BAHRAIN SPORT Email: [email protected] Gulf Daily News Monday, 20th October 2014 29 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) 20 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.
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