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[color:95ba=#000]The Minister of Youth and Sports Yemeni Hammoud Abbad said Tuesday that there was no way to postpone the championship, "Gulf 20" scheduled for Yemen from 22 ongoing until the fifth of next month.

Ebad said in a statement to Agence France-Presse: "There is no way to postpone the tournament, Fajbr postponing" Gulf 20 "has no basis in truth."

"The Security Committee is still in Aden, and not take the recommendation of its terms of reference of this kind, we asked who the advent of the security team in order to more confidence and reassurance."

Security concerns

The source of reliable detection athlete Gulf of IAEA, "Agence France Presse that" the security committee mandated by the Ministers of Interior in the GCC countries to inspect facilities in Yemen tend to request postponement of the tournament to a later time "because of the security situation in the south of Yemen."

"The trend in the panel of eight people (representing the Gulf states and Yemen and Iraq) tend to request for a delay by as much as 70 percent."

And formed a security committee at a meeting of GCC interior ministers in Kuwait a week ago to inspect the facilities of Yemen sports, tourism and accommodation of delegations of athletes and administrators, the media and fans, and the preview also closely the security plan for the tournament.

Committee members inspected the provinces of Aden and Abyan, and completing their visits to some tourist attractions and sports today as well before putting the final report.

Although the football associations in the Gulf states started to declare their missions and the names of their national teams to participate in the tournament, the preoccupation with security in southern Yemen kept the door open to postpone the tournament to a later date until the last minute.

It is noteworthy that Yemen was granted the honor of hosting the Gulf Cup in the meeting of the heads of football associations on the sidelines of the last version which was held in Muscat in early 2009.

The assignment of the task of hosting to Yemen after four posts for the team in the session, where he joined them in the "Gulf 16" in Kuwait in 2003, when held, single-stage, and then participated in the sessions of the "Gulf 17" in Qatar in 2004, and "Gulf 18" in the UAE in 2007 and the "Gulf 19" in Amman in 2009, and came out in the last three editions of the first round as teams were distributed into two groups after the accession of Iraq.

[color:e597=#000]Said Mohamed Bin Hammam, the state will be carried out by the third president of the Asian Federation for the period from 2011 to 2015 will be the last for him.

The door of nominations for the various positions the Asian will be voting in the January 6 next in Doha on the sidelines of the 2011 Asian Cup, including the presidency of the Confederation had been closed in the November 6 and will not make one to compete with Bin Hammam on this post just as was the case in previous states.

And select the Bin Hammam, shortly after assuming the presidency of the AFC in 2002, the presidential term to three states a maximum, after that were open before taking this position, which is the only continental European Union supports this principle among all the other Unions.

In response to a question whether the third term will be his last at the head of Confederation, "said Bin Hammam, a member of the Executive Committee at FIFA also since 1996, in an interview with the agency," Agence France Presse ":" That's right, when you were handed over the EU presidency 8 years ago proposed setting the EU presidency in three Asian states have been approved by the Executive Committee on this proposal and I therefore I will respect the words in this regard. "

He revealed: "I think that the period of three states, more than enough for any President of the Continental implementation of projects intended to do when you receive a job."

He continued: "incumbent on all continental federations follow the lead of the AFC can not be for any president to remain in office for life, and because the high-level positions in need of new blood."

He said in this regard in relation to under the chairmanship of the International Federation (FIFA), in particular: "I think, frankly, that a period of 8 years, adequate for any FIFA president to focus on football, after this period, the President begin with a focus on many things, with the exception of football."

He explained: "Whenever any president in the continued management of the continental union more than a specified time can not be developed by more often, while new faces may have different ideas contribute to the development of the Union or the other."

He revealed: "In Asia, for example, we try to be transparent our laws, in contrast, there are laws in other leagues tailored to one person."

The heads of FIFA generally stay in their positions long, he has remained the English Stanley Rous 13 years (1961-1974), and then came the Brazilian Joao Havelange, for nearly a quarter of a century (1974-1998), Vblattr from 1998 until now.

Bin Hammam was the first Arab assume the presidency of the AFC after that remained in the custody of the heads of Malaysians who carried on the post since establishment of the continental shelf in the mid-fifties.

And saw the ball Asian renaissance spherical significantly since he took Bin Hammam his particular vision of Asia that have been developed to improve the standard of football in Asia, and the launch of AFC Champions League for professionals with its new, according to certain criteria and the commitment of the book of conditions, in addition to its role in bringing Australia to the fold of the Asian Federation.

Bin Hammam said he was proud of what has been achieved at the level of Asian clubs which saw the rise significant levels in recent years and said: "The equation is clear for us, we must disseminate this experience to most Asian countries, like what is happening in Japan, South Korea and Australia, have followed suit some countries such as UAE and Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Iran in the application of professionalism. "

The AFC has formed a committee specialized work in the professional league has tours to various Asian countries to identify where on the league as well as organizing workshops for officials in the countries concerned and discuss the professional league and its concepts and terms of participation in the AFC Champions League.

He added: "We must be on football management on how to conduct business, and there is the potential available in Asia and the Asian Federation for the development of national and continental tournaments to make sure to live up to the challenge and walk in the way of development."

Bin Hammam revealed: "return the goals behind this program to the need and ambition to make sure that Asian football is managed in a professional manner amid a strong economic structure, in parallel to provide fun entertainment to the masses."

He expressed optimism about the development of club level in the coming years as well: "We are responsible to the public in the provision of football at the highest levels. We aim to rebuild the football, and clubs are the most vicious of the start of it."

[color:1ca3=#000]The Qatari team won the Olympic football tournament in their first Asian Games held in Guangzhou city in China and India came at the expense of two goals to one goal.

Champions found themselves behind came in the eighth minute came ten feet Ravanan Damaraja, and lost the same result up to the minute when he managed just eighty-Jarallah al-Marri to tie by scoring the first goal before returning and scoring the goal two minutes before the end of the meeting.

Kuwait posted in the corresponding second win beating Singapore Almgosaid on two goals in 11 minutes and Meshary Azmi in 24 minutes.

Kuwait participates in the Masters under the flag of the International Olympic Committee to temporarily suspend its membership of both Asian and international levels.

She also won the UAE to Bangladesh by three goals to Ahmed Al Junaibi on 46 minutes, Abdullah Fawzi scored in the 63 and 82 in Group five.

In Group F, tied with Thailand, Oman in order to Mutasim Mukhaini 44-minute goal against Amer Story of an error in the fifth minute goal in his team.

[color:fa92=#000]Absent confrontations Summit for the eleventh stage of the league of Italian football, which starts tomorrow, Wednesday, at a time of hope for Lazio Roma leaders to stay on top of a new phase, respectively.

And replace the leaders Lazio (22 points) on the penultimate Cesena, who lost 6 of the last seven matches, but the team came out of the capital loss to the harsh moral arch-rivals Rome zero-2 in the previous phase.

Lazio had won 7 of their last eight before losing to the Rome derby, which fought the absence of star Francesco Totti.

Will miss Inter Milan champions in the long journey on Wednesday to the south - east of the country where resolved in Lecce, to the services of a number of players, like goalkeeper Julio Cesar, and the heart of the defense Argentine Walter Samuel, who could miss the rest of the season after being cut off in cruciate ligament of his knee.

Claudication and right-back Maicon in the last game draw with Inter at home to Brescia 1-1 last Saturday, which missed the Serbian Dejan Stankovic, Brazilian Thiago Motta, Ghanaian Sulley Muntari, Kenyan MacDonald Mariga, and Argentine Esteban Cambiasso.

Dominated by Inter Milan on the league five years ago, but it shows a decline this season after the departure of coach Jose Mourinho, Real Madrid and the arrival of Rafael Benitez of Liverpool.

But despite this relative decline (equivalent to team 4 times and the loss of one game), still Inter close to the fore, occupies third place away a difference of 3 points for Lazio, but it also progressing ahead of a single point over Juventus and Napoli.

Inter and reliable on the "Alformp" wonderful experienced by top scorer Samuel Eto'o, his 17 goals in 16 games in all competitions (8 goals in the league), more than a view of the total games last season. But with the exception of star striker Barcelona previously, is suffering "Niratzroy" a lot in front of goal, as he scored 12 goals in just 10 games, 26 goals against in the same period last season.

And has Argentine striker Diego Milito, the reigning Champions League only two goals in his collection, while the Dutch did not know Wesley Sneijder and Goran Pandev Coutinho, Brazilian and French Jonathan Biapiani through the net in the league after.

Milan hosts and runners-up (20 points) Palermo eighth at the "San Siro" in the game is not without difficulty for the team Allombardi, and solve the fourth Juventus Brescia XVII.

Juventus and is suffering from injuries, forcing coach Luigi Del Neri to invoke the heart of the defense team young Danish Frederik Sorensen (18) for the match against Cesena last (3-1), as he summoned the veteran Fabio Grosso and Bosnian Hasan Salhamdizic.

In other matches, playing with Barry Chievo, Fiorentina, Roma, Napoli, Cagliari, Genoa and Bologna with, with Udinese and Catania on Wednesday, with Sampdoria and Parma on Thursday.

[color:8d96=#000]Will miss the Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves sidelined for five weeks after a severe cramp in the muscle background as the club announced Tuesday.

The Hargreaves returned to action last Saturday in a game against Wolverhampton Wanderers after an absence of more than two years during this period underwent surgery on both knees, but did not play for more than four minutes.