Mousa Shanan qualifies to doubles quarterfinals in Qatar Men’s ITF World Tennis Tour

DOHA, December 13, 2019 - Qatar's Mousa Shanan qualified to the quarterfinals of doubles event at Qatar Men's ITF World Tennis Tour organised by the Qatar Tennis Federation in cooperation with the ITF at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex.Shanan and Amar Al Amin of Ireland reached the quarterfinals after beating Frances Pare of Canada and Keven Portman of Italy 6-1 3-1 7-10.In the quarterfinals, they will take on the Polish duo of Daniel Sek ad Masij Smola.The main draw of the event began on Tuesday with the participation of 32 players in the singles event and 16 teams in the doubles event.The ITF Men's World Tennis Tour serves as the entry-level for professional tennis. It sits between the ITF Junior World Tennis Tour and the elite levels of men's professional tennis. The results of ITF tournaments incorporated with the ATP Ranking, which enables professionals to progress to the ATP Challenger Tour and, ultimately, the ATP Tour.

Main round draw of WPA World Nine-ball Championship will be held on Friday

DOHA, December 13 , 2019 – The draw process of the main round competitions of 2019 WPA World Nine-ball Championship will be conducted in Doha on Friday.Almost 97 players representing 45 countries from across the world will compete in the main round of this prestigious event.The competitions of the prestigious 2019 WPA World Nine-ball Championship is organized by the Qatar Billiard and Snooker Federation (QBSF).

Qatari Golfers off to Morocco for Arab Championship

DOHA, December 11, 2019 – Qatar's senior Golf team delegation left Doha on Tuesday to Marrakesh to participate in the competitions of 39th edition of Arab Men's Golf Championship 2019 will run for four days in Morocco starting from Thursday.Team Qatar delegation is chaired by Fahad bin Nasser Al Nuaimi, the Secretary General of Qatar Golf Association accompanied by the team coach Michel Eliot and golfers Ali Abdullah Al Shahrani and Saleh Ali Al Kaabi, Jaham Jassim Al Kowari and Abdurrahman Abdullah Al Shahrani.The four day long championship will bring together golfers from 12 Arab countries.

Qatar Handball Team prepare for Asian Championships

DOHA, December 11, 2019 - The Qatari handball team continues its preparation for the upcoming Asian championships, which are set to take place in Kuwait from January 16-27.The competition also acts as a qualifier to the world cup that will take place in Egypt in 2021. There are currently 19 players in the training camp who joined from Al Duhail, Al Sadd, Al Rayyan, Al Ahli, Al Arabi, Al Wakra, Qatar, and Al Khor clubs. Al Arabi has the most amount of players in the national team with four.The team will play a friendly match with Iran before leaving to Croatia to take part in a friendly tournament that will take place from January 2 to January 7. Qatar is in Group B of the Asian championships alongside Japan and China. They begin their campaign on January 16 with the match against China. Qatar has the competition in 2014, 2016, and 2018.

Qatar Olympic Academy, Ministry of Culture and Sports Sign MoU

DOHA, December 11, 2019 - The Qatar Olympic Academy has signed a five-year cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Culture and Sports to enhance the concept of training, qualification and professional development of national cadres in sports clubs and organizations, to achieve the aspirations of Qatar National Vision 2030 and the National Development Goals in the related fields of sport.This came during a press conference held today at Qatar Olympic Academy in the presence of the Executive Director of Qatar Olympic Academy Saif Al Nuaimi, and the Director of the Sports Affairs Department at the Ministry Isa Al Harami.During the conference, Saif Al Nuaimi said the Academy is pleased to sign this agreement with the Ministry of Culture and Sports as an initiative for the Academy to enter the scope of training in the sports sectors in the country, and the Academy hopes in the near future to provide many training courses with the Ministry of Culture and Sports and will announce in the coming days a set of courses in coordination with the Ministry to accommodate the number of trainees.Al Nuaimi indicated that the Academy has a special agenda and a special program in sports education management, which is an international program that is axed by the International Olympic Committee, and the Academy has an annual agenda, and the new sessions with the Ministry will be within a special calendar for the Academy and will be in coordination with the Ministry, and the cooperation continues before the signing of the agreement that will make cooperation broad.For his part, Al Harami indicated that these courses cover all the sports sector, whether clubs or unions, especially that unions such as bowling, chess, billiards and snooker are under the ministry umbrella, and all associates need such courses to refine their experiences so that they can cover the events hosted by the State of Qatar, and among them are affiliated with clubs, whether employees or administrators in the sports sector, and the ministry seeks to develop and refine their expertise.Al Harami stressed that participation in the courses will be free of charge for employees and affiliates of Qatari clubs, and the cooperation with the Olympic Academy will be in the framework of courses that serve the work in clubs and unions.

QOC to organize third edition of Team Qatar Flag Relay

Doha, November 21, 2019-The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) will organize the third edition of Team Flag Relay on Friday, December 13 to share pride, unity and inspiration through Team Qatar in celebration of this year's Qatar National Day (QND).Present and retired athletes, schoolchildren, community members and the general public will have the opportunity to carry the Qatari flag across the country's iconic landmarks as this year's flag relay will begin from the QOC Headquarters, travelling along the Corniche to Qatar Foundation, Katara before the grand finale at Hamad International Airport.The QOC's challenge this year is to have more than 5000 participants raising the flag as the registration to participate in the event will be opened soon through the QOC social media accounts.The second edition of team Qatar flag relay brought together more than 1500 participants including present and retired athletes, ambassadors and 800 students who have covered more than 300km across Qatar via multiple sporting activities, including cycling, running and swimming reflecting the strength and depth of Team Qatar's athletes.