Sports Wednesday, December 11, 2019 13 Being at 2019, a dream come true: Kai ith a population of barely 2,500, Hienghene is a small town lo- FIFA Club Qatar Wcated 380km from Noumea, the capital of New Caledonia. 2019 live and exclusive Its most famous club, Hieng- hene Sport, has become the most recognisable symbol on beIN SPORTS of the town – and with good reason. The club are enjoying Tribune News Network and 2010 FIFA World Cup fi- the best period in their his- nalist Nigel de Jong are all set to tory and, having won the 2019 join the beIN SPORTS’ studios OFC Champions League, are beIN SPORTS, the global for world class analysis of one now gearing up for the FIFA sports channel is set to host of the biggest FIFA Club World Club World Cup Qatar 2019, the FIFA Club World Cup Qa- Cup tournaments to date. stealing the limelight from tar 2019 live and exclusive on Coverage of the FIFA Club Noumea’s big clubs like AS its channels. World Cup Qatar 2019 starts Magenta and AS Mont-Dore. Set to take place in three with the morning show every world class stadiums in Qatar day followed by special pro- from December 11 to 21 – this grams and shows – including edition of the FIFA Club the daily evening show. World Cup will see three beIN SPORTS HD1 will teams from the MENA region broadcast the matches exclu- compete for the coveted tro- sively in Arabic while beIN Sport & pride “Coming to Qatar to participate in this great competition is a dream come true; no one believed we could win the title. We ourselves didn’t phy for the first time. SPORTS HD11 will broadcast think we could achieve this success, but thanks to years of hard work, we carried the torch of those who preceded us and taught us the Qatari champions Al Sadd, in English. Hienghene Sport’s meaning of sacrifice,” says Hienghene Sport Bertrand Kai. AFC Champions League win- The beIN SPORTS News continental title was a first ners Al Hilal and CAF Cham- channel will also broadcast ex- for the club and New ment is a source of immense his life in Hienghene, saying: addition to hunting and fish- We ourselves didn’t think we pions League winners ES Tu- clusive content on the tourna- Caledonia, a small country pride for the town and the “As amateur players, we live ing. “In our country we live could achieve this success, but nis are all set to feature in this ment including special docu- whose solitary appearance at country as whole, where foot- an ordinary life, and we try to as tribes and this helped us in thanks to years of hard work, year’s exciting competition. mentaries on host nation Qatar. a global tournament came at ball is not professionalised and strike a balance between our the team to be one family. We we carried the torch of those beIN presenters, analysts The opening match be- the FIFA U-17 World Cup players have to hold down full- work, family duties and play- make a lot of sacrifices when who preceded us and taught us and football legends including tween Al Sadd and Hienghene India 2017. The club’s time jobs, train in the evenings ing football. This is very diffi- we go to play football at the the meaning of sacrifice.” Mohamed Saadon al Kuwari, Sport will be telecast on beIN achievement is a source of and play games at weekends. cult, especially now that we’ve weekend and leave our fami- In their tournament Mohamed Abutrika, Wael SPORTS HD1 at 20:30 Mecca immense pride for the town Among those leading this reached this level, winning the lies behind,” he explained. opener, Hienghene will play Gomaa, Abdulaziz al Nasr, Time (GMT +3). lifestyle is Hienghene skipper OFC Champions League for Hienghene Sport club re- the host nation’s representa- Ayman Jadah, Lakhdar Ber- beIN entertains and oper- and the country as whole, Bertrand Kai, who manages a the first time in the country’s alised their first dream after tives Al Sadd in a win-or-go riche and many others will ates in 43 countries globally, where football is not boarding school, taking care history. This wouldn’t have being crowned OFC cham- home encounter. “We will try host special guests and con- including 24 countries across professionalised and players of logistics such as food and been possible without the sac- pions – the club winning an to be the best representative duct exclusive interviews with the MENA region. have to hold down full-time cleaning supplies. He goes to rifices all of us have made.” exciting final 1-0 with a won- of club and country, and to dedicated beIN studios avail- With broadcast on satellite jobs, train in the evenings work in the mornings, trains Despite being 36, Kai is still derful goal that prompted joy present a good image of foot- able for the tournament, in in 4K and Full HD, the beIN and play games at weekends. every day except Wednesdays, technically adroit and in great all across their home town. ball in Caledonia. addition to live matches with experience is also available on and plays official games on shape physically, and was re- The club’s soon-to-be-realised “The Qatari team is made Arabic and English commen- mobile, tablet, computer and Saturdays. Apart from during cently voted best player in his second dream is to partici- up of professional players tary, ensuring fans don’t miss other home devices through Hienghene’s continental ti- the close season, this severely domestic league. He is known pate in the FIFA Club World and I’m sure we’ll face a very a moment of the action. beIN CONNECT. tle was a first for the club and restricts his family time, so his for his selflessness and the sac- Cup. Speaking of the journey strong team and a far from Special guests including To watch the FIFA Club New Caledonia, a small coun- two sons and wife accompany rifices he makes on the field for Hienghene are on, Kai said: easy task. We will fight, but at Liverpool and legend World Cup Qatar 2019™ ex- try whose solitary appearance him to matches to spend more his team-mates. Raised in the “Coming to Qatar to partici- the end of the day it’s a game Steve Mcmanaman, Dutch leg- clusively on beIN SPORTS, at a global tournament came time together. Ganem tribal area, he assumed pate in this great competition of 11 against 11 and the team end , former Liver- please visit www.bein.net/en/ at the FIFA U-17 World Cup In an interview with FIFA. responsibility at a young age, is a dream come true; no one with the most determination pool defender subscribe/ India 2017. The club’s achieve- com in Doha, Kai spoke about learning to work in the fields in believed we could win the title. will win.”

SC security committee completes preparations UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE to secure FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019 Holders Liverpool reach last 16 AFP Norwegian wonder kid Erling QNA Salzburg (Austria) Braut Haaland was thwarted Doha as the Reds recorded their Liverpool struck twice in first clean sheet in the Cham- The Security Committee of two minutes through Naby Kei- pions League this season. the Supreme Committee for ta and to avoid Liverpool needed goal- Delivery and Legacy (SC) con- an embarrassing early Champi- keeper Becker to be at firmed that all preparations ons League exit by winning 2-0 his best early on as the Brazil- have been completed to se- in Salzburg on Tuesday. ian blocked from Takumi Mi- cure the FIFA Club World Cup The European champions namino and Haaland. Qatar 2019, which kicks off in needed to avoid defeat against However, the better chanc- Doha on Wednesday and con- the Austrian champions to es were coming for the Premier tinues till December 21. book their place in the last League leaders at the other Security Commander of the 16 and victory ensured they Liverpool’s Egyptian end. Salah dragged his first big 2019 FIFA Club World Cup Lt. A ringside view of the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium which will host the opening match of the FIFA Club did so as winners of Group E Mohamed Salah celebrates chance wide on his favoured Col. Khalifa Shaheen al Dosari World Cup 2019 Qatar between Al Sadd and Hienghene Sport on Wednesday. ahead of Napoli. scoring against RB Salzburg on left foot at the end of a brilliant underlined that all units of the Salah had been guilty of Tuesday. (AFP) Liverpool break from one end Security Committee are fully stadiums and other conditions give security men an opportu- ordinate between the Commit- missing a host of big chances of the field to the other. prepared for the champion- different from those during nity to carry out their tasks in a tee and the relevant authorities as Liverpool walked a tight- Salzburg had scored 87 Keita had been rewarded ship, adding that work is pro- the Gulf Cup. way that guarantees the safety in FIFA and the concerned au- rope for nearly an hour, but goals in 24 previous games for his goalscoring return to ceeding according to plans set He stressed that the main of all noting that all facilitations thorities in countries partici- made amends with a sumptu- this season, including three the team in Saturday’s 3-0 win in terms of security measures, target of the Security Commit- will be provided to the public, pating in the Club World Cup, ous finish from a narrow angle when Liverpool edged a at Bournemouth and seemed facilitation the movement of tee is the safety of the masses especially families, children in order to provide security for after Keita’s header had set- seven-goal thriller between keen to make a mark against traffic, ensuring the flow of and the participating teams and people with disabilities. all participating teams, their tled the holders’ nerves. the two back in October. But his former side. the people and providing all and achieving the maximum For football fans coming sports missions and the media. security services in accordance levels of security for all con- from abroad, Al Dosari said Meanwhile, Captain Mo- with the best levels and inter- cerned parties, as well as that there is a complete coor- hammed Omar al Shahwani, national standards. bringing the championship dination with countries whose captain of Al Sadd Sports Sta- He noted that the security out in a manner befitting Qatar fans are expected to attend the dium said that security plans preparations for the Club World and its prominent experience tournament, adding that there have been put in place to se- Bianca Andreescu named Cup are going on the same level in organising international are about eighty nationalities cure the stadium to facilitate of interest and coordination be- and regional sporting events. whose citizens can obtain an the entry and exit of the fans tween the executive units of the He praised the great ef- immediate visa from the air- and players noting that a large Canada’s athlete of the year Security Committee in the 24th forts exerted by all units to port, and most of the teams tent was set up for the security Arabian Gulf Cup 24. make the 24th Arabian Gulf participating in the tourna- inspection process. AFP He pointed to some condi- Cup a success, affirming his ment have their countries en- He added that the specta- Montreal tions that have been consid- absolute confidence to achieve joying this advantage. tors, after passing the inspec- ered and as stipulated by the similar success with FIFA Club For his part, Head of the tion tent, will enter Jassim bin Canadian teenager Bianca regulations of FIFA as the or- World Cup 2019. Communication and Media Hamad Stadium at Al Sadd Andreescu added another ganiser and supervisor of this Al Dosari advised fans to Unit of the Security Committee Club through 7 gates where honour to her glittering year tournament, such as condi- arrive early at the stadium to Col. Khaled al Kaabi said that security personnel and vol- on Monday after becoming the tions for holders of match tick- avoid traffic congestion and the past period witnessed ex- unteers will help them reach first tennis player to be award- ets, persons allowed to enter overloading the gates, and to tensive communications to co- their seats in the stands. ed the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s top athlete. The 19-year-old earns the award after a season which saw her become the first ‘Proud’ Deschamps’ France contract extended till World Cup 2022 player from Canada to win a Canadian Bianca Andreescu with the US Open Trophy she won in Grand Slam singles title with August defeating legendary Serena Williams in the final. : ’ con- Deschamps. Portugal and one more team her victory at the US Open, tract as coach of world champi- Federation president Noel Le still to qualify through the play- where she defeated Serena “I can’t wait for what 2020 ton (ice hockey), Andre De ons France has been extended Graet had previously said that offs. He will shortly become the Williams in the final. will bring and am always Grasse (athletics) and Mike through to the 2022 World Cup a contract extension for the longest-serving France coach, She also became the first proud to represent Canada at Soroka (baseball). in Qatar, the French football fed- 51-year-old was dependent on overtaking the eight years and Canadian in 50 years to win the highest level.” Previous winners of the eration announced on Tuesday. France qualifying for the 2020 six months of service by Michel the Rogers Cup, also defeating Andreescu was a unani- award include ice hockey leg- Deschamps, a former France France’s football head coach European championships. Hidalgo between January 1976- Williams in the final. mous choice for the award, ends Wayne Gretzky, Sidney skipper who led the team to Didier Deschamps. Deschamps duly guided France June 1984. Deschamps has “I’m so thankful for this which is selected by a poll of Crosby and Bobby Orr, 1996 1998 World Cup glory, has been into the competition, where won 65 out of 100 matches award,” Andreescu said. “I 30 sports . Olympic 100m gold medallist at the coaching helm of Les continue the adventure (until the they have been drawn alongside since replacing was not expecting it and to be Other nominees for the Donovan Bailey and former Bleus since summer 2012. 2022 World Cup), even if our 2014 world champions Germa- as national team boss following the first tennis player to win is honour included Brooke Hen- world champion “I’m very happy, very proud to next goal is Euro 2020,” said ny, reigning European champions Euro 2012. (AFP) even more surreal. derson (golf), Jordan Binning- Jacques Villeneuve.