SOP Volleyball Competitions get underwa

​DOHA, November 1, 2017-The volleyball competitions at the Schools Olympic Program (SOP) began at the indoor hall of the Qatar Volleyball Association on Tuesday.In secondary schools event, Omar bin Al Khatab School defeated Rawdat Rashid School and Doha School outplayed Al Sailiyah School.Moreover, Nasser bin Abdullah School trounced the religious institute.Abdullah Al Missned School edged past Ahmad bin Mohammad Al School while Musaab bin Umair School downed Hassan bin Thabit School.Abdulrahman Al Muftah, Executive Director of the Qatar School Sport Federation (QSSF) said that the current event features the participation of 400 schools.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 handling with Sport Media to begin on Sunday

DOHA, November 01, 2017 - The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) announced on Tuesday that arrangements are underway to organise the second version of its course titled “ Arts of handling with sport media from 5-9 November at QOA Headquarters.It is worth mentioning that QOA's first version of the course on the same top was held from 15-19 October at QOA building and received overwhelming respond and got a considerable success.The productive course is organized by QOA in collaboration with (AIPS), Association international de la presse sportive and Arab Sports Press Association (ASPA).The course will bring together a number of athletes, sport officials at the sport federations and sport sectors. The key lecturer in the course, Mr. Raed Abdid, the a senior broadcaster at BeIn Sports group along a number of elite journalists from different sport media institutions in Qatar.

Al Sadd Qatar SC to participate in Arab Table Tennis Championships

DOHA, November 1, 2017-Qatar's Al Sadd and Qatar Sports Club will participate in the 2017 Arab Club Table Tennis Championships to begin on November 08 in Lebanon.The men's competitions will bring together Army (Iraq), Brighty (Iraq), Sports Complex (Palestine), Sinjel Sports Club (Palestine), Army (Lebanon), Fadi Akdas (Lebanon), South Toll (Lebanon), Seeb (Oman), Al Maadi (Egypt), Sports Association (Algeria), Sana (Yemen), Al Shaban (Sudan), Al Sadd (Qatar) and Qatar SC (Qatar).Eight more teams will participate in Women's competitions.On the sidelines of the event, the general assembly meeting of the Arab Table Tennis Federation will be held on November 11.

QTSBF to host three futures tournaments

DOHA, November 1, 2017- The Qatar Tennis, Squash and Badminton Federation (QTSBF) will host three futures tournaments in December 2017.Jabor Noah, Mousa Shanan and Mubarak Shanan will represent the state of Qatar in these events.Recently, the Qatari tennis team participated in two futures events in Tunisia where Mubarak and Mousa Shanan qualified to the semifinals of doubles event.Younes El Aynaoui, Coach of Qatar national team said that the futures tournaments enable the Qatari players gain more ranking points.

Qatar to face Lebanon in AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers

DOHA, October 31, 2017 - The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced on Monday the match table of group C in the Asian U-19 Championship Qualifiers which which bring together Qatar, Iraq and Lebanon.Doha city is preparing to host Group C matches from 4-8 November, 2017 at the Grand Hamad stadium of Al Arabi sport club.Qatar youth team will begin its campaign in the prestigious championship against Lebanon on November 6 and will end its encounters against Iraq on November 8.

QTF & Al-Majed Tennis Tournament concludes

DOHA, October 31, 2017-The second edition of QTF & Al-Majed Tennis Tournament was concluded on Sunday at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex.The event brought together 200 players competed in 19 different age groups.Saad Al Mohannadi, Executive Director of the Qatar Tennis, Squash and Badminton Federation, Nasser al Majed, Development Director at Al Majed Group and Sultan Khalfan, the Tournament Director attended the medal ceremony.Sarah Mogofal won women's event while John David Ramerez hoisted the trophy of Men's event.Moreover, Clif Akaso and Renaldo Amazona took the gold of Men's doubles event.Mashael Al Khenji claimed the title of girls under 10 years event (green stage)Nasser Al Yafae emerged victorious in boys under 12 years event while Rashed Nawaf won boys under 14 years event.In boys under 18 years event, Rayyan Al Jefairi claimed the title.Moreover, Fahad Al Khelaifi teamed up with Yousef Al Abdullah to take the first place in boys under 10 doubles event (green stage).The duo of Adel Ghanim and Nasser Al Yafae prevailed in boys under 12 years doubles event while Abdulaziz Zainal and Ghanim Al khelaifi claimed the title of boys under 14 years doubles event.Finally, Rashed Nawaf and Ibrahim Al Sulaiti emerged victorious in boys under 18 years' doubles event.Saad Al Mohannadi, Executive Director of the Qatar Tennis, Squash and Badminton Federation congratulated the players who won the titles of the event and hailed the results recorded by the Qatari players.Al Mohanndi extended his thanks and appreciation to Al Majed Group for its support for the Qatari Tennis and said, “The tournament reflects the mutual commitment to develop tennis in the state of Qatar".