The Lebanese basketball team finished the third window of the Asian World Cup qualifier with a second win in a row, and it came at the expense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 90-60 in a meeting that took them to the Nohad Nawfal Complex Stadium in Zuk. After beating Jordan last Friday 89-70, the Men of Kedars beat Saudi Arabia to finish their matches at the top of Group C with 5 wins and one loss to Jordan last February.

Commentary by Jad Haj and Jonathan Ridge

The coach of the Lebanese national basketball team, Jad Al-Haj, expressed great joy over the victory. Asked by E-Sport correspondent Issa Yassin about the importance of registering 11 different players in this match, Al-Haj said that the team was lucky to have 12 players of the same level, and he quoted what happened in the third quarter with a number of players entering off the bench Substitutes contributed to increase the difference and the decision of the match in favor of the rice team.
For his part, player Jonathan Ridge felt that the team was ready for this match and performed well, which contributed to their control of the match, especially in the second half.


Special – Krikorian: We couldn’t keep up with the Lebanese style

For his part, assistant head coach of the Saudi Arabia national team Grigor Grikorian acknowledged that the Saudi team struggled to keep up with the Lebanese team format. When asked how he assesses the team’s performance in this window, the Lebanese coach considered that the team played well against Indonesia, but forgot about today’s match. As for national team star Khaled Abdel-Jabbar, he believed that the mistakes made by him and his teammates, especially in the second half of the match, were the main reason for such a big defeat.

Manchester United target Lewandowski

A press report indicated that a new player had entered the race for Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski this summer. The report added that Manchester United this summer began to put forward the possibility of the departure of the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, and, accordingly, began the search for a replacement.

The idea of ​​Barcelona and Ronaldo looms on the horizon…

And Spanish newspaper AS reported that Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendez had discussed with Barcelona president Joan Laporta the possibility of the Portuguese player moving to Camp Nou during the current summer transfer period.


Nuno Santo, coach of the Jeddah Federation

In the Arab world, the leadership of the Saudi club “Al-Ittihad” announced an official contract with the Portuguese coach Nuno Santo, a former coach of “Tottenham” and “Wolverhampton”.

International Miscellaneous:

The sports advisor of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Francisco Castellano, has approached the Royal Spanish Football Federation with a request that the island co-host the 2030 World Cup, if accepted, which Spain and Portugal will jointly submit to FIFA.

Michelle Johnson, the wife of NBA player Miles Bridges of the Charlotte Hornets, posted several photos through her official Instagram account showing bruises and signs of violence on various parts of her body. In the post, she also posted a photograph of a medical report, which stated: “The victim was physically abused by her partner, represented by a strangulation attack, resulting in a concussion, a broken nasal bone, bruises on the ribs. , multiple bruises and contractures of the neck muscles.

Brazilian Carlos Eduardo is close to leaving the ranks of Al Ahli after the team was relegated to the Saudi Arabian First Division.