Al Faisaly went into the tie needing three points from their remaining two matches to seal the title for a 34th time and they made no mistake at the first time of asking.

The win took them to 50 points, four ahead of Al Jazeera with just one match remaining.

The title triumph secures Al Faisaly a place in the 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary stage.

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Xavi, who has been playing for Al Sadd since 2015, said that he will move into coaching after hanging up his boots.

Xavi, who played a record 767 times for Spanish giants Barcelona and earned 133 caps with Spain, announced his retirement plans in an open letter to the Spanish media on Thursday.

Al Taawoun came from a goal down to win, with Leandre Tawamba scoring a dramatic winner in the 89th minute.

HM King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud presented the title to Al Taawoun, their first King’s Cup trophy.

No team in the Chinese top flight has begun a campaign so well and it makes the German coach's team early favourites to win the CSL.

Spanish attacking midfielder Jonathan Viera hit a hat-trick in a 4-1 defeat of Dalian Yifang on Sunday to extend Beijing's perfect run.