individual effort and just to make sure khalil ibrahim al hammadi added a fifth to leave the qatari's al rayyandisgust of their manager michael laudrup. al hilal booked their place in the knockout phase as ramon diaz's side drew 0—0 against newly crowned iranian champions persepolis. both teams had plenty of chances throughout the game but it was the side from saudi arabia who made it through group d looks like this with one game remaining. al hilal still lead the way despite their goalless draw with persepolis with the surprise result al wadha thrashing second placed al rayan marco fu has beaten 2010 champion neil robertson 13 frames to 11 and progressed to the quarter finals of the world snooker championship where he'll now meet defending champion mark selby as jamie broughton reports 14 1a years after his first. 14 years after his first. marco fu is enjoying the best ever season of his career. he won the masters and the uk semifinals. this second round match between him and robinson was tied at eight friends or with neither man having played that well. he found some fluency. having won the o

entertaining goalless draws was played in group d on monday between iranian side persepolis and qatar's al—rayyann's musab khidir who didn't even attempt to remonstrate with the referee. the home side's striker then confidently stepping up and embarrassingly overhitting his attempted panenka style penalty. and the visitors had a chance to win the game themselves when this shot was tapped onto the post by the home sides keeper. but there were goals in doha as another qatari and iranian side met with home team lekhwiya coming from a goal behind to beat. esteghlal khuzestan and jump to the top of group b. nam tae hee with this shot from outside the area. and then almoez ali just before halftime to make it 2—1 which was how it remained. just enough time to give you an update on our top story: edgardo bauza, the argentina coach, has been sacked by the argentinian football factory. argentina are currently fifth in south american qualification with four games left to play, they are in fifth on 23 points behind chile, in fourth. their next game is on the 31st of august, which is a way to europewide. dieg