 | Al Sadd, Al Rayyan make it to final AL SADD and Al Rayyan will
clash in the championship
round of the Emir Cup
Basketball after they defeated
Al Arabi and Al Gharafa,
respectively, on Monday.
After bagging the most wins
in the best of five semi-finals,
the winners will lock horns
on Friday.
Al Arabi bowed...
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build team to
groom young
Qatari drivers |  QATARI star Nasser bin
Saleh al Attiyah is planning
to form his own team to
groom local rally drivers in
future.
At the sidelines of the
Sealine Cross-Country
Rally, which had a ceremonial
start at the Corniche on
Monday, the 2011 Dakar
Rally champion said that he
was going ahead strongly
with idea of owning the
team and had already got
the backing of the Qatari
government about it.
"My future plan is not
only about winning more
titles. I wish to prepare my
own team for Qatar. I´ll be
the owner of it
and will support
the talented
newcomer
rally
drivers of Qatar," said
Attiyah, the face of Qatari
sports with multiple exploits
in the car rally and shooting.
"I´ve got the ... | | | Sealine Rally begins with
ceremonial start in Doha |  QATAR´S new Sealine Cross-
Country Rally officially got
underway at Doha´s scenic
Corniche on Monday afternoon.
Twenty-five cars, 29 motorcycles
and 11 quads lined up
at the start of the largest event
of its kind ever to run through
Qatar. The rally will run
through the Qatar deserts
over the next five days with
the finish scheduled on
Saturday at 4 pm. Nasser bin
Khalifa al Attiya, President of
the Qatar Motor &
Motorcycle Federation
(QMMF), flagged teams and
riders off.
"This is a ground-breaking
event for this country and we
are extremely proud to see so
many famous names from the
world of cross-country rallying
here with us," enthused
Attiyah. "A great dea... | | | Madrid, Barca a hurdle
away from ´Clasico´ final |  BARCELONA and Real
Madrid have one more hurdle
to overcome if the tantalising
prospect of a first "Clasico"
final in the Champions League
is to become a reality.
Chelsea, under interim manager
Roberto di Matteo, stands
in the way of defending champion
Barcelona and a third
Champions League showpiece
in four years.
Madrid faces a freescoring
Bayern Munich team eager to
reach the final to be played at
their Allianz Arena on May 19.
"We´ll pull everything out,
we´ll fight, give everything to
make it," Bayern attacking
midfielder Thomas Mueller
said ahead of Tuesday´s first leg
between teams who have won
Europe´s biggest club prize 13
times between them.
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