Qatar team prepare for AFC Asian Cup

DOHA, July 14, 2018 – Qatar senior football team will play three international friendly matches in preparation for upcoming AFC Asian Cup 2019 will take place in United Arab Emirates in January.Qatar will take on Chinese counterparts in the first friendly on September 7 at Khalifa international stadium, followed by a second encounter against Palestine on September 17 , while the third friendly will be against Ecuador on the second of October.Now the Qatari squad is in a productive training program in Austria under the coach Felix Sanchez who confirmed that the team gained several values from this training.

Qatar’s riders to participate in Longines Global Champions Tour in Chantilly

​Chantilly, July 14, 2018, 2018 – Qatar riders will participate in the eleventh leg of the prestigious Lingines Global Champions Tour this weekend in Chantilly, France.The prestigious three day event will bring together the best riders in the world, who compete in several classes.Qatar will be represented Ali bin Khalid Al Thani and Bassem Hassan.

Qatar Beach Volleyball Team knocked out of Gstaad Major

Gstaad, July 13, 2018- Qatar's beach volleyball team, including Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan, were knocked out of Gstaad Major after their defeat at the hands of Latvia's Plavins and Tocs in the last 24 round on Thursday.Earlier, Younousse and Tijan, who rose to a career-high 16th in rankings on July 9, created a big stir in the main round when they stunned 10th seeds Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Nikita Liamin 21-18, 23-21 in 38 minutes. This win came following a pair of victories by the Qatar team in the qualifying round.In the opening qualifier, Younousse and Tijan outdueled Chinese duo Zhuoxin Li and Chaowei Zhou in three sets (21-13, 16-21, 15-9) in 40 minutes.

Junior handball team off to Oman for Asian Championship

DOHA, July 13, 2018 – Qatar's Junior Handball team will leave Doha on Saturday to Sultanate of Oman for 16th edition of Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship will take place from 16-26 July in Salalah, Oman.Qatar junior team delegation to Oman is chaired by Mr. Khalifa Taiseer, the Assistant Secretary General of Qatar Handball Federation (QHF) accompanied by technical and managerial staff members and 19 players.In the Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship, Qatar is pooled in group B alongside Iraq, Palestine and Syria. Qatar team will begin campaign in the event against Syria on July 16, followed by a match against Palestine on July 17 and will face Iraq on July 18.The Asian championship acts as qualifying tournament to 2019 IHF Men's Junior World Championship 2019 scheduled in Spain

Aspire graduates and student athletes shine at U-20 Junior World Championships

Tampere, 13 July 2018-Aspire Academy graduates and student athletes have sparkled at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland representing Qatar.The Championships runs from 10 to 15 July and is being held at Ratina Stadium and on Day 2 Aspire student athletes, Saoud Al-Humaidi and Owaab Barrow came through in their respective heats for 110m Hurdles to qualify for semi-finals.Al Humaidi wobbled a bit as he made contact with the first two hurdles but recovered enough to regain his stride and finish 3rd in his heat with a time of 14.11s (+0.3m/s) to clinch an automatic qualification spot.On Day 3 of the Championship, Thursday 12th July Aspire student athlete and Qatar's Asian Junior 400m Hurdles Silver Medalist Bassem Hemeida finished 2nd with a time of 52.35 sec and qualify for the semis scheduled for Friday 13th July. Also on Day 3 Aspire Academy graduate and Asian Junior Silver Medalist Nuh Andu begin his quest to qualify for Friday's High Jump final at 19:45 Doha Time.

Taekwondo team sparkle in World University Championships

SOUTH KOREA, July 13, 2018 - Qatar's Taekwondo team confidently claimed two gold medals at the prestigious World University Championships took place from 7-12 July, 2018 in South Korea.Qatar's champion, Ahmed Daghbis seized the gold medal in Men's 63kg, while his teammate, Ali Al Arimi clinched gold medal in the Men's 80kg.It is worth mentioning that Qatar taekwondo team held productive training programs in South Korea and Spain on row in preparation for the Asian Games scheduled in Indonesia in August.