QOA modern trends workshop on sport organization kicks off

​DOHA, September 25, 2017 – The Qatar Olympic Academy (QOA) opened on Sunday its productive workshop titled “ Modern Trends for organizing sport event at the Headquarters.The prestigious five-day long workshop is bringing together 30 trainees (male and female) from different sport institutions inside the country.At the opening day, Mr. Saif Al Nuaimi, the QOA Executive Director opened the session and welcomed the workshop's international lecturer, Bassam Abdullah Qamber , the Director of Planning and Performance Measurement Department at the Supreme Committee for Delivery.Dr. Bassam Abdullah gave a message of thanks to the QOA officials, staff , workers for their effort in hosting this productive workshop. The workshop aims to define the key concepts required to manage the sport events and its relation with the planning and management of sport event.

Qatar add 3x3 basketball gold, snooker team silver to haul

DOHA, September 25, 2017 - Pre-tournament favourites Qatar won the men's 3x3 basketball gold medal in comfortable fashion at the Ashgabat 2017 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games yesterday.With men's snooker team too winning silver, the total medal count for Qatar has gone up to nine, including four gold, three silver and two bronze.Qatar beat Iraq 22-12 in the 3x3 basketball final, after they downed Mongolia 15-14 in a nail-biting semi-final at the 3x3 Basketball Arena.Tanguy Ngombo hit the winning basket at the buzzer to edge out Mongolia for a spot in the finale, before Erfan Saeed, the only survivor from the Qatari team that was crowned FIBA 3x3 World Championships winners in 2014, led his side to a 22-12 win in the finalQatar won all six of their games in the tournament.Saeed, 33, netted 11 points including three consecutive two pointers and the final basket which ended the game and clinched the gold medal for Qatar. “We came here to win it all and we succeeded in our mission. We all are very happy to come back with the gold medal," Saeed said after the win.“I am the captain of this team and have lots of experience. Today I decided to shoot from outside rather than go inside, in order to avoid their big guy. It worked, I think," he added. “I kept the best of myself for the end. Although we had to play two tough games in an evening we didn't feel pressure and proved our confidence."Mongolia got the bronze medal after they beat Kyrgyzstan 21-11.In the women's tournament, emerging Uzbekistan seemed to be the favourites, but Thailand came up big to surprise everybody, beating the Uzbeks 22-20 in the final. Turkmenistan won the bronze medal by beating the Syrian Arab Republic 15-12.Qatar picked up the silver medal in the snooker team event after Iran made history with their first gold medal in Billiard Sports at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games with a 3-0 win in the final.Iran's Hossein Vafaei Ayouri dedicated the victory to his father, even as Qatar's Ali al-Obaidli did not make any excuses, saying the team lacked focus.“We did not play good or do anything in this match today. They played better and deserved it so fair enough," al-Obaidli said after the final.“We were not on it. We did not play our game, we were switched off. I had one chance in the first frame and I didn't take it. They took their chances and we didn't and that's it."In the singles event, al-Obaidli bowed out in the Round of 32, while teammate Ahmed Saif advanced with a 4-2 win over Kazakhstan's Shakirzhan Fazylov. Saif's Round of 16 opponent today is Pakistan's Asjad Iqbal.In the women's Standard Individual chess event, Qatar's Zhu Chen finished sixth with five points from seven rounds, even as China's Tan Zhongyi and compatriot Lei Tingjie locked the top two spots.In the men's section, Mohamed al-Sayed finished 16th with four points, while compatriot Husein Aziz Nezad was 22nd with 3.5 points. Unbeaten Vietnamese Le Quang Liem won gold.

Youth team shine in Football Friendly Tournament

DOHA, September 28, 2017 – Qatar Youth team led the standings of the International Football Friendly Tournament 2017, following their deserving 1-0 victory over Croatia at the Aspire Zone playground on Wednesday.Forward Yousef Abdulrazek netted Qatar's only winning goal to raise the country's tally to 8 points and stay at the top of the standings, while Croatia dropped to the second place with 6 points in their tally.In Saturday's fixtures, the home side Qatar will lock horn against Croatia in the clash for the first and second places, while Japan will take on Australia in the second match.

Al Arabi finish second in Arab Club Handball C’ship

​OUJDA, Morocco, September 24, 2017 –Qatar's Al Arabi claimed the second place in the 33rd Arab Club Handball Championship 2017, following their 38-37 defeat at the hands of Tunisia's Sagiyat El Zeit in final match held in Morocco on Tuesday.Qatar's other side Al Khor seized the fourth place overall , following their 37-30 at the hand of Saudi's Al Safa in the match for the third and fourth places.Tunisia's sagiyat El Zeit confidently secured the title of the championship. It is the second title for the club in the Arab competitions.

Qatar Juniors win bronze in World Endurance C’ship

​ITALY, September 24, 2017 – Qatar's Junior Endurance team claimed the bronze medal in the FEI Word Endurance Championship for Young Riders & Juniors held in Verona , Italy.Team Qatar finished third overall, behind United Arab Emirates and Spain in 120km event. The team includes riders Hamad Saeed Al Shamsi, Mohammed Abdullah Al Gamili, Hamad Saleh Al-Qamara, Jassim Rashid Al Kaabi and Abdulrahman Hamad Al Shamsi.The prestigious FEI Word Endurance Championship 2017 brought together 300 riders representing 33 countries.

Hamad al-Attiyah wins Show Jumping Gold in Ashgabat

Ashgabat, September 24, 2017-Hamad Ali al-Attiyah put together a blistering round to strike gold in the Individual Jumping event at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games yesterday.Qatar is also assured of a medal in the men's snooker team event, having beaten China for a spot in the final.At the Equestrian Centre, al-Attiyah came out on top in a seven-man jump-off against the clock to claim the title.Al-Attiyah triumphed by just over a second from Saudi Arabia's Khaled Abdulrahman Almobty with Iran's Davood Pourrezaei claiming bronze.“I knew I had to be fast and sharp to win the gold," said al-Attiyah, who competed at the Olympic Games in Rio last year, but did not get past the qualifying rounds. “I was a bit fast, but not so fast, but I was lucky that when Khaled landed for the final fence he missed the turn between the tree. “That's what made me get the gold medal. I thank God for the luck. Rio was a good experience for me, I learned a lot."Al-Attiyah, who claimed silver in the Team event on Thursday, completed the course in a rapid time of 38.81sec urging on his 10-year-old gelding, Clinton, at every chance.Almobty knew the time to beat but finished in 39.91 to just fall short, having had to go the long way round to the final fence, which cost him the gold medal.Pourrezaei had been the first rider to set off in the jump-off, where the course is altered and the fences raised in height, to set the benchmark time of 41.86, which eventually brought Iran the bronze medal.Kamil Sabitov of Kyrgyzstan was the only other rider of the seven who progressed to the jump-off to post a clear round and his time of 42.90 seconds earned him fourth spot.Qatar sprang a surprise when they beat China 3-1 in the men's snooker team semi-final yesterday.The Qataris will face Iran in the final after the latter beat Afghanistan by the same margin.Ali Nasser al-Obaidli clinched his team's victory by beating world No. 29 Zhou Yuelong.“I am very happy to win. It is the first time we have beaten China like this and it was 3-1, not 3-2. So it was a big win for Qatar and hopefully in the final we can win," said al-Obaidli.When asked about trying to emulate high jump world champion Mutaz Essa Barshim, who won gold at the worlds in August, al-Obaidli said, “He took the gold and he has opened everything up for us. Like he brought home the gold we, too, want to bring home gold."Qatar won a thrilling 14-12 encounter against Turkmenistan in the 3x3 basketball quarter-finals yesterday.The 2014 FIBA 3x3 World Cup winners are still the team to beat.Qatar took an early 6-0 lead before a big Turkmen charge saw them turn it around to lead 11-9. But Qatar's Abdulrahman Saad made the match a one-man show. He posted 13 of Qatar's 14 points, including a big two-point shot to make it 14-12 and seal his team's victory.“I wanted to hit this shot. I told myself, 'Just do it'. The ball came to me and I didn't have any hesitation. A shot, a win, a victory, maybe a medal, hopefully the gold," Saad said after the win.“I felt I was on fire and shot like crazy. It happens sometimes and you feel you are in the zone, as Michael Jordan used to say on these nights."Qatar will now face Mongolia who overwhelmed Indonesia 22-10, netting nine straight points from 13-10 to finish with a flourish.