Batelco, Forever clash end in stalemate

Manama 

 Batelco Gunners United and Forever played out a 0-0 draw in the first

leg quarter final of the football competition in the first Nasser bin

Hamad and the eighth edition of Nasser bin Hamad Ramadan Sports Games

(Nasser 8) late Saturday night at Khalifa Sports City in Isa Town.

Neither side could break the stalemate which saw former Mali

international and 2008 African Player of the Year Oumar Kanoute debut

for the Gunners.

The two sides meet again on Wednesday to determine who goes through to

the semi-finals.

Meanwhile, in the handball competition Al Diyar defeated the Bahrain

National Youth Team (B) 26-24 in a Group A match at the Bahrain

Handball Association in Umm Al Hassam and it concludes tomorrow.

The Games are being patronised by Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa,

Representative of His Majesty the King for Charity Works and Youth

Affairs, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports and

President of Bahrain Olympic Committee.

Two other sports are set to get underway with Basketball at the

Bahrain Basketball Association in Umm Al Hassam from Thursday until

July 1, while the volleyball is at the Bahrain Volleyball Association

in Isa Town from from Wednesday until June 30.