The Al Shaab Sentinel
Market7 Sep 2026
Walid Al Junaibi puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Al Shaab, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market7 Sep 2026
Majed Hassan’s move to Al Wasl falls through
The deal that would have taken Majed Hassan to Al Wasl has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Al Shaab with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Fahad Yaqoob in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Al Shaab this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
A defender's afternoon for Fahad Yaqoob
Defensive actions: 22. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Graduation day at Al Shaab
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market7 Sep 2026
One of our own: Ali Rashid joins the Al Shaab first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ali Rashid is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market7 Sep 2026
Al Shaab promote Ibrahim Omar from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ibrahim Omar has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Match5 Sep 2026
Al Shaab get the job done against Al Dhafra
A 1‑0 win over Al Dhafra, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Morad Khodari falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Khalfan Obaid
- Player ratings Sultan Khalfan takes the honours
- Squad 6 new faces, and Al Shaab are still learning each other