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BAHRAIN SPORT
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Gulf Daily News Monday, 20th October 2014
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Bahrainis set for
‘do-or-die’ clash
BAHRAIN face a
tough task today when
they clash with defending
champions
Qatar, starting at 4pm,
on the final day of the 14th
GCC Basketball Men’s Championship in Dammam.
In other matches, UAE will
take on Oman at 2pm while
hosts Saudi Arabia clash with
Kuwait at 6pm.
Bahrain have to beat Qatar to
Chinese shock
South Koreans
n Members of Bahrain team with officials
SIX-TIME champions South
Korea yesterday suffered a
shock defeat to China in the
17th Asian Men’s Under-20
Volleyball Championship in Bahrain.
In the much-awaiting third day clash,
the Chinese and their head coach Genyin Yu produced one of the biggest
upsets in the competition by scoring an
easy 3-0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-16) win to
extend their lead in Group ‘C’ with two
wins in as many matches.
South Korea, who won their maiden
match against Zealand in straight sets,
were handed their first defeat in the
tournament, but are still with a chance
of punching the second ticket from this
four-team group.
Five more matches took place yesterday, as Ratmt Wadidie inspired Qatar to
defeat Yazgeldi Hojayev-coached Turkmenistan, led by Didar Nuryyev, 3-0
(25-12, 31-29, 25-10) for their first win
in two matches.
The Qataris thus revived their chances
in the competition. Turkmenistan are out
of contention, having suffered their third
loss in a row.
India’s skyscraper combination registered their second successive win in the
Group ‘D’, defeating Hong Kong 3-0
(25-13, 25-13, 25-22) at Isa Sports City
hall in Riffa.
The Indians, who kicked-started their
campaign with a 3-1 win over Turkmenistan on the first day of the championship, were again in superb form to
GOLF
Third round of the US PGA Tour Shriners
Hospitals Open in Las Vegas on (USA
unless noted, par-71):
196 - Ben Martin 68-66-62; 198 - Russell
Knox (SCO) 65-67-66; 200 - Jimmy Walker
69-69-62, Andrew Svoboda 66-67-67; 201 Kevin Streelman 71-67-63, Brooks Koepka
69-68-64, Scott Piercy 67-67-67, Webb
Simpson 69-65-67; 202 - Alex Cejka (GER)
69-68-65, David Hearn (CAN) 70-66-66,
Bill Lunde 68-68-66, Jason Bohn 68-68-66,
Brandt Snedeker 67-68-67, Martin Laird
(SCO) 64-70-68, Spencer Levin 71-63-68,
Jim Herman 68-72-62; 203 - Tony Finau
68-65-70; 204 - Jonathan Byrd 69-69-66,
John Merrick 69-70-65, Kevin Stadler
67-70-67, Hudson Swafford 69-67-68, Wes
Roach 67-67-70, George McNeill 71-6370; 205 - Bryce Molder 68-70-67, Robert
Streb 71-67-67, Vijay Singh (FIJ) 67-71-67,
Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 66-71-68, Harris
English 71-68-66, Stewart Cink 64-75-66,
n A Chinese player performs a spike against two Korean blockers
remain unbeaten after two matches and
keep their chances of securing one of the
top two spots from the group and a place
in the quarter-finals.
It was the second defeat for Hong
Kong, coached by Alber Ngai Chun
Kuen and led by Au Chn, who are now
out of the title chase. This five-nation
group also features Iran and Qatar, who
are strong contenders to progress into
the competition’s last eight.
Playing inaugural game in the championship yesterday, Sri Lanka made ease
work of New Zealand for their maiden
victory. Sets scores were 25-22, 25-23,
Scott Brown 70-67-68, Jonathan Randolph
68-71-66, Colt Knost 68-72-65, Andrew
Putnam 67-65-73.
European Tour Hong Kong Open at the
par-70 course:
267 Scott Hend (Australia) 67 66 67 67;
267 Angelo Que (Philippines) 65 69 67
66; 269 Kevin Phelan (Ireland) 69 67 67
66; 270 Mark Foster (Britain) 67 68 66 69;
271 S.S.P. Chowrasia (India) 69 65 70 67,
Ernie Els (South Africa) 66 65 71 69, Lucas
Bjerregaard (Denmark) 69 68 67 67, Marcus
Fraser (Australia) 67 67 65 72.
Final day of the European Tour World
Match Play Championship at the London
Golf Club, Kent, England:
Final: Mikko Ilonen (FIN) bt Henrik Stenson
(SWE) 3 and 1.
Third-place playoff: Joost Luiten (NED) bt
George Coetzee (RSA) at first extra hole.
Semi-finals: Mikko Ilonen (FIN) bt Joost
Luiten (NED) 2 and 1; Henrik Stenson (SWE)
bt George Coetzee (RSA) 1up.
25-22. New Zealand have lost all hope
of reaching the quarter-finals as they
went down to the bottom of the table
with no points.
In Group ‘B’, Taipei and Uzbekistan
kept the pressure on defending champions Japan and its coach Shingo Sakai
with respective wins over Kazakhstan
and Kuwait.
Taipei, coached by Kuo-Yuan Lee,
faced a daunting task against Kazakhstan and their coach Oleg Kuznetsov.
But Taipei were the stronger side and
emerged the eventual winners 3-0 (2515, 27-25, 25-21).
ICE HOCKEY
National Hockey League on Saturday:
Chicago
2 Nashville
(Overtime)
Vancouver
2 Tampa Bay
Dallas
5 Philadelphia
(Overtime)
Buffalo
0 Boston
Montréal
3 Colorado
Ottawa
3 Columbus
Detroit
1 Toronto
(Overtime)
New Jersey
2 San Jose
Pittsburgh
3 NY Islanders
Washington
2 Florida
(Shootout)
Phoenix
1 St Louis
MOTORCYCLING
1
4
6
4
2
2
0
4
1
1
6
Motorcycling Grand Prix of Australia:
MotoGP: 1 Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha)
40min 46.405sec, 2 Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/
Yamaha) at 10.836, 3 Bradley Smith (GBR/
Monster Yamaha Tech) 12.294, 4 Andrea
Uzbekistan then lived up to expectations to record a 3-0 (27-25, 26-24, 25-9)
win over Kuwait, coached by Altararwah
Jassim and skippered by Omar Alenezi, for
their second win in three matches.
The only game in Group ‘A’ saw 1990
edition fourth-placers Thailand begin
their campaign beating the Maldives 3-0
(25-7, 25-4, 25-7) to maintain their qualifying chances.
Bahrain, who lead the group with two
straight wins, had a rest day yesterday
along with Saudi Arabia.
Tournament action continues today with
six crucial match that will decide the fate
of the teams in all four groups. Today’s
games kick off at 2pm at the Bahrain Volleyball Association and the Bahrain Table
Tennis Association sports halls in Riffa.
The championship also serves as a
qualifier for the World Championship in
2015, with the top four teams reaching
the finals. Bahrain TV Sports Channel is
showing all matches live.
Fastlink are the Diamond sponsors
of this nine-day continental clash. The
remaining sponsors are GPIC, Bapco,
Banagas, Batelco, Cheveron, Al Hawaj,
Majesty Cars, Alba, Galaxy Travel and
Tourism, McDonald’s and the Bahrain
Olympic Committee.
Today’s fixtures (Local times): 2pm – India vs
Qatar (Group ‘D’, Hall ‘C’), Thailand vs KSA (Group
‘A’, Hall ‘B’), 4pm – Japan vs Kazakhstan (Group
‘B’, Hall ‘C’), Uzbekistan vs Taipei (Group ‘B’, Hall
‘B’), 6.30pm – Iran vs Turkmenistan (Group ‘D’,
Hall ‘C’), Korea vs Sri Lanka (Group ‘C’, Hall ‘B’).
Dovizioso (ITA/Ducati) 14.893, 5 Hector
Barbera (ESP/Ducati) 30.089, 6 Alvaro Bautista (ESP/Honda) 30.154, 7 Scott Redding
(GBR/Honda) 30.158, 8 Hiroshi Aoyama
(JPN/Honda) 33.166, 9 Alex De Angelis
(RSM/Yamaha) 33.577, 10 Nicky Hayden
(USA/Honda) 34.144
World Championship standings (after 16
of 18 races)
1 Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) 312, 2
Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 255, 3 Jorge
Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) 247, 4 Dani Pedrosa
(ESP/Honda) 230, 5 Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/
Ducati) 166, 6 Aleix Espargaro (ESP/Forward Yamaha) 117, 7 Pol Espargaro (ESP/
Yamaha Tech3) 116, 8 Bradley Smith (GBR/
Yamaha Tech3) 108, 9 Andrea Iannone (ITA/
Ducati Pramac) 102, 9 Stefan Bradl (GER/
Honda-LCR) 96.
RUGBY
European Rugby Champions Cup:
Pool 2
Leinster (IRL)
25 Wasps (ENG)
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win the title for the first time as
they are on seven points, same
as Kuwait but ahead on points
difference.
Undefeated Qatar are on
eight points with three victories.
Final
Bahrain will also be praying
for Kuwait to lose to Saudi
Arabia. But if Saudi Arabia
wins, Bahrain and Qatar will
play a final match tomorrow.
However, if Bahrain beat Qatar, and Kuwait beat Saudi Arabia, then all three teams will be
on nine points each.
In that scenario, the points
difference will prove decisive.
The winners and runners-up
will automatically qualify for
the Asian Cup to be held in China next year.
Bahrain will lose the chance
to finish runners-up and to
qualify to the Asian Cup if they
lose to Qatar and Kuwait manages to beat Saudi.
Then Qatar will claim the title and Kuwait will be the runners-up.
Bahrain can also claim the title without depending on other
results if they beat Qatar by a
margin of 18 points.
Indian Star beat
Zayani Motors
INDIAN Star scored
an 18-run victory over
Zayani Motors in a
Group ‘D’ match of the
Indian Club Seven-a-side Centenary Cup Cricket Tournament.
Batting first, Indian Star
reached 40 for five in their six
overs and then bundled out
Zayani Motors for 22 in 4.5
overs. Ganesh, who claimed two
wickets for three runs for the
winners, was declared man-ofthe-match.
Group B: BOC 52-3 in 6 overs
(Adnan 24*) bt Midal Cables 33 all out
in 5.1 overs by 19 runs. Man-of-thematch: Adnan.
Group A: New Life Line 31 all out in
5.2 overs lost to Smashers-Fildex 32-2
in 4.4 overs by 4 wickets. Man-of-thematch: Purna of Smashers-Fildex.
The Centenary Cup is co-sponsored by BMMI and Alba, powered
by YK AlMoayyed (Renault) and sponsored by Trans Auto Rental, Al Maya
International, Al Nasir Aluminium, Aref
Sadeq Design Consultants, Berger
Paints, Booknow.bh, Mark 7 Advertising, MH AlMahroos, Orange Garage
and Sportsland.
Pool 3
Toulon (FRA)
Pool 4
Toulouse (FRA)
Pool 5
Ospreys (WAL)
28
Scarlets (WAL)
18
30
Montpellier (FRA)23
42
Treviso (ITA)
7
SOCCER
Australian A-League:
Melbourne City
1 Newcastle Jets 1
(Villa 87) (Montano 62)
Perth Glory
3 Brisbane Roar
2
(Keogh 49-pen, 90+2, Donachie 74-og)
(Kurtishi 39, Henrique 55)
TENNIS
Kremlin Cup ATP and WTA tournaments:
Men’s singles final: Marin Cilic (CRO) bt
Roberto Bautista (ESP) 6-4, 6-4.
Women’s singles final: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) bt Irina Begu (ROM) 6-4,
5-7, 6-1.
ATP Vienna Open:
Men’s singles final: Andy Murray (GBR x2)
bt David Ferrer (ESP x1) 5-7, 6-2, 7-5.