الســــد.. صـــدارة بـ «العـــلامة الكــــــاملة»

واصل السد عروضه القوية في دوري نجوم بنك الدوحة، وحقق انتصاره الرابع على التوالي بعدما تجاوز السيلية بنتيجة 6-3، في مباراة حافلة بالإثارة والأهداف أقيمت مساء أمس على ملعب لوسيل المونديالي ضمن منافسات الجولة الرابعة من المسابقة.ونجح السد في إنهاء الشوط الأول متقدمًا بهدفين مقابل هدف، بعدما افتتح أكرم عفيف التسجيل مستفيدًا من تمريرة روبيرتو فيرمينو في الدقيقة 20، لكن السيلية سرعان ما أدرك التعادل عن طريق الأردني علي علوان في الدقيقة 35. وقبل صافرة نهاية الشوط الأول، تمكن هاشم علي من إعادة الأفضلية للزعيم بتسجيل الهدف الثاني في الدقيقة 3+45. وفي الشوط الثاني، واصل السد تفوقه وأضاف فيرمينو الهدف الثالث من ركلة جزاء في الدقيقة 50، قبل أن يقلص أحمد معين الفارق للسيلية ويعيد المباراة إلى أجواء المنافسة في الدقيقة 58 . إلا أن السد لم يتراجع، حيث عاد فيرمينو وسجل هدفه الثاني والرابع لفريقه في الدقيقة 62، ثم أضاف أكرم عفيف الهدف الخامس والثاني له في اللقاء في الدقيقة 76. وفي الوقت بدل الضائع، اكتملت سداسية السد عن طريق البديل مصطفى طارق مشعل في الدقيقة 5+90 ، بينما تمكن علي علوان من تسجيل الهدف الثالث للسيلية في الدقيقة 9+90 ، لتنتهي المواجهة بفوز الزعيم 6-3 في مباراة شهدت تسعة أهداف.
ورفع السد بهذا الفوز رصيده إلى 12 نقطة، محافظًا على العلامة الكاملة وموقعه في صدارة جدول الترتيب، في حين واصل السيلية نتائجه السلبية بتلقيه الخسارة الرابعة تواليًا، ليبقى دون نقاط في المركز الأخير، وسط فرصة خلال فترة توقف الدوري لإعادة ترتيب أوراقه وتصحيح المسار.



فيرمينو الأفضل

حصل البرازيلي روبرتو فيرمينو، مهاجم نادي السد، على جائزة أفضل لاعب في مباراة فريقه أمام السيلية، ضمن منافسات دوري نجوم بنك الدوحة.
وقدم فيرمينو أداءً مميزًا خلال اللقاء، وأسهم بتحركاته ومجهوده الهجومي في دعم السد وتحقيق النتيجة المطلوبة، ليكلل تألقه بالحصول على جائزة أفضل لاعب في المباراة.
ويواصل النجم البرازيلي تقديم مستويات لافتة مع السد، مؤكدًا حضوره كأحد أبرز العناصر الهجومية في صفوف الفريق، في ظل سعي «الزعيم» لمواصلة نتائجه الإيجابية والمنافسة بقوة في دوري نجوم بنك الدوحة.



باولو أوتافيو:سعيد بانطلاقتنا القوية

أعرب البرازيلي باولو أوتافيو، لاعب الفريق السداوي عن سعادته بالفوز الذي حققه الزعيم بنتيجة 6 -3 على السيلية ضمن الأسبوع الرابع من دوري نجوم بنك الدوحة.وقال أوتافيو في تصريحاته عقب المباراة: سعيد بالفوز وسعيد أيضاً بالنتائج التي يحققها الفريق مع انطلاقة دوري نجوم بنك الدوحة، مؤكدًا تطلعه لمواصلة تقديم أفضل المستويات خلال الفترة المقبلة.وأضاف مدافع الزعيم: نسعى لمواصلة العمل من أجل تحقيق الأفضل، جئت إلى السد من أجل تقديم أفضل ما لديَّ، وطموحي دائمًا هو التطور وتقديم مستويات أفضل.وتابع: جمهور السد يمنحنا حافزًا كبيرًا، ويدفعنا دائمًا لتقديم أفضل ما لدينا داخل الملعب، ونأمل أن نواصل إسعادهم وتحقيق المزيد من الانتصارات.

Doha, Qatar: Qatar will be hoping to add to its Asian Games medal tally through volleyball at the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026, with its strongest medal hopes resting on beach volleyball stars Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan.

Qatar will field men’s and women’s teams in the indoor competition, in addition to four teams in beach volleyball, two men’s and two women’s pairs. fishroad-app.com

The men’s indoor team have been drawn in Group C alongside India, Vietnam and Hong Kong, while Group A comprises Japan, Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, Group B features the Islamic Republic of Iran, Indonesia, Thailand and Kyrgyzstan, and Group D has the Republic of Korea, Chinese Taipei and the Philippines.

The men’s competition will run from September 27 to October 3, while the women’s event is scheduled from September 16 to 22.

Qatar’s men enter the tournament after an intensive preparation programme under Argentine coach Camilo Soto.

They held a training camp in Slovenia from August 15 to 26, playing friendly matches against Egypt and Slovenian league teams before competing in the Asian Championship in Fukuoka, Japan.

The women’s team are in Group D alongside Vietnam, the Republic of Korea and Hong Kong, with Qatar aiming to produce a strong showing against experienced continental opponents.

Qatar have a strong record in indoor volleyball, winning the Asian Cup in Chinese Taipei in 2018 after defeating Iran 3-2.

They have also won the Gulf Cup and Asian Challenge Cup, claimed bronze at the 2023 Asian Championship in Iran and qualified for the 2022 and 2025 World Championships.

In beach volleyball, Qatar will be represented by four teams. The Qatar 1 men’s team features Cherif and Tijan, while Qatar 2 comprises Moussa El Kheir and Mohamed Ehab.

Malak Mohammed and Laila Mohammed form Qatar 1 in the women’s event, while Haya Abu Issa and Shaghaf Amin represent Qatar 2.

Cherif and Tijan are Qatar’s main medal hopes, having won Asian Games gold in Jakarta in 2018 and retained their title in Hangzhou in 2023.

The duo also won bronze at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and gold at the Asian Beach Games in Sanya, China, last April. They have won the Asian Beach Volleyball Championship three times, with their latest continental title coming in Bandar Abbas, Iran, in 2022.

They also won gold at the West Asian Beach Volleyball Championship in Doha in 2022.

Their continued excellence was recognised when they received the award for Asia’s best beach volleyball players for 2026 from the Asian Volleyball Confederation in Bangkok, Thailand. With QNA input.

New York: Ben Shelton stunned holder Carlos Alcaraz in an epic US Open quarter-final that ended at 3:34 am Wednesday, breaking the record for the latest finish in Flushing Meadows history.

The big-hitting Shelton won 6-7 (5/7), 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (10/7) on Arthur Ashe stadium in a 4hr 28min classic, ending the Spaniard's hopes of retaining his title in his first tournament back after a four-month injury absence.

On a marathon day that stretched well into the early hours, two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka earlier beat Wimbledon winner Linda Noskova 7-6 (7/1), 3-6, 7-6 (10/7) in another match for the ages.

The Belarusian will now face Jessica Pegula, who had to come from a set down to beat fellow American Emma Navarro 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, for a place in the final.

Shelton will have an all-American last-four meeting with Frances Tiafoe, who came from two sets down to beat compatriot Alex Michelsen 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (10/6) in another match that went the full distance.

It ensures a US player will be in the final -- no American man has won the US Open since Andy Roddick in 2003.

"It's incredible," said Shelton as he thanked the New York crowd for staying so late.

"I always say that this is the greatest sports city in the world. I say that this is the greatest stadium in the world.

"To be here in front of you guys tonight is an absolute honor.

"Sharing the court with Carlos is an absolute honor, and I cherish every moment that I have out here."

Alcaraz was disappointed to go out but also happy with his performance following the long injury layoff.

"I'm just proud about myself, about how I fought," he said, calling his opponent "a beast" physically.

"It was close. It was close. So I'm just not going to be disappointed about not getting the win at the end," he said.

"Shelton is an unbelievable player, powerful. He just managed how to play really, really well in every situation, so credit to him."

'What a battle'

Sabalenka had to dig deep against her 21-year-old Czech opponent Noskova.

"What a battle," Sabalenka told the crowd. "I was pushing myself to the limit, especially in the third set.

"I honestly thought that was it, the match was over, and that's what helped me to feel loose and go for my shots," she added after trailing 4-2 in the third set on the back of two double faults.

Sabalenka beat Pegula in the 2024 US Open final -- still the American's only appearance in a Grand Slam title match -- and beat her again last year in the semi-finals.

Sabalenka looked headed for another Grand Slam disappointment in a season in which she has so far been unable to add to her stash of four major titles.

Clearly frustrated, she nevertheless regrouped and broke Noskova to love to pull level at 4-4.

They hurtled into a 10-point tiebreak where Sabalenka finally sealed victory with a second-serve ace.

The victory was Sabalenka's first win over a top-10 player since she beat Coco Gauff in the Miami final in March.

American 11th seed Tiafoe also came back from the brink after Michelsen, ranked 46th, served for the match at 5-4 in the third.

"He gave me some gifts, a couple of double faults there," Tiafoe said.

"But then I slowly started to get my rhythm there, snuck out third set and slowly started playing better and better.

"But he is a hell of a player," Tiafoe added of Michelsen, who wept in Tiafoe's arms as they met at the net after 4hr 38min.

"He should have easily won today."

Third-seeded Pegula needed two hours and 20 minutes to get past Navarro.

"It was really tough," Pegula said after a match featuring nine breaks of serve.

"It was physical, humid. I wasn't exactly serving my best and I was fighting a lot of demons out there today."