28 SPORT Gulf Daily News Sunday, 26th October 2014 Email: [email protected] Spartans and Central Cafe enter quarters Iran beat China for Asian crown n Victorious Iranian team members with the trophy. Right, Iran captain Manavinezhad receives the trophy IRAN were last night crowned champions of the Asian Under-20 Volleyball Championship in Bahrain. l Battling Bahrain finish fourth Third seeds Iran defeated three-time champions China 3-0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-19) at Isa Town Sports City in Riffa for their fifth Asian Championship trophy and the first since 2008. Playmaker Hamid Hamoodi led Iran to a deserving victory, setting up crucial spikes for Sahand Allah Verdian, Akbar Valaei and skipper Mohammadjavad Manavinezhad, who scored most of the team points. China and Iran headed into the final in high spirits after clinching hard-fought 3-1 semi-final victories over South Korea and hosts Bahrain on Friday. China, coached by Genyin Ju, was heavily relying on key players Haxiang Du and Zhejia Zhang. But there efforts were just not good enough. Meanwhile, hosts Bahrain settled for fourth place after losing their bronze medal match to six-time Asian Wnder-20 Champions South Korea earlier in the day - 20-25, 14-25, 22-25. It was an impressive finish for Bahrain, the dark horses of the tournament, who qualified for the 2015 Under-20 World Cup to be held in Mexico by entering the semi-final here. Bahrain coach Reda Ali started yesterday’s game with a full-strength squad. Mohammed Saleh Anan was again in a good form. The 19-year-old spiker scored most of Bahrain’s points and also made several blocks to restrict the Koreans. He was well assisted by skipper Mahmood Abdulwahed, Yousef Ebrahim, Sayed Kadhim, Isa Ebrahim, playmaker Abdulrahman Al Mutawa and libero Mohammed Hasan. However, the Koreans were too strong for Bahrain, thanks to a well-organised teamwork, led by BASEBALL MLB play-offs World Series match on Friday (home team in CAPS): Kansas City 3 SAN FRANCISCO2 (Kansas City lead the best-of-seven series by 2-1) GOLF Leading scores after Friday’s second round of the US PGA Tour’s The McGladrey Classic in Sea Island, US (US unless noted, par-70): 131 - Russell Henley 68-63; 132 - Brendon de Jonge (ZIM) 68-64, Brian Harman 65-67, Andrew Svoboda 66-66; 133 - Mark Wilson 67-66, Will MacKenzie 65-68, Fabian Gomez (ARG) 67-66; 134 - Scott Piercy 67-67, Kevin Chappell 67-67; 135 - Carl Pettersson (SWE) 68-67, Erik Compton 65-70, Bill Haas 69-66, Chris Kirk 68-67, William McGirt 68-67, Shawn Stefani 66-69, Andrew D. Putnam 68-67, David Lingmerth (SWE) 68-67, Robert Streb 69-66, three teams in the tournament. Earlier yesterday, Askar received Lebanese Olympic Committee president Jan Hammam, who also attended the final. Hammam was also welcomed on arrival by BVA general secretary Feras Al Halwachi and BVA board member Mohammed Al Fardan. n Bahrain on attack against South Korea Classification results: 5-6 place: Japan bt Taipei 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-18), 7-8: Qatar bt Thailand 3-1 (20-25, 25-16, 25-14,25-19), 9-10: India bt Kazakhstan 3-1 (25-20, 34-36, 25-20, 25-10), 11-12: Sri Lanka bt Saudi Arabia 3-1 (25-17, 25-18, 25-27, 25-21), 13-14: Turkmenistan bt New Zealand 3-2 (25-22, 19-25, 2624, 19-25, 15-12). their dangerous pair Haxiang Du, Yaoche Yu and Yuanbo Li. Ceremony The final was followed by a prize-giving ceremony. Bahrain Volleyball Association (BVA) Shaikh president Shaikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Asian Volleyball Confederation vice-president Isa Hamza and Bahrain Olympic Committee general secretary Abdulrahman Askar honoured the top Mark Hubbard 68-67, Derek Ernst 68-67; 136 - Chad Campbell 68-68, Steven Alker (NZL) 69-67, Ken Duke 67-69, Daniel Summerhays 68-68, Michael Thompson 65-71, Cameron Tringale 68-68, Chesson Hadley 66-70. Leading scores after third round of Macau Open (par 71): 199 - Scott Hend (AUS) 62-70-67; 201 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 61-73-67; 202 - Prom Meesawat (THA) 68-70-64; 204 - Thaworn Wiratchant (THA) 67-70-67, Chan ShihChang (TPE) 70-64-70, Adam Groom (AUS) 65-67-72; 205 - Sam Brazel (AUS) 64-7368; 206 - Martin Rominger (SUI) 65-68-73; 207 - Shiv Kapur (IND) 73-67-67, Kieran Pratt (AUS) 70-69-68. ICE HOCKEY NHL games on Friday (home team in CAPS): Dallas 3 NEW JERSEY 2 (Shootout) Tampa Bay COLORADO EDMONTON ANAHEIM 4 7 6 4 l SUPREME Council for Youth and Sport chairman and Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) president Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa has congratulated His Majesty King Hamad. His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the prime minister, and His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Premie, on Bahraini qualifying for the 2015 FIVB Men’s Under-20 World Volleyball Championship to be held in Mexico. He described the Bahrain Under-20 team’s achievement as historic and thanked the leadership for its continuous support and encouragement. Shaikh Nasser also praised the role of Bahrain Volleyball Association president Shaikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa for his inspiring role. Asian Football Confederation president and BOC general secretary Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa also congratulated the team on this achievement. WINNIPEG Vancouver Carolina Columbus MOTOR RACING 2 3 3 1 Grids for today’s Grand Prix of Malaysia in Sepand: MotoGP: 1 Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) 1min 59.791sec, . Dani Pedrosa (ESP/ Honda) at 0.182sec, 3 Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/ Yamaha) 0.412, 4 Stefan Bradl (GER/Honda) 0.681, 5 Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Ducati) 0.912, 6 Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 0.949, 7 Aleix Espargaro (ESP/Yamaha) 1.010, 8 Cal Crutchlow (GBR/Ducati) 1.328, 9 Bradley Smith (GBR/Yamaha Tech3) 1.472, 10 Alvaro Bautista (ESP/Honda) 2.503 Moto2: 1 Esteve Rabat (ESP/Kalex) 2 minutes 07.429sec, 2 Mika Kallio (FIN/ THE quarter-final slots are fast filling up in the Indian Club Seven-a-side Centenary Cup Cricket Tournament. Spartans and Central Café became the latest teams to make the grade with handsome victories over Havelock and SuperKings CC respectively. Batting first, Spartans put on an impressive 62 runs for four wickets in their six overs with Fayas top scoring with a fine 25. In reply, Havelock lost three wickets in the first over and did not recover from that and were eventually bowled out for 16 runs in 4.4 overs. Fayas was adjudged man-ofthe-match. Central Cafe followed suit with an equally impressive victory as they successfully chased a target of 54 losing two wickets and with two balls to spare. Suraj (21*) and Vassant (14) got the chase to a flying start adding 36 runs for the opening wicket. Earlier, Prashant top scored with 20 runs as SuperKings put on 54 runs on the board for loss three wickets in their six overs. Suraj was declared man-of-the-match. The four remaining pre-quarter-final matches are between Shaheen Group and BCC; BOC and Indian Club ‘B’; BCC ‘A” and Indian Club ‘A’ and Al Namal Kannada Sangha and Awan Red. Kerala XI score over Rangers in T20 clash KERALA XI scored a four-wicket victory over Rangers in the Cricket Bahrain (BCL-CBA Division) Golden League T20 Tournament. Batting first, Rangers made 94 for seven in their 20 overs with Sandeep (30) top scoring. Vinod was the most successful bowler for Kerala XI finishing with figures of four for 12. In reply, Sajeer (20) led the way as Kerala XI reached the target in 17.2 overs and with four wickets to spare. Imran claimed two wickets for 13 runs for Rangers. Other results: Zayani Motors 188-8 in 20 overs (Prakash 43, Fakhir 32, Sajid 41; Karthik 4-31, Anad 3-30) bt Kids & Teens 110-7 (Anand 23; Prakash 2/13) by 78 runs. Bassali Brothers 197-4 (Ahmed 53, Jamil 47, Qadeer 30) bt Arabian Oryxes 56 all out (Taha 16; Noman 5-6, Ahsin 3-30, Shahzad 2-4) by 141 runs. Union Group 112 all out (Nadeem 29, Sajith 28; Mateen 3-17, Naem 2-25) lost to Muharraq Eagles 113-6 in 19.1 overs (Adnan 30, Omer 19*) by 4 wickets. Riffa Warriors 70 all out (Nijith 23; Shibin 2-6) lost to Riffa Typhoon 71-2 in 7.5 overs (Anu 27; Nijith 221) by 8 wickets. Friends XI 74 all out lost to Hurricane 75-4 in 15 overs (Shafeek 23, Shibu 31) 6 wickets. Bharath Legends 110 all out (Adrees 3-25, Nawaz 2-24) lost to Riffa Eagles 112/1 in 14.2 overs (Abtsham 53, Ehsan 31) by 9 wickets. FOG Printing 154-8 (Renjith 36; Haroon 4-27) tied with Panthers 154-9 (Aneel 44; Shahid 2-19). God Father bt Indian School Senior Kalex) at 0.158sec, 3 Sandro Cortese (GER/ Kalex) 0.277, 4 Maverick Vinales (ESP/ Kalex) 0.325, 5 Thomas Luthi (SUI/Suter) 0.420, 6 Takaaki Nakagami (JPN/Kalex) 0.446, 7 Julian Simon (ESP/Kalex) 0.457, 8 Johann Zarco (FRA/Caterham Suter) 0.527. 9 Dominique Aegerter (SUI/Suter) 0.704, 10 Axel Pons (ESP/Kalex) 0.715. Moto3: 1 Jack Miller (AUS/Red Bull KTM) 2min 12.450sec, 2 John McPhee (GBR/ Honda) at 0.459sec, 3 Jakub Kornfeil (CZE/ KTM) 0.566, 4 Efren Vazquez (ESP/Honda) 0.590, 5 Alex Marquez (ESP/Honda) 0.865, 6 Romano Fenati (ITA/KTM) 0.984, 7 Danny Kent (GBR/Husqvarna) 1.079, 8 Isaac Vinales (ESP/Calvo KTM) 1.106, 9 Miguel Oliveira (POR/Mahindra) 1.229, 10 Enea Bastianini (ITA/KTM) 1.259. TENNIS WTA Finals in Singapore: Women’s singles semi-finalS: 4-Simona Halep (Romania) bt 6-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 6-2, 6-2; 1-Serena Williams (US) bt 8-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(6). Basel International: Men’s singles semi-finals: 1-Roger Federer (Switzerland) bt 8-Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) 7-6(8) 3-6 6-3; 7-David Goffin (Belgium) bt Borna Coric (Croatia) 6-4 3-6 6-3. 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
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