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Qatar’s Abdullah Rashad Mohi El Din Babiker celebrates with bronze medal. Qatar’s Abdullah Rashad Mohi El Din Babiker won the bronze medal in the men’s under-84kg karate kumite at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games in Japan. Rashad secured the medal with an emphatic 8-0 victory over Palestine’s Abdullah al-Khatib, producing a dominant performance from the start.It was Qatar’s second karate medal at the Games after Abdulrahman Mustafa won silver in the men’s under-60kg event. The two medals underline Qatar’s strong showing in karate, with the athletes overcoming tough competition to reach the podium.Rashad said he was delighted to win the bronze and proud to see the Qatari flag raised at the Asian Games. He described the competition as extremely challenging but said he was pleased with his performance and reaching the podium. He added that the medal would motivate him to achieve more for Qatar in future competitions. Qatar’s Abdullah Rashad Mohi El Din…
Jon Rahm has no firm idea of when he will compete next. Jon Rahm is facing uncertainty on and off the golf course as he looks at the closing stretch of 2026 while trying to plan for the future.Rahm will tee it up at this week’s Irish Open at the Trump International Golf Links & Hotel, and plans to play in next week’s BMW PGA Championship. What happens after that is dependent upon a slew of factors that are largely out of Rahm’s control.The Spaniard returned home after last month’s season-ending LIV Golf event in Indianapolis to “play dad” with his wife pregnant with the couple’s fourth child. While speculation about Rahm’s playing future has run rampant, he was asked only one question about LIV during his pre-tournament press conference on Tuesday, replying simply: “No updates since Indianapolis.”LIV is expected to face bankruptcy proceedings as CEO Scott O’Neil attempts to lock investors into his LIV 2.0 concept. What that means for Rahm, and whether he would stay to have a stake in the league or is angling to get out of the remaining years on his contract, remains a major question mark.Rahm said that has not been his focus during his few weeks away from the course.”I’ve been a dad, basically. I got a very pregnant wife at home who is feeling this pregnancy,” he said. “Unfortunately, she was a bit under the weather, so luckily I was home and I could step in and play dad. So it hasn’t left a lot of room for golf.”But at this stage of the year, having a little bit of time off and actually dealing with reality and real life, it’s very nice and needed. And I was very happy to be able to be home and just take care of my kids.” RAHM DOESN’T KNOW WHEN HE WILL COMPETE NEXTOther than playing the next two events, Rahm has no firm idea of when he will compete next. Part of that will be determined by when his wife gives birth and if it conflicts with the Spanish Open the second week of October.”It all depends on when the little one decides to arrive. I hope I can be there, but we will see,” Rahm said. “It’s one of those things where family always comes first, and as much as I love the Spanish Open, if I have to choose, obviously it’s an easy choice. But it all depends on when the little one decides to come.”The other part of the equation is the ongoing war between Iran and Israel and the United States. The conflict has already impacted multiple Formula 1 races and threatens to impact the DP World Tour’s season-ending tournaments in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.Rahm, 31, is coming off his third individual LIV Golf title in as many years since joining the league. He signed a deal that reportedly has more than $100 million remaining on it, and he acknowledged in May that it has multiple years remaining. However, he may have an option to get out of that contract with LIV Golf planning to significantly reduce prize purses should it be able to conduct a 2027 season.As to whether he would be interested in pursuing a return to the PGA Tour if conditions allow, Rahm said in an interview with BBC Sport he’s “more than willing to fulfill” his LIV 1.0 contract, but “time will tell.”Rahm struck a deal with the DP World Tour in May to retain his membership and Ryder Cup eligibility. But even that event is a year out and too far in the distance to occupy much of Rahm’s mental bandwidth.”A year is a long time. I wouldn’t say it’s that much on my mind yet,” he said. “I understand why, being in Ireland, a lot of people are already looking forward to it, because you have to plan in advance.”But I hope I’m representing Europe at Adare Manor, I really would love to be there, but there’s just so much time that I haven’t really given it that much thought yet. But obviously we … a lot of us obviously want to be there and represent Europe.” Related Story Source link
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* Antonelli leads Russell by 66 points after Monza victory* Italy buzzing after historic win Kimi Antonelli is a phenomenon, on course to become Formula One’s youngest world champion at 20 years old, but Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff sees the Italian also as flagbearer for a new generation better equipped than ever for success.Asked at Monza if he saw the 2026 cars, with their increased electric element and characteristics that demand new ways of driving, as a factor in Antonelli’s meteoric rise as a rare talent, Wolff recognised that was an interesting point.”This is a generation that’s coming up that is better prepared than the generation before,” he said.”Simulators have become much more than a toy. You can see that all the people once they drive simulators, they drive all kinds of cars – rally cars, sportscars, GT cars.”So that’s an additional tool that this generation of drivers have,” added the Austrian, who compared Antonelli to a continuously self-improving AI agent such was his capacity to learn and absorb.”I think if you put a five or six-year-old in a simulator, you teach them cognitive abilities. Or they learn cognitive abilities without doing it actively.”I think that’s why they come into Formula One at that age with so much more bandwidth. Everything goes in slow motion because they are doing this every day, day in and day out … and the next one is probably going to have another layer on top.”SPAGHETTI FROM A SILVER TROPHYAntonelli’s teammate George Russell, the pre-season favourite who has found the end of one era and start of another to be a tough transition, is 28 and from the same generation as McLaren’s world champion Lando Norris and Red Bull’s four-times champion Max Verstappen.Norris and Verstappen are keen gamers and simulator drivers, with Verstappen also taking part in endurance racing.Britain’s Arvid Lindblad, the only rookie on the grid this season, is 19 and of Antonelli’s generation. With Racing Bulls he has scored in eight of 13 races.Antonelli’s stunning home win from 19th on the grid at Monza on Sunday revived memories of comeback wins of old and drew immediate comparisons with some of the greats of the sport, Ayrton Senna included, and brought scenes of jubilation despite Ferrari having a bad day.In the past Ferrari have always been the big draw for the fans, whose loyalties lay primarily with the national team and in the past perfectly aligned with a winner like seven-times champion Michael Schumacher racing in their red colours.It will take a lot to change that, but having a world champion Italian — and Antonelli is now 66 points clear of Russell — would be new territory for almost all those present on Sunday as the first since 1953. ITALIAN PM MELONI’S CONGRATULATORY MESSAGEItalian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni sent a congratulatory message, the Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper devoted its first 15 pages to Antonelli’s exploits and the youngster’s beaming face was everywhere, even eating spaghetti from the bowl of the shining silver trophy (and declaring it not as good as his grandmother’s).To say that Italy has waited a long time for such a moment would be an understatement.Antonelli, the son of a racer, is the only living Italian to know how it feels to be a Grand Prix winner at Monza, the first to do so since Ludovico Scarfiotti in 1966 and just the fourth since the championship started in 1950.The other two Italian winners at Monza were Giuseppe Farina (1950) and Alberto Ascari (1951 and 1952)Antonelli was already the first Italian in 73 years to lead the championship to the ‘Temple of Motorsport” and he left as the youngest Italian Grand Prix winner and first to win seven championship Grands Prix in a season.Only one driver in history had ever won from further back on the grid — Britain’s John Watson who took the 1983 U.S. Grand Prix West at Long Beach, California for McLaren from 22nd position. Related Story Source link
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