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Al Sailiya coach Sami Trabelsi spoke to the media ahead of their 2020-21 season QNB Stars League Week 5 match against Al Gharafa. “The team’s preparations for the next match were very serious, especially at the psychological level, because the problems in Al Sailiya are always psychological because we know the capabilities of our players well and we do not have any problem on the psychological or tactical side. “We spoke to the players after our defeat to Al Ahli in the last

Umm Salal defeated Qatar SC 1-0 in Week 5 of the 2020-21 season QNB Stars League at the Qatar SC Stadium on Saturday. Ismail Mahmoud netted the all-important goal in the 57th minute as Umm Salal registered their first victory and took their points tally to four. Going into the match, Umm Salal, under the tutelage of their former defender Aziz Ben Askar, had only one point. However, the revamped side put up an improved performance. Qatar SC, coached by former Qatar international

Al Wakrah and Al Arabi were locked in an entertaining 2-2 draw in Week 5 of the 2020-21 season QNB Stars League at the Qatar SC Stadium on Saturday. Al Wakrah were helped by an own goal by Al Arabi’s Khalaf Sadd in the 59th minute. Mohamed Benyettou scored their other goal in the 88th minute. Mehrdad Mohammadi (73rd and 90+5 minute penalty) scored Al Arabi’s goals.  Al Wakrah and Al Arabi now have seven and five points respectively. Just like they pulled

Al Kharaitiyat coach Yousef Adam spoke to the media ahead of their 2020-21 season QNB Stars League Week 5 match against Al Khor. “It is going to be a very difficult match against Al Khor because the competitor is considered as one of the organised teams, especially when they play on their home turf. Our focus must be highest in order to show a good level and achieve a positive result. “We have great confidence in all our players and the team is

ZURICH: Qatar are ranked 57 in the latest FIFA rankings released by the world governing body. Coached by Felix Sanchez, Qatar were ranked 55 in the previous rankings issued last month. Qatar have a tally of 1391 points while Mali – a notch above – have 1394 points. Japan is the first Asian team and sits 27th in the world. Korea Republic rose to 38th, while Australia dropped to 42nd and AFC Asian Cup champion Qatar is 57th to complete Asia’s top five

NEW DELHI: Amidst all the debates over gender equality, a remote village of Mizoram, Champhai – some handshaking distance away from the Indo-Myanmar border is silently taking a firm stride forward towards establishing gender equality through Golden Baby Leagues. "We started the Golden Baby Leagues with mixed-gender matches and it had a magical response from parents in the locality. At the end of the season, you won't believe, the highest scorer was an 8-year-old girl," Prakhar Soni revealed.

NEW DELHI: Mohammedan Sporting may have emerged as the champions of the Hero I-League Qualifier 2020 but Wasim Akram, General Secretary, Mohammedan Sporting isn’t much willing to get into celebration mode right at this very moment. In a live chat with AIFF TV, Akram stressed that “the club needs to get back to winning ways to get the fans back.” “Mohammedan Sporting is a club which was born out of passion. It has had a pan-India fan base since its very inception. We have

In line with the continuous reviews of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic-related protocols which the Qatar Stars League (QSL) follows in co-operation with the Ministry of Public Health, it has been decided to increase the number of tickets allowed to be purchased through the official website (tickets.qsl.qa) to four tickets per person starting from Week 5 of the 2020-21 season QNB Stars League and Round 4 of the Ooredoo Cup. An individual can buy tickets for himself or for others provided that each beneficiary’s data

The Philippines Football League (PFL) brought to you by Qatar Airways will open its fourth season on 25 October 2020 with three matches scheduled at the PFF National Training Center in Carmona, Cavite. The league kickoff is the culmination of the long preparation to ensure that professional football makes its return to national consciousness. “Everyone is ready to play,” said PFF president Mariano Araneta, Jr. in the season launch held in an online webinar last Wednesday 14 October 2020. “We thank a lot

The Belgian Ambassador to Qatar congratulated the FIFA World Cup 2022™ hosts on their ‘impressive and integrated’ tournament preparations during a visit to the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC). H.E. Bart De Groof received a project update from Nasser Al Khater, CEO, FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 LLC, after visiting the SC’s Legacy Pavilion. De Groof, who took up his post in Doha in 2017, told www.qatar2022.qa he is hugely impressed with Qatar’s infrastructure progress. “The progress is very, very impressive,” said De

The FIFA World Cup 2022™ First Sustainability Progress Report provides an update on the progress made by FIFA, the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) and the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 LLC in 2019 regarding their five sustainability commitments, including human rights, diversity and environmental protection. “We are very glad to provide our stakeholders and the public with an overview of how much we advanced last year with the delivery of the Sustainability Strategy for the next edition of our flagship event. The

The teenager has put pen to paper on a four-year deal FC Goa is delighted to announce that the club has reached an agreement with Reliance Foundations Youth Champs (RFYC) for the transfer of Muhammad Nemil, one of the most exciting young prospects to have graduated from Academy’s first badge of graduates. The 18-year-old midfielder has been on the Gaur’s radar since some time and had also spent a successful training stint with the Developmental Team last season. He has now penned a

Chennai, October 20, 2020: Chennaiyin FC are delighted to announce that Slovakian center-forward Jakub Sylvestr has joined on a free transfer for the duration of the 2020-21 season. The 31-year-old former Slovakia international joins CFC from the Israel top flight after the expiry of his contract at Hapoel Haifa FC. And Sylvestr is set to become the first player from Slovakia to feature in the Indian Super League. “I am really excited about signing for CFC and coming to India for the first

The defender recently penned a new two-year contract. Last season saw FC Goa create history. Thanks to a club-record haul of 39 points in the league stage of the Indian Super League, the Gaurs clinched top spot and a historic first-ever spot in the group stage of the 2021 AFC Champions League for an Indian club. Mohamed Ali, a Goan native who has been a part of the FC Goa blueprint these last three years signed a new two-year extension. The new contract

Al Rayyan beat Al Wakrah 1-0 in Week 4 of the 2020-21 season QNB Stars League at the Al Gharafa Stadium on Monday. Yohan Boli netted the all-important goal in the 49th minute as Al Rayyan, the previous season’s league runners-up, now have seven points. Al Wakrah stood on six points. Al Rayyan were held 1-1 by Al Sailiya in their opener, but they put that defeat behind them by defeating Al Gharafa 3-1. However, The Lions, coached by Uruguayan Diego Aguirre, lost

The 2020-21 season QNB Stars League was back after a long break. The Week 4 matches were played on Saturday, 17th October, Sunday, 18th October, and Monday, 19th October, at the Al Duhail, Al Khor, Al Ahli, Al Gharafa and Al Arabi Stadiums. One of the six matches ended in a draw and a total of 11 goals were scored. The highlight of the results was Al Arabi recording their first victory in this season’s league competition when they pulled off a lasp-gasp

The Qatar Football Family (QFF) e-Sports Tournament, jointly organised by the Qatar Football Association, Qatar Stars League and Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, will conclude at the Mall of Qatar, on the evening of Tuesday, 20th October, 2020. The tournament, being held from 6th to 20th October with the participation of a number of e-sports fans in Qatar only on PlayStation 4, is a new initiative aimed at raising awareness of the game of football and reaching out to all sections of

KOLKATA: The Indian football ecosystem has already started to move forward together with the Hero I-League Qualifier 2020 and Mohammedan Sporting already sealing a berth in the Hero I-League 2020-21. The Qualifier has been the first-ever sporting action in India organised by any sporting Federation since the lockdown. Add to that -- around four-and-a-half thousand miles away, another Indian has just hit the pitch. Indian Women’s National Team forward Bala Devi had decided to stay back in Glasgow, Scotland during the worldwide lockdown enforced

Spanish Tiki-Taka flavour will be at the forefront in the upcoming seventh edition of the Indian Super League (ISI) as seven of the eleven clubs have coaches from Iberian Peninsula at the helm of affairs. Out of the eleven teams, seven clubs have coaches from Spain, while two are from England and the remaining are from Hungary and Scotland, for the upcoming season which will be held in Goa in November. The coastal state will host matches at three different venues without spectators

Having secured top spot in the Hero I-League Qualifiers 2020 and subsequent promotion to the Hero I-League 2020-21, Mohammedan SC are all set to take on FC Bengaluru United at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Stadium in Kolkata on Monday, (October 19, 2020). The match kicks off at 2 pm IST, and will be broadcast live on the 1Sports channel, and will also be streamed live on the 1SportsFacebook page. Mohammedan Sporting, who have won all of their three matches so far and amassed nine