Qatar to take on Mexico in must-win mach

California: Qatar national football team concluded their preparations to face off Mexican national team at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, USA, on Monday morning, as part of Group B's 2nd round of matches in the group stage of the 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup hosted by the US and Canada from June 24 - 16 July. Within the same group, Honduras will play at the same time against Haiti, at the Bank of America stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. Coach of the Qatari national team Carlos Queiroz led the training session, which took place at the San Jose Earthquakes Club stadium in California today. In his notes to the players, he spoke about their performance against Honduras and stressed the need to address some mistakes and play with great focus throughout the match. The training session was attended by HE President of the Qatar Football Association (QFA) Jassim bin Rashid Al Buainain, QFA Vice President Mohammed Khalifa Al Suwaidi, and QFA Secretary General Mansour Al Ansari, as well as Chief Sports Officer at Aspire Academy Tim Cahill. All players participated in the training, except for striker Al Moez Ali, who will miss the national team's match against Mexico, after he missed their matches against Honduras and Haiti due to injury. The technical staff of the national team sought to implement some tactical and tactical aspects and the style of play that the team will follow against the Mexican national team. Qatar are featuring at the Gold Cup as a guest side for the second time at a special invitation from Concacaf under the cooperation agreement with the Qatar Football Association. (QNA)

Team Qatar champions ready to make glory in Arab Games

DOHA- Team Qatar delegation is preparing to participate in the 15th edition of Arab Games 2023 to be held  from 5th to 15th July in Algeria’s capital city of Algeria. Team Qatar champions are aspiring to fight tooth and nail in this Arab sport gathering to collect a high medal tally as much as they can. Team Qatar will field 115 athletes (men and women) from 12 local federations in the games. Qatar athletes shall compete in 16 sport disciplines, handball, volleyball, basketball, swimming, Triathlon (cycling only), athletics, gymnastics, chess, fencing, sailing, boxing, (goal ball and para-athletics), Karate, judo and badminton. In the last edition of Arab Games, Team Qatar stars claimed 25 medals including 3 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 19 bronze medals to settle with the 12th place in the overall standings.  The best Qatari results came at the 12th edition held in Doha when Qatar took the 4th place with 110 medals including 32 gold medals.  

Qatari squash teams start training camp in Cairo to prepare for new season

Doha: Qatari national squash teams will start Monday a two-week training camp in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to prepare for the new season and compete in the World Junior Championships, which Australia will host in mid-July. The U15, U17 and U19 squash teams include players Salem Al Maliki, Khalid Mohammed Al Hammadi, Talal Al Badr, Nasser Al Sharshani, Mohammed Al Khalaf, Ali Al Darwish, Hamad Al Khalaf, Youssef Al Maliki, Khalifa Al Maliki, Ahmed Al Tamimi and Syed Azlan Amjad. They are accompanied by two coaches. The camp program covers technical and fitness exercises under the supervision of a number of coaches. Al-Adam players are also scheduled to participate in the "Palm Hills" International Junior Squash Open Championship, which will be held in Egypt from July 6 to 9. In a statement, Khalid Al Khulaifi, a member of the Board of Directors of the Qatar Tennis, Squash and Badminton Federation and head of the national teams committee, said the external summer camps represent a fixed date in the federation's programming, through which they seek to take the Qatari players to the required readiness in preparation for the new season and the upcoming tournaments. He added that the Cairo camp is also a preparation for the World Junior Squash Championship, which will be held in mid-July in Australia, noting that Qatari national team player Salem Al Maliki will compete in this tournament, accompanied by the federation coach Dan Jenson.

Muaz Ibrahim claims discus throw silver medal at Arab Athletics Championship

Marrakesh: Qatar’s Muaz Ibrahim claimed the silver medal of men’s discus throw event at the 23rd Arab Athletics Championship which was concluded in Marrakesh, Morocco Yesterday.  The event featured the participation of more than 350 male and female athletes representing 16 countries.   The Qatari athletes raised their tally to 8 medals including 5 gold medals and 3 silver medals.   

Team Qatar head to Phoenix to face Honduras in 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Phoenix: The Qatar national football team headed to Phoenix, Arizona, in the United States, in preparation to face off Honduras national team at the State Farm Stadium on June 29, as part of Group B's 2nd round of matches in the group stage of the 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup hosted by the US and Canada, from June 24 - 16 July. In its Group B opening match, the Qatari team lost on Sunday night against its counterpart from Haiti by a score of 1-2 at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. This was the first official encounter between the two nations, as Qatar was back for its second appearance against a tournament regular in Haiti, who was making a third consecutive participation. Following its match against Honduras, the Qatari national team will face the Mexican national team at the end of the group stage at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on July 2. The Mexican national team leads the Group B standings with 3 points, after having defeated Honduras in the first round by 4-0. The Haiti national team ranks second also with 3 points, yet with a goal difference to the advantage of Mexico, whilst the Qatari national team comes third, and the Honduras national team ranking fourth with no points. Under the cooperation agreement with the Qatar Football Association, CONCACAF invited the Qatari national team to participate as a guest of honour.

Turkmenistan men and Jordanian women lead standings of FIBA 3x3 U-23 Nations League

Doha: Turkmenistan and Jordan emerged men’s and women’s winners respectively in the fifth and penultimate Stop of the 2023 FIBA 3x3 U-23 Nations League - Doha (West Asia) at the Al Gharafa Indoor Stadium on Sunday. Turkmenistan men defeated their Jordan (22-11), Qatar (20-19) and Saudi Arabia (16-14) counterparts to top the table. Meanwhile, Jordan women also won all three of their matches, defeating Turkmenistan (22-14), Saudi Arabia (20-9) and Qatar (22-7). Both Qatar men and women teams lost all their matches on Sunday.