NNFLFL | Page 5 RRUGBYUGBY | Page 6 Brady reaches Wallabies new landmark overcome as Patriots tough down Giants Georgia Saturday, October 12, 2019 ATHLETICS Safar 13, 1441 AH Nike shuts down GULF TIMES Oregon project aft er Salazar ban SPORT Page 7 ANOC WORLD BEACH GAMES ‘It was a good day for us. I am very happy with the boys’ performance against strong rivals’ The Qatar team celebrate their win over Hungary as their fans cheer (R). PICTURES: Jayan Orma By Yash Mudgal gin with against top European teams themselves in the second set and well today and hope to keep the mo- Doha and we have emerged victorious,” tied Croatia 8-8 but later capitalised mentum going. Feels good to get two Qatar coach Khaled Hasan told Gulf on several mistakes by their rivals to wins in a day,” the star goal-keeper Times. carve out a 14-8 lead. said. osts Qatar started their The second-string Qatar team The Croatia side was also a mix of The hosts’ victory over 2018 world handball campaign in the started the day on a confi dent note as youth and experience as the four- champion bronze medallists Hungary fi rst ANOC World Beach they took an early 10-2 lead, but 2016 time European champions were with- yesterday was their second over the HGames with two wins on world champions Croatia came back out some of their top players who are east Europeans. Qatar won the bronze the trot yesterday. to make it 10-10 and later won the set playing for their clubs in Europe. medal after defeating Hungary at the In Group ‘B’ matches, Asian cham- 21-16. Then came a spell when Croatia got 10th World Games in Wroclaw, Po- pions Qatar fi rst registered a come- “We started the fi rst set well, but back into the game although Qatar land, in 2017. from-behind 2-1 (16-21, 17-16, 9-6) the players lost their focus in the last still managed to edge the set 17-16. Qatar, who fi nished twice in the IHF victory over former world champions two minutes of the game to surrender In the shoot-out, Qatar goalkeeper World Men’s Beach Handball Cham- Croatia at the Gharafa Sports Com- the lead. But I can understand as it Rashid Yusuf stopped the fi rst and pionships, and has won the Asian plex and later in the evening session was our fi rst game and initial hiccups third shots to secure his team’s victo- Men’s Beach Handball Championship defeated Hungary 2-1 (18-20, 18-14, are not abnormal,” said Hasan. ry. All the Qatar players helped them- fi ve times, will play Uruguay and Tu- 7-4) at Katara Village to remain un- “It was a very good fi rst match selves to goals. nisia today in group matches. beaten in the group. against Croatia, which fi nished third Yusuf was outstanding throughout In other matches yesterday, cur- “It was a good day for us. I am very in the world championship and it was the game as he foiled several attempts rent world champions Brazil defeated happy with the boys’ performance confi dence boosting for us,” Hasan main players as they are busy with the ment which starts in Doha on Octo- by the Croatians, but gave credit of the US and Uruguay, while European against strong rivals on the opening said. preparations of Asian Men’s Tokyo ber 17, the day after the beach hand- the win to entire team. champions Denmark defeated Tunisia day. We have two tough games to be- Qatar are playing without some of 2020 Olympic Qualifi cation Tourna- ball fi nal. Qatar’s players regrouped “It was a team eff ort. We all played and Australia. SPOTLIGHT By Sports Reporter Brazil fi elds eight world champi- national Olympic Committee (IOC) Doha ons in their roster, while Greece has as a role model athlete for the 2018 seven athletes that were present in Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Kazan. Aires. hen Beach Hand- The oldest woman in the entire “To idea of having Beach Hand- ball throws off at the tournament plays for Greece. At ball at the Olympic Games gives me ANOC World Beach 46, Vasiliki Skara is the heart and goosebumps. It’s a dream for all of WGames Qatar 2019, soul of the team, although, Eleni us who play in this sport. Helping two World Champions will chase Mournou is the player to look out these young athletes, who are our glory. And the gold medal. for. She was Greece’s top scorer future, is something incredible,” Today, Brazil, in the men’s tour- in Kazan with 82 points, a top- Pires said. nament and Greece, in the wom- 10 player in the scorers list of the The Brazilian plays either in the en’s competition, will begin their World Championship. pivot or left wing positions and has quest to shine again. Regarding Brazil, star-player a remarkable track record with Bra- The Brazilians won the gold Gil Pires is the star-player. The zil’s national team. medal at the VIII World Champi- 37-year-old Brazilian is a prolifi c He has won four Beach Hand- onship in Kazan, while the Greek striker and he is well known for his ball world championships (Rio de team prevailed in the women’s ability to get points. He had 97 and Janeiro 2006, Antalya 2010, Recife Gil Pires of Brazil. competition. led “Cariocas” to the world crown 2014, Kazan 2018) and three World Both countries came in Doha in Russia. Games (China Taipei 2009, Co- with an almost fully-loaded squad. Pires was selected by the Inter- lombia 2013 and Poland 2017). Gulf Times 2 Saturday, October 12, 2019 ANOC WORLD BEACH GAMES FOCUS BASKETBALL Qatar’s 3x3 players ‘trust the British women process’ as they aim for glory By Sports Reporter rank inside the medal zone, hop- Doha ing a triumph similar to the 2016 edge out Paraguay 3x3 FIBA U18 World Champi- onships gold medal in Astana, potential success in Kazakhstan! Despite dropping the upcoming ANOC their fi rst game, Qatar went on World Beach Games to win the next six, knocking Qatar 2019 will be just out 2015 fi nalists Argentina and Aanother great frame for the 3x3 champions New Zealand in the Basketball national team of the quarter-fi nal and the semi-fi nal in beach soccer host country. respectively. In the fi nal, Muslic But the real success for the and Seydou helped their team host team is not exactly a medal edge past Brazil, 20-12. ‘We want to put our best performance out and we really want to get a result out of that’ or a trophy. It is the evolution of Qatar’s basketball legend, its players’ game and the process Yasseen Musa, is the manager of the development programme, of the country’s 3x3 Basketball which started in 2012 by the Qa- team for the World Beach Games. tar Basketball Federation (QBF). The 39-year old former star The real success is the hard work retired in 2016 and is considered that players, coaches and execu- to be the face of Qatari basket- tives have put up to bring their ball. Musa led his national team team into the next level. to the silver medal at the 2006 The Qatari national team will Asian Games in Doha, losing compete at the 3x3 Basketball only to China in the fi nal. At the tournament in the Katara Beach 1999 U18 World Championships, venue, from October 13-16, de- Musa averaged a tournament- ploying a young core of promis- best 25 points per game, ahead ing players. With athletes that of future stars like Spain’s Pau have already proved their worth Gasol and Juan Carlos Navarro to the world basketball stage and and Russia’s Andrei Kirilenko. look hungry for more success. His fi nal years at the interna- Nedim Muslic, the 21-year- tional scene were successfully old star of the team hurt his and equally shared between in- shoulder in the second game of door basketball and the half- the FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup court game. Musa helped Qatar in China, a few days ago, and is win the gold medal in the 2013 unavailable, therefore Elhadj Asian Games and led his team to Ndoye Seydou, a 20-year-old the title in the second FIBA 3x3 dynamic player in the paint, will World Cup in 2014 in Moscow, lead the four-member squad, where Qatar defeated 18-13 de- which also includes Aladji Bobo fending champions Serbia! Magassa, 19, Raslan al-Abduilla, Yasseen Musa has his eyes 19, one of the best young play- fi xed on the prize in Doha, but ers the local basketball scene has just like the Philadelphia 76ers’ ever produced and Faisal Abuis- motto dictates, for the Qatari sa, 20. Basketball Federation the real Seydou is looking for another success is to “Trust the Process”! Action from the Mexico vs Spain beach soccer match in the ANOC World Beach Games yesterday. At bottom, a glimpse from the Russia vs USA game. By Sports Reporter minutes left of the match to play. But a Doha thunderbolt from keeper Hannah Haugh- ton in the dying minutes gave Britain a thrilling win. ritish women survived a mighty In other women’s preliminary match- scare as they edged past Para- es, Brazil, Spain, and Russia all got off to guay 5-4 in beach soccer on the winning starts.