The Disciplinary Committee of the Qatar Football Association decided, on Tuesday, to impose a fine of one million Qatari riyals ($273,200) on Claudinho, the Al-Sadd player, and suspend him for 6 matches, after the events that took place in his team’s match against Al-Shamal in the local league.
After “Al-Sadd”, the defending champion, won 4-1 over “Al-Shamal”, last Friday, Khaled Al-Ansari, assistant coach for “Al-Shamal”, entered into a side discussion with “Al-Sadd” captain, Hassan Al-Haydos, after the final whistle, before Mohamed Kamara, “Al-Sadd” player, pushed Al-Ansari, and then the situation became heated after Claudinho tried to kick the assistant coach, receiving a red card.
Claudinho paid the Man of the Match award stand; Objecting to his expulsion.
The Disciplinary Committee said, in a statement: “The committee decided to suspend the player Claudio Lionel for 6 matches (disciplinary suspension), and impose a fine of one million Qatari riyals, in addition to obligating him to pay the value of the financial damages resulting from throwing the best player award in the match, due to unsportsmanlike behavior after the match between Al Sadd and Al Shamal, which was held on October 30, 2026.”
The committee decided to suspend Tunisian Mohamed Ali Ben Ramadan, the “Al-Shamal” player, for 3 matches (disciplinary suspension) and a fine of 15 thousand riyals, following his expulsion during the match for using the elbow, which the referee considered a physical assault on the “Al-Sadd” player.
The decisions also included suspending Khaled Al-Ansari, assistant coach of Al-Shamal, for 5 matches and a fine of 50,000 riyals due to unsportsmanlike behavior, in addition to directing attention and a fine of 10,000 riyals to both Mohamed Kamara and Al-Sadd goalkeeper Saad Al-Shaib.
The Omani “Al-Shabab” achieved a broad victory over the Yemeni “Hadramaut People” with a score of 4/0, on Tuesday, in the third round of the group stage in the “Gulf Champions League for Football.”
The Omani team ended the first half on top with a brace scored by Marco Muslin and Juma Al Habsi in the 27th and 39th minutes.
In the second half, Hussein Saeed Al-Shehri and Musab Al-Maamari added the third and fourth goals in the 46th and 49th minutes.
With this result, the Omani “Al-Shabab” achieved its second victory in a row, raising its score to 6 points in second place in the first group, lagging behind on goal difference from the Qatari “Al-Duhail”, bottom of the standings, who will face the Saudi “NEOM”, later Tuesday.
As for “Hadhramaut People,” it remained without a score after a third loss, placing it at the bottom of the standings in fourth place.
The Omani “Al-Shabab” began its journey in this group with a 3-0 loss to “Al-Duhail”, before it rose up by defeating the Saudi “NEOM” with a score of 3-1 in the second round.
As for “Hadhramaut People,” they lost 4-0 to “NEOM,” before stumbling again with a 2-1 loss to “Al-Duhail.”
In Baghdad, the Iraqi “Al-Zawraa” settled for a draw at home and among its fans with the Bahraini “Al-Riffa” with a score of 1/1, on Tuesday, within the same round for the third group.
After a negative first half, the Iraqi team took the lead with a goal by Muhammad Qasim in the 71st minute.
“Al-Riffa” quickly corrected its situation less than two minutes later, with a goal scored by Mahdi Abdul-Jabbar in the 73rd minute.
Each team got a point, raising its score to 4 points in second place in the third group, while “Al-Zawraa” has two points in third place.
On Wednesday, the Emirati club Al-Nasr, which leads the standings with 6 points, will meet Qatar Club, which is in fourth place with one point.
The Omani Al Seeb team achieved its first victory in the group stage of the AFC Champions League 2, defeating its host East Bengal of India 2-0, in the fourth round.
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This victory gave the Al-Seeb team hope to compete to qualify for one of the runner-up positions or the lead in the fourth group, as it raised its score to 4 points in third place, one point behind Al-Hussein Al-Jordan, who is in second place, and who will meet later, Tuesday, with the leader Al-Shorta (7 points).
As for East Bengal, the defeat reduced their chances of competing for qualification. It is at the bottom of the ranking by only two points.
