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Sport TUESDAY 23 MARCH 2021 MotoGP:M Spain's Maverick Vinales readyr to impress fans in Qatar We already know that we can be very fast on one lap and have a goodg rhythm. That’s very positive, but there are other points that wew can further improve, and we are working really hard on that. Spanish MotoGP star Maverick Vinales Sport | 11 PREMIER LEAGUE: West Ham 3-3 Arsenal, Aston Villa 0-2 Tottenham FA CUP: Chelsea 2-0 Sheffield, Leicester 3-1 Manchester United European qualifiers: Qatar to take on Luxembourg tomorrow The players are in the best technical readiness through Qatar national team players taking part in a training session in Debrecen, continuous participation in Hungary, ahead of their Group A clash of the European qualifiers for the Qatar Stars League as well FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. The Felix Sanchez-coached Asian champions will take on Luxembourg in their first match tomorrow at the Nagyerdei as the Qatar Cup and the Stadion in Hungary. Their second match will be against Azerbaijan on March Amir Cup. And everyone 27. They will face Ireland on March 30. wishes to be in the playing XI team in the European qualifiers and to provide the best level in the matches. We are on track in our preparations for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Playing against different teams in different conditions such as European qualifiers, as well as participating in the Gold Cup in America, is very important for Qatar. Qatari midfielder Mohamed Waad EXCITING SPORTS ACTION Recovering Marquez to miss It's all happening here March 28 Barwa Grand Prix of Qatar Barwa Grand Prix of Qatar at Losail International Circuit. AGENCIES - DOHA Competitive MotoGP action returns to Qatar this weekend Six-times world champion Marc when the 2021 World Championships flag off along with the Marquez will not race in the Moto2 and Moto3 series at the flood-lit Losail International season-opening Qatar Grand Prix as he continues to recover Circuit. from an arm injury sustained last season, his team Repsol Honda said yesterday. Marquez fractured his humerus in the 2020 season- opening Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez last July, after the COVID-19 pandemic had dis- rupted the original calendar, and did not race again all year. The 28-year-old Spaniard has since undergone three sur- geries, with Honda saying the doctors advised against has- March tening his return to the track and 26-27 will conduct another medical The 12th and check on April 12. “After the last review with final round of the the medical team, the doctors Longines Hathab have advised me that the most Qatar Equestrian prudent thing was not to take Marc Marquez prepares to ride an RC213V-S Honda track bike as he steps up Tour will see part in the Qatar Grand Prix and his training at the Algarve Circuit in Portugal, following a long injury lay-off. young riders to continue with the recovery plan that we have followed in competing for title recent weeks,” Marquez said. FRIDAY, MARCH 26 17:55-18:10 Moto3 Q2 honours at the 13:50-14:30 Moto3 FP1 18:25-18:40 Moto2 Q1 “I would have loved to be state-of-the-art able to participate in the opening 14:45-15:25 Moto2 FP1 18:50-19:05 Moto2 Q2 I would have loved to be 15:40-16:25 MotoGP FP1 19:20-19:50 MotoGP FP4 Longines Indoor race of the world championship, able to participate in the but we will have to continue 20:00-20:15 MotoGP Q1 Arena at Al working to be able to recover opening race of the world 18:10-18:50 Moto3 FP2 20:25-20:40 MotoGP Q2 Shaqab. the optimal conditions that championship, but we will 19:05-19:45 Moto2 FP2 allow us to return to have to continue working to 20:00-20:45 MotoGP FP2 SUNDAY, MARCH 28 14:40-15:00 Moto3 WARM-UP competition.” be able to recover the MotoGP.com said that in the SATURDAY, MARCH 27 15:10-15:30 Moto2 WARM-UP review carried out on the optimal conditions that allow 13:25-14:05 Moto3 FP3 15:40-16:00 MotoGP WARM-UP Spanish rider by the medical us to return to competition: 14:20-15:00 Moto2 FP3 March team led by Doctors Samuel Marc Marquez 15:15-16:00 MotoGP FP3 17:00 Moto3 RACE (18 laps) Antuña and Ignacio Roger de 18:20 Moto2 RACE (20 laps) 26 Oña, and made up of Doctors De 17:30-17:45 Moto3 Q1 20:00 MotoGP RACE (22 laps) Ooredoo Cup Miguel, Ibarzabal and García finalfi between Villanueva, 15 weeks after time period and the current state humerus at risk in intense Mir's comments that he is always AAl Sailiya and surgery for an infected pseu- of the bone consolidation competition. a favourite. doarthrosis of the right humerus, process, doctors consider it Marquez, who handed over Qatar, which will host the Al Rayyan at a good clinical response has prudent and necessary not to the MotoGP crown last season opening two races of the 2021 Al Sadd been found after the intensifi- accelerate Marquez’s return to to his compatriot Joan Mir, has MotoGP season, has offered the Stadium. cation of his training. the track after such an inactive practically ruled himself out of Covid-19 vaccine to the sport's However, considering the time, and to avoid putting the the title fight this year, despite entire paddock. QWFF set to host 2021 Qatar Fencing Grand Prix - Foil QNA – DOHA Regarding the latest prepara- a number of fencers from 39 fencer Ines Boubakri, Rio tions, QWFF Secretary-General countries with a total of 380 par- Olympics winners. Qatar Weightlifting and Fencing and director of the championship ticipants including players, The tournament is of great Federation (QWFF) has completed Khalid Al Hammadi renewed the coaches, and technical and importance as it will be the last the preparations for the 2021 Federation’s welcome of the administrative teams, he said, before the Tokyo Olympics 2021, March Qatar Fencing Grand Prix in Foil, international fencing family to adding among them are the top and the top fencers are looking to 24-25 which will run over three days Doha, looking forward to pre- 14 ranked fluorescent weapons get points in Doha that help from March 26 at the Aspire senting a successful edition that in the world. towards qualification for Tokyo 41st and 42nd Dome. adds to their previous successes In addition to the participants Olympic Games, he said, pointing Race meetings The event will be held under which won praise from all par- from all countries of the world, out that despite the great diffi- for Fuweiret Cup strict precautionary measures, ticipants in any tournament he said, there will be participants culties facing the world due to the and Al Britha and all participants will be subject hosted by Doha. from Arab countries, as fencers COVID-19 pandemic, the Feder- to a health bubble throughout the Al Hammadi unveiled the from Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and ation has made tremendous Cup will see top competition period. details of the 2021 Qatar Fencing Morocco will participate, efforts to hold that tournament horses and riders Doha is set to host as a record Grand Prix in FOIL, organized by including the Egyptian fencer under the full supervision of the in action at number of top world fencers QWFF in Aspire Dome. Alaa Abul Qasim, who won the Ministry of Public Health and in Al Rayyan Park descend on Qatar for The tournament enjoys great silver medal at the London accordance with the precau- this week. competition. interest, as it will be attended by Olympics, and the Tunisian tionary measures. TUESDAY 23 MARCH 2021 SPORT 11 ISSF World Cup: Qatari shooters win silver in New Delhi Qatar’s men’s skeet team members, Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah, Rashid Hamad and Ali Ahmed Al Ishaq posing for a photograph after winning the silver medal in the men's team skeet at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in New Delhi yesterday. In yesterday’s gold medal match, Qatar lost to India which had the services of Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and Gurjoat Khangura. Yesterday's medal was Al Attiyah's second during this year's World Cup, having bagged bronze in the men's individual skeet event on Sunday. Stage set as Spain’s Vinales ready MotoGP revs to impress fans in Qatar back into life RIZWAN REHMAT better your 6th-place finish from MOTOGP.COM – DOHA THE PENINSULA last year? A: For sure I can better (my At the floodlit oasis of Losail International Circuit, Spanish MotoGP star Maverick results). For the last 4 years, I’ve it’s time to get suited and booted for another Vinales said he ‘feels’ ready for the been mostly in the podium posi- season of stunning competition. Rarely is anything start of the new season, which will tions. We need to switch on predictable in this era of MotoGP, but there is at kick off with the Barwa Grand Prix properly and go for the goal. least one certainty everyone can agree on: we’re of Qatar at the iconic Losail Inter- most definitely ready to go racing. national Circuit (LIC) on Sunday. Q: Tell us something about This season, the headlines are overflowing Vinales and his Monster Energy your bike for the new season. before a lap has even been ticked off in anger.