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FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 & AFC Asian Cup 2023 Qualifiers Qatar take on Bangladesh in Dhaka today

Coach talk It is an important match for us. We have prepared well and this match will test all aspects of our preparation. Qatar national football team Head Coach Felix Sanchez Al Annabi will look to extend lead atop Group E with victory AFC Kuala Lumpur

Qatar will aim to get back to winning ways when they take on Bangladesh at the Bang- abandhu National Stadium in Dhaka on Thursday. Oman on the other hand Qatar team players during a training session at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka on Wednesday ahead of their Group E FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Asian Qualifiers clash. will be hoping to snatch the top spot should the reigning Adel Lamy scored in the first ghans on Matchday One. on Matchday One. A rela- the top spot with a win against Asian champions stumble half while the recently retired tively less complicated task Afghanistan on Thursday. again in Group E of the FIFA Khalfan Ibrahim bagged a Oman vs Afghanistan awaits them at home. Having been promoted World Cup Qatar 2022 and brace to render Mohammed It will be second vs third in A strong home form plays from his previous post as assis- AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Arman’s sole strike for Bang- Muscat as Oman face Af- to the Omanis’ favour. The tant to German boss Otto Pfis- Asian Qualifiers. ladesh merely consolation. ghanistan for the first time Reds have not conceded in their ter, 29-year-old coach Anoush Qatar make their first away Head coach Felix Sanchez in a competitive match. Both last three competitive games on Dastgir is one of the youngest trip of the campaign in Dhaka, will be without the services sides have three points to home soil, winning all three on the international stage, and while Oman return to action on of tenacious midfielder As- their name, but the hosts have and scoring a whopping total of his squad, assembled largely home soil against Afghanistan, sim Madibo who underwent played one game less than 20 goals. And while this is their from the Afghan diaspora with the two Gulf nations vying surgery after an ankle injury their opponents. first encounter in the Quali- across the planet, has produced for the summit of the group. sustained with his club side They needed a world fiers, Oman and Afghanistan some fresh performances. The chance to rectify their earlier this month. class solo effort from Mon- faced-off in a friendly in March A 1-0 win over Bangladesh path comes on Thursday with And while their 187th FIFA thir Al Alawi in the dying with the Gulf nation walking got their campaign kick-start- a trip to Bangladesh, where ranking is no match to Qa- seconds, but the Omanis away 5-0 winners. ed after the 6-0 humbling in their previous encounter end- tar’s 62nd place, Bangladesh the opening matchday of the Ali; the impressive 23-year- will nonetheless be delight- Erwin Koeman’s men will Qatar, and Dastgir’s side will ed in a 4-1 win in the 2007 will be encouraged by their Asian Qualifiers. old has 17 goals in his last 18 ed with the three valuable have an eye on the Qatar game aim to better their nine-point AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers. performance in the narrow Key for the hosts is to be Qatar appearances, including points snatched from the as a slip up by the group lead- tally from the 2019 AFC Asian Back then, Wisam Rizq and 1-0 defeat to Afghanistan on able to stop striker Almoez a hat-trick against the Af- home of a tough India side ers will allow them to climb to Cup qualifiers campaign. Team Ethiopia athletics officials praise Worlds 2019 Wish Qatar the best for World Cup 2022 Tribune News Network Doha

Delighted with their good show at the recently concluded IAAF World Athletics Cham- pionships Doha 2019, the of- ficials of the Ethiopian athlet- ics team joined volunteers of Kon Group and Shabaab22 on a tour of Doha on Tuesday be- fore leaving for their country. Kon Group currently has a new project in Qatar, which is related to benefitting the lo- Ethiopia athletics delegation officials capture the West Bay view on cal expatriates in relation with their ipad and mobile phones during a tour of Doha. their Embassies and as such the tour arranged was to show as a spectator for the Cup 2022 Qatar the visitors the local culture FIFA 2022 World with zero percent and way of life in Qatar. Cup, I shall surely of human rights is- Appreciating the tour and come.” sues. We have a expressing happiness at their Explaining the team of volunteers good results at the champi- Team Ethiopia athletics officials with Kon Group co-founder Mohamed Riad al Massani, volunteers and Shabaab22 members at the Corniche initiative, Mohamed and the team of onships, Team leader Dube during a tour of Qatar on Tuesday. Riad al Massani, co- Shabaab 22 and we Jillo Medagdu said, “The IAAF founder Kon Group, are increasing our world championships in Doha “All our young athletes for a senior marathoner (not “Overall we felt at home in best for a successful organiza- said. “The idea is a new kind of base with each passing day. was excellently organized. Our have also come good and we our marathon winner Lelisa Qatar. The stadium, accom- tion of FIFA 2022 World Cup.” a project created by my busi- “We are all moving ahead medals haul was also better see a promising future. There Desisa, who’s 29), most oth- modation, transportation and Also enjoying the trip was ness partner Hissa al Suwaidi at full steam to hosting the here in Qatar than what we was no Bekele, Dibaba and ers are relatively young. It is a logistics and technical were all Selema, medical official of the and myself, which is to build 2022 World Cup and Qatar’s achieved three years ago at other senior athletes for us result of our sustained efforts in place. We found the people Ethiopian contingent. He said, a relationship between the organizing abilities in sports the London edition (with two at this championships, yet to develop athletes from grass- here to be nice and warm. The “The weather can be hot here, expats in Qatar and the Em- events was once again reflected golds, five silver and a bronze our other athletes did so well roots level.” buildings are impressive and it but the country is beautiful bassies in Doha and to have in the successful hosting of the Ethiopia finishes fifth on the which shows that the young On their experience of be- is also very clean everywhere. and the people are very nice. shared communities. Our aim IAAF Doha 2019 world athlet- medals table).” ones are coming of age. Except ing in Qatar, Medagdu said, “We wish them the very If I get a chance to even come is to be ready for FIFA World ics championships,” he added.