Sports Tuesday, August 31, 2021 13 Hungarian media highlights journey of national team

QNA pers praised the efforts of Qa- tar Football Association which published many advertise- The Hungarian press has ments in English, Serbian and highlighted the participation Arabic languages, prompting of Qatar national team in the the praise by the Arab com- European qualifiers for the munity in . FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, The newspapers highlight- praising the promotional cam- ed the journey of Qatar nation- paign launched Qatar Football al team in these qualifiers and Association (QFA) in Debre- praised its winning of the 2019 cen city which will host Qatar’s Asian Cup title. matches against Serbia and The Hungarian press also Portugal. shed light on Aspire Academy, Qatar are set for two head- referring to the Academy as line fixtures as they host Serbia the center of sports life in the on September 1 and Portugal State of Qatar which gathers on September 4 respectively talented youth from all over in the European preparations the world, and builds excellent for the 2022 FIFA World Cup athletes in remarkable condi- at the Nagyerdei Stadion in tions. The report said that As- . pire Academy has reaped the The Streets and public fruit of its efforts in its great places in Debrecen were deco- achievements accomplished rated with Qatari flags and by its players in the 2014 AFC pictures of the national team’s U-19 Championship, the 2019 players. Qatar Football As- AFC Asian Cup, and most re- sociation (QFA) launched the cently the Qatari team’s dis- promotional campaign both tinguished performance in the in Debrecen and on its social 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup. media platforms which has The Hungarian press un- been actively announcing the derlined that Qatar national campaign, in order to provide team has all the ingredients all information about the State for success, in addition to tal- of Qatar and the national team ented players, most notably and its players participating Akram Afif who is one of the the European qualifiers. best football players in Qatar The Hungarian newspa- Stars League. The Qatar national team bus is decked out in Al Annabi’s flag as their first match against Serbia (on September 1) at the European qualifiers draws closer.

QNB STARS LEAGUE 2021-22 Qatar Women’s Sport Committee face signs partnership agreement with uphill task Tribune News Network de Nooijer, who were with the team in the Second Division.

The countdown to 2021-2022 Argentinian defender and ‘You Are Important’ initiative QNB Stars League has begun a Colombian striker even as the clubs are eagerly As part of strengthening their QNA continuing their preparations ranks, Al Shamal signed Ar- Doha for the season’s competitions gentinian defender Matias after returning from their Nani and Colombian striker The Qatar Women’s Sport overseas camps, where they Jeison Medina. Committee (QWSC) signed a sought to achieve maximum strategic partnership agree- technical and physical benefits New deals ment with the “You Are Im- for the players. Al Shamal had announced that portant” initiative which is (QSL) they had signed contracts with implemented by the Stadium highlights the pre-season a number of Qatari players to Security Section at the Au- preparations made by Al Sha- bolster the team in the new thorities and Missions Securi- mal, who are making a come- season, namely: Mohammed ty Department of the Ministry back to the First Division after El Sayed ‘Jedo’ from Umm of Interior. a gap of more than six years. Salal for a year, Khalifa Saad The agreement aims at They won the Second Division from Al Arabi on loan for a sea- promoting community aware- League last season (2020- son and Moaz Al Salmi from Al ness of stadium security, and 2021) to qualify for the top Gharafa for three seasons. And consolidating the security flight. Mohammad Al Jabri for two partnership between the com- Al Shamal will be facing a seasons, Zaid Saad for three munity and security services. new challenge this time and seasons, Walid Fawzi and The agreement was signed there will be no option for Faisal Abdullah for three sea- by Assistant Director of the them, but to work hard and sons, goalkeeper Hassan Idris Authorities and Missions diligently in order to compete from , Mohammad Security Department of the strongly against teams that Al Nasr and Ali Awad. Ministry of Interior Brig. Gen. have much experience in the Jassim Mohammed Al Hail competition. Overseas camp in Turkey and Assistant Secretary of the Al Shamal began preparations Women’s Sport Committee Continuation of Moroccan for the new season last July Maha Yousef Al Abduljabbar. coach Hicham Jadrane which included strong training Commenting on the agree- The Qatar Women’s Sport Committee (QWSC) and ‘You Are Important’ initiative strategic partnership -- implemented by the Stadium Security Al Shamal retained the servic- in Doha and the team left for ment, Brig. Gen. Jassim Mo- Section at the Authorities and Missions Security Department of the Ministry of Interior -- aims at promoting community awareness of stadium es of Moroccan coach Hisham its overseas camp in Turkey on hammed Al Hail said that the security, and consolidating the security partnership between the community and security services. Jadrane, who succeeded in 5th August. agreement is a culmination taking the team back to the The camp featured three of the joint and fruitful coop- Security Section for its influ- QNB Stars League and his con- friendly matches, two against eration between the two sides ential role in the sports move- tinuation is expected to main- Turkish clubs and one against and their previous meetings ment. tain the stability of the team, the Lebanese national team in and educational workshops, Supervisor of the “You Are especially since he knows the addition to the technical and aiming at enhancing the joint Important” initiative Capt. potential of his players and physical sessions supervised cooperation to spread security Saeed Juma Al Hitmi said that also Qatar football well. by the technical staff. awareness among the mem- the partnership contributes to Jadrane trained Al Sha- bers of the Women’s Sports achieving the common goals mal in the 2018 season and Tough start Committee in particular and and unifying efforts for the achieved successes with the Al Shamal begin their cam- the public in general, in ad- benefit of all those interested team, which was the reason paign in the league with a dition to participating in the in attending sports events. why the club management de- strong game against Al Ghara- activities and events organized The signing ceremony was cided to make him continue at fa, who came fourth last sea- by the two parties. attended by member of Qatar the helm of technical staff in son. They will then play Al Maha Al Abduljabbar ex- Women’s Sport Committee the 2021-2022 season. Sailiya, Qatar SC and defend- pressed pleasure with signing Kaltham Al Rumaihi, Supervi- ing champions Al Sadd in the the cooperation agreement sor of the “You Are Important” Three foreign following weeks. with the Ministry of Interior, initiative Capt. Saeed Juma Al professionals retained represented by Stadium Se- Hitmi, Executive Director of As part of the team manage- Fan factor curity Section, noting that the the Womens Sport Commit- ment’s keenness on stability, The fans of Al Shamal will Women’s Sport Committee tee Amna Al Qasimi, in ad- Al Shamal retained the foreign have a great role in supporting has partnership with all sec- Assistant Director of the Authorities and Missions Security Department of the Ministry of Interior Brig. Gen. dition to the initiative’s team professional trio of Jordanian the team on its return to the tors of the Ministry of Interior, Jassim Mohammed Al Hail and Assistant Secretary of the Women’s Sport Committee Maha Yousef and members of the Women’s Baha Faisal, Khalil Bani At- QNB Stars League, just like especially with the Stadium Al Abduljabbar during the agreement signing. Sport Committee. tiah and Dutchman Jeremy they did in the past years.

Quick read Suarez ruled out of Uruguay’s World Cup qualifiers after suffering knee injury Madrid: Luis Suarez will not feature for Uruguay in September’s World Cup qualifiers after suffering a knee injury against Villarreal on Sunday. Suarez started for the first time of the new season for Atletico Madrid and equalised for Diego Simeone’s men to record his eighth goal involvement in 13 games against Villarreal. However, the Atletico forward was forced off 14 minutes later after appearing to have discomfort in his left knee. Following scans in Spain, Atletico have found a moderate swelling in Suarez’s knee and informed Uruguay that the 34-year-old will not be available for the World Cup qualifiers against Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. The former Barcelona forward is expected to undergo further treatment throughout the week, though it remains unclear whether he will be fit enough to feature against Espanyol on September 12. Fortunately for the La Liga champions, they acquired Matheus Cunha in late August and Angel Correa is in fine form, scoring three in his first three games of 2021-22. Uruguay, though, have not been so lucky. Suarez’s injury further compounds Oscar Tabarez’s problems as he is left without two strikers for the qualifiers, Edinson Cavani his other absentee. Manchester United striker Cavani’s absence was confirmed on Monday, too, asU ruguay announced he would not be travelling to South America amid issues over quarantining on his return to Britain. (DPA) Al Shamal are making a comeback to the First Division after a gap of more than six years.