CRICKET | Page 4 NFL | Page 5 Masakadza Rookie QB leads Zimbabwe Minshew to win over powers Jaguars Afghanistan past Titans Saturday, September 21, 2019 RUGBY WORLD CUP Muharram 22, 1441 AH Matsushima GULF TIMES excels as Japan beat Russia SPORT Page 6 FOOTBALL/QNB STARS LEAGUE CRCIKET Al Sadd rally to Rizlan shines as Qatar pip beat Umm Salal, Malaysia in tense match By Sports Reporter saw Qatar batting with more ur- Sailiya also win gency as the right-hander started Doha picking the gaps and punishing the bad balls. Akram Afif and Baghdad Bounedjah star for the defending champions ohamed Rizlan played Patel hit fi ve fours in an unbeaten the sheet-anchor’s 37 which came off just 48 balls as role to perfection as he he and Rizlan took Qatar home for steered Qatar to a tense their second straight victory, having Mthree-wicket win over Malaysia in beaten Singapore in the fi rst match. the Cricket World Cup Challenge Rizlan was adjudged the man of League in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. the match for his 44, in which he hit Batting at number 5, Rizlan cut only one six. out all risk from his batting at the For Malaysia, Pavandeep Singh Selangor Turf Club to score an un- and Anwar Rahman claimed two beaten 44 off 98 balls to take Qatar wickets each. past the Malaysian total of 153 with Earlier, Musavar Shah, Khurram 14 balls to spare. Shahzad and Iqbal Hussain claimed Qatar were in a precarious posi- two wickets each as Qatar restricted tion, having lost fi ve wickets for 33 Malaysia to 153 for 7 in 50 overs. runs, before Rizlan dug in and began Like Qatar, Malaysia too made a the rescue act with the help of the poor start, losing half their side for lower order. just 53 runs before Suharril Fetri and Captain Iqbal Hussain chipped in Nazril Rahman came to their rescue. with 11, valuable under the circum- Fetri scored 24 in 86 balls, while stances, but a 48-run partnership Rahman hammed a quickfi re 52 off with Gayan Munaweera (28: 40b, 57 balls with the help of three fours 4x2, 6x2) infused some energy into and two sixes. the Qatar cause. Qatar will take on Canada in their The arrival of Dharmang Patel third match today. The Umm Salal defence try to deal with Al Sadd’s Baghdad Bounedjah and Abdelkarim Hassan during their QNB Stars League match. PICTURE: Jayan Orma By Sports Reporter 1-0 win over Qatar SC, with Serigne Doha Mbodji netting the all-important goal in the 89th minute. The Peregrines have four points af- kram Afi f and Baghdad ter their fi rst victory. They had earlier Bounedjah scored in the fi rst drawn 1-1 with Al Khor and lost 0-3 to half as Al Sadd overcame an Al Ahli. early setback to beat Umm Al Sailiya have played one game ASalal 2-1 in a keenly contested game in less as their match against Al Sadd in the QNB Stars League yesterday. Week 3 was postponed to 24th Sep- The ever-dangerous Yannick Sagbo tember due to the latter’s AFC Cham- gave Umm Salal a shock lead against pions League second-leg quarter-fi nal the defending champions at the Al against Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr in Doha Janoub Stadium as the match began at on 16th September. a rapid pace with both teams on the at- Qatar SC have yet to open their ac- tack. count, having lost 1-2 to Al Duhail, 0-2 But it was Umm Salal who broke to Al Wakrah and 1-3 to Al Gharafa ear- through as Mahmoud al-Mawas dis- lier. possessed Salem al-Hajri as he was Al Sailiya, who fi nished a credit- trying to shepherd the ball out of play, able third in last season’s QNB Stars Qatar’s Mohamed Rizlan receives his man of the match trophy from a before laying off the ball to Sagbo from League, were attacking mostly from tournament off icial. the byline and the Ivorian made no the start. And it was Qatar SC goal- mistake with his eff ort keeper Jassim al-Hail at the other end He nearly doubled the lead moments blocking shots when Boussoufa Mbark, later with a half volley, but his eff ort Action from the Maher Yousef and Nadir Belhadj all Qatar shooters for Asian shotgun event fl ew marginally over the crossbar. Al Sailiya vs Qatar made attempts at the goal. Al Sadd were not to be denied for Sports Club match Even as Al Sailiya had more of the long though and were back in the yesterday. ball and opportunities, Qatar SC’s Jun- Doha: Qatar’s shooting team left SWIMMERS HEAD TO INDIA game in the 19th minute, thanks to a PICTURE: ior Kabananga missed a sitter towards Doha for Kazakhstan to partici- Meanwhile the Qatar swimming wonderful piece of play by Hassan al- Shemeer Rashid the close of fi rst half when he shot over pate in the 9th ASC Shotgun Asian team will leave to India today to Haydos. His exquisite chipped through a measured cross from Ahmed Moein. Championships which will take place participate in the 10th AASF Asian ball over the defence, reminiscent of This was a couple of minutes after in Almaty. Age Groups Championships 2019 his coach Xavi Hernandez, was met by Qatar SC’s Ali Awad skied a free-kick. The delegation is headed by Ali that will run from 24-27 September the run of Akram whose fi rst-time shot The script was same in the second Saieed al-Manae alongside shooters, in Bengaluru. left the goalkeeper with no chance. half, with Al Sailiya trying more harder Saieed Abo Shareb, Rashid al-Atbah, Nine swimmers will represent Qatar Following the equaliser, The Wolves to make a breakthrough even though Mohamed al-Rumaihi, Mohamed in the event, including Waleed were on the ascendency and got their there were no worthwhile chances for Khajeem, Masood al-Atbah, Hamad Daloul, Abdulaziz al-Obaidely, Omar bonus after being awarded a pen- A goalless second half saw both Bounedjah in particular causing prob- both sides. al-Marri, Abdulaziz al-Attiyiah, Asharaf, Yousef Asharaf, Kareem alty when Adil Rhaili brought down teams continue to attack, with neither lems at the other end. Qatar SC’s Uzbek striker Sardor Masood Saleh, Rashid Saleh, Ibra- Salah, Tamim al-Hamaidah, Abdullah Bounedjah in the penalty area. The Al side looking to concede the match. His header from al-Haydos’ cross Rashidov struggled without being fed heem al-Tamimi, Noora al-Ali, Khlood Al Ghamri, Ibraheem Hilal and Saif Sadd front man got back on his feet to Umm Salal had again started strongly was superbly saved by Yazan Naim up front. The Kings’ Elmehdi Bar- Khalaf, Reem al-Sharshani, Noora al-Borshaid. coolly convert and put his side in front. and somehow Rhaili saw his close- against the odds. With the match all rahma received a red card following his al-Mohannadi, Fatima al-Moraikhi, Over 40 countries and more than In a reverse of their fi rst goal, Umm range header from a corner drift frus- but fi nished, al-Haydos nearly secured foul on Al Sailiya captain Majdi Siddiq Ghalia al-Malki and Amna al-Sherawi. 1,200 swimmers will compete for Salal came close to a second when tratingly wide. a third with a shot powered just wide, in the 85th minute. ASC Shotgun Asian Championships top honours in four diff erent aquatic Sagbo became the supplier from the Sagbo later forced another fi ne save but all in all, the third goal was not As the game drifted towards a draw 2019 is a qualifying tournament for disciplines, including swimming, byline, only to see al-Mawas’ shot well from al-Sheeb distance as they pressed needed as Al Sadd completed a well- came the winner, with Mbodji head- the 2020 Summer Olympic Games diving, water polo and the artistic saved by Sl Sadd goalkeeper Saad al- for the equaliser. This approach of- fought win. ing in a cross from the left by Ahmed in Tokyo. swimming. (QNA) Sheeb. ten left them short at the back with Meanwhile, Al Sailiya pulled off a al-Menhali. Gulf Times 2 Saturday, September 21, 2019 ATHLETICS TOP OF THE LINE Samba and Barshim to lead Team Qatar at Doha Worlds By Sports Reporter hurdles event with two more be the fi rst Team Qatar athlete to medallist Abdalelah Haroun. man Saeed Hassan and Yaser Doha athletes dipping under 47 sec- take to the state-of-the-art Kha- Both Samba and Haroun, Salem Bagharab have been listed onds this year since he became lifa International Stadium on the alongwith elder Ogunode, Femi, for the 1,500m and 3,000m stee- only the second athlete to do so opening day of the championships strengthen the 4x400m relay plechase respectively. igh jump defending in Paris last year. on Friday when he lines up for the squad is alongwith Mohamed Former under-20 world champion Mutaz Essa Barshim had won gold in Lon- 100m preliminaries. Nasir Abbas, Bassem Hemeida champion and 2018 Asian Barshim and 400m don with a 2.35m eff ort and has Barrow is also part of the and Ashraf Hussen Osman. Games gold medallist Ashraf hurdles Asian cham- already jumped 2.27m twice 4x100m relay squad along- Samba, Hemeida and Osman Amgad El Seify will represent Hpion Abderrahman Samba will since June this year. Last year, side Yaqoob al-Hasani, Maha- were part of the bronze-win- the home team at the men’s lead Team Qatar’s charge at the at the Doha Diamond League mat Zakaria Khalid, Abdelaziz ning team at the Asian Athletics hammer throw.