Fares Ibrahim wins weightlifting silver in Asian Games

​Jakarta, August 26, 2018 - Qatar's Fares Ibrahim Hassouna won Saturday the silver medal in weight lifting for the 94 Kg category, in the Asian games 2018 that are taking place in Indonesia. The 20 year-old lifted a combined 381 Kg. The gold medal went to Iran's Sehrab Mouradi, who lifted a total of 410 Kg. Assouna was just 1Kg away from the bronze medal. The Qatari champion said that competition was intense this year, especially that there were athletes who won gold in the Rio Olympics. He added that he could not describe how happy he was after winning the silver medal, added that he gave it his all. This is the second medal in Qatar in the competition, following Hamad Al Marri's bronze in the double trap.

Al Attiyah, Al Athba shine in men’s skeet event

Palembang, August 26, 2018-Qatar's Nasser Al Atttiyah and Rashed Al Athba occupied the eighth and ninth places respectively in the qualifications of Men's skeet event at the 2018 Asian Games on Saturday.In Women's event, Sarah Mohammad keep her hopes alive by taking the eighth place the qualifications held on Saturday.Mohammad Abu Taima occupied the 12th place in Pistol event.On the other hand, Qatar's Waleed Al Sharshani and Abdulrahman Al Sharshani continued their participation in Men's sailing competitions.Al Sharshani occupied the eighth place in Laser Radial event while Abdulrahman Al Nasr took the 13th place in Laser 4.7 event.

Qatar to face China in 3x3 Basketball event at Asian Games

​JAKARTA, Indonesia, August 26, 2018 – Qatar's 3x3 basketball team will shake hands against Chinese counterparts in a crucial last quarterfinals stage at Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia on Sunday.On other hand, Qatar's basketball team suffered 70-83 defeat at the hands of China Taipei on Saturday and missed its chance for title clash.Qatar's table tennis teams (men and women) are due to begin campaign in the event preliminary stage at Asian Games on Sunday.

Qatar qualify for 3x3 Basketball Quarterfinals

Jakarta, August 25, 2018- Qatar 3x3 men's basketball team qualified for the quarter-finals of the 2018 Asian Men's Basketball Tournament, which is currently held in Indonesia, after winning Jordan 7-21 with a margin reaching 14 points after a match dominated mainly by the Qatari team.In the second meeting, the Qatari team did not manage to top the group after losing to Japan 15-21, Japan started with a 4-2 win before the Qatari team came up with a 7-7 lead and then progressed to 8-7 for the first time, but Japan advanced Qatar again 9-8 and 10-8, but the Qatari team adjusted the score after that to 10-10.In the second match in the same group, Syria beat Nepal 21-19, achieving its second victory after defeating Jordan with the same result to become third in the group, leaving the last position for Jordan.Qatar is preparing to face the team toping the first group Sunday at 2 pm Jakarta time 10 am Doha time.On the other hand, Qatar 3x3 women's basketball team left the first round of the Asian Games after receiving their third loss in their final match against Malaysia 7-18.Before their last match, Qatar 3x3 women's basketball team lost to Vietnam 6-12 and in their first match in the group they lost to China 3-22.

Qatar volleyball team beat Hong Kong

Jakarta, August 25, 2018- Qatar volleyball team toped the Group F after they secured a 3-0 win over Hong Kong in at the 2018 Asian Games, which is being held Indonesia. Yesterday's game scores were 25/16, 25/22 and 25/18.The Qatari team took the lead in the match against Hong Kong as the team dominated the first round to finish 25/16. In the second, Qatar made more progress, finishing 25/22.In the third round, the Qatari team continued their dominance to end the match 25/18. The Qatari team will now wait for the draw to be held by the technical committee on Saturday to see their opponent in the second round which will start on Sunday.Meanwhile, Qatar beach volleyball team made more achievements after beating the Kazakh team in two clean sets in the match played yesterday in the sports village of Palembang.The duo Sharif Younis and Ahmed Tejan defeated the Kazakh duo, ending the first half by a larger margin of 21/8 and the second by 21/18.The Qatari team will face Iranian team on Saturday.Qatar bowling team will compete in the sports village of Palembang on Saturday. The team includes Ghanem Mohamed Abujsum, Jassim Al Muraikhi, Mohammed Al Muraikhi, Jassim Ibrahim Al Thiab, Yusuf Al Jaber and Ali Al Janahi.

Qatar beat Japan in Asian Games Handball

Jakarta, August 25, 2018-The Qatari team won the first round of the handball competition at the 18th Asian Games (2018) held in Indonesia on Friday, after beating Japan (24-17 ) in the third and final round.Qatar raised the score to 6 points, achieving the full mark and topped the group, while Japan is stuck at three points in second place.The Qatari win is the fifth in the Asian Games, having won first-round matches against Iran (35-20), Malaysia (64-11), Iraq's first round (26-20), and in the second round on Saudi Arabia (28-23).The Qatari team will face in the semi-final on Monday, August 27, with South Korea.