Qatar defender Abdelkarim Hassan was handed an indefinite suspension by the nation’s soccer federation on Thursday reportedly following an altercation with a fan over social media.
Qatari media reported that Hassan responded to a criticism on SnapChat about Qatar dropping a sport through the World Cup the emirate hosted late final 12 months by posting, “Relax, do you think it’s war?”
Hassan was additionally deducted 50% of his wage, fined 200,000 Qatari riyals ($55,000) and issued a warning by the Qatar Football Association.
In different punishments handed down on Thursday, two extra nationwide crew gamers — Bassam al-Rawi, and Mohamed Waad — had been fined 100,000 and 50,000 Qatari riyals, respectively, whereas each had their salaries deducted by 50%.
No causes had been disclosed for these sanctions, which had been introduced by the federation by means of its Twitter account primarily based on the report submitted by the division of nationwide groups to the final secretary, the Qatar News Agency stated.
Qatar misplaced to Iraq 2-1 within the semifinal of the Gulf Cup in Basra City on Monday.
