Semis berth delights Bahrain coach “Fantastic game from our players (vs ) and we came back to doing what we are used to. I think we were the best team.” TUESday, December 3, 2019 page 14

HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al Thani, President, Qatar Olympic Committee; HE Sheikh Hamad bin Suhaim al Thani; Dr Thani bin Abdulrahman al Kuwari, Second Vice-President, QOC; Jassim Rashid al Buenain, Secretary-General, QOC; and 24th Football Federation Qatar players clap for the ‘2019 Asian Player of the Year’ after he scored the opening goal Committee Members applaud at the end of Qatar’s match against UAE at the Khalifa International Stadium on Monday. against UAE in the crucial Group A Gulf Cup match in on Monday. Asian champions Qatar rock, and roll into the semi-finals Al Annabi ride on Afif’s brace, Hassan and Haydos’ strikes to prevail over 4-2 at a packed Khalifa Intl Stadium

Ayeni Olusegun Doha Scoreline Newly crowned Asian Player of the Year Akram Afif dazzled Qatar 4 (Akram Afif 20’, with a brace as Qatar beat the 28’(P), Hassan al United Arab Emirates (UAE) 4-2 in a pulsating encounter Haydos 53’, Boualem at the Khalifa International Khoukhi 90+4’) Stadium on Monday to qualify for the semi-final of the 24th bt UAE 2 ( Arabian Gulf Cup. 33’ (P), 77’) The 43,780 fans in the stadium were treated to ar- guably Qatar’s best perfor- A football buff at 24th Arabian mance so far in the Gulf Cup Gulf Cup’s action on Monday. as Afif, Hassan al Haydos and all scored returned for the Maroons. to the team after recovering Qatar qualify second with six from a shoulder injury sus- points in Group A, one point be- tained against Yemen. The Al hind leaders Iraq who were held Rayyan midfielder replaced to a goalless draw by Yemen. Haydos carved out an opening The hosts will meet Saudi for himself but his effort with Arabia in the semi-final, who his weaker right foot was eas- beat defending champions ily gathered by Al Shamsi. 3-1. ’s poor clear- Bahrain set up the other ance almost gifted Mabkhout last four clash with Iraq after his second of the night but they beat ten-time champions the striker skewered his shot Kuwait 4-2. harmlessly wide. Despite needing only a The 29-year-old soon draw to qualify, Al Annabi made up for the earlier miss started the match on the attack 13 minutes from time when and created two quick chances a corner kick bounced off Al- as the trio of Afif, How they qualified moez, rolled into the path of and Haydos led the attack. Group A Mabkhout whose shot beat Al Afif slipped in Almoez Ali Nation M W D L GF GA GD pts Sheeb from close range. with a well-weighted pass but Iraq 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 7 The UAE enjoyed more his shot was pushed out by Qatar 3 2 0 1 11 4 7 6 possession towards the end UAE 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 3 UAE goalkeeper Mohammed Yemen 3 0 1 2 0 9 -9 0 of the 90 but a quick break al Shamsi. involving Almoez and Afif That miss didn’t matter as needed a last ditch dive from Afif soon put the hosts ahead Qatar’s Boualem Khoukhi (3rd left) heads the ball to score the fourth goal for the hosts during the crucial Group A match against the United Arab Emirates at Khalifa al Hammadi. right on the 20th minute. UAE’s the Khalifa International Stadium on Monday. Three-time Gulf Cup champions Qatar will lock horns with Saudi Arabia in the second semi-final on Thursday at 8pm.( AFP) Boualem Khoukhi put the Mohammed al Matroushi’s match beyond the Emiratis in clearance was blocked by Al- be enough. The players started in the second half we created after the match. before Haydos smashed into tried our best but we know the added time when the Al Sadd moez and the ball fell kindly to with the right mentality. We chances. We deserve the result Al Annabi began the sec- the bottom corner from inside first game is always difficult. star powered home a header Afif who took one touch l before conceded the first goal when at the end of the 90 mins,” Qa- ond half were they had left off the box eight minutes in. I think the players showed a from Hatem’s corner. slotting the ball past Al Shamsi we were playing our game but tar coach Felix Sanchez said on the attack and Afif saw his Two goals up, Qatar had good level and they played with “We lost to a strong team sending the fans at the Khalifa curler bounce of the cross bar. their foot of the pedal and Ma- great personality especially af- who are champions of Asia. Stadium into hysteria. However, the three-time bkhout had a chance for the ter losing to Iraq. We are grow- They have been playing to- Eight minutes later, Afif champions were not to be de- UAE but directed his header ing in the competition. We gether for a long time. Unfortu- made it two when VAR con- nied a third thanks to the bril- wide off the mark after a spell have just two days to recover nately a few of our players were firmed the ball had touched liance of Haydos and Almoez. of possession for the Emiratis. but we will try to recover in injured and couldn’t play, we UAE’s Mohamed al Menhali’s The strikers played a one-two “In all the three games, we a good condition to play the were also a bit unlucky,” UAE hand in the box after tus- semis,” Sanchez quipped. coach Bert Van Marwijk said. sle with . Afif stepped up, sending Al Shamsi the wrong way. Ali Mabkhout pulled UAE pulled one back for the UAE in the 32nd from the penalty spot after brought down Bandar al Abhabi, leav- ing Japanese referee no choice. ’s stun- ner cannoned off Al Shamsi’s as Qatar went into the break with a slender lead. “Congratulations to the players and our fans for the result. The players did well, Qatar players thank the capacity crowd after qualifying for the semis though we knew a draw would at the Khalifa International Stadium on Monday. Star of the day, Akram Afif celebrates scoring the first goal.( AFP) A fan celebrates with the Qatar flag at the Khalifa Intl Stadium. Sports Tuesday, December 3, 2019 13 24th Arabian Gulf Cup Qatar | Oman | Kuwait | Saudi arabia | UAE | Bahrain | Iraq | yemen Afif celebrates ‘2019 Asian Player of the Year’ award with a dashing double

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Qatar’s star forward Akram Afif’s sterling year was made even more exceptional when the Al Annabi international was named as the AFC Player of the Year 2019 at the AFC Annual Awards on Monday. As if celebrating the big honour, the 23-year-old siz- zling forward scoring a de- lightful opening goal in the crucial clash of the 24th Ara- bian Gulf Cup against UAE at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha in the even- ing, before adding another via a penalty strike. A permanent member of the senior national team since 2015, Afif was instru- mental in Qatar’s AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 triumph, with one goal and 10 assists. He beat Iran goalkeeper Al- ireza Beiranvand and To- Qatar’s forward Akram Afif (left) moaki Makino of Japan to receives the Man of the Match the Asian Football Confed- award after the 24th Arabian eration honour. Gulf Cup Group A match against “Very happy to be select- the United Arab Emirates at the ed as the Asian Player of the Khalifa International Stadium in Year. This is a great honour Doha on Monday. (AFP) for me,” tweeted Afif from Doha. and Guam Football Asso- Afif was tipped as a future Qatar’s forward Akram Afif (right) celebrates one of his two goals against the UAE in the 24th Arabian Gulf Cup Group A match at the Khalifa International Stadium on Tuesday. ciation (GFA) were honored star since his early years that with the AFC Member As- saw him play for Spanish sociation of the Year 2019 youth teams Sevilla and Vil- named the AFC Women’s U-16 Championship 2010 Developing and Aspiring larreal, before being called Player of the Year Award ‘A Great Day for Afif’ Qualifiers. awards respectively. up for Qatar’s team for the ahead of Li Ying of China PR Asako Takakura win AFC The three East Asian 2012 AFC U-16 Champion- and India women’s national Today is a great day for him (Akram Afif), and we are happy. Women’s Coach of the Year Member Associations have ship Qualifiers and the 2014 team star Ashalata Devi. I have known him since 2006 when I arrived here. He has for a record seventh time. made great strides in 2019 AFC U-19 Championship. Tottenham Hotspur worked hard to be in the national team. He deserves Takakura, who also won the through competitive Conti- He wasn’t even 20 when and Korea Republic to be here with the quality he shows and all the award in 2012, 2013, 2014, nental matches, as well as Afif became a part of Qatar’s star Song Heung- 2015, 2017 and 2018, led programmes and initiatives 2016 AFC U-23 Champion- min was named the players are very happy for him on having Japan to the FIFA Women’s to further spread the aware- ship campaign that was led AFC International won the AFC award. He played great World Cup France 2019 ness of the game. by head coach Felix Sanchez Player of the Year today (against UAE) too. Round of 16. Chinese Football As- and the forward was again ahead of Eintra- Japan Football Associa- sociation, Singapore Foot- part of the squad in the fol- cht Frankfurt’s – Felix Sanchez, Qatar Coach tion (JFA) was awarded the ball Association and Brunei lowing edition, where Qatar Makoto Hasebe AFC Member Association of Darussalam were awarded finished third. and Zenit St Petersburg’s public’s Chung Jung-yong former professional player, tional teams in 2009, where the Year 2019 for the fifth The AFC President’s Recog- Japan international . was named the AFC Men’s first got involved with Korea he was the assistant coach to time. Hong Kong Football nition Awards for Grassroots captain Saki Kumagai was Meanwhile, Korea Re- Coach of the Year. Chung, a Republic’s age-group na- Kim Eun-chul for the AFC Association LTD. (HKFA) Football 2019. backs Qatar to compete at 2022 World Cup after Akram’s AFC award

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Barcelona legend and Al Sadd coach Xavi backed hosts Qatar to make an impression at the next World Cup after ex- citing forward Akram Afif was named Asian player of the year Yemen’s Emad Mansoor (left) vies with Iraq’s Ibrahim Bayesh for the ball on Monday. during their Group A match at the Al Duhail Stadium on Monday. (AFP) Doha-based Xavi, who col- lected the award on Afif’s behalf at the Asian Football Confed- eration awards in Hong Kong, 10-man Iraq top said the Qataris would be com- petitive in 2022 “for sure”. Japan’s Saki Kumagai was group after goalless rewarded for a glittering ca- reer for club and country as she was named women’s play- draw with Yemen er of the year at the ceremony in protest-hit Hong Kong. Tribune News Network before the break. Afif, 23, made a record 10 DOHA Yemen’s performance im- assists as Qatar stormed to proved in the second period their firstA sian Cup title in Ten-man Iraq had to battle and they thought they had February, reaping the rewards hard as a spirited Yemen held opened the scoring in the 58th of heavy investment in their them to a goalless draw in a minute through Abdulwasea national set-up as the World FIFA president Gianni Infantino (left), Japan’s national team Olympique Lyonnais football player and winner of AFC Women’s Player of the Year, Group A match in the 24th Al Matari but the referee, as- Cup looms. Saki Kumagai (centre), and Al Sadd coach Xavi Hernandez, who received the AFC Men’s player of the Year on behalf of Akram Afif, during the Arabian Gulf Cup at the Ab- sisted by VAR, ruled out the Afif also helped Xavi’s Al Annual Awards ceremony of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in Hong Kong on Monday. (AFP) dullah Bin Khalifa Stadium goal for a foul on one of the Sadd reach the AFC Champions on Monday. Iraqi players in the buildup. League semi-finals, where they well and they can compete in shift to the winter to avoid the Cup, and led her country to the playing well for my club Lyon,” Iraq were reduced to 10 Iraq had opportunities to- lost to Saudi eventual winners 2022 for sure.” Qatari summer heat. Asian Cup title last year. she added, when asked about men in the eighth minute af- wards the end, with Mhawi Al Hilal 6-5 on aggregate. Afif, who beat Iran goal- “Very happy to be selected Kumagai has also enjoyed her next goals. And also we ter Mustafa Mohammad was denied by Ayash in the 88th “I think they are working keeper as the Asian Player of the Year. a golden run with her club have the Tokyo Olympics com- sent off for a foul on Ayman minute, who then stopped Ali very well, they are competing and Japan defender Tomoaki This is a great honour for me,” side Lyon, winning six French ing up next year which I think al Hajri. Faez’s header in stoppage time. against very big countries,” Makino to the honour, is the tweeted Afif, who is playing at league titles and four Champi- is one of my goals which I want Still Iraq created the better Iraq topped the group ta- Xavi, who won the 2010 World second Qatari in a row to win the Gulf Cup in Qatar. ons League trophies. to achieve so I have to perform chances and Alaa Mhawi shot ble with seven points after Cup with Spain, said of Qatar. the men’s prize after defender Kumagai, 29, has estab- “I’ve been nominated a few in order to get any further in- wide in the 22nd minute. splitting honours with Yemen. “I think they have a very Abdelkarim Hassan last year. lished herself as one of the times before, at last I’m able dividual trophies I think.” There was another chance The draw helped them edge good team and also a very good greats of women’s football to win this award this year. Japan’s Asako Takakura for Iraq at the half-hour mark hosts Qatar in the second spot coach. They are well organised Olympic dream after she scored the winning I’m genuinely happy. I want was women’s coach of the but ’s free-kick was by a point. In the third spot on the pitch and they have a very His award comes exactly nine penalty in Japan’s 2011 Wom- to thank my team-mates who year for a record seventh time, stopped by Yemen goalkeep- were the UAE, who had three good generation of players... years after Qatar were named en’s World Cup victory. helped me to get this award,” while Chung Jung-yong was er Mohammed Ayash while points from one win in three Many players that can make the as surprise World Cup hosts, She then helped the Nade- said Kumagai. the best men’s coach after Ahmed Sadeq’s shot went wide games. Yemen finished fourth difference on the pitch. a move that was followed by shiko finish runners-up at the “As an individual inspira- he led South Korea to the at the other end four minutes with just one point. “They are working really vote-buying allegations and a 2012 Olympics and 2015 World tion I’m only thinking about Under-20 World Cup final. 14 Tuesday, December 3, 2019 Sports Saudi get the better of Oman; Bahrain shock Kuwait for semis clash vs Iraq Striker Thiago Augusto’s clinching dying minutes goals seal the deal in six-goal thriller Ayeni Olusegun nalised Yousef for a foul in the Doha build-up. Scoreline Al Shaikh made up for his Bahrain sealed a spot in penalty blunder to put Bah- the Arabian Gulf Cup semi- Bahrain 4 ( rain ahead in the 69th minute final after a 4-2 victory over 45+1’, Jassim al Shaikh when his effort from just out- 10-time champions Kuwait side the box skidded past the at the Khalifa International 69’, Thiago Augusto 83’, outstretched Yousef in goal. Stadium on Monday courte- 90+3’) bt Kuwait 2 Both sides were guilty of sy Thiago Augusto’s late two missing chances as Kamail goals. ( 59’ (P), Alaswad snapped his shot Kuwait had started the Ahmed Zanki 85’) wide before Kuwait’s Amer tournament with stunning 3-0 Alfadel blazed his effort wide Saudi’s coach Herve Renard reacts during the 24th Arabian Gulf Cup win over Saudi Arabia but lost from a good position. Group B match against Oman at the Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium on the second match to Oman. How they qualified A swift move almost ex- Monday. Saudi Arabia won 3-1. (AFP) In the other Group B tended Bahrain’s lead but Thi- match, Saudi Arabia cruised Group B ago Augusto drilled narrowly Tribune News Network with a thunderous drive. to a 3-1 win over defending Nation m W D L GF GA GD Pts wide. Thiago soon put the DOHA Saudi Arabia 3 2 0 1 6 4 2 6 Saudi Arabia continued champions Oman at the Al Bahrain 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 game to bed seven minutes pressing and Al Rusheidi was Duhail stadium to qualify top Oman 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 4 before time when he turned in Three-time winners Sau- beaten in the 26th minute of the group. The win mean Kuwait 3 1 0 2 6 7 -1 3 Al Shaikh’s inviting cross. di Arabia, riding a first-half when Salem al Dawsari sent the The Green Falcons will Kuwait responded imme- brace, knocked defending a neat pass to Feras Albrikan, take on hosts Qatar in the diately as Ahmed Zanki’s low champions Oman out of the whose shot grazed the under- semi-final on Thursday, while shot found the bottom corner 24th Arabian Gulf Cup with a side of the crossbar before set- Bahrain will take on Group A six minutes from time. 3-1 defeat in Doha on Monday. tling in the net. leaders Iraq. But it was a little too late The second win helped Saudi Arabia doubled their “Fantastic game from our for Kuwait and Thiago en- Saudi Arabia finish on top of lead three minutes before the players and we came back to Bahrain’s Brazilian foward Thiago Augusto celebrate’s his team’s win over Kuwait in the 24th Arabian Gulf sured Bahrain’s status when the topsy-turvy Group B with break when Hatan Bahabri doing what we are used to. Cup at the Khalifa International Stadium on Monday. (AFP) he slotted home after a quick six points. They were followed scored with a powerful shot, We had one bad game but we break to put the match beyond by Bahrain, who secured four with the ball taking a deflec- recovered and played a com- keep growing up and it’s good er, got the opener just before a goal mouth scramble almost the record holders in added points and managed to qualify tion off Oman defender Mo- pact game. We created many to play teams who make us half time when Ali Madan caught the defence napping. time. for the semis. Two-time cham- hammed Al Musalami. chances today but we must be better,” Bahrain coach Helio beat the offside trap making The record champions got “Congratulations to the pions Oman also had four points Oman pulled a goal back in more efficient. I think we were Sousa said after the match. no mistake with a clinical fin- the equalizer through Youssef four teams in the semis, they but their goal difference (-1) the 55th minute with Al Mand- the best team. The fast-paced match saw ish to the bottom corner. Nasser in the 59th minute deserve it. Today we had to proved costly. Ten-time winners har Al Alawi finishing a solo ef- “Iraq is a fantastic team both teams create chances The goal rattled Kuwait from the penalty spot. Jassim make forced substitutions due Kuwait, who began well with a fort with a powerful drive past and they have been showing and Yusuf al Sulaiman missed and they soon gave away the al Shaikh brought down Red- to injuries and playing every superb 3-1 victory over Saudi Saudi Arabia goalkeeper Fawaz their quality. We are build- a clear chance to put the 10- ball in midfield but goalkeep- ha Abujabarah in the box with two-three days demands a Arabia, were on the bottom with Al Qarni. However, Oman’s joy ing a team that can fight in time champions ahead but er Hameed Yousef produced the Kuwaiti player through on lot from the players. I’m re- three points. lasted only two minutes as Saudi matches like this and we will the striker scuffed his header a stunning one hand save to goal. sponsible for the defeats and Saudi Arabia only needed a Arabia scored their third goal fight for a win against them to wide with no Bahrain defend- deny Komail al Aswad. Yousef thought he had I must say I’m satisfied with minute to have their first look when Feras Albrikan sent a pass get to the final. er near him. Kuwait came out swinging put Kuwait in the lead in 65th the players’ performance and at the Oman goal, with captain inside the area to Bahabri, who “We have played against Kuwait were tidy in pos- in the second half and Bah- minute but referee Ammar al I hope to do better in the fu- Salman Al Faraj testing rival curled a left-foot shot from the them recently and it was good. session but Bahrain kept them rain goalkeeper Sayed Abbas Jneibi ruled out the effort af- ture,” Kuwait coach Thamer goalkeeper Fayez Al Rusheidi right side past the goalkeeper. We must take the moment to at bay. The Bahrainis howev- had to be alert to the ball after ter consulting VAR which pe- Enad said. Lyon spins Australia to an innings win Fans savour first Vodafone Pakistan suffer Scoreboard in-stadium digital experience 14th successive Australia (1st innings): ...... 589-3 decl Pakistan (1st innings): ...... 302 Pakistan (2nd innings, overnight 39-3): Tribune News Network specially designed platform Test defeat S. Masood c Starc b Lyon ...... 68 DOHA www.fans.vf.qa, open to eve- Imam-ul-Haq lbw Hazlewood ...... 0 ryone in Qatar, offers interac- Down Under A. Ali c Smith b Starc ...... 9 Vodafone Qatar, the Official tive games that allows players B. Azam c Paine b Hazlewood ...... 8 A. Shafiq c Warner b Lyon ...... 57 Telecommunications Sponsor to predict match results and afp I. Ahmed c Labuschagne b Lyon ...... 27 of the 24th Arabian Gulf Cup, answer a series of quizzes and Adelaide (Australia) M. Rizwan b Hazlewood ...... 45 continues to introduce inno- trivia on a daily basis. Y. Shah lbw Lyon ...... 13 vative fan experiences with its Mahday Saad al Hebabi, S. 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(AFP) 3-20 (Azam), 4-123 (Masood), 5-154 (Shafiq), gives all fans an opportunity on delivering outstanding born Pakistan to clinch the sec- 6-201 (Ahmed), 7-221 (Yasir), 8-229 (Afridi), 9-235 to take part in the digital quiz of the Match will feature in digital experiences for Qa- ond Test and wrap up the series crack but were eventually all David Warner. It is among the (Rizwan), 10-239 (Abbas) that runs during the half-time each match until the final is tar’s major sporting events. 2-0 on Bowling: Starc 16-3-47-1, Hazlewood 23-4-63-3, of each match in a test of their played on 8 December. Scores Monday. out for 239 with the home team top one or two innings ever by Cummins 15-4-45-0, Lyon 25-7-69-5, Labuschagne Most importantly, Vodafone Pakistan resumed day four claiming victory by an innings an Australian.” 3-0-9-0. knowledge on Arabian Gulf of match goers have already Qatar will continue being a of the day-night match on a and 48 runs. It was Australia’s Lyon was Australia’s sav- Cup history. Fans simply need participated in Vodafone’s in- partner in the country’s vi- precarious 39 for three with sixth consecutive win in a pink iour, finishing with 5-69 on a to access www.vf.qa/AGC stadium experience. sion for delivering the most Masood not out 14 and Shafiq ball Test – four of them at Ad- lifeless pitch that offered little Australia and especially David from their mobile phone to The ‘Fan of the Match’ outstanding FIFA World on eight after being bowled out elaide – with every day-night for the home side’s fast bowlers, Warner,” said Pakistan skipper start the quiz and answer the comes on top of other digital Cup in 2022 with unmatched for 302 in their first innings and Test played so far since the who were made to toil. Azhar Ali. “We have been beat- timed five questions. fan experiences that Vodafone fan experiences.” forced to follow on. concept was introduced in 2015 It was his 16th five-wicket en by a better team. We will take The player that answers Qatar has actively delivered Excitement among fans is It followed Australia’s producing a result. haul and his first against Pa- some positives from here. As a the most questions correctly since the beginning of the at its peak with only three of mammoth 589 for three de- “Really happy. Barring few kistan, who have lost all four bowling unit, we need to control in the fastest time wins and Arabian Gulf Cup. The Voda- the thrilling final tournament clared, built around David slip-ups in the field yesterday, Tests they have played this year the scoring rate.” gets a prize from Vodafone. fone Fan Zone has given thou- matches remaining. Vodafone Warner’s exceptional 335 not we played excellent cricket in after two defeats to South Af- At least they offered some The competition engages not sands of visitors the chance to Qatar is covering the two ven- out – the 10th highest Test the last two matches,” said Aus- rica in January. resistance on Monday, with only those playing the quiz experience a customised Aug- ues – the Khalifa International score of all time. tralia captain Tim Paine. Defeat continued Pakistan’s Masood playing some glorious but all fans in the stadium as mented Reality (AR) game Stadium and the Abdulla Bin Needing another 248 to “David and Marnus (La- appalling record in Australia, strokes as he assumed a leader- everyone can see the ques- powered by Vodafone’s 5G Khalifa Stadium – with its Gi- force Australia to bat again and buschagne) have been un- where they have now crashed ship role after Babar Azam and tions, answers and names GigaNet network as well as a gaNet network to keep thou- avoid a second successive in- believably good. We all wit- in 14 consecutive Tests. captain Azhar Ali fell cheaply of those in the lead on the Virtual Reality (VR) football sands of fans connected dur- nings defeat, they had a decent nessed a special knock from “I would like to congratulate on Sunday evening. stadium screen. The ‘Fan game. Moreover, Vodafone’s ing the games. Anjali creates Faisal sparks another victory for Galfar in QCA T20 Two coins to be minted to T20 record balls; Prem 3/21, Niaz 2/14) Saleem missed out on a glorious Tusker Club: 121 all out in 19.1 overs (Zainu 48 in 20 balls; Gayan 2/25, honour Federer afp Shah Eleven’s Saleem triple-figure score but sparked Shah Nauman 3/9) Kathmandu Eleven to a 30-run victory over Redco Man of the match: Faisal (Galfar Al Misnad) dpa narrowly misses ton in an A Division match. His 98 off just Berlin Nepal’s Anjali Chand 58 balls with five sixes and 11 bounda- Royal Stars beat CBQ by six wickets CBQ: 178 for three in (Zaheer 72 in 52 balls, Qamar 49 in 30 balls; claimed the best-ever bowling Tribune News Network ries provided the base for his team’s Danish 2/19) Switzerland will pay trib- figures of six for nought in a DOHA 170 for four. Royal Stars: 183 for four in 19.3 overs (Asif 54 in 26 balls; Faisal 2/32) ute to tennis legend Roger women’s Twenty20 interna- Redco failed to lift the pace need- Man of the match: Asif (Royal Stars) Federer by minting two coins tional at the Faisal produced a second back-to- ed to beat the rivals and could reply in his honour for release next South Asian back man-of-the-match performance Faisal (left) and Saleem with 141 for seven. Said Mohamed A Division year, the country’s govern- Shah XI beat Redco by 30 runs Games on to fashion a 29-run victory for Galfar (three for 29) and Hamad (two for 15) Shah XI: 170 for four (Saleem 98 in 58 balls, Hamad 27 in 34 balls; Abdul ment said on Monday. Monday. Al Misnad against Tusker Club in the brilliantly and picked three for nine, restricted them with their fine bowl- Sattar 2/46) “For the first time in its his- Chand, Premier Division of the QCA Twenty20 while took two for 25. Faisal pulled off ing. Saleem was declared the man of Redco: 141 for seven (T Singh 39 in 37 balls, Janaka 22 in 18 balls; Said tory, Swissmint is dedicating a bowled 2.1 Cricket Tournament. two catches as well. the match. Mohamed 3/29, Hamad 2/15) Swiss commemorative coin to overs without At the West Bay Grounds, Faisam In another Premier Division match, Tony, with four sixes and seven Man of the match: Saleem (Shah XI) a living person,” the govern- conceding a smashed three sixes and seven hits to Asif steered Royal Stars to an exciting fours in 64, set up a seven-wicket tri- ment said in a statement. Qatar Super Kings beat Gulf Colours Lagaan by seven wickets Anjali Chand single run as the rope in his 24-ball 55, which lifted six-wicket triumph against Commer- umph for Qatar Super Kings against GC Lagaan: 125 for eight (Mohamed Imran 39 in 34 balls; Dinesh 4/11) Up to 95,000 20-franc sil- Nepal bowled Galfar Al Misnad to a challenging 150 cial Bank Qatar. Batting first, CBQ Gulf Colours Lagaan and Firox were Qatar Super Kings: 127 for three in 13.1 overs (Tony 64 in 27 balls, ver coins will be issued from out Maldives women for 16 in for seven. Mujeeb contributed 23 with piled up 178 for three with Zaheer steered to an exciting three-wicket win Kannan DK 33 not out in 21 balls; Johar 1/21) January with a 50-franc gold 10.1 overs in Pokhara. two fours in his 20-ball knock. Prem hammering 72, including a six and half by Abrar (52 with a six and six fours) Man of the match: Tony (Qatar Super Kings) coin released in May. The 24-year-old Chand (three for 21) and Niaz took five wick- a dozen fours. against Doha Falcons in other two Di- “As well as being probably Firox beat Doha Falcons by three wickets surpassed the efforts of Malay- ets between them. Royal Stars came home with three vision A matches. Doha Falcons: 159 for nine (Anas 44 in 39 balls, Iftikhar 37 in 24 balls; Switzerland’s most successful sian Mas Elysa who claimed Zainu hit a flurry of six sixes in his balls to spare as Asif fired five sixes and Irfan 2/27, Waqas Alvi 2/31) individual sportsman, he is six wickets for three runs from 48 but Nauman and Gayan cut short two fours in his 26-ball 54. Besides his Brief scores Firox: 164 for seven in 19.1 overs (Abrar 52 in 41 balls, Tall 32 not out in also the perfect ambassador Premier Division - 15 balls; Adnan 3/31, Mughis 2/23) her four overs against China’s Tusker Club’s chase, shooting them out knock, Asif got a wicket to be aptly ad- Galfar Al Misnad beat Tusker Club by 29 runs for Switzerland,” the govern- women in January. for 121 in 19.1 overs. Nauman bowled judged the man of the match. Galfar Al Misnad: 150 for seven (Faisal 55 in 24 balls, Mujeeb 23 in 20 Man of the match: Abrar (Firox) ment said.