AL JAZIRA 3 AL AIN 1
*
Al Jazira - Oliveira 79’, 85’, Matar 90’
Al Ain - Diaky 36’
Man of the match - Ricardo Oliveira (Al Jazira)
ABU DHABI // Walter Zenga insisted in doing the “simple things right” as his Al Jazira rallied from a goal down to win 3-1 against Al Ain in the League Cup.
Ricardo Oliveira scored twice within five minutes and substitute Yasir Matar added a third in injury time to give their Italian manager his first win in two games at the Al Nahyan Stadium.
The Brazilian Oliveira cancelled Ibrahim Diaky’s first half goal with a low shot and put the home side ahead when he beat the offside trap to score the second.
Diaky had controlled and scored off a long ball from Asamoah Gyan in the first half. He pushed the ball between two defenders before firing it past Khaled Al Senani, the Jazira goalkeeper.
“First I am happy for the players because they never gave up until the end,” Zenga said.
“To win three points was a good confidence for the result for the team. We did the simple things right in this game.
“The players helped each other and knew from the work they had done in the past two days that they can do something. They have been working very good and very hard, and the reward was three points.
“My job is to improve every player in the club. I repeat to all the players that the name on the back of the shirt is not important. I need good performance.”
It was a contrast to Zenga’s first game in charge when they squandered a 2-0 lead to settle for 2-2 draw against Dubai in the Arabian Gulf League last week.
For the Al Ain coach Quique Sanchez Flores, it was his first defeat in five games in all competitions.
“We have to play the Cup matches with different combinations and this is bound to happen,’ the Spaniard said.
“We still played well but couldn’t finish it as we fell flat and committed too many errors in the last quarter. This means we still have a lot of work ahead as we try to strike the right balance in each and every game we play.”
apassela@thenational.ae
AL SHAAB 3 AL WAHDA 2
*
Al Shaab - Essa 45’, 90’, Quirino 51’ Al Wahda - Ahmed 39’, 89’
Red card - Saeed Al Kathiri (Al Wahda)
After Mohammed Ahmed’s second goal evened things up and gave Wahda hope of leaving with a point in League Cup Group A, Essa Mohammed, above left, struck at the 90th minute to ensure three points for Shaab. Ahmed opened the scoring at the 39th minute and Essa levelled for Shaab at the 45th. The Brazilian Thiago Quirino also scored for Shaab.
*
*
EMIRATES 1 AL NASR 2
*
Emirates - Jair 52’ Al Nasr - Luis 12’, Toure 30’
Eder Luis opened the scoring and Ibrahima Toure continued to make his presence felt, adding needed insurance at the 30th minute as Nasr improved to six points and fourth place in Group B with the away win. Emirates got a goal at the 52nd minute but were unable to add an equaliser and stand third from the bottom of the table. They meet Al Shabab, firmly at the foot of the table, in their next match on November 13. Nasr will face Al Ahli next round.
COMPANY PROFILE
Name: Kumulus Water
Started: 2021
Founders: Iheb Triki and Mohamed Ali Abid
Based: Tunisia
Sector: Water technology
Number of staff: 22
Investment raised: $4 million
In numbers: PKK’s money network in Europe
Germany: PKK collectors typically bring in $18 million in cash a year – amount has trebled since 2010
Revolutionary tax: Investigators say about $2 million a year raised from ‘tax collection’ around Marseille
Extortion: Gunman convicted in 2023 of demanding $10,000 from Kurdish businessman in Stockholm
Drug trade: PKK income claimed by Turkish anti-drugs force in 2024 to be as high as $500 million a year
Denmark: PKK one of two terrorist groups along with Iranian separatists ASMLA to raise “two-digit million amounts”
Contributions: Hundreds of euros expected from typical Kurdish families and thousands from business owners
TV channel: Kurdish Roj TV accounts frozen and went bankrupt after Denmark fined it more than $1 million over PKK links in 2013
Suggested picnic spots
Abu Dhabi
Umm Al Emarat Park
Yas Gateway Park
Delma Park
Al Bateen beach
Saadiyaat beach
The Corniche
Zayed Sports City
Dubai
Kite Beach
Zabeel Park
Al Nahda Pond Park
Mushrif Park
Safa Park
Al Mamzar Beach Park
Al Qudrah Lakes
SPECS
%3Cp%3EEngine%3A%20Supercharged%203.5-litre%20V6%0D%3Cbr%3EPower%3A%20400hp%0D%3Cbr%3ETorque%3A%20430Nm%0D%3Cbr%3EOn%20sale%3A%20Now%0D%3Cbr%3EPrice%3A%20From%20Dh450%2C000%0D%3Cbr%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A
RACE SCHEDULE
All times UAE ( 4 GMT)
Friday, September 29
First practice: 7am - 8.30am
Second practice: 11am - 12.30pm
Saturday, September 30
Qualifying: 1pm - 2pm
Sunday, October 1
Race: 11am - 1pm
MATCH INFO
Day 1 at Mount Maunganui
England 241-4
Denly 74, Stokes 67 not out, De Grandhomme 2-28
New Zealand
Yet to bat
Test
Director: S Sashikanth
Cast: Nayanthara, Siddharth, Meera Jasmine, R Madhavan
Star rating: 2/5
Skewed figures
In the village of Mevagissey in southwest England the housing stock has doubled in the last century while the number of residents is half the historic high. The village's Neighbourhood Development Plan states that 26% of homes are holiday retreats. Prices are high, averaging around £300,000, £50,000 more than the Cornish average of £250,000. The local average wage is £15,458.
Can NRIs vote in the election?
Indians residing overseas cannot cast their ballot abroad
Non-resident Indians or NRIs can vote only by going to a polling booth in their home constituency
There are about 3.1 million NRIs living overseas
Indians have urged political parties to extend the right to vote to citizens residing overseas
A committee of the Election Commission of India approved of proxy voting for non-resident Indians
Proxy voting means that a person can authorise someone residing in the same polling booth area to cast a vote on his behalf.
This option is currently available for the armed forces, police and government officials posted outside India
A bill was passed in the lower house of India’s parliament or the Lok Sabha to extend proxy voting to non-resident Indians
However, this did not come before the upper house or Rajya Sabha and has lapsed
The issue of NRI voting draws a huge amount of interest in India and overseas
Over the past few months, Indians have received messages on mobile phones and on social media claiming that NRIs can cast their votes online
The Election Commission of India then clarified that NRIs could not vote online
The Election Commission lodged a complaint with the Delhi Police asking it to clamp down on the people spreading misinformation
