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Sport TUESDAY 1 DECEMBER 2020 Formula One: Ricciardo disgusted with 'Hollywood' coverage of Grosjean crash His family has to keep watching that. All our families have to keep watching that ... It’s really unfair. It’s not entertainment. To show it like it’s something from Hollywood, it’s not cool. Daniel Ricciardo Sport |08 VOLLEYBALL: SENIOR MEN'S LEAGUE Police bt Al Khor 3-0 (25-21, 25-17, 25-15); Al Ahli bt Al Wakrah 3-1 (26-24, 26-24, 22-25, 25-18) World 2021: Qatar’s preparations on track THE PENINSULA — DOHA QATAR HANDBALLL SQUAD Mahmoud Ahmed Zaki, Omar Khaled Abdel Fattah (Al Qatar handball squad yesterday Ahli); Ahmed Mohamed Meddi, Raphael de Costa Ca- continued with its preparation for a pote, Shadi Hazem Hamdoun, Firas Mustafa Al Shayeb series of assignments in the next two (Al Duhail); Mustafa Ali Al Karrad, Daniel Search, months that concludes with the 2021 Youssef Al Tayeb Ali, Wajdi Ibrahim Senan, Zain Al Din World Championship to be held in Egypt Boumengel, Ali Jarba, Mutasim Abdul Wahid Muham- in January. Coached by Valero Rivera, Qatar mad (Al Arabi); Kamal Al Din Malash, Amin Mowafak Za- earlier this year won the Asian Cham- kar, Jofu Damjanovic Wilder Memesevic, and Ali Inad Al pionship held in Kuwait where Al Dairi (Al Rayyan) Ahmed Majdi Abdel-Rahim, Hassan Annabi beat South Korea in the final. Awad Mabrouk and Mustafa Amir Heiba (Al Wakrah) Qatar have established themselves Muhammad Amin Abidi and Marwan Ali Sassi (Qatar SC) as the dominant Asian force since then, Franks Carroll (Sportage Lisbon, Portugal) besides winning the Asian title thrice Coach: Valero Rivera and reaching the World Championship Qatar’s World Championship schedule final on home soil in 2015. Group C: Qatar, Croatia, Japan, Angola A powerhouse of the sport, Qatar January 15, 2021: Qatar vs Angola at 5:30pm squad will play two international January 17, 2021: Qatar vs Japan at 5:30pm friendly games this month before January 19, 2021: Croatia vs Qatar at 8:00pm appearing in a Four-Nation Series that will feature continental giants Spain (European champions) and Argentina from Jan 13 to 31. Qatar are placed in the (South American champions) and Group C of the 2021 World Champi- Tunisia (Africa champions). onship along with Angola, Japan and The Four-Nation International Croatia. Series will be held from Dec 25-29 at Qatar will open the group phases Duhail Indoor Sports Hall. against Angola on January 15 at 5:30pm Coach Rivera is managing the Qatar time and the 2nd match with A Qatari player shoots at goal during the Asian 22-player squad at Al Duhail Sports Hall Japan on January 17 at the same time. Handball Championship match against China in in two sessions daily. The 2021 World In the third clash, Qatar will face Croatia Suwon, South Korea in this file photo. Handball Championship will be held on January 19 at 8:00pm. Zidane defends Atletico Madrid look to advance Hazard after latest injury setback as Bayern Munich rest players REUTERS — KIEV Valverde, defender Dani AP — MADRID impression and has shown his Carvajal and forward Luka quality in training,” said Flick, Real Madrid coach Zinedine Jovic on the sidelines. Atlético Madrid needs to whose team routed Atlético 4-0 Zidane defended forward Eden “We know that tomorrow rebound. Bayern Munich is just at home in their first group Hazard’s (pictured) mental is another final. We’ve got two looking to get some rest. match. fortitude after the forward left. Tomorrow is almost cer- Atlético will catch a break The game at the Wanda picked up another injury, ruling tainly the most important in the Champions League today Metropolitano Stadium means him out of today’s Champions group stage game because by hosting a Bayern squad that little to Bayern but could be League meeting with Shakhtar they’re three points which has already qualified and will decisive for Atlético, which is Donetsk. could see us qualify. We’re fully leave out some of its top players only two points in front of third- Belgium national team focused on that.” for the Group A match. place Lokomotiv Moscow. A doctor Kris van Crombrugge Defender Nacho spoke The defending champions, win could be enough if the had suggested Hazard’s injury alongside Zidane and said that who won their first four Russian team is held by issues since joiningining Real were the side need to improve their matchesatc es and a have already Salzburg, but a draw or a loss down to mentalal stress, hhoweverowever consistency given their up and guaranteedguaranteed first place in the against Bayern could leave Zidane refutedd those claims.claims. downdown resultsresults thisthis term.term. group,group, willwill make the trip to Atlético depending on other “He’s reallyly strong (men-(men- “What we’re looking for is MadridMadrid withoutwith striker Robert results in the last round. tally). It’s anotherother injury for consistency,consistency, and to go into Lewandowski,Lewandow goalkeeper Lokomotiv hosts last-place him, and it’s disappointingisappointing for gamesgames in a better way,”way,” he said. 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Davies and Joshua Kimmich still his European debut for Bayern Suárez, who recently tested Hazard joins MidfielderMidfield Corentin Tolisso haven’t recovered from their after playing mostly in cup positive for the coronavirus captain Sergioo Ramos, alsoalso won’twon’t travelt because of a ailments. Reserve goalkeeper matches until now. while with Uruguay’s national midfielder Federico minor injury, inju and Alphonso Alexander Nübel will be making “He has made a good team. Qatar lose thriller as Syria stun Iran at FIBA Qualifiers A Qatari player dribbles the ball past a Saudi Arabian opponent during their FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers match at Al Gharafa Indoor Sports Complex, yesterday. Saudi Arabia won the match 73-67 in overtime after the match ended in 60-60 draw. CENTRE: A Qatari player attempts to score a point. RIGHT: Iranian and Syrian players in action in yesterday other's match. Syria stunned Iran 77-70. TUESDAY 1 DECEMBER 2020 SPORT 11 AFC Champions League, East Zone, matches continue in Qatar Ulsan book top spot as Shenhua take late hit REUTERS — HONG KONG advance to the last 16. In Group E the Ulsan Hyundai booked a place in the last 16 battle for second place remains tight Ulsan Hyundai booked a place in the knockout phase of the Asian Champions after Melbourne Victory threw away a last 16 knockout phase of the Asian League as Yoon Bit-garam’s double earned two goal lead to draw 2-2 with Chi- Champions League as Yoon Bit- angrai United. Grant Brebner’s side garam’s double earned the South the South Korean side a 2-1 win over FC went ahead through Jake Brimmer’s Korean side a 2-1 win over FC Tokyo Tokyo. penalty after eight minutes and Ben while Shanghai Shenhua’s qualification Beijing Guoan clinched top spot in the Group Folami doubled the lead with a deft hopes suffered a late blow. E as goals from Jonathan Viera, Renato first-time volley over goalkeeper Kim Do-hoon’s K-League runners- Augusto and Zhang Yuning saw off FC Seoul Apirak Worawong 19 minutes later. up fought back after going behind to an A goalkeeping error by Matt Acton early goal from Tokyo’s Kensuke Nagai 3-1 to maintain their perfect record and leave allowed Sivakorn Tiatrakul’s free kick to take their fourth win in five games and the Koreans battling for second place. to sail into the net for Chiangrai two confirm top spot in Group F with one minutes after the restart and Gionata round of matches remaining. Verzura’s strike in the 82nd completed Nagai opened the scoring with an and Carlo Armiento had given Perth the comeback. effort from outside the area in the first the lead only for Giovanni Moreno to Beijing Guoan clinched top spot in minute but Yoon levelled with a curling haul Shenhua back into the game, the group as goals from Jonathan Viera, free kick just before the break. Then striking twice to level the scores. Renato Augusto and Zhang Yuning saw five minutes from time the midfielder Yu Hanchao put the Chinese side off FC Seoul 3-1 to maintain their wrongfooted the Tokyo defence to net in front for the first time with 17 perfect record and leave the Koreans Ulsan Hyundai’s players celebrate a goal the winner.