Al Wahda moved to within four points of Adnoc Pro League leaders Al Ain after a resounding 3-1 victory over Shabab Al Ahli on Friday, while the Garden City club were held to a 1-1 draw by struggling Al Orooba.
Omar Khrbin and Joao Pedro struck late for Wahda to return from Rashid Stadium with maximum points, after Pedro's early opener was cancelled out by Thomas Olsen.
Wahda took the lead in the fourth minute when Pedro drilled the ball to the left bottom corner after the Shabab Al Ahli defence failed to clear a cross from Ismail Matar.
Their joy was short lived as six minutes later, Norwegian striker Thomas Olsen fired in the equaliser from a fine cross by Iranian midfielder Ahmad Noorollah.
The scores were locked until Khrbin regained the lead for the visitors five minutes from time. Shabab Al Ahli's attempt to clear the ball fell in Khrbin’s path and the Syria international curled in a shot into the right-bottom corner.
Pedro sealed the win for Wahda when he picked up the ball in the middle and brilliantly cut inside the penalty area after beating two defenders to unleash a shot that nestled into the right-bottom corner in injury time.
The result took Wahda’s points tally to 39, four behind leaders Al Ain, who struck late through Brazilian defender Rafael Pereira to salvage a draw at the Hazza bin Zayed stadium.
Ali Madan put Al Orooba ahead in the 38th minute when he picked up a long pass and chipped the ball over Al Ain goalkeeper Khalid Eisa from inside the six-yard box. The reverse fixture between also ended in a draw, 3-3.
Al Jazira moved back into the top four with a 1-0 victory over Sharjah at the Mohamed bin Zayed stadium.
Bruno de Oliveira found the back of the net on 38 minutes to ensure the win, which took their tally to 32 points, one behind Sharjah.
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- 4.5 billion years ago: Mars-sized object smashes into the newly-formed Earth, creating debris that coalesces to form the Moon
- 66 million years ago: 10km-wide asteroid crashes into the Gulf of Mexico, wiping out over 70 per cent of living species – including the dinosaurs.
- 50,000 years ago: 50m-wide iron meteor crashes in Arizona with the violence of 10 megatonne hydrogen bomb, creating the famous 1.2km-wide Barringer Crater
- 1490: Meteor storm over Shansi Province, north-east China when large stones “fell like rain”, reportedly leading to thousands of deaths.
- 1908: 100-metre meteor from the Taurid Complex explodes near the Tunguska river in Siberia with the force of 1,000 Hiroshima-type bombs, devastating 2,000 square kilometres of forest.
- 1998: Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 breaks apart and crashes into Jupiter in series of impacts that would have annihilated life on Earth.
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Moral education needed in a 'rapidly changing world'
Moral education lessons for young people is needed in a rapidly changing world, the head of the programme said.
Alanood Al Kaabi, head of programmes at the Education Affairs Office of the Crown Price Court - Abu Dhabi, said: "The Crown Price Court is fully behind this initiative and have already seen the curriculum succeed in empowering young people and providing them with the necessary tools to succeed in building the future of the nation at all levels.
"Moral education touches on every aspect and subject that children engage in.
"It is not just limited to science or maths but it is involved in all subjects and it is helping children to adapt to integral moral practises.
"The moral education programme has been designed to develop children holistically in a world being rapidly transformed by technology and globalisation."
Bio
Born in Dubai in 1994
Her father is a retired Emirati police officer and her mother is originally from Kuwait
She Graduated from the American University of Sharjah in 2015 and is currently working on her Masters in Communication from the University of Sharjah.
Her favourite film is Pacific Rim, directed by Guillermo del Toro
