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HM King Hamad to visit Egypt today

ALU denounces Iranian interference

Manama

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa will

leave the Kingdom today on a visit to brotherly Egypt.

HM the King will hold talks with the Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, on the deep-rooted Bahraini-Egyptian relations, as well as the latest Arab, regional and global developments, the Royal Court said in a statement.

Manama

The Arab Lawyers Union (ALU)’s Permanent

Bureau has condemned the Iranian interference in Bahrain’s internal affairs and its attempts to promote terrorism and incite sectarian sedition

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Major Terror cell

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Security forces yesterday busted an Iranian-backed

terror cell that plotted to assassinate important senior government and community figures, Ministry of Interior said yesterday.

The Ministry stated that fourteen individuals had been arrested, eleven of whom are suspected of receiving overseas military training under the supervision of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah in Iraq, the Ministry said.

Those arrested are:• Hussain Ahmed Abdullah

Ali Ali, 27;• Qassin Ahmed Ali Hassan

Al Maliki, 23;• Ahmed Ali Ali Al Shaikh,

26;• Ali Abdulrasool

Ibrahim Mohammed Abdulhassan, 29;

• Ali Jaffar Radhi Abdullah Abdulridha, 26;

• Ali Abdullah Ali Ahmed Al Banna, 32;

• Ammar Ahmed Abdullah Ali Ahmed Ali, 17;

• Hassan Ismaeel Ibrahim Ahmed Nasser Al Oraibi, 23;

• Ahmed Ali Mahdi Ali Hussain, 25;

• Hassan Ali Abduljabar Hassan Ahmed Al Hamar, 27;

• Ali Jaffar Abdullah Ali Ahmed Ali, 24;

• Yasser Ahmed Abdullah Ali Ahmed Ali, 25;

• Ahmed Jassim Saeed Mahdi Al Musawi, 24; and

• Sayed Ali Mohammed Isa Hassan Al Musawi, 32.

The suspects were arrested yesterday, the interior ministry confirmed.

The security operations, which were carried out simultaneously at a number of locations in the Kingdom yesterday, followed wide-ranging intelligence operations that monitored suspects’ travel to Iran on

almost 70 occasions during a three-month period.

The suspects were also monitored in Bahrain tracking senior security personnel’s

movements and studying target locations, the interior ministry said.

Security authorities said that materials seized during

the operations included automatic weapons, explosives, assembled bombs and bomb-making materials, and that evidence gathered during the raids indicated members of the group in a February bomb blast which injured five on-duty police officers.

Investigations revealed that the extremist group worked under the direct supervision in terms of financing, planning and implementation of attacks by two known extremists: Mortadha Majeed al-Sindi and Qassim Abdullah Ali, both fugitives wanted in several cases and now living in Iran. A number of terrorists wanted in Bahrain are operating from Iran.

Several of those identified and arrested were proven to have received military training in camps under the supervision of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. (continued on page 2)

Ministry of Interior yesterday named Murtadha Majeed al-Sindi and Qassim Abdullah Ali as the key kingpins

behind the terror cell who planned the assassination attempts in Bahrain. Both the terrorists were involved in planning, financing and implementation of the plan which was busted by the security officials yesterday.

Murtadha, Qassim behind plot

14 arrested

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Terror plot hatched in IranDT News NetworkManama

Continued from Page 1

The other suspects arrested yesterday were also

responsible for a bomb attack that struck a bus carrying Bahrain police on February 26 that left four officers injured.

The Ministry of Interior also revealed that the terrorist group’s members are suspected of operating under the direction of two convicted terrorists, named as Murtadha Majeed Al Sindi and Qassim Abdullah Ali, both of whom are wanted fugitives believed to be in Iran.

The General Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science confirmed separately that the evidence and those arrested have been referred to the Public Prosecution, whilst urgent investigations are continuing to identify and locate those still at large.

Ahmed Jassim Sa’eed Mahdi, 24

Ali Jaffar Redha Abdulla Abdulredha 26

Hussain Ahmed Abdulla Ali Al Mo’men 27

Qassim Ahmed Ali Hassan Al Maliki, 23

Ahmed Ali Mahdi Ali Hussain, 25

Ammar Ahmed Abdulla Ali Al Mo’men 17

Hassan Ismail Ibrahim Ahmed Nasser Al Oraibi, 23

Ali Abdulrasool Ibrahim Mohammed Abdulhassan, 29

Ali Jaffar Abdulla Ali Al Mo’men, 24

Sayed Ali Mohammed Isa Al Mosawi, 32

Yasir Ahmed Abdulla Ali Al Mo’men, 25

Ahmed Ali Ali Al Shaikh, 26

Ali Abdulla Ali Ahmed Al Banna, 32

Hassan Ali Abduljabbar Hassan Al Hamar, 27

3Monday, March 27, 2017

Laptops and Tablets on Planes: The Ban Bungle

The United States on Monday (21 March), and the United Kingdom on Tuesday (22 March), banned most electronic devices, like laptops and

tablets, on all flights from several Middle East countries.The confusion and frustration that this new ban has unleashed on passengers,

and on airport-officials, is just too complicated to be put into words.The US ban, for example, is technically related to ten airports in eight countries

- Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar and United Arab Emirates.

The affected foreign airlines are Royal Jordainian, Egyptair, Turkish airlines, Saudia airlines, Kuwait Airways, Royal Air Morocco, Qatar Airways, Emirates and Etihad, along with US airlines.

The UK ban, however, applies to all direct passenger flights only from six countries - Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.

The affected airlines by UK ban are six UK carriers – British Airways, EasyJet, Jet2, Monarch, Thomas Cook and Thomson – and eight foreign carriers.

See the lack of uniformity? And how the passengers and airport authorities must cope?

On top of that, we hear that France is also considering a ban but has not taken a decision yet. Netherlands is saying: “At the moment we don’t see reasons to introduce similar measures.”

Belgium said it would not introduce a ban without a decision from the ‘European Aviation Safety Agency’. Australia said it would monitor the new arrangement but was not at present planning to follow suit.

So, just imagine the situation if different countries come up with different policies on travel-safety!

Anyway, why this ban now? Was it a right decision? And could it have been better planned and managed?

These are the things I wish to address briefly.To know why the ban came into place, and whether it was a good decision, we

must look at the reasons behind it.According to a report in ‘The Guardian’ on Sunday, 26 March, the ban “was

partly prompted by a previously undisclosed plot involving explosives hidden in a fake iPad”.

It had also reported on 8 February 2016 that, “Video footage analysed as part of Somalia’s investigation into an explosion that blew a hole in a passenger plane shows two men handing what looks like a laptop to the suspected bomber after he passed through security”.

So, the rationale of US homeland security that terrorists are becoming more and more ‘innovative’ cannot be ruled out.

In fact, considering the fact that small and powerful remote devices are nowadays connected on Wi-Fi and Internet, who knows, even a ‘mobile’ phone could be used for destructive purposes like for remote detonation.

However, I find it strange that despite high-level intelligence sharing between US and UK, the travel bans are different by both countries.

For example US list has Qatar and the UAE among the countries from where passengers cannot board the cabins with large electronic devices. These two countries are not on the UK list.

If UK assesses Qatar and UAE as having high levels of airport security, why is US not assessing the airports in the same way?

Some commentators are saying that this ban is a cunning plot, designed to destroy the Middle East airline industry, which has been doing very well of late. But that is far-fetched and can’t be true because this ban is also frustrating the US and UK airlines operating from Middle Eastern countries.

Could this ban have been better planned and managed?Yes. I feel it could have been handled a lot better. When the decision affects

millions of passengers, from several airlines, from airports of many countries, the inconvenience that this ban would cause must also be taken into account.

It is 2017. Smart phones, laptops, and tablets are not luxury items anymore. They are essential communication devices which people carry into the cabin, as cabin baggage. Business professionals, journalists, academics, civil servants, research scholars and students use airport lobbies and air-travel-time to work on important projects.

If these passengers had known about the ban in advance, they would have been better prepared. They wouldn’t be straining the airports. At least a week’s notice would have lessened the strain on airports and passengers.

For our own safety, we are all now willing to wait in long queues at airport terminals, to get our baggage screened and to have our bodies frisked; which is good.

Like body-screening equipment, maybe there is a need for hi-tech systems which can identify and detect fake electronic products that could endanger the travellers.

Meanwhile, however, let us at least use the travel-time to improve our ‘social skills’ instead of our ‘social media skills’ on these banned devices.

Shrimping ban; Violators to face penal action

Muhannad Mansour/[email protected]

Manama

Fishermen violating the summer shrimping ban would face

stringent actions like arrests and hefty penalties, DT News has learnt.

In a telephonic interview with DT News yesterday, Bahrain Fishermen’s Society (BFS) President Waheed Al Dossary confirmed that more stringent penalties need to be enforced to curb the continuous breach of the annual ban and draining of marine resources.

Al Dossary said that smugglers of fresh shrimp would face legal accountability.

“There are plans to coordinate with the Saudi Customs on King Fahad Causeway to arrest and handover smugglers and to confiscate the smuggled shrimp,” Al Dossary informed.

Al Dossary’s statements followed a meeting between a delegation

representing local fishermen and Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Minister Essam Khalaf yesterday.

Al Dossary said that a set of grievances and demands were handed over to the minister who pledged to refer them to the Cabinet and reply to the delegation within two weeks from now. He said that the period could be possibly adjusted.

“We demanded the reconsideration of the period of the ban, as many fishermen remain jobless for six months. It was previously implemented for four months and we wish for it to continue that way,” Al Dossary told.

The delegation also shared several points with the minister that included restoring the financial support of BD3 million to local fishermen that was previously received from the Labour Fund (Tamkeen).

In addition to BFS members, the delegation included Sitra Fishermen

Society President Mohammed Mansour and other members.

They voiced out their support to the ban, yet insisted on altering the length of its period. The delegation also thanked the minister for immediately opening the doors of his office and arranging a meeting with fishermen.

On his part, Khalaf affirmed that the ministry is keen on fulfilling the demands of local fishermen, considering the importance of the sector in achieving food security in the Kingdom.

DT News reported earlier this month that Minister Khalaf issued Resolution 27 of 2017 on March 7, banning shrimping and the sale of fresh shrimps for six months.

The ban came into effect on March 15, banning shrimping and the sale of fresh shrimps. This irked the local professional fishermen, as 400 of them who are only licensed to catch and sell shrimps will remain jobless for six months.

Expat students waste a yearArunita Praharaj/DTNNManama

Several expat students will have to wait for another year before

they are admitted into UKG and Grade I because of the Ministry of Education’s (MoE) minimum admission age stipulation.

Earlier this year, the MoE had stipulated 6 years (as of March 31) as the minimum age for Grade I admissions. This contrasts with the admission procedures in India and Pakistan where the minimum age requirement is between 5-7 years.

A month after schools affected by the minimum age stipulation requested to make an exception for students following the Indian or Pakistani curriculum, many pupils living in or those recently transferred to the Kingdom have ultimately been denied admissions and also

undergone the non-registration process.

Prince S. Natrajan, Chairman of the Indian School Bahrain said: “While we understand the concerns that parents are facing at this stage, it is important to see the reason behind such changes too. Students only have to wait for a couple of months before another academic term starts and they will be much more ready to come back to school.

“We had several discussions with the relevant authorities and decided that it was important to practice a uniform age system within a country. We have started to follow the new rules and admit students accordingly,” he added.

Meanwhile, DT News spoke to parents who have finally accepted the situation after months of struggling to seek admissions for their wards in the Kingdom. Many of them

are planning to shift their country of residence for a year to ensure uninterrupted education for their children.

One of the parents said: “My ward has been denied admissions as she exceeded the age restriction by two months. It is quite stressful and I don’t want my child to sit idle for an entire year so I have decided to move back with her while my partner works here.

“The schools should have held more inclusive meetings so we were clear about the issue from the beginning and made arrangements in time.”

The new rules call for a pupil’s age to be determined with original birth certificates as proof and if the certificate indicates the student’s birth date exceeds December 31 2011, the Ministry requires a non-registration of the primary student.

Essam Khalaf (centre), Al Dossary (top right) and the delegation during the meeting yesterday


Seaweeds, Tubli Bay fishermen’s new bait

Muhannad Mansour/[email protected]

Manama

Fishermen on the shores of Tubli Bay, a few

kilometres to the south of the Capital, have found a new way to make ends meet during winter season.

Instead of spending on pricey baits to catch fish, these fishermen collect special seaweeds that only grow in winter when temperatures are suitable.

On a drizzly day in East Eker, the southeaster shores of Tubli Bay, DT News met Bahraini sailor Abdulzahra Hassan (Buhassan) who informed that these plants, which are locally known as “Hasheesh” or “Khamag”, are found on the shores of b a y s such

as Tubli and Arad Bays.“They grow near the

shores between the months of November and April. The fish, especially Safi which is the most desired locally, like this type of seaweed. We catch

more fish during this season, thanks to these plants,” says Buhassan.

The sailor, who has been in the business for around two decades, explained that the

seaweeds save them thousands of dinars that are usually spent on buying baits.

For six months, the sailors spend twelve hours a day collecting the plants. They wait for the low tide and then enter the sea, not crossing 300 metres distance inside the water.

DT News was informed more about this by a

veteran Asian fisherman. Bangladeshi national Mohammed Abdulkhaliq told that he has been sailing in Bahraini waters for around 25 years and is

now supervising a fleet of

f i s h i n g boats.

While on the coast of Jidali, the northwest side of Tubli Bay, Abdulkhaliq told DT News that collecting Khamag is a common practice among local fishermen during winter.

“We come to Tubli Bay almost every day to collect the seaweed in the six months of winter. First we collect them in bags and carry them in six-wheeler trucks to shore. Then we mix it with sea sand to increase the volume and weight of the plants. We use shovels and tilling tools usually used in agricultural activities,” Abdulkhaliq explained.

DT News witnessed the process. Piles of the plants are unloaded from the trucks on the shores. More pi les of sand are

placed on top of t h e m .

Similarly to tilling soil, shovels and hoes are used to mix the seaweed with the sand.

According to the fishermen, they manage to fill around 120 bags in a day. Each bag weighs 50 kilogrammes, leaving them with 6 tonnes of bait. Abdulkhaliq told that it’s sufficient for three days of fishing trips.

This improvised bait could only be used while fishing using the local “Gargoor” fishing method. The Gargoor is a domed wire fish trap that is made in different sized, with some as big as a big room. It’s dropped down to the seabed and is made in a special way that the fish could enter but not exit it. Gargoors are commonly used by fishermen in the Arabian Gulf region.

When asked if the “Khamag” could be stored to be used in summer, Abdulkhaliq said the bait couldn’t be sold or stored as it dries up and get rotten quick. He added that whatever they collect is usually used within 24 hours from the time it’s collected.

The seaweeds grow near the

shores between the months of November and

April

Mixing the seaweeds with sand

Fishermen getting ready to collect seaweeds; (Right), The seaweeds on the shores of Tubli Bay


Seaweeds, Tubli Bay fishermen’s new bait

The fishermen shared their grievances with DT

News saying that they had requested the authorities to open roads for them to easily reach the bay over the past few years, but their pleas were unheard.

They now have to drive one unpaved road to reach the shore of Jidali. One of the fishermen told that the road is sandy and there’s a risk of their trucks getting stuck in it, considering the heavy weights they transport.

Additionally, Buhassan accused the Capital General Secretariat (formerly municipality) of targeting the fishermen and depriving them from benefiting from the bounties of the sea.

He claimed that an inspector of the secretariat is preventing them from collecting the seaweed because of a personal grudge against one of the fishermen and not due to environmental as claimed.

“He closed the roads to the bay near Jidali more than one time in the past few years. Last year he closed the only road leading to the coast, while we were in the water, locking us inside the area,”

Buhassan alleged.In a recent development,

the same inspector on Saturday fined the fishermen with BD800 for disposing waste on the shore. A BD50 fine was given to each driver of the 16 trucks that were on the shore that day.

“The inspector claims that we are harming the environment by disposing waste on the shores. We collect all of our trash in one spot away from the shore, making the municipality cleaners’ job easier, as they only have to pick it up from one place. We informed the cleaners about that and we reached to an agreement with them. We are not harming the environment. How could we harm marine life, while

we depend on the sea for a living,” Buhassan said.

The irritated man added, “In fact, I have personally seen the municipality cleaners disposing of waste on the shores and warned them multiple times about their acts. The inspector was informed about it, but he denied in spite of showing him footage proving my claims.”

DT News asked a couple of local fishermen about whether collecting these seaweeds is harmful to the environment. Their opinions were split, as many of them said that it’s harmless to the environment, while others insisted that it drains Tubli Bay of natural food for fish.

Fiahermen have to drive through an unpaved road to reach the shore of Jidali which is sandy and there’s a risk of their trucks getting stuck

Needed: Good road

Fishermen loading the seaweeds into a truck. Each truck carries around six tonnes of seaweed

Fishermen after completing the loading work

Preparation of seaweed and sand in progress

ALL PICTURES ARE TAKEN BY MUHANNAD MANSOUR

6 Monday, March 27, 2017

When we are born in this world we are like an empty slate, waiting to be written about. Some of the writing in the early years of our life is done by others-our

parents, teachers, peers and society. We ourselves are born with certain inborn traits and predilections that make us predisposed to behave in a certain way.

But above all we have all been endowed with a most wonderful organ, the human brain that literally makes us the master of our destiny. This means that we can be who we want to be! This isn’t fantasy or wishful thinking, but pretty much established scientific wisdom. We can train our brain to help us achieve our objectives in life.

It so happens that our brain communicates with what are known as neural pathways. If we are pessimistic in our approach, it is because our neural pathways are created like that. But the surprising fact is that our neural pathways can change with our thoughts. If we make a conscious effort to change our thought process from negative to positive, we will change the nature of our neural pathways as well, which will start conveying to our whole being that we are winners.

The implications of this are enormous for human beings for this means that one can hope to expand our horizon limitlessly and achieve pretty much everything that is humanly possible to achieve. Life offers us limitless opportunities and pathways to carve our destiny. We only need to keep our eyes open and ours ears close to the ground to see what it is that we could choose to make our destiny.

For any person reading this, I would like to say that it is a great idea to meet as many interesting people as one can meet, read the most interesting of books, travel as much as you can and imbibe the best that the world has to offer. Keep away from negative people or people who would bring you down. By doing all this you are helping create the best possible neural pathways that will help you achieve every success in life.

Nobody is born a great achiever. Even those acknowledged as geniuses will tell you that they didn’t become one overnight. They slogged harder than their peers and made tremendous sacrifices to achieve their objectives. With time they not only achieved their goals, but became so good at what they did, that appeared to be gifted or naturally talented. When we, for example see Olympic gymnasts perform so magnificently, they seem to belong to another species altogether- how would it be possible for anyone to perform those intricate and highly acrobatic exercises with such consummate ease?

But the fact of the matter is that they may have been like you and me as children, but they decided very early in their life, that an ace gymnast was what they wanted to be, so they trained with all their body and mind to get there. It would not have been easy to start with and they would have cried and suffered along the way, but by and by gymnastics became the raison d’etre of their life and everything came to them as easy as breathing.

Each one of us goes through this process at some level. Every time we learnt a new skill like cycling, swimming or driving we would at first have felt some doubt and hesitation, but with some guidance from others and our own perseverance we became so good at these things that they became like second nature for us.

So let no person, situation or circumstance dictate who or what you want to be. Nobody is genetically programed to grow up and become a doctor or an engineer or a scientist. There are no people who are born athletes. Everybody has to basically make an effort to excel at something in life. It is not as if, like in a classical fairy tale, you are born with a destiny that is yours to fulfil and nothing can keep you away from it.

That is all hogwash. You think like that, the world will pass you by and not give you a second look. Nothing is guaranteed in life. You may have that fancy college degree, yet find out that you are hopeless in dealing with practical problems that your 9 to 5 job presents you with. Maybe you are better suited to being an entrepreneur where your academic acumen could be better utilized to grow your business, rather than feel stifled in a job, which does not have too much use for your specialist skills.

Life may not be smooth and predictable, but you can sooner or later figure out the things that you are good at or enjoy doing. Once you have that settled, do everything in your might to excel at that and nothing can come between you and your desired goal. Your neural pathways would in sometime be primed to making you take just the right steps and make just the right decisions to get to the very top.

Nobody denies that fact that there are things like some inherited talent or advantages of being born into a privileged family, but the fact of the matter is that these will help just a little. One still has to take the right decisions and have the right attitude to leverage these. On the other hand a person from not such a privileged circumstances may have fire in his or her belly and work with that much more passion to get where they want to be.

One may wait a lifetime for good things to happen to one or one might seize the initiative and leave no stone unturned in creating a grand edifice of success for oneself. The choice here may be a no brainer, but one would be surprised at the number of people who choose the former option over the latter. Never make that mistake. You live only once. Make it count.

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” - George Bernard Shaw

(The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of this newspaper.)

Banned medicine seized from docMuhannad Mansour/[email protected]

Manama

Prohibited drugs used in medications were confiscated

from the house of a female Asian doctor, who was recently arrested for conducting illegal abortion operations at a private hospital in the Kingdom.

Ministries and Public Institutions Prosecution Head General Attorney Mamdouh Al Ma’awda announced yesterday that the prosecution

was notified about the doctor by the National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA).

“NHRA informed that the General Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science detected an Asian female doctor who has been conducting illegal abortion operations at a private hospital in return for certain amounts,” Al Ma’awda stated.

“The prosecution issued a warrant to search the defendant’s residence, where assorted drugs used in banned abortion operations and amounts of

money in different currencies were detected and confiscated,” he added.

The prosecution interrogated the defendant and ordered to detain her pending further investigations and to handover the seized drugs to NHRA for examination.

DT News reported on Saturday that the woman was arrested after the police was tipped-off about her illegal activities and that investigations led to catching her red handed.

No further details were available on the identity of the doctor or the private hospital she worked at.

Asian man arrested for selling alcoholDT News NetworkManama

An Asian man was arrested yesterday for

possessing and selling alcohol, General Director of Capital Governorate Police said.

“ The suspect was identified and arrested red-handed after receiving a tip off. Legal proceedings are being taken to refer the case to the Public Prosecution,”he said.

DT News NetworkManama

An educational specialist in Bahrain since 2000,

Dr Dinesh Joseph, 52, died at BDF Hospital yesterday due to heart and kidney failure.

Dr Joseph, who was working as an advisor to President of Customs, was earlier employed as an Advisor for quality assurance and planning at the Royal Academy of Police. He started his career in Bahrain at the Bahrain Training Institute as an associate professor and later at AMA University as an Associate Dean.

Joseph’s wife Anitha, is a lecturer at AMA University.

The couple has two daughters- Deepthi Mariam and Manisha Ann.

Arrangements are being made to fly the body to Dr. Joseph’s home in Trivandrum, Kerala.

Educational expert dies

Dr Dinesh Joseph

The suspect along with the seized items

Mohammed Zafran/[email protected]

Manama

With the vision of diversifying Bahrain’s

economy by boosting the private sector, Bahrain Investment Market (BIM), an innovative equity market, was launched yesterday.

A bell-ringing ceremony was held yesterday at Bahrain Bourse premises in Manama to inaugurate the equity market. The market is expected to provide companies an alternative cost-and time-effective means for raising capital.

The ceremony was attended by Minister of Industry, Commerce, and Tourism (MoIC) in Bahrain and the Minister-In-Charge of Bahrain Bourse Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani, Bahrain Bourse CEO Shaikh Khalifa bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, Tamkeen Chief Executive Dr. Ebrahim Janahi, Managing Partner of KPMG in Bahrain Jamal Fakhro, and Managing Director of Keypoint Wajdi Al-Jallad.

According to Bahrain Bourse, listing in BIM will help companies in many ways; apart from providing an innovative financing option, it also gives access to professional advice and guidance, higher brand recognition, and an easier path in transferring to the mainboard market.

As per BIM rules, companies must appoint and retain a sponsor before and during the listing process. In return, the sponsor is responsible for providing companies the required support and guidance to fulfil the BIM admission and financial disclosure requirements. BIM looks to follow the successes of regional equity markets such as Nomu of Saudi Arabia, Qatar Venture Market of Qatar and NILEX of Egypt. Internationally London Stock Exchange - AIM and Singapore Stock Exchange - Catalist are similar to BIM.

Shaikh Khalifa said that BIM will address the financing gap faced by fast-growing companies who seek growth capital but are not yet at the level where they are able to meet the criteria of the Bahrain Bourse Mainboard.

“I am pleased to say that the Bahrain Investment

Market is now officially open for business. Having two of the leading advisory firms coming on board as authorized sponsors and more expected to join soon, as well as Tamkeen’s new dedicated support program, adds even more value to the BIM’s innovative world-class equity market ecosystem.”

Commenting on this announcement, Tamkeen’s Chief Executive Dr. Ebrahim Janahi said, “Tamkeen’s support for the Bahrain Investment Market comes as part of our efforts to support enterprises across all stages of development and making the private sector the key driver of economic growth.

In addition to access to capital, listed companies will benefit from the implementation of globally-accepted standards for financial auditing and reporting such as the IFRS and AAOIFI, as mandated by the BIM.

Managing Partner of KPMG in Bahrain Jamal Fakhro, noted, “KPMG has had a presence in the country for nearly 50 years, and we understand the needs and challenges that local enterprises face. We are looking forward to combining our local expertise with our global network and resources to provide companies wishing to be listed within the BIM with market-leading insights and tailored Advisory services.”

Managing Director of Keypoint Wajdi Al-Jallad, commented, “ This is a first step towards a robust and well-regulated stock market platform that will aim to assist various sizes of companies from different economic sectors who are seeking expansion and growth. We pledge our commitment to play an effective role to support the vision of the Bahrain Bourse to make Bahrain Investment Market a successful initiative”

“Start-ups represent the largest and fastest-growing segment of the private sector. According to figures released by Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism earlier this year, the number of commercial registrations in Bahrain nearly tripled, from 9,000 in 2015 to nearly 27,000 in 2016. Therefore, initiatives such as the BIM will fill an important financing gap in the

market.” Bahrain Bourse said in a statement yesterday.

Bahrain Investment Market is open to all companies in the GCC and MENA region.

Companies interested in listing on Bahrain Investment Market and specialised advisory firms interested in becoming authorised by

Bahrain Bourse may contact the Bahrain Bourse Help Desk by calling (+973) 17 261260 or email [email protected].


“BIM will address the financing gap faced by fast-growing companies who seek growth capital but are

not able to meet the criteria of the Bahrain Bourse Mainboard.”

The market is expected to provide

companies an alternative

cost-and time-effective means

for raising capital

Bahrain Investment Market officially opens for business

Interested Contractors with proven capabilities and experience in providing the above services may Purchase the Tender documents online using e-Tendering system from https://etendering.tenderboard.gov.bh from SUNDAY MARCH 26, 2017. Tender documents can be downloaded after paying the non-refundable tender fees as specified above. An Initial Bond should be enclosed for the amount specified above or 1% of the bid value, whichever is lesser (in any case Initial Bond shall not be less than BD 100/-), payable by a Manager’s Cheque, Certified Cheque, Letter of Guarantee or Insurance policy issued by Local Agencies Cash. The bond shall remain valid throughout the tender period specified in the relevant tender documents. For more information please call the following numbers: 36027245 –17757054 –17755845 –1775299 –17757044.

• Quotation should be deposited in the tender box provided at the Tender Submission Office, Tender Board Office, 7th Floor, Al Moayyed Tower, Seef Area, before 01.30 pm on the tender closing date.

• This tender is subject to the provisions of Legislative Decree No.36 of 2002 with respect to Regulating Government Tenders- Auction and the Legislative Decree No.37 of 2002 with respect to the Tender Law’s Implementing Regulations.

• The following conditions shall be complied with:

Kingdom of Bahrain

The Bahrain Petroleum Company BSC (Closed) hereby invites tender for the following:

1. Enclose a copy of the Commercial Registration Certificate valid for the current year, and be in conformity with the subject tender.

2. Submit quotations on “Tender Submission Form” No. (TB 02).3. Enclose a copy of Certificate of Compliance with the Employment Percentage for Bahraini Manpower

issued by the Ministry of Labour.4. Ensure to stamp with the official seal on all the original documents and copies thereof, which form

part of the offer.

Vendors who are not registered in Tender Board E-tendering System shall be required to register through the link below.

https://etendering.tenderboard.gov.bh/xcap/supplier/suplogin.aspx

For any inquiry please call help desk email [email protected] or telephone no. +973-17566617.

• This announcement is considered as a part of the Tender Documents.

Tender TitleTender No. Initial Bond

(BD)

TenderDocuments Fees (BD)

Tender Submission

Day Date Time

PROVISION OF LEASED VEHICLES FOR VARIOUS BAPCODEPARTMENTS(NOTE: Purchase Tender Documents Deadline: 04-April.-2017 15:30

T170030 (43) 5,000/- 50/-

Wednesday12th April 2017

01:30 pm

PROVISION OF PERSONNEL FOR THE PROCUREMENTDEPARTMENT(NOTE: Purchase Tender Documents Deadline: 05-April.-2017 15:30

T170029 (49) 1,000/- 25/-


01:30 pm

FOUR YEARS LONG TERM PURCHASE AGREEMENT FORHOUSE FURNITURE IN AWALI(NOTE: Purchase Tender Documents Deadline: 12-April.-2017 14:30

Q093424 (49) 2,500/- 50/-


01:30 pm

Al Zayani inaugurates BIM through a bell ringing ceremony in the presence of Shaikh Khalifa, Dr. Janahi, Fakhro and other officials

BUSINESS Monday, March 27, 20178


Modern Art Studio, one of the longest established Rolex agents worldwide, opened their newest boutique in

Manama yesterday. The renovated boutique in Bahrain City Centre, which

has been uniquely designed by Rolex to embrace the Arabian culture was inaugurated by Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani. The boutique offers its customers an extensive Rolex collection of over 800 watches on display in beautifully crafted walnut showcases. Decorated with ultimate perfectionism and the highest quality materials, customers will experience outstanding interior design, developed in collaboration with Rolex Interior Design Specialists. The boutique also features an exclusive VIP suite for private viewing.

The wall panels were manufactured in Switzerland, and the furniture and Murano chandelier in Italy. The atmosphere illustrates the world of Rolex and offers privacy and professional advice, with many staff who have been with Modern Art Studio for over 30 years.

“We are very proud of our association with Rolex for over 75 years and the Rolex Boutique which opens today is the largest in the Middle East,” Modern Art Studio’s directors Richard and David said.

Modern Studio General Manager M.P Raghu and other dignitaries also attended the inaugural ceremony.

Modern Art Studio opens newRolex boutique

Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani in talks with Modern Art Studio Directors David and Richard

Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani inaugurates the renovated Rolex Showroom in the presence of Modern Art Studio Directors David and Richard

The renovated Rolex showroom in Bahrain City Centre

The boutique offers customers an extensive Rolex collection of over 800 watches

Modern Studio General Manager M.P Raghu and other officials pose for a photo after the inauguration

BUSINESSMonday, March 27, 2017 9

Uber has pulled its self-driving cars from the roads after an accident which left one of the vehicles on its side.

Pictures posted online showed the car on its right side on an Arizona street, next to another badly damaged vehicle.

The car - a Volvo SUV - was in self-driving mode at the time of the crash, on Friday, Uber said. The accident occurred when another vehicle “failed to yield” to the Uber car at a left turn.(BBC)

The bulk of footwear chain Jones Bootmaker has been sold to investment firm Endless, saving 72 stores and 840 jobs.

However, the remaining 31 stores will close and about 260 jobs are expected to be lost.

Jones was owned by Alteri Investors, whose “value” shoe chain Brantano collapsed earlier this week.

Endless bought the profitable parts of the business under a “pre-pack” administration deal.

Michael Dell

Uber suspends self-driving cars after crash Jones Bootmaker sale saves 840 jobs

CEO of Dell Computers

There are a lot of things that go into creating success. I don’t like to do just the things I like to do. I like to do things that cause the company to succeed. I don’t spend a lot of time doing my favorite activities.

BBK wins global financial awardDT News [email protected]

Manama

BBK, Bahrain’s pioneer in retail and commercial

banking, has been ranked as a leader in Cash Management Services by Global Finance magazine in its annual awards for ‘World’s Best Treasury & Cash Management Banks and Providers 2017’.

After a multi-tier assessment process, BBK joined 55 banks around the world as the best in their respective countries. The award will be presented at the SWIFT International Banking Operations (SIBOS 2017) Seminar in Toronto over October 16-19, regarded as the world’s premier financial services event.

BBK chief executive Reyadh Yousif Sater described the recognition as confirmation of BBK’s status as Bahrain’s

leading provider of Cash Management products and services.

“We now have independent evaluation by an international publication on the quality of our Cash Management offering in this market segment,” he said.

“This award confirms the value of our BBKCashlink

electronic platform and the benefits it brings to Corporates and Institutions by providing a more streamlined and efficient payment and collection workflow, resulting in better management of their cash-flows.”

“The platform also gives our customers near real time access to their account information at any time. BBKCashlink is highly secure and accessible through the web from any location around the world,” he added.

BBKCashlink enables the bank’s Commercial and Institutional clients to make multiple types of payments and view all their account-related information from their offices.

Criteria for the latest Global Finance award included profitability, market share & reach, customer service, competitive pricing, product

innovation, and the extent to which treasury and cash management providers have successfully differentiated themselves from their competitors.

“BBK stood out from its peers in services to clients for cash management following our readers’ poll, input from industry analysts, corporate executives, technology experts and Global Finance’s independent research,” the magazine’s publisher and editorial director, Joseph D. Giarraputo said.

Investment in green energysought

BCCI to hold tourism meetingtoday Manama

Following the recent enforcement of new rules

and regulations related to the activities of travel and tourism agencies and in a bid to reinforce the tourism sector in Bahrain and enhance its vigour, the tourism sector committee of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) headed by Sufian Al Moayed is holding a meeting with travel and tourism agencies in Bait Al Tijjar today at 10:00 a.m. in Al Majlis Hall- Bait Al Tijjar. The meeting will deliberate about the concerns of the sector and mull solidifying communication and collaboration between the committee, the members, and the Civil Aviation Affairs.

Batelco introduces new data roaming packagesDT News [email protected]

Manama

Batelco, has added twelve new international destinations

to its Data Roaming Packages to provide the best services for its customers.

The bolt-on packages, which start from BD5, are available for Postpaid and Prepaid Customers to meet their requirement for lower priced data services while roaming across the GCC and a number of global destinations.

Customers who subscribe to the ‘Data Roaming Bolt On’ pay a standard fixed one-day or seven-day fee based on their choice of package.

The range of packages

includes 1 day with 1GB roaming in the GCC for only BD5 and 7 days with 5GB roaming in the GCC for only BD10 while customers can benefit from worldwide roaming for only BD20 for 7 days with 1GB.

With the new additions, Batelco now offers Data Roaming bolt-on services in over 50 locations.

The full list of countries and respective providers is available on www.batelco.com and new locations are added regularly.

The Data Roaming Bolt-on removes the worry about additional roaming charges giving peace of mind to customers. Once the package limit is reached, the data service

will automatically stop. “The ‘Data Bolt On’ service

enables our customers to enjoy great value rates when using data services on the go. Batelco is committed to transforming the lives of its customers; enabling them to connect, work and live better through the delivery of cutting-edge, technology-based products and solutions,” Batelco Bahrain CEO Eng. Muna Al Hashemi said.

To subscribe, Batelco customers may dial *973# or alternatively they can send GCC1 for the GCC one-day Package, GCC7 for the GCC seven-day Package or WW7 for the Worldwide seven-day Package, to 88188 or +97332188188.

The award will be presented at the

SIBOS seminar in Toronto in

October

Reyadh Yousif Sater

Dubai

A number of oil and gas majors are going through

an existential crisis in recent years given that the world is decisively and rapidly moving away from fossil fuels. Therefore, the future of the industry in its current form seems rather uncertain, says an LBS expert.

According to Ioannis Ioannou, Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, London Business School, it is no surprise that a number of oil companies across the Middle East are already beginning to invest in renewable forms of energy, hoping that such investments will act as a stepping-stone for the next phase of the energy landscape.

“For the oil and gas industry, perception and timing are critical – the recently announced $5bn investment in solar panels by Aramco, ahead of what could become the biggest IPO ever, warrants closer attention. A true commitment to renewables, and a credible pitch towards investors, should be embedded throughout the organisational structures and processes ,” Dr Ioannou said.

“Research shows that companies perform better in the long run, and thus produce superior shareholder returns, only when environmental and social issues become part of a corporation’s DNA. For Aramco, this means a credible commitment to renewables will have to include appropriate ways to incentivise top executives, formal responsibility for the renewables division at the highest levels of the company’s hierarchy,” he said.

“ It also requires transparency with regards to the company’s overall impact on climate change and reporting transparency around both renewables as well as the fossil fuels division of the company.”

According to Dr Ioannou, the adoption of these elements would signal deep engagement with stakeholders in the renewables industry in the long term and it will also signal a longer-term time horizon for decision-making at Aramco.

He continued: “Importantly, one should also not underestimate the challenge of competing in the same industry – in this case, the energy industry – with two very distinct business models: fossil fuels and solar. Aramco’s long-term success – and hence, its ability to generate investment returns – will hinge upon its ability to evaluate whether the synergies generated by competing with two positions in the same industry outweigh the costs, and whether the resulting conflicts can be managed effectively.”

“If conflicts become too difficult to manage then putting fossil fuels and renewables under the same roof may not only fail to generate incremental value but it may even destroy value for shareholders. The investment community will undoubtedly be watching closely to see how Aramco manages these challenges, and how the company’s commitment to a sustainable future manifests through its organisational processes and structures, over and above its recent financial commitments,” he concluded.

Ioannis Ioannou


COUNTRY/CURRENCIES SELLBUY

Rates are for indication purpose only. For firm rates or for currencies not listed above please call Bahrain Financing Company. Telephone: 17228888, Website: www.bfc.com.bh

COUNTRY 1 US DLR 1 UK STG 1 SFR 100 YEN

BAHRAIN 0.3770 0.4699 0.3732 0.3316

KUWAIT 0.2855 32.4614 0.2826 0.2511

OMAN 0.3849 0.3888 0.3810 0.3385

QATAR 3.6420 3.6791 3.6052 3.2032

UAE 3.6730 3.7105 3.6359 3.2304

SAUDI 3.7500 3.7883 3.7121 3.2982

AUSTRALIA 0.2971 0.2947BANGLADESH 0.00506 0.00475CANADA 0.2945 0.2914DENMARK 0.0569 EGYPT 0.0361 0.0219EURO 0.4059 0.4038HONGKONG 0.04983 0.04943INDIA 0.00582 0.00577INDONESIA 0.00002997 0.00002894IRAN TUMAN 0.00010959 IRAQI DINAR 0.000294 JAPAN 0.003520 0.003450JORDAN 0.5346 0.5351KOREA 0.00038401 KUWAIT 1.2580 1.242MALAYSIA 0.087500 0.0873NEW ZEALAND 0.2767 0.2744NORWAY 0.0473 NEPAL 0.00387 0.00353OMAN 0.97962 0.98262PAKISTAN 0.00365 0.00360PHILIPPINES 0.00777 0.00753QATAR 0.10381 0.10376SAUDI ARABIA 0.10061 0.26810SINGAPORE 0.2730 0.2710SOUTH AFRICA 0.03120 0.03110SRI LANKA 0.00277 0.00249SWEDISH 0.0451 .SWITZERLAND 0.3826 0.3801SYRIA 0.001740 0.0123TAIWAN 0.012800 THAILAND 0.010990 0.010990TURKEY 0.1105 UNITED KINGDOM 0.4796 0.4766UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 0.102800 0.102810UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 0.37800 0.37805YUAN 0.058500 0.0585


Minister of Finance Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed

Al Khalifa, lead the Bahrain delegation to the meeting of the Economic and Social Council of the Arab League, held in preparation for the 28th Arab Summit, which will be held in Jordan by the end of this month.

In his keynote address, the Jordanian Minister of

Industry, Trade and Supply, H.E. Engineer Yarub Qudah, highlighted the importance of further developing joint economic and financial Arab work, and taking advantage of existing potential for Arab economies.

The Arab League Secretary General, H.E. Ahmed Abul Gheit, called for all the requirements of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area and the Arab Customs Union to be

met, in order to reach Arab economic integration in line with the global economy. He also urged the creation of a new Arab economic formula that uplifts the current economic situation, while paying attention to knowledge-based economy, quality of education and linking it to labour market needs.

Among the topics listed on the agenda and discussed during the meeting were a

report prepared by the Arab League Secretary General on the economic, social and developmental aspects of the Arab work, and a briefing on the activities of a number of Arab specialised organisations.

The meeting also tackled financial sustainability and means of making significant progress in economic diversification and revenue development policies in Arab countries.

Finance Minister participates in Arab League meeting


The directorate of Companies Control and the directorate of Precious Metals & Gem Testing have conducted a field

visits to gold shops in the Kingdom in order to raise awareness and educate them about rules of “Know Your Customer”, which requires obtaining a copy of the customer’s identity and data during the purchase or sale of gold and jewellery.

The shops were also made aware of the need to keep records of sales for a period not less than 5 years as required by law. Shop owners were urged to try to reduce the deal of cash and replace it with payment at points of sale in order to reduce the misuse of the gold and jewellery sector by money launderers.

The directorate of Precious Metals & Gem Testing made an intensive inspection campaigns in the local market in cooperation with the directorate of Companies Control to check shops application on Law No. (6) of 1990 by checking samples of jewellery offered and ensuring the official seal of the Kingdom

Directorate conducts field visits

Dubai

Middle East stock markets were mixed in mostly

thin trade yesterday, with Saudi Arabia giving up early gains triggered by progress in reforms that could help it to join MSCI’s emerging market index.

The Saudi index rose as much as 0.5 percent in early trade but closed 0.1 pc down in its thinnest volume since last September.

The market began running out of steam yesterday after a joint committee of ministers from OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers announced their agreement to review whether

a global pact to limit supplies should be extended by six months.

In Dubai, the index edged up 0.2 pc, with Union Properties climbing by 3.1 pc after its board recommended an 8 pc stock dividend for 2016.

Abu Dhabi’s index lost 0.7 pc, pulled down by weakness in big banks. Qatar’s index fell by 0.3 pc as petrochemicals blue-chip company Industries Qatar sagged by 2.2 pc.

Egypt’s index added 0.6 pc in a broad-based rise, with seven of the most heavily traded stocks gaining and none falling.(Reuters)

Saudi fails to keep

gainsClosing Bell

SAUDI ARABIA edged down 0.1 pc to 6,874 points.

DUBAI rose 0.2 pc to 3,468 points.

ABU DHABI fell 0.7 pc to 4,465 points.

QATAR lost 0.3 pc to 10,413 points.

KUWAIT edged down 0.04 pc to 7,041 points.

EGYPT rose 0.6 pc to 13,108 points.

OMAN rose 0.3 pc to 5,654 points.

BAHRAIN gained 0.2 pc to 1,379 points.

Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa during the meeting

An official inspecting a shop


COUNTRY/CURRENCIES SELLBUY

Rates are for indication purpose only. For firm rates or for currencies not listed above please call Bahrain Financing Company. Telephone: 17228888, Website: www.bfc.com.bh

COUNTRY 1 US DLR 1 UK STG 1 SFR 100 YEN

BAHRAIN 0.3770 0.4699 0.3732 0.3316

KUWAIT 0.2855 32.4614 0.2826 0.2511

OMAN 0.3849 0.3888 0.3810 0.3385

QATAR 3.6420 3.6791 3.6052 3.2032

UAE 3.6730 3.7105 3.6359 3.2304

SAUDI 3.7500 3.7883 3.7121 3.2982

AUSTRALIA 0.2971 0.2947BANGLADESH 0.00506 0.00475CANADA 0.2945 0.2914DENMARK 0.0569 EGYPT 0.0361 0.0219EURO 0.4059 0.4038HONGKONG 0.04983 0.04943INDIA 0.00582 0.00577INDONESIA 0.00002997 0.00002894IRAN TUMAN 0.00010959 IRAQI DINAR 0.000294 JAPAN 0.003520 0.003450JORDAN 0.5346 0.5351KOREA 0.00038401 KUWAIT 1.2580 1.242MALAYSIA 0.087500 0.0873NEW ZEALAND 0.2767 0.2744NORWAY 0.0473 NEPAL 0.00387 0.00353OMAN 0.97962 0.98262PAKISTAN 0.00365 0.00360PHILIPPINES 0.00777 0.00753QATAR 0.10381 0.10376SAUDI ARABIA 0.10061 0.26810SINGAPORE 0.2730 0.2710SOUTH AFRICA 0.03120 0.03110SRI LANKA 0.00277 0.00249SWEDISH 0.0451 .SWITZERLAND 0.3826 0.3801SYRIA 0.001740 0.0123TAIWAN 0.012800 THAILAND 0.010990 0.010990TURKEY 0.1105 UNITED KINGDOM 0.4796 0.4766UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 0.102800 0.102810UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 0.37800 0.37805YUAN 0.058500 0.0585


Minister of Finance Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed

Al Khalifa, lead the Bahrain delegation to the meeting of the Economic and Social Council of the Arab League, held in preparation for the 28th Arab Summit, which will be held in Jordan by the end of this month.

In his keynote address, the Jordanian Minister of

Industry, Trade and Supply, H.E. Engineer Yarub Qudah, highlighted the importance of further developing joint economic and financial Arab work, and taking advantage of existing potential for Arab economies.

The Arab League Secretary General, H.E. Ahmed Abul Gheit, called for all the requirements of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area and the Arab Customs Union to be

met, in order to reach Arab economic integration in line with the global economy. He also urged the creation of a new Arab economic formula that uplifts the current economic situation, while paying attention to knowledge-based economy, quality of education and linking it to labour market needs.

Among the topics listed on the agenda and discussed during the meeting were a

report prepared by the Arab League Secretary General on the economic, social and developmental aspects of the Arab work, and a briefing on the activities of a number of Arab specialised organisations.

The meeting also tackled financial sustainability and means of making significant progress in economic diversification and revenue development policies in Arab countries.

Finance Minister participates in Arab League meeting


The directorate of Companies Control and the directorate of Precious Metals & Gem Testing have conducted a field

visits to gold shops in the Kingdom in order to raise awareness and educate them about rules of “Know Your Customer”, which requires obtaining a copy of the customer’s identity and data during the purchase or sale of gold and jewellery.

The shops were also made aware of the need to keep records of sales for a period not less than 5 years as required by law. Shop owners were urged to try to reduce the deal of cash and replace it with payment at points of sale in order to reduce the misuse of the gold and jewellery sector by money launderers.

The directorate of Precious Metals & Gem Testing made an intensive inspection campaigns in the local market in cooperation with the directorate of Companies Control to check shops application on Law No. (6) of 1990 by checking samples of jewellery offered and ensuring the official seal of the Kingdom

Directorate conducts field visits

Dubai

Middle East stock markets were mixed in mostly

thin trade yesterday, with Saudi Arabia giving up early gains triggered by progress in reforms that could help it to join MSCI’s emerging market index.

The Saudi index rose as much as 0.5 percent in early trade but closed 0.1 pc down in its thinnest volume since last September.

The market began running out of steam yesterday after a joint committee of ministers from OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers announced their agreement to review whether

a global pact to limit supplies should be extended by six months.

In Dubai, the index edged up 0.2 pc, with Union Properties climbing by 3.1 pc after its board recommended an 8 pc stock dividend for 2016.

Abu Dhabi’s index lost 0.7 pc, pulled down by weakness in big banks. Qatar’s index fell by 0.3 pc as petrochemicals blue-chip company Industries Qatar sagged by 2.2 pc.

Egypt’s index added 0.6 pc in a broad-based rise, with seven of the most heavily traded stocks gaining and none falling.(Reuters)

Saudi fails to keep

gainsClosing Bell

SAUDI ARABIA edged down 0.1 pc to 6,874 points.

DUBAI rose 0.2 pc to 3,468 points.

ABU DHABI fell 0.7 pc to 4,465 points.

QATAR lost 0.3 pc to 10,413 points.

KUWAIT edged down 0.04 pc to 7,041 points.

EGYPT rose 0.6 pc to 13,108 points.

OMAN rose 0.3 pc to 5,654 points.

BAHRAIN gained 0.2 pc to 1,379 points.

Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa during the meeting

An official inspecting a shop


[email protected]“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.”

– Vince Lombardi

DT News NetworkManana

Eight students of Bahrain School represented

Bahrain in the Oasis Track meet held in Amman, Jordan at the Amman Baccalaureate School.

Brendan Donovan won the 1500 meter race, and came second in the 800 meter. Monica Blakely advanced to the 200 and 400 meter finals and was placed 2nd in the

400 m and 4th in the 200 m events. She went on to win the 7th position in the high jump and 3rd in long jump.

Latavia Edwards was placed 3rd in high jump and made into the finals for long jump in the 6th position.

Gregor Stolte came 4th in the 800 meter and 8th in the long jump. Delta Bradshaw was placed 6th in long jump, and made it to the 100 m finals where he was placed

7th. The 100 m relay team

of Delta Bradshaw, Gregor

Stolte, Hassan Aldrees, and Nicolas Bissonnette won the second place. Hassan Aldrees

also participated in the 100 m event.

Nicolas Bissonnette made

it into the finals for shot put finishing fourth.

Erik Johnsson made it to the finals in both shot put and discus. Latavia Edwards and Monika Blakely advanced into several final rounds, which saw the Junior Varsity Girls team taking up 3rd place at the tournament.

The Bahrain School Track team was the only school to have all their participants compete in the finals.

Bahrain Middle High School held a talent show that allowed stu-dents to show off

their skills and acts ranging from singing,dancing to playing the piano.

The audience enjoyed original music performed

by Helena Blaisdell-Black. In between acts, MCs Noah David Perry and Zain Alalawi entertained the crowd.

Students display skills at talent show

Tim Murray, CEO of Aluminum Bahrain (Alba) was elected as

the new Chair of St Christopher’s School Board of Governors at the latest board meeting.

Murray takes over from Sael Al Waary, Deputy Group CEO of Bank ABC, who stepped down after serving on the Board for 10 years as a member, and 5 of which as Chair.

Tim has served on the Board for the past two years as Founder Governor from Alba, and has lived in Bahrain for 10 years. He is the father of two children who both attended St Christopher’s for eight years.

“It is an honour to be elected Chair and given the trust by the Members of the Board. Thanks to the leadership of Al Waary, and of Ed Goodwin and the strong management team, St Christopher’s

today is a highly recognised school in Bahrain and in the region,” Murray said.

“As Chair, I plan to build upon the strong foundations in place, and focus on how to strengthen St Christopher’s and ensure that it continues to lead amongst British Schools regionally and globally. We live in a world of constant change, and I believe that change equals opportunity. It is our job to embrace this change and keep St Christopher’s strong and competitive for future generations.”

Sael Al Waary said, “It has been a privilege to be a part of St Christopher’s community as Chair, Board member and parent. St Christopher’s is the prime choice for families for British education, and I have full confidence in the current Board and Management of

the school to continue its strong legacy.”

Ed Goodwin, Principal of the school extended his thanks and appreciation to Al Waary to his service and support for the school.

“St Christopher’s will continue, to develop still higher levels of performance to ensure that it offers the very best education it can for its students.”

“I would also like to welcome the three new Governors to the Board, Brendon Hopkins from Bank ABC and Babak Sultani from Investcorp, as well as Stephen Harrison-Mirfield who is the new Parent Governor.”

David Axtell was elected Deputy Chair, Graham Scopes as Honorary Treasurer (co-opted) and Dina Kasrawi as Honorary Secretary at the meeting. Tim Murray (seated third from left) along with other board members

Students participating in the talent showThe Bahrain School Track Team in Amman

Monday, March 27, 201712Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa re-ceived the Chairman of the Bahrain Journal-ists Association (BJA), Moanes Al-Mardi, who presented him with a copy of his book entitled “The Historic Meeting” at the Gudaibiya Pal-ace yesterday. The book documents the historical visit of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdu-laziz Al Saud to the King-dom of Bahrain, and his brotherly meeting with the Prime Minister. It also contains the Prime Minister’s memorable quotes about Saudi Ara-bia and its rulers

Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa received state officials and businessmen at the Gudaibiya Palace yesterday. The Prime Minister asserted the government’s interest in listening to the opinions expressed about issues related to the citizens, trade or economy and keenness to remove any obstacles that may impede development for the sake of the nation and the citizens.

Graduate students of the Dis-tance Learning Department at the Graduate School of Ara-bian Gulf University (AGU) pre-sented eight scientific papers at the International Education Conference held recently in Spain and the United States, supervised by Dr Ahmed Nubi, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies for Educa-tional Studies Affairs, and Head of the Department of Distance Learning, and Dr Al Ajab Mo-hammed Al Ajab, Coordinator of the Distance Learning and Training Program

The Social Activities Committee of the Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) organised an Interdepartmental Football Tournament at the Company’s club as part of its efforts to foster a one-family spirit among employees. Eight teams from various Departments took part. The Maintenance Team won first place while the team from Urea came in second. The third place was secured by the Utilities Team. GPIC Corporate Com-munications Manager Zuhair Tawfiqi, who is also the Social Activities Com-mittee Chairman, along with a number of members of the Executive Manage-ment and honoured the winning teams

Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa received yesterday the US Ambassador to Bahrain William Roebuck. They discussed strong relations between the two friendly countries and growing cooperation in various fields. They also reviewed regional and international developments

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Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa received state officials and businessmen at the Gudaibiya Palace yesterday. The Prime Minister asserted the government’s interest in listening to the opinions expressed about issues related to the citizens, trade or economy and keenness to remove any obstacles that may impede development for the sake of the nation and the citizens.

Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa received yesterday Representatives Council Speaker Ahmed bin Ibrahim Al Mulla. He congratulated him on his unanimous election as Deputy Chairman of the 24th confer-ence of the Arab Parliament Union which convened in Rabat, Morocco, recently

The Bangla-deshi Embassy held a Flag hoist-ing Ceremony at the Bangla-deshi Embassy in Al Gufool Av-enue yesterday. A m b a s s a d o r Maj. Gen. K.M Mominur Rah-man hoisted the national flag. Later a National Day Reception was held at the Diplomat Radis-son Blue, Grand A m b a s s a d o r Suite

Spring of Culture’s Bahrain Bay Theatre showcased the circus perfor-mance Traces as part of the annual Spring of Culture festival at Bahrain Bay. The shows has been organised by the Economic Development Board (EDB) as part of its support of the annual festival. The Spring of Culture contributes significantly to Bahrain’s tourism sector each year and tourism is a key priority sector for the EDB as part of its develop-ment plans for the Kingdom

UAE Exchange celebrated Mothers Day in their branches in Bahrain

The United Panel led by its presidential candidate P.V Radhakrishna Pillai won the election to the executive committee of the Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam which was conducted last Friday. All the candidates of United Panel were elected with a clear majority. Following are the winners: P.V Radhakrishna Pillai(President), N.K Veeramani (General Secretary), Manoharan Pavaratty (Assis-tant General Secretary) , Devadas Kunnath (Treasurer), Sivakumar Kolleroth (Entertainment Sec-retary), Vinyachandran R Nair(Librarian), Jagdeesh Shivan (Membership Secretary), K.C Philip (Literary Wing Secretary), Krishna Kumar V.K (Internal Auditor)

Interior Minister Lieu-tenant-General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa yesterday re-ceived US Ambassador to Bahrain, William Roe-buck, in the presence of Public Security Chief Major-General Tariq bin Hassan Al-Hassan. The minister commended security cooperation and coordination between the Kingdom and the United States of Amer-ica, hailing the recent US decision to include two terror elements in the Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT)


Los Angeles

Singer Selena Gomez, who is currently rumoured to be in

a relationship with singer The Weeknd, says she is now taking time to have a personal life.

Gomez paid a surprise visit to high school students here in honour

of the Step Up Foundation and fashion brand Coach. Gomez joined Coach CEO

Victor Luis and Step Up CEO Jenni Luke in leading a Step Up curriculum lesson to

promote confidence and help students realise their potential and capabilities on Thursday,

reports aceshowbiz.com.The singer told students of Alliance Margaret M.

Bloomfield High School and Alliance Leichtman-Levine Environmental Science High School that she wanted the atmosphere to be comfortable. (IANS)

London

Singer Cheryl Cole and her partner

and singer Liam Payne have announced the birth of their son after keeping it a secret for three days.

Cole announced the news on her Instagram account on Saturday night by posting an image of Payne holding the baby to his chest, reports dailymail.co.uk. “My close friends and family know there are very few times when I’m left speechless... Wow. I’m incredibly happy to welcome our new baby boy into the world, it’s a moment that I will never forget for the rest of my life,” Cole captioned the image.

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Canadian actor and musician Ryan Gosling was asked to audition for boy band Backstreet Boys but he turned it down.

Los Angeles

Singer Jennifer Lopez and her new beau, Dominican-American former professional

baseball shortstop Alex Rodriguez are reportedly head over heels in love with each other.

According to a source, the couple is ready to take their relationship to the next level and settle down, reports aceshowbiz.com.

“Jennifer and Alex both are all about each other. They both love that they are family oriented, successful and love that they have so many common interests,” the source told Hollywood Life magazine.

“They are both at an age where they don’t want to play games anymore and are in it for the long haul,” the source added. (IANS)

Los Angeles

Actor Idris Elba says diversity has become a “corny” and overused word.

Elba believes that people have got tired of hearing the term being used in relation to the entertainment industry in

Britain and the US.“It’s become a bit of a corny word. People are just like,

‘Oh, stop talking about it’,” Elba told theguardian.com.Elba said he was unimpressed when politician Oona

King called him to do a “boring” speech at the Houses of Parliament last year.

“Oona certainly pulled me by the scruff of the neck and was like, ‘Get up there and say it!’ She pushed me to go even further and, you know, Oona is one of the most powerful people I know, and very persuasive. Very persuasive,” he said. (IANS)

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Los Angeles

Singer Ed Sheeran forgot the lyrics of his own song during a

live performance.The 26-year-old singer missed his lines

while singing his new track “What do I know” from his latest album “Divide” on Friday, reports aceshowbiz.com.

The singer, whose album has topped the US Billboard charts for the second week, laughed off his mistake on stage and bravely carried on with the song.

Fans still took to Twitter to praise the “Shape of you” hitmaker’s performance.

“I think I just fell in love with Ed Sheeran a little more after that,”

a user wrote. (IANS)

BOOK FAIR

Date: March24 -30, 4pm-10pm Venue: KCA Auditorium Segaya Kerala Catholic Association(KCA) in association with 4PM News will be organizing a Book Fair from March 24 to 30 at the KCA-VKL auditorium in Segaya with lot of cultural programmes. There will be ‘Varnam 2017’ a paint-ing competition for school children on Friday 11am onwards and a solo cartoon exhibition ‘Pravasoottan’ by V.R Sathyadev from 7.30pm onwards. On Saturday (March 25) 7.30pm, Dar Al Shiffa Medical Centre Dr Razia Muhammed will give an awareness talk on health issues. A seminar and discussion on changing literary writing style and reading habits will be held on Sunday 7.30pm. A quiz based on Malayalam literature will be held on March 27, Monday at 7.30pm. The other programmes: March 28, 7.30pm : Poetry Evening. March 29, 7.30pm: Folk songs. March 30,7.30pm : Tribute to Malayalam poet Vayalar Ramavarma. The Book Fair will be offering 25%discount on all books .There will be books on children’s literature, fiction, non-fiction, and general references. For more details contact 17579871/36458398/38382100.

LADIES NIGHT WITH 50% DISCOUNTDate: Every Tuesday Venue: The Gulf Hotel Bahrain Convention & Spa Ladies night out with 50% off for the ladies at all our restau-rants, lounges and Spa!!For more info 17713000

SUNDAY GLOWDate : Every SundayVenue : Gulf Spa - Gulf Hotel Get 15% off upon your choice for one of the Gulf Spa lus-cious body scrubs that leave you glowing: Aromatic Basil and Mint, Sweetness Sugar or Summer Skin Cooler!!

MOTHER’S DAY IN ZAHLE RESTAURANTDate : Every SundayVenue : Zahle Restaurant - Gulf Hotel Have a Lebanese Mother’s Day at the iconic Zahle with excel-lent food and lively entertainment, as the restaurant presents an evening of authentic Arabian galore!! When

you dinin at Zahle, mum gets to eat for FREE!! Mezze, grills, kebab and so many more delicious dishes await! On March 21 from 7pm onwards!

RED CARPET FASHION SHOW Date : March 31and April 1 Venue : Al Taj Ballroom, Sheraton Bahrain Hotel. Bahrain Fashion Night and Exhibition titled ‘Red Carpet’ will take place on March 31and April 1 at Al Taj Ballroom, Sheraton Bahrain Hotel. Chairperson of Medpoint Events, Shaikha Noora Al Khalifa Al Khalifa in association with Fuchsia Events and Management is bring-ing the Fashion Show and lifestyle exhibition to Bahrain for the 3rd consecutive year. Being the 3rd successful year of Red Carpet, the organizers have received an overwhelming response from both local as well as international designers. “The Glamorous Fashion Night “on the 31st March will be a flamboyant Fashion Show along with an Exquisite Dinner for our guests. The Fashion show will be hosted in collaboration with the fin-est fashion choreographers, Makeup artist, and hair stylist from Bahrain. The Fashion show will be staged for VVIP, VIP invitees from Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.We have Designers from Saudi, Morocco, Pakistan, India, Dubai, showcasing their latest Couture collections, the event will be followed by a B to B Exhibition on the 1st April 2017. A part of the revenue from the event will be given to a local Charity in Bahrain, Shaikh Noora said. Fashion Show Timings : March 31, 7 pm onwards (Ticket for the Fashion show & Dinner: 20 BD). Exhibition Timings: 31st March: 2pm -7pm; 1st April: 10am – 8pm.

MINI OLYMPICS | INTER SCHOOL

HOCKEYDate : 28 Mar 12 pm - 29 Mar 2 pm Venue : Bahrain National Stadium- Ar Rifa` Hockey will be introduced for the first time in the Mini Olympics festival organised by Bahrain Olympic Committee. The hockey activity will feature inter school competitions in Under 15 and Under 11 categories

PAACT MUSICAL PROGRAMDate : April 21 Venue : Jashanmal Auditorium, Indian School, Isa Town INTERADS in

association with Palakkad Arts and Cultural Theatre (PAACT) is organ-izing a musical program ‘Pathinte Niravil Paact-Swaralayam’ on Friday, April 21 at Jashanmal Auditorium, Indian School, Isa Town. The morning session, Chembai Sangeetholtsavam 2017 Season 4, from 9am to 2.00pm will be devoted to Indian classical music followed by a melodious even-ing event, Niloltsavam 2017 Season 4 from 5.00pm until 11pm.In case of enquiries, please contact PAACT President Jyothykumar Menon on 39851646.

WAHINE TUESDAY

Date : 28 Mar 6 pm – 9 pmVenue : Trader Vic’s, Bahrain- Manama Wa-hey! It’s Puka Puka night at Wahine Tuesday! Wahine-Tuesday, Trader Vic’s ever-popular ladies’ night returns after the hot sum-mer break inside Trader Vic’s Bar, taking place every Tuesday evening.

GUITARIST PACO RENTERIADate : 6 April 2017, 8:00pmVenue : Cultural Hall Paco Rentería is México´s most successful guitarist at present and is in fact considered by critics as one of the best in the world. To date, he has composed over 300 pieces that illustrate his inimitable musical style. Rentería performs hundreds of concerts annually in front of legions of fans around the globe, including some of the world’s most prominent venues with the likes of Carlos Santana and Luciano Pavarotti. His memorable concerts are renowned for their high levels of excitement, energy and emo-tion.

OUD TRIODate : 27 Mar 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm Venue : Alliance Francaise Bahrain- Isa Town On the occasion of the month of the Francophonie, the French Embassy in Bahrain and the Alliance Française (Isa Town) are organizing an “Oud Trio” perfor-mance by 3 musicians coming from different regions to showcase the blend of cultures through their musi-cal performance.

THE PEARLING PATH EXHIBITIONDate : 18 April - 4 August, 8:00am - 8:00pmVenue : Bahrain National Museum Four years after the inscrip-tion of the “Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy” site on the

UNESCO World Heritage List, the exhibition will showcase the built vision for the site through architectur-al models, images, studies and mock-ups of the different components of the project. From the conservation aspects to the new architectural interventions, the exhibition will give an in-depth overview of this unique project that aims to spearhead the rehabilitation of the Old City of Muharraq.

PERFORMANCE BY MUSIC LEGEND TOM JONES Date : April 7,8pmVenue : Bahrain Bay Legendary performer and recording artist Sir Tom Jones is set to perform at the electrifying grand finale of this years’ Spring of Culture festival. Tom Jones has cemented his place amongst music’s icons follow-ing a critically acclaimed career that has spanned five decades and includes hits such as “It’s Not Unusual”, “Kiss”, “Deliliah”, “What’s New Pussycat”, “I’ll Never Fall In Love Again” and “If I Only Knew”. Tom Jones’ con-cert at the Spring of Culture 2017’s grand finale has been organized by the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB), and tickets for the performance can be purchased on March 25 at the Spring of Culture stand at City Centre Bahrain Entrance 4 and online atwww.springofculture.org.

2017 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIXDate : April 14 to 16Venue : BIC Sakhir The Bahrain Grand Prix is scheduled to take place in Sakhir. It will be the third of 20 races in the 2017 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. Aside from Formula 1, the weekend’s events will also include racing from other major international and regional championships, plus loads of family entertainment. All tickets are for all three days of the Formula 1 weekend. The prices offered by BIC are amongst the most competitive in the world for any event on the Formula 1 calendar. Tickets can be purchased at the BIC stand located at Bahrain City Centre, online at www.bahraingp.com or by calling the BIC Hotline on +973-17-450000.

LATIN FOOD FESTIVAL

Date : 29 Mar 7 pm – 10 pm Venue : The K- Hotel- Manama IBringing you the sound and taste of Latin Culinary. Spice up your meal, raise your glasses and chant ole as we bring you our Latin Food Festival this March 29th!


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THE GRAPE ESCAPE 15TH YEAR ANNIVERSARYDate: 28 Mar 8 pm - 29 Mar 12 am Venue: Camelot Restaurant & Lounge- Manama On March 28, walk in through Camelot’s majestic doors and be trans-ported to a rare wine vineyard from the medieval century we like to call, “The Grape Escape”. This year, we’re celebrat-ing our 15th Year Anniversary by serving you a greater selection of unlimited wines coming from all over the world, cheese, and chocolates all for just BD20 per per-son. To top it off, Nathalie Karlsson and a guest DJ will be present to comple-ment this escape with songs and tunes to warm your hearts as you indulge in our divine selection of wine. This offer starts from 8pm to midnight. We look forward to hosting you in our very own Grape Escape.

BAHRAIN FARMERS MARKET Date: On Saturdays Venue: Budaiya Gardens

The fifth edition of the Bahrain Farmers Market is open at the Budaiya Gardens. More than 40 Bahraini farmers are participating to provide a variety of local agricultural products. Many leading local restaurants will participate to present local food and drinks with the aim of introducing local food to the visitors of various nationalities. Bahrain Farmers Market targets promoting Bahrain’s agricultural products and highlighting the development taking place in Bahrain’s agricultural sector. It also aims to contribute to improving the Bahraini farmers’ income through a marketing system prepared by the Agriculture and Marine Resources to assist in meeting the farmers’ aspirations. Bahrain Farmers Market will be open every Saturday until April 29 from 8 am to 12 noon.

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Spend the day with others. Savour and appreciate your time spent with friends and loved ones. You have the opportunity to lead groups of people to higher levels of consciousness. Make sure however that your emotions don’t completely take over your rational mind. Resist the tendency to agree with someone else just to smooth things over.Your heart may be fluttering off in many different directions today, while your brain seems to be in another dimension entirely. Try to keep hold of the reins and not let yourself get paralysed by overwhelming emotions. Today is a good day to communicate your feelings with others.

Your mind may be a bit more cloudy and scattered than usual, so you should work on trying to stay focused and disciplined - especially when it comes to finishing through on projects. There is a great deal of energy at your disposal today, and you should make the most out of every drop. Spend time with friends and communicate your thoughts with others.Your mental capacities will be stronger than usual. You should be confident about your thoughts. Communicate your feelings with others. Use your sound mind to regulate the flightiness of your heart. Your emotions may be fickle and across the board today. Calm them down and give yourself room to breathe.

Be extra social today, and spend some quality time with friends. Communication with others is a key aspect of the day. This includes talking as well as listening. All sorts of group activities are favoured at this time. Be careful, however, not to let your emotions get so tangled up in your head that you can’t think straight and make rational decisions.

Someone may be challenging you today. A recently laid plan may be coming under fire by the strong opinions from others. Be sure that as you react to this energy, you are operating from a level, rational head that is not muddled by a tangle of fickle emotions. Communication is key, and you should look to see how your situation can be improved.

Today is a marvellous day for you. Nurture your fun-loving social side by sharing some of your recent discoveries with friends. Let them know how you feel about the issue. Talk as well as listen. Let your mind escape into a creative mode where you can manifest some of the political and social views that are rattling around in your head.

Your mind is clear today, but this might not be evident, thanks to a barrage of conflicting emotions. People may seem flighty and fickle today - not your style. You like to delve deep and get to the core of the issue. Superficiality doesn’t impress you in the least. Use your detective-like brain to get right to the truth of the matter and try not to let your volatile emotions get in the way of your pursuit for happiness.

Your mind is operating at top notch today, and you should take this opportunity to communicate your thoughts with others. Your emotions however, might be a bit hard to pin down and you may feel them going off in about a billion different directions. Try not to let your feelings confuse the true issues at hand. Use the energy of the day to indulge in lighthearted conversation.

A person or situation might prove to be quite challenging today. This could be a lesson in balance for you. Work to see the other side of the issue, and realize that these lessons are incredibly important for success down the road. Try not to let your emotions cloud the true reality. You may feel like someone is trying to rub you the wrong way.

It may be a bit difficult to find your grounding today, but don’t sweat it. Instead, work to nurture the creative aspect of your mind and fuel it with the passion from your emotions. Communicate your feelings with others and reveal your truly sensitive nature. Try not to get too serious about anything. Keep it light. Be social.

Enjoy the day. You should expect to be in good spirits for most of it. Communication is a key aspect for keeping the energy flow in your favour. Keep things light and inclusive, while allowing your true feelings to emerge. Don’t hold back on the thoughts and emotions that you have been keeping under wraps for some time now.

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Donald Trump blamed his party’s conservatives for the defeat of his presidency, holding it responsible for the failed attempt to repeal Obamacare and for weak-ening the broader effort to curb abortions.

Britain will take an unprece-dented step into the unknown on Wednesday with the first formal move towards leaving the European Union, starting a two-year process that has already divided the country.

Bulgarians vote in general elections with the Socialists, seen as closer to Russia, aiming to prevent another comeback by former centre-right premier Boyko Borisov


Saarbrucken

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party

won a regional election yesterday, dealing an early blow to centre-left hopes of ending her more than decade-long reign.

In the Saarland state vote held six months before a

general election, Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) won 40 percent against 30 percent for the Social Democrats (SPD).

Merkel’s right-hand man Peter Altmaier, the chancellery chief-of-staff, said “it’s an outcome that gives us courage”.

Washington

Gunfire erupted in a crowded Ohio nightclub

yesterday after a personal dispute boiled over, killing one person and leaving 14 wounded as partygoers scattered into the night, authorities said.

The gunman remained at large following the shooting at the Cameo nightclub in Cincinnati that assistant police chief Paul Neudigate said was packed with revellers.

“There are no indications this incident is terrorism

related,” he said on Twitter.It was unclear how many

shooters were involved. Authorities initially said there were at least two, but Neudigate later tweeted that there was “only one reported shooter at this time, still investigating if others involved.”

The Cincinnati Police Department said there were “15 gunshot victims, one deceased.”

The shooting was believed to have stemmed from a dispute between specific groups of individuals.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s new leader Carrie Lam pledged

yesterday to mend political rifts after winning a vote dismissed as a sham by democracy activists who fear the loss of the city’s cherished freedoms.

The former career civil servant was chosen as next chief executive of the semi-autonomous city by a mainly pro-China committee. She was widely seen as Beijing’s favourite candidate.

Her main rival, ex-finance chief John Tsang who was perceived as a more moderate pro-establishment figure, had a clear lead in opinion polls but trailed in the result.

It was the first leadership vote since mass “Umbrella Movement” rallies in 2014 calling for fully free elections failed to secure reforms.

Pro-democracy activists said none of the candidates truly represented Hong Kong and rejected the vote outright.

Merkel’s party beats centre-left in state poll

“What? If a ‘yes’ comes out on April 16, they would not take us into the European Union? Oh, if only they could give this decision! They would make our work easier,”

Recep Tayyip ErdoganTurkish President

Britain preparesfor Brexit

Pakistan arrests 100 Indian fishermenPakistan has arrested at least 100 Indian fishermen and impounded 19 wooden boats for illegally fishing in its waters yesterday

China’s favourite Lam wins Hong Kong leadership

One killed, 14 wounded in Ohio nightclub shooting

Trump blames ultra-conserv-atives for policy defeats

Moscow

Thousands of Russians demonstrated across the

country yesterday to protest against corruption, defying bans on the rallies called by prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny -- who was arrested along with scores of others.

Navalny called for the protests after publishing a detailed report this month accusing Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev of controlling a property empire through a shadowy network of nonprofit organisations.

The report has been viewed over 11 million times on YouTube, but so far Medvedev has made no comment on the claims.

Navalny, who has announced plans to run for president in next year’s election, has been rallying supporters in major Russian cities in recent weeks.

In Moscow, Navalny called on supporters to walk along

the main Tverskaya street, and people congregated on the nearby squares lined with dozens of police vans and rows of riot officers as a police helicopter hovered overhead.

“We have all seen the movie, it gives specific examples of corruption, and there has been no reaction,” said Nikolai Moisey, a 26-year-old factory worker.

“They steal and they lie but still people will be patient to the end. The protest is a first push for people to start acting.”

Police detained Navalny

afternon as he was walking to the protest, putting him in a police minibus, and the surrounding crowd briefly tried to block it from driving off, shouting “Shame!” and “Let him out!”

“Guys, I am all right, go on along Tverskaya,” Navalny tweeted from the van.

Thousands of people filled Pushkin Square, with some shouting “Russia without Putin”, referring to President Vladimir Putin. Some climbed on lamp posts and monument to poet Alexander Pushkin, shouting “impeachment!”

Moscow police estimated the protest turnout at seven or eight thousand people, making it one of the biggest non-authorised demonstrations in recent years.

Police officers moved to detain protesters and clear the square, with some using truncheons and pepper spray to disperse the crowd. (AFP)

Kremlin critic arrested amid protests

WASHINGTON,

The Empire State Building and United Nations

headquarters in New York joined other iconic buildings and monuments around the world plunging into darkness for sixty minutes on Saturday to mark Earth Hour and draw attention to climate change.

The Eiffel Tower, the Kremlin, the Acropolis in Athens and Sydney’s Opera House also dimmed their lights as millions of people from some 170 countries and territories were expected to take part in Earth Hour, the annual bid to highlight global warming caused by the burning

of coal, oil and gas to drive cars and power plants.

The event, which originated in Sydney, has grown to become a worldwide campaign, celebrated across all continents.

The World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) conservation group, which organizes the event, said great strides had been made in highlighting the dire state of the planet.

Earth Hour observed

Alexei Navalny

Supporters of Alexei Navalny participate in an anti-corruption rally in central Saint Petersburg

Anke Rehlinger (L), candidate SPD casts her vote

Carrie Lam

Children hold candles after the lights went out for the Earth Hour in Pakistan

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Manama

Top seeded qualifier Aaron Cortes Alcaraz of Spain

ranked 1,020 in the world defeated Uzbekistan’s Amal Sultanbekov 6-4, 6-2 to win a place in the main draw and Round of 32 of the men’s singles yesterday in the

sixth B a h r a i n

International Tennis Federation (ITF) Futures Men’s Professional Tournament at the Bahrain Tennis Club premises in Juffair.

Second seeded Milos Sekulic from Sweden ranked 1,038 also

advanced following a 6-2, 6-1 win over Qatari Zayed Mousa Shanan and third seedAndrew Ruppli of Switzerland was a 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 winner over Egyptian Mohammed Abdul Aziz.

However, fourth seeded Vincent Van Den Honert was ousted after going down 6-3,

6-2 to compatriot Sem Verbeek.

The players from the singles qualifying will next be in action tomorrow, with the top seeds

being Tallon Griekspoor (Netherlands, ranked 318), Michal Konecny (Czech Republic, 362), Filip Horansky (Slovakia, 368) and Sanjar Fayziev (Uzbekistan, 380).

Wild card entries have being awarded to three Bahrain players – Abdul Rahman

Janahi, Hassan Abdul Janahi and Yousif Qaed.

Today the main action is centered on the Round of 16 doubles action from 2pm with top seeds Sem Verbeek (Netherlands) and Ruben Gonzales (Philippines) facing Bahrain’s Hassan and Kareem Abdul Nabi, second seeds Markus Eriksson and Milos Sekulic from Sweden play Roy Sanit De Valk and Vincent Van Den Honert of The Netherlands and Kevin and Tallon Griekspoor of

the Netherlands taking on Bahraini duo Abdul Rahman

Janahi and Yousif Qaed.

The Championship in its sixth edition is

being held under the patronage of HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Representative of His Majesty the King for Charity Works and Youth Affairs, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports and President of B a h r a i n O l y m p i c Committee.

ITF Futures:Alcaraz beats Sultanbekov

Other results:


AJM Kooheji beat RKCT by two wickets in the latest

matches of the BCL Diamond League at the Busaiteen Grounds in Muharraq.

Batting first, RKCT scored 118 for nine with Geethesh (31) top scoring, but man of the match Saurav (five for 15) took the limelight with an excellent bowling dispaly with support from Mazhar (three for 22).

In reply, AJM Kooheji reached the target in scoring 122 for eight in 21.3 overs with Afsar (45) and Saurav (33) leading their side to victory.

In another match, Pristine CC outplayed Al Andaleeb winning by 42 runs after scoring 187 with Akhtar (45) and Shakeel Butt (24) topping the scoring with Ihsanuallah

(three for 38) and Ateeq (three for 32) the best bowlers.

In reply, Al Andaleeb were dismissed for 145 with Ahsna (32) top scoring and Rashid (four for 28) and Shakeel (two for nine) the pick of the bowlers.

AJM Kooheji defeat RKCT

Karnataka Royals 187/10 in 25

(Ashok 82, Vasanth 24, Faran 3/36)

bt Kaleidoscope Spartans 127/10

(Zeeshan 21, Rajesh 3/7, Janardan

2/25, Charan 2/17) by 60 runs.

Elite Cargo Unique 163/4 in 23.2

(Faris 84, Sathya 49, Vinod 3/17) bt

Kerala XI 162/10 (Vinod 30, Ali 3/26,

Nawshad 2/20) by 6 wickets.

Central Café 63/2 in 8 (Suraj 27,

Nabil 2/23) bt Arabian Oryxes 59/10

(Haider 14, Vibin 3/9, Onil 2/9, Suraj

2/6) by 8 wickets.

Pak Blues 239/8 in 25 (Abdullah 46,

Usman 31, Faizan 33, Imran 2/31)

bt Young Star 96/10 (Zeshan 24,

Abdullah 5/17) by 142 runs.

Pak CC 181/8 in 25 (Zubair 44, Waziq

3/32) bt Zayani Motors 154/10

(Sagar 41, Ikram 4/29, Ehtesham

3/23) by 27 runs.

ACL Haseena Upholstery 116/2

in 9.3 overs (Saeed 53no, Farhan

33, Kasun 2/20) bt Almarai 110/10

(Sajad 41, Rashid 3/8, Nasir 2/8) by

8 wickets.

Sourav - AJM


Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) announced

yesterday that all those with tickets to the 2017 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix will be able to attend this week’s upcoming Formula 2 pre-season testing in Sakhir.

Formula 2 was previously known as the GP2 Series since it first started in 2005. The single-seater championship has now been rebranded ahead of the 2017 season, which will kick off in support

of the Bahrain Grand Prix from April 14 to 16.

Testing takes place on Thursday and Friday and are part of BIC’s “Race Fever” campaign, organised to help build up excitement ahead of this year’s Formula 1 extravaganza and sees a grid of 20 drivers featuring 10 teams.

Tickets to the Bahrain Grand Prix are still available. Currently, they can be purchased online at www.bahraingp.com, by calling the BIC Hotline on +973-17-

450000, or at the BIC Stand in Bahrain City Centre.

This year marks the 13th season of the championship.

Following the season-opener in Bahrain, action will return to Europe with the second round in Barcelona from May 12 to 14, before moving to Monte Carlo on for May 25 to 27 and going on to Baku in Azerbaijan four weeks later.

July will see three events, starting with Spielberg back-to-back with Silverstone on July 7 to 9 and then July 14 to

16, respectively.Budapest will host the

seventh round of the season on July 28-30 before a summer break.

Action will restart at Spa-Francorchamps on August 25-27 back-to-back with Monza on September 1 to 3.

The 10th round of the season will take place at Jerez de la Frontera from October 6 to 8, while the final event will be held at Yas Marina on November 24 to 26 alongside the Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix.

Formula 2 tests open to all ticket holders

Sem Verbeek(NED)

Milos Sekulic (SWE)

Other results: Shahbaz Khan (India) bt Alexander Braun (Germany) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Saida’lo Saidkarimov (Uzbekistan) bt Roy Sarut De Valk (Netherlands) 7-6(4), 0-6, 6-4

Isa Mammetgulyyev (Turkmenistan) bt Jonathan Morr (Great Britain) 6-1, 6-2

Abdullah Maqdesh (Kuwait) bt Shoniqmotion Shofayzivef (Uzbekistan) 3-6, 6-0, 6-3.

Monday, March 27, 2017 21SPORTS


Budaiya School was yesterday crowned

champion of the primary boys football tournament in the Fourth Mini Olympics, following a 4-0 win over Al Hekma International School in the final at the Bahrain Football Association grounds in Riffa.

Kanoo International followed suit, winning the intermediate boys stage competition gold medal with a narrow 1-0 victory over Creativity School in the other boys final.

In the girls section, Kanoo topped the intermediate stage competition, followed by Al Hekma International School and Hawar School in second and third places respectively.

The most recent action also featured in Cricket, Aquathlon and Jiu jitsu. The cricket w a s

staged at St. Christopher’s School in Isa Town with some exciting matches in the boys and girls sections.

Combined School ‘A’ team came on top in the boys intermediate championship for the gold medal, Indian School took the silver and Ibn Al Haitham Islamic School the bronze.

In the girls intermediate division, the Indian School proved too strong to win the gold medal against St. Christopher’s School and Combined School ‘A’, who settled for silver and bronze respectively.

The Aquathlon competition, open for boys and girls, started with 300m swim followed by 2,000m run for intermediate stage, while the more

challenging secondary stage

events featured a 400m swim and 3,000m run.

Liam Marshall of the British School of Bahrain topped the boys intermediate race and the girls intermediate event was won by Arabella Rushton of St. Christopher’s School, while St. Christopher’s George Atman and Kizzy Price raced to victory in the boys and girls secondary stage challenge.

The Bahrain Sports for Disabilities Federation hall in Riffa hosted the Jiu jitsu events

open for boys and girls and each featured 13 weight categories, ranging from under-19kg and reaching up to under-81kg, and included two girls weight sections.

Action continues today with the Karting finals in cooperation with Bahrain Motor Federation and hosted by the Bahrain International Karting Circuit, the deciding karting races will begin from 10.30am with the first qualifying race for girls.

Football: Primary Boys

Semi-finals:

Budaiya bt Hawar 3-0; Al Hekma bt

Al Naseem 1-0; (Third place): Hawar

bt Al Naseem 2-1;

Final: Budaiya bt Al Hekma 4-0.

Intermediate Boys:

Semi-finals: Kanoo bt Al Naseem

1-0; Creativity bt Indian School 3-0;

(Third place): Indian School bt Al

Naseem 3-2;

Final: Kanoo bt Creativity 1-0.

Aquathlon: Boys Intermediate:

1) Liam Marshall (British School); 2)

Adham (British School); 3) Kraish

Sharam (New Millennium).

Girls Intermediate:

1) Arabella Rushton (St. Chris); 2)

Imogen Rushton (St. Chris); 3). Laura

Adamson (St. Chris).

Boys Secondary:

1) George Atman (St. Chris); 2) Colby

(St Chris); 3) Jemie (St.Chris).

Girls Secondary:

1) Kizzy Price (St. Chris); 2) Char-

lottes Pilgrim (St. Chris).

Cricket: Boys: (Final):

Combined ‘A’ bt Indian by 16 runs.

(Third place): Ibn Al Haitham bt

Combined ‘B’ by 6 wickets.

Semi-finals:

Indian bt Ibn Al Haitham by 10 runs.

Combined School ‘A’ bt Combined

School ‘2’ by 4 wickets.

Group Stages:

Combined B’ bt New Millennium ’A’.

Indian ‘B’ bt St. Chris by 5 wickets;

Combined ‘A’ bt Ibn Al Haitham by

6 wickets.

Girls: (1st Final):

Indian School bt St. Christopher’s

School by 4 wickets.

(2nd Final): Indian School bt

St.Christopher’s School by 6

wickets.

Jiu Jitsu: 19kg:

1) Hussain Shehab (Ahlia); 2) Haider

Abdulla (Enfant); 3) Ali Shehab

(Ahlia).

22kg:

1) Ali Mahdi (A’ali); 2) Yousif Al

Jalahma (Ibn Khuldoon); 3) Yousif Al

Khan (Ibn Khuldoon).

Girls: 21kg:

1) Natasha Hempel (St. Chris); 2)

Mila Babiker (St. Chris); 3) Layal Al

Hessabi (Ibn Khuldoon).

24kg:

1) Nooh Rajab (Nadeen); 2) Elias

Al A’ali (Capitol); 3) Naniel Pukhao

(Multi-National).

28kg:

1) Yousif Al A’ali (St. Chris); 2) Ahmed

Fakhrawi (British);

3) Hasan Shehab (Ahlia).

31kg:

1) Abdulla Dashti (St.Chris); 2) Zaki

Babiker (St. Chris);

3) Akshay Krishnan (St. Chris).

34kg:

1) S. Adnan Sharaf (Middle East); 2)

Salahuddin Abbas (Ibn Khuldoon);

3) Ali Rahma (Kanoo).

44kg:

1) Hadi Al Aradi (Middle East); 2) Isa

Al Wazzan (British); 3)

Ali Marzooq (Al Noor).

47kg:

1) Salman Gosselin (British); 2)

Laith Algosaibi (Al Bayan); 3 Bailey

Kincaid (St. Chris).

53kg:

1) Hamad Al Hamad (Kanoo); 2)

Benjamin Mirfield (St.Chris); 3) Mo-

hammed Al Ghawi (Multi-National).

Girls: 63kg:

1) Alya Al A’ali (Shaikha Hessa); 2)

Layan Taher (Tubli).

65kg:

1) Mohammed Khamis (Shaikh

Mohammed bin Khalifa);

2) Mohammed Mahoney (British); 3)

Mahmood Rahma (Kanoo).

81kg:

1) Moosa Rajab (Al Raja); 2) Rashid

Saif (British); 3) Salman

Abdulla (Duraz).

Football champions pose for a photo call after the finals

Action from the boys intermediate final match

Girls compete in a cricket matchUnder-19kg Jiu jitsu players in action

Dharamsala

Off-spinner Nathan Lyon took four key wickets to fashion a late comeback for

Australia on an engrossing second day in the decisive fourth Test against India yesterday.

The 29-year-old made the most of a lively track at Dharamsala, which is hosting its

first Test, to return a rich haul of 4-67 in the final session of play.

Fast bowlers Josh Hazlewood (1-40) and Pat Cummins (1-59) also bowled their hearts out during frugal spells to restrict the hosts to 248-6 at stumps.

India trail by 52 runs with four wickets in hand after Australia made 300 in their first knock, largely thanks to a fine 111 from captain Steve Smith.

At stumps Wriddhiman Saha was batting on 10 with Ravindra Jadeja on 16.

With the series in the balance at 1-1, the game’s two top-ranked sides have been locked in a battle of attrition, with neither willing to give an inch.

“I reckon it is an unbelievable feeling to be pretty evenly poised after day two,” Lyon said after the day’s play.

“I know we probably left a few runs out there, but to have India 240-6 odd

after a pretty good day in the field, I am quite happy to be honest.

“Coming over here, everyone wrote us off and to

be in this position in the last Test at 1-1 and the pressure slightly on India is fantastic.”

The Indian batsmen were guilty of squandering good starts in a match they must win to regain the Border-Gavaskar trophy.

But Lokesh Rahul (60) and Cheteshwar Pujara (57) batted patiently to put on 87 for the second wicket, the best partnership so far for the hosts.

“It’s by far the best wicket we have played on, there’s something in it for the spinners and the fast bowlers as well. The ball kept swinging the whole day,” said Rahul.

“If you spend some time in the middle it’s really good to bat on. All of us got starts but we couldn’t convert.

“But we are happy at the end of the day with 250-odd runs for six wickets. It wasn’t really the worst day for us.”

Australia comeback Ajinkya Rahane, standing in for injured

skipper Virat Kohli, also looked set for a big score but ended up gifting a catch to Smith off Lyon for 46 off 104 balls.

Ravichandran Ashwin (30) was adjudged lbw off Lyon. The all-rounder opted for a review but the ball tracker showed the stumps would have been hit.

Lyon, who had conceded 163 runs while taking just one wicket in the previous drawn Test at Ranchi, remained wicketless in the first two sessions.

But the bowler, whose experience as a curator gave him a sharp understanding of pitches, brought Australia back into the game in the final session through some classic old-fashioned spin.

Lyon’s first victim was Pujara, who was coming into the match on the back of an epic innings of 202 at Ranchi.

Pujara tried to defend but the ball ripped back in to hit the glove and then lob up to short leg, where Peter Handscomb pouched an easy catch. (AFP)

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Lyon roars for Australia

ScoreboardIndia 1st innings (overnight 0-0):L. Rahul c Warner b Cummins 60M. Vijay c Wade b Hazlewood 11 C. Pujara c Handscomb b Lyon 57A. Rahane c Smith b Lyon 46K. Nair c Wade b Lyon 5R. Ashwin lbw b Lyon 30W. Saha not out 10R. Jadeja not out 16Extras (b4, lb9) 13Total (for 6 wkts, 91 overs) 248

Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Vijay), 2-108 (Rahul), 3-157 (Pujara), 4-167 (Nair), 5-216 (Rahane), 6-221 (Ashwin).

De Kock bats through pain

Hamilton

Quinton de Kock batted through the pain of a damaged finger to bolster South Africa

with a defiant 90 as the deciding Test against New Zealand was evenly poised at the end of day three in Hamilton yesterday.

In the rain disrupted Test, New Zealand were 67 without loss at stumps, with a rejuvenated Tom Latham on 42, in reply to South Africa’s 314.

The injured De Kock and previously out-of-form Latham were the individual stars in the deciding Test with South Africa 1-0 up and New Zealand needing a win to draw the series.

De Kock, playing with damaged ligaments in his right index finger, went to the middle with South Africa 148 for five and he held the innings together while the bottom half of the batting order added a further 166.

South African batting coach Neil McKenzie described de Kock as “a unique player” who needed painkillers to get through the day.

“We’re threatening to get bowled out for around 200 and he comes and gets a really quality 90,” McKenzie said.

“There’s a few tablets, anti-inflammatories and that sort of stuff but Quinton doesn’t mind he just gets on with it. “But I definitely see he was very uncomfortable.”

Latham, who managed 24 in total in three previous innings in the series, put his string of low scores behind him to ensure a positive start to Zealand’s reply with Jeetan Raval who was 25 not out at stumps. (AFP)

ScoreboardSouth Africa first innings (overnight 123-4)T. de Bruyn c Latham b Henry 0D. Elgar b de Grandhomme 5H. Amla b de Grandhomme 50J. Duminy c Patel b Henry 20F. du Plessis c Latham b Santner 53T. Bavuma c Raval b Henry 29Q. de Kock lbw Wagner 90V. Philander c Latham b Henry 11K. Maharaj c Watling b Wagner 9K. Rabada c Watling b Wagner 34M. Morkel not out 9Extras (lb1, w3) 4Total (all out, 89.2 overs) 314

Barcelona

Alejandro Valverde completed his second Tour

of Catalonia win yesterday with his third stage win of the seven-day race to top an all Spanish podium from Alberto Contador and Movistar teammate Albert Soler.

Valverde, 36, added to his victories on stage three and five on the 138.7km stage around Barcelona with an eight-lap circuit to finish in 3hr 08min 50sec. Colombian Jarlinson Pantano was second ahead of Frenchman Arthur Vichot in third.

Valverde extended his winning margin over Contador to 1min 03sec with Soler 1min 16sec back.

The scale of Valverde’s win is even more impressive given every Movistar rider was handed a one minute penalty for infringements by Jose Joaquin Rojas in Tuesday’s team time trial.

Movistar had won the time trial until they were penalised for Rojas giving his teammates a push.

“Inside the team we knew it was an injustice,” said Valverde. “They deprived us of our great time trial. I wanted to win (before) but I wanted to win even more after what happened.”

Victory continues a stellar start to the season for Valverde after also beating Contador by a second to the Tour of Andalusia. (AFP)

Valverde seals Catalonia win in style

Nathan Lyon

Quinton de Kock runs between the wickets

Alejandro Valverde


Miami

Injury-plagued world No. 5 Milos Raonic

pulled out of the Miami Open yesterday with a recurrence of a hamstring injury, leaving the Canadian star saying he would not return until he is 100 percent fit.

Raonic originally suffered the injury in the

semi-final at Delray Beach and was forced to forfeit the final against American Jack Sock. He then missed this month’s Masters event at Indian

Wells.T h e 26-year-

old returned to action in Miami on Friday with a win over Serbian Viktor Troicki but said his injury had flared up again.

“It is the same muscle in the hamstring it got progressively worse after my first round and after practising yesterday (Saturday), it was not possible to compete today without putting myself at significant risk,” he told reporters.

Raonic was due to face American qualifier Jared Donaldson.

His exit means three of the top five players in the world have had to sit out Miami due to injury. World number one Andy Murray and number two Novak Djokovic pulled out before the tournament.

Raonic has struggled with injuries for several months and said he had not been 100 percent fully fit for a tournament since last year’s

Wimbledon where he reached the final, before losing to Andy Murray.

“It hasn’t been fun the last seven months. I haven’t played one tournament form start to finish healthy. My goal for this tournament was to at least finish it healthy.”

After Wimbledon, Raonic was hampered by cramps at the U.S. Open and the same issue caused him to miss Canada’s Davis Cup match with Chile in September.

A month later, he withdrew from the China Open before his scheduled semi-final due to an ankle injury and he had to pull out a semi-final at the Paris Masters in November with a quadriceps tear.

Looking ahead to the clay court season, Raonic said that he was not going to play again until he was fully fit. (AFP)

SPORTS

Armenia 2, Kazakhstan 0

San Marino 0, Czech Republic 6

Malta 1, Slovakia 3

Montenegro 1, Poland 2

Northern Ireland 2, Norway 0

Romania 0, Denmark 0

Scotland 1, Slovenia 0

Baku

Germany leaked their first goal since July, but still

extended their perfect record in World Cup qualifiers to five straight wins following Sunday’s 4-1 victory away to Azerbaijan with Andre Schuerrle scoring twice.

First-half goals by Schuerrle, Thomas Mueller and Mario Gomez put the world champions 3-1 up at the break, although Azerbaijan midfielder Dimitrij Nazarov, who plays in Germany, had netted an early equaliser to the delight of the home crowd.

It was the first goal Germany had conceded following seven previous clean sheets -- a national team record -- dating back to their 2-0 defeat in Marseille against France in the semi-finals of Euro 2016.

However, Schuerrle added a late second goal to reward the faith shown in him by Germany’s head coach Joachim Loew despite a series of below- p a r displays for

Borussia Dortmund. The away win means

Germany stay top of Group C with five wins from five, scoring 20 goals and having now conceded just once.

Germany were near full strength, but with captain and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer out with the calf injury, Bayer Leverkusen’s Bernd Leno made only his fourth appearance between the posts.

Juventus’ defensive midfielder Sami Khedira took over the captain’s armband in Neuer’s absence.

The world champions went ahead with the first clear chance. Toni Kroos spotted space on the left wing for Jonas Hector to whip in a cross which Schuerrle stabbed home with 19 minutes gone.

It was Schuerrle’s first Germany goal since his hat-trick in the 7-0 thrashing of minnows Gibraltar in June 2015.

However, Azerbaijan fought back and drew level with 31 minutes gone.

Nazarov, who plays for Bundesliga second division

club Erzgebirge Aue, finished a counter-attack with a superb strike. It was the first time the German defence has been beaten in five World Cup qualifiers.

But it stayed 1-1 for only five minutes as Schuerrle restored the lead by poaching possession and snuffing out a Azerbaijan counter attack.

He placed his pass in behind the defence for Mueller to convert on 36 minutes.

It was Mueller’s fifth goal in five 2018 qualifiers this season, although he has netted just two Bundesliga goals for Bayern Munich this

season. Gomez then made his height count as the 1.89m (six foot, two inches) striker outjumped Azerbaijan’s right-back Magomed Mirzabekoto, 1.68m (five foot, five inches), to head home Joshua Kimmich’s cross on 45 minutes.

Mesut Ozil replaced Gomez for the final 30 minutes but the tempo dropped with Khedira going close when his shot was saved with 15 minutes left.

Schuerrle sealed the win on 81 minutes by converting another good cross from the left by Hector. (AFP)

Schuerrle inspires Germany

England ease past Lithuania

London

Jermain Defoe adorned his international comeback with

a goal as England toiled to a 2-0 victory over Lithuania in a forgettable World Cup qualifier at Wembley yesterday.

Defoe, 34, was making his first England appearance since November 2013, having been recalled by manager Gareth Southgate, and he marked his return with the opening goal midway through the second half.

Substitute Jamie Vardy added a second goal as England tightened their grip on first place in UEFA qualifying Group F in Southgate’s first home game as permanent manager.

His side are now the last team in European qualifying yet to have conceded a goal.

Defoe’s strike, the Sunderland veteran’s 20th in 56 caps, was an obvious high point and second-half substitute Marcus Rashford delivered an impressive cameo.

But the stubbornly unadventurous nature of Lithuania’s approach to the game, which made for a soporific match, meant there was little to shout about from an England perspective.

The game was preceded by the laying of wreaths and a minute’s silence in honour of the four people killed and over 50 injured in Wednesday’s terror attack in London.

Having tested out a 3-4-2-1 system in the mid-week 1-0 friendly defeat in Germany, Southgate reverted to a back four and his side were quickly

on the front foot, with Adam Lallana prominent.

The Liverpool midfielder saw a deflected shot caught by Ernestas Setkus and then produced a clever pass down the inside-right channel for Defoe, whose shot was blocked by the Lithuania goalkeeper.

Defoe’s penalty-box cunning was one of the reasons Southgate picked him over Vardy and he vindicated his manager’s call by putting England ahead in the 22nd minute.

Valskis let-off Raheem Sterling slipped past Egidijus Vaitkunas on the left before rolling in a cross that Defoe planted into the net for his first international goal since March 2013. He threatened to notch a 21st England goal moments later, thudding a shot wide from range.

Joe Hart, captain for the day, had been a virtual bystander, but the England goalkeeper was almost embarrassed in first-half stoppage time.

The assistant referee’s flag stayed down despite Nerijus Valskis appearing to be blatantly offside and the Lithuanian forward managed to head the ball past Hart, obliging John Stones to hack clear.

As England continued to labour in the second half, they were given another let-off when Vykintas Slivka was unable to find a way past Hart with a free shot from just inside the box.(AFP)

Raonic withdraws from Miami

From L: Germany’s Jonas Hector, Andre Schuerrle, Mario Gomez and Thomas Mueller celebrate

England’s striker Jermain Defoe (L) scores his team’s first goal

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Melbourne

Sebastian Vettel out-manoeuvred Lewis Hamilton and the world champion

Mercedes team with a stunning victory in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne yesterday.

Vettel won by almost 10 seconds from Hamilton and Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas in a commanding victory of tactics and superior speed around the Albert Park street circuit.

Ferrari hadn’t won in Melbourne since Kimi Raikkonen’s 2007 victory and it was Vettel’s second triumph in Australia after winning the 2011 race with Red Bull.

It was also a major fillip for the fledgling season and the new generation of quicker cars after Ferrari’s superior pre-season test times as they chase their first world constructors’ title since 2008.

The victory was the German four-time world champion’s fourth for Ferrari and his first since Singapore in 2015 and his 43rd career win.

‘Bit of luck’ “A title challenge is a long way ahead.

For now we are just over the moon at the start we have made here today,” Vettel said. “I was not entirely happy with my start, there was a bit of wheel spin, but I was trying to keep the pressure on to give the message that we are here to fight.

“There was a bit of luck that Lewis came out in traffic.”

Ferrari got the better of Mercedes in the sole round of tyre changes which ultimately decided the race.

Hamilton’s early stop meant he rejoined

behind the Red Bull of Max Verstappen w h i c h a l l o w e d Vettel to open up a decisive gap at the head of the field.

“A big congratulations to Ferrari and Sebastian,” Hamilton said.

“In the race, I struggled with the tyres. I had to stop very early and I got stuck behind one of the Red Bulls, but that’s just the way it goes.”

Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen was fourth with Verstappen fifth ahead of Brazilian Felipe Massa in the Williams.

Australia’s big hope Daniel Ricciardo had a h e a r t b r e a k i n g day with gear box problems ending his race on the 29th lap after he was forced to start from pit lane when his Red Bull car broke down on the warm-up lap. (AFP)

Overall standings

Mercedes

Mercedes

25

15

18

Ferrari

1

2

3

Sebastian Vettel (GER)

Sebastian Vettel (GER)

Lewis Hamilton (GBR)

Valtteri Bottas (FIN)

Lewis Hamilton (GBR)

1h24:11.670

Valtteri Bottas (FIN)

at 9.975

at 11.250

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AustraliaAustraliaMelbourne

Source: Formula1.com

Vettel masters Hamilton

Cons

truct

ors: 1. Ferrari 37 pts

2. Mercedes 33

3. Red Bull 10

4. Williams 8

5. Force India 7

6. Toro Rosso 6

Ferrari’s German driver Sebastian Vettel powers through a corner

Sebastian Vettel celebrates with the winner’s trophy on the podium