Qatar Add 3X3 Basketball Gold, Snooker Team Silver to Haul ‘We Came Here to Win It All and We Succeeded in Our Mission
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FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 2 TENNIS | Page 6 D’Ambrosio Wozniacki saves Inter, AC eyes top Milan lose to ranking aft er Sampdoria title win Monday, September 25, 2017 CYCLING Muharram 5, 1439 AH Perfect timing for GULF TIMES Sagan, wins third straight world title SPORT Page 4 ASIAN INDOOR AND MARTIAL ARTS GAMES Qatar add 3x3 basketball gold, snooker team silver to haul ‘We came here to win it all and we succeeded in our mission. We all are very happy to come back with the gold’ (From left) Qatar players Khamis al-Obaidli, Ahmed Saif and Ali al-Obaidli pose with their silver medals on the men’s Snooker Team event podium yesterday. (From left) Qatar players Tanguy Ngombo, Abdulrahman Saad, Nedim Muslic and Erfan Saeed celebrate their gold medal after they beat Iraq in the 3x3 Basketball final at the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, yesterday. (Laurel International Management) Action from the 3x3 basketball final between Qatar (in white) and Iraq (in green). Agencies ketball fi nal, after they downed Mon- clinched the gold medal for Qatar. they beat Kyrgyzstan 21-11. cated the victory to his father, even as 4-2 win over Kazakhstan’s Shakirzhan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan golia 15-14 in a nail-biting semi-fi nal at “We came here to win it all and we In the women’s tournament, emerg- Qatar’s Ali al-Obaidli did not make any Fazylov. the 3x3 Basketball Arena. succeeded in our mission. We all are ing Uzbekistan seemed to be the fa- excuses, saying the team lacked focus. Saif’s Round of 16 opponent today is Tanguy Ngombo hit the winning very happy to come back with the gold vourites, but Thailand came up big to “We did not play good or do anything Pakistan’s Asjad Iqbal. re-tournament favourites Qa- basket at the buzzer to edge out Mon- medal,” Saeed said after the win. surprise everybody, beating the Uzbeks in this match today. They played bet- In the women’s Standard Individual tar won the men’s 3x3 basket- golia for a spot in the fi nale, before Er- “I am the captain of this team and 22-20 in the fi nal. ter and deserved it so fair enough,” al- chess event, Qatar’s Zhu Chen fi n- ball gold medal in comfort- fan Saeed, the only survivor from the have lots of experience. Today I decided Turkmenistan won the bronze medal Obaidli said after the fi nal. ished sixth with fi ve points from seven able fashion at the Ashgabat Qatari team that was crowned FIBA 3x3 to shoot from outside rather than go by beating the Syrian Arab Republic 15- “We were not on it. We did not play rounds, even as China’s Tan Zhongyi P2017 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts World Championships winners in 2014, inside, in order to avoid their big guy. It 12. our game, we were switched off . I had and compatriot Lei Tingjie locked the Games yesterday. led his side to a 22-12 win in the fi nal worked, I think,” he added. “I kept the Qatar picked up the silver medal in the one chance in the fi rst frame and I top two spots. With men’s snooker team too win- Qatar won all six of their games in the best of myself for the end. Although snooker team event after Iran made his- didn’t take it. They took their chances In the men’s section, Mohamed al- ning silver, the total medal count for tournament. we had to play two tough games in an tory with their fi rst gold medal in Billiard and we didn’t and that’s it.” Sayed fi nished 16th with four points, Qatar has gone up to nine, including Saeed, 33, netted 11 points including evening we didn’t feel pressure and Sports at the Asian Indoor and Martial In the singles event, al-Obaidli while compatriot Husein Aziz Nezad four gold, three silver and two bronze. three consecutive two pointers and the proved our confi dence.” Arts Games with a 3-0 win in the fi nal. bowed out in the Round of 32, while was 22nd with 3.5 points. Unbeaten Vi- Qatar beat Iraq 22-12 in the 3x3 bas- fi nal basket which ended the game and Mongolia got the bronze medal after Iran’s Hossein Vafaei Ayouri dedi- teammate Ahmed Saif advanced with a etnamese Le Quang Liem won gold. ACHIEVEMENT Qatar Juniors win bronze Al Arabi runners-up in Arab Club handball in World QNA Endurance Oujda, Morocco Championship atar’s Al Arabi won sec- in Italy ond place in the 33rd Arab Handball Clubs Champi- Qatar’s Junior Endurance team onship hosted by the Mo- claimed bronze in the FEI Word Qroccan city of Oujda after losing to Endurance Championship for Tunisia’s CS Sakiet Ezzit in a thrill- Young Riders & Juniors held in ing fi nal on Saturday. Verona, Italy. The match ended with a close 38- Team Qatar finished third 37 scoreline in favour of the Tunisian overall, behind the United Arab club. Emirates and Spain in the 120km For their part, Qatar’s Al Khor event. fi nished fourth in the same tourna- Qatar team comprises Hamad ment. Al Arabi had qualifi ed for the Saeed al-Shamsi, Mohamed fi nal after a 29-27 win over Saudi Abdullah al-Gamili, Hamad Saleh Arabia’s Al Safa, while Tunisia’s CS al-Qamara, Jassim Rashid al- Sakiet Ezzit qualifi ed for the fi nal Kaabi and Abdulrahman Hamad after winning their match against Al al-Shamsi. Khor 34-24. The prestigious FEI Word This is the second consecutive ti- Endurance Championship 2017 tle for Sakiet Ezzit in the Arab com- brought together 300 riders petitions, and the tenth title for Tu- representing 33 countries. nisian clubs in this tournament. Al Arabi handball team (in red) played Tunisia’s CS Sakiet Ezzit in the final. In thrillingly close game, Arabi lost 37-38. (Twitter/QOC) Gulf Times 2 Monday, September 25, 2017 FOOTBALL SERIE A D’Ambrosio saves Inter, AC Milan lose to Sampdoria Inter stay third, two points behind leaders Juventus and Napoli, who both claimed their sixth wins out of six on Saturday AFP — in six Serie A games with Miralem Pjanic and Milan Alex Sandro also on target at the Allianz Sta- dium. Juventus kept their perfect start but for Torino it was a fi rst defeat of the campaign as anilo D’Ambrosio scored the only goal they struggled a man down for over an hour af- as Inter Milan left it late to squeeze ter Daniele Baselli was sent off for a second yel- past Genoa 1-0 in Serie A action yes- low card. Earlier, Napoli came from a goal down terday and keep in touch with the lead- to beat SPAL 3-2 for their sixth win in as many Ders, as AC Milan fell 2-0 at Sampdoria. games. Maurizio Sarri’s side are ahead of the D’Ambrosio headed in off a corner with two champions on goal diff erence with 22 scored. minutes to go at the San Siro to earn three points for Luciano Spalletti’s side, who saw their win- ITALIAN SERIE A RESULTS ning run ended on Tuesday with a last-gasp 1-1 Sampdoria 2 (Zapata 72, Alvarez 90+1) AC Milan 0 draw at Bologna. Inter stay third, two points Crotone 2 (Mandragora 43, Rohden 58) Benevento 0 behind leaders Juventus and Napoli, who both Inter Milan 1 (D’Ambrosio 87) Genoa 0 claimed their sixth wins out of six on Saturday Verona 0 Lazio 3 (Immobile 24-pen, 40, Marusic 60) against Torino, 4-0, and SPAL, 3-2, respectively. Cagliari 0 Chievo 2 (Inglese 53, Stepinski 90+3) “It was a tough match, but we stayed solid,” Sassuolo 0 Bologna 1 (Okwonkwo 89) said Spalletti. “We must create this winning mentality that makes us believe that we can beat PLAYED SATURDAY: Roma 3 (Dzeko 12, El anyone. There is a gap with Napoli and Juven- Shaarawy 30, 45) Udinese 1 (Stryger Larsen 90) tus, but that’s to be expected, considering where SPAL 2 (Schiattarella 13, Viviani 77) Napoli 3 (Insigne we’re coming from. It’s tough to recreate a win- 14, Callejón 71, Ghoulam 83) ning mentality after a poor campaign. There is Juventus 4 (Dybala 16, 90+1, Pjanic 40, Alex Sandro always that fear of reality setting in. Napoli and 57) Torino 0 Juventus have that mentality, so do Roma and Lazio. We also mustn’t underestimate Sampdo- ria and Torino, who are two strong sides.” POINTS TABLE Ciro Immobile scored a double including one from the spot to bring his tally to eight for the (played, won, drawn, lost, for, against, points): Serie A season, as injury-hit Lazio stayed fourth Napoli 6 6 0 0 22 5 18 with a comfortable 3-0 win at Verona. Immo- Juventus 6 6 0 0 18 3 18 bile converted a penalty after 24 minutes, scored Inter Milan 6 5 1 0 12 2 16 from the edge of the box before the break and Lazio 6 4 1 1 13 8 13 then teed up Adam Marusic for his fi rst Serie A Roma 5 4 0 1 12 4 12 goal on 60 minutes. AC Milan 6 4 0 2 10 8 12 Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi was delighted Sampdoria 5 3 2 0 8 4 11 that his side knew how to respond positively Torino 6 3 2 1 10 9 11 to their 4-1 defeat midweek to Napoli.