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Sport TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2021 England’s WTC hopes hang by hair as India pink-ball Test awaits We’ve got a little bit of experience with the pink ball but this is just the second Test in India, the first one in February as well so we don’t know how it is going to behave. English fast bowler James Anderson Sport |09 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: LAST 16 Kick off at 11:00pm Qatar time: SS Lazio vs Bayern Munich, Atlético Madrid vs Chelsea QSL: Sensational Al Sadd win thriller against Al Arabi, inch closer to title FAWAD HUSSAIN Al Arabi team a lot, but they Al Sadd's Samtiago THE PENINSULA relied on wasting time Cazorla and Ahmed throughout the match, and Fathi Abdoulla vie for When the going gets tough, the therefore the victory in the last the ball during their tough get going. minutes was well deserved.” QNB Stars League Al Sadd lived up to the He added: “All competitors match played at Al Sadd phrase last night when they face Al Sadd with passion and Stadium yesterday. rallied twice to snatch a tense this make challenge tough for 3-2 victory over Al Arabi, thanks us. I am proud of my players for YESTERDAY'S RESULTS to quick goals by Baghdad their performance in this Al Gharafa 1-2 Al Duhail Bounedjah and Santiago match.” Al Kharaitiyat 0-3 Al Rayyan Cazorla late in the match. Al Arabi, playing without Leading the match 2-1, Al the supervision of coach Heimir Al Sadd 3-2 Al Arabi Arabi were sensing an upset Hallgrimsson – tested positive TODAY'S FIXTURES victory over Al Sadd – still for coronavirus last week - Al Ahli vs Umm Salal unbeaten in the season – but matched their spirited Amir Cup At Al Ahli Stadium (16:45) Bounedjah’s 90th minute final performance in which they header and Cazorla’s stunning gave scare to The Wolves before Al Sailiya vs Al Khor shot in second minute of going down fighting 2-1 last At Al Ahli Stadium (19:15) stoppage time shocked The December. Al Wakrah vs Qatar SC Dream Team as The Wolves Veteran striker Sebastian At Al Arabi Stadium (19:15) moved to just one win away Soria scored for Al Arabi in the from sealing the prestigious 10th minute, which was can- QNB Stars League (QSL) title. celled by his former Al Rayyan With five more rounds to go, team-mate Rodrigo Tabata in Al Sadd, 47 points, retained their the 63rd minute. Youssef 13-point lead over second- Msakni regained the lead in the placed Al Duhail, who edged Al 77th minute before Bounedjah Gharafa 2-1 earlier in the day. and Cazorla’s heroics secured Yesterday’s Qatar Derby at 15th win of the season for Al their backyard was arguably Sadd. this season’s toughest test for The Wolves, missing star Xavi Hernandez-coached Al striker Akram Afif owing to a Soria smashed a brilliant move. It was Soria’s his first goal Al Sadd finally earned an Al Arabi made a blunder by Sadd, who went into the game two-match ban, started in their header after receiving a cross of the season. equaliser with Tabata’s slight leaving Bounedjah unmarked as with 63 goals under their belt traditional attacking style but from Mehrdad Keshrazi. The Al Sadd, dominating the first touch in a goalmouth melee, fol- the Algerian headed the ball from 16 outings. they were far from their best in Uruguayan went low to connect with 64 per cent of ball pos- lowing a move led by South comfortably – for his 19th goal Al Sadd coach Xavi said: “It the first half. The Dream Team, the ball from close range giving session, made several attacks for Korean star Nam Tae Hee. of the season – following a free was a crazy match in which we on the other hand, looked com- goalkeeper Meshaal JAissa an equaliser but failed to level Seven minutes after his goal, hit from Cazorla. deserved to win. We respect the posed in their attacks. Barsham no chance stop the the match before half-time. They Xavi replaced Tabata with Jung The Spaniard then scored made at least seven attempts but Woo-young in a double change the winner from an angular shot, had only two shots on target in following a couple of changes leaving Al Arabi stunned. the first half. by Al Arabi’s assistant coach Earlier at Qatar SC Stadium, Adding to their disap- Elexander Son Freyr. Mohammed Muntari (19 minute) pointment was a yellow card to With 13 minutes remaining, and Eduardo Pereira Rodrigues coach Xavi for arguing with Msakni unleashed a stunning – Dudu – (44 minute) goals referee Abdulrahman Ibrahim shot from outside the box with helped defending champions Al Al Jassim. the ball landing in the right Duhail beat Al Gharafa. Jonathan Meanwhile, Xavi sent fresh corner as Al Arabi regained the Kodjia (24 minute) scored for Al legs in Abdelkarim Hassan and lead. Barsham made a long dive Gharafa. Boualem Khoukhi in the second but he was still far away from The Red Knights consoli- half, replacing Tarek Salman and the ball. dated their second spot with 34 Ahmed Suhail respectively. As Soon Al Sadd created a points – 7 points clear of third- Al Sadd looked for the equaliser, chance but keeper Abunada placed Qatar SC, who will take Msakni was shown a yellow card blocked a shot by Tae-hee on Al Wakrah in their Week 17 for a rash challenge against before making another match today. Cazorla, four minutes before the impressive save from Also yesterday, Al Rayyan hour mark. Bounedjah’s header. thrashed Al Kharaitiyat 3-0 at Soon, captain Hasan Al Al Arabi could have doubled the same venue after goals from Haydos fired a shot from dis- the lead in a counter attack but Gabriel Mercado (46 + 1), Naif tance with Al Arabi goalkeeper Mohamed Salah Elneel’s attempt Abdulraheem Alhadhrami (50th Mahmoud Abunada making a missed the target, three minutes minute) and Yacine Brahimi Al Duhail's Dudu and AL Gharafa's diving save. Moments later, before time. (85th minute). Ahmed Mohamed Alganehi in Bounedjah missed a chance as It was when the drama Al Rayyan jumped to third action during their Round 17 match his shot from inside the box went unfolded as Al Sadd fought back spot with a tally with 28 points at Al Gharafa Stadium yesterday. wide with just goalkeeper to with two goals within a span of while Al Kharaitiyat remained beat. three minutes. on the bottom with only 6 points. FIVB World Tour: Stage set for Doha Beach Volleyball Cup THE PENINSULA – DOHA Eleven of the teams in the Doha A total of 25 teams from 14 countries will be in the field at the FIVB World Beach Volleyball Cup are ranked on Tour's Doha Beach Volleyball Cup the FIVB World Tour list led by getting under way today at the Al Qatar’s Cherif Younousse Samba Gharrafa Beach Complex. and Ahmed Tijan. With three World The event kicks off with four Tour medals to their credit in 29 pairs advancing to the main draw from the qualification rounds. FIVB starts together, Cherif and Qatar is hosting an FIVB Beach Ahmed are ranked 13th Volleyball World Tour event for the internationally. eighth time and the Doha Beach Vol- leyball Cup is a 1-star men’s-only tournament. Doha will also host a Qatar's Cherif 4-star men’s and women’s event Younousse from March 8-12. trains ahead Following today's qualifiers, the of the Doha 16-team main draw for the Doha Beach Beach Volleyball Cup begins with medals to their credit in 29 FIVB the United States. Qatar), Africa (Gambia, Egypt, Volleyball pool play tomorrow. The top three starts together, Cherif and Ahmed Also competing in the Doha Morocco), Europe (Poland, Russia, Cup at Al finishers in each of the four groups are ranked 13th internationally. Beach Volleyball Cup are Jackson Switzerland), NORCECA (Canada and Gharafa Beach will advance to the elimination Six other teams in the Doha Henriquez and Jesus Villafañe of the United States) and South America yesterday. bracket where two rounds will be Beach Volleyball Cup field have FIVB Venezuela, who competed in one (Venezuela). played on Thursday. medals to their credit, including World Tour event together since The last World Tour event was Friday’s schedule features the Anton Kislytsyn/Daniil Kuvichka and their last full season on the interna- played this past September in semi-final and medal matches. Alexey Gusev/Pavel Shustrov of tional circuit in 2016. Lithuania where teams from Estonia Eleven of the teams in the Doha Russia, Yves Haussener/Quentin Henriquez and Villafañe will start (Kusti Nolvak Mart Tiisaar) and Italy Beach Volleyball Cup are ranked on Metral of Switzerland, Murat Gig- play in the qualifier on Tuesday as (Margherita Bianchin/Claudia the FIVB World Tour list led by inoglu/Volkan Gogtepe and Selcuk all five FIVB confederations are Scampoli) topped the men’s and Qatar’s Cherif Younousse Samba and Sekerci/Sefa Urlu of Turkey and scheduled to have teams competing women’s podiums, respectively. Ahmed Tijan. With three World Tour Travis Mewhirter/Adam Roberts of in the event - Asia (Lebanon, Oman, TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2021 SPORT 11 QFA, ASEAN Football Federation hold 2nd Digital Learning webinar THE PENINSULA – DOHA number of workshops and webinars, senior members of each organization, this pandemic. It is a unique opportunity within the framework of this as well as representatives from Aus- to strengthen relations and pave the As part of the Digital Learning series, agreement.