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P18 Layout 1 MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 SPORTS Villarreal sign first Qatari national in La Liga history DOHA: Teenage forward Akram Afif is set teams in Spain.” He added that he would born in Doha, is no stranger to Spanish During the current season he scored taking place from later this year. Villarreal to become the first player from Qatar ever aim for the first team next season. football having played for Villarreal and six times in 16 appearances for Eupen, currently lie fourth in La Liga and have to play in La Liga and possibly the “Villarreal will play the Champions League Sevilla’s youth teams. who subsequently have gained promo- already secured qualification for next sea- Champions League after being signed by next season so we’ll try to be a difficult tion to Belgium’s top division. Eupen son’s Champions League. Spanish club Villarreal. Afif yesterday team to beat in La Liga and go as far as we Proficient player director Christoph Henkel said in a state- They will be placed in the tournament described his transfer as a “dream” after his can in all competitions,” said the young Since 2015, Afif has been playing for ment posted on the club’s website that he play-off round before the main group move was confirmed by his parent club Al history-maker. Al Sadd, the Doha club for KAS Eupen, a Qatari-owned team in the was sorry to see Afif leave but the club stage. Several other young Qataris play in Sadd and the Spaniards. which Barcelona great Xavi Hernandez Belgian second division. Eupen is owned “wished him luck and success in his future Europe, but it is thought that only one oth- “It is a dream come true for me to be now plays, took to social media on by Qatar’s renowned Aspire Academy, career”. A fast and technically proficient er Qatari has appeared in a major league. the first Qatari player in La Liga,” Afif said Saturday evening to say it had reached a which has spent millions trying to devel- player, Afif made his debut for the Qatari Hussein Yasser made one appearance for in an interview with the Supreme deal with Villarreal. op young Qatari sports stars over the past national side last year during the country’s English club Manchester City in the 2005/6 Committee for Delivery and Legacy, the And in a statement on its website, sub- decade. Afif is a product of Aspire. His record 15-0 trouncing of Bhutan in an AFC season. Yasser was in his early 20s when he body organizing the Qatar 2022 World sequently retweeted by Afif, Villarreal also transfer to arguably the strongest World Cup qualifier. He is likely to feature made his only appearance during a defeat Cup. “I am very happy to sign for Villarreal, confirmed that an agreement had been European league could be seen as a major in Qatar’s make-or-break matches for the on penalties to Doncaster Rovers in the they are a big team and one of the best reached “in principle”. The 19-year-old, coup for Aspire. 2018 World Cup in Russia, with qualifiers League Cup. —AFP Leicester fans continue to celebrate their title LEICESTER: A growing number of broken together, we’re always in touch with each beer bottles crunched beneath their feet as other. That just shows how much as a unit thousands of Leicester supporters contin- we all are as a team and it shows in our per- ued singing past midnight on the city’s formances week in, week out.” But even High Street yesterday. “Champions of Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri publicly England,” the chant went, “we know what accepts that this season could well be a we are.” one-off high-point for the team, which has Few around the world will not know. only lost three league games in the title Singing it perhaps reminds Leicester fans charge after starting out as 5,000-1 long- that the past year is real and not some shots and relegation candidates. improbable sporting fantasy. It was little Rival managers are wondering if under- surprise that Leicester Royal Infirmary dogs winning the league will become the reported twice the usual number of new norm. Arsenal is enduring a 12-year patients being admitted during the title drought despite significantly out- Saturday night revelry, mostly for minor spending Leicester, which has completed a injuries or alcohol-related incidents. seven-year rise from the third tier to win its People were urged to avoid seeking first championship. “Maybe a team that medical attention unless it was urgent, with nobody expects now will come next season the hospital tweeting that it is “feeling the and surprise everyone,” effect of the (Leicester) game yesterday. If Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. you don’t need to come to A&E please “All the English clubs have the money to don’t.” Yesterday marked Leicester’s seventh buy now. You’ve got West Ham moving into day as one of the unlikeliest champions of a new stadium with more potential with England since the country’s leagues were the finances that brings. Tottenham are cre- established in the 19th century. ating a new stadium as well. “So in a few The solid silver Premier League trophy, years the potential in England will be much GLASGOW: Celtic players celebrate winning the Scottish Premiership League after the match against Aberdeen at Celtic Park. — AP topped by a golden crown, was presented more shared than everywhere else and you the previous evening to the Leicester play- can get more surprises.” ers after they overwhelmed Everton in a 3- One Manchester United fan turned up at 1 win with a display that showed they are Leicester on Saturday with a poster saying: Celtic clinch championship taking the final two games of the campaign “A trophy earned not bought.” Wenger, seriously. though, points out that Leicester’s owners - Thai retail group King Power - are wealthy. with win over Aberdeen ‘We are brothers’ It’s just that Leicester hasn’t spent heavily “It’s unbelievable - you’ve seen the team on players to upset the established elite spirit that we’ve got,” said top-scorer Jamie like Arsenal. “Let’s not forget Leicester are GLASGOW: Celtic clinched the Scottish Celtic Park it is difficult, but the players deserve a the despairing Collin in goal. Vardy, whose double on Saturday took his not poor,” Wenger said. “But they’ve done Premiership championship for the fifth time in a lot of credit for not folding and giving up and There was no let-up from Celtic in the second tally to 24 for the season. “It is a scandal extremely well with less resources and their row as they survived a nervy finish to seal a 3-2 coming back fighting strong,” McInnes said. half as stand-in captain Lustig made it 3-0. how we all are together. We literally are like efficiency level between money spent and win over nearest challengers Aberdeen at “We let them know we were there and Callum McGregor showed good skill to cut in brothers. “When training and matches are results are by far the best in Europe, and Parkhead yesterday. The Glasgow giants got off weren’t going anywhere and they had a fight from the right and cut the ball back into the finished, we’ll all go out and have food you have to give them credit for that.” —AP to the perfect start as Patrick Roberts’ sensation- but ultimately we just fell a bit short.” Celtic path of Lustig who swept the ball into the net. al strike fired them into a seventh minute lead. showed they weren’t content to settle for just Aberdeen almost pulled one back when a The on-loan Manchester City winger added a the point they needed to seal the championship mistake from substitute Efe Ambrose allowed second in the 20th minute before stand-in skip- as they played with an intensity and tempo that Jonny Hayes to race in on goal but his initial per Mikael Lustig made it 3-0 four minutes after has been lacking at times during the season. strike was palmed away by ‘keeper Craig Gordon the break. The Dons, who have pushed the and the winger fired the rebound into the side Hoops close this season, pulled one back Unstoppable strike netting from a tight angle. through Niall McGinn in the 57th minute before It was Roberts who got the party started as However, Hayes made amends soon after Andrew Considine’s header reduced the deficit he fired Celtic in front. The on-loan Manchester when he played in McGinn, who prodded the further. City winger was allowed to drift in from the right ball under Gordon from 10 yards out to pull one However, Celtic hung on to claim the victory and left the Aberdeen defense trailing in his back for Aberdeen. The goal gave the Dons, who that moves them 12 clear of Aberdeen with two wake before unleashing an unstoppable strike had previously looked down and out, a massive games remaining and seals their 47th top flight past Adam Collin from 25 yards. lift and they soon reduced the deficit further title. “It was good to beat Aberdeen to show we The England under-19 international almost through Considine. Ambrose was booked for a are the best team in the country,” out-going repeated the feat minutes later as he was once foul on Graeme Shinnie and the Dons defender Celtic manager Ronny Deila said.
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