Al Gharafa: Tough Task on Hand
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NNFLFL | Page 4 GGOLFOLF | Page 5 Redskins Rising star offi cially retire Morikawa hangs name aft er on for playoff sponsor pressure win at Muirfi eld Tuesday, July 14, 2020 TENNIS Dhul-Qa’da 23, 1441 AH US Open without GULF TIMES Kerber aft er summer of uncertainty? SPORT Page 6 FOOTBALL / QNB STARS LEAGUE Aguirre’s men are Al Rayyan: Lions are four points behind QSL leaders within striking distance Al Duhail Al Gharafa: Tough task on hand ith an eye on a Qatar Al Gharafa had beaten Al Wak- nical and administrative staff WCup and AFC Cham- rah 2-1 in Week 17 on March 5 signed a pledge to abide by the pions League spot, Al before the long break. protocol for leaving team hotel Gharafa will be looking to hold Jokanovic’s wards are only four for home quarantine. on to their top-four spot when points adrift of reigning champi- Besides intense training, Al the QNB Stars League season ons Al Sadd. They also have four Gharafa are readying for the resumes on July 24. points more than closest chal- resumption of action by play- Under the watchful eyes of Ser- lengers and fifth-placed side Al ing friendlies. They have been bian coach Slavisa Jokanovic, Arabi, and will be keen to finish bolstered by the presence of Al Gharafa will play Al Arabi among the top four. Qatar internationals Yousef Has- in Week 18 at the Al Janoub Following their first coronavirus san, Hammam Ahmed, Almahdi Stadium on July 24, with the test, held as per the protocol Ali, Muad Hassan and Ahmed kick-off at 4:45pm. developed by the QSL in co- Alaaeldin, who are back in their Fourth in the standings behind ordination with club authorities fold after the conclusion of Al Duhail, Al Rayyan and Al and approved by the Ministry national team’s camp. Sadd, Al Gharafa have 28 points. of Public Health, Al Gharafa Al Gharafa’s other remain- The Cheetahs have eight wins, squad members entered their ing matches in the QNB Stars four draws and five defeats team hotel and got engaged in League are against Al Duhail against their name. Their goal training. (Week 19), Al Khor (Week 20), diff erence is +5 (29 goals for After their second coronavirus Umm Salal (Week 21) and Al and 24 against). test, the players as well as tech- Sadd (Week 22). With 11 wins, five draws and one defeat against their name, Al Rayyan have 38 points. (Twitter/QSL) QNA coach Diego Aguirre, hoping to long break. Franck Kom scored in terms of the team’s foreign Doha wipe out the four-point defi cit the all-important goal. The vic- professional players, as Algerian on leaders Al Duhail when the tory also helped Al Rayyan move Yacine Brahimi, Ivorian Johan season resumes. six points clear away from closest Boli, Argentinian Gabriel Mer- ootball Clubs are contin- The Lions will play Qatar SC in challengers Al Sadd. cado, Cameroonian Franck Kom uing their preparations Week 18 at the Al Sadd Stadium Following their fi rst corona- and South Korean Lee Jae-Ik are Fahead of the resumption on July 24, with the kick-off at virus test, held as per the proto- continuing. of 2019-20 QNB Stars 7pm. col developed by the QSL in co- Regarding local professional League, with Week 18 matches With 11 wins, fi ve draws and ordination with club authorities players, Al Rayyan announced starting on July 24. one defeat against their name, Al and approved by the Ministry of the recruitment of Hamed Ismail The tournament, which had a Rayyan have 38 points. A positive Public Health, Al Rayyan squad from Al Sadd till the end of this long break due to the Covid-19 goal diff erence of 20 (34 goals for members entered their team ho- season. pandemic, will restart as per the and 14 against), means Rayyan tel and got engaged in training. Despite the continuation of general plan and protocol for the have the highest goal diff erence Their second coronavirus test fi ve professionals, Al Rayyan will remaining fi ve rounds. Teams are so far in the league, with Al Du- was held on June 28 after which miss the services of key player fi ghting to occupy the top posi- hail next at 19, and third-placed the players as well as technical Rodrigo Tabata, whose contract tions, improve their rankings and Al Sadd at 18. and administrative staff signed with them has ended. Juma, Abdulrahman al-Harazi, Rayyan are readying for the re- matches in the QNB Stars League avoid the ignominy of relegation. Al Rayyan had beaten reign- a pledge to abide by the protocol They will also depend on the Mowafaq Awad, Ahmed Abdel- sumption of action by playing are against Al Arabi (Week 19), Al Second-placed Al Rayyan are ing champions Al Sadd 1-0 in for leaving team hotel for home rest of the stars, most notably maqsoud and goalkeeper Fahd friendlies. They beat Al Ahli 2-1 Sailiya (Week 20), Al Shahania gearing up for the remainder the high-profi le Qatar Clasico in quarantine. Sebastian Soria, Khaled Muftah, Younis. in one such game. (Week 21) and Al Wakrah (Week of the season under Uruguayan Week 17 on March 7 before the There have been no changes Mohamed Alaaeldin, Mohamed Besides intense training, Al Al Rayyan’s other remaining 22). FORMULA 1 SPOTLIGHT Hamilton calls for better anti-racism focus, unity Course on QSAF’s rules and AFP lifelong thing.” procedures concluded Spielberg, Austria ‘AT SOME STAGE WE WILL BE TOGETHER’ QNA addressed the course and talked about the ewis Hamilton has called on Hamilton, who lifted a clenched fi st Doha sports law and arbitration law, and Law No. Formula One and his fellow to mark his victory at the Red Bull 1 of 2016 to regulate sports clubs, as it is the Ldrivers to stay focused on the Ring, also made clear that he was law that provides the general framework sport’s anti-racism stance supporting the social justice cause atar Olympic Academy, in co- for organising and governing sports clubs. and present a less chaotic image be- represented by the BLM campaign, operation with the Qatar Sports He also spoke about QSAF in terms of its fore next Sunday’s Hungarian GP. not the political activity. QArbitration Foundation (QSAF), inception, goals, statute and arbitration The six-time world champion Speaking to reporters via a post- organised a four-day course rules and procedures, while touching on the said after winning Sunday’s Styrian race video news conference, Hamil- on the rules and procedures of the QSAF practical aspects of the arbitration process Grand Prix that a number of drivers ton also said he had spent time ex- which were devoted to law, lawyers and that concern all parties dealing with the wanted to stop the pre-race anti- plaining the issues to other drivers specialists in this fi eld, with the partici- arbitration system in full whether they are racism gestures and that he feels Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton (fourth from left) said that a number of drivers individually. pation of more than 85 participants from arbitrators, parties or their representatives. some teams are not doing enough to wanted to stop the pre-race anti-racism gestures. (Reuters) “I’ve made it clear I’m not sup- various sports sectors concerned in this This course is the fi rst co-operation be- show solidarity with the movement. porting the political side, I’m sup- fi eld. tween the Qatar Olympic Academy and “The drivers spoke after the driv- four drivers remained standing while all involved as it has been in many porting the human rights side,” he Dr Abdullah al-Hayyan, a member of the QSAF after the two parties signed co-oper- ers’ briefi ng this weekend about others took a knee and several ap- other major sports. said. “I’ve said ‘Guys, I’m going to do Board of Directors of the Sports Arbitration ation agreement last October with the aim what we intended to do and some peared to be absent when they ap- “F1 has come forward and said they it. There were some that said ‘Well, I Court (CAS) and director of the Master of of spreading the legal culture among mem- were asking ‘Why do we have to con- peared together at the front of the are supporting ending racism and it is already did it last week — I’m not do- Sports Law programme organised by the bers of society and developing specialists in tinue to do this?’,” he said. “Some felt grid before Sunday’s race. amazing to see Mercedes is also do- ing it again’. Qatar Olympic Academy in co-operation this fi eld. like once was enough last week. The previous week, before the sea- ing that, but no other team has done a “And there were some that contin- with the Spanish University of Lleida, par- Executive Director of the Qatar Olympic “I just had to encourage them that son-opening Austrian Grand Prix, 14 single thing,” said Hamilton. ued to have the same approach they ticipated in delivering the lectures. He ad- Academy Saif Mohamed al-Nuaimi thanked racism is here, going to be here and took a knee and six stood, all explain- “The Red Bull mechanics have had to the fi rst week and that’s why I dressed many topics, including an intro- the QSAF and its offi cials for their fruitful probably be here longer than our ing why they took that decision.