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The Qatar national football team which arrived in Hungary on Friday, had a training session on Saturday ahead of their FIFA World Cup 2022 European qualifiers. Qatar will play their first match against Luxembourg on Wednesday, March 24. Olympics to be held sans overseas fans due to pandemic Nasser Al Attiyah DPA Tokyo leads qualification The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have decided in skeet at to prohibit overseas spec- tators from attending this summer’s Games due to the ISSF World Cup coronavirus pandemic, local organizers said on Saturday. Tribune News Network with a score of 620.5. Abdul- International Olympic Doha nasser Osama Al Shaiba fin- Committee (IOC) president ished 23rd out of 26 competi- Thomas Bach and Internation- Qatar’s Olympic medalist tors in 10m air pistol al Paralympic Committee chief shooter, and also a champion There was big joy for hosts Andrew Parsons respected To- rally driver, Nasser Saleh Al India as Yashaswini Desw- kyo’s decision when consider- Attiyah on Saturday topped al led the way winning the ing the safety of participants the skeet qualification (with women’s 10 metres air pistol. of the Games and Japanese two others after day one) at the Deswal shot 238.8 to comfort- people, organizing committee International Shooting Sport ably finish on top of the po- president Seiko Hashimoto Federation (ISSF) World Cup dium in the eight-women final told a news conference. which is underway in India at while her compatriot Manu “We share the disap- the Dr. Shooting Bhaker managed 236.7 to set- pointment of all enthusiastic Range in New . tle for the silver medal. Olympic fans from around the Bronze medalist at the 2012 Viktoria Chaika of Belarus world, and of course the fami- Olympics, Attiyah shot bagged the bronze medal with lies and friends of the athletes, an impressive 24 in the first 215.9. who were planning to come to round and returned a perfect Earlier, the 23-year-old the Games,” the IOC quoted 25 in the next two for a total of Deswal also topped the quali- Bach, who at the opening of 74. Tied with Attiyah are UAE’s fications with qualifications a five-party meeting with the Saif bin Futais and India’s Gur- with 579. IPC, Tokyo organizers, the joat Khangura. The men’s 10 metres air Japanese government and To- In this file photo taken on December 1, 2020, the Olympic rings are reinstalled at the waterfront in Tokyo. Overseas fans will be banned from Sunday will see two more pistol event was won by Iran’s kyo’s city government warned this summer’s pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics, organisers said on Saturday, in a bid to reduce virus risks and convince a sceptical Japanese rounds with the top six quali- Javad Foroughi, who edged decisions could be taken public the Games will be safe. (AFP) fying for the final, which will out champion “which may need sacrifice be held later in the day. The Saurabh Chaudhary of India from everybody.” IOC’s top priority was, is and ISSF World Cup is not a quali- by 0.4 points. India’s Abhishek It is “very unfortunate” not remains to organize safe Olym- fying tournament for Tokyo Verma was third. to welcome overseas specta- pic and Paralympic Games for 2020 Olympics. However, a American Lucas tors, Hashimoto said after everyone: all the participants good show in Delhi will help Kozeniesky won the men’s 10m the meeting. The decision and, of course, our gracious Attiyah improve his rankings air rifle with a score of 249.8 – was made during the online hosts, the Japanese people.” which could see him seal a To- a mere 0.1 better than Hunga- meeting with Bach, Parsons, Prime Minister Yoshihide kyo berth. ry’s Istvan Peni. India’s 18year- Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike Suga decided to end a coro- Also doing well are Qatar’s old Divyansh Panwar, ranked and ’s Olympic Minister navirus state of emergency two other shooters -- Rashid number one in the world, was Tamayo Marukawa, she said. for Tokyo and its surrounding Hamad and Ahmed Ali Al third. The Tokyo Games were prefectures on Sunday. Ishaq. They shot 73 each to be There was also American postponed from last year due The number of new daily tied with four others, just one joy in the women’s 10m air to the pandemic and are due cases has fallen sharply since shot behind the leaders. rifle, with Mary Tucker com- to open on July 23. The torch January, however, Tokyo Qatar also led the team ing first - scoring 251.5 - and relay is to start on March 25 in has reported more than 300 competition in skeet after day Alison Weisz second. Eszter Fukushima amid a strict hy- new infections for the fifth one with a combined score of Denes of Hungary, the top giene protocol. straight day. 220, followed by hosts India on qualifier, completed the po- The committee will refund Japan has so far avoided a 218 while are third dium. overseas fans who have al- coronavirus outbreak on the with 216. The ISSF World Cup con- ready purchased tickets and a scale seen in Europe and the Among the women, in 10m tinues on Sunday with indi- total of 630,000 tickets have Japan’s Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa speaks during a press conference after a five-party meeting of , with a total of air rifle, Aisha Al Suwaidi fin- vidual skeet finals a highlight been sold, according to com- the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo on Saturday. (AFP) about 456,000 known infec- ished 33rd out of 48 shooters on the running order. mittee chief executive Toshiro tions and more than 8,800 Muto. The decision comes ing cases of new strains of the spect the principle of safety friends did not reach this con- COVID-19-related deaths, amid fears of a resurgence of coronavirus in Japan. first,” said Bach. “I know that clusion lightly. according to a tally by broad- new infections and increas- “Every decision has to re- our Japanese partners and “Together with them, the caster NHK.

Neymar back for PSG’s crucial clash with Lyon, confirms coach Pochettino : Neymar has been in- tions, including the Champions start. “Neymar is in the list match. “It’s already good that having won their last three cluded in Paris Saint-Germain’s League last-16 triumph over his of players who will be in the he can be there. He will get in away games in Ligue 1 without squad for the Ligue 1 clash at former club , but the group,” he said. “It is a great shape to have more and more conceding a goal. PSG suffered Lyon on Sunday, head coach 29-year-old could make his re- joy to be able to count on him. minutes.” Second-placed PSG a 1-0 home defeat to Lyon in Mauricio Pochettino has con- turn at the Groupama Stadium. It’s a big step for him and for are level on points with Lyon, December under former boss firmed. The star has been Speaking at his pre-match the team. “We like to apply who sit in third, and are looking Thomas Tuchel and Pochet- out of action since suffering an media conference on Saturday, common sense. After the match to end a winless run of four top- tino has warned his players adductor injury in PSG’s Coupe Pochettino revealed that while against Caen, it’s been about flight games against the other to expect another tough game de win away at Caen on Neymar has been included in five weeks or almost six since top-four teams. However, the against an “aggressive” side. February 10. He has missed the squad against Lyon, he he played. It will be difficult to reigning champions go into the “The truth is, it’s a very impor- Women’s 10m Air Pistol top three at the ISSF World Cup at the Karni nine games across all competi- is unlikely to feature from the see him from the start of the clash in fine form on the road, tant game,” he added. (DPA) Singh Shooting Range in on Saturday.