Team Qatar to participate in Fencing Cadet and Junior World Championships

Doha: The Qatari national fencing team will participate in 2022 Fencing Cadet and Junior World Championships to be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from April 04-10.  The Qatar squad includes; Mohamed Al Hazaa, Jaber Al Fadaaq, Meshaal Al Qahtani, Mohamed Al Awlan, Abdullah Khalifa Al Sada, Khalid Hussain, Lina Al Buenain, Sarah Diab and Haya Diyab.  On the other hand, the Arab Fencing Federation and the Fencing Confederation of Asia will meet on Thursday and Sunday respectively on the sidelines of the event. The Qatar Fencing Federation (QFF) will be represented by the QFF Secretary General Khalid Essa Al Hamadi and the QFF Assistant Secretary General Fahad Abdullah Al Mullah.  

Team Qatar finish second in Asian Beach Handball Championship

TEHRAN – Qatar's beach handball team finished their campaign at the 2022 Asian Beach Handball Championship in the second place.  Team Qatar suffered a 1-2 defeat at the hands of their Iranian counterparts in their last match on Monday. The top three finishers in the Asian Championship received direct tickets to the World Championship which will be held in Greece next June.  

Team Qatar qualify for Men's Youth Beach Handball World Championship

Tehran: Team Qatar qualified for IHF Men's Youth (U18) Beach Handball World Championships which will be staged in Heraklion, Greece in the period from June 14 to 19, 2022 after beating Afghanistan 2-0 on Monday in  Asian Men’s Youth Beach Handball Championship held in Tehran Iran from March, 22 to 28, 2022.  The event brought together 6 teams including Iran, Jordan, Qatar, Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.  Monday's victory brought Qatar's tally of points to 6 to occupy the third place behind winners Iran and Jordan who finished second.   

Cherif and Ahmed win Rosarito gold

Rosarito: Top-seeded Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan of Qatar were the winners of the first Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 tournament, which came to an end in the Mexican coastal city of Rosarito on Sunday. The world ranking leaders played in a manner consistent with their status and gave no chance to Dutch veterans Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen in Sunday’s gold medal match at the Rosarito Beach, claiming the title with a straight-set (21-17, 21-15) victory. In Rosarito, the Tokyo Olympic bronze medallists secured their third international title as partners and the second consecutively in Mexico, following their victory in the final tournament of the Cancun Hub on the 2021 FIVB World Tour. The Qataris now have 11 international beach volleyball medals to their names, with three golds, four silvers and four bronzes. “It’s a great feeling to win the first Elite 16 tournament of the Beach Pro Tour,” Cherif said after the match. “This tournament was so hard, every match felt like a final and it had Olympic level. It was another opportunity to prove we're one of the best. Mexico has been bringing great luck to us as we made it to the final three times last year in Cancun and now here. Rosarito will be forever in my heart.” The Qataris were in excellent form during the final in Rosarito and dominated the experienced Dutch, who are also Olympic bronze medallists, with Cherif’s athleticism at the net and Ahmed’s quickness in defence also exciting fans with their entertaining playing style. “It was a tough tournament and a difficult week, but we kept on fighting,” Ahmed added. “If you want to win, you have to give it all and that’s what we did. It was a great experience playing against the best teams in the world. Now we return home, rest a bit and start preparing for our home Challenge event in Doha."  

Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad attends Qatar Auto Museum Exhibition

Doha: H.E President of the Qatar Olympic Committee Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al-Thani attended the opening ceremony of Qatar Auto Museum Exhibition which got underway on Monday. The opening ceremony was also attended by H.E Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Qatar Museums Authority Sheikha Al Mayassa Bint Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, H.E Qatar Auto Museum President Dr Hessa Al-Jaber  and H.E Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Qatar Tourism  Akbar Al-Baker. The exhibition collection includes a number of historical and custom-manufactured cars in Qatar.  

Team Qatar stars tell their sport experience at Qatar first Sport Engineering Conference

DOHA – The day two panels of the Qatar first International Conference and Exhibition for Sports Engineering 2022 organized by the Qatar Engineers  Society continued successfully  at the Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC Hall No. 1). At a  public panel  addressed  “ Women in  The Forefront”,  the Qatari  swimming star , Nada Mohamed Wafa Arakji spoke out about the Qatari women’s incredible participations and achievements in the sports field . She shed lights on her personal career and experience in London 2012 Summer Olympics and other local, regional and international tournaments . “ By managing my time, I was able to balancing between my sport path and my social life ,  I was lucky to make  my goals in life and sport  possible and achievable”. Added Arakji.  “ As long as, any athlete loves and  believes in  his/her game, he/she could be able to find a way to balance between social life and sport career ,  then  move forward  and turn the dream into reality” said Arakji. “ I got a lot of skills and experience and I’m trying  to make them valuable on my work and sport career”. Added Akaji. By  the end of this panel, the event’s  organizers  honored Qatari Paralympic star , Sara Masoud  and her mother and Qatar’s swimming star, Nada Mohamed Wafa Arakji, to supporting  the Qatari women sport movement and  encouraging  other promising Qatari athletes to follow in on their footsteps and turn their sport dreams into real achievements that  will boost the country’s sport movement to a new level of excellence.   The conference panels focus on six main sectors related to sports engineering, namely: Design and implementation of sports facilities and buildings; Engineering & sports equipment and tools; Engineering in the development of athletic skills and performance; Technology and Artificial intelligence in sport engineering; Parasport and Paralympics; and Sports and Mega Events management and Legacies. The Qatar Society of Engineers organise this event in cooperation with Expo Tale, the implementing partner, with the support of the strategic partners – the Ministry of Sport and Youth, Qatar Olympic Committee, Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, and Aspire Zone Foundation.