Qatar Stars League holds Ordinary General Assembly meeting
Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Stars League (QSL) held its Ordinary General Assembly meeting yesterday. It was attended by Minister of Sports and Youth and QSL President H E Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani, QSL CEO, members of the Executive Committee, Presidents and representatives of club companies (General Assembly members) and QSL Executive Directors.
H E Sheikh Hamad welcomed the attendees, wishing everyone success for the ongoing 2026-2027 football season. He emphasized the importance of continued collaboration between QSL and clubs to achieve desired goals and aspirations while supporting the development and advancement of Qatar football at all levels.
QSL CEO Hani Taleb Ballan reviewed the meeting agenda. The proceedings included the formal ratification of Ordinary General Assembly meeting in accordance with QSL statutes, the acceptance of agenda and appointment of members to record and review the meeting minutes. livefromquarantine.club
Furthermore, the assembly approved the minutes of previous General Assembly meeting held on June 2, 2025, and accepted the annual report on QSL activities. The meeting also saw the presentation and approval of QSL’s audited financial statements, the independent auditor’s report and a proposal to amend the statutes.
Hull hold Chelsea, Liverpool fail to beat Fulham in Premier League
London: Hull held free-scoring Chelsea 2-2 at Stamford Bridge to go third in the Premier League as Liverpool failed to find a way past struggling Fulham in a 0-0 draw on Saturday.
It was a familiar tale for Chelsea as the front three of Morgan Rogers, Joao Pedro and Cole Palmer dazzled, but the Blues were undone by an inability to defend.
In five games against top-flight opposition since Xabi Alonso took charge, Chelsea have scored 16 times and conceded 12.
Hull were the last side in the Premier League to concede, but after three clean sheets they were finally breached when Rogers drilled in at the near post on seven minutes.
Mohamed Belloumi took advantage of Chelsea's slackness at the back to blast home on the volley after Jorrel Hato got caught under a cross to the back post.
The Algerian winger then put Hull in front with a deflected strike after Emi Martinez failed to deal with a corner.
Pedro drilled a Palmer cross into the top corner to bring Chelsea level just after the hour mark.
But the home side could not find a winner as Hull's honeymoon back in the Premier League goes on with only defending champions Arsenal and Manchester City above them in the table.
"We have to be happy," said Hull boss Sergej Jakirovic. "It's a huge result for us."
Liverpool remain unbeaten under Andoni Iraola but there were boos at Anfield after Fulham picked up their first point under Alvaro Arbeloa.
Former Liverpool defender Arbeloa was reportedly fighting for his job after losing his first three league matches since arriving in west London from Real Madrid.
Yet a Liverpool forward line featuring three £100 million ($135 million) players in Bradley Barcola, Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak failed to click against the Cottagers' leaky defence.
"When you draw, especially at home, you can't be happy," said Iraola, who blamed fatigue after his side's Champions League exertions against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday.
"Today we lacked a bit of freshness and we did not do enough offensively to make the difference."
It was Fulham who had the better chances to take all three points as Gonzalo Garcia missed a glorious opportunity in the first half and Alisson Becker produced a brilliant save to deny Josh King the winner.
Liverpool climb to sixth but could find themselves already six points off the top should Arsenal win at Sunderland later on Saturday.
Aston Villa are rooted in the relegation zone after Nottingham Forest exacted revenge with a 2-1 win at Villa Park.
Villa beat their Midlands rivals in the Europa League semi-finals last season on their way to lifting a first trophy for 30 years.
Eyebrows were raised at the club record reported £45 million Forest paid Chelsea for Liam Delap after failing to make the grade at Stamford Bridge.
But Delap proved his worth with a long-range strike into the bottom corner to open the scoring.
Alysson levelled with Villa's first league goal of the season, but Igor Jesus secured Oliver Glasner's first win as Forest boss.
Glasner's old club Crystal Palace's poor start to the campaign continued with a 3-2 home defeat to Ipswich.
The visitors were aided by Axel Disasi's first half red card as Zian Flemming's first goal for the Tractor Boys snatched all three points in stoppage time.
Brentford remain unbeaten thanks to Kevin Schade's double in a 2-2 draw at Bournemouth.
The Cherries, by contrast, are yet to win in the Premier League under Marco Rose despite leading in all four games.
Tottenham are aiming to kickstart their league season with a first goal and win at home to Everton later.
Manchester United host local rivals City in the pick of Sunday's action.
عمومية الكرة تُصادق على تعيين الشيخ حمد بن خليفة بن أحمد رئيساً
عُقدت امس الجمعية العمومية العادية للاتحاد القطري لكرة القدم للعام 2026.حضر الاجتماع سعادة الشيخ حمد بن خليفة بن أحمد آل ثاني رئيس الاتحاد القطري لكرة القدم، وسعادة الشيخ الدكتور تميم بن محمد آل ثاني نائب الرئيس، والسادة أعضاء اللجنة التنفيذية للاتحاد والسيد الأمين العام.
إلى جانب أعضاء الجمعية العمومية من السادة ممثلي الأندية ومديري إدارات ورؤساء أقسام ولجان الاتحاد المختلفة ولفيف من وسائل الإعلام المحلية، وذلك في فندق الفورسيزونز قاعة (المرقاب).
وكان من أبرز البنود والموضوعات التي صادقت عليها الجمعية العمومية ؛ تعيين سعادة الشيخ حمد بن خليفة بن أحمد آل ثاني رئيساً للاتحاد القطري لكرة القدم وتعيين سعادة الشيخ الدكتور تميم بن محمد آل ثاني نائباً للرئيس لحين انعقاد الجمعية العمومية الانتخابية للاتحاد لعام 2027.
كما وافقت الجمعية العمومية على المقترحات الخاصة بتعديلات النظام الأساسي للاتحاد القطري لكرة القدم، وتم رفض عضوية نادي الدفنة الرياضي ضمن الأندية الأعضاء بالاتحاد القطري لكرة القدم.
ووفقًا للمادة 29 الفقرة 3 البند (أ)، وكذلك المادة 30 الفقرتين 1 و2 من النظام الأساسي للاتحاد القطري لكرة القدم، تضمن جدول الأعمال الخاص بالجمعية العمومية العادية للاتحاد القطري لكرة القدم 2026، عدة بنود ناقشتها الجمعية العمومية.
حيث كانت البداية بالإعلان عن دعوة الجمعية العمومية وانعقادها وتشكيلها وفقاً للنظام الأساسي للاتحاد القطري لكرة القدم، واعتماد جدول الأعمال.
حيث تم التصويت بالموافقة على إضافة بند جديد لجدول الأعمال، نظراً لكون الجمعية العمومية القادمة 2027 ستكون جمعية عمومية انتخابية، لذا فقد تقرر تجديد عمل لجنة الانتخابات المكونة من السادة عبدالله حامد الملا والدكتور أحمد عبد الرحمن العمادي والسيد علي سالم عفيفة والدكتور محمود علي المحمود والسيد عيد علي المريخي.
وتلا ذلك عرض فيلم تسجيلي لأبرز أنشطة الاتحاد في الفترة الماضية. وضمن جدول أعمال الجمعية، تم تعيين أعضاء للتدقيق على محضر الاجتماع، وتعيين لجنة فحص أصوات الاقتراع (جامعي الأصوات)، وتم اعتماد محضر اجتماع الجمعية العمومية السابق المنعقد في 2 يونيو لعام 2025، وتقرير نشاط الاتحاد القطري لكرة القدم (الذي تضمن الأنشطة التي تم تنفيذها منذ انعقاد الجمعية العمومية الأخيرة)، وعرض القوائم المالية التي تم التدقيق عليها للعام المالي 2025.
اعتمدت الجمعية العمومية كذلك القوائم المالية المدققة وتقرير مدقق الحسابات الخارجي المستقل للعام 2025، وموازنة العام المالي 2026. واختتمت أعمالها بالكلمة الختامية لسعادة رئيس الاتحاد.
رئيس الاتحاد: مواصلة مسيرة البناء والتطوير في المرحلة المقبلة
حيث أكد سعادة الشيخ حمد بن خليفة بن أحمد آل ثاني، رئيس الاتحاد القطري لكرة القدم، في كلمته الختامية على ضرورة تكاتف الجهود ومواصلة مسيرة البناء والتطوير في المرحلة المقبلة للنهوض بالكرة القطرية على كافة المستويات.
وقال سعادته: «نشكر سعادة السيد جاسم بن راشد البوعينين وسعادة محمد خليفة السويدي على جهودهما المقدرة خلال الفترة السابقة.»
مشيراً إلى دور الأندية المحوري في تحقيق تطلعات اللعبة، ومؤكداً على أهمية دعم الأندية ومساندتها، لنواصل المسيرة بثبات من أجل البناء والتطوير، فالعمل الجماعي هو أساس النجاح.
وفيما يتعلق باستراتيجية الاتحاد القادمة، شدد سعادته على أهمية القاعدة الأساسية للرياضة قائلاً: «علينا الاهتمام أكثر بالفئات السنية لأنها تمثل الأساس والمستقبل الحقيقي للكرة القطرية.»
واختتم سعادة الشيخ حمد بن خليفة بن أحمد آل ثاني رئيس الاتحاد القطري لكرة القدم تصريحه بالتركيز على دعم الكوادر الوطنية، مؤكداً: «المدرب المواطن ينبغي أن ينال فرصة أكبر في القيادة الفنية مع الأندية خلال الفترة المقبلة، وثقتنا بالقدرات الوطنية عالية.»
ميسي يقترب من شراء ناد إسباني ثان
وافق أسطورة الأرجنتين ليونيل ميسي على شراء نادي إلدينسي، بحسب ما أكده النادي المنافس في الدوري الإسباني للدرجة الثانية في كرة القدم الخميس.
وسيصبح إلدينسي الذي يقع مقره في مدينة إلدا بمقاطعة أليكانتي، المشروع الثاني للمهاجم السابق لبرشلونة في امتلاك أندية إسبانية في كرة القدم، بعد أن اشترى نادي كورنيا من الدرجة الخامسة في أبريل.
ويلعب ابن الـ 39 عاما حاليا في صفوف إنتر ميامي الأمريكي، واعتزل اللعب دوليا بعد خسارة الأرجنتين أمام إسبانيا في نهائي مونديال 2026 هذا الصيف.
From obscurity to smashing sixes: Pakistan's Razaullah rises to stardom
Karachi: A young Razaullah arrived in the northern Pakistani city of Mardan with his two elder brothers, dreaming to make it big in cricket with his thunderbolt deliveries and powerful hitting.
His brother Samiullah did not want his sibling to be a truck loader like him, and instead made sure the tall and strapping fast bowler went to the town's cricket academy on his way to play for his country.
Razaullah dismissed one of the world's best batters Joe Root with his fourth ball on his Test debut before smashing nine sixes in a sensational innings of 81 against England at Edgbaston.
The 21-year-old's fearless batting brought Pakistan from the brink of an innings defeat on Friday as he added a fighting 121 runs for the ninth wicket with Mohammad Abbas, who scored 42.
His sensational hits -- some landing in the under-construction hotel adjacent to the stadium -- caused a sensation from England's Midlands to Mardan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa back home.
"This is the beauty of Pakistan's raw talent," said commentator Urooj Mumtaz, a former Pakistan women's captain. "He batted fearlessly and entertained all those who were watching. It was sensational."
Razaullah himself admitted he wanted to entertain others and enjoy himself.
"I just had to bat, you are the ones who get to enjoy it," he said in post-match comments on Sky.
Just like his sensational Edgbaston knock, Razaullah's induction to the Pakistan team was as much out of the blue.
Smarting from humiliating defeats in the first two Tests, Pakistan withdrew seven players in a shock reaction, drafting as many new ones -- with unheralded and uncapped Razaullah one of them.
Number 14
Razaullah's coming of age at the international level will inspire the next generation of players.
The unassuming young man left his remote village of Wari in the hilly parts of Upper Dir -- an area close to Lower Dir from where another fast bowler Naseem Shah emerged in 2019.
He endeared himself to everyone at the Mardan academy for his obsession to bowl as fast as Shoaib Akhtar -- the former Pakistan express pacer -- and ability to clear the boundary off many deliveries bowled to him.
"He (Razaullah) came for Under-19 trials in 2023 wearing spikes bigger than his size and with his first delivery he sent the batter staggering with his speed," Mardan and Abbottabad coach Ahmed Said told AFP earlier this year.
"I asked him not to bowl another delivery for fear of causing injury to any young and inexperienced batter."
Said recalled Razaullah always wanted the Number 14 shirt that Akhtar used to wear.
"Razaullah insisted he wanted a Number 14 shirt in the National Twenty20 Cup and was elated after he got it, albeit two sizes bigger, and we all started to call him Shobby."
Former Pakistan coach Abdul Rehman spotted Razaullah in a Twenty20 tournament in Quetta and recruited him for the Rawalpindi team in the Pakistan Super League, where he impressed with his speed.
Pakistan selector Aaqib Javed helped his growth in the High Performance Center in Lahore, from where he jetted to England.
Razaullah's idol Akhtar was impressed with his play.
"Look at his intent and fearless batting and this was the intent Pakistan players were missing in earlier matches," Akhtar said on television.
"He is a product of the Pakistan Cricket Board's pathway, and it's now the duty of the coaches to manage him properly so that he can progress further."

