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Al Gharafa rout Al Khor by half a dozen WORLD GYMNASTICS PAGE 15 goals in QNB Stars League ASPIRE DOME Biles to hit Doha Worlds stage at Aspire Dome today world team title. US teen Morgan Also competing in Sat- urday’s qualifications will be Hurd, Japan’s the Japanese women’s team. Murakami and Leading Japan’s challenge will be the strong legged Mai Mu- Uzbek Oksana to rakami, who won gold on floor exercise and placed fourth all- light up women’s around at the 2017 Worlds in qualifications Montreal (Canada). What the Uzbekistan’s 43-year-old Oksana Chusovitina of Uz- VINAY NAYUDU experts say bekistan, a seven-time Olym- DOHA Simone Biles already was pian, will also be in action on considered the GOAT Saturday. Women’s qualifica- EVEN if you aren’t an avid (Greatest of All Time) of tions will consist of six subdi- gymnastics follower but a women’s gymnastics after the visions on Saturday and five sports enthusiast, there’s a subdivisions on Sunday. solid reason for you to be at Rio Olympics, and now she’s Meanwhile, the men’s the Aspire Dome on Saturday back ... and somehow better qualifications concluded on evening. Be assured you won’t than she was in 2016. The Friday. Based on their per- be disappointed. sport has never seen a formances in qualifications, For superstar Simone gymnast as good as Biles, competitors will advance to Biles shall swing into action and if all goes as it should in team, individual all-around at the 48th FIG Artistic Gym- Doha, she will win a record and individual apparatus fi- nastics World Championships fourth world all-around title, nals. Doha 2018 and she’s among unveil a new vault that no The competition will deter- those few who can make you woman has ever performed, mine the winners of eight sets get goose pimples by the of medals for men (Team, All- sheer delight of her sizzling earn up to four individual around, Floor Exercise, Pom- performances. event medals – and lead the mel Horse, Still Rings, Vault, The 21-year-old Biles, who team to gold as well. Don’t Parallel Bars, and Horizontal took a break from the sport miss a single routine of hers. Bar) and six for women (Team, since the 2016 Rio Olympic (SOURCED FROM ESPNW.COM). All-around, Vault, Uneven Games and recently been bat- Bars, Balance Beam, and Floor tling an abuse scandal within Exercise). USA Gymnastics, will hit in- Simone Biles leads the US women’s team at the 48th FIG Artistic Gymmastics World Championships 2018 and is expected to win a record-breaking fourth world all-around title The three medal-winning ternational competition for the in Doha. She will be in action in the women’s qualifications at 6pm. nations in the Team finals for first time in what is incidental- both men and women will earn ly also the first World Champi- to regain the all-around title champion. But being a sport Also someone who tweets ships starting tomorrow!” and hopefully we’ll bring back team berths directly to the onships of the Middle East in she won at the 2013, 2014 and that she is, Biles has been play- to speak, Biles expressed her Earlier this week after one some medals.” 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo Doha. It will be the first of two 2015 Worlds. To do so she will ing down any suggestion of eagerness to be back in the of her podium training ses- Hurd is growing as a seri- while the others will have fur- days of women’s qualifications. need to overtake her 17-year- her challenging Hurd though thick of action saying, “Can’t sions, she had said, “I think ous contender, and she with ther chances to qualify in 2019 Biles, who won four golds old team-mate Morgan Hurd, she perhaps would once in the wait to compete with Team our team as a whole will shine Biles is expected to lead USA and 2020. at the Rio Games, will attempt the 2017 world all-around competition. USA for World Champion- a lot of light at this competition to their fourth consecutive (Inputs Worldgymdoha2018.com) Qatar’s Dayani, Mosa draw cheers from home crowd TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA

TEAM Qatar’s male gymnasts Ahmed al Dayani and Ahmed Nabil Mosa, who were in action in men’s sub-division five, com- peting in all the six apparatus, at the Doha World Gymnastics on Thursday evening couldn’t progress ahead but were appre- ciated by a strong home sup- port for their performance. While Nabil Mosa came up with his best in the Horizontal Bar returning a score of 12.500, to finish 48th, Dayani’s best Qatar’s Ahmed Nabil Mosa (left) greets his senior Ahmed al Dayani came on Vault where he tallied during the men’s qualifications of Doha World Gymnastics at the 13.066 to be placed 78th. Aspire Dome late on Thursday. Their overall scores aside, it was a step forward for both the gymnasts given the expe- rience they gained competing with the world’s best. “We are pleased with the Ten-time World and two-time Olympic champion Kohei Uchimura of Japan works on the pommel horse during the 48th FIG Artistic Gymmastics performances though we have World Championships Doha 2018 at the Aspire Dome on Friday. not qualified for the final stage,” said the 25-year-old Dayani. “I think, I performed well to some extent. There were some Kohei helps Japan thrive, mistakes, but the last time I performed on all six apparatus was in Glasgow three years ago (2015 Worlds). On some ap- Turkey top team standings paratus I performed much bet- ter than in the previous world Qatar Gymnastics Federation President & Executive Director Worlds championships. Organising Committee Ali al Hitmi also wtinessed the performance. TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK pan, three of his team-mates Scheduled for shoulder Great Britain’s performance Dayani admitted that the DOHA missed routines on pommel surgery in two weeks, defend- was not its greatest, but good home crowd made him nervous. pearance at the world champi- 2017 Worlds in Montreal).” horse in the fifth rotation. In ing rings champion Eleftherios enough to top the team stand- “Many of my friends and family onships and there was a little Team Qatar’s other mem- AS many as 127 male gymnasts the process of helping move Petrounias of Greece put his lack ings in the ninth subdivision. members were there. That made bit more pressure, with the ber, Jana al Kiki, will com- from 34 countries took part in USA to third place in team of preparation aside to highlight “We are quite pleased over- me a little bit nervous, but the home crowd and the fact that pete in the women’s qualifi- the 48th FIG Artistics Gym- standings at that point in qual- the eighth subdivision. all, but I still think there is a lot experience that I gained from I was competing at the same cations on Saturday. Jana, nastics World Championships ifications, Mikulak assumed Petrounias’s rings score of improvements to be made,” previous international events place I train. I had expected who took the ceremonial oath Doha 2018 men’s qualifica- second place in the all-around of 15.266 points was, by a said British team veteran Max helped me,” he said. to perform better that this. I for gymnasts at the opening tions on Friday with Subdivi- standings. substantial margin of 0.400 Whitlock, who ranked first on His teammate, the 18-year- made some mistakes, but I ceremony, said she felt hon- sions 6-10 at the Aspire Dome Turkey led the team stand- points, the highest score on pommel horse after nine of 10 old Ahmed Nabil Mosa said. still performed better than I oured and that it has been a deciding who will go through ings, and simultaneously that apparatus thus far in subdivisions. “It’s just about “It was my only second ap- did last year in Canada (at the great morale boost. to the finals. moved into a provisional ninth qualifications. cleaning up and really trying Six-time world all-around place, in the seventh sub- “It was a good perform- to work on the small details.” champion Kohei Uchimura division of men’s qualifica- ance if you think that I haven’t China dominated to top was in action and was also tions. Placed 25th at the 2014 done anything since Europe- the subdivision and the overall one of Japan’s three pommel- Worlds and thereby did not ans,” said Petrounias, refer- Team standards after all quali- horse casualties, but his squad advance as a team to the 2015 ring to his gold medal-winning fications. Ruoteng Xiao also handily earned the top team Worlds, led the subdivision performances at the European topped the All-Around results score of the sixth subdivision with 240.196 points. Championships in August, thanks to his efforts for the of men’s qualifications. “It was not the best per- when he last performed a full team, knocking Nikita Nagorny “We were tired, and we formance, but we are happy. rings routine. “I used all my off the top stop he held for felt kind of bad,” said Kazuma We are writing history. We experience, and everything nearly all of the qualification. Kaya of his team’s woes on were 25th at the 2014 World was good.” The competition will de- pommel horse “So, we tried Championships, and today we Germany suffered errors termine the winners of eight to stop it, but we just put too are in the top 10 and might on pommel horse and high bar sets of medals for men (Team, much energy into it, and that’s finish among the top 15. It is to tally the highest team score All-around, Floor Exercise, why we fell.” good for us and for gymnastics (241.935 points) of the subdi- Pommel Horse, Still Rings, Sam Mikulak of the USA in Turkey,” said Ferhat Arican vision, placing them seventh Vault, Parallel Bars, and Hori- rallied his squad after, like Ja- of his squad’s effort. at that point. zontal Bar). Spectators applaud the performances of Qatar men’s gymnasts at the Aspire Dome on Thursday. 14 Saturday, October 27, 2018 Sports El Shorbagy set to defend title in Doha

Tamimi leads home Fixtures Saturday Draw – Round One 2018 Qatar Classic – Draw challenge [1] Mohamed ElShorbagy (EGY) [Bye] [WC] Syed Azlan Amjad (QAT) v [17/32] Tsz Fung Yip (HKG) TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK [17/32] Alan Clyne (SCO) v Adrian Waller (ENG) DOHA [9/16] Omar Mosaad (EGY) [Bye] [9/16] Daryl Selby (ENG) [Bye] THE men’s 2018 Qatar Clas- Chris Simpson (ENG) v [17/32] Mazen Hesham sic gets under way this week (EGY) when the best male players in [17/32] Raphael Kandra (GER) v Arturo Salazar the world descend on Doha for (MEX) [8] Diego Elias (PER) [Bye] a chance to win the PSA Plati- [7] Paul Coll (NZL) [Bye] num title. Peter Creed (WAL) v [17/32] Cesar Salazar (MEX) The Khalifa International [17/32] Borja Golan (ESP) v Nathan Lake (ENG) Tennis & Squash Complex Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) v [17/32] Greg Lobban will play host to the event, (SCO) where World No.1 Mohamed [17/32] Tom Richards (ENG) v Mohamed Reda ElShorbagy leads the draw for (EGY) a chance to win his fourth title Qatar’s Abdulla al Tamimi (right) in action. [9/16] Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) [Bye] at the event. [17/32] Campbell Grayson (NZL) v George Parker (ENG) The Egyptian World England’s George Parker or qualify for a spot at June’s PSA [4] Simon Rosner (GER) [Bye] Champion is the hot favourite New Zealand’s Campbell Gray- World Tour Finals. [3] Tarek Momen (EGY) [Bye] heading into the tournament, son for a place in round three The PSA World Tour Fi- [9/16] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) [Bye] having reached the final for the as he targets his second major nals features both a men’s and [9/16] Max Lee (HKG) [Bye] last five consecutive events. PSA title after falling narrowly a women’s event, with entrants [9/16] James Willstrop (ENG) [Bye] World No.1 ElShorbagy short to ElShorbagy in Phila- comprising of the reigning PSA [17/32] Cameron Pilley (AUS) v [WC] will face either Wildcard Qa- delphia earlier this month. World Champions, the season’s Abdulrahman Al-Malki (QAT) tar’s Syed Azlan Amjad or Home interest comes in Platinum event winners and Youssef Soliman (EGY) v [17/32] Mathieu Hong Kong’s Tsz Fung Yip the form of World No.24 Ab- players that qualify by placing Castagnet (FRA) [17/32] Joel Makin (WAL) v Rex Hedrick (AUS) in round two – with the top dulla Mohd al Tamimi who high enough on the PSA Road [5] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) [Bye] eight seeds receiving a bye into faces Malaysia’s World No.42 to Dubai Leaderboard. [6] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) [Bye] round two. World number one and defending Qatar Classic champion Mohammed ElShorbagy. Eain Yow Ng in round one. Live matches from the glass Eain Yow Ng (MAS) v [17/32] Abdulla Mohd Al Situated at the opposite The two wildcards are Az- court will be broadcast live on Tamimi (QAT) end of the draw is compatriot should they both play to their gest ever title at the J.P. Mor- at St George’s Hill. lan Amjad and Abdulrahman SQUASHTV (Rest of World) [17/32] Gregoire Marche (FRA) v Karim Ali Fathi and rival Ali Farag. The World respective seedings. gan China Squash Open. The number three seed al Malki who face Hong Kong’s and Eurosport Player (Europe (EGY) No.2 has beaten ElShorbagy Farag faces a tricky open- Other strong contend- will face ‘Swiss Rocket’ Nicolas Tsz Fung Yip and Australia’s only), while action from the Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) v [17/32] Declan once already this season in ing round in Qatar as he faces ers for the title include World Mueller in round two as both Cameron Pilley, respectively, semi-finals and finals will be James (ENG) the final of the Oracle Net- compatriot and World No.9 No.4 Tarek Momen, who will players receive a bye into the in the opening round. shown live by major broad- [17/32] Leo Au (HKG) v Ben Coleman (ENG) Suite Open and could come Mohamed Abouelghar, who be high on confidence after his second phase. The Qatar Classic features casters around the world, such [9/16] Saurav Ghosal (IND) [Bye] [9/16] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) [Bye] up against the ‘Beast from Al- has enjoyed a strong start to biggest tournament win at the U.S. Open runner-up Si- a prize purse of $177,750 and as BT Sport, beIN Sports, Fox [2] Ali Farag (EGY) [Bye] exandria’ in the final in Doha the season by winning his big- Channel VAS Championships mon Rösner will take on either the winner will automatically Sports Australia and Astro. Rea roars at Losail with fantastic Race 1 win Osaka retires from WTA Finals TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK AFP DOHA SINGAPORE

SEVENTEEN down, one to go. JAPANESE sensation Naomi Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Rac- Osaka’s WTA Finals debut ing Team WorldSBK) has won ended in tears on Friday as she the first race of the Pirelli Qa- was forced to retire against Kiki tar Round and matched Doug Bertens, handing the Dutch- Polen’s record for the most woman a surprise spot in the race victories in a single sea- semi-finals. son, with 17 additional laps still Bertens won the first set to go tomorrow at the Losail 6-3 in 47 minutes at the Sin- International Circuit. He also gapore Indoor Stadium before moves to within just 12 points US Open champion Osaka, who of the highest points tally in one wiped away tears, forfeited the WorldSBK season. match. The 2018 MOTUL FIM Su- It was a bitterly disappoint- perbike World Champion was ing end for the 21-year-old, absolutely untouchable out on who came into Singapore as Naomi Osaka has her leg checked during her singles match against the Qatari circuit, getting the Jonathan Rea leads the pack at the Losail International Circuit during the World Superbike Pirelli Qatar the form player but lost three- Kiki Bertens at the WTA Finals in Singapore on Friday. (AFP) holeshot at the lights and never Round Race 1 on Friday. set matches to Sloane Stephens relinquishing the race lead. Tom and Angelique Kerber. But it Osaka had started the Sloane Stephens stormed Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team who could follow the Kawasaki including a brave final pass from was enough for Bertens to seal match brightly, rolling through into a semi slot at the WTA Fi- WorldSBK) completed a KRT bikes. The Aprilia’s incredible FIM World the Englishman at turn 12. Lav- a final four spot in her debut at her service games before being nals with a convincing straight one-two, with Alex Lowes (Pata top speed on the kilometre-long erty tried to return the favour on the season finale, having defeat- broken in the eighth game. sets victory against top seed An- Yamaha Official WorldSBK straight was Laverty’s best Superbike the final turn but nearly lost the ed top seed Kerber earlier in the With her upper leg heavily gelique Kerber. Team) getting the better of weapon all throughout the race, Championship front end, handing Lowes the fi- round-robin phase. strapped, Osaka called a med- The former US Open cham- Eugene Laverty (Milwaukee using the slipstream to move nal podium position. There is a Bertens only qualified for ical timeout after the eighth pion continued her unbeaten Aprilia) for third position after a into third after lap one. silver lining for the Aprilia rider the WTA Finals after Simona game and required treatment run in Singapore with a 6-3, race-long battle. With Rea managing a com- tle behind. Lowes moved ahead however: he starts from P1 on Halep withdrew due to injury. in the locker room. She came 6-3 triumph in 101 minutes, her A dream start for the North- fortable two-second gap over in lap 6 but was again beaten tomorrow’s grid. “It’s never nice to win a back on court but dropped her fifth straight-sets victory in a ern Irishman pushed him into his teammate and both riders on the front straight three laps The final race of the 2018 match like this,” Bertens said serve to love, culminating in row over Kerber. first place before even arriving a step above the rest in terms later. It all came down to an epic WorldSBK season is upon us! after the match. “I want to try to a double fault which turned After topping Red Group, to turn 1, while Laverty and of consistency, all eyes were set last lap battle where they rubbed Tune in tomorrow at 19:00 keep on going. I’ve had a lot of out to be her last action at the Stephens will play Czech Karo- Lowes jostled behind to see on the Yamaha and Aprilia bat- shoulders all the way through, local time. tough matches here.” WTA Finals. lina Pliskova in the semi-finals.

Team Lusail tops Medium Tour of Hathab Comp 2 Qatar horses dominate French Arabian Breeder’s races at Toulouse

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK (Nashwan Al Khalidiah). DOHA Al Shaqab Racing’s THREE Qatar horses landed Rijm tops French Ara- three of the four black type rac- bian Breeders' Challenge es featured in the nine-contest Classic (Sheikh Zayed bin race meeting of the e French Sultan Al Nahyan Cup) Arabian Breeder’s races, which (GR1 PA) rounded off the group Arabian The Al Shaqab Racing-owned races of the French season. Rijm (Azadi) showed his qual- Adiba (Burning Sand), ity in the last race of the day, the owned by His Highness Sheikh French Arabian Breeders’ Chal- Abdullah Bin Khalifa al Thani, lenge Classic (Sheikh Zayed bin showed her superiority and won Sultan Al Nahyan Cup) (Gr1 Team Lusail receives the trophy from Event Director Ali al Rumaihi her first Group race very easily PA). Once again, Al Shaqab of Qatar Equestrian Federation on Friday. The team comprising in the French Arabian Breeders’ Racing’s silks did very well Mohd Said Haidan (on Apple Bee), Abdulrahman al Saaq (on La Challenge – Pouliches (Gr2 PA). since the second place of this Corona 10) and Sheikh Abdulla bin Nasser al Thani (astride Givago Cantering at the back of the, she Julien Auge (left) rides Al Shaqab Racing’s Al Naama to victory ahead of Lwsail, ridden by Jean-Bernard Gr1 PA comes to Al Mouwaffak Van De Groenedijk) pipped Al Shaqab in the team event of Medium accelerated in the middle of the Eyquem (second from left), in the French Arabian Breeders’ Challenge Sprint in Toulouse on Wednesday. (Azadi), making it another one- Tour via jump-off The team clocked 26.92 secs against Al Shaqab’s track in the home straight. two for trainer Thomas Fourcy. 27.83secs. The winners were also awarded QR10,000. Saeed Nasser When asked only with arms After cantering in the al Qadi (DayDreamer), Ghanim Nasser al Qadi (Concordiva VH Wilgen- and heels by her jockey Gabriel second-last position, Rijm ac- hof), and Mohd Sultan al Suwaidi (Numero Uno-T) represented the Al Bon, the filly was very at ease celerated on the outside in the Shaqab team. and managed to take the ad- home straight and was already vantage in the last 150 metres. in front coming in the home Trained by Didier Guil- straight. He won by more lemin, Adiba is very valued than seven lengths in front of by her connections although Al Mouwaffak, leaving a great she disappointed in the Qatar impression for his first Group Arabian Trophy des Pouli- victory. Still last in the turn, ches (Gr1 PA), at Saint-Cloud the latter showed a good effort on 5 October, when she came along the outside rail to take sixth. In yesterday’s contest, the runner-up place. Ijram Adiba left Yaraa (Sarrab) at Gabriel Bon (left) rides Adiba, owned by His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Thani, to victory in the (Amer) completed the frame, two lengths and a half in sec- French Arabian Breeders’ Challenge – Pouliches (Gr2 PA) in Toulouse. finishing in the third place. ond place. The latter finished The four-year-old colt, six and a half lengths in front horses in the French Arabian looked as if he was going to They both came to win and Rijm, had stayed and came of Aleen (Sarrab). Breeders’ Challenge Sprint win, but Al Naama took the ad- ran well. They both fought for third place in a Gr1 PA over the (Gr2 PA) and both stepped on vantage by a nose at the post. success against each other at 2,000 metres at Doncaster. He Al Shaqab Racing’s Al the podium. Thomas Fourcy, trainer of the end. I am very happy with had also been the runner-up The Medium Tour Table A, One round with jump-off (120/130cm) in- Naama lands French Indeed, Al Naama (Majd Al Al Naama and Lwsail, said: both my horses.” in a Gr3 PA at Ostende in late dividual event was clinched by Awad al Qahtani on Gerenice of Colors Arabian Breeders’ Chal- Arab) managed to take home “I thought I would have a Ateej (Af Albahar), who August, following his second (above). His time of 68.82 & 26.85secs wom him QR5,000. Mohd lenge Sprint (GR2 PA) the success at the very end of a hard time beating Ateej who was the favourite, took the place in the Qatar Derby des Said Haidan on Apple Bee was second, while Jaber Rashid al Amri on Al Shaqab Racing’s col- race in which she waited at the defeated us last time. Both third place, a quarter of a Pur-Sang Arabes de 4ans (Gr1 Canavaro de Muze (E.T.) finished third. ours were represented by two back of the field. Lwsail (Amer) horses showed real courage. length in front of Dynamites PA) at Chantilly in mid-June. Sports Saturday, October 27, 2018 15

FIFA announce QNB STARS LEAGUE bigger cash prize for women’s World Cup Al Gharafa rout Al Khor 6-0; AFP KIGALI

FIFA are to double the prize money on offer at the women's World Cup in time for next year's Qatar SC edge Al Arabi tournament in France, president Gianni Infantino confirmed on Friday. Speaking at the end of a Mehdi Taremi grabs brace, Wesley Sneijder on target; Cameroon great Samuel Eto’o secures full points for Qatar SC FIFA Council meeting in the Rwandan capital Kigali, Infan- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK tino confirmed an overall contri- DOHA bution of $50 million for the 24 participating nations. AL Gharafa slammed six past This is, he said, "more than Al Khor without reply in their three times the amount paid in QNB Stars League Week 10 2015," when the competition match at the Al Gharafa Sta- was held in Canada. "Concretely dium on Friday. this means a 100 percent in- Amro Seraj (16th), Wes- crease in prize money from 15 to ley Sneijder (51st), Vladimir $30 million," Infantino added. Weiss (53rd), Mehdi Taremi The added funds also include (64th and 83rd) and Ahmed $11.5 million to help teams or- Alaaeldin (72nd) scored the ganise friendly matches before goals. the World Cup, as well as $8.5 Al Gharafa, coached by million to reward clubs releas- Frenchman Christian Gour- ing players for the tournament. cuff, thus got back to winning Nevertheless, players union ways, having played out a 1-1 FIFPro released a statement to draw with Al Rayyan in the say that much more needed previous round. to be done towards achieving The Cheetahs’ fourth vic- gender equality. tory helped them earn 14 points so far in the standings. As the scoreline indicates, it was Al Gharafa all the way with “In reality, the changes 55 percent ball possession. The red card to Rebin actually signify an increase Solaka in the 40th minute in the gap between men’s made matters worse for Al and women’s prize money. Khor, who had won their pre- This regressive trend vious two games (against Al appears to contravene FIFA’s Rayyan and Al Kharaitiyat in that order). statutory commitment to Al Gharafa forced 11 cor- gender equality.” ner kicks as against the ri- vals’ five. Al Gharafa’s Wesley Sneijder is congratulated by teammates after scoring his goal against Al Khor during a QNB Stars League match on Friday. Gianni Infantino Sneijder was making his return from an injury lay- right, Al Gharafa goalkeeper and Eto'o trapped the ball be- had a shot parried by Al Hail. "Despite these changes off that saw him miss a few Yousef Hassan was in excep- fore placing it home. To compound The Dream football remains even further matches. tional form. With new coach Hatem Al Team's woes, captain Abdul- from the goal of equality for all Amro opened the flood- He thwarted attempts Moaddeb opting to play with la Marafy had to be stretch- World Cup players regardless gates off a pass from Muath mainly by Wagner and only one striker (Mohammed ered off with a muscle pull of gender," it said. Yahya. Ahmed Yassin. Salah El Neel), Mailson Farias and was replaced by Gaser “In reality, the changes Brazilian striker Wagner In the other game on Fri- started on the bench and Al Zakaria. actually signify an increase in Ferreira had found the net as day, Qatar SC defeated Al Arabi's attacks lacked teeth. Al Hail, who has been in the gap between men's and early as the second minute, Arabi 1-0 at Al Arabi Stadium There were missed chanc- great form this season, was at women's prize money. This re- but the goal was ruled off- on Friday. es at both ends before the it again. This time, he palmed gressive trend appears to con- side. Cameroonian great half-time whistle. Qatar SC's over a power-packed shot travene FIFA's statutory com- As the second half be- Samuel Eto'o scored the all- striker Osama Omari hit from just outside the box by mitment to gender equality.” gan, Al Gharafa started from important goal in the 25th wide from close range after Fathy. In comparison, the prize where they left off. minute. 40 minutes, followed by El After Al Arabi's Franco money for this year's 32-team Sneijder’s goal came off The victory, Qatar SC's Neel's shot that was blocked Hurtado's shot went wide, men's World Cup in Russia was an assist from Iranian striker third, took The Kings' points by goalkeeper Jassim Al Hail Al Hail brought out a diving $400 million, a $48 million Mehdi Taremi. Soon, it was tally to 11, while Al Arabi after the striker had dodged save to thwart Mailson. increase from 2014. That in- Slovakian attacking midfield- crashed to their fourth suc- past two defenders on top of Al Arabi's all efforts late cluded $38 million going to the er Weiss’ turn to get on to the cessive defeat and remained the box. into the game went in vain winners, France. scoresheet. on 12 points. Mailson took the field at as the scoreline remained the Next year's World Cup will Alaaeldin also got into the Qatar SC created more the start of second half in same. be staged in France from June scoring act in between Tare- chances in the first half. The place of Mohammed Ismail- On Saturday, Al Ahli 7 to July 7. The 2015 tour- mi’s goals. goal came as a result of a din. The Brazilian striker's host beaten AFC Champions nament, won by the United On a day when Al Khor, blunder by goalkeeper Sataa presence surely revitalized League semi-finalist Al Sadd. States, was the first women's under Frenchman Bernard Samuel Eto’o celebrates with teammate after scoring his goal against al Abbasi, who fumbled with the Al Arabi ranks. Al Shahania face Umm World Cup to involve 24 teams. Casoni, did not get things Al Arabi on Friday. the collection of a back pass Al Arabi's Ahmed Fathi Salal in the day’s other game.

Spanish police arrest 7 over Qatar U19s set focus on Thailand fake Barca ‘El TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK were clearly the more superior side of DOHA Bigger picture the two”. Clasico’ tickets “Now we have to shift our focus on COACH Bruno Miguel believes Qatar O The four semi-finalists will qualify to the next match against Thailand, it is AFP are improving with every game after represent Asia in the 2019 FIFA U-20 an important game, but we will try not MADRID Wednesday’s 4-0 win over Chinese Tai- World Cup set to take place in Poland over-motivate the players, they have to pei secured a place in the quarter-finals next summer. realize that it is just another match in SPANISH police announced of the AFC U-19 Championship. which we have to do our best to get the the arrest of seven suspects on Qatar finished the group in pole po- result we are looking for”. Friday in a fake tickets scam sition, ahead of hosts Indonesia who de- “We have improved gradually in eve- The four semi-finalists will qualify that cost Barcelona football feated UAE to book the second place for ry match so far in the tournament, we to represent Asia in the 2019 FIFA U-20 club 1.5 euros million ($1.7 a place in the quarter-finals. are displaying the right type of football,” World Cup set to take place in Poland million). Fraudsters sold more Striker Abdulrasheed Umaru Miguel said. next summer. than 2,800 fake tickets for a reached the five-goal mark in the tour- “My team kicked off matters rather Qatar won the 2014 edition in Myan- match between Barcelona and nament so far to send Qatar back to nervously, leading us to miss many mar by beating North Korea in the final. Real Madrid last May, at Barce- Jakarta, where they are set to take on clear-cut chances in the first half, but The champions in 2014 later qualified lona's Camp Nou stadium. Thailand next Sunday for a place in the we managed to gather ourselves pretty to play the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup Qatar U19 team during a training session ahead of their quarter-final At least eight businesses semi-final. quickly and soon demonstrated that we held in New Zealand. clash against Thailand in Jakarta on Thursday. were involved in the fraud, a statement from the Guardia Civil police said. They got hold of Barcelona club supporters' QR (Quick Re- FIFA put plans for new Club World Cup, Nations League on hold sponse) codes, a type of identi- fying bar code, to create the fake tickets and sell them at inflated AFP adopting the new competi- Bank from Japan, backed by doing solidarity and devel- prices, the statement said. KIGALI tions on Friday when UEFA UEFA threat Saudi Arabia among others. opment all over the world is Barcelona suspended the delegates threatened to walk The 48-year-old FIFA FIFA," he said. accounts of the subscribers in- FIFA President Gianni Infan- out of the meeting. O A source told AFP that president nevertheless insist- "There is certainly space for volved and 33 of them found tino has delayed any decision That is after the World Infantino stepped back ed that "no sovereign fund is these games, interesting club to have used this practice in over his plans for a lucrative Leagues Forum, a grouping from adopting the new involved". games, without adding to the the past, had their subscription new Club World Cup and glo- of professional leagues, sent competitions when UEFA The source added: "UEFA international match calendar." cancelled for good. bal Nations League amid wide- a letter to Infantino demand- delegates threatened to are against these new com- Infantino also used the Officers carried out raids at spread opposition, instead set- ing that no final decision be walk out of the meeting. petitions, because the Club Council meeting to confirm 12 addresses Friday, offices and ting up a taskforce to further taken in Kigali and lamenting World Cup would trim their that FIFA is opposed to La the homes of suspects, mainly look into the proposals. the lack of any consultation. O “FIFA’s duty is to share of the market from Liga's plans to stage a match in Barcelona, police said. An Speaking at a press con- UEFA President Aleksander organise competitions, so I the Champions League, and between Barcelona and Girona updated police statement how- ference in the Rwandan capi- Ceferin has also been critical don’t understand why we by creating a global Nations in the United States in January. ever revised the number of tal Kigali, where the FIFA of the plans. cannot talk about them,” League, FIFA would want to In addition, FIFA endorsed people arrested down from 10 Council has been meeting, In- “I am happy to have con- take over the commercialisa- a package of proposals to re- to seven. Investigators have to fantino said the taskforce will tributed to peace in the world Infantino said. Gianni Infantino, FIFA President tion of the rights for all Na- form the transfer system, in- decide to what extent the busi- present "concrete proposals" today if some were seeing it tions Leagues." cluding reintroducing licences nesses involved knowingly en- at a meeting in Miami next so dramatic,” Infantino re- derstand why we cannot talk tournament for nations, the Infantino suggested that for player agents and limiting gaged in the fraud, before de- March. marked. about them.” global Nations League, a it would be better for FIFA to the number of players that can ciding whether to bring charges The plans have been “Everyone agrees the Infantino is pushing to re- sort of mini-World Cup with organise a tournament that be loaned out by clubs. of "criminal organisation". harshly criticised by oppo- Club World Cup needs to be vamp the Club World Cup by eight national teams compet- redistributes money around South American federa- Barcelona called for an end nents who say the interna- revamped, everyone in the boosting it from seven clubs ing. UEFA recently launched the game than for top Euro- tion CONMEBOL's request to to fraud by "organised mafia" tional calendar is already world. to 24 in a four-year format, 12 its own European Nations pean clubs to regularly travel move the Copa America from and businesses, in a statement overcrowded and have ac- “There are some who have of them European. Currently League. abroad to take part in money- odd to even years and be held posted on its website Friday. cused the FIFA president of different interests. We were the competition, which elicits Infantino says he has an spinning friendly matches. every four years from 2020 was Barcelona's "El Clasico" using the projects to help win not going to decide today how little interest outside of Latin offer of $25 billion over 12 "Everyone is happy to go granted, as was the Confed- matches against rivals Real votes for re-election in June to revamp them, there are dif- America, is played every year years for the two competi- around the world and try to eration of African Football's re- Madrid have long been hot- next year. ferent options on the table. in December. tions from a group of inves- cash in as much as possible. quest to stage the 2023 Cup of ticket events in the Spanish A source told AFP that “FIFA's duty is to organise His other project is to tors, which the Financial The only organisation in the Nations in June and July, as is league calendar. Infantino stepped back from competitions, so I don't un- launch a biennial league Times has identified as Soft- world of football which is already planned for next year. 16 Saturday, October 27, 2018 The Last Word ‘Palestinians must enjoy full rights over occupied territory’ QNA cial) of the 73rd UN General We would like to express our deep concern over what the ternational humanitarian opment, we renew our call He added that the Sus- NEW YORK Assembly on item (64) relat- report pointed out in relation to the difficulties faced by law and international human to continue efforts to protect tainable Development Plan ed to ‘Permanent sovereignty rights law, we would like to education and educational of 2030, which stresses the QATAR has reiterated the of the Palestinian people hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren throughout the express our deep concern institutions, especially as the importance of peaceful so- need for the Palestinian peo- in the Occupied Palestin- Occupied Palestinian Territory in finding a safe and over what the report pointed right to education should not cieties which are free from ple to exercise their rights ian Territory, including East child-friendly environment, as well as attacks and threats out in relation to the diffi- be disrupted by emergency fear and violence, recog- and sovereignty over the Oc- Jerusalem, and of the Arab targeting schools, students and teachers. culties faced by hundreds of circumstances.” nised the major challenges cupied Palestinian Territory, population in the occupied thousands of schoolchildren Kuwari pointed out that to achieving durable peace including East Jerusalem, as Syrian Golan over their natu- ~ Ahmed bin Saif al Kuwari throughout the Occupied Pal- Qatar’s contribution to the and sustainable develop- well as the Arab population in ral resources’. estinian Territory in finding $50 million program of the ment in countries in conflict the occupied Syrian Golan to “Year after year, the re- a safe and child-friendly en- United Nations Relief and and called for more effective enjoy their rights over their ports of the Economic and port pointed to the destruc- tunities, and the exploitation vironment, as well as attacks Works Agency for Palestine action, in accordance with natural resources. Social Commission for West- tion and confiscation of or destruction of and dam- and threats targeting schools, Refugees (UNRWA) was cru- international law, to remove Third Secretary of the ern Asia (ESCWA) monitor property and infrastructure, age to natural resources by students and teachers,” Ku- cial in the decision to open obstacles to the full realisa- Permanent Delegation of the the continuing suffering of the demolition of Palestinian Israel in the occupied Pal- wairi said. schools this year without de- tion of the right to self-de- State of Qatar to the United the Palestinian people and homes and their livelihood- estinian territory, including He added, “Given the lay, stressing that these ef- termination of peoples under Nations Ahmed bin Saif al the Arab population in the related buildings, declining East Jerusalem, and in the importance of investing in forts from Qatar come in its colonial and foreign occupa- Kuwari made this assertion occupied Syrian Golan,” Ku- building permits to Palestin- occupied Syrian Golan. the development, protection quest to play a positive role in tion, which continue to ad- before the Second Commit- wari said. ians, restrictions on move- “While these practices and education of children, favour of stability necessary versely affect their economic tee (Economic and Finan- He said the current re- ment and livelihood oppor- constituted a violation of in- which was the key to devel- to achieve peace. and social development.

Tamuq’s Qatari woman alumni QRCS to provide water for joins chemical engineering faculty 36,000 Syrian refugees TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK ter. God bless you! It is a great TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA help for us.” DOHA Describing how her hus- QATAR Red Crescent Society’s band would look for clean wa- WHEN the Fall 2018 classes (QRCS) mission in Lebanon ter in the nearby water wells, began at Texas A&M Uni- has launched a new project to Aisha M Hamra, said, “My versity at Qatar (Tamuq) in provide clean drinking water husband is jobless, and we September, the university to the Syrian refugee camps in have two kids. Now, it is easier faculty saw the addition of a Arsal, Beqaa Governorate. for us to get drinking water. new member -- Dr Dhabia al The three-month project Thanks to QRCS, we no longer Mohannadi, a Class of 2012 aims to address the problems need to pay for water as we chemical engineering gradu- facing both the refugee and have been doing throughout ate of the branch campus. host communities by distrib- our five years in Lebanon.” Mohannadi is the first fe- uting potable water to 36,000 Khaled HRaad thanked male Qatari graduate of Ta- persons in 63 camps every day. QRCS mission for this project muq to return to the university The budget of the project is and said, “As refugees, we as a faculty member. estimated at about $176,546. A used to purchase water from Mohannadi also earned Dr Dhabia al Mohannadi well-designed mechanism has water tankers. Unfortunately, a master’s degree from the been adopted with camp super- it was not 100 percent safe. It branch campus and a PhD Dr César Octavio Malavé, visors to ensure the safe deliv- was too risky for our kids, par- from Texas A&M’s main cam- dean of Tamuq, said, “Dr Mo- ery of water and, consequently, ticularly babies.” pus in chemical engineering. hannadi is a perfect example to minimise the risk of water- Hamda A Haida lives in She said the path to of what Texas A&M doing borne diseases. the AlSalam camp in Arsal, academia stemmed from her here in Qatar -- producing Water projects are a top The three-month project aims to address the problems facing both the refugee and host communities by together with her husband, desire to continue learning. engineering leaders of char- priority in QRCS’ strategy for distributing potable water to 36,000 persons in 63 camps every day. two kids and brothers-in-law, “I didn’t want to be a pro- acter who are dedicated to the the coming years, according to which means a high water bill. fessor,” she said. “What I want- greater good.” Omar Katerji, head of QRCS’ another project in Saadnayel, project in North Governorate.” filtrated water. “This will save “Today, we have clean water ed to do after graduation was to Mohannadi’s research is mission in Lebanon. a town in the Zahlé District,” Mohamed Abdel-Rahim, us the cost of purchasing wa- for free, and my children are continue learning. I didn’t want on multidisciplinary sustain- “The Arsal water purifica- said Katerji. “We are plan- a Syrian refugee, commended ter for our kids. Every week, safe from potentially fatal dis- to go into industry. I really liked able design. The goal of her tion plant is a replication of ning to launch a third similar QRCS’ initiative to provide we spend $7 or more on wa- eases,” she said. my senior design project and I work is to reduce the carbon wanted to learn more about footprint in gas production that. So, I joined the master’s and processing, and to have programme and then I was just more ROI while reducing that hooked. You can’t give up re- carbon footprint. In her work, search once you start. I knew I she looks for ways to produce loved it so I stayed with it, and natural gas while reducing then onto PhD.” emissions and incorporat- She credits her accom- ing diverse energy sources in plishment to her graduate the production of natural gas, mentor and Chemical Engi- such as solar power. neering Program Chair Dr “In order to have sustain- Patrick Linke. Dr Linke used able development, you have to include her in his meetings to manage that footprint to with industry and government lessen environmental impact,” in Qatar, where she realised she said. “You see a lot of nat- how she can make an impact ural disasters happening on a on Qatar. larger scale and that’s going to “I want to create the most keep happening, and the tem- impact I can and start by peratures are going to keep producing good engineers going up, so we need to do and creating new knowledge. something now. We can do it Hopefully I can give back to without changing much of the the country, which has invest- ways we’re doing it currently,” ed so much in me,” she said. she added. QOC promotes healthy living on World Walking Day

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QATAR Olympic Commit- tee (QOC) on Thursday cel- ebrated the World Walking Day at Aspire Park with a wide participation of school students and a number of veteran Qatari athletes. The event takes place in October every year under the umbrella of the Associa- tion For International Sport for All (TAFISA). Among the prominent players at the event were world football star Samuel Eto'o, media personalities Majid al Khulaifi and Aqeel al Janahi, retired footballer and current coach Youssef Adam, and retired national table tennis team player Ha- mad al Hammadi. The event saw the participation of world football star Samuel Eto’o, media personalities Majid al Khulaifi and Aqeel al Janahi,retired footballer and current coach Youssef Adam, and retired national table tennis Also present was QOC team player Hamad al Hammadi, QOC Director of Sports Affairs Khalil al Jaber as well as Aspire staff, Qatar scouts, QOC staff and students representing 12 schools. Director of Sports Affairs Khalil al Jaber as well as We were pleased to see great Center for their partnership health benefits. focus and is also compati- Aspire staff, Qatar scouts, participation from differ- in this year’s World Walking “World Walking Day is bles with mental abilities. QOC staff and students rep- ent community segments in Day event.” observed by the International The event aims to intro- resenting 12 schools. All the event, including school Abdulaziz al Ghanim, Olympic Committee, repre- duce the concept of sport participants took part in a students, former athletes, head of Community Sports sented by the Association For to everyone and highlight kilometre-long walk around officials and a number of Division at QOC’s Sports International Sport for All.” that all society members, Aspire Park. visitors. Affairs Department, said: He expressed delight at without exception, have the Jaber said, “World “Through this event, we “Qatar Olympic Committee the high turnout of student right to exercise all kinds of Walking Day is of great invite everyone to practise is keen to share the celebra- and walking enthusiasts. uncompetitive sporting ac- importance as it is part of sports of any kind, especially tion of this event with the On his part, Adam said tivities that enhance physi- the QOC community pro- walking as it combats diseas- whole world every year so as celebrating walking sends cal strength. Walking is the grammes’ plan and reflects es and can be participated to promote the importance a strong message to youths, least stressful, safest and our interest in spreading in at any time. We thank Al of sports, especially walk- students and the whole soci- most acceptable sport to all the concept of sport for all. Meera and Tadawi Medical ing, thanks to its significant ety, as sport helps students people at any stage of life.