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Wilder retains heavyweight crown after Fury thriller ends in draw pAGE 18 CRICKET TEST PAKISTAN VS NEW ZELAND Bounedjah, Aif score a hat-trick each as Al Sadd maul Gharafa 8-1 Algerian striker QNB STARS LEAGUE STANDINGS is now one goal CLUB M W L D GF GA GD PTS 1. Al Duhail 13 11 0 2 35 9 26 35 shy of all-time 2. Al Sadd 13 10 1 2 58 12 46 32 3. Al Sailiya 14 8 5 1 25 15 10 25 league record 4. Al Rayyan 14 6 2 6 16 14 2 24 IKOLI VICTOR 5. Al Ahli 14 7 5 2 22 21 1 23 6. Al Gharafa 14 5 6 3 26 25 1 18 7. Al Arabi 14 6 8 0 14 27 -13 18 regis- 8. Umm Salal 14 4 5 5 17 24 -7 17 tered his fifth hat-trick, and 9. Al Shahania 14 4 6 4 13 24 -11 16 Akram Afif the first of his ca- 10. SC 14 4 8 2 13 22 -9 14 reer, as Al Sadd thrashed Al 11. Al Khor 14 2 9 3 10 25 -15 9 Gharafa 8-1 in their Week 14 12. Al Kharaitiyat 14 1 13 0 10 41 -31 3 QNB Stars League match at the Thani Bin Jassim Stadium Tabulated as: M=matches, W=won, L=loss, D=drawn, GF=Goals on Sunday. For, GA=Goals Against, GD=Goal Difference, Pts=Points. The win took Jesualdo Fer- Teams in red in the relegation zone. reira’s men to 32 points, three adrift of Al Duhail, who were forced to a 2-2 draw by Al Al Rayyan hold Duhail 2-2 Rayyan. Both teams now have a game in hand, and a potential AL Duhail failed to consolidate games ending in a draw. title-decider when they meet. their lead at the top of the In Sunday’s third match, Al With 26 goals in the standings following a bizarre Shahania and Al Khor shared QNB Stars League matches, own-goal by points in a 1-1 draw. Argen- Bounedjah is one goal adrift of in the 83rd minute to give tinean Claudio Vasquez scored all-time record of 27 goals in a Al Rayyan the 2-2 equaliser. the opener from close range single season set by Brazilian Youssef El Arabi scored twice to in the second minute of the and Gharafa legend Clemer- take his goals-haul to 17, nine second half, meeting the cross son de Araujo in 2007/8. behind Bounedjah with nine of Masad Ali. But Hilal Moham- Bounedjah also reached matches still to be played. med’s long- range stunning left- his 33rd victory in the league Al Rayyan have thus denied footed strike agonisingly beat wearing the Al Sadd strip with Al Sadd’s Algerian striker Baghdad Bounedjah (centre) celebrates one of his goals with Akram Aif (left) and the defending champions in two the Shahania custodian in the 69 goals in his 50th appear- deflected the ball into the lead as skipper Hassan al Haydos during their QNB Stars League Round 14 match against Al Gharafa on Sunday. meetings this season with both 67th minute. ance for the Wolves. Bouned- Al Sadd went 3-0 up. jah was very generous after Akram showed amazing completing his hat-trick. He speed with the ball and de- should have scored another spite being hotly chased by an two or more, but the striker Al Gharafa player, he calmly chose to keep another day to slotted the ball past the keeper break the goals record. Yousef Hassan for Al Sadd’s Meanwhile, Al Sadd’s Ab- fourth goal. delkarim Hassan was hon- In injury time, Al Gharafa’s oured by Al Gharafa players Yousuf Muftah was shown a on his recent AFC Player of the yellow card for a rough tackle Year award. on Akram inside Al Gharafa Al Sadd grabbed the opening box. Seconds later, Bounedjah goal thanks to a perfect finish by converted the resultant penalty. Bounedjah. The Algerian striker Taremi scored the conso- outpaced his marker Ilyas Ah- lation for the Cheetahs after mad after receiving a loopy he converted a penalty with a cross from Ismael Mohammed. “panenka” to reduce the deficit Arriving at the Al Gharafa box, in the 52nd minute. Bounedjah found one of the nar- Akram completed his rowest angles to squeeze the ball first career hat-trick when he past goalkeeper Ali for his 24th scored Al Sadd’s sixth goal off strike this season. a penalty kick. Akram doubled Al Sadd’s Al Haydos then made it 7-1 lead from close range, flicking for Al Sadd after deflecting a the ball into the net with a right- neat cross from Bounedjah into footed shot. Three minutes later, the net. Substitute Ahmed too Haydos slipped in a neat cross found the net as Al Sadd closed from the flank and Bounedjah the match with an 8-1 scoreline. Al Duhail goalkeeper shapes up to collect the ball safely as defenders try to man-mark Al Rayyan strikers during their QNB Stars League match at the Al Gharafa Stadium on Sunday. Qatar U-19 cricket team leaves for Asia Div 2 Qualifiers

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QATAR’S U-19 cricket team left for Thailand on Sunday to take part in the ICC Under-19 World Cup Asia Division 2 Qualifiers. Hussain Khan will be leading the 14-member The Qatar 3x3 U-23 basketball team members. team, while Shubh Agarwal will be his deputy. Qatar will play their open- Qatar 3x3 basketball team ing match against Thailand on December 10. among 44 qualiiers for Cricket Thailand is hosting the event in Bangkok and Ch- ANOC Beach Games ing Mai from December 9 to 17 with ten teams divided into TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK pic continent are expected to two groups. Two top teams DOHA take part in San Diego 2019 from each pool will advance with more than 400,000 fans to the semi-finals. The finalists QCA President Yousef Jeham al Kuwari with QCA oficials and national under-19 team prior to their departure at the Asia Town Cricket Stadium. A total of 44 National Olympic likely to attend the event, will join Nepal, Malaysia, and Committees (NOCs), includ- which will take place from 10- Singapore in the Asia Division that is going to play for Qatar intensive preparations. It was ing Qatar 3x3 U-23 basketball 14 October. 1 Qualifiers to fight out for a in Thailand. We’re communi- The Squad possible due to deep interest team, have qualified for the ANOC has signed a deal single spot in the Under-19 ty-loving people and it feels of the QCA president.” inaugural ANOC World Beach with NBC who will be the offi- World Cup from the continent. great that our team represents Hussain Khan (captain), Shubh Agarwal (vice-captain), Samil Coach Aruna de Silva ex- Games San Diego 2019, reports cial broadcasters of the event. Group 1 consists of Hong that spirit. Valiyapurayil Sadiq, Patrick Romelo Akmeemana Kumarage, pressed optimism about his www.aroundtherings.com. ANOC’s Sheikh Ahmad al Kong, the Maldives, Bah- “You are the future of the Aditya Piyush Makadia, Solaiman Mohamed, Kalith Charitha team’s success and said, “The Qualification for the 17 Fahad al Sabah said: “It is very rain, China and Kuwait, while nation, go all out, support one Anthony Amarasinghe, Afsanullah Obaidullah, Nivid team has average age of 16 plus disciplines across 15 exciting exciting to see that so many Group 2 comprises Qatar, another and do your best as Rakeshbhai Patel, Fateen Suhail Hakim, Bismillah Khan, Saud but they’ve worked hard and and dynamic beach, water NOCs from all five continents Saudi Arabia, Bhutan, Oman one fighting unit in the up- Kamal, Syed Yousef Tameem and Sheikh Jassim Mohamed are ready to perform well. Last and action sports is well un- have already qualified for next and hosts Thailand. The coming matches. We extend Asam. Coach: Aruna de Silva. Manager: Amin-Ul Islam year we had played the semis. der way. Shortboard surfing, year’s first-ever ANOC World semi-finals are scheduled on our best wishes and I’m confi- Our target is definitely higher 3x3 basketball, beach hand- Beach Games. The qualifica- December 16, while the third dent that you’ll do better than this time. We’ll surely make ball and individual kata have tion process has been designed place play-off and the final will earlier,” Kuwari added. aration. Our team is young but team to get battle- ready. Com- Qatar proud with our display in all already hosted qualification to ensure that the world’s top be held on December 17. QCA Operations Manager the players are very promising. pared to the previous years, we Thailand. events, which have seen ath- athletes will compete in San Qatar Cricket Association Manzoor Ahmad said, “We’ve We’ve strong hopes for good re- got grass -covered ground and “From Doha, we’ll go to Sri letes from 44 NOCs qualify for Diego next year and the ath- President Yousef Jeham al selected the best possible talent sults in Thailand.” turf wickets for most of our Lanka first and play two prac- their countries at next year’s letes that have competed in Kuwari met with the team and for this important event. All the Team Manager Amin-Ul work -outs and preparatory tice matches. Then, we’ll fly to inaugural Games. the qualification events so far urged them to perform to their players in the national squad Islam said, “The QCA provid- matches. This is the first time Thailand on December 7 for Approximately 1,300 ath- have shown how much we best. “We’re proud of the team went through an extensive prep- ed the best of facilities for the that the U-19 boys got so much the Qualifiers,” he added. letes from across every Olym- have to look forward to it.”