 | Al Sadd rallies to hold QSC 3-3 IN an entertaining Qatar Stars
League round 19 match, Al Sadd
and Qatar Sports Club shared
honours in a 3-3 draw at the Al
Sadd Stadium on Saturday.
QSC went on a three-goal burst
in the opening half with Fadhl
Omar netting in a brace and
Sebastian Soria...
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| | Rayyan, Jaish cagers make it to HA Cup semi-finals |  AL RAYYAN Club and Al Jaish
qualified for the semi-finals of
the Heir Apparent Cup for basketball
at Al Gharaffa Club
indoor hall on Saturday.
Rayyan, the reigning league
champion, held out against Al
Ahli Club and secured a 75-68
victory to stay unbeaten in the
group league phase. It was its
third and maximum possible triumph
and helped it top the pool
one.
Jaish was a runaway 85-49
victor against Qatar Sports Club
to grab the second place in the
pool. Jaish finished the group
league with two wins and one
loss, while QSC suffered defeat
in all its three matches.
Initially, it appeared as if
Rayyan would crush Ahli, finishing
the first quarter with 24-14
margin. | | | Victory 3 wins second
race in Pearl Qatar GP |  QATAR Team´s lead pair
Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor al
Thani and Steve Curtis could
not respond to the early charge
by Victory 3 and had to satisfy
with the final podium position
in the second race at the Pearl
Qatar Grand Prix, round one
of the UIM Class One World
Powerboat Championship, in
Doha on Saturday.
Arif Saif al Zafeen and
Mohammed al Marri, in
Victory 3, overcame a fierce
early challenge from Guido
Cappellini and Gian Maria
Gabbiani in Poliform to eventually
take the chequered flag
from Team Abu Dhabi´s
Rashid al Tayer and Majed al
Mansoori by the margin of
15.72 seconds.
Spirit of Qatar 95´s Ali al
Neama and Matteo Nicolini
finished fourth .... | | | Di Matteo turns to Chelsea´s ageing stars2:38 AM 3/18/2012 |  ROBERTO Di Matteo insists
Chelsea is reaping the
rewards of his bold decision
to embrace the player power
that forced Andre Villas-
Boas out of Stamford Bridge.
Di Matteo took over as
Chelsea´s interim manager
after Villas-Boas was sacked
following a brief, miserable
reign scarred by constant
rumours that he was
engaged in a power struggle
with John Terry, Frank
Lampard, Ashley Cole and
Didier Drogba.
Villas-Boas often dropped
Lampard and caused a
major stir when he also axed
Michael Essien and Cole for
the Champions League last
16 first leg defeat to Napoli.
But in the end the young
Portuguese coach couldn´t
win his battle with the cabal
of ageing stars ... | |
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