Stage set for Arab Beach Volleyball Championship

​OMAN , November 06, 2017 – The competitions of the prestigious 26th edition of Arab's Men Beach Volleyball Championship 2017 and 16th of women will get underway in Muscat, Oman on Monday.The event's draw process pooled Qatar team (1) in group A alongside with Yemen team (1) , Jordan team (2) and Oman team (1).Group B includes, Qatar team (2), Bahrain (1), Morocco, as group C bring together Sudan, Bahrain (2), Yemen (1) and Group D will see Lebanon, Jordan (1), Oman (2).Qatar team (1) will begin their campaign in the prestigious event against Yemen (2) on Monday. Four teams are due to compete in the Women competitions , including Qatar, Morocco, Iraq and Sudan.

Students sparkle in SOP Basketball competitions

​DOHA, November 06, 2017 – The preparatory stage students displayed impressive performance in the basketball competitions of the prestigious Schools Olympic Program (SOP) 2017 on Sunday.SOP basketball competitions on Sunday brought together students representing 15 schools from across the country who were distributed into a number of groups. So in group C competitions, Abdallah bin Ali Al Missnad and Abobakar El Sideeq schools booked their spots in the last eight stage.On the same track of victory in group D, Ibn Khaldoon and Ali bin Abi Taleb schools cruised their way to the quarterfinals stage, after leading the group.An estimated 214 boys schools (including 119 government schools and 98 private schools) along with 186 girls schools (105 government schools and 81 private schools) are participating in this edition.The SOP is held annually as a collaborative effort of Qatar School Sports Federation (QSSF) and Ministry of Education and Higher Education, with hundreds of student athletes competing from all over Qatar. The SOP committee aims to spread a culture of sports throughout Qatar's schools and to engage the entire community in active and healthy lifestyles while retaining local values and traditions.

QOA Course on Arts of Dealing with Sport Media gets underway

DOHA, November 06, 2017 – The second version of the course titled “ Arts of Dealing with Sport Media Outlets" organized by the Qatar Olympic Academy (QOA) got underway at QOA Headquarters on Sunday.The five-day long course is organized by the QOA in collaboration with (AIPS), Association international de la presse sportive and Arab Sports Press Association (ASPA).Addressing the opening session on Sunday, the QOA's Executive Director, Saif Al Nuaimi, welcomed the key lecturer and trainees, confirmed the values of this course in serving all trainees to deal with media outlets.The course is bringing together a number of athletes and sport officials who are working in the sport federations and sectors. The key lecturer in the course is Mr. Raed Abed, a senior broadcaster in the BeIn Sports group along with a number of elite journalists from different sport media institutions in Qatar.It is worth mentioning that QOA's first version of the course on the same topic was held from 15-19 October at the QOA building and received overwhelming response and got a considerable success.

ISSF Referees and Shotgun Judges Course kicks off

DOHA, November 06, 2017 – The International Refereeing and Shotgun Judges course organized by the Qatar Shooting and Archery Federation (QSAF) in collaboration with the ISSF kicked off at Lusail shooting complex in Doha on Sunday.During the six day course, the International referee Abdallah Ali Al Motawa Al Hammadi will deliver vital topics about refereeing in shooting and Shotgun at both technical and administrative levels.It is worth mentioning that, Mr. Mohammed Al Kowari, the president of Qatar Shooting and Archery Federation (QSAF) was honoured in the course and received appreciation certificate from ISSF for his exceptional contribution in the Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro.

Qatar play Lebanon in AFC U-19 qualifiers on Monday

DOHA, November 06, 2017- The Qatar football boys will kick-start their campaign in the AFC U-19 Championship 2018 Qualifiers against Lebanon at the Grand Hamad Stadium at 7pm on Monday.Lebanon, who suffered a 0-2 reversal in the opener against Iraq on Saturday, will have a tough task against Qatar playing at their home turf.Against Lebanon, Iraq's Ibrahim Bayesh and Ali Raad Khadim found the target for the winners.Iraq dominated the ball possession and created plenty of chances, but Lebanon, to their credit, put up a battling display.Farhan, who had a lively game, made a surging run on the right and crossed the ball into the area where Bayesh met it with a low shot which went in despite Al Douaihy getting a hand to it.Iraq took the lead in the 25th~minute through their striker Bayesh.Iraq finally scored their second goal and made the game safe in the 88th~minute, when Ali Raad connected substitute Mohammed Ridha's cross with a fine glancing header.Lebanon take on Qatar in their next match on Monday while Iraq play the hosts in the final match of the group on Wednesday.Lebanon coach Jalal Radwan said,"We lost the match because of small things, individual mistakes. Our performance was not good. (The next match against Qatar) is going to be difficult because we won't get enough rest. Hopefully it will not affect us negatively. All the Qatar teams have the same strategy and we know how they play. We have nothing to lose. We will play an open game against Qatar."On his part, said,"The first match is always difficult. Lebanon have good defence but we scored two goals. Our team was exhausted because we are coming after playing at the World Cup in India. It was a good result.About their next match he said the calculations would be different."It'a going to be a totally different game because Qatar are very strong and give importance to age group teams. If Lebanon win, things will be difficult for all teams. Qatar are our number one contenders in this group."

Al Athbi wins double trap gold in QSAA Cup

DOHA, November 4, 2017- Qatar's national team shooter Rashid Al Athbi claimed the gold medal of Men's Double Trap event at the QSAA Cup on Friday. Ahmad Al Marri finished second while Masaoud Al Athba settled in third place. In Women's Skeet event also held on Friday, Sarah Mohamad clinched the gold medal. Hager Mohammad Amal Ahmad took the second and third places respectively. The QSAA Assistant Secretary General Hussain Saleh Al Sadah honored the winners. Al Anoud Matar Al Naimi hailed the level of women's competitions and wished the Qatari shooters more success in the upcoming tournaments. The skeet competitions for men and youth will be staged on Saturday.