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WEDNESDAY, JulY 6, 2016 VOluME XI ISSuE NO.22 QR2.00 www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com P 6 | FOOTBALL P 26 | WEIGHTLIFTING KEEPING FAITH BOUND FOR RIO QATAR’S FIRST Lekhwiya management retains Djamel Qatar’s Faris Ibrahim books berth at Rio ENGLISH SPORTS Belmadi as coach and decides not Games by finishing third at the Junior WEEKLY to tinker with the team too much. World Championships in Georgia. FOLLOW US Test of mettle P 20 | POSTER DIMITRI PAYET DSP SPECIAL STORY P 24 | VOLLEYBALL P 22 | FUTSAL Qatar coach Magnus Opus! Piazza quits DSP Graphics/ Joice Michael Joice DSP Graphics/ UK £1, Europe €2 | Oman 200 Baisas | Bahrain 200 Fils | Egypt LE 2 | Lebanon 3,000 Livre | Kuwait 250 Fils | Morocco Dh 6 | UAEDh 5 | Yemen 75 Riyals | Sudan 1 Pound | KSA 2 Riyals | Jordan 500 Fils | Iraq $1 | Palestine $1 | Syria LS 20 www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com | Wednesday, July 6, 2016 www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com 3 EXCITEMENT NOW JUST A TOUCH AWAY OutlookThe writer can be contacted at [email protected] Qatar have a lot to learn from Iceland’s French adventure HE majestic march of Iceland at Euro 2016 in the country! full professionalism, from treatment room to might’ve ended in quarterfinal, but they Like Iceland, we too have a small pool of tal- canteen, where a private chef was hired, to the Tleave behind their French adventure as a ent. The similarities don’t end there. If winter is airports, where the team chartered flights for model that can be replicated by smaller nations long and harsh in Iceland, we battle the sum- big matches for the first time in history. More including Qatar. mer heat. Both countries have invested heav- importantly, he taught his players to have faith Qatar Football Association (QFA) President ily on infrastructure. Iceland have 11 full-sized in his system and that, despite the odds, they Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani has indoor fields and 22 artificial pitches across the could beat anyone if they stuck to it. In short, already acknowledged there were many lessons country. When it comes to fans too, it was more he imported a winning culture to a squad not our nation could learn from Iceland’s remarkable or less the same story until recently, with sparse accustomed to one.” performance. Indeed, their rise has been amazing. crowd attending matches. True, only 100 per cent professionalism can help They were ranked 131 in the world in 2012 and Iceland don’t even have a fully professional Qatar develop a strong team in time for the 2022 now they’re 34! Like the QFA chief pointed out, domestic league. But most of their national team FIFA World Cup. For that, we need to entrust the it’s the commitment and determination shown members play outside as professionals and that responsibility with proven professionals. by all stakeholders that helped Iceland scale the makes a huge difference. Credit should be given heights, in such a short time. to Iceland’s joint-coaches Lars Lagerback and Following Iceland’s stunning win over England Heimir Hallgrimsson, who’s a part-time den- in the round of 16, there was a funny online troll, tist. It’s Swedish Lagerback, hired in 2011, who classifying their population based on various brought about wholesale changes. parameters like gender, age, occupation, etc, According to a journalist who observed the Dr Ahmed Al Mohannadi finally suggesting there were only 23 footballers team from close quarters, “Lagerback wanted Editor-in-Chief Punish the offenders if Arabi are infamous for the hir- they’re proven guilty ing and firing of coaches and if INBOX they continue doing it, things won’t It’s unfortunate that Somali coach improve. Jama Aden was arrested for alleged They should keep faith in new Editor-in-Chief Dr Ahmed Al Mohannadi P.O. Box: 24598, Doha, Qatar drug trafficking, with Qatari athlete Uruguayan coach Gerardo Pelusso Tel: +974 44138065, Fax: +974 44138597 Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla also and give him a longer term. I think Managing Editor Kumar Ravi WEDNESDAY, JuNE 29, 2016 VOLuME XI ISSuE NO.21 QR2.00 www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com P 6 | FOOTBALL P 26 | RAMADAN EVENTS CHANGE AT ARABI’S HELM THE GRAND FINALE Doha QATAR’S FIRST Veteran Uruguayan coach Gerardo Sharq emerge as winners of the finding himself in trouble ( that’s the only way to restore the Senior Editor/Writer ENGLISH SPORTS Pelusso replaces ex-Italy and Chelsea Al Wajba Palace football tourney Aswin Abraham star Gianfranco Zola at Al Arabi. by beating Barzan in the final. WEEKLY Editorial: Tel: +974 44138522, Fax: +974 44138593 FOLLOW US Senior Sports Writer Stadium Plus, June 29). club’s lost glory. N Ganesh e-mail: [email protected] Sports Writers Sajith B Warrier Qatar vehemently opposes drug Mohammed Shehab, Doha. Marketing & advertising: Tel: +974 44138566 SPECIAL STORY e-mail: [email protected] P 19 | FOOTBALL abuse in sports and if at all Balla is Mohammad Amin-ul Islam ‘This is the end for me’ P 28 | BEACH VOLLEYBALL Sarath Pookkat Distribution: Tel: +974 44138535/36, Fax: +974 44138597 Rio calling! involved, he should be punished. Congratulations Hakan e-mail: [email protected] Photographers Mohan Talal Al Jaber, Doha. Vinod Divakaran Boxer Hakan Erseker’s qualification Fadi Al Assaad Keep faith in Pelusso for the Rio Olympic Games (Doha P 20 | POSTER Stadium Plus Mohammed Dabboos CHILE , June 29) should give COPA AMERICA PAGES 22-23 CHAMPS Publishers: ASPIRE Printing, Publishing and Distribution A K BijuRaj UK £1, Europe €2 | Oman 200 Baisas | Bahrain 200 Fils | Egypt LE 2 | Lebanon 3,000 Livre | Kuwait 250 Fils | Morocco Dh 6 | UAEDh 5 | Yemen 75 Riyals | Sudan 1 Pound | KSA 2 Riyals | Jordan 500 Fils | Iraq $1 | Palestine $1 | Syria LS 20 Al Arabi’s sacking of Italian coach the sport in Qatar a big fillip. Publishers: ASPIRE Printing, Graphic Designers Abhilash Chacko Gianfranco Zola (Doha Stadium The Qatar Boxing Federation P O Box: 24598, Doha, Qatar. 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ASPIRE Printing, Publishing and Distribution. work. But they fizzled out in the end. Medhat Hassan, Doha. www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com | Wednesday, July 6, 2016 3 OutlookThe writer can be contacted at [email protected] Qatar have a lot to learn from Iceland’s French adventure HE majestic march of Iceland at Euro 2016 in the country! full professionalism, from treatment room to might’ve ended in quarterfinal, but they Like Iceland, we too have a small pool of tal- canteen, where a private chef was hired, to the Tleave behind their French adventure as a ent. The similarities don’t end there. If winter is airports, where the team chartered flights for model that can be replicated by smaller nations long and harsh in Iceland, we battle the sum- big matches for the first time in history. More including Qatar. mer heat. Both countries have invested heav- importantly, he taught his players to have faith Qatar Football Association (QFA) President ily on infrastructure. Iceland have 11 full-sized in his system and that, despite the odds, they Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani has indoor fields and 22 artificial pitches across the could beat anyone if they stuck to it. In short, already acknowledged there were many lessons country. When it comes to fans too, it was more he imported a winning culture to a squad not our nation could learn from Iceland’s remarkable or less the same story until recently, with sparse accustomed to one.” performance. Indeed, their rise has been amazing. crowd attending matches. True, only 100 per cent professionalism can help They were ranked 131 in the world in 2012 and Iceland don’t even have a fully professional Qatar develop a strong team in time for the 2022 now they’re 34! Like the QFA chief pointed out, domestic league. But most of their national team FIFA World Cup. For that, we need to entrust the it’s the commitment and determination shown members play outside as professionals and that responsibility with proven professionals. by all stakeholders that helped Iceland scale the makes a huge difference. Credit should be given heights, in such a short time. to Iceland’s joint-coaches Lars Lagerback and Following Iceland’s stunning win over England Heimir Hallgrimsson, who’s a part-time den- in the round of 16, there was a funny online troll, tist. It’s Swedish Lagerback, hired in 2011, who classifying their population based on various brought about wholesale changes. parameters like gender, age, occupation, etc, According to a journalist who observed the Dr Ahmed Al Mohannadi finally suggesting there were only 23 footballers team from close quarters, “Lagerback wanted Editor-in-Chief Punish the offenders if Arabi are infamous for the hir- they’re proven guilty ing and firing of coaches and if INBOX they continue doing it, things won’t It’s unfortunate that Somali coach improve.