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38 Gulf Daily News Thursday, 14th March 2013 n The General Organisation for Youth and Sports (Goys) signed an agreement with BFG Contracting to install hardwood flooring for the Muharraq Club and Al Hala Club basketball courts at a total cost of BD79,273. The agreement was signed by Goys facilities and projects director Khalid Al Haj. A new hardwood surface will be installed in both club’s gyms, each of which will meet the requirements of the International Basketball Federation (Fiba). Al Haj said that changing the hardwood flooring in both clubs is compatible with the strategy of Goys to develop the necessary infrastructure for the development of sports teams of national clubs. He noted that this project would create ideal conditions for the development of basketball. Above, Al Haj, right, after signing the agreement with BFG officials. Sultan finished ahead of fellow Bahraini Yasmine Al Awadhi (1,106) and Oman’s Natheera Al Saeed (1,087), who settled for the silver and bronze medals, respectively. It was a perfect finish for Sultan, who dominated all the past three bowling competitions at the Games. She started her campaign winning the singles gold medal, before teaming up with Al Awadhi to clinch the doubles title. Sultan then led a Bahrain quartet to victory in the team event. Early on, the top eight bowlers qualified for the main event final after playing 18 games each. Sultan guided the qualifiers to the last eight. Others who progressed into the final round were Fatma Ahmed (1,074 points) of Kuwait, who came fourth, followed by Bahraini Fatma Khalid (1,037) in fifth place, Kuwaiti pair Shaikha Al Hindi (959) and Maryam Ahmed (951) bagged sixth and seventh, respectively, with Aisha Al Sibani (879) of Oman finishing eighth. Bahrain’s Fatma Khalid, Fatma Ahmed of Kuwait, Shaikha Al Hindi of Kuwait, Oman’s Aisha Al Sibani and Maryam Ahmed of Kuwait. Bahrain Olympic Committee BASEBALL World Baseball Classic on Tuesday: Second round, Pool 1 (Tokyo) Netherlands 6 Japan 10 Second round, Pool 2 (Miami) Italy 4 Dominican Rep 5 BASKETBALL National Basketball Association on Tuesday (home team in CAPS): CHARLOTTE 100 Boston 74 LA Lakers 106 ORLANDO 97 CLEVELAND 95 Washington 90 BROOKLYN 108 New Orleans 98 MIAMI 98 Atlanta 81 Dallas 115 MILWAUKEE 108 chief executive Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa honoured champion Sultan at the awarding ceremony which took place right after the event. As for runner-up Al Awadhi, she received her medal from Assistant Secretary-General for Human and Environmental at the GCC General Secretariat Dr Abdullah bin Aqla Al Hashim. Executive Committee chairwoman and BOC member Shaikha Hayat bint Abdulaziz Al Khalifa presented the bronze medal to Al Saeed. Similar medals were also presented to the coaches of the three bowlers. The bowling competitions were run by judges Aisha Al Raees and Nazeeha Qablawi, who became the first Bahraini bowling judges. The concluding day of the Games also witnessed the finals of shooting at the shooting range in Sakhir, where Qatar took both the 25m pistol singles and team gold medals. Nasra Mahmood grabbed the MINNESOTA 107 San Antonio 83 Memphis 102 PORTLAND 97 ICE HOCKEY National Hockey League on Tuesday (home team in CAPS): BUFFALO 3 NY Rangers 1 Carolina 4 WASHINGTON 0 Vancouver 2 COLUMBUS 1 PITTSBURGH 3 Boston 2 Tampa Bay 3 FLORIDA 2 WINNIPEG 5 Toronto 2 ST. LOUIS 4 San Jose 2 Anaheim 2 MINNESOTA 1 Nashville 4 DALLAS 0 Edmonton 4 COLORADO 0 25m pistol gold medal, finishing ahead of fellow Qatari shooter Al Dana Saad, who came second, while UAE’s Sumaya Saleh was third. In the team final, the Qatari trio SPORT Bahrain lift title l Sultan wins Masters NOORA Sultan grabbed the bowling Masters gold medal, inspiring host nation Bahrain to top the overall medals tally on the final day of the Third GCC Women’s Games yesterday. The former GCC and Arab champion proved the strongest among all participants, scoring an unreachable total of 1,150 to secure the title at Sitra Mall Ozone Entertainment Centre. FINAL MEDALS TALLY G S B T Bahrain 24 17 12 53 Qatar 9 7 7 23 Oman 5 3 13 21 Kuwait 3 9 10 22 UAE 3 8 10 21 (G-gold; S-silver; B-bronze; T-total) n General Organisation for Youth and Sports (Goys) president Hisham Al Jowder yesterday hailed the successful plan of Saar Club in supporting its table tennis teams. This came during Al Jowder’s meeting with Saar’s board of directors, headed by its president Abbas Abdulwahab. Al Jowder stressed the keenness of Goys to provide all possible support to the club. He was later briefed on their plans and programmes, as well as their needs in this regard. Saar Club president and members extended their appreciation to Al Jowder for his continued backing. Above, Al Jowder, third from right, receives a token of appreciation from Saar Club officials. n The top finishers in the bowling Masters on the podium with tournament officials n Shaikh Khalid presents the Masters gold medal to Sultan n Qatar shooters receive the 25m pistol event gold medals from Shaikh Abdulla of Hanadi Mubarak Mahmood and Saad came on top against silver medalists the UAE team of Sumaya Saleh, Shaikha Saeed and Mouza Award. Bahrain, comprising Lateefa PHOENIX 5 Los Angeles 2 TENNIS Seventh day of the ATP Masters and WTA BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California on Tuesday (x denotes seeded player): Men 3rd rd: Milos Raonic (CAN x17) bt Marin Cilic (CRO x12) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x8) bt Mardy Fish (USA x32) 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/0); Sam Querrey (USA x23) bt Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (7/9), 7-5; Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x31) 7-6 (7/4), 6-1; Tommy Haas (GER x19) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP x11) 6-3, 6-7 (2/7), 7-6 (7/2); Juan Martin del Potro (ARG x7) bt Bjorn Najem, Lubna Abdulaziz and Alaya’a Nasser, settled for the bronze medal. Bahrain delegation director Dr Maryam Mirza and Southern Governor Shaikh Abdulla bin Rashid Al Khalifa presented the medals to the top finishers in each event. Meanwhile, GCC Women’s Organising Committee chairwoman and head of the Third GCC Women’s Games Executive Office Shaikha Naima Al Subah of Kuwait chaired the Executive Office meeting and congratulated Bahrain on the successful organisation of this edition Games. The office also decided to submit a letter of congratulations to the UAE Olympic Committee President Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Maktoum on the occasion of the UAE winning the athletics for disabled overall title. The closing ceremony of the Games took place last night at the Sitra Mall Ozone Entertainment Centre, where Shaikha Hayat handed over the tournament flag to Al Hashim, who in turn will give the flag to the host country of the fourth edition Games in 2015. Phau (GER) 6-2, 7-5; Carlos Berlocq (ARG) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN x16) 6-2, 6-2; Andy Murray (GBR x3) bt Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) 6-3, 6-2. Women 4th rd: Petra Kvitova (CZE x5) bt Klara Zakopalova (CZE x19) 6-2, 6-3; Sara Errani (ITA x6) bt Marion Bartoli (FRA x9) 6-3, 6-2; Maria Sharapova (RUS x2) bt Lara Arruabarrena- Vecino (ESP) 7-5, 6-0; Victoria Azarenka (BLR x1) bt Urszula Radwanska (POL) 6-3, 6-1; Maria Kirilenko (RUS x13) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x3) 6-1, 4-6, 7-5; Samantha Stosur (AUS x7) bt Mona Barthel (GER) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. UK Lottery: Due to a delayed draw missing our deadlines, we are unable to carry the numbers on the same night. The winning numbers will be carried in tomorrow’s edition. Email: gdnsport@batelco.com.bh n Injured Xavi out of Rayo clash MADRID: Barcelona midfielder Xavi has been ruled out of Sunday’s league match with Rayo Vallecano at the Nou Camp with a thigh strain, the club confirmed yesterday. “After the game this Tuesday against AC Milan, the player felt a pain in his thigh and tests have confirmed he has suffered a strain that will keep him out of Sunday’s game with Rayo Vallecano,” said a statement on the club’s website. The 33-year-old had just returned to the starting line-up for the 4-0 win against the Italians after missing the previous two games with a hamstring problem. However, it is hoped that he will still be fit for Spain’s World Cup qualifiers against Finland and France on March 22 and 26, respectively. n Cahill for Cup qualifier SYDNEY: Attacking midfielder Tim Cahill was yesterday recalled to the Australia squad for this month’s World Cup qualifier against Oman having missed his country’s previous friendly match. Australia are second in Group B of Asia qualifying, eight points behind Japan and equal on five points with Iraq and Oman with four matches left in their campaign. Squad: Mark Bresciano, Alex Brosque, Tim Cahill, Robert Cornthwaite, Dino Djulbic, Eugene Galekovic, James Holland, Brett Holman, Mile Jedinak, Robbie Kruse, Ryan McGowan, Matt McKay, Mark Milligan, Jade North, Tommy Oar, Tom Rogic, Mathew Ryan, Mark Schwarzer, Archie Thompson, Michael Thwaite, Luke Wilkshire, Rhys Williams, Michael Zullo. n Ghana call up Frimpong LONDON: Former England youth international Emmanuel Frimpong has been included in Ghana’s squad for the World Cup qualifier against Sudan in Kumasi on March 24. It is the first call-up for the midfielder, who is on loan at Fulham from Arsenal, after he completed switching his international allegiance from England, where he grew up, to Ghana, where he was born. There was a recall for AC Milan’s Sulley Muntari, who was left out of the African Nations Cup tournament in South Africa earlier this year where Ghana finished fourth. n Dominican Republic win MIAMI: Nelson Cruz’s two-out RBI single broke a seventhinning tie, and the Dominican Republic overcame an early four-run deficit to beat Italy 5-4 on Tuesday in the World Baseball Classic. The Dominicans (4-0) remained unbeaten and advanced to a winner’s-bracket game tonight in the double-elimination second round. TODAY’S EUROPA LEAGUE Round of 16: (Starting at 8pm, Bahrain time) Rubin Kazan v Levante (agg 0-0) Zenit St Pitsburg v FC Basel (agg 0-2) (Starting at 9pm, Bahrain time) Inter Milan v Tottenham (agg 0-3) (Starting at 11.05pm, Bahrain time) Bordeaux v Benfica (agg 0-1) Chelsea v Steaua Bucharest (agg 0-1) Fenerbahce v Plzen (agg 1-0) Lazio v VfB Stuttgart (agg 2-0) Newcastle v Anzhi Makhachkala (agg 0-0)
Email: gdnsport@batelco.com.bh WORLD SPORT Djokovic outlasts Dimitrov INDIAN WELLS, California: Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic recovered from a poor start while third seed Andy Murray displayed much sharper form as they both advanced to the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open on Tuesday. Top seed Djokovic beat Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 6-1 in an errorstrewn match on the Stadium Court in hot afternoon conditions at Indian Wells before Scotsman Murray overcame Taiwan’s Lu Yen-Hsun 6-3 6-2 in an evening encounter. Seventh seed Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina brushed aside Germany’s Bjoern Phau 6-2 7-5 while eighthseeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga withstood a fast start by Mardy Fish to overcome the American 7-6 7-6. Djokovic came from 2-5 down to win his opening set 7-4 on the tiebreak, then broke his opponent’s serve in the second and sixth games of the second set to seal victory in just over an hour. Dimitrov, who at 21 was the youngest player left in the draw, made four double faults when serving for the first set at 5-3 and his challenge then quickly folded. Serb Djokovic extended his winning streak to 20 matches, his last defeat coming in October to big-serving American Sam Querrey in the second round of the ATP Masters 1000 event in Paris. Intriguingly the pair will meet again in the last 16 at Indian Wells, n Sharapova returns a shot against Arruabarrena-Vecino BARCELONA: Barcelona’s reputation has been restored. Already considered by many to be the best football team in the world, the Spanish club’s 4-0 rout of AC Milan in the Champions League will go a long way to burying the memories of the two recent losses to Real Madrid. Tuesday’s win, which started with two goals by Lionel Messi, also put Barcelona into the quarter-finals of the Champions League – a tournament the Catalan team has won three times in Querrey having scraped past Australian Marinko Matosevic 7-6 6-7 7-5 earlier in the day. the last seven seasons. “Beyond the result and moving on to the next round, we have returned to our origins and that is what we must feel most satisfied about,” Barcelona defender Javier Mascherano said yesterday. “The fact that we strung together some bad games undermined our confidence and our way of playing. On Tuesday, our fans went home knowing that they had seen their team again.” Heading into the match at the Camp Nou, Barcelona had been struggling n Djokovic returns a shot to Dimitrov. Inset, Murray celebrates defeating Lu. Reuters “I tried to hang in there and stay in the match,” a relieved Djokovic said courtside after improving his record for the year to 15-0. “I started very bad, very poor.” World number three Murray was delighted to gain revenge against Lu, who beat the Scot in their only previous meeting, in the first round of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. “It was a tough match,” Murray said after breaking his opponent’s serve twice in each set while also having to battle hard to hold his own serve early on. “He started off well. I didn’t serve particularly well to get myself into those situations, and then I served well INDIAN WELLS, California: Former champion Maria Sharapova raised her game when it mattered to storm into the BNP Paribas Open quarter-finals with a 7-5 6-0 victory over Spaniard Lara Arruabarrena- Vecino on Tuesday. Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka also cruised into the last eight, pounding Poland’s Urszula Radwanska 6-3 6-1 in a match lasting just under 90 minutes despite being hampered by a sore ankle. Fifth seed Petra Kvitova advanced with a comfortable 6-2 6-3 win over fellow Czech Klara Zakopalova but third seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland was knocked out, losing 6-1 4-6 7-5 to 13th-seeded Russian Maria Kirilenko. Russian world number three Sharapova won a tight opening set then swept through the second in only 22 minutes to reach the quarter-finals at the Indian Wells Tennis to get myself out of some tough situations. “He can kind of leave you flat-footed sometimes, and he certainly did that a lot in the first set. I knew it was going to be a tough encounter, so it was good to win in straight sets.” U.S. Open champion Murray will next face Carlos Berlocq of Argentina, who eased past Japan’s Kei Nishikori 6-2 6-2. In other matches, Canadian Milos Raonic fired down 16 aces as he battled past Croatia’s Marin Cilic 3-6 6-4 6-3 while Germany’s Tommy Haas won a cliff-hanger against Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 6-3 6-7 7-6. Sharapova enters quarters a bit. The team twice lost to Real Madrid – once in the Copa del Rey, once in the Spanish league – and was also disappointing in a 2-0 loss at Milan in the first leg of the Champions League series three weeks ago. That shocking string of defeats had many fans and the Spanish media suddenly asking if Barcelona’s reign was finally coming to an end. Even Barcelona defender Dani Alves had said Monday that Messi appeared “down” to him and that the team had lost the “hunger” required to carry out Garden for a third consecutive year. The second seed will next meet Italy’s Sara Errani, a 6-3 6-2 winner against Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli earlier in the day. Sharapova had never previously played against the 20-year-old Arruabarrena-Vecino, who is ranked 87th in the world and won her first WTA singles title in Bogota last year. There were five breaks of serve in an erratic opening set but the Russian earned the crucial break in the 11th game when her opponent pushed a forehand wide. Sharapova needed three set points before serving out, then broke Arruabarrena-Vecino’s serve three more times in the second set to advance with ease. Top seed Azarenka, who initially struggled to find her rhythm before battling past Belgian Kirsten Flipkens 3-6 6-3 6-0 in the previous round, broke Radwanska’s serve three times in the opening set and twice in the second. its high-intensity pressing on defense. And all that with Barcelona enjoying a double-digit lead in the Spanish league over Madrid and well on its way to its fourth domestic title in five seasons. “What we have done over the past five years is crazy,” Mascherano said. “This team is still competitive. That is what we have to take away from this.” “Barcelona is the best team in the world,” Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri said after his team’s worst loss since 2010. “Barcelona’s pressure in Gulf Daily News Thursday, 14th March 201339 Sammy blitz helps Windies seize control BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Big-hitting by West Indies captain Darren Sammy put his side in a strong position after they reached 265 for seven at tea on the second day of the first test against Zimbabwe at the Kensington Oval yesterday. Sammy hoisted four sixes off leg spinner Graeme Cremer in blasting 73 and added 106 for the seventh wicket with Denesh Ramdin before being bowled by Hamilton Masakadza 10 minutes before the interval. The hosts lead by 54 after dismissing Zimbabwe for 211 on the first day. Sammy’s demise came as his concentration levels began to wane. He tried to work a wide delivery from Masakadza through the covers, but the inside edge dropped onto his pad and then the wicket. At stumps yesterday, Zimbabwe were 41 for 3 in the second innings. Earlier, West Indies were all out for 307 in their first innings. The only other wicket Zimbabwe managed in the afternoon session was Shivnarine Chanderpaul (26) just after lunch with the score on 151. Chris Gayle (40), Darren Bravo (11) and Marlon Samuels (51) fell before lunch in what was an even morning session. Bravo became Jarvis’ third victim of the innings when he edged to Chakabva playing forward to a full delivery. Gayle showed typical intent with a blaze of boundaries, but became the first Test wicket for debutant fast-bowler Tendai Chatara. Samuels’ excellent recent form continued as he passed 50 for the 10th time in his last 15 Test innings, but was out the ball before lunch. SCOREBOARD AT TEA Zimbabwe (1st innings) 211 West Indies (1st innings, overnight 18 for 2): C. Gayle c Taylor b Chatara 40 K. Powell lbw Jarvis 5 K. Roach lbw Jarvis 0 D. Bravo c Chakabva b Jarvis 11 M. Samuels c Chakabva b Masakadza 51 S. Chanderpaul c Chakabva b Jarvis 26 D. Ramdin not out 44 D. Sammy b Masakadza 73 S Shillingford not out 1 Extras (b-9, lb-3, w-1, nb-1) 14 Total (for seven wickets) 265 Fall of wickets: 1-8 2-8 3-43 4-81 5-144 6-151 7-257. Bowling (to date): Jarvis 15-4- 44-4 (1nb 1w), Chatara 17-5-61-1, Cremer 16-0-97-0, Masakadza 10-2- 25-2, Price 13-2-26-0. Barcelona restores reputation with Milan comeback the first half was lethal. They played a beautiful and fast-paced brand of football. They deserved to go through after playing the perfect game. “Just because they had lost two or three matches doesn’t mean they had lost their potential.” Elimination this early from the Champions League would have no doubt provoked a crisis at the club, which is under constant pressure by its demanding supporters not only to always compete for every title, but to do so with flair and finesse.
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