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Asian Cup showdown: Who will it be, Qatar or Jordan?

DOHA: After nearly a month of top-class action filled with many twists and turns, hosts Qatar and Jordan have earned the right to slug it out for Asian football supremacy when they meet in the 2023 Asian Cup title showdown at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail tomorrow night. As the defending champions and playing on […]

Australia beat Syria 1-0 to book slot in round of 16

DOHA: Australia booked a place in the 2023 Asian Cup round of 16, after edging Syria 1-0 in their second Group B match at the Jassim Bin Hammad Stadium, here last night. Striker Jackson Irvine was the toast of the Socceroos when he broke the deadlock in the 59th minute after a goalless first half. […]

It’s a crazy, weird World Cup!

Why can’t we? Why can’t our players dream? You have to dare to dream. You have to have that ambition. – Walid Regragui, Moroccan coach When a former secondary school classmate whose father, an expatriate Indian teacher teaching in Sibu in the early 60’s and 70’s, predicted that my perennial all-time favourites Brazil would bite […]

World Cup: Date-change overshadows countdown

DOHA: FIFA and Qatar organisers on Friday counted the cost of bringing forward the start of the World Cup by a day as they launched the 100-day countdown to the event. Football’s ruling body and the wealthy Gulf state both promised to help fans, sponsors and broadcasters hit by the change but did not give […]

Australia’s goalkeeper praises world class stadiums in Qatar

DOHA: Australia’s goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne has praised the state-of-the-art stadiums and facilities built by Qatar for the upcoming FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 scheduled Nov 21 until Dec 18.  Speaking to the official website of Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, he said the stadiums were of world-class standard, adding that he looks forward […]