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Al Shahania collected full points in a comprehensive 3-1 win over Al Ahli while Al Wakrah and Al Sailiya played out a goalless draw in Week 18 matches of the 2019-20 QNB Stars League at the Al Sadd Stadium and Al Janoub Stadium on Sunday.   Al Shahania rode on a brace by Iranian midfielder Ramin Rezaein as he scored in the 22nd and 29th (penalty) minutes. Kesse Amangoua (81st minute) was Al Shahania’s other scorer as they earned a lifeline in their attempt to stay in the First Division. Al Shahania moved on to 13 points with only their second victory in this season’s league, while Al Ahli suffered their ninth loss and remained on 19 points.   Interestingly, Tunisian striker Ahmed Akaichi, who recently moved from Al Shahania to Al Ahli, scored the latter’s goal in the 60th minute.   Al Shahania could not have hoped for a better start as the league resumed after a long break. The three points will greatly boost the confidence of their players, coached by Nabil Anwar who recently

Evolution Sports is delighted to bring back physical activities… In line with the Qatar government and gradual lifting of restrictions guidelines (phase 3), Evolution Sports will safely resume physical activities with a range of fun sports camps and technical coaching clinics, delivered by specialist qualified coaches. The highly successful #IAM Evo Multi-sports holiday camp will kick-off at Park House English School (Abu Hamour) for youngsters aged between 4 to 11 years old. Bringing a mixture of exciting games and sports where all participants are guaranteed to have fun, meet new friends and develop new skills in a safe and fun environment. For the first time, Evolution Sports will be joining forces with the Clement Sports, who are highly qualified specialists in fencing and archery. Throughout the summer children & adults will have the chance to try their hand at both fencing and archery at the purpose-built Qatar Fencing Federation training hall (Al Maamoura). Whether you are a

Hojgaard takes lead on first day of Qatar masters 2020   ARMSTRONG VAS THE PENINSULA Danish teenager Nicolai Hojgaard produced a remarkable run of scoring on the back nine to take a one-shot lead at the 2020 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in Doha yesterday. On the first day of the European Tour event, the 18-year-old, runner-up behind Sergio Garcia at the KLM Open last season, started with a seven-under 64 to hit the front at Education City Golf Club. Hojgaard hit the turn in 35, then birdied seven of the next eight holes before a second bogey of a stunning opening round ensured he had to settle for the slenderest of advantage. “It was a good day,” said Højgaard. “I started out slow, was playing really bad on the first four, five, six holes - I was still two under at that point but I was just playing it all over the place. My putter was just on fire today, that’s the difference. “When I came to the back nine I was hitting fairways, hitting it close and rolling the putter

Pango cries foul as GFA President Churchill Alemao unilaterally declares season as 'over' Goa Football Association (GFA) vice President Anthony Pango has lamented that the GFA President instead of addressing the issues raised by the Executive Committee members and replying them has preferred to take the media route. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnrn79xtuXw Five executive committee members had written to the president to convey a meeting of the Executive Committee and had addressed letters on May 22 and a fresh one last week was sent to the Secretary. The EC members had requested the president to convey a meeting digitally to decide on the fate of the entire season and the pending leagues and tournament besides other issues, taking into account the Covid 19 situation, but none of the reminders and letters evoked any response from the President and the Secretary. Pango said while FIFA and All India Football Federation (AIFF) have made use of the digital platforms like

Goa Football Association (GFA) 2019-2020 season is well and truly   ‘over’ if ones goes by the press note released by the its General Secretary Jovito Lopes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7EtFapFQgo Lopes, who is a paid secretary of GFA, has in a letter circulated to the GFA Executive Committee members has said “We need to know when the season could be made operative for the new season 2020-2021 as the season 2019-2020 is over,” without specifying as how and who has taken the decision to officially end the season which was halted in March 23 this year on account of the Corona Virus pandemic. A host of executive committee members have been in arms over the failure of the president to convey a meeting of the Executive Committee and had addressed letters on May 22 addressed to the President and a fresh one last week sent to the Secretary. The EC members had requested the president to convey a meeting digitally to decide on the fate of the entire season and the pending leagues and

Chinese players WTA tour dream on track in face of coronavirus scare Chinese tennis players fight off adverse off court conditions to keep WTA dream on track   The outbreak of the coronavirus has hit many worldwide sporting events and athletes alike. Chinese sports has taken a big beating with some major sports events having been cancelled or postponed, while, some countries have put restrictions on the Chinese travel plans. In that sense World No.37 Zheng Saisai is lucky that she is able to compete on the WTA Tour while back home the Xi'an Open has been called off and the Chinese Davis Cup team had to withdraw. Asked whether she feels that the Chinese athletes have taken the biggest hit of the worldwide scare Zheng said: “I don't know, I think it's just trying to protect athletes, you know, not to affect so much. I really, I don't know, but I just feel, you know, many athlete was working pretty hard and right now with the situation is they can only stay home.

  Armstrong Vas The global corona virus crisis is going to severely affect the European clubs’ competitive potential over the next few years, says La Liga President Javier Tebas. Spain, which has given football the tiki-taka version of the game, has many of its coaches plying their trade across various leagues throughout the world including Qatar. The country is dependent on football in multiple ways and the crisis has not only affected the clubs but hit the wider economy in the Iberian country. Spain earns 1.67% of its Gross Domestic Product from football and the COVID-19 outbreak is having is its impact in a country where over 1.5 million people earn their livelihood - either directly or indirectly - from the world’s most beautiful game. “I won’t go as far as saying that clubs would be thrown into crisis because our financial controls are very robust, but clubs’ competitive potential would be hit for various years. 28% of the television broadcast contracts revenue, amountin

Kuznetsova eyes another tilt at the top Two-time Grand Slam winner Svetlana Kuznetsova – a surprise semi-finalist at this year’s Qatar Total Open is seemingly ready for another tilt at a top-10 position, after a series of highs and lows over the past four years. The Russian dropped to World No. 107 at the end of 2018 and further slipped to 198 last year after missing the Citi Open in Washington, courtesy of a delayed visa. But a steady run since then has helped her crack the top-50 which she aims to improve further as the season progresses. Kuznetsova, winner of the 2009 French Open and the 2004 US Open has not given up on adding another Grand Slam titles to her collection. “Of course, why not?, the 34-year Russian said in response to a question as to whether she is aiming to win another Grand Slam title. “They always told me I'm black horse, so I can still be black horse. I always been, when I won French, when I with won US Open, why not?, you never know” she added.

Spotlight on US, Qatar and equestrian sports at #bigmeetup of Bosco Menezes Doha, Qatar July 3: Qatar: Sand, Sea, and Sky book of Diana Untermeyer and equestrian sports will take centre stage on Saturday July 4, 8pm at the 13th edition of #bigbmeetup, Qatar's only weekly virtual community meet up. The meet up is a prelude to the QatarUSA year of culture 2021, organizer Bosco Menezes informed. Diana is a former cultural advisor to the Qatar-America Institute and she lived in Qatar, from 2004 – 2007 while her husband Chase Untermeyer served as US ambassador.   At this week’s session Bosco has invited former US Ambassador to Qatar Chase Untermeyer and wife Diana, author of the book Qatar: Sand, Sea, and Sky which was published in December 2011. Diana, will be talking about her journey as a writer and on equine, while her husband will talk about his experiences in Qatar as an Ambassador of the United States of America. In Qatar, she was active with women’s and children’s progr