SPORT Tuesday 24 January 2017 PAGE | 24 PAGE | 26 Warner wins Barcelona Allan Border maintain pressure medal again on Real Madrid Qatar ready for Slovenia test Fawad Hussain their five group matches. The The Peninsula Al Anabi, on the other reached the knock-out stage with just fter their stunning two victories under their belt. victory against However, the Asian giants European champi- excelled in the all-important ons Germany, game and stunned their Euro- Qatar will take on pean counterparts with an SloveniaA in the quarter-finals outstanding performance in of the World Handball Cham- the final minutes of the game pionship in Paris today, for a 21-20 win. targeting a spot in the Qatar's Cuban born winger semi-finals. Rafael Capote was the hero When the Al Anabi arrived scoring nine goals in the low- in France, coach Valeiro scoring match. Coach Riveira Riveira said reaching the will be expecting a similar quarter-finals was his team’s show by his ranks against main target but the 2015 edi- Slovenia, who relatively are tion’s silver medallists must not as tough as the Germans. have raised expectations after However, Slovenia who their remarkable performance defeated Russia 32-26 in the (From left) Qatar's left wing Murad Abdulrazzaq, against the rampant last 16 stage had an impres- Germans. sive run in the 24-team event centre back Mahmoud Hassaballa and right The European champions so far. Apart from their win in wing Abdullah Al Karbi celebrate after Al entered the Eighth Final Eighth Finals, they bagged Anabi defeated Germany in the 25th IHF Men's against Qatar as overwhelm- three wins and a loss besides World Championship 2017 Eighth Final against ing favourites, having won all a tied game. Germany at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, on In other quarter-finals Sunday. Al Anabi in line-up, defending champions Quarter finals France will take on continen- tal rivals Sweden while Qatar stunned Norway will meet Hungary. Germany with an The other last 8 match will be Qatar deserves respect, says coach Riveira outstanding played between Spain and performance in the Croatia. final minutes of While Germans were sent The Peninsula foreign players significantly and the ream’s "Qatar deserves respect," said the Qatar Eighth Final for a packing by Qatar, Hungary performance remains similar. coach. 21-20 win to advance. handed a shock defeat to wo years ago, Qatar shocked the global On Sunday, Qatar stunned one of the "Only three teams, of which Qatar is one, Olympic champions Denmark handball fraternity with their surprise most strong sides of the competition, beat- have qualified for the quarter-finals of the The 2015 silver to knock them out of the title T entry into the final of the World Hand- ing Germany 21-20 in the last 16 stage to last three international tournaments," he medallists have raised race. ball Championship on home courts. reach the quarterfinals. said. expectations after The semi-finals of the The Gulf state drew flak for roping in Qatar coach Valeiro Riveira said his team "We have worked hard to achieve their remarkable competition will be played on foreign players. Two years on, Qatar remod- has been proving its mettle and their per- respect," added Rivera who has been in performance. January 26 and 27 with the elled its squad and reduced the number of formance deserve praise. charge of the Qatar team since 2013. final scheduled on January 29. Ballan drafted Alexandre's last-minute goal rescues PSG into FIFA Referees Armstrong Vas in the fifth minute. forward Franck Evina, whose The Peninsula The Italians failed to powerful strike was too much bounce back from the early for the keeper to save despite Committee last minute goal from goals and although they con- getting a touch. Alexandre Stephane ceded three goals in the first A foul given deep in the The Peninsula A helped PSG defeated half, they managed repulse Bayern half allowed for the Real Madrid 2-1 while Eintra- the German attacks in the German side to push high up IFA has cht Frankfurt trounced AS second half. field, looking to utilise their announced that Roma 3-0 in the league group Kabuya of Eintracht physical advantage. However, F Hani Ballan matches of the Al Kass Cup Frankfurt won the man-of- the seemingly insignificant (pictured), a member International Under-17 r tour- the-match award for his twin free kick would turn the game of the Executive Com- nament at Aspire Zone strikes. on its head when Bayern cap- mittee of the Qatar yesterday. On Monday, Kashiwa tain Lars Mai played the ball Football Association The match between, the Reysol produced a heroic per- back to the keeper. A momen- (QFA), has joined the French and Spanish giants formance to dump Bayern tary lapse in concentration composition of a new seemed heading for a draw Munich out of Al Kass 2017 at from Michael Wagner saw the FIFA Referees Com- until the magnificent strike the group stage, prevailing in ball roll into the back of the mittee which is by Alex gave the Parisian club a pulsating contest that had net, much to the watching headed by Pierluigi full points. Aspire Zone fans on the edge crowd’s disbelief. Collina. Real Madrid struck with of their seats throughout. Reysol got the second half This is the first six minutes to go for the first From the first whistle, it underway, and were ahead time that a QFA offi- half. Antonio Manuel putting seemed that Bayern had within two minutes of the cial is joining the FIFA his team ahead with a goal. learned from their mistakes restart with a brilliant kick Referees Committee for the 2017-2021 period. PSG fought back and in their previous defeat to Red from Kaito Mori. The Referees Committee shall implement and equalised in the 73rd minute Bull Salzburg. A higher defen- And, five minutes later interpret the Laws of the Game and may propose with Yaisien having his name sive line and more width Mori almost made it three, amendments to the Laws of the Game to the FIFA on the scorecard and Alex through the midfield allowed only to be denied at close Council. made sure PSG made sure for the German side to have range by the advancing Wag- It shall appoint the referees and assistant ref- they had full points with a late much more possession. ner, who did well to block. erees for matches in competitions organised by strike at the stroke of full time However, Reysol were Reysol quickly extended FIFA. play. quick to close down. Their their advantage. Midfield ful- Ballan is also the Vice Chairman of the AFC In the first match of the high intensity approach crum Takumi Onodera stole Referees Committee. day, a brace from William meant that Munich had little the ball on halfway and A highly experienced football official, Ballan Kabuya helped German club time on the ball and were advanced before feeding Nori- has served QFA and Qatar Stars League (QSL) in Eintracht Frankfurt to regis- prone to mistakes, allowing hiro Syoda to his left, who various capacities. ter a 3-0 win over AS Roma. for the Japanese to win easy took a touch before sliding the Kabuya opened his throw-ins and latch on to ball under the despairing THE FIFA REFEREES COMMITTEE: account and the teams’ in the rushed passes. Wagner to make it 3-1. Chairman: Pierluigi Collina very first minute of the match Bayern were first off the With 87 minutes on the Players vie for the ball possession during their Committee Members: Amelio Andino (Paraguay), Dagmar Damkova and added a second one in the mark in the sixth minute. clock, Evina was once again Al Kass Cup International Under-17 group stage (Czech Republic), Brian Hall (USA), Shamsul Maidin (Singapore), Eddy 29th minute. Midfielder Oliver Batista the man in the right place at game between Kashiwa Reysol and Bayern Maillet (Seychelles), Neil Poloso (Solomon Islands), Wilson Seneme (Bra- In between, the two goals Meier gained possession fol- the right time, heading home Munich, played at Aspire Zone on Sunday. zil), Kevin Stoltenkamp (New Zealand), Hani Ballan (Qatar) from Kabuya, Cetin breoke lowing a stray pass and to make the score 3-2 and set Kashiwa Reysol won 3-2. through the AS Roma defence played the ball through to up a frantic finale. SPORT TUESDAY 24 JANUARY 2017 23 QBF Board Members meet Shubenkov expects to Officials of the Qatar Basketball Federation (QBF) are seen during hear fate within weeks a QBF Board Members' meeting in Doha. The new QBF Board Members Moscow include Ahmad Abdulrahman Al AFP Muftah, President and Head of National Teams Committee, Ali ussia's reigning 110m hurdles world champion Saed Al Malki, Secretary General, Sergey Shubenkov said yesterday that he expects a ruling within weeks from athletics' governing body Mohammed Ali Rashid A Al Subaey, R the IAAF after he applied to compete internationally as a Assistant Secretary General and neutral. Head of Referees Committee, The Russian track and field team have been suspended Ibrahim Obaid Al Siddiqi, Member from competition since 2015 over state-sponsored dop- and Head of Competition ing, but individual athletes can apply to take part in Committee, Abdulrahman international events as neutrals if they are deemed Mohammad Al Hitmi, Member and drug-free. National Teams Director, Salah In addition to Shubenkov 10 more Russian athletes Ateeq Suliman, Member and Head including two-time world champion high jumper Maria of Development Committee and Kuchina, 2014 European pole vault champion Anzhelika Mrs Salha Al Nuaimi, Committee Sidorova and 2015 European indoor champion in the Member.