SPORTS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Kuwait Shooting Sports Club to organize closing ceremony By Abdellatif Sharaa

KUWAIT: Kuwait Shooting Sports Club will organize the closing ceremony of the Public Authority for Sports (PAS) shooting tournament at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex at 7:30 pm tomorrow. The tourna- ment which lasted three days in the 50m pistol, 50m prone rifle, 50m rifle 3 positions and Olympic Obaid Munahi archery for all age groups. Al-Ossaimi 50 shooters both male and female participated from KIGALI: Members of the African football federation (CAF) take part in a CAF’s Executive Commitee meeting held in Kigali, the club and the National Guard. on February 5,2015. — AFP Secretary General of Kuwait and Arab Shooting Federations Obaid Munahi Al-Ossaimi welcomed this initiative which shows PAS’s interest in the sport of FIFA candidates head to Miami shooting and shooters themselves. The club is led by Chairman of the Board and Director General Sheikh to meet CONCACAF in crisis Ahmad Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and his deputies, who do not relent in supporting the club MIAMI: The five FIFA presidential candi- Prince Ali had pockets of support in the June in a Brooklyn court. and its activities to guarantee success and encourage dates meet in Miami with the election’s region when losing to now-banned FIFA Montagliani is among four men already most inscrutable voters who are deep in President Sepp Blatter last May, while seeking one of the hottest seats in world shooters to continue achievements at the local, their own leadership race amid a financial Infantino now has pledged votes from the soccer. The others are: FIFA appeal com- regional and continental levels. crisis. Nothing is simple these days with seven-member Central American group. mittee chairman Larry Mussenden of Al-Osaimi lauded the big participation by club and scandal-rocked CONCACAF which has had Two weeks from the ballot in Zurich, FIFA Bermuda, Gordon Derrick of Antigua and National Guard shooters in the PAS tournament, at a three recent presidents indicted by the US politics are not the main reason for the Barbuda, and Mark Rodrigues of Guyana. time when Kuwait had prepared to celebrate its Department of Justice in a sprawling FIFA special gathering of 41-member CONCA- “It’s off to a good start,” said Montagliani, a national days, as KSSC takes this opportunity to con- bribery case. CAF, which includes small island federa- fluent speaker of Spanish and French who gratulate HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Still, the 35 FIFA voting federations tions not yet affiliated to the world body. was endorsed this week by the Central from North and Central America and the CONCACAF, like FIFA, is pushing American group. “Obviously we need to Jaber Al-Sabah, HH the Crown Prince Nawaf Al- Caribbean could be decisive in the Feb. 26 through wide-ranging reforms to improve get our house in order,” he said. “There’s a Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH the Prime Minister election. “Every member can make their governance and protect against corrup- lot of good people in CONCACAF and a lot Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and the own decision,” , the tion. Both soccer bodies had their leader- of people are upset, but I think everyone Kuwaiti people. Canadian Soccer Association’s president, ship structures and reputations shredded realizes the only way we get out of this is Results of Friday competition: told The Associated Press in a telephone last May when U.S. and Swiss investiga- to come together.” — AP 50m rifle prone men interview. “The CONCACAF executive tions of corruption spanning decades committee is not going to issue any state- were unsealed. 1) Khalid Al-Subaie ment that they will support any candi- In an extreme scenario, both bodies Cannavaro 2) Abdulla Al-Harbi date.” risk being shut down and indicted as cor- 3) Meshref Al-Daihani That freedom alone makes the region’s porate defendants by federal prosecutors. sacked by intentions unpredictable, plus its non- CONCACAF members will take a position aligned status with the FIFA candidates on the slate of FIFA reforms being voted Saudi side Saudi prince’s Nice coming from Africa, Asia and Europe. They on this month and update on their own are: Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, revamp. “We thought it was important RIYADH: Italian World Cup winner buyout falls through the presumed front-runner from Bahrain that we get together now rather than in Fabio Cannavaro has been sacked who leads Asian soccer; UEFA general sec- Zurich,” Montagliani said. “When we leave as manager of Saudi Arabia’s Al NICE: The planned buyout by a mystery Saudi prince and a retary from Switzerland; Miami we can agree to disagree on some Nassr after a four-month spell in British businessman of French Ligue 1 side Nice has fallen Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein, a former FIFA things but at least everyone is clear.” charge, the Asian Football through, club president Jean-Pierre Rivere revealed yester- vice president from Jordan; former FIFA Confederation said. Cannavaro’s day. The pair and their partners had been reported to have international relations director Jerome Money talks Champagne of France; and South African Money will also be a main talking point. final game was Thursday’s 4-3 loss purchased 49% of the Riviera outfit with their share to to Najran that left the defending eventually rise to 80%. businessman Tokyo Sexwale, who leads FIFA left a $10 million hole in CONCACAF champions well off the pace in But Rivere told local daily Nice-Matin that the deal had FIFA’s anti-discrimination task force. finances when taking its audit panel’s sixth place in the table with 10 not materialized, with the new investors failing to confirm advice in December to block funding to by the deadline of February 12. “To date, the elements Passion for the game the region. That has hurt members, some games remaining. have not been confirmed by the new investors which did “I have the passion for the game and I from tiny Caribbean islands, where FIFA The former Italian defender, have the experience with FIFA,” said cash generated by the $5 billion-earning not allow for the immediate implementation of the policy who led his country to World Cup Champagne, who served in various FIFA World Cup is key to survival. success in 2006 and played for envisaged by the club and rendered the partnership void. administrative roles during an 11-year “We want to get a clear indication of As a result, the parties decided to terminate their agree- Juventus and Real Madrid, only tenure that ended in 2010. “I’m here why it was done,” said Montagliani. “At managed six wins in his 14 games ment,” Rivere said. because of what’s at stake. We need some- the end of the day, FIFA is there for its “I have no regrets but I’ll learn from this in the future,” one who understands FIFA, loves FIFA - members. We will work it out and the in charge of the Saudi side, who he added. Rivere had announced on January 29 that one who is independent both from conti- money will be released accordingly.” kick off their Asian Champions English businessman Edward Blackmore, the head of the nental structures or vested interests or CONCACAF meets without a president League campaign later this Sports Investment Fund, and a Saudi prince whose identity even governance.” until it holds a May 12 election in Mexico month. It was a second successive he was not able to reveal, were interested in buying a stake Infantino, UEFA general secretary since City. The past two elected leaders - Jack curtailed managerial stint for in the club. According to Nice Matin, the Saudi royal was 2009, does not anticipate the proximity Warner of Trinidad and Tobago and Cannavaro, whose coaching Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulrhamann Bin Abdulah Al between the European governing body Jeffrey Webb, a Cayman Islands banker debut with Chinese champions Faisal. Rivere added that he had “other contacts for the and FIFA will be used as a disadvantage in living in Logansville, Georgia - and their Guangzhou Evergrande ended sale of the club,” who are currently third in Ligue 1, 30 his candidacy. “It is not a question of pow- interim successor, of early last year after only a few of points behind Paris Saint-Germain, but well-placed for a er; I am not UEFA’s candidate,” Infanito Honduras, are DoJ targets. Webb already months in charge. — Reuters spot in the Champions League next season. — AFP said. “Football is the priority.” pleaded guilty and faces sentence in