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Stacy bags 17 Navistar Classic TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 Ravens soar over 18 Patriots Rain break rescues Wozniacki in Tokyo Page 17 SPAIN: Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema from France (right) vies for the ball with Rayo Vallecano’s Javi Fuego, during a Spanish La Liga soccer match.—AP Real back on track with Rayo win MADRID: Real Madrid kept Barcelona in their sights as an early goal from Karim Benzema put them on their way to a 2-0 win over Rayo Vallecano — but they remain eight points behind the Catalan side, who are yet to drop a point this season. Benzema struck after 13 minutes and Cristiano Ronaldo added a second mid-way through the second half as Jose Mourinho’s side came out on top in the match suspended on Sunday due to floodlight failure caused by sabotage. In injury time Jose Casado was dismissed for the home side after receiving his second yellow card. The green light was finally given to play the game yesterday at Rayo’s Estadio de Vallecas ground in what was a tough battle for Madrid against city rivals Rayo with the pressure on after Barcelona beat Granada 2-0 on Saturday, their fifth win in succession, while Madrid had only one. Sergio Ramos returned to the side after being dropped for Madrid’s Champions League victory over Manchester City last week, while Michael Essien was also given the nod over Sami Khedira to partner Xabi Alonso in front of the defence in a more offensive formation than against the Premiership side as Luka Modric returned. Rayo coach Paco Jemez has shown an admirable commitment to attacking football and they faced the champions with two wingers in Jose Carlos and Lass Bangoura, who had full licence to go forward. Apart from a dangerous header from Pepe, saved by keeper Ruben Martinez, Rayo took the game to Madrid, who were reduced to committing a series of fouls and Essien was yellow carded for a handball. However, Madrid conjured up an excellent goal on the counter-attack which spanned the length of the pitch and was finished off by Benzema who knocked the ball in from close range from a Angel Di Maria cross on the left. The danger was clear for Rayo, who kept faith with their game strategy and Madrid were able to pick them off at the back with Benzema sent clear but he was crowded out before he could get a shot off, while Di Maria and Ronaldo went close with efforts from the edge of the area. At the other end Madrid showed their susceptibility from crosses as keeper Iker Casillas was forced into a sharp save to block a Andrija Delibasic header and Alonso blocked a follow up shot from Casado with his chest. Madrid were not comfortable at the back and Alvaro Arbeloa gifted the ball to Lass at the start of the second half but he failed to control with just Casillas to beat. In an open game Essien and Ronaldo shot narrowly wide as did Jose Carlos for Rayo before Ronaldo’s penalty decided the game after 70 minutes. It was the Portuguese’s cross that was handled by centre-half Jordi Amat and Ronaldo took the spot-kick, sending the keeper the wrong way. Minutes later Ronaldo could have extended Madrid’s advantage but he hit the post from a Gonzalo Higuain pass with the goal gaping. In the second minute of injury time frustration got the better of Casado. who left his foot in as he challenged Mesut Ozil and was given his second yellow card. Meanwhile, Rayo Vallecano said yesterday they were the victim of “football terrorism” after vandals cut the cables to stadium lights and forced a match with Real Madrid to be postponed. The derby clash at Estadio de Vallecas in Marseille win to record best start in fifty years PARIS: Olympique Marseille became the first Ligue 1 club in more than fifty years to win their first six league games when they beat Evian Thonon Gaillard 1-0 on Sunday. Morgan Amalfitano headed home in the 33rd minute to lift Marseille to 18 points, four ahead of secondplaced Olympique Lyon who drew 1-1 at Lille thanks to a late Lisandro Lopez equaliser. Lille, who won the title in 2011, are 12th on seven points having won only one of their opening six league games. Marseille are the first team to win their six first league games since Monaco completed the feat at the start of the 1960-61 season. Monaco went on to be crowned champions at the end of that campaign. Three days after a tightly-contested Europa League draw at Turkish side Fenerbahce, Marseille were visibly tired and struggled to create chances against 17th place Evian. “It was a tough game, we paid for the effort we put it on Thursday,” captain Steve Mandanda told French channel beIN SPORT. “We won with our heads and our hearts. We have been showing a lot of solidarity since the season started. But there is still a long way to go in the league.” Marseille went ahead with their first clear-cut chance, when Amalfitano headed home a neat Mathieu Valbuena free-kick. The midifielder then missed the chance to double the lead when he sent another header narrowly wide three minutes later. The hosts were made to work hard after the break as Evian laid siege to Mandanda’s goal but an impressive rearguard display from defender Nicolas Nkoulou helped keep the visitors at bay. France’s reserve goalkeeper did well to save a powerful Jonathan Mensah header with nine minutes remaining to maintain Marseille’s perfect start to the campaign. Lyon are now four points adrift at the top of the table after drawing with Lille who were hoping to bounce back after their shock 3-1 home loss to Belarus’s BATE Borisov in their Champions League opener tomorrow. Frontman Nolan Roux put Lille in front in the seventh minute when he poked the ball in from close range after Ryan Mendes had miscued a Mathieu Debuchy pass. Lille dominated but lacked the cutting edge to double their lead. Lyon’s keeper Remy Vercoutre saved a Mendes shot on the stroke of halftime and superbly parried Dimitri Payet’s neat back-heel on 57 minutes. Lisandro eventually levelled for Lyon with ten minutes to play with a stunning goal from 25 metres to frustrate Lille, who also wasted a one-goal lead in their last league game at bottom club Troyes. Girondins Bordeaux drew for the fourth consecutive time in Ligue 1 after a stoppage-time goal from substitute Chahir Belghazouani secured Ajaccio a point in a 2-2 draw. Belghazouani chested the ball down to strike the last-gasp equaliser past goalkeeper Cedric Carrasso. Bordeaux, who have not lost a league game since early April, are sixth on 10 points from six games. Ajaccio climb up to 13th on six points. Laborious Bordeaux did not create a single chance in the first half, three days after thrashing Club Bruges 4-0 in their Europa League group stage opener. Centre back Henrique and forward Yoan Gouffran both headed home after the break to put hosts Bordeaux in front, but Ajaccio twice recovered thanks to Ricardo Faty and Belghazouani.—Reuters Madrid was scrapped on Sunday evening after the blackout, leaving fans stranded outside, and the clubs agreed to try again at 7:45 pm (1745 GMT). “We suffered sabotage, an attack. We are facing a new kind of terrorism, football terrorism,” Rayo Vallecano chairman Raul Martin Presa told a news conference. “We have never seen anything like this at a club.” Rayo Vallecano, displaying photographs of the severed cables to journalists. “The 57 cables leading to the lights of one of the stands were cut and the 12 fuse boxes they come from were interfered with,” Rayo Vallecano managing director Luis Yanez said. Police confirmed that the act was deliberate, the central government representative for the Madrid region, Cristina Cifuentes, told ABC Punto radio. “Forensic police made a first inspection on Sunday evening... and they returned this morning,” she said. “It has apparently been confirmed that there was sabotage.” Police were trying to lift fingerprints from the scene and checking security cameras in case the culprits were filmed, she said.—AFP FRANCE: Marseille’s French forward Andre-Pierre Gignac (left) challenges Evian’s French forward Kevin Berigaud for the ball during their League One soccer match.—AP Spanish League results/standings Rayo Vallecano 0 Real Madrid 2 (Benzema 13, Cristiano Ronaldo 70pen); Deportivo la Coruna v Sevilla - late kickoff. Spanish league table after yeserday’s early match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Barcelona 5 5 0 0 14 3 15 Real Mallorca 5 3 2 0 7 3 11 Malaga 5 3 2 0 6 2 11 Atletico Madrid 4 3 1 0 11 5 10 Real Betis 4 3 0 1 8 5 9 Sevilla 4 2 2 0 4 2 8 Real Madrid 5 2 1 2 7 4 7 Rayo Vallecano 5 2 1 2 6 7 7 Levante 5 2 1 2 7 9 7 Deportivo 4 1 3 0 7 5 6 Celta Vigo 5 2 0 3 6 6 6 Real Zaragoza 5 2 0 3 5 6 6 Valladolid 5 2 0 3 4 5 6 Real Sociedad 5 2 0 3 6 9 6 Valencia 5 1 2 2 6 8 5 Athletic Bilbao 5 1 2 2 8 12 5 Getafe 5 1 1 3 6 10 4 Grenada 5 0 2 3 2 8 2 Espanyol 5 0 1 4 7 11 1 Osasuna 5 0 1 4 3 10 1 Preview Signs of recovery emerge in Liverpool’s poor start LONDON: In their pomp, Liverpool won League Cups for fun but after suffering their worst start to a league campaign in 101 years, tomorrow’s third round clash at West Bromwich Albion takes on extra significance. Should Liverpool lose, it would add to the pressure already building on new manager Brendan Rodgers after defeat by Manchester United left his team third from bottom in the Premier League and casting envious glances at high-flying neighbours Everton. Sunday’s 2-1 loss was Liverpool’s third defeat in their opening five games, with draws against Manchester City and Sunderland providing them with their only points of the fledgling campaign. It would be wrong, however, to suggest that an autumnal gloom was encircling the club in the way it did when former boss Roy Hodgson suffered a similarly inglorious start to his short-lived Liverpool reign in the 2010/11 campaign. That period coincided with a bitter ownership struggle and the threat of administration and perhaps annihilation hanging over the club. Now, Liverpool fans who fought to get rid of previous owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett and booed Hodgson’s every defeat are able to see green shoots of recovery in Rodgers’ new-look side. Despite scoring only four times in the league, Rodgers’ Liverpool have been pleasing on the eye. The Northern Irishman, who arrived from Swansea in June, describes his philosophy as “death by football” and his commitment to the relentless retention of possession fits in neatly with the long-held traditions of the club. While style over substance counts for little as far as the cold currency of Premier League points is concerned, the manner of Liverpool’s defeat by bitter rivals United gave cause for optimism to their suffering fans. “If we keep playing like that and showing that amount of effort and determination, then it will only be a matter of time (before we get our first win),” captain Steven Gerrard told Sky Sports. —Reuters
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 German business mood worst since mid-2009 Gold retreats from 6-1/2 month high as dollar firms Dreamliner brings jolt of excitement to flying Page 22 New Audi S models arrive in Middle East NEW YORK: Greg Packer, 49, celebrates as he enters the Fifth Avenue Apple store for the release of the iPhone 5, Friday, Sept 21, 2012. — AP Apple sells more than 5m iPhone 5 NEW YORK: Apple Inc sold out of its latest smartphone, with more than 5 million iPhone 5s sold in the three days since it hit stores, the company said yesterday. While sales were solid, analysts were concerned that Apple was unable to produce the new phone fast enough to meet demand. The early total for the iPhone 5 topped sales of the iPhone 4S, which sold more than 4 million units in its first weekend after Apple introduced it in October 2011. Expectations for new Apple products are so high that Wall Street appeared not to be Foxconn factory in China shaken by violence wowed by the latest numbers. Investors sent shares of the stock down 1.4 percent at $690.14 in mid-morning trade. “It appears investors were disappointed with the slowdown in growth in the first weekend,” said BTIG analyst Walter Piecyk. Apple said while the majority of iPhone 5 pre-orders have been shipped to customers, many were scheduled to go out in October. The world’s most valuable technology company is being closely watched for any supplier problems that may slow down the smartphone production. “We believe that sales could have potentially been much higher if not for supply constraints,” William Power, an analyst with Baird Equity Research, wrote in a note. He forecast Apple selling 8 million to 10 million units in the fiscal fourth quarter ending in September. One of Apple’s key suppliers for screens, Sharp Corp , is struggling with high costs and scrambling to raise funds to pay debt. Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group, which assembles iPhones, closed a plant in China yesterday after about 2,000 workers were involved in a brawl in a company dormitory. Clinton summit highlights business practices NEW YORK: Former President Bill Clinton on Sunday challenged Wal- Mart to open a store in Libya and help create jobs in the world’s most troubled areas. “If the new president of Libya asked you to open a store in Tripoli, would you consider it?” Clinton asked Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke at the opening session of the Clinton Global Initiative. The annual forum brings together leaders in politics, business and philanthropy for three days of brainstorming about the most pressing global problems. Duke was on a Clinton-mediated panel with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Queen Rania of Jordan and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim. The Wal-Mart executive - jokingly calling the corporate giant a “small company from Arkansas,” Clinton’s home state - said the company already operates in high-risk areas including parts of sub-Saharan Africa. But Wal-Mart has no presence in Tripoli, the Libyan capital Clinton named as a possible location. Newly elected Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif is listed among about 1,000 forum participants, as is Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, a leader of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood. Libya faces more domestic upheaval after the killings of US Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans in the Libyan city of Benghazi earlier this month. More than 50 current or former heads of state are lined up for this year’s high-power gathering. On Sunday, the audience in the ballroom of the Sheraton New York Hotel included the former president’s daughter, Chelsea Clinton. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was to speak yesterday. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will speak today. The theme of the 2012 meeting is “Designing for Impact.” Its stated purpose is to consider how the Clinton Global Initiative community “can utilize our abundance of global capacity to invent better tools, build more effective interventions, and work creatively and collaboratively to design a future worth pursuing.” The UN secretary-general said the “top priority” is sustainable development - especially for basic needs such as energy, food and water in poor parts of the world. “I’m going to sound an alarm to all the leaders,” he said. “We are living in an era of insecurity, injustice, inequality and intolerance, and what should we do?” He called on powerful businesses like Wal-Mart to not only act for profit but also “for humanity.” The World Bank head noted, however, that even effective efforts such as delivering HIV-fighting drugs to impoverished countries with high infection rates cannot succeed unless ways are found to expand help to large numbers of people. “How do you go from promising initiatives to taking things to scale?” Kim asked. One solution is to knock down the average cost of a year’s HIV NEW YORK: (Left to right) Michael T Duke, President and CEO of Wal- Mart, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group and former US President Bill Clinton are seen during the session “Designing for Impact” at the Clinton Global Initiative September 23, 2012 New York City. — AFP treatment so it’s more accessible in low-income societies. In four African countries - Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia - the cost averages about $200, compared with $682 in South Africa, according to research by the Clinton Health Access Initiative. Since Clinton created the Global Initiative in 2005, members have made 2,100 “commitments” seeking to improve the lives of people in more than 180 countries. On Sunday, Clinton highlighted a Procter & Gamble-sponsored project aiming to provide 2 billion liters of clean drinking water every year to save the life of one child per hour in the developing world. But he said the long-term prospects for struggling societies rest on educating workers and helping them land jobs, or run their own businesses, “and at least maximize chances that they’ll have something to look forward to when they get up in the morning.” —AP It was not clear how long the shutdown would last. Additionally, Apple is facing stiff competition from smartphones that run on Google Inc’s Android software, which has become the most-used mobile operating system in the world. Apple’s key supplier as well as rival, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, has taken the lead in smartphone sales. The iPhone 5 has been one of Apple’s most aggressive international rollouts to date. The phone will be available 31 countries on Sept. 28 and in more than 100 countries by the end of the year. Page 23 Page 23 DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s bourse made its largest one-day drop in 11 weeks yesterday as slumping oil prices and jittery global markets spurred nervy investors to cut risk. Most other Gulf markets also fell as sentiment in the world’s top oil exporting region faltered. Saudi’s index dropped 1 percent to a six-week low in its largest one-day loss since July 9 as the heavyweight petrochemical and banking sectors headed declines. Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), the world’s largest chemicals producer, shed 1.6 percent. Samba Financial Group and Al-Rajhi Bank fell 2 and 0.7 percent respectively. “Today’s sell-off is in line with what’s happening in US markets - you’ve (also) seen oil prices come off and some of this selling is in reaction to that,” said Asim Bukhtiar, head of research at Riyad Capital. “Sentiment is weak on petrochemical stocks for Q3. Banks are expected to do well but there will be some moderation in lending in H2. Some of that started to show in provisioning in Q2.” Saudi earnings season will start in early October and some analysts expect petrochemical sector profits to decline by about 30 percent, hit by weak global demand. Oil was trading at $91.31 a barrel at 1304 GMT, down 7.8 percent since Sept. 14’s four-month high, with the latest drop attributed to a firm dollar and worries about weak economic growth in key consumer nations. In the UAE, Dubai’s measure slipped 0.3 percent, down for a third session since Wednesday’s 20-week peak. Courier Aramex fell 2 percent, telecom operator Page 26 “Expectations for Apple are always white hot,” said Colin Gillis, a research analyst with BGC. “It’s not just enough for them to break records but to smash them.” Apple signaled last week that pre-orders outstripped initial supply and that many phones would not be available until October. The iPhone is Apple’s highest-margin product and accounts for half of its annual revenues. On Friday, fans lined up at stores in cities around the world to get their hands on the new phone, which is thinner and lighter and has a bigger screen. — Reuters Saudi heads Gulf drop as slumping oil prices weigh du shed 1.4 percent and builder Arabtec lost 1.5 percent. Abu Dhabi’s index also dipped, closing 0.3 percent lower. Elsewhere, Qatar’s bourse ended little moved and Oman’s measure lost 0.6 percent. Recent economic initiatives in Europe and United States helped UAE and Qatar stocks to rally last week, but investors have since booked some of these gains as global growth concerns resurfaced. These worries also weighed on European shares as investors refocused attention from central bank stimulus schemes to weak economic fundamentals and the euro zone’s yet-to-be-resolved debt crisis. Bucking the Gulf trend, Kuwait’s bourse rose 0.6 percent to a three-month high, extending gains since the government said it would double the portion of state revenue it puts into a rainy day fund. The move is thought to be aimed at investing state money more efficiently. The index slumped to an eight-year low in mid- August as political infighting weighed on the economy, but it is now up 4.4 percent from this trough. “People are optimistic about the steps the government has been taking to boost the economy,” said Safaa Zbib, head of research at Kuwait and Middle East Financial Investment Co. “There are serious plans to help the economy and it will impact the stock market positively, but we are waiting because these are for the long-term.” Most of the large-caps rallied in heavy trade. National Bank of Kuwait rose 2.1 percent, while telecom operator Zain and Kuwait Finance House each jumped 4.2 percent. —Reuters
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