Qatar defeat India with straight sets at Asian Volleyball Championship

CHIBA , Japan  – Qatar claimed their first victory in Preliminary Round – Pool A of the 21st Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship, after a 3-0 win (25-22, 25-14, 25-20) against India on Monday at Chiba Port Arena. Qatar captain Ibrahim Ibrahim helped his team with 12 points, but it was India’s Charles Jerome Vinith who led all scorers with 19 markers. Qatar quickly engaged their middle attacks, anchored on Ibrahim and Belal Nabel Abunabot. India responded well by utilizing their tall line-up on, scoring off their right side attack. Recognizing the need to pass the ball better, they tried to execute their offense with more composure in transition. They proved that they could also run their middles well, and forged a close contest. Qatar’s success in the middle went further, as they likewise made good use of their wing attack. A solid stuff block by Ibrahim sealed the first set at 25-22 in their favor. Renan Ribeiro continued to worked from his favored spot at the left side, to boost Qatar’s edge in the second set. India needed to find their rhythm, but could not establish their serve-receive well enough. Their opponents could easily find empty spots to place the ball upon. When they were able to get the ball to their hitters, they seemed prone to misfires. Qatar likewise suffered from their own share of errors, but was able to establish a good advantage, all the way to complete the second set at 25-14. By the third set, coach Camilo Andres Soto brought in his reserve hitters Mubarak Dahi and Nikola Vasic to give the Qatar offense a fresh spin. Meanwhile, India’s Subhaim Chaudhary and Jerome Charles worked the wing attack, while Prince connected on block-defense. Qatar continued to run their offense and to transition well, which endured until they sealed the match with 25-20 in the final set. As the Preliminary Round concludes on Tuesday, Qatar will look to improve their standings on Pool B when they meet Bahrain at 12:00 local time, while India will face hosts Japan in the main event at 18:00 local time. Both matches are scheduled at the Chiba Port Arena.

Qatar’s Amal Mohammed wins gold medal in Asian Airgun Championship

Kazakhstan:  Team Qatar star Amal Mohammed claimed the gold medal of women’s 10m Running target event at the 2021 Asian Airgun Championship in Shymkent city, Kazakhstan on Monday.More than 150 shooters, from Qatar, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Malaysia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Russia, India, Iran and Turkmenistan are competing in this tournament for top honors.The Qatari squad includes Ashya Al Suwaidi, Shahd Al Darwish and Amal Mohamed.

HH the Amir Grants Al Wajbah Decoration to Paralympic Games Hero Abdulrahman Abdulqader

Doha-(QNA)- HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani granted the hero Abdulrahman Abdulqader Al Wajbah Decoration in recognition of his achievement by winning the bronze medal at the men's shot put event at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. HH the Amir congratulated the hero and members of the Paralympic mission of Team Qatar on the results they achieved during their participation at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, wishing them more sport achievements. During a meeting with HH at the Amiri Diwan on Thursday morning, the members of Team Qatar expressed their thanks and gratitude to HH the Amir for HH's care and support for sports in Qatar. They also affirmed their keenness to work towards achieving more future achievements in international sports championships. The meeting was attended by H.E. President of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al-Thani. (QNA)

Team Qatar to participate in Asian Airgun Championships

Kazakhstan: The Qatari women's shooting team will participate in 2021 Asian Airgun Championships to be held in Shymkent City, Kazakhstan from September 10-20.   The Qatari squad includes Ashya Al Suwaidi, Shahd Al Darwish and Amal Mohamed. Nawal Al Sulaiti, Head of Team Qatar's delegation to the event said that the Qatari shooters are able to claim some medals at the championships after the training camps they had recently.  Ali Said Al Manai, Head of National Teams Committee at the Qatar Shooting and Archery Association stressed the importance of Qatar's participation in this event, especially after the results achieved by Aysha Al Suwidi in the Arab Championships.   

QOC holds strategic workshop in preparation of Doha 2030

DOHA-The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) held a workshop Tuesday with sports federations on the strategy to prepare national teams for the Doha 2030 Asian Games. The workshop was attended by Qatar Olympic Committee Secretary-General HE Jassim bin Rashid al-Buainain, heads and representatives of Qatari sports federations and a number of officials. The strategy aims to build a strategic framework and a systematic plan to develop athletes’ performance, care for them, provide for their needs and take care of their academic, professional and health life, in addition to measuring, following up and evaluating performance to ensure the achievement of the interim goals and main results.

Doha all set to host FINA Swimming World Cup

Doha: The Qatar Swimming Association began its preparations to host the 3rd round of the FINA Swimming World Cup, which will be at Hamad Aquatics Center next month.  As per the final FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 calendar, announced recently, the first two legs will be contested in Berlin (GER) and Budapest (HUN) on October 1-3, and October 7-9, respectively, while Doha (QAT) and Kazan (RUS) will stage the two remaining legs on October 21-23 and October 28-30.  All four stops of the 2021 World Cup will be competed in 25m-pools and are qualifying events for the postponed 15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) to be held in Abu Dhabi (UAE) from December 16-21, 2021.