The National’s Sport cover for the Thursday, September 11 issue, featuring Al Ahli, one of the Arabian Gulf League’s most veteran clubs – and yet also its runaway defending champions.
Ahmed Rizvi explores how the squad packed with experience in foreign contingent Grafite, 35, Mirel Radoi, 33, Ciel, 32 and Luiz Jimenez, 30, plan to keep that spring in their step and hold off a rejuvenated set of challengers for the UAE domestic title this season.
He writes: “‘Too much of a good thing,’ Mae West, the late Hollywood star, once said, ‘can be wonderful.’”
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Anti-semitic attacks
The annual report by the Community Security Trust, which advises the Jewish community on security , warned on Thursday that anti-Semitic incidents in Britain had reached a record high.
It found there had been 2,255 anti-Semitic incidents reported in 2021, a rise of 34 per cent from the previous year.
The report detailed the convictions of a number of people for anti-Semitic crimes, including one man who was jailed for setting up a neo-Nazi group which had encouraged “the eradication of Jewish people” and another who had posted anti-Semitic homemade videos on social media.
The Sand Castle
Director: Matty Brown
Stars: Nadine Labaki, Ziad Bakri, Zain Al Rafeea, Riman Al Rafeea
Rating: 2.5/5
RESULT
Arsenal 1 Chelsea 2
Arsenal: Aubameyang (13')
Chelsea: Jorginho (83'), Abraham (87')
