Qatar to Host Third Round of FIM Bajas World Cup in April
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Sport WEDNESDAY 30 DECEMBER 2020 SouthS Africa need right blend of youth anda experience, says captain De Kock You need to find that balance (between youth and experience) and Faf camec out and showed his leadership qualities. He has been in a lot of pressurep situations and there is no better player in the team for that. Quinton de Kock Sport |09 QATAR BASKETBALL LEAGUE: Al Arabi (Ater James Majok 22) 82-74 Al Shamal; Al Wakrah (Nicholas Stover 22) 75-68 Al Gharafa Qatar to host third round of Nicolás Córdova FIM Bajas World Cup in April THE PENINSULA – DOHA FIM BAJAS WORLD CUP 2021 PROVISIONAL CALENDAR, 28 DECEMBER The Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Date FMNR Event Venue, Country Federation (QMMF) will host the third Feb 18 – 20 EMSO Dubai Intl. Baja Dubai, UAE Cordova named round of the FIM Bajas World Cup Mar 18 – 20 RMCJ Jordan Baja Aqaba, Jordan from April 8 to 10 next year, it was Apr 08 – 10 QMMF Qatar International Baja Doha, Qatar Qatar U-23 coach announced by a top QMMF official May 28 – 30 FMP Baja do Pinhal Serta, Portugal yesterday. Jun 17 – 19 CBM Baja Jalapao 500 Sao Felix do Tocantins, Brazil THE PENINSULA – DOHA The FIM released the 2021 cal- Jul 23 – 25 RFME Baja Aragon Teruel, Spain endar with 10 events scheduled from Aug 05 – 08 MAMS Hungarian Baja Varpalota, Hungary Qatar Football Association (QFA) yesterday February to October. The Qatar round Aug 29- Sept 01 FMC Atacama Baja 1 Copiapo, Chile announced Chilean Nicolas Cordova as the will be staged after opening events in Sept 02 – 04 FMC Atacama Baja 2 Copiapo, Chile new Under-23 national team coach. the UAE and Jordan. Oct 28 – 30 FMP Baja Portalegre Portalegre, Portugal The former midfielder will manage the In a major boost for motor sport Qatar’s U-23 squad which is getting ready fans in the country, QMMF success- for riders to compete in the FIM Bajas hugely popular event takes place for key events in 2021 and beyond. fully completed all of its stalled events World Cup. I can’t give an exact over a series of qualifying events as Cordova has played for several South from March and wrapped up the number, but I am confident locally well as a final. Each event in the qual- American clubs and has experienced of amad championships during the October- there will be a lot of riders taking part ifying series has a scoring coefficient representing Chile national teams. December window. Amro Al Hamad in the event,” Al Hamad added. of 1, while the final has a scoring He also coached the Chile U-20 team In November and December, The QMMF Executive Director coefficient of 2. in 2015. QMMF hosted two rounds at the Qatar number of local entries for the World said the World Cup, besides being an The final is open to all compet- Cordova began his career in Colo-Colo National Baja to close out the incom- Cup, having seen a big number of par- international exposure, will also give itors. In order to be included in the of Chile in the top flight. He played from plete season from March this year ticipants at the Qatar National Baja. an idea of local riders’ skill level. ranking of the FIM Bajas World Cup, 1997 until 2001 playing 54 matches and when COVID-19 pandemic put a stop “We are hosting the event after “Will there be anyone from Qatar competitors must have completed and scoring three goals. to sports events around the globe. Jordan, so we expect a lot of compet- who is going to continue participating scored points in at least one of the In the 2004–05 season, he played Earlier this month, the QMMF itors from the Middle East to compete in the World championship? Maybe events of the qualifying series. Only Livorno. In September 2008, he was signed announced that it will host the in Qatar,” Al Hamad said. it’s possible. We will find out that in these competitors will be eligible for for Grosseto. opening round of the 2021 FIA Middle “There are also a lot of riders here the Qatar off-road championship. It’s the final ranking of the FIM Bajas Qatar U-23 squad will take part in the East Rally Championship (MERC) from in Doha, who will also participate. So going to be like a training ground for World Cup. 2022 AFC U-23 Championship qualifying January 28-30, 2021. this is a very good achievement for good riders and we will see if they The final ranking of the FIM Bajas phase at a later date next year. “Qatar is hosting one of the rounds QMMF to host an international event have the skills to compete in the World Cup will be established on the of the FIM World Championships for for our home riders,” the QMMF rest of the World Cup,” Al basis of the two best results of the motorbikes. It’s going to be in April, official said. Hamad said. qualifying series, added to the points just a couple of days before Ramadan. “We already had 30 riders from The FIM Bajas World awarded in the final. This is valid in PL reports highest We got a confirmation from FIM yes- Qatar taking part in the Qatar National Cup will be held in a all three categories (Motorbikes, terday,” QMMF Executive Director Baja, so I do believe, we will have at format in 2021, the Quads and SSV) and in all three weekly number of Amro Al Hamad said yesterday least 15 to 20 riders. There could be FIM said in a classes (Women’s, Junior and Al Hamad said he expects a good more entries as it’s a bucket list event statement. The Veteran). COVID-19 cases AP – LONDON The Premier League has reported its highest number of positive coronavirus cases in a single week. In a statement, the league says there were 18 positives after 1,479 tests on players and club staff from Dec. 21-27. No individuals were identified but Man- chester City had previously announced that striker Gabriel Jesus and defender Kyle Walker tested positive last week. Further positives cases at City led to Monday’s game at Everton being postponed. The previous highest number of coronavirus cases after weekly testing in the Premier League was 16 last month. The rise is infections reflects the growth in coronavirus cases across Britain, where the death toll since the pan- demic erupted in March is over 70,000. QSL: Leaders Al Sadd continue their unbeaten run THE PENINSULA – DOHA QNB STARS LEAGUE STANDINGS AFTER 11 ROUNDS POS CLUB M W L D GF GA GD POINTS The 11th round of the QNB Stars 1 Al Sadd 11 9 0 2 37 9 28 29 League (QSL) provided thrills 2 Al Gharafa 11 7 3 1 25 16 9 22 and scares for some teams, as 3 Al Duhail 11 7 4 0 26 16 10 21 the competition reached the 4 Qatar SC 11 6 4 1 18 10 8 19 halfway mark. 5 Al Ahli 11 6 4 1 17 22 -5 19 As many as 17 goals were 6 Al Rayyan 11 4 3 4 12 9 3 16 scored during the two days. 7 Al Wakrah 11 4 6 1 12 14 -2 13 There was a high-scoring match 8 Al Sailiya 11 3 5 3 13 19 -6 12 and two games ended in draws. 9 Al Arabi 11 3 5 3 13 20 -7 12 All teams, except Al Sailiya and 10 Umm Salal 11 2 5 4 7 15 -8 10 Al Khor, scored goals. 11 Al Khor 11 1 6 4 8 21 -13 7 Al Sadd continued to top the 12 Al Kharaitiyat 11 2 9 0 8 25 -17 6 table with 29 points despite being held to a 1-1 draw by high-flying Qatar SC. succeeded in achieving that,” thus slipped from third to fifth Al Sadd defender the former AFC Player of the place. Abdelkarim Hassan said his Year said. Al Gharafa (22 points) kept side’s 1-1 draw reflected the dif- The result, after a keenly- their second place intact even ficulty of the game. fought encounter between two though they were held 1-1 by Speaking to the media after in-form teams, helped The Umm Salal, who continued their the game, Abdelkarim said: “It Kings storm into the top-four, good performance. The Orange was a hard-fought and difficult from fifth place, with 19 points. Fortress, however, remained match for both teams. We tried Reigning champions Al 10th in the table with 10 points. to take the lead, but Qatar Duhail improved from fourth Al Rayyan remained in sixth Al Sadd's players react after their Round played in an organised manner to third place with 21 points spot with 16 points even after 11 QSL match against Qatar SC on Monday. and were strong defensively, following their 5-3 victory defeating Al Khor 1-0. It was and we couldn’t score the over Al Ahli in a high-scoring The Lions’ fourth victory, second goal after equalising. In thriller. It was The Red whereas The Knights crashed from seventh to eighth place 2-1 to register their fourth 14th rounds, adding that the general, both teams did well.” Knights’ seventh victory and to their sixth loss, but remained with 12 points. victory. The Thunders remained kick-off times and venues have As for going up against it also helped them close the 11th with seven points.