P 8 | FOOTBALL P 14 | BASKETBALL SoLID FoUNDATIoN GUARDED oPTImISm Construction of Al Bayt Stadium-Al Khor City, Traditional powerhouse Al Rayyan start as a proposed venue of the 2022 World Cup favourites to retain the Qatar League title, semifinal, progresses at a steady pace. but their task is easier said than done. WEDNESDAY, NovEmbER 18, 2015 | Vol X | No.42 | QR 2.00 www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com Follow us on Qatar become the first team to reach the final round of World Cup Asian Zone qualification as an easy victory over Bhutan ensures Daniel Carreno’s confident wards top spot in Group C. PAGES 6-7 DSP/Fadi Al Assaad DSP/Fadi UK ...................................... £1 UAE ...............................Dh 5 Europe ............................. €2 Yemen..................75 Riyals P 10 | FOOTBALL Oman ...............200 Baisas Sudan ...................1 Pound Bahrain ..................200 Fils KSA .......................... 2 Riyals P 20 | POSTER Egypt .............................LE 2 Jordan ....................500 Fils Euro 2016 must Lebanon ..........3,000 Livre Iraq .................................... $1 SPECIAL Kuwait ....................250 Fils Palestine ......................... $1 IKER CASILLAS Morocco ......................Dh 6 Syria .............................LS 20 COLUMN go on as planned www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com | WEDNESDAY, NovEmbEr 18, 2015 3 EXCITEMENT NOW OPINION » The writer can be contacted at: JUST A TOUCH AWAY Editor-in-Chief Dr Ahmed Al Mohannadi
[email protected] Managing Editor Kumar Ravi Senior Editor/Writer Aswin Abraham Senior Sports Writer N Ganesh Sports Writers Sajith B Warrier Aju George Chris Mohammad Amin-ul Islam Sarath Pookkat Positive developments for Photographers Mohan Vinod Divakaran Fadi Al Assaad Mohammed Dabboos Qatar on and off the field A K BijuRaj Graphic Designers Abhilash Chacko ATAr’S approach on the face of all the unfair higher authorities has helped us become a sporting Gopakumar K criticism hurled at it ever since winning the center par excellence.