Hugo Calderano wins WTT Contender Doha 2023

Doha: Brazil’s Hugo Calderano has built on his impressive start to the year with his second Men’s Singles title in as many weeks. Lifting the trophy at WTT Contender Durban 2023, the “Thrill from Brazil” once again lived up to the billing as top seed in Doha, successfully navigating a tricky affair against 5th seed Jang Woojin with three of the five games being decided by the narrowest of margins (12-10, 11-13, 11-3, 14-12, 11-7) on the final day of play at WTT Contender Doha 2023. “I feel amazing. It’s very hard to win titles like this. To win two WTT Contender titles in a row was a big challenge for me, both mentally and physically, to play at this high level for two weeks, so I’m very proud to be able to achieve this. I’ve been working a lot on my physicality and I think my body held up well. Next up I’m going to Singapore Smash, a very important event, so I hope to prepare well and get a good result there.” Hugo Calderano Like Calderano, Kuai Man and Zhang Rui have won their second title of the month after clinching the Women’s Doubles title in Doha. The Chinese duo added to their WTT Contender Durban 2023 success with another strong display against 3rd seeds Jeon Jihee and Shin Yubin (5-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9). The Men’s Doubles trophy went to Yu Ziyang and Zhou Kai, who completed a magnificent run from unseeded qualifiers to champions with a 3-1 victory over 3rd seeds An Jaehyun and Cho Seungmin (5-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9).  

Thirteenth edition of Advanced Sport Management Course begins

DOHA, January 22, 2023 – The 13th  edition of Advanced Sport Management Course (ASMC) organized by the Qatar Olympic Academy (QOA) under the supervision of International Olympic Committee (IOC) began at the QOA headquarters on Saturday. This ASMC program brings together nearly 20 trainees of different experiences and majors. It consists of seven chapters that cover the period from mid of January to the end of September, as trainees will attend the QOA headquarters three days a month. By the end of the program and after successfully passing the tests of all chapters and finishing the graduation project , the trainees will receive a diploma certificate from IOC signed by HE IOC President, Dr. Thomas Bach and HE QOC President, Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani.  

Qatar’s Foil team wins Silver at Arab Fencing Championship

MANAMA, Bahrain, January 19, 2023 -  Team Qatar produced a solid performance on Thursday  to claim a sliver medal in the foil team competition of 2023  Arab Fencing Championship, which hosted by Kingdom of Bahrain for four days with the participation of eight Arab nations. Team Qatar consisted of  Ali Turki Oweida, Abdulla Ismaeel Khalifa and Khalid Aref Hussain  took  the silver medal following a 33-45 defeat at the hands of  Egyptian team in the final match. Thursday’s medal was the  second of  Qatar in the championship after  Ali Turki Oweida won the bronze medal in Foil event earlier  on Tuesday.  Most notably, Eight athletes have represented Qatar in the championship, including Ali Turki Oweida, Khalid Aref Hassain, Abdulla Ismaeel Khalifa, Jaber Omar, Mohammed Zeid Al Olan, Abdulrhman Al Gadra, Mosfer Mishaal Al Qhtani and Haya Diab.  

Qatar Beach Volleyball Team in Group A in Beach Pro Tour Final Round

Doha, (QNA) - Qatar's beach volleyball team of Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan current No.2 in the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) world ranking, will play in Group A of the final round of the Beach Pro Tour for men and women, which will be held at the Aspire Zone beach courts from Jan. 26 to 29, according to the draw carried out today. The tournament is organized under the auspices of the FIVB in collaboration with the Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) and Aspire Zone Foundation which will host the tournament for three consecutive years starting January 2023. The President of the QVA and the West Asian Volleyball Association (WAVA), Ali Ghanem Al Kuwari confirmed in earlier statement that the Aspire Zone Foundation is hosting this tour within the framework of the great cooperation between the Foundation and the Qatar Volleyball Association in organizing a number of previous international tournaments, noting that after the World Beach Pro Tour, Qatar will host for the first time in Aspire Zone the opening round of the 5-star rated Elite16 tours. Furthermore, Qatar was given the opportunity to organize this sporting event, as a result of the International Federations recognition of the advanced level of playing and ranking the game has reached in the country, be it in beach volleyball or indoor volleyball. Al Kuwari added that it will be the final round of all beach volleyball tournaments where the top 8 teams in the world rankings will participate along with two invitation cards which will be granted to two teams to participate in the tournament for men and women with financial prizes reaching USD 800,000. The Qatari team will open its matches in the tournament on its first day facing Chile's star men's beach volleyball team of Esteban Grimalt and Marco Grimalt. (QNA)  

Qatar wins Bronze Medal in Arab Fencing Championship

MANAMA, January 18, 2023 - Qatar's Ali Turki Oweida won the bronze medal in Foil competitions at the Arab Fencing Championship which is hosted by Bahrain till Thursday with the participation of eight countries. Oweida won the bronze medal in Foil after losing 15-7 in the semi-finals to the Egyptian athlete Aladdin Abu Al Qasim (ranked third globally). Eight Qatari athletes are taking part in the Championship. The Qatari mission is headed by Assistant Secretary of Qatar Fencing Federation Fahd Al Mulla, and includes 3 coaches.   

Hosts Iraq defeat Qatar to reach Gulf Cup Final

BASRA,  Iraq - Hosts Iraq defeated Qatar 2-1 in the first semi-final of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup at Basra International Stadium in Basra on Monday.  Ibrahim Bayesh put the hosts ahead in the 19th minute with Amro Siraj netting the equaliser for Qatar in the 28th minute.  Aymen Hussein’s goal in the 43rd minute proved decisive as Qatar were unable to produce a special performance in the second half against the home side backed by a crowd at the packed 60,000 capacity venue.        Iraq will await the result of second semi-final between defending champions Bahrain and Oman to know their opponents for the final to be played on January 19. The second semi-final will kick off at 8:15pm later Monday.