73 in three others are Syria, Jordan against their Indian counter- lay, Subah Hussain, Moham- American country. for BRAVE Combat Federation’s their opening game of the King and Iraq. parts at home on February 21, med Salman, Mohammed Qur- “Macarrão” is riding high at fifth trip to Brazil is the return Abdullah II Basketball Cup 2020 Bahrain’s next game is against and then travel directly to Beirut ban, Maytham Jameel, Hesham BRAVE Combat Federation, af- of former Lightweight title- in Amman. the host Jordanians. They then to play their Lebanese counter- Sarhan, Mohammed Hussain, ter getting his first win for the holder Luan “Miau” Santiago, The Bahrainis are compet- take on Syria tomorrow before parts just three days later on Ahmed Abdulaziz, Mohammed fastest-growing MMA organ- who meets submission expert ing in the tournament as part playing their final game against February 24. Ameer, Muzamel Ameer and ization in the world. He beat Amin Ayoub in the main card. of their overseas training camp Iraq on Friday. The Bahrain team are coached CJ Giles. Karting teams to face ultimate 24-hour endurance test TDT | Manama The 24-hour race is sched - uled to flag off at 12.30pm on he stage is set for a spectac- Friday, with the chequered flag Tular finale to the 2019/2020 being waved the same time the Bahrain Karting Enduro Cham- next day. The podium ceremo- 105 pionship (BKEC) as Bahrain ny where the winners will be points have been International Karting Circuit awarded will then be held at earned by Bapco (BIKC) hosts the series’ fourth around 1pm on Saturday. Engineering to hold and final round this weekend Spectators are welcome to en- the top spot in the in Sakhir. joy all the unique action in the Nations championship Following the season’s first race. Entry to BIKC is free. standings three races held over three, six A total of 15 teams are in the and 12-hour durations, the King- fray, with each featuring a mini- dom of Bahrain’s top karting mum of four and a maximum of lead with 99 points, but just four teams will now be facing the ul- 10 drivers. Aside from racing for points behind with 95 are GO timate test of endurance racing: the best overall positioning on Bahrain. Racing BH are third a 24-hour challenge. the final classification, the par- with 94 points, while Racing BH The event is the highlight of ticipants will also be competing Karters in action at BIKC Junior are fourth on 92 points. this year’s BKEC and it will see for podium places and points in BH Junior, GO Bahrain, Manama is homologated for high-profile be sharing the duties amongst It is also tight atop the Pro participants not only battling three different classes, namely Drift, Redline Racing, Bahrain global events and it combines a their teams in identical 390cc category standings, with GO Bah- one another but also facing the Pro, Nations and Corporate. International Circuit (BIC) 1, BIC great mix of corners and level Honda-powered Sodikart RT8s. rain in first place on 110 points, multiple factors that could po- The participating squads in- 2, Motorsports Marshals Club changes that will challenge even Heading into the BKEC finale, just five ahead of Racing BH tentially influence the race out- clude round three overall win- (MMC) 1 and MMC 2. the most experienced drivers. there is a tight battle atop the with 105. Bapco Sadeem are on come, such as teamwork, stam- ners Bapco Engineering, Bapco All the action will will be held BIKC also offers facilities and overall championship standings 90 points but they will be chal- ina, weather conditions, air and Sadeem, Bapco Smart Fueling, along BIKC’s 1.414-kilometre electronic systems built to the with only seven points separat- lenged for third in class to end track temperatures, and so many Bahrain Airport Services (BAS) Commission Internationale de highest standards. ing the first four teams. Bapco the season by BAS A who are just other elements. A, BAS B, BAS C, BAS F, Racing Karting (CIK) track. The circuit The competing karters will Engineering are currently in the nine points behind. .