Amir Cup archery and shooting concludes

Doha: The curtain came down on the HH The Amir Cup Shooting Championship, which was held at the Lusail Games Complex, with the wide participation of the Qatari national team shooters. In women’s 10m pistol competition, Osama al-Shaiba won gold, Abdullah al-Obaidli won the silver medal, while Nasra Mahmoud claimed bronze. In the 10m air rifle, Shahd al-Darwish won gold, with Ahmed al-Ali taking silver medal and Rana Khaled Sharshani claiming bronze. In 25m pistol/centre fire, Mohamed Abu Taima claimed gold, ahead of Hamad Abu Taima and Osama al-Shaiba. Taima won gold in the skeet competition too as Anisa Salem clinched silver and Mohamed Sobhi won bronze.

Cherif and Ahmed overcome challenges to top Pool C

Tokyo Olympic bronze medallists Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan were pushed hard in both of their Friday matches in Cape Town, but the Qataris powered through them to make it to the quarterfinals of this week’s Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite16 event in South Africa as one of the four pool winners. Seven other teams from six different countries also made it to the quarterfinals, which will open Saturday's schedule at the Grand Parade. The semifinals will also be played on Saturday while the medal matches will take place on Sunday. In the quarterfinals, the Qataris will face Austrians Martin Ermacora and Moritz Pristauz. The other three matchups will see Norwegians Anders Mol and Christian Sorum playing against French pair Arthur Canet and Téo Rotar, Italians Paolo Nicolai and Samuele Cottafava meeting Austrians Robin Seidl and Philipp Waller and Dutch team Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen competing with Swedish duo David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig. The 27-year-old Cherif and Ahmed were made to sweat by younger teams on Friday. In the morning, the two faced reigning European champions Ahman, 20, and Hellvig, 21, who entered the tournament fresh from their victory in last week’s Dubai Challenge, and prevailed in two sets (21-19, 21-19) by a tiny margin. “To play against the Swedish you always need a lot of energy and focus from start to finish,” Cherif commented. “They’re a tough team because they jump set and play fast, but our strategy worked really well and it was good to get another win against them.” In the last match of the day, Cherif and Ahmed were pushed to three sets (23-25, 21-14, 15-11), but managed to defeat the 22-year-old English Bello twins Joaquin and Javier to confirm the top spot in Pool C with three victories in as many matches. As Cherif was born in Senegal and Ahmed in Gambia, the two understand the positive impact the first Beach Pro Tour Elite16 event held in Africa could make on the sport on the continent. “This event is a great first step to promote beach volleyball in Africa,” Cherif added. “Unfortunately, we don’t see a lot of African teams competing on the Beach Pro Tour, so hopefully an event like this motivates the countries here to invest in beach volleyball. Africa has a lot of potential to be great in the sport and with a little help I’m confident it can get to a really high level.

Qatar’s Ahmed Tijan and Cherif Younousse to participate in Cape Town Elite16

Cape Town: Qatar’s Ahmed Tijan and Cherif Younousse will participate in the first Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite16 event in Africa to begin at the Grand Parade, in Cape Town, South Africa on Thursday. With 16 teams in each gender, the main phase of the tournament is set to begin on Thursday, at 9.00 local time (7.00 GMT), and the first day of play for the top duos will feature as many as 24 pool play matches. The 16 men’s and women’s teams will be split into four pools and will face their pool opponents in a round-robin format between Thursday and Friday. The top two duos in each group will move forward to the quarterfinals, which will be played on Saturday, as well as the semifinals. The medal matches will take place on Sunday. The men’s main draw participant list was completed on Wednesday, when the final four spots were earned through the qualifier. Two teams from England - Issa Batrane/Frederick Bialokoz and Javier Bello/Joaquin Bello - and one from each of France - Arthur Canet/Téo Rotar - and Germany - Simon Kulzer/Momme Lorenz - were the duos that advanced. Qatar’s Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, the Netherlands’ Leon Luini/Ruben Penninga and Sweden’s David Åhman/Jonatan Hellvig were allocated in Pool C while Italy’s Paolo Nicolai/Samuele Cottafava, South Africa’s Grant Goldschmidt/Leo Williams and the Netherlands’ Stefan Boermans/Matthew Immers were the three teams in Pool D.  

Team Qatar to face Lebanon in WAFF U-23 Championship

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – The third edition of  2022 WAFF U-23 Championship organized by Saudi Arabia from November 3 to 15 will kick off in Saudi Arabia’s city of Jeddah on Thursday. The opening day will see two matches, in the first game,  team Qatar will shake hands with Lebanon and Bahrain will  lock horns against Syria in the second  match. The event will bring together 9 teams including Qatar, Syria, Iraq, Oman, Kuwait, Lebanon, Bahrain, Yemen and hosts Saudi Arabia.

Team Qatar beat Netherlands in Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite16

Cape Town – Team Qatar’s duo, Ahmed Tijan and Cherif Younousse defeated Netherlands’s Leon Luini-Ruben Penning (21-19, 21-15)  in Pool C  Game of  the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite16 event held in Cape Town, South Africa on Thursday. Team Qatar will play pool C second game against Sweden’s David Åhman/Jonatan Hellvig on Friday. The event is bringing together 16 men’s and women’s teams to compete in Elite 16 round-robin format as one of the  Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour.

Qatar and Lebanon play to draw at WAFF U23 Championship

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – Team Qatar were held to a goalless draw against Lebanon on Thursday in the group B game of third edition of  2022 WAFF U-23 Championship. The championship  is organized by Saudi Arabia from November  3 to 15 in Saudi Arabia’s city of Jeddah. The event is bringing  together 9 teams including Qatar, Syria, Iraq, Oman, Kuwait, Lebanon, Bahrain, Yemen and hosts Saudi Arabia. Team Qatar will  lock horns against Oman  in group B  second game on Friday.