Seifeldin wins pole vault gold at Asian Under-18 Athletics Championships

Kuwait: Seifeldin Mohamed Abdelsalam struck gold for Qatar in pole vault with a superb performance on the opening day of the 4th Asian Under-18 Athletics Championships in Kuwait on Thursday. It was Qatar’s second medal of the day, after Djibrine Adoum Ahmat’s silver in shot put. Seifeldin dominated his event, sailing over the bar at 5.10 metres to claim the top spot. Iran’s Amirarshia Dogaheh (5.00) and India’s Kuldeep Kumar (4.80) finished second and third respectively. Seifeldin, who opened with an easy 4.50M clearance, cleared 4.65, 4.75, 4.85 and 4.90M on his first try. He faltered at 5M before clearing it the second time. While he could jump 5.05M only on his third attempt, he conquered the winning height on his first try. Meanwhile, Djibrine heaved the iron ball to a distance of 19.01M, a personal best, to finish second behind India’s Akash Yadav (19.37). Siddharth Choudhary, also from India, finished third (19.00).  

Team Qatar to begin 2023 IHF World Men's Championship campaign Against Germany

Basel (Switzerland), October 14 - The International Handball Federation announced the schedule of matches for the 28th World Men's Championship, to be hosted by Poland and Sweden from January 11 to 29, 2023. Qatar Handball team, which was placed in Group E along with Germany, Serbia and Algeria, will start its journey in the tournament by meeting Germany on Friday, January 13th, and then will play its second match with Algeria on the 15th of the same month, before concluding its matches in the first round against Serbia in Jan 17. The 32 teams participating in the tournament were divided into 8 groups, including Group A (Spain, Montenegro, Chile and Iran), Group B (France, Poland, Saudi Arabia and Slovenia), Group C (Sweden, Brazil, Cape Verde, Uruguay), and Group D (Iceland, Portugal, Hungary and South Korea). Group E (Germany, Qatar, Serbia and Algeria), Group F (Norway, North Macedonia, Argentina and the Netherlands), Group G (Egypt, Croatia, Morocco and the United States), and Group H (Denmark, Belgium, Bahrain and Tunisia). The top three teams from each group will qualify for the second round (the main round), which will include 24 teams, which will be divided into four groups, each of which includes six teams competing among themselves in a league system of one round, with the first and second placed teams qualifying in Each group to the quarter-finals, the start of the playoffs in the tournament. The Qatari handball team qualified for the 2023 World Championship after topping the first group in the main round of the 2022 Asian Men's Handball Championship, which was held in Saudi Arabia last January, and crowned its title for the fifth time in a row after winning the final match over the Bahraini team with a score of 29/24. The next participation in the World Championship will be the ninth for the Qatari team, after Portugal 2003, Tunisia 2005, Germany 2007, Spain 2013, Qatar 2015, France 2017, Germany, Denmark 2019 and Egypt 2021, while the second place in the Qatar 2015 edition was his best result in the history of his participation.   

2023 World Judo Championships flag is handed over to Qatar

Tashkent - The 2023 World Judo Championships flag was handed over to the state of Qatar, the next host country of the event at a momentous handover ceremony in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The ceremony was held during the visit of the Organizing Committee of the World Judo Championship - Doha 2023 to the Uzbek capital to attend the ongoing World Championship. Eid Al Muraikhi, Chairman of the Sports Committee at Judo Championship - Doha 2023 said “It is an absolute honour for us to receive the World Judo Championships flag. We congratulate Tashkent for hosting a successful edition of World Judo Championships and we thank all their teams for their support over the few days in transferring their knowledge and expertise to our teams.” “Hosting the upcoming edition of World Judo Championships is another feather to Qatar’s cap in light of its commitment to develop Judo in our region” He added. It worth mentioning that the IJF delegation has visited Doha last September where Claudiu Chimoiu who led the IJF's team hailed Qatar's preparations to host the world championships.  

Qatar national handball team to play two friendlies in Tunisia

Tunisia: Qatar national handball team will play two test matches against Tunisia on October 13 and 15 in Tunisia. The matches are a part of its preparations for the 28th Men’s World Championship hosted by Poland and Sweden from January 11 to 29 next year 2023. Qatar is drawn in Group E along with Germany, Serbia and Algeria. The Qatari team arrived in Tunisia on October 11th to play the two matches.  

Qatar to participate in Asian Youth Athletics Championships

Kuwait: Team Qatar will participate in the fourth Asian Youth Athletics Championships 2022, to be held in Kuwait from October 13 to 16. The event will bring together 30 nations including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Yemen, Iraq, Iran, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Brunei, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Nepal, Maldives, Philippines, Singapore, Tajikistan, Vietnam and hosts Kuwait.  

Nada Radwan wins women's gold at Arab Golf Championship

Tunisia: Qatar's Nada Radwan claimed the gold medal of women's event at the 2022 Arab Golf Championships held in Tunisia with participation of 100 players from 11 countries.  Nada Radwan took the first place ahead of Alia Al Emadi of United Arab Emirates in the second place while Kenza Ladhari of Tunisia finished third.  Mohamed Faisal Al Naimi, Board Member of the Qatar Golf Association (QGA) congratulated Nada Radwan on her gold medal and stressed that team Qatar has showed a great level in the championship