Amal Mohamed wins Running Target gold at Asian Rifle/Pistol Cup

Jakarta - Qatar’s Amal Mohamed claimed the gold medal of women’s 10m Running Target at Asian Rifle/Pistol Cup taking place in Jakarta, Indonesia from 01 to 10 March 2023On the other hand, Qatar’s Ahmed Al Sada took the gold medal of Archery event under 18 years at Al Sulymania Shooting Championships.Assistant Secretary General of the Qatar Shooting and Archery Association Mr. Jassim Shaheen Al Sulaiti applauded the results achieved by team Qatar shooters at two events.

Qatar to take on Republic of Korea in Asian Men's Beach Handball Championships

Bali: Qatar men's beach handball team will take on Republic of Korea in the beginning of their campaign at the 9th Asian Men's Beach Handball Championships which will take place in Bali, Indonesia from 10 to 19 March 2023. The event serves as qualification event for the 2024 IHF Men's and Women's Beach Handball World Championships. The Qatari team find themselves in Group A, facing Iran, Philippines, Republic of Korea and Saudi Arabia while Group (B) includes Indonesia, Vietnam, Oman, Hong Kong, Kuwait and China. Qatar’s Squad: Muhsen Al Yafei, Mohamed Al Sousi, Mohamed Hassan, Ali Mohamed, Abdulrazaq Murad, Amer Denger, Hamdi Ayad, Hani Kakhi, Mohamed Saleh and Sayed Kenawi.  

Team Qatar golfers shine in Bahrain

Manama: Qatar's national gold team including Jaham Al Kuwari, Saleh Ali Al Kaabi, Abdul Rahman Al Shahrani and Ali Al Shahrani won team gold at the Gulf Championships in Bahrain.  Al Kaabi also claimed individual gold in the championship after a fine show.   UAE's Ahmad Akram came second while Ahmed Al Zayed came in the third place.  

Third QOC Beach Games to kick off on Friday

DOHA – The third edition competitions of Qatar Olympic Committee Beach Games 2023 will get underway on Friday at the  Cultural Village Katara and will  run from 10th to 17th of March. Participants from different age groups  have completed registration process before begin competing in  the community’s most loving beach games , including beach football beach volleyball, 3x3 beach basketball, boxing , karate, swimming go and duathlon. Organizing Committee has allocated a total QR 500.000 in prize money for top winners. Most notably, the registration process for the games went smoothly and quickly , showing  how high response from participants, lovers and amateurs of different age groups and  how value of these games in the mindset of this sport loving community. This  tournament is  one of  the community events and activities  organized by  the QOC  annually  to  take all individuals  of  the society to greater  standards of  health and to improve their physical fitness. In a pre-games statement, the games’ head of marketing and communication committee, Mohammed Hamad Al-Meanis has confirmed  that this championship is a regular stop and most loving event everyone wait is annually, it became of most prominent community events in the country. “ Qatar Olympic Committee is always keen to add new games annually  amid the rising turnout from public. We started off  our first edition with three games, followed by five games in the second edition, as the number raised up to seven games in this edition due to  the big respond from all community members”.  said Mr. Mohammed. Head of Marketing and Communication Committee has also appreciated efforts of  all partners, sponsors and suppliers at top of them,  Katara Cultural Village (official partner), Attraction (official sponsor), Vodafone (official sponsor), Elan (official supplier) and Lulu Hypermarket (official supplier) and gave a letter of thanks to these public and private institutions for  their patriotic role to support  our sport and community events and being at the heart of  annual sport events that organized by the Qatar Olympic Committee.  

Hancock and Rhode combine to shoot skeet mixed team gold

Doha: Thrilling action at the Lusail Shooting Complex continued on Wednesday as USA’s Vincent Hancock and Kimberly Rhode combined brilliantly to bag the mixed skeet event gold on the fourth day of the ongoing ISSF World Cup Shotgun - Doha 2023 championship. Hancock, who had won the individual skeet silver medal on Tuesday, showed excellent form and along with Rhode, who claimed the individual skeet women’s gold, stood out in the qualifying and the final. The qualifying round had ended in a tie with USA and France (Eric Delaunay & Lucie Anastassiou) scoring identical 148 before the Americans won in a shoot-off 4-3 to top the 32-team field. Qatar’s Reem Al Sharshani and Paris 2024 Games-bound Rashid Saleh Al Athba returned a score of 140, while the second Qatari team comprising Ghulam Hajar Mohammed and Abdulaziz Al Attiyah shot 122. The gold medal battle saw the Olympic gold winners Hancock and Rhode shoot flawless getting all the four shots in each turn for a total of 24 and 6 points. Delaunay & Anastassiou were on target 17 times failing to register any points and settling for silver. Earlier in the bronze medal match, Italians Luigi Lodge and Diana Bacosi beat Hector Andres Flores Barahona and Francisca Chadid Crovetto of Chile 6-2. On Thursday, there will be pre-event training for trap - men and women before the first 75 targets action on Friday and the finals on Saturday. The mixed trap team event will also begin on Saturday.

Qatar's Jiu-Jitsu national team wins three medals in AJP Tour Championship

Cairo: The Qatari Jiu-Jitsu team won three medals (one gold and two silver) in the AJP Tour Egypt National Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2023, which was held in Cairo over four days with the participation of about 60 countries. Ahmed Aljehani claimed the gold medal in the under-95 kg category, and the silver medal in the under-85 kg category, while Abdelaziz Al Mohannadi managed to win the silver medal in the under-77 kg category. After winning, Aljehani advanced to third place in the world, second in Asia and first in Qatar. The Qatari players' participation in the tournament comes within the preparatory programme for the Asian Games, which will be held in China this year.