Qatar Athletics Team Participate in the Arab Games in Tunisia

DOHA,  (QNA) - Qatar's athletics team will participate in the Arab games that act as qualifiers to the Tokyo Olympics 2020, which is set to take place in Tunisia from June 16-20. A total of 420 athletes from 20 countries will take part in the competition. The Qatari team left Doha on Monday heading to Tunisia, chaired by the Secretary-General of Qatar Athletics Federation Mr. Mohammed Eissa Al Fadala. 

QOC Secretary General Meets President of Hungarian Olympic Committee

BUDAPEST –  The Qatar Olympic Committee Secretary General , H.E Jassim Bin Rashid Al-Buenain  met on Monday with Mr. Krisztian Kulcsar,  the President of Hungarian Olympic Committee in the Hungary’s capital of Budapest. During the meeting, the  QOC Secretary General extended the greetings of the QOC President, H.E Sheikh Joaan bin  Hamad Al Thani to his Hungarian counterpart. In the meeting  both officials reviewed  the bilateral  sport cooperation between the two organizations and methods  of strengthening them in the future.  The meeting was also attended by Mr.  Balint Vekassy, the Secretary General of Hungarian Olympic Committee. The QOC Secretary General was  visiting the Hungarian capital  to attend  the World Judo Championships which concluded on Sunday after  brought together 661 athletes (men and women) , representing 118 countries.  It is worth mentioning that, Qatar will be the host nation of the IJF 2023  Judo World Championships, which is a qualifying event to the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games.

Olympic team concludes training camp in Croatia

ZAGREB -  The Qatar Olympic team concluded its preparatory camp in Zagreb, capital of  Croatia as part of their preparations for the AFC U-23 Cup qualifiers which will start in October. During the training camp, the Olympic team played three friendly matches, where they got better of Malta 5-0  in the first match and suffered 1-0 defeat from both  Croatia and Bosnia. The Olympic team experienced perfect training camp in Croatia  , played against strong opponents in these  friendlies  and  will  raise the scale of challenge to qualify for  the AFC U-23 finals.   

Team Qatar shine to win Gold, Silver Medals in Arab Traithlon Championship

EGYPT - The Qatari triathlon team impressively won gold and silver medals in the 7th Arab Triathlon Championship and the African Cup race, which concluded on Saturday in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, with the participation of about 400 athletes. The championship races included swimming, cycling, and running competitions. The Qatari team was represented by Abdullah Shaheen Al Kaabi, Fahd Ahmed Al Mohammed, and Abdul Aziz Al Jaber, led by coach Mohsen Erhaili. Fahd Ahmed Al Mohammed starred in the Arab (30-34) age group and was crowned with a well-deserved gold medal after winning the first place in the competition, achieving a record time of 1:18:13. In the Arab (35-39) age group competitions, Abdullah Shaheen Al Kaabi won the silver medal after an amazing performance in the swimming, cycling, and running competitions. Kuwaiti Abdullah Al Rifai won the gold medal. 

Team Qatar continue victorious run to win new bronze in Arab Championship

CAIRO  -  The Qatari shooting team won the bronze medal for the teams in the men's Trap competition in the Arab championship competitions currently held in Egypt and concludes on Saturday, with the participation of more than three hundred male and female shooters representing 15 Arab teams. Qatar won the bronze medal in the men’s Trap through the shooters Saeed Abu Shareb, Nasser Al Humaidi and Rashid Al Athba during the competition, which witnessed a great challenge among the best teams participating in the tournament, with the gold medal for Egypt, while the Kuwaiti team won the silver medal. With the conclusion of the Trap competition for teams and the achievement of a bronze medal and the mixed pistol team, in which Osama Al Shaiba and Nasra Muhammad participated in the fourth place, Al Adaam Mission will have finished all the competitions within the Arab Championship program after winning six colored medals, including 3 gold medals that came from Reem Al Sharshani The womens single skeet competition, Rashid Saleh Al Athba and Reem Al Sharshani in the mixed skeet competition, and Aisha Al Suwaidi in the air rifle competition, one silver medal by Rashid Saleh Al Athba in the mens single skeet competition, and two bronze medals by Rashid Saleh Al Athba, Masoud Saleh Al Athba and Ali Al Ishaq in the team skeet competition, Rashid Hamad Al Athba, Nasser Ali Al Hamidi and Saeed Hamad Abu Shareb in the dirt teams competition. Chairman of the National Shooting Teams Committee, Ali Saeed Al Mannai, praised the successes of Al Adam shooters during their participation in the Arab Championship competitions, ascending the podiums and raising the Qatari flag in this important Arab forum.   

Qatar edge Oman to confirm pole position

DOHA -  Qatar defeated Oman 1-0 at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium to seal top spot in Group E of the Asian Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 on Monday. The result leaves Qatar with 22 points, 10 points ahead of second-placed Oman, who still have two games to play - against Afghanistan on Friday and Bangladesh four days later. Oman, who lost 2-1 to Qatar in October 2019, started the match strongly and were unlucky not to find the back of the net within the first minute after Abdul Aziz Al Muqbali’s shot from inside the area was easily saved by goalkeeper Saad Al Sheeb. That would prove to be Oman’s only meaningful attempt at goal as Qatar imposed their authority in the game with Hatim Abdelaziz and captain Hasan Al Haydos marshaling the midfield. Felix Sanchez’s men came close to scoring in the seventh minute when Abdelkarim Hassan lost his marker inside the area but the midfielder wasted the opportunity when he fired his effort just wide. It was a one sided affair as Qatar continued to pile on the pressure but their finishing in front of goal left much to be desired as Mohammed Muntari and Hassan Al Heidos both wasted opportunities to score. Oman continued to frustrate their opponents as Branko Ivankovic’s men foiled Qatar’s every attempt at goal with Al Haydos given no room to operate inside the final third. However, Oman resistance finally cracked when they conceded a penalty in the 39th minute following a foul on Almoez Ali as Al Haydos struck coolly from the spot to give Qatar a 1-0 lead going into the break. Oman began the second half very much in a defensive mode as Qatar started aggressively in a bid to extend their lead. Salah Al Yahyai, however, had a good chance to draw Oman level in the 52nd minute when he collected the ball just inside the box following a swift counter attacking move but Abdelkarim Hassan was quick to foil his attempt. Oman’s confidence grew as the match wore on but the equaliser was out of reach as Qatar held on for the win.