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P 13 | FOOTBALL P 22 | BOXING GULF PLAYERS HAVE QUALITY STARS DEScEND ON DOHA New Zealand coach Anthony Hudson believes The presence of top professionals Manny Gulf players, like Qatar’s Khalfan Ibrahim, have Pacquaio and Amir Khan as guests at the the potential to succeed in European leagues. Worlds boosts the sport’s profile in Qatar. WEDNESDAY, OcTObER 14, 2015 | Vol X | No.37 | QR 2.00 www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com Follow us on 5 5 Qatar thrash Maldives to make it five wins from as many matches and consolidate their DSP/Fadi Al Assaad DSP/Fadi position on top of Group C in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Asian Zone qualification. 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AL ATTIYAH www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com | WEDNESDAY, OctObEr 14, 2015 3 OPINION » The writer can be contacted at: Editor-in-Chief Dr Ahmed Al Mohannadi [email protected] Managing Editor Kumar Ravi Senior Editor/Writer Aswin Abraham Senior Sports Writer N Ganesh Sports Writers Sajith B Warrier Aju George Chris Mohammad Amin-ul Islam Sarath Pookkat Improved level of maturity Photographers Mohan Vinod Divakaran Fadi Al Assaad Mohammed Dabboos visible in Qatar’s approach A K BijuRaj Graphic Designers Abhilash Chacko OtHING succeeds like success, they say. With five Sebastian Soria was recalled in time for the china Gopakumar K wins out of five and 15 points in their kitty, Qatar tie. He didn’t score, but his power and speed constantly Joice Michael Nare poised to progress to the final round of 2018 troubled rival defenders. His ability to take the defenders Technical support Shaheen Mohammed World cup Asian Zone qualification. the creditable win away from the goal is sure to create opportunities for Abdul Naser M over china earlier last week seemed to have boosted others to score. When a team’s front man and rearguard Qatar’s confidence as they virtually toyed with Maldives perform well, it’s quite natural others also raise their on tuesday. performance by a notch or two. In their remaining fixtures, Qatar will play bhutan carreno also needs to be complimented for instilling P.O. box: 24598, Doha, Qatar tel: +974 44138065, Fax: +974 44138597 (November 17), Hong Kong (March 24) and china (March a winning mentality and sense of discipline in the team. www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com 29). While the Hong Kong match is at home, the other Overall, there was an improved level of maturity in the Editorial: tel: +974 44138522, Fax: +974 44138593 two are away. As things stand, Qatar should qualify for players’ approach as was evident from the way they e-mail: [email protected] the 12-team final round as group leaders. the 15-0 rout wriggled out of tight situations. He was even willing Marketing & advertising: tel: +974 44138566 of bhutan last month has given them a healthy goal to experiment with youngsters, giving Akram Afif e-mail: [email protected] Distribution: tel: +974 44138535/36, Fax: +974 44138597 difference too. an opportunity in the second half against china and e-mail: [email protected] Qatar’s squad by and large comprises the same group Maldives. of players who had failed miserably at the Asian cup So far so good. but the momentum needs to be in Australia last January. So what made them click as a sustained. What lies ahead in the final round will be a real www.twitter.com/dohastadiumplus team? Uruguayan coach Daniel carreno, who took over test of character for both the coach and players. 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Egypt in the Qatar classic. www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com | WEDNESDAY, OctObEr 14, 2015 3 OPINION » The writer can be contacted at: Editor-in-Chief Dr Ahmed Al Mohannadi [email protected] Managing Editor Kumar Ravi Senior Editor/Writer Aswin Abraham Senior Sports Writer N Ganesh Sports Writers Sajith B Warrier Aju George Chris Mohammad Amin-ul Islam Sarath Pookkat Improved level of maturity Photographers Mohan Vinod Divakaran Fadi Al Assaad Mohammed Dabboos visible in Qatar’s approach A K BijuRaj Graphic Designers Abhilash Chacko OtHING succeeds like success, they say. With five Sebastian Soria was recalled in time for the china Gopakumar K wins out of five and 15 points in their kitty, Qatar tie. He didn’t score, but his power and speed constantly Joice Michael Nare poised to progress to the final round of 2018 troubled rival defenders. His ability to take the defenders Technical support Shaheen Mohammed World cup Asian Zone qualification. the creditable win away from the goal is sure to create opportunities for Abdul Naser M over china earlier last week seemed to have boosted others to score. When a team’s front man and rearguard Qatar’s confidence as they virtually toyed with Maldives perform well, it’s quite natural others also raise their on tuesday. performance by a notch or two. In their remaining fixtures, Qatar will play bhutan carreno also needs to be complimented for instilling P.O. box: 24598, Doha, Qatar tel: +974 44138065, Fax: +974 44138597 (November 17), Hong Kong (March 24) and china (March a winning mentality and sense of discipline in the team. www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com 29). While the Hong Kong match is at home, the other Overall, there was an improved level of maturity in the Editorial: tel: +974 44138522, Fax: +974 44138593 two are away. As things stand, Qatar should qualify for players’ approach as was evident from the way they e-mail: [email protected] the 12-team final round as group leaders. the 15-0 rout wriggled out of tight situations. He was even willing Marketing & advertising: tel: +974 44138566 of bhutan last month has given them a healthy goal to experiment with youngsters, giving Akram Afif e-mail: [email protected] Distribution: tel: +974 44138535/36, Fax: +974 44138597 difference too. an opportunity in the second half against china and e-mail: [email protected] Qatar’s squad by and large comprises the same group Maldives. of players who had failed miserably at the Asian cup So far so good. but the momentum needs to be in Australia last January. So what made them click as a sustained. What lies ahead in the final round will be a real www.twitter.com/dohastadiumplus team? Uruguayan coach Daniel carreno, who took over test of character for both the coach and players. www.facebook.com/dohastadiumplusqatar from Djamel belmadi in May, didn’t tinker much with the Keep it up, Qatar. line-up, except for a couple of valuable changes. www.flickr.com/photos/dohastadiumplusqatar carreno brought in Amine Lecomte as Qatar’s first- choice goalkeeper in place of Qasim burhan. Amine has been a source of strength and inspiration as the last line Dr Ahmed Al Mohannadi Publishers: ASPIrE Printing, Publishing and Distribution of defence so far in the qualification. Editor-in-chief Printed at ASPIrE Printing Press © Stories and photographs appearing in this publication may not be reproduced without the permission of ASPIrE Printing, Publishing and Distribution. INSIDE P 16 | FOOTBALL P 18 | INITIATIVE P 29 | MILITARY GAMES Perfect match Ace sports academy Qatari hoopsters shine New Liverpool manager the Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Qatar win a gold, five silver and two Juergen Klopp could not have Academy, which offers programmes bronze medals at the sixth edition in found a more fitting club to in various disciplines, plays an Mungyeong, South Korea. take his successful coaching instrumental role in promoting career to the next level.