Tuesday’s cover: Qatari driver dominates dunes at Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge


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The third day of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge saw the continued dominance of Qatari driver Nasser Al Attiyah, who takes the Sport cover for the Wednesday, April 5, 2017 edition of The National.

Read Ahmed Rizvi's full report of Day 3. The tournament in the desert continues on Wednesday and concludes Thursday.

Also in Wednesday’s Sport section

• We preview the start of the Indian Premier League season. Dileep Premachandran looks at where the league stands going into its tenth year, and gives us five storylines to keep an eye on.

• Ahead of Wednesday night's Chelsea-Manchester City Premier League clash, Richard Jolly writes about Pep Guardiola's defence of star striker Sergio Aguero, who in their last meeting against Chelsea was sent off with a red card.

Primera Liga in Focus: In his weekly look at Spain, Andy Mitten highlights Real Madrid's Isco, who could out-price himself out of his club's range.

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