Qatar champions ready for Asian Shooting Championship in Kuwait

KUWAIT, November 4, 2018 – Qatar's Shooting team will begin its campaign on Sunday in the prestigious Asian Shooting Championship 2018 taking place at Sabah Al Ahmed Olympic complex in Kuwait.Qatar's Shooting team delegation to Kuwait is headed by Jaber Al Hagri, the director of Lusail Shooting complex accompanied by shooters Nasser Al Attiyah, Rashid Saleh, Masood Saleh, Saieed Abo Sharib, Naser Al Homaidi, Mohamed Al Rumaihi, Mohammed Khigim, Hamad Al Marri, Rashid Al Azbah, Amana Al Abdullah, Khlood Khalaf, Sara Mohammed, Al Dana Al Mubarak, Osama Al Sheeba and Aisha Al Suwaidi.The championship will run until November 12 , brining together 600 shooters from 35 Asian nations.

Qatar book place in FIBA 3x3 World Cup Finals

DOHA, November 4, 2018 – Qatar team confidently booked spot at the prestigious FIBA 3x3 World Cup Finals 2019 scheduled in Amsterdam, after finishing in the 17th place overall at world level.On the same track of victory, Qatar's under 23 3x3 Basketball team reached the World Cup finals 2019 in China, after finishing in 13 place at world level.It is worth mentioning that Qatar 3x3 basketball team won many titles at world level , including its glorious 18-13 victory over Serbia in the final clash to claim the World Cup crown 2014 in Russia.

Curtains come down on Artistic Gymnastics World Championships

Doha, November 4, 2018- The competitions of the 2018 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships came to an end at Aspire Dome on Saturday. The event featured the participation of 700 players from 78 countries. Simone Biles of the USA entered into the record books after she won the floor gold. Biles claimed the first place with 14.933 points followed by compatriot Morgan Hurd (13.933) and Japan's Mai Murakami (13.866).China's Liu Tingting uncorked a huge surprise in the women's balance beam final when she won the gold. The 18-year-old (14.533), who came in the last rotation, not only overcame World Championship rookie Ana Padurariu by 0.433 points for the title and also denied superstar Simone Biles of USA (13.600) her fourth gold in the competition.Olympic champion Ri Se Gwang of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea lived up to his reputation after he won the men's vault final. Gwang tallied an impressive 14.933 amid thunderous applause from the Korean fans.Russian Federation's Dalaloyan (14.883) took the silver while there was further disappointment of Japan's Kenzo Shirai, who failed to defend the title.Shirai, who finished third in floor on Friday, had to be content with bronze (14.675).Epke Zonderland of the Netherlands won gold of Men's horizontal bar in the men's apparatus final while Zou Jingyuan of China claimed the gold medal of parallel bars.

QOC to host Entertainment Festival for people with special needs

DOHA , November 5, 2018 – The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC in collaboration with the Qatar Paralympics Committee will organize Entertainment Day for people with special needs at the Qatar Sport Club on Thursday.The event is expected to see the participation of 150 male and female students representing a number of Paralympics centres, viz: Qatar Society for Rehabilitation of Special Needs' female education and rehabilitation centre, Noor Institute for the Blind, Doha International Center for Special Needs, and Al Tamakon School for Comprehensive Education.Entertainment Day aims to raise the level of awareness for people with disabilities by giving them an opportunity to express their skills and capacities by participating in several sporting events.The focus is more on entertainment than serious competitions. The celebration helps in breaking the barrier between people with disabilities and their healthy counterparts.The festival will feature several activities dedicated to people with mental, vision and motor disabilities, including barrier races, athletics and leisure events.

Ali Farag wins 2018 Qatar Classic

Doha, November 3, 2018-Egypt's Ali Farag defeated Germany's World No.5 Simon Rösner in straight games to win the 2018 Qatar Classic on Friday– to mark his second PSA World Tour Platinum title victory.Farag's defence of his maiden Platinum title win, the U.S. Open, was crushed by Rösner last month when the pair met in semi-finals of the 2018 edition of that event, but the World No.2 earned his revenge with a near faultless display to down Rösner 11-9, 11-7, 11-5.It was the German who began the stronger of the two, getting the better of Farag in the opening exchanges to open up a quick lead. But it was short-lived as Farag began to nullify Rösner's mid-court dominance to level the opening game, and from that point on he went from strength to strength to complete the win after 46 minutes.“At the beginning I saw how crowed the venue was and the screams of the crowd were crazy which made me nervous – it took me a little while to calm my nerves down," said Farag.“The atmosphere was beyond my imagination. Nothing I've played before was like that but mid-way through the first game I managed to settle and get into my game plan.“I tried to make sure that first game was long and that I wasn't giving away any cheap points. I was behind and I didn't think I would win that game, but coming through to win it made a huge psychological difference I think.“At the U.S. Open against Simon I became too passive, and if you do that he will kill you on court. You have to find that balance and I was able to do that from the second half of the first game all the way to the end today so I am very happy.“I'm very happy with the win, and with my week and how I backed up match after match. And I'm really proud with the way I handled the whole week."Speaking after the match, Rösner said: “He was the better player today. I made a few errors – I hung in there, I tried very hard and everything I could, but he was just too good – but he deserves the win. I don't have any regrets, getting in another final is huge for me. Obviously, you want to get those wins, but at the same time, you should be happy with what you have achieved."“I have good memories from this court, last year I made the semis, this year a finalist, who knows, maybe a winner next year."

Qatar lose to South Korea in semifinals of AFC U-19 Championship

Jakarta, November 02, 2018-Qatar's campaign in the AFC Under-19 Championship in Indonesia ended in the semifinals where they lost to South Korea 3-1 on Thursday.The Koreans will face either Japan or Saudi Arabia in Sunday's title showdown.The four semifinalists including Qatar, defending champions Japan, South Korea and Saudi Arabia have confirmed their places in the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup PolandQatar qualified to the semifinals after beating Thailand 7-3 while South Korea edged past Tajikistan in the quarterfinals.