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SPORT Monday 3 April 2017 PAGE | 25 PAGE | 26 PAGE | 27 Lewis stars as Johanna Konta Josoor Institute WI crush Pakistan reigns supreme launches research in third T20 in Miami division QSL: Lekhwiya stay on top as Al Sadd crush Al Rayyan Chinthana Wasala desperate to claim a vital The Peninsula three points in their aim to close the gap on El Jaish Khaled Sha’aban (left), Nasser Bin Khaled Automobiles able toppers Lekhwiya and finish the 2016/17 sea- General Manager is pictured along with a winner during the and their closest rivals son in the top four. Al Sadd retained their However, they were left presentation ceremony of Mercedes Trophy Golf Tournament positions following empty handed thanks to at Doha Golf Club on Saturday. convincing victories in two clever counter attack- Ttheir respective Qatar Stars ing goals from Umm Salal. League (QSL) matches The first half provided Al Naimi shines as yesterday. very little in the way of Lekhwiya beat El Jaish 5-1 clear cut chances, with the on home soil last night. majority of play focusing Mercedes Trophy Golf Mohammed Musa and South in midfield and both teams Korean star Nam Tae Hee net- hesitant to fully commit in ted goals in 22nd and 23rd the search of an opener. minutes respectively, followed Despite Gharafa looking marks huge success by a close-range hit into the net the better side for the first by Ali Hasan Yahya which made 45 minutes and claiming The Peninsula All participants were presented it 3-0 for Lekhwiya in the 46th the greater share of pos- with valuable gifts from NBK minute. session, they were not able asser Bin Khaled Auto- Automobiles and event partners Two minutes later, El Jaish's to really test Umm Salal’s mobiles, the exclusive Blue Salon, Total and Zeibart star striker Romario beat the goalkeeper and bar a poor N dealers of Mercedes- while the winners received their Lekhwiya goalkeeper with a back-pass nearly result- Benz in Qatar, hosted the second trophies and prizes during the clean hit which found the top ing in a chance for the Mercedes Trophy Golf Tourna- gala awards ceremony. right corner of the net to make Cheetahs early on, they ment at Doha Golf Club, with the Khaled Sha’aban, Nasser Bin the score 3-1. created very little. Al Sadd players celebrate participation of Mercedes-Benz Khaled Automobiles General Edgar Da Silva scored The second half was a after scoring against Al car owners and golf enthusiasts Manager said: “We are pleased Lekhwiya's fourth goal in the livelier affair, with both Rayyan in their Qatar Stars in the country. This year to welcome two of the 76th minute. teams stepping up a gear League match yesterday. The event attracted 90 play- emerging stars of Qatar national Almoez Abdulla made it 5-1 in the search for an open- ers in three main categories team. Nasser Bin Khaled Auto- in the 90th minute. ing goal. With 73 minutes which were Men A (0-12 hand- mobiles is always committed to Also yesterday, hosts Al Sadd on the clock, Umm Salal’s icap), Men B (13-24 handicap) our community and will always trounced visiting Al Rayyan 4-1 big number 13 Yannick Sagbo post. er’s head at his near post. and Women. support all the talents in this to stay in the hunt for the Falcon broke the deadlock to bag his Al Gharafa continued to cre- With just two games left to The sessions witnessed country. We thank all players for Shield. twelfth goal of the season and ate chances but were once again play, Gharafa will need El Jaish healthy competition where their participation and would Hamroun Jugurtha opened give the Orange Fortress the lead undone by a clever counter to slip up if they hope to leap- Sager Al Naimi won the first also like to thank our partners up the scoring for Al Sadd with against the run of play. Gharafa attack from the Orange Fortress, frog them into fourth place. place in Men’s Category A scor- at Blue Salon, Total and Zeibart a beauty in the 13th minute. had been pressing deep in Umm Syrian international Mahmoud The three points however ing 43 points, while Richard for all their support to make this Their star striker Bagdad Salal’s half but the men in orange Al Maas, running half the pitch help further cement Umm Salal’s Bartlett and Alan Bassnett got tournament a success.” Bounedjah added the second to countered and Sagbo was able and seeing off a backtracking top six league finish, opening a the second and third places This year also marks the give the home team the 2-0 lead to beat the offside trap and out- Othman Alawi before coolly five point gap over Al respectively. 27th Anniversary of the prestig- in the 45th minute. muscle Al Gharafa’s number 6, chipping it over the goalkeep- Kharaitiyat. In Men’s Category B, Andrew ious Mercedes Trophy Golf Early in the second half (48th Abdulaziz Hatem, before hitting Dunlop scored 45 points to Tournament globally. It is an minute), Morteza Mohammmad it with his right and nutmegging QSL STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 24 reserve the first place followed exclusive series of invitational netted their third goal, followed Al Gharafa’s goalkeeper to make by Christer Olsson in the second golf tournaments conducted by a clean hit by Abdulkarim it 1-0. Pos. Club Matches Win Lose Draw GF GA GD Points place and Johan Rivera in the over the world for Mercedes- Hassan in the 52nd minute Al Gharafa continued to 1 Lekhwiya 24 18 1 5 74 30 44 59 third. In the women’s category, Benz Owners. Each year, over which took the game completely press and create chances and 2 Al Sadd 24 17 1 6 69 19 50 57 Cherehzade Pedder scored 41 60,000 players from more than away from Al Rayyan. Vladimir Weiss caused Umm 3 Al Rayyan 24 14 5 5 47 21 26 47 points and won the trophy, 60 countries tee off at the Mer- However, Al Rayyan's skip- Salal’s defenders plenty of trou- 4 El Jaish 24 13 5 6 42 31 11 45 while Tasnim Kazi was the first cedes Trophy in local, regional 5 Al Gharafa 24 11 8 4 40 38 2 37 per Rodrigo Tabata scored the ble down the right wing. With runner up and Lorraine Boydell and national events, competing 6 Umm Salal 24 7 7 9 26 32 -6 30 only goal for the visitors in the 86 minutes gone, Al Gharafa’s was the second Runner up. to qualify for the Mercedes Tro- 7 Al Kharaitiyat 24 8 12 4 23 32 -9 28 87th minute to make it 4-1. best chance of an equalizer fell Besides, four players received phy World Final at the ‘home of 8 Al Ahli 24 7 11 6 32 39 -7 27 Earlier, Al Gharafa were to Mohamed Razaq, who should 9 Al Sailiya 24 7 11 6 27 42 -15 27 special prizes for their excep- the automobile’, Stuttgart, Ger- beaten by Umm Salal 2-0 in their have scored with his head from 10 Al Arabi 24 8 13 3 37 53 -16 27 tional performance, including many. This venue underlines the own backyard. a mere four yards out, and then 11 Al Khor 24 6 12 6 25 35 -10 24 Rick Bartlett for the longest close relations between the Al Gharafa, who recently South Korean number 8, Kooky 12 Al Shahania 24 3 10 11 27 50 -23 20 drive, Ben San Jose for longest brand Mercedes-Benz and golf, parted ways with their head Han should have poked home 13 Muaither SC 24 4 15 5 21 46 -25 17 putt holed, PK. Mathew for the and reflects the values of luxury coach Pedro Caixinha after he the rebound from just two yards 14 Al Wakrah 24 2 14 8 26 45 -19 14 nearest to the rope, and Teresa and elegance that they headed for Rangers FC, were out but instead put it wide of the Gow for the nearest to the pin. represent. Al Attiyah and Sunderland extend leads in Abu Dhabi Qasr Al Sarab, UAE the first 70km and pass everybody Mohammed Jaffar and Abu Dhabi’s start to his Abu Dhabi Desert Chal- Overdrive Racing's Qatari The Peninsula just to make the gap big. We don’t Mohammed Al Balooshi reached lenge campaign and was the driver Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah have any problems. Everything is the finish in eighth and ninth over- front-running T2 driver at the early in action during yesterday's atar’s motor sports celebrity working very well. Our Toyota is all on their respective KTMs. passage control checks. opening stage of the Abu Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah and good. It was very hot. Inside the Kuwaiti Fahad Al Musallam’s Local driver Mansoor Al Helai’s Dhabi Desert Challenge. QDubai-based Sam Sunder- cabin it was 52 (Centigrade). We try advantage in the quad section was plan to push hard in the T2 cate- land extended their leads in the car and drink water and some energy short-lived and the Kuwaiti slipped gory suffered a severe setback and motorcycle categories by liquid. Now we see for the next out of the top five in the quad cat- when he ground to a halt before claiming victories through the day.” egory behind Poland’s stage PC1.

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