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Blanc's Al-Rayyan lose to Xavi's Al-Sadd on Frenchman's Qatar coaching debut Issued on: 23/12/2020 - 18:36 2 min Doha (AFP) Former France coach Laurent Blanc slumped to a defeat in his first game as boss of Qatar's Al-Rayyan who succumbed to a late goal from Spanish great Xavi Hernandez's Al-Sadd on Wednesday. The clash of the European titans highlights the allure of the wealthy Qatari Stars League to foreign talent that also includes former Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla who signed for Al-Sadd in August. The fixture got underway at Al-Sadd's Jassim Bin Hamad stadium at 1530 GMT with Al-S...

‘So many people’: Latest Qatar World Cup venue launches 214 AL-RAYYAN, Qatar, Dec 19, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Qatar inaugurated its latest stadium on Friday for the 2022 World Cup with a half-capacity 20,000-strong crowd who had all tested for the coronavirus or antibodies beforehand but with minimal social distancing. The launch of the Ahmad Bin Ali stadium, 24 kilometres (15 miles) west of the capital Doha, marks one of the largest sports gatherings anywhere in the world since the start of the pandemic. In New Zealand, more than 20,000 fans attended the Super Rugby Aotearoa six days after th...