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New Coach Maaloul Eyes Positive Start for Al Duhail in Season-Opener SPORT Monday 30 July 2018 PAGE | 21 PAGE | 19 Lewis Hamilton Thomas seals wins Hungarian Tour de France Grand Prix triumph COTIF Tournament: Qatar off to a flying start Al Arabi beat THE PENINSULA Mesaimeer in Qatar U-19 players second match today, followed celebrate after by a clash against Morocco Mohammed ALCUDIA, SPAIN: Mohammed which will take place tomorrow. friendly match Waad scored their Waad converted from the Russia will be Qatar’s final penalty spot in the first half as opponents in Group A on winning goal against THE PENINSULA Valenciana in their Qatar Under-19 team pulled off August 2. opening match of the a thrilling 1-0 win over Valen- The tournament features 10 COTIF International ciana in the opening match of teams including Argentina, Mau- DOHA: Al Arabi beat second Tournament in L’ Group A in the L’ Alcúdia Inter- ritania, Murcia and Venezuela. division side Mesaimeer 3-0 national under-20 Football The COTIF tournament, in a friendly match played on Alcudia, Valencia, Spain Tournament on Saturday. originally known as L’Alcúdia Saturday. on Saturday. The tournament, also known International Under-20 The match which was as COTIF is being held in L’ Football Tournament, is an played at the Mesaimeer Alcudia, Valencia, Spain. annual football competition for Stadium was Al Arabi’s first With this result, Qatar youth teams, open to both clubs friendly since their return from starts leading Group B with and national and autonomous the training camp in Slovenia three points, while the teams. ahead of the new QNB Stars Valencian team moves to the The tournament is expected League (QSL) season. last position waiting for the to provide plenty of match New Colombian recruit debut of Morocco, Russia and practice and international Franco and Mohamed Salah Uruguay, other rivals in this exposure to Qatar juniors who El Neel scored for Al Arabi in year’s COTIF. will take part in the AFC Asian the first half and Fahd Qatar will meet strong Cup to be held in Indonesia from Khalfan added a third in the Uruguay counterparts in their October 18 to November 4. second session. New coach Maaloul eyes positive start for Al Duhail in season-opener ARMSTRONG VAS and further fine tuning them by playing an uphill task for the former QSL THE PENINSULA some challenging friendlies during the champions. Austria training camp. Meanwhile, Qatar Football Associ- DOHA: Al Duhail’s new coach Nabil Out of the three friendlies they ation (QFA) have informed that if the Maaloul will face his first major test in played in Leogang, Austria, they won game ends in a draw there will be no the Sheikh Jassim Cup final when the two and lost one. extra time, but teams will go directly QNB Stars League (QSL) champions take They defeated Austrian side Bischof- for the tie breaker to determine the on Amir Cup runners-up Al Rayyan on shofen in the first friendly match and winning team. August 1 at the Al Sadd Stadium at followed it up with yet another win over QFA informed that a series of 7.00pm. Akhmat Grozny of Russian. meetings have been held for the smooth The 56-year old, who coached The team however found a match conduct of the event while the technical Tunisia at the recently concluded World in Turkish side Akhisarspor to whom meeting will be held next tomorrow Cup in Russia, took over as coach of the they went down 2-1. morning, attended by representative Qatar side after Algerian tactician Jamal Al Duhail’s Sheikh Jassim Cup rivals of both the teams and officials Belmadi stepped down. Al Rayyan also had their pre-season of QFA. Belamdi guided the team to a host of training camp in Europe and have since The gates will be open to titles and an impressive run in the AFC returned to Doha resuming training the public at 5 pm while Champions League in which Al Duhail immediately. tickets are available at the have reached the quarter-finals. The 2015-16 QSL champions trav- stadium in the designated The Tunisian will be hoping for a elled to Austria for a pre-season training venues, at the main winning start in the one off match camp that lasted for over a couple of entrance of the stadium. between the two sides which will kick weeks. The team also played friendly Both the teams off the new football season in Qatar. games during their sojourn which have been using the Last season, Al Duhail swept almost included a hectic training schedule. social media all the titles at stake which included the Al Rayyan went empty handed last handles to QSL, Amir Cup and Qatar Cup with only season, failing to win any titles under promote the season-opening Sheikh Jassim Cup popular coach Michael Laudrup. the eluding them. The Lions, under new coach Rodolfo game In the continental club champions, Arruabarrena of Argentina are also tar- and a lot of the Qatari club has qualified for the geting success in the new season. interest has quarter-finals and will take on Iranian Al Rayyan have already shown been generated club Persepolis on August 28. form during their Austrian tour on on the social net- Maaloul will have to live up to the which they also defeated Czech side working platform. high standards set by Belamdi while SC Znojmo 2-0 on Wednesday - their Both teams have been preparing the team for both the local last friendly match of the tour. Star very active in their bid to challenges and the upcoming interna- Rodrigo Tabata and Muwafaq netted mobilise fans for the final, tional club competitions. goals in the win. which will create herald the Al Duhail management set the ball However, beating Al Duhail, who start of the highly anticipated Al Duhail’s new coach in motion with the pre-season training clinched three titles last season, will be new football season. Nabil Maaloul Qatari shooters win gold and silver in Thailand Qatar to participate in Arab THE PENINSULA Qatari shooter group standings while China secured Table Tennis Championships Saeed Abusharib the third spot. THE PENINSULA BANGKOK: Saeed Abusharib won a Head of delegation and chairman Libya, Yemen, Palestine, Sudan, gold medal as Qatar completed an of the national shooting team com- Iraq, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, impressive run at the Thailand Open mittee, Ali Saeed Al Mannai hailed the DOHA: The Qatar Table Tennis Lebanon hosts Egypt. Shooting Championships 2018. Qatari team’s success in the skeet team will participate in the 26th According to Khalil Ahmed In addition to Abusharib, Rashid championship. Arab Table Tennis Champion- Al Mohannadi, Chairman of the Al Athba won a silver medal, as Qatari He said these victories help the ships which will take place in Arab Table Tennis Federation shooting team secured the gold medal shooters prepare for the upcoming Cairo, Egypt from July 30 to (ATTF) the competition will be in Thailand. Asian games, which will be held in August 6. held at the Cairo International Team Qatar secured another August in Jakarta, Indonesia. As many as thirteen coun- Stadium under the supervision silver medal through Reem Al Shar- He added that the success during tries including Qatar have con- of the Arab Table Tennis Fed- shani, Hager Mohammed and Sara the Thai championship is mainly due firmed their participation for eration and will see the partic- Mohammed in the female to the aspirations sought by the Qatar the prestigious ipation of 386 players com- category. Shooting and Archery Association championship. peting in five different cate- The hosts, Thailand were ranked headed by Ali Mohammed Al Sheikh Al The competing teams are gories of Under-21, Under-18 second in the tournament’s final Kuwari, President of the association. Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Under-15 years. MONDAY 30 JULY 2018 SPORT 17 Barca topple Spurs in penalties after draw in Pasadena AFP cushioned it into the net from point-blank range. PASADENA, US: Summer A second arrived courtesy signing Arthur marked his of a sublime strike from Arthur. Barcelona bow with a mouth- Rafinha laid the ball back to the watering goal, as the La Liga midfielder on the edge of the champions beat Tottenham area and he effortlessly swept Hotspur 5-3 on penalties after it into the far top corner beyond a 2-2 draw in Pasadena, Cali- the helpless Gazzaniga. fornia. Christian Eriksen produced Both sides were without Tottenham’s first meaningful their big names for the Inter- effort in the 32nd minute, with national Champions Cup clash, a free-kick from 25 yards that with the likes of Lionel Messi, was pushed away to his left by Luis Suarez, Harry Kane and Jasper Cillessen. Hugo Lloris all still recovering The woodwork denied from their exertions at the Eriksen from another set piece World Cup. six minutes after the restart, But Arthur, Barcelona’s 40 when his right-footed free-kick Liverpool FC’s Sheridan Shaqiri shoots million euro signing from Bra- bounced awkwardly for Cil- and scores during the second half of zilian side Gremio, caught the lessen and crashed back off the the 2018 International Champions eye with a lovely first-half outside of the post. Cup match against Manchester United finish, to add to Munir’s opener Malcom was a whisker away on Saturday. for the Catalans. from marking his first Barcelona Spurs had struggled to exert appearance with a 65th minute themselves in the opening 45 goal when he took on right-back minutes, but after Barcelona Serge Aurier and fired in a low made a raft of changes at the shot towards the near post Shaqiri’s goal highlights interval, Mauricio Pochettino’s which was smartly diverted men levelled proceedings with behind by Michel Vorm.
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