Qatar Futures Tournament to begin on Monday

DOHA, December 03, 2018-The main rounds of Qatar F4 Futures Tennis Tournament will begin at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex on Monday. The event is organized by the Qatar Tennis, Squash and Badminton Federation (QTSBF) in cooperation with the International Tennis Federation until December 09.The QTSBF will host two more events later this month with a prize money of 15.000 for each event.The QTSBF provided some Qatari players with wild cards to participate in the preliminary and main rounds of the tournament including Musa, Mubarak, Essa Shanan and Rayane AlamiThe QTSBF Executive Director Saad Al Mohannadi said, “The futures tournament comes in light of the QTSBF strategy to support the national team players and improve their skills through competing with young professional players from all over the world."Al Mohannadi stressed that the QTSBF plans and programs reflects its commitment to provide the Qatari players with all potentials to raise the Qatari flag high at international events.

Japan defeat Qatar in Asian Qualifiers for FIBA World Cup

TOYAMA, Japan, December 01 , 2018 - Qatar's national basketball team lost to Japan (47-85) in Toyama in the third round of Group B in the second and final round of the FIBA World Cup 2019 qualifiers in China.The four sets results came as follow (20-15, 11-17, 30-8, 24-7) for Japan.The Qatari team performed well in the first set, which ended in favor of a difference of 32-31, where the players were quick in attack and defense comparing to the players of the Japanese team.Two matches were also scheduled in the same group, the first match finished with the victory of Australia on Iran (76-47) and Kazakhstan over Philippines (92-88).The Qatari team is heading to Australia after playing against Japan, where they will face Australia in Melbourne on Monday in the fourth round of qualifying, and then Qatar will face their Philippine counterpart on February 21 in Doha on the fifth round, and Qatar will end their qualifying matches against Japan on February 24 in Doha in the sixth and final round.Qatar's national basketball team reached the second and final round after finishing third in the first round of qualifying group, and went up to the second round with the teams of Iran and Kazakhstan in the same group, but Qatar team will not play with Iran and Kazakhstan because the three teams faced each others in the first round of the qualifying round.​

Qatar to face Japan in 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifiers

TOKYO, Japan, November 30, 2018 – Qatar's senior basketball team will lock horns against Japanese counterparts in a crucial clash in 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asia qualifications in Japan on Friday.Qatar's squad is extremely determined to beat the home side in order to keep their qualification dream alive, after first round's two disappointed defeats against Australia (43-95) and Philippines ( 81-92).Following Friday clash, Qatar team will travel to Melbourne to face Australia in the fourth round on Monday and will play Philippines in the fifth round on February 21 in Doha.The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup will be the 18th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams. The tournament will be hosted in China and it will mark a new era for the competition as described.

Qatar to play Japan in AVC Aspire Beach Volleyball Qatar Masters Semifinals

DOHA, November 30, 2018 – Qatar's duo Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan Janko will lock horns against Japan's Yuya Ageba and Gottsu Ishijma in the semi-final of AVC Aspire Beach Volleyball Qatar Masters 2018 in Aspire playgrounds on Friday.It is worth mention that , the defending champions Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan Janko held their nerves to pull off a nail-biting 2-1 victory over Australia's Christopher McHugh and Zachery Schubert, and advance into the semi-final of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Aspire Beach Volleyball Qatar Master 2018.On the same track of victory, the Japanese pair defeated Iran's Arash Vakili and Bahman Miinjehbo 21-17 and 21-11 in the other quarter-final.The prestigious event is jointly organized by the Aspire Zone Foundation, Qatar and Asian Volleyball Federations and the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC).

SOP Organizing Committee holds Managerial Meeting

DOHA, November 29, 2018 – The Organizing Committee of the prestigious Schools Olympic Program (SOP) 2018 held a productive managerial meeting with the Directors of SOP events on Wednesday.The meeting was chaired by Ali Al Hitmi, the vice president of SOP Organizing Committee attended by all directors who collectively discussed several technical and managerial issues related to improvement of SOP and preparations for the upcoming stages of the SOP. 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.

Qatar footballer Hassan named AFC Asian Player of the Year

MUSCAT, November 29, 2018 - Al Sadd's influential defender Abdulkarim Hassan on Wednesday was named AFC Asian Player of the Year, beating Kashima Antlers' Yuma Suzuki and Kento Misao to the top award.Hassan, one of Qatar teams' key players, received the glittering trophy from AFC President Salman Bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre. The 25-year-old becomes the second Qatari to be named AFC Asian Player of the Year after Khalfan Ibrahim won the same trophy in 2006. "I am very happy to receive this award. It is an honour not just for me but my club and country," Hassan said after receiving the trophy. The Al Sadd left-back played a key role in his club's advance to the 2018 AFC Champions League semi-finals and runners-up finish in the 2017-18 Qatar Stars League season.He remains a key player in the Qatar national side and the winning the award will boost his morale ahead of the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019.The Doha native graduated from the Aspire Academy and was only 17 when he first played in the 2011 AFC Champions League, coming off the bench against Esteghlal.Al Sadd went on to win the AFC Champions League title that year . Hassan continued to progress and was named the Young Player of the Year in the 2012–13 Qatar Stars League.