Sport SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2020 PakistanPakist ready to host top cricketing nations in 2021 A lotlot of these players go back to their own countries … and say, you knknowo what? Pakistan is one of the safest places to play. These are tthosehos cricketers who are associated with their own cricket boards, whwhoo are international cricketers, who perhaps had a (different) pperceptionerc of Pakistan before they came here. PCB CEO Wasim Khan Sport |06 QNB STARS LEAGUE: YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Al Ahli 2-0 Umm Salal Qatar SC 1-0 Al Wakrah Al Khor 0-0 Al Sailiyah H E Sheikh Joaan attends Amir Cup Shooting and Archery Championships QNA – DOHA The Chairman of Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani attended the Amir Cup 2020 Shooting and Archery Championships. Organized by Qatar Shooting and Archery Federation at the Lusail Shooting Complex, the championship has participants from Qatar shooters and archers in the men, women and youth category. In the two-day skeet competition, Masoud Saleh Hamad won the gold medal for men, Rashid Saleh Hamad won the silver medal, and Saeed Hamad Abu Sharb won the bronze medal, while Sarah Mohammed won the first place for women, Reem Al Sharshani won the second place and Amal Ahmed won the third place. In the shotgun competition (twenty-five meters) for women, Nasra Mohammed won the first place, Noura Al Mutawa and Mariana Kentina finished in second place and third place respectively. In the pistol competition (fifty meters, three positions) for youth, Saif Al Mohannadi won the gold medal, Abdulrahman Al Sharshani won the silver medal and Fahd Al Sulaiti won the bronze medal. In the central pistol competition for men, Ahmed Al Shammari won the gold medal, Osama Al Shaiba won the silver medal and The Chairman of Qatar Olympic Committee, H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, posing for a photograph with the medal winners Ali Hassan won the bronze medal. during the Amir Cup 2020 Shooting and Archery Championships at the Lusail Shooting Complex, yesterday. In the mixed pistol competitions, Mohammed Abu Taima and Amal Mohammed won gold medals. FIBA 3x3 World Tour event comes to a thrilling close at Al Gharafa Sports Complex Riga retain Doha Masters title THE PENINSULA – DOHA Latvian heavyweights Riga successfully defended their FIBA 3x3 World Tour Doha Masters title when they staged a brilliant comeback to down tournament favourites Limen in a thrilling 21:20 buzzer-beater yesterday. In a repeat of last year's final, Riga and Limen proved they were worthy finalists after crushing their opponents on their way to the title clash yesterday. DOHA MASTERS In last year's Doha finale, Riga overcame STANDINGS the Serbian giants in a tense final to win 1. Riga (LAT) their maiden Masters title with a 15-14 2. Liman (SRB) margin. 3. Utena Uniclub (LTU) Yesterday, at the state-of-the-art Al 4. Jeddah (KSA) Gharafa Sports Complex, Riga were 5. Princeton (USA) down 20-15 with just over three minutes 6. Lausanne Katapult (SUI) remaining. 7. Bielefeld LFDY (GER) Riga, the number 3 team in the 8. Lusail (QAT) world, relentlessly bridged the gap until 9. Yoyogi Crayon.EXE (JPN) Champions Riga players celebrate while receiving the winner's award from the first Vice President of the Qatar Olympic Karlis Lasmanis hit an impossible Tissot 10. Ub (SRB) Committee and FIBA Asia President, Sheikh Saud bin Ali Al Thani. Qatar Basketball Federation President Ahmed Buzzer Beater off the dribble from way 11. Manila Chooks TM (PHI) behind the arc to earn his team a 21-20 Abdulrahman Al Muftah is also present. 12. NY Harlem (USA) win. 13. Riyadh (KSA) The 26-year-old lefty stepped up in Saud bin Ali Al Thani and Qatar Bas- FIBA 3x3 World Tour Masters this In the individual contests, Chris 14. Kamakura NatureMade (JPN) the final with a game-high 11 points. It ketball Federation President Ahmed season. Staples (USA) won the McDonald’s Dunk was a team effort for Riga all weekend Abdulrahman Al Muftah - after leading They will meet again at the FIBA 3x3 Contest while former FIBA Basketball Health and the Guidelines for the Return though as sharpshooter Edgars Krumins his team in key assists, rebounds and World Tour Final, which will be held in World Cup participant Kostas to Basketball, developed by the FIBA topped all scorers (34 points in 5 games) player value. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia next month. Vasileiadis (from Greece, playing for Medical Advisory Group (MAG), which and the speedy Nauris Miezis received Riga completed a clean sweep at the Earlier, Lusail, the home team, lost Lusail, QAT) dominated the Tissot were successfully introduced for the the MVP trophy - from the First Vice Doha event this year with a 5-0 record to Lutena 8-21 in the quarter-finals. shoot-out contest. FIBA 3x3 World Tour return in President of the Qatar Olympic Com- after the title win. The Latvian side and Lutena later went down to eventual All the health and safety measures Debrecen, were implemented during mittee and FIBA Asia President, Sheikh Liman have combined to win all four champions in the semi-finals. requested by the Ministry of Public the event. ACL: Brazilian duo fires Beijing past FC Seoul in Doha AFP – DOHA After the initial moments of of the box following an earlier circumspection, midfielder attempt that was saved. Brazilians Fernando and A Lan Fernando put Beijing ahead in But despite his reputation, scored either side of the break the eighth minute with a right- his second goal of the day - a as Beijing Guoan overcame a footed shot from the centre of 41st minute effort from a Lee huge jinx against South Korean the box as he found space fol- Sang-heon assist - was only his opposition with a 2-1 victory lowing an assist from Zhang third overall in the compe- over FC Seoul in their AFC Yunin. tition, the first coming way Champions League (ACL) clash Clear-cut opportunities back in 2012 when Ulsan yesterday. were hard to come by for both Hyundai won their first and The Chinese side's second sides, but Han Chan-hee almost only Asian Champions League win in as many matches -- they equalized in first-half stoppage title so far. had beaten Thailand's Chiangrai time, his shot from outside the Shenhua, who had beaten United in February before the box going slightly wide of target. Perth glory in Doha earlier this pandemic struck -- took them Han had another chance week, conceded their third goal to the top of Group E which also four minutes after resumption in the 63rd minute, Kim includes Melbourne Victory. but Beijing goalkeeper Hou Sen Kee-hee heading past goal- Beijing were carrying a brought off a splendid save after keeper Li Shuai following a dubious record in the tour- the Korean had brilliantly con- free-kick on the left flank. nament, having won only two of trolled a Ko Kwang-min pass Beijing Guoan midfielder Fernando takes a free-kick during the AFC Champions League Group E Ulsan had a few scoring their 19 matches against South before taking his shot. match against Korea’s FC Seoul, at the Education City Stadium, yesterday. chances in the final 15 minutes, Korean teams before they lined Although the Koreans pro- but it was Shenhua who up against FC Seoul at Doha's duced a better display after the Brazilian in the Beijing ranks, Chu-yong easily found the net some South Korean pride with managed to sneak in a conso- Education City Stadium. break, it was the Beijingers who and beating the Seoul goal- from the penalty spot. a 3-0 thrashing of Shanghai lation goal with Zhu Jianrong's But they proved much better still held control most of the keeper Yang Han-been with a Desperate for another goal, Shenhua, aided by a first-half thundering header off a Wang on the day with a cohesive time and looked like scoring. powerful shot from just outside Seoul tried to up the tempo but brace from Yoon Bit-Garam. Wei cross one minute from display, rarely allowing the six- And sure enough they the box. failed to make any headway Yoon, 30, known as the time finding the top corner of times K League champions any managed to extend their lead FC Seoul got back into the against Beijing who stayed well 'South Korean Michael Ballack' the net. leeway, especially in the first in the 60th minute with A Lan, match six minutes later when on course for a spot in the for his ability to score from the The victory took Ulsan top session, which they thoroughly formerly known as Alan Car- Beijing's South Korean defender knockout phase. midfield, first struck in the 19th of the table on goal difference dominated with 68 percent ball valho, latching on to a long pass Kim Min-jae handled the ball The second match of the minute in the Group F clash ahead of FC Tokyo with four possession. from Renato Augusto, another just inside the area and Park day saw Ulsan Hyundai redeem with a low shot from the centre points from two matches. SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2020 SPORT 07 QOC Chairman attends Multi Tennis: Games - Challenge 2020 Thiem gets past Djokovic in semi-final AP - LONDON Dominic Thiem ended Novak Djokovic’s bid for a record-tying sixth ATP Finals title, beating the top- ranked player 7-5, 6-7 (10), 7-6 (5) in the semi-finals yesterday by grabbing seven of the last eight points.