Bahrainis notch second victory

BAHRAIN SPORT
Bahrainis notch
second victory
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Gulf Daily News Monday, 17th November 2014
The nationals, coached by Khalid Al
Hiddi, defeated host Thailand 36-20 in
their second Group ‘B’ match.
Bahrainis led 21-9 at the end of the
first-half and kept their momentum in
the second to seal an emphatic victory.
Bahrain, who recorded a well-earned
victory against Kuwait in Group ‘B’
opener on Saturday, now lead the group
with two wins from two matches. Pakistan, India and Bangladesh are the
other teams in this group.
Bilal Askani top scored for Bahrain
with a game high seven goals. He was
well assisted by Mahmood Mahdi (5
goals), Jaffar Mohammed (3 goals),
Mohammed Ahmed (2), Abdulla Salman, Hussain Al Qaidoom, Fahad Mohammed and Sayed Shehab Ahmed (1
each).
Traithlon
Bahrain play India today at 6am
(Bahrain time) in their third group
stage match.
Bahrain is also participating in
football, volleyball, athletics, sailing,
swimming, triathlon and weightlifting.
On the first day of the volleyball
championship, Bahrain ‘A’ and ‘B’
teams lost their opening matches.
Bahrain ‘A’, comprising Ali Mar-
n Members of Salcete United team
BASEBALL
NBA games on Saturday:
Washington
98 Orlando
Toronto
111 Utah
Cleveland
127 Atlanta
Indiana
99 Chicago
Memphis
95 Detroit
Dallas
131 Minnesota
Portland
97 Brooklyn
Sacramento
94 San Antonio
LA Clippers
120 Phoenix
Golden State
112 Charlotte
GOLF
93
93
94
90
88
117
87
91
107
87
Leading scores after the third round of
the PGA Tour’s Mayakoba Classic in
Playa Del Carmen, Mexico (US unless
noted, par 71):
198 - Jason Bohn 66-65-67; 199 - Shawn
Stefani 66-65-68; 201 - Alex Cejka (GER)
66-67-68, Charley Hoffman 66-68-67; 202
- Jerry Kelly 69-66-67, Ken Duke 69-63-70,
Andres Gonzales 69-67-66, Danny Lee
(NZL) 66-69-67; 203 - Fred Funk 69-6569; 204 - Nicholas Thompson 68-65-71,
Oscar Fraustro (MEX) 68-67-69; 205 - Steve
Wheatcroft 65-69-71, Brice Garnett 6668-71, Jim Herman 67-69-69, Carlos Ortiz
(MEX) 67-69-69, John Huh 69-67-69.
Scores from the European Tour Turkish
Open at the par-72 course in Antalya:
271-Brooks Koepka (U.S.) 69 67 70 65;
272-Ian Poulter (Britain) 64 66 75 67;
274-Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 70 70 70
64; 275-Andy Sullivan (Britain) 67 75 66
67, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 63 73 71
68, Wade Ormsby (Australia) 65 71 68 71,
hoon and Hasan Qarqoor, lost 16-21,
17-21 to Japan’s Yoshiumi Hasegawa
and Yuya Ageba in Group ‘E’. This
group also includes Iran ‘A’ and Thailand ‘A’. Bahrain ‘A’ take on Thailand
today.
In Group ‘D’, Bahrain ‘B’ lost to Qatar ‘B’ 21-15, 20-22, 10-15 in a threegame thriller. Iran ‘B’, Turkmenistan
‘B’ and Maldives ‘A’ are the other
teams in this group. Bahrain take on
Iran in their second game today.
Bahrain’s football team kick-start
their campaign today against Uzbekistan in three-nation Group ‘D’. China
lead the group with two points, thanks
to their 4-2 win over Uzbekistan in the
group opener on Friday.
Bahrain enjoyed mixed fortunes on
the first day of sailing as Ebrahim Al
Doseri and Abdulla Janahi came fourth
and ninth, respectively, in the Laser
Standard first race.
In the Hobnie 16 Open race one,
Bahrain’s Muhana Al Dosseri was fifth,
followed by compatriot Mustafa Janahi
in sixth.
The team, coached by Kacem Ben
Jumia, will continue their battle today,
starting at 6am (Bahrain time).
Swimmers Khaled Ismaeel and Faraj
Farhan will be looking to improve on
their personal best today when they
take part in the men’s 10km swimming
marathon, starting at 9am (Bahrain
time).
CAC Cansaulim win
CAC Cansaulim clinched a hard
fought 2-0 victory over Milagres Boys
in the Young Goans Club-Alba
Eight-a-Side Football Tournament at
Soccer City, Saar.
Tony Rodrigues’s shot was deflected
into his own goal by Milagres defender Joy Corda while playmaker Rio
Fernandes sealed the match scoring
the second goal.
In the second match, Salcete United
routed Kerala United 4-1.
Striker Antonio Fernandes scored a
fine hat-trick, the first of the tournament, for Salcete while John Dias
made it 4-0. Mahesh A pulled one back
for Kerala United late in the match.
Yuva Kerala defeated DC Cabs
Danny Willett (Britain) 67 70 69 69; 276-Lee
Westwood (Britain) 70 68 67 71, Marcel
Siem (Germany) 70 69 66 71; 277-Eddie
Pepperell (Britain) 70 71 67 69; 278-Romain
Wattel (France) 67 71 73 67, Emiliano Grillo
(Argentina) 68 72 71 67, Peter Uihlein (U.S.)
73 65 70 70, Alexander Levy (France) 68 71
73 66; 279-Victor Dubuisson (France) 77 68
70 64, Stephen Gallacher (Britain) 67 71 71
70, Brendon De Jonge (Zimbabwe) 65 73
73 68, David Lipsky (U.S.) 69 73 69 68.
ICE HOCKEY
NHL games on Saturday (home team in
CAPS):
BOSTON
2 Carolina
1
Minnesota
2 DALLAS
1
LOS ANGELES
3 Anaheim
2
(Overtime)
n Yaqoob in action
Bodybuilders
impress
TWO Bahrain bodybuilders
impressed in the 68th IFBB
World Championship in Brazil.
Arafat Yaqoob finished
fourth in the 75kg category
and Raed Fuad was fifth in the
above 100kg section among
more than 200 bodybuilders
from more than 50 countries.
Meanwhile, Bahrain Weightlifting and Bodybuilding Association and Asian Weightlifting
and Bodybuilding Federation
president Shaikh Abdulla bin
Rashid Al Khalifa retained his
position as vice-president of
the world body for the second
consecutive time during the
IFBB general assembly.
n Ministry Football
n Bahrain teams in action during yesterday’s matches in Phuket
BAHRAIN national handball team
yesterday notched their second successive victory in the Fourth Asian
Beach Games being held in Phuket.
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United 3-1 in another match with
Mohammed Ramesh Kattali scoring
two goals while Harris Anayamkadan
added the third. DC Cabs United
pulled one back through Shane D’Souza’s penalty kick.
Defeated
In the last match of the day, Bardez
Boys defeated Bahrain Boys 2-0
with Nigel Dias and Mairan Marques
hitting the target.
Antonio Fernandes of Salcete United was declared player-of-the-week.
The tournament is conducted and
managed by Bahrain Goans Football
League Committee and co-sponsored
by Bahrain Financing Company.
BUFFALO
MONTREAL
TAMPA BAY
Colorado
NY Rangers
COLUMBUS
NASHVILLE
ST LOUIS
CALGARY
6 Toronto
6 Philadelphia
5 NY Islanders
3 NEW JERSEY
2 PITTSBURGH
(Shootout)
2 San Jose
2 Winnipeg
4 Washington
4 Ottawa
MOTOR RALYING
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Rally of Great Britain: 1 Sebastien Ogier
(France) Volkswagen 3:03:08.200, 2 Mikko
clash set for off
THE Military Sports Association
is organising today the Ministry of
Interior Football Cup 2014 at the
Customs Ground in Muharraq.
Sixteen teams representing different
directorates and sections of the
ministry will compete in this event.
The Economy Crimes will take
on Police Musical Band today
at 5.15pm, followed by a match
between Special Security Force
Command and Royal Police
Academy ‘A’ at 6pm.
In tomorrow’s matches, General
Guards take on Legal Affairs at
5.15pm while Traffic will play
Transportation at 6pm.
Wednesday’s matches will see
Human Resources take on Capital
Security at 5.15pm while Muharraq
Security clash with Ministry of
Interior Court at 6pm.
Traffic team is the defending
champions.
n CISM meeting held
The International Military Sport
Council (CISM) president Colonel
Abdulhakeem Al Shino chaired
the CISM’S third Executive
Board meeting on the sidelines
of the International Military Golf
Championship now on in Bahrain.
The event is being held under the
patronage of His Majesty. The
meeting was attended by chairman,
vice-chairmen, heads of continental
military sports, representatives of the
executive office, heads and members
of CISM committees. Forthcoming
events, including the World Military
Games to take a place in South
Korea from October 2 to 11, 2015,
were discussed.
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Ostberg (Norway) Citroen 01:03.600, 4 Thierry Neuville (Belgium) Hyundai 01:14.900,
5 Elfyn Evans (Britain) Ford 01:24.300, 6
Kris Meeke (Britain) Citroen 02:03.000,
7 Ott Taenak (Estonia) Ford 02:29.700, 8
Jari-Matti Latvala (Finland) Volkswagen
02:47.500, 9 Martin Prokop (Czech Republic) Ford 03:43.300, 10 Hayden Paddon
(New Zealand) Hyundai 03:48.500.
SOCCER
English League Two:
Newport
2
Exeter
5 26 28 30 42 44
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