Al Duhail Win As Al Khor Hold Al Sadd
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Sport SUNDAY 18 OCTOBER 2020 QuartararoQua storms to Aragon GP pole AsAs soonsoon as I crashed I was thinking ‘will I be able to ride in qualifying?qualify Then I thought I could ride as the injury wasn’t tootoo bad,bad so yes, I’m happy. My lap time was great. I could do better,be it wasn’t perfect but I can be happy with pole. Fabio Quartararo Sport |06 MotoGP championship leader MLB - CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: (GAME 6) Houston Astros 7 - 4 Tampa Bay Rays, (Game 5) Atlanta Braves 3 - 7 LA Dodgers Al Duhail win as Al Khor hold Al Sadd THE PENINSULA – DOHA when Pedro sent in a low cross from the right; however, the The reigning QNB Stars league Spaniard’s first-time shot was champions Al Duhail yesterday kept out by Djibril. In the 45th outplayed Qatar SC 2-1 with the minute, Al Sadd strung together help of two brilliant strikes a great move with quick passes, from Almoez Ali and Eduardo at the end of which Tabata set Rodrigues (Dudu) while strong up Cazorla with a backheel, but Al Sadd were held by Al Khor YESTERDAY'S RESULTS the latter’s shot was deflected in a goalless draw on the Al Duhail 2 - 1 Qatar SC away from the box. opening day of week 4. The teams went into Al Khor 0 - 0 Al Sadd At their home ground, yes- TODAY'S FIXTURES halftime with the score still terday, Dudu netted the goalless, and after the break, opening goal for Al Duhail in 5:30pm: Al Ahli vs Al Sailiya Al Sadd resumed their efforts the 12th minute while and at Al Ahli Stadium to find a breakthrough. captain Almoez made no 7:45pm: Al Gharafa vs Al Kharaitiyat In the 57th minute, Xavi mistake when he was awarded at Al Gharafa Stadium made his first change of the a penalty in the 39th minute . TOMORROW game, bringing on Baghdad Abdulaziz Adel scored 5:30pm: Al Arabi vs Umm Salal Bounedjah to take Mohammed Qatar SC's only goal in the 48th at Al Arabi Stadium Waad’s place up front. The minute. 7:45pm: Al Rayyan vs Al Wakrah Algerian was involved in a Al Duhail moved on to six at Al Gharafa Stadium great move in the 64th minute, points with their second victory which saw him set up Al- in the new season while Qatar Haydos who then squared the SC remained on three points tally to 3, with three draws. ball for Santi Cazorla; unfortu- following their third defeat. Yesterday's match got off nately, he was denied by a last- Al Duhail opened the to a calm start at the Al Khor gasp block from Mosaab scoring as Dudu converted a Stadium with neither side Abdulmajeed. through pass from Karim posing much danger early on. Xavi then made a double Boudiaf into goal following a Eventually, Al Sadd settled into substitution in the 71st minute, faulty clearance by Qatar SC their groove and started to sending on Yousuf Abdurisag defender Alejandro Jimena. show their intent to score. In and Ahmed Sayyar in place of Al Duhail dominated the the 21st minute, Guilherme sent Al Haydos and Tabata. Al Sadd exchanges and they succeeded Al Duhail's captain Almoez Ali shoots to score a powerful shot at goal, which kept up their efforts to score in doubling the lead as Almoez against Qatar SC during yesterday's match. was parried by Al Khor keeper the opening goal, against a converted a penalty, awarded Baba Djibril onto the path of stubborn display from the Al when he himself was fouled by Rodrigo Tabata, who somehow Khor defence and goalkeeper. Nasir Baksh. Abdulaziz Adel making good hit his shot against the cross- second match, former cham- failed to find the target from In the 74th minute, Pedro sent Other than the goals, Al use of his height to head in a piece and Jimena’s shot off the pions Al Sadd were pushed to close range as he shot wide. in a great cross from the right, Duhail’s Ramin Rezaeian made cross from the right by Nasir, rebound was collected by the their limits by Al Khor, at Al Two minutes later, Santi but Djibril was in the right a foray into the rival area early who made up for his earlier goalkeeper. Khor Stadium as the teams Cazorla fed Mohammed Waad place to grab the ball. in the game, but the move was lapse that resulted in the Al Duhail and Al Sadd have shared points. with a great through ball, and In the final minute of thwarted by Qatar SC goal- penalty goal. played one game less than the The result means that Al the Qatari international fin- stoppage time, Al Sadd were keeper Jassim Al Hail. At the Nevertheless, Al Duhail others due to their AFC Cham- Sadd increase their points tally ished past the keeper but the awarded a free-kick just other end, Jimena had a header were more on the attack and pions League commitments. to seven and remain in second referee disallowed the goal. outside the box, and Cazorla saved by goalkeeper Mehdi Benatia headed over the The high-profile Week 3 clash place in the league table, with After a VAR review, Waad was curled the ball over the wall, Mohammed Al Bakri. bar close to one hour. will take place on Wednesday, a game in hand. adjudged to have been offside only to see it saved by Djibril. Qatar SC reduced the It looked Qatar SC had at Al Duhail Stadium. The Meanwhile, Al Khor, who and the score was back to 0-0. The referee blew the final margin not long after the equalised in the 85th minute match will kick off at 18:45. are yet to win a game this Cazorla then had a great whistle moments later, as the second half started, with tall when substitute Omar Al Emadi Meanwhile, in yesterday's season, increased their points chance in the 38th minute, teams shared the spoils. Qatar's Nasser takes early lead at Cyprus Rally Rea wins sixth Champion driver Nasser Al Attiyah and his navigator Matheu in action during the opening day of the WorldSBK title Cyprus Rally, yesterday. The three- REUTERS – ESTORIL, PORTUGAL time Dakar Rally champion who is targeting his seventh title win in Jonathan Rea clinched a record-extending sixth Cyprus, ended the day with a huge Superbike World Championship for the Kawasaki lead of 12 minutes and 29 seconds. Racing Team after title challenger Scott Redding Al Attiyah, who is targetinghis 16th retired with a technical issue at Estoril yesterday. Middle East Rally Championship Britons Rea and Redding had crashed in the with a victory in Cyprus today, Superpole session earlier in the day and Redding’s won three out of six stages on Ducati developed a technical issue in the race the opening day. Savvas Savva leading to his retirement. and Andrea Papandreou finished Rea, who started the weekend with a com- second while Panagiotis Yiangou manding lead in the standings, only needed three and Panagiotis Kyriakou were points from the three races to put first place out of placed third overall. The Cyprus reach for Redding and the 33-year-old managed Rally ends today with four special to finish fourth despite starting 15th on the grid. stages and the Eneos Super Rea was also looking to clinch the title with a Special Stage which will take 100th career race win but Yamaha’s Turkish rider place at the Achna speedway this Toprak Razgatlioglu took his first victory since the afternoon. opening round at Phillip Island in Australia. Dhawan’s ton seals victory for Delhi De Villiers and Morris shine in IANS – SHARJAH Shikhar Dhawan hitting Dhawan was first RCB’s big win over Rajasthan a boundary during dropped in the seventh Shikhar Dhawan scored yesterday's match. over when he was on 25 IANS – DUBAI dismissed Kohli off the first delivery of his maiden T20 century PIC: TWITTER/ and later in the 16th over the 14th over to make their opponents while Axar Patel @DELHICAPITALS by Rayudu when he was Chris Morris’s four-wicket haul and with 102/3. knocked off the on 79. AB de Villiers’s 55 not out off 22 balls The tumbling of wickets hardly required 17 runs off the CSK wicketkeeper powered Royal Challengers Bangalore affected de Villiers, who started firing right last over with ease as MS Dhoni was also late (RCB) to a thumping seven-wicket win from the start. The South African superstar Delhi Capitals beat to a potential catch off over a off-colour Rajasthan Royals (RR) shared a match-winning 77-run part- Chennai Super Kings by Dhawan in the 10th over yesterday. nership (39 balls) with Gurkeerat Singh five wickets at the just after he had scored It was Morris’ heroics (4/26) that (19 not out) to drive RCB home with two Sharjah Cricket Stadium his half-century. restricted RR, who had opted to bat, at a balls to spare. yesterday. Earlier, Rayudu and competitive 177/6 wickets in 20 overs De Villiers’s knock was laced with six Dhawan ended the Jadeja combined to score before RCB skipper Virat Kohli (43), opener maximums and a boundary. match unbeaten on 101 50 runs off the last 21 Devdutt Padikkal (35) and de Villiers’s Earlier, Chris Morris’s four-wicket haul off 58 balls while Axar balls to take CSK to 179/4 magnificent knock sealed their sixth win saw RR being restricted to 177 for six smashed three sixes in in 20 overs.