Qatar wins GCC Junior Athletics Championship

DOHA, February 23, 2019-Qatar claimed the title of the GCC Junior Athletics Championships which was concluded at Qatar Sports Club on Friday. The event was organized by the Qatar Athletics Association (QAF) with participation of three nations including Kuwait, Oman and hosts Qatar. Qatar led the standings of boys' competitions with 338 points. Kuwait took the second place with 174 points while Oman finished the championship in the third place with 77 points. In girls' competitions, Qatar led the standings with 132 points ahead of Kuwait in the second place with 67 points and Oman in the third place with 34 points. The 2019 edition of the GCC Athletics Championship is one of 4 major athletics championships to be staged in Doha this year as it will be followed by the Asian Athletics Championships in April, the IAAF Diamond League in May and the IAAF World Athletics Championships from September 28 to October 04. ​

Students display impressive performance in SOP football events

DOHA, February 22, 2019 - Aspire Academy playground has witnessed impressive performance from students of different learning stages who competed in football events on Thursday.In group A event for secondary schools, Tunisian school and Blyth Academy confidently booked their spots in the last four stage, following convincing wins over Pakistan International School and Indian MIS school respectively.Meanwhile in the group B, Palestinian school and Michael DeBakey school recorded deserving victories to reach the semifinals stage. At the primary school level, El Zubair bin Awam school and Al Ekhlass model school reached the last eight stage after defeated their respective opponents. In the same level, Muaz bin Gabal and Sumaisma schools booked places in the quarterfinals.The SOP is held annually as a collaborative effort of Qatar School Sports Federation (QSSF) and Ministry of Education and Higher Education, with hundreds of student athletes competing from all over Qatar.The SOP committee aims to spread a culture of sports throughout Qatar's schools and to engage the entire community in active and healthy lifestyles while retaining local values and traditions.

Stage set for Qatar Open Shotgun Championship

Doha, February 22, 2019- Qatar Shooting & Archery Association (QSAA) unveiled the details of the Qatar Open Shotgun Championship, which starts on Friday and ends until 3 March. 280 shooters from 38 countries will be competing in the Trap, Double Trap and Skeet categories.This was announced at a press conference held yesterday at Lusail Shooting Range.The technical and administrative formation for the championship was also revealed, including QSAA president and head of the organizing committee of the tournament Ali Mohammed Al Kuwari, director of the tournament and board member Abdullah Ali Al Mutawa Al Hammadi, assistant secretary, chairman of the finance committee Hussain Saleh Al Sada, head of national teams and head of fields Preparation Ali Saeed Al Mannai, and executive director of the secretariat committee Mohamed Ahmed Taher, among others.During the press conference, the Organizing Committee announced that the competition will feature both men and women shooters and has a total prize money of $1,32000, with 280 participants from 38 countries including Qatar, Australia, Croatia, China, Finland, France, Italy, Germany, Russia, Czech Republic, Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, Jordan, Iran, Lebanon, Kazakhstan, US, Ukraine, Malaysia, Poland, Peru, Pakistan, Japan, Lithuania, India, Georgia and Denmark.In Trap category, the Qatar team will be represented by Rashid Al Athba, Nasser Al Humaidi, Mohammed Al Rumaihi, Mohammed Dablan, Hamad Al Athba, Hamad Al Athabi, Abdulaziz Al Athba, Khalid Al Mohannadi, Khalifa Al Attiyah and Ghanem Al Nuaimi.In the women's Trap category, the participants are Amna Al Abdullah, Noura Al Ali, Banna Ali, Kholoud Al Khalaf, Nawal Al Khalaf and Noura Al Mohannadi.In the youth category for the same competition, the participants are Hussein Al Banai, Ibrahim Al Tamimi, Abdulrahman Al Nuaimi, Salem Al Marri, Mohammed Abdul Mohsen and Abdulaziz Abdul Mohsen.The Skeet category, there will be Nasser Al Attiyah, Abdulaziz Al Attiyah, Rashid Saleh, Masoud Saleh, Mohammed Al-Thani, Saeed Abu Sharab, Hassan Al Mannai, Rashid Al Shahwani and Ali Al Ishaq, while for women, there will be Reem Al Sharshani, Sarah Mohammed, Hajar Mohammed, Hanan Ali and Amal Ahmed.In the Double Trap, the competition will be attended by Hamad Al Marri, Rashid Al Athba, Massoud Al Atbha, Massoud Ali Al Athba, Rashid Al Athbi and Abdul Baset Al Saadi.The tournament's director Abdullah Ali Al Mutawa Al Hammadi stressed the importance of this great sporting presence, which is considered as one of the most important gatherings for this sport, where everyone is seeking through this tournament to work on the final preparation before entering the competitions for the upcoming Olympic Games in Japan.

Qatar lose to Philippines in FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers

DOHA, February 22, 2019-The Qatari basketball team suffered a 46-84 defeat against Philippines in the FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers in Doha on Thursday. The match was attended by HE Sheikh Saud bin Ali Al Thani, First Vice President of the Qatar Olympic Committee and President of the FIBA Asia and Ahmed Al Muftah, President of the Qatar Basketball Federation. The victory improved the Philippines' standing to 6 wins against 5 losses and pushed them closer to FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 qualification while also delaying the qualification of two other Group F squads - Iran and Japan.Next up for the Qataris are Japan, who are coming off a rousing win over Iran, while the Philippines travel to Astana to finish their Asian Qualifiers campaign against fifth window tormentors Kazakhstan. Both games will be played on 24 February. A win for the Philippines will strengthen their chances of qualifying to the World Cup and give them a chance to finish among the top three teams of Group F.

QRCC announces sport calendar for season 2019

DOHA, February 21, 2019 – Qatar's Rugby and Cricket Committee (QRCC) announced on Wednesday its sport calendar for the season 2019.According to the calendar, Qatar's Rugby and Cricket teams will participate in West Asian Rugby Championship (men and women) in April 2019, U16 Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in September, GCC women Championship in December, Premier League in June 2019 and World Cricket Championship in September.

Qatar basketball team to take on Philippines in World Cup Qualifiers

DOHA, February 21, 2019-The Qatari basketball team will take on Philippines in the FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers in Doha on Thursday. The Qatari team will play their last match in the qualifiers on February 24 against Japan in Doha. The Qatari squad includes Abdulrahman Ramadan, Khalid Sulaiman, Joy Tala, Khalid Mohammad Rushdi, Faris Andeck, Abdulrahman Al Muftah, Mansour Al Hadari, Amer Mojeck, Malik Salim, Ahmad Yousef Al Darwish, Erfan Saeed, Mostafa Essam, Nasser Al Rayes, Babenkar Diang, Mohammad Yousef and Nadim Mozlic. Philippines national team arrived in Doha four days ago as they aim at occupying third place in the group behind leaders Australia and Iran.