Al Adaam intensify training program ahead of Asian Volleyball Championship

DOHA, July 17, 2019 - Qatar's senior and U-23 volleyball teams intensified their daily training sessions under well-qualified technical staff at Federation indoor , that in preparation for upcoming Asian, Arab and continental sport events.Qatar senior volleyball team is due to participate in Asia Volleyball Championship will take place in Tehran, Iran from 11 to 22 September 2019. They will play in group (A) alongside Iran, Sri Lanka and Australia.On the same training path, Qatar's U-23 volleyball team is doing intensive training regime before participation in Asian U-23 Volleyball Championship scheduled from 3-11 August in Myanmar.

Qatar' Mahmood wins silver medal in Tunisia Swimming Championship

TUNISIA, July 17, 2019 – Qatar's swimming star, Mahmood Mohammed made impressive performance on Tuesday to clinch silver medal in the Men's 200m Medley of Tunisia Swimming Championship 2019 (Juniors and Youth) taking place in Tunisia.Qatar's swimming star set a new Qatari record by clocking 2.13.39 minutes, likewise his teammate Kareem Salah set new Qatari record in Men's 800 freestyle U-14 category, registering 8.55.34 minutes.Qatar field four swimmers in the championship, including Abdulaziz Al Obaidely, Fras Al Saidi, Mahmmed Mahmood and Kareem Salah.

Al Adaam to participate in First Three Rounds of FINA Swimming World Cup

DOHA, July 16,2019 - Qatar Swimming Association on Monday announced the names of the Qatari swimmers participating in the first three rounds of the 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup.Abdulaziz Al Obaidli and Firas Al Saeedi will take part in the first round to be held in Tokyo, Japan on August 2 - 4, while Omar Ashraf and Kareem Salama will participate in the second round in Jinan, China on August 8 - 10 and Yaqoub Al Khalili and Yousuf Al Khulaifi will partake in the third round in Singapore on August 15-17.This year's FINA Swimming World Cup stages seven rounds, the fourth will be held in Budapest on October 4-6, the Fifth in Berlin on October 11-13, the Sixth in Kazan on November 1-3 and the seventh in Doha on November 7-9.

Qatar beach volleyball team claim fourth place in world ranking

DOHA, July 16, 2019-Qatar's national beach volleyball team including Cherif Younousse and Ahmad Tijan took the fourth place in the FIVB world ranking issued yesterday.The Qatari team collected 5120 points after participating in a huge of number international and continental tournaments.Christian Sorum and Anders Mol of Norway led the standings with 7600 points ahead of Russia's Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy in the second place and Poland's Bryl/Fijalek in the third place.President of the Qatar Volleyball Association Ali Ghanim Al Kuwari thanked the QOC president HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani and the QOC Secretary General HE Mr. Jassim Rashed Al Buenain for their support to the Qatari volleyball.

Qatar volleyball team line up for Asian Championship

DOHA, July 14, 2019- The Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) announced the squad of Qatar Men's team to participate in the 2019 Asian Championship. The event will be staged in Tehran, Iran from 11 to 22 September 2019. Qatar will play in group (A) alongside Iran, Sri Lanka and Australia.The Qatari squad included Mubarak Dhahi, Ahmed Jamal, Ibrahim Saeed, Bilal Nabil, Uthman Abdulwahed, Nader Abu Baker, Mahmoud Essam, Renan, Khalid Shamiya, Mahdi Badr Al Din, Melosh, Sultan Abdullah, Sami Mahmoud, Sulaiman Saeed and Naji Mahmoud. ​

Samba powers to second place in Monaco

Monaco, July 14, 2019-Qatar's Abderrahman Samba made a roaring return from injury, finishing second in the men's 400m at the Diamond League event in Monaco on Friday.Samba, who had set a personal best of 44.60 seconds in the discipline in South Africa to kick-start his build-up to the World Championships, ran a 45-second lap at the Stade Louis II to finish behind Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas, who won the event in 44.51 seconds.“I'm so happy with that," 23-year-old Samba said. “I'm just back from injury. I missed a few weeks but it's all good now. I felt like I got my rhythm back," added the 400m hurdles Asian Games gold medallist and the Asian champion.The World Championships will be held at Doha's Khalifa International Stadium come September.Samba won the 400m flat in Pretoria, before unsurprisingly running away with 400m hurdles gold at the Asian Championships in April, an event that served as a test event for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019.Last year, Samba was unbeaten in six Diamond League events even becoming only the second man after the world record holder Kevin Young of the US to dip under 47 seconds in the 400m hurdles event, winning in Paris in a time of 46.98 seconds.In ominous fashion, he opened his Diamond League season in Shanghai with a 47.27 second effort to win the 400m hurdles gold before injury forced a break.​