2020Journalism

Afsarulla, Anwar shine for Warriors ‘Blue’   Aditya, Joseph also excel in QCA U19 academy cricket DOHA Warriors ‘Blue’s Afsarullah and M Anwar took seven wickets between them and sent Stallions ‘Black’ crashing to a 10-wicket rout during the QCA Under-19 Boys Academy Cricket Tournament.   The Qatar Cricket Association (QCA) is holding the 40-over-a-side event to identify and prepare the talented young players for the future International Cricket Council tournaments and championships.    Afsarullah grabbed four for 14 and Anwar collected three maiden wickets in his one over to enable Warriors ‘Blue’ to bundle out the rivals for just 35 in 11.1 overs. Taha then hit 21 not out with three fours to complete the big win in 4.3 overs. Afsarullah was declared the player of the match for his outstanding bowling as well.   In another match, Warriors ‘Green’ thrived on L Lalit Aditya’s all-round performance to humble Rising Stars ‘White’ by eight wickets. He got two for 5 ...

  Semi-automated offside technology explained ahead of FIFA Arab Cup FIFA has published information about the latest tests of semi-automated offside technology FIFA's Chairman of the Referees Committee Pierluigi Collina and the Director of Football Technology & Innovation Johannes Holzmüller explain the advancement of the tests to date Further tests at FIFA Arab Cup outlined at Leaders MEET in Doha FIFA Chief Refereeing Officer Pierluigi Collina has described how the latest tests of semi-automated offside technology at FIFA Arab Cup 2021 are “the most important trial so far”, as the systems were explained in today's episode of  FIFA’s Living Football magazine show . One of the goals of the  FIFA President’s Vision2020-2023   is to harness technology in football to meet the needs of the modern game. Tests have been ongoing to optimise the technology and Living Football explains the benefits for match officials and clarified the way in which it will ...

  #ACTogether campaign to promote access to COVID-19 tools during FIFA Arab Cup™ Campaign is part of global partnership between FIFA and World Health Organization Initiative supported by Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health and Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy #ACTogether was first used during FIFA Club World Cup 2020™ in Doha Using the platform of the first FIFA Arab Cup™, the World Health Organization (WHO), FIFA and the Qatari authorities are launching the #ACTogether campaign to call for teamwork and unity to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, treatments and tests. A large proportion of the global population remains susceptible to infection and at an increased risk of severe disease and death. Vaccine inequity persists in many parts of the world; of the nearly 7.5 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered globally by mid-November 2021, only 0.6% had been administered in low‑income countries. At the same time, only 0.4% of COVID-19 tests had been perform...