 | Qatar holds on to second place
TWO gold medals in archery
and one in bowling extended
an encouraging show by Qatar
in the Arab Games.
Ali Ahmed Salem and
Abdulaziz al Obadi provided a
bright start to Tuesday for the
host and won the Men´s
Individual Recurve 30m and
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| | Egypt beats Kuwait, wins tennis gold |  IT was a historic moment for
Egypt and it did not wish anything
to spoil the men´s team
tennis final against Kuwait at
the Arab Games on Tuesday.
In a little over three hours,
Sherif Hussein and Mohamed
Mahmoud disposed of their
respective rivals to grab the
gold medal after 46 years at
the at the Khalifa International
Tennis and Squash Complex.
The Egyptian men had last
won the team gold in 1965.
After that it finished runnerup
in Beirut in 1997. It had
twice won the bronze medal,
falling to other African rivals
mostly.
Having reached the final
unbeaten, the North Africans
were in red-hot form and
Hussein put them into the lead
with a 6-2, 6-1 win against. |
| | Lampard´s penalty ends
City´s winning streak |  CHELSEA inflicted a first
league defeat of the season on
Premier League leader
Manchester City after substitute
Frank Lampard secured a
2-1 victory from the penalty
spot at Stamford Bridge here
on Monday.
Lampard´s 83rd minute
effort completed a comeback
that began when Raul
Meireles cancelled out Mario
Balotelli´s second minute
opener and revived the
Londoners´ title hopes.
Victory moved Chelsea up
to third, seven points adrift of
City, who were reduced to 10
men following the 58th
minute dismissal of Gael
Clichy.
The win was Chelsea´s third
in succession during a nineday
period in which Andre
Villas-Boas´s side have also... |
| | Al Sadd, the Asian Champion with African flavour |  IT MIGHT be the champions
of Asia, but the Qatari side Al
Sadd, who face Barcelona in
the semi-finals of the Club
World Cup on Thursday, is
very much made in Africa.
Ivory Coast international
Abdul Kader Keita made the
first goal and the Senegal-born
Abdullah Koni scored what
turned out to be the winner on
Sunday as Al Sadd battled past
Esperance — the African
champions — for a date with
Barca.
Also instrumental to the
side from Doha is Keita´s forward
partner Mamadou
Niang, a Senegalese international
who was far from his
best at the weekend but like
Koni and Keita played a key
part in Al Sadd´s run to the
Asian title.
And then there is flying... |
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