DT e-Paper, Saturday, October 15, 2016

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2016
Sport
Siddikur
continues to
shine in Macau
• Tribune Report
Premier Bangladesh golfer Siddikur
Rahman continued to shine
in the Venetian Macao Open as he
carded four-under-par 67 in the
second round yesterday to rise to
joint seventh position, tied alongside
three others.
The 31-year old golfer from Madaripur
traded six birdies against
two bogeys in the $1,100,000 tournament
and now trails early leaders
Scott Vincent of Zimbabwe, Kalem
Richardson of Australia, Indians
Chikkarangappa S and Anirban Lahiri
and Sutijet Kooratanapisan of
Thailand by only two shots.
Siddikur maintained his good
run at Macau Golf and Country Club
as he had struck two-under-par 69
in the opening round, hitting four
birdies and half as many bogeys. • Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays against Mischa Zverev of Germany during the Shanghai Masters yesterday REUTERS
Hughes family walk out
• AFP, Sydney
The family of Australian cricketer
Phillip Hughes walked out of the inquest
into his death yesterday, with
his father calling the Sydney Cricket
Ground an “unsafe workplace”.
Hughes, who played 26 Tests,
was 25 years old when he died from
bleeding on the brain in November
2014 after being hit on the base of
the skull by a ball during a domestic
Sheffield Shield match in Sydney.
The five-day inquest, which
wrapped yesterday, has looked into
whether he was targeted with short
balls or “sledged” with unsettling
comments from opponents, but
has also exposed tensions between
Hughes’ family and the cricket
community. Hughes’ father Greg
wrote that he was concerned about
the amount of short-pitch bowling
to his son. •
MSC finally open account
Djoker hoping
Kyrgios can stop
spoiling his gifts
• Reuters, Shanghai
World number one Novak Djokovic
hopes Nick Kyrgios can learn
some “life lessons” after the Australian
was fined by the ATP Tour
for breaching its code of conduct
during a contentious defeat at the
Shanghai Masters.
The Australian was beaten 6-3 6-1
by Mischa Zverev in a second-round
match on Wednesday in which he
put in a series of half-hearted serves
and appeared to be walking off
court before the unseeded German
had completed his shot.
The 21-year-old, who has had a
number of scrapes with tennis authorities
over his behaviour in the
past, also clashed with spectators
before being booed off the court and
was subsequently fined $16,500 by
the ATP for his behaviour.•
Farbrace backs Morgan return
• AFP, Chittagong
Eoin Morgan will return as captain
of England’s limited overs side in
India next year despite skipping
the ongoing tour of Bangladesh
over safety fears, according to assistant
coach Paul Farbrace.
Some commentators have queried
whether Morgan should resume
the captaincy after he and
opener Alex Hales decided not to
travel to Bangladesh in the wake of
an attack on a cafe in Dhaka in July
that killed 18 foreigners.
In Morgan’s absence, Jos Buttler
led the ODI side to an impressive
2-1 victory in a contest which
ended on Wednesday - making
England the first side to win a 50-
over series in Bangladesh in seven
attempts.
Despite winning plaudits for
his captaincy, Buttler has insisted
he is only keeping the seat warm
for Morgan who has presided over
a sharp improvement in England’s
limited overs cricket in the last 18
months.
Farbrace said Morgan is “100
percent” sure to return to the role
next January when England are
due to play a series of ODI and T20
matches against India.
“He will definitely be captain in
India,” Farbrace told reporters.•
• Tribune Report
Mohammedan Sporting Club
finally registered their first
victory in the Bangladesh
Premier League this season
after beating reigning champions
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi
Club 1-0 in their 10th
match at Bangabandhu National
Stadium yesterday.
Tawhidul Alam Sabuj put
Mohammedan ahead three
minutes into the second half,
smashing home after Nzekou
Patrice’s corner was headed
down by Shahadat Hossain
Shahed inside the box.
Sheikh Jamal goalkeeper
Mazharul Islam Hemel produced
an outstanding save
to deny a powerful free-kick
of Senegalese defender Yaya
Sy in the 19th minute. A fullstretched
Hemel dived to his
right to rescue Sheikh Jamal
on that occasion.
Mohammedan are ninth
with nine points from 10
matches while Sheikh Jamal
are joint top with Rahmatganj
with 19 points each. Rahmatganj
though are ahead on
goal difference.
In the day’s other match
at the same venue, struggling
RESULTS
Mohammedan 1-0 Sk Jamal
Sabuj 48
Arambagh 1-0 SkRussel
Tyson 37
Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra
continued their poor form as
they conceded yet another
defeat, this time against Arambagh
Krira Sangha, who
edged past them 1-0.
Brazilian midfielder Thiago
Tyson netted the all-important
goal in the first half
to help Arambagh post their
third victory in the league
this season while it was
Sheikh Russel’s seventh defeat
in 10 matches.
Sheikh Russel had earned
their first win in their previous
match against Mohammedan.
Sheikh Russel remained
second from bottom in the
table with only five points
while Arambagh, who had
to start without their firstchoice
custodian Mitul Hasan
due to suspension, moved to
sixth place with 14 points.
Pappu Hossain replaced
Mitul between the bars.
Thiago Tyson gave Arambagh
the breakthrough with
a brilliant strike in the 37th
minute. Following a lovely
flick from Mohammad Abdullah,
the Brazilian took
little time outside the penalty
area before unleashing
an amazing left-footer that
deflected off Monaem Khan
Raju to sneak past Sheikh
Russel netminder Zia. •