El Arabi's Hat-Trick As Duhail Record 8-2
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NBA | Page 5 GGOLFOLF | Page 4 Curry leads Fleetwood Warriors wins European fightback Order of Merit vs Sixers as Rose falters Monday, November 20, 2017 FOOTBALL Rabia I 2, 1439 AH Moyes makes GULF TIMES losing start as Watford prevail SPORT Page 2 SPOTLIGHT QNB STARS LEAGUE Al-Khelaifi voted Asian El Arabi’s hat-trick as tennis Chairman Duhail record 8-2 win Coach Belmadi had appeared wary of Kharaitiyat in his press conference ahead of the game, but his men proved his fears were baseless as they rarely looked in trouble in front of their home fans By Sports Reporter Doha RESULTS Al Duhail 8 (El Arabi 18, 31, 87; Msakni 8, 85; Nam Tae-hee 83, 90, Almoez Ali 39) Al Kharaitiyat 2 oroccan Yousef El Arabi recorded (Tiberkanine 48, 54) a hat-trick as Al Duhail Sports Al Sadd 4 (Xavi 39, Bounedjah 52, pen; Morteza Club scored their biggest win of 84, Hamroun 89) Umm Salal 1 (Hamroun 9, OG) Mthe QNB Stars League season, Al Arabi 2 (Natiq 71, 85), Al Rayyan 4 (Soria 7, dominating Al Kharaitiyat for an 8-2 rout on a Tabata 32, Hamdallah 59, Viera 73) day which saw the “Big Three” sail past their rivals comfortably. STANDINGS Their seventh win in eight matches helped them maintain their slender one-point lead MP W D L F L D P over Al Sadd although they are way ahead on Al Duhail 8 7 1 0 33 12 +21 22 atar Tennis Federation pres- goal diff erence (33-21), which will stand them Al Sadd 8 7 0 1 21 9 +12 21 ident Nasser al-Khelaifi in good stead if the title race goes down to the Al Rayyan 8 7 0 1 23 12 +11 21 has been voted the Chair- wire. Al Sailiya 8 6 0 2 23 13 +10 18 Qman of the Asian Tennis Coach Djamel Belmadi had appeared wary Umm Salal 8 4 1 3 14 13 +1 13 Federation, it has been announced. The of Al Kharaitiyat in his press conference Al Ahli 8 2 2 4 9 15 -6 8 election of al-Khelaifi was confi rmed ahead of the game, but his men proved his Al Gharafa 8 1 4 3 10 12 -2 7 at yesterday’s Asian Tennis Federation fears were baseless as they rarely looked in Al Khor 8 2 1 5 9 15 -6 7 general assembly in Jakarta, Indonesia. trouble in front of their home fans. Al Kharitiyath 8 1 3 4 11 19 -8 6 Along with being the Chairman of El Arabi, the most prolifi c scorer in Qatar, Al Arabi 8 1 2 5 10 20 -10 5 the ATF, al-Khelaifi is also the current struck in the 18th, 31st and 87th minutes, Al Markhiya 8 1 2 5 5 15 -10 5 President of the Qatar Tennis, Squash while captain Youssef Msakni (8th and 85th) Qatar SC 8 1 0 7 7 20 -13 3 and Badminton Federation (QTSBF) and Nam Tae-Hee (83rd and 90th) also re- along with being the current Chairman corded a double each. of French football side Paris Saint- Moaaz Ali Abdalla (39th) was their other Then, it was the turn of Bounedjah to easily Germain. scorer. El Arabi and Msakni took their per- convert from the spot to make it 2-1. Al-Khelaifi has previously repre- sonal tally to 15 and eight goals respectively Al Rayyan also had it easy against hosts Al sented Qatar in the Davis Cup and has this season. Arabi, winning 4-2.The Lions increased their been a keen supporter of Tennis within Rachid Tiberkanine netted both goals for tally to 21 points, but slipped to third place in Qatar down the years. Al Kharaitiyat’s, in the 48th and 54th. The the standings as Al Sadd, who defeated Umm In 2015, al-Khelaifi was declared fi rst was a solo eff ort following a long run and Salal 4-1 in early kick-off , pipped them on the ‘favourite Ligue 1 president’ and the second came off a cross from Sanjar Tur- goal diff erence. in 2016, L’Equipe newspaper named sunov. Sebastian Soria (seventh minute), Rod- him ‘the most powerful man in French Al Duhail wasted little time to settle down rigo Tabata (32nd-min penalty), Abderrazaq football’. in the fast-paced match. Ever since Msakni Hamdallah (59th) and Gonzalo Viera (73rd) opened their account, it was a matter of time scored for Al Rayyan. before El Arabi got into the scoring act. After Defender Saad Natiq struck both of Al SERIE A his second came off a fl ick from close, it was Arabi’s goals (71st and 85th), both through the turn of Moaaz Ali to net the team’s fourth. identical headers. The scoreline was not a fair Al Duhail scored four more goals in the refl ection of Al Rayyan’s domination in front last seven minutes to complete their majestic of 2,336 spectators and it would have swelled Juventus win. had they converted more chances that came Al Duhail, who increased their tally to 22 their way. points, are up against Al Sadd in a high-volt- In Croatian coach Luka Bonacic’s fi rst upset by age encounter next, while Al Kharaitiyat play match in charge, Al Arabi started without in- host to Al Ahli. jured attacking midfi elder Khalfan Ibrahim Earlier, Al Sadd picked up three points fol- and they sorely missed him. To add to their Sampdoria lowing a fi ghting 4-1 win over Umm Salal; woes, Syrian spearhead Mardik Mardikian the Wolves’ seventh taking their points tally went off the fi eld injured halfway through the to 21. Playing on their home ground, Al Sadd opening session and was replaced by Yousef DPA were in defi cit as early as the ninth minute Ahmed. Rome through Jugurtha Hamroun’s own goal. The Bonacic had said before the game that he Algerian midfi elder, in an attempt to clear did not get time to make any tactical change the ball with a header, ended up defl ecting it in the team’s game, but his priority for this erie A champions Juventus into his own net after being chased by Umm match was instilling confi dence in the play- lost 3-2 at dynamic underdogs Salal’s Omar Yahya. ers. However, their confi dence did not seem Sampdoria yesterday, failing However, goals by captain Xavi Hernandez to have been boosted and they lost the plot to complete a late comeback Al Duhail’s Youssef El Arabi celebrates after (39th), striker Baghdad Bounedjah (52th-min after Al Rayyan scored a second time. Sas they slipped four points adrift of penalty) and Morteza Mohamed (84th) lifted Play was mostly restricted to the Al Arabi scoring against Al Kharaitiyat yesterday. front-runners Napoli. their spirits. area in the fi rst half and Soria and Hamdal- Duvan Zapata, Lucas Torreira and Umm Salal goalkeeper Basel Zaidan unfor- lah took shots at will, with Tabata being the Gian Marco Ferrari struck in the sec- tunately got on the scoresheet following an livewire in the midfi eld. Soria promptly gave ond half to clinch a sixth straight win own goal a minute before the fi nal whistle. Al Rayyan the advantage and Rodrigo Tabata from as many home games as Juve Xavi curled in a David Backham-style free- doubled it by converting a penalty awarded suff ered a second defeat to stay on 31 kick into the Umm Salal net to restore parity. after Al Arabi’s Gaser Zakaria tripped Soria points from 13 games; the Genoa side It was the Spaniard’s third goal of the season. inside the box. are sixth on 26, with a game in hand. Napoli beat AC Milan 2-1 Saturday, Al Rayyan players when Roma won 2-1 against Lazio, celebrate their success. leapfrogging their city rivals to move into third place on 30. Both Roma and Lazio have a game in hand. Inter Milan trail the Giallorossi on goal diff erence Khalifa Stadium to host when they host Atalanta late Sunday. Juve struggled against the fast and QNB Stars League games organised Genoa hosts as Bianconeri veterans Gianluigi Buff on and Andrea The decision to host these matches at the Khalifa Barzagli took a day off after the disap- he Supreme Committee for Delivery & International Stadium, which opened its doors to pointing World Cup elimination suf- Legacy (SC), Aspire Zone Foundation, the world this May with HH the Emir’s Cup final, is fered with Italy against Sweden. Qatar Football Association and Qa- to give Qatar’s wider footballing family an oppor- Winger Juan Cuadrado missed a tar Stars League yesterday announced tunity to experience the first 2022 FIFA World Cup long-range volley and a tight-angle Tplans to organise six matches of QNB Stars League, host venue to be completed. shot as Samp caused no trouble to Qatargas League as well as Second Division at the It will also allow the Khalifa International Stadium’s Wojciech Szczesny in the brisk fi rst renovated Khalifa International Stadium between operations team to continue testing venue opera- half. November 20 and December 1. tions and management as part of the SC’s ongoing But in the 52nd the towering Zapata The QNB Stars League games rescheduled to be readiness strategy. was deadly on his fi rst opportunity, played at the refurbished venue are Al Rayyan vs All eight proposed World Cup venues, which will be soaring to get the better of Staphan Al Gharafa (Round 9, November 25) and Al Khor vs completed by 2020, undergo rigorous testing to Lichtsteiner after a botched clearance Al Sadd (Round 10, December1) ensure they are being operated eff ectively.