Qatar's Abdulrahman Samba dreams of new record at Doha World Athletics Championships

DOHA, July 5, 2018 - Qatari athlete Abdulrahman Samba said that he dreams of breaking the 400m hurdles record at Doha World Athletics Championships next year after reaching under 47 seconds in the race.Last Saturday, Samba won the seventh stage of the Diamond League, the second-best international record in history, recording 46.98 seconds.Samba comes second after American Kevin Young, the current record holder for the 46.78 race, which he scored on August 6, 1992 at Barcelona Olympics.Samba, who finished seventh in the 2017 World Cup in London, said he dreams of breaking the US record when Qatar hosts the World Athletics Championships from September 28 to October 6, 2019.He added before the start of the competition for Lausanne, the eighth phase of the Diamond League, that he is excited to participate in the World Championship, and breaking the record in Doha would be very wonderful, and he hopes to live again those feelings and to run faster.

Qatar’s Al Jaj wins discus throw gold in Bangkok

​Bangkok, July 5, 2018- Qatar's Ahmad Al‐Haj claimed the gold medal of boys discus throw event on day one of Youth Olympic Games Asia Area Qualification in Bangkok, Thailand.Al Haj took the first place with a throw of 61.28m to secure his place in the 2018 Youth Olympic Games to be staged in Argentina in October.

Felix Sanchez lauds Qatar football team training program

​VEINA, Austria, July 5, 2018 – Qatar's first football team technical manager Felix Sanchez applauded on Wednesday the ongoing training program of the national football team which taking place in Vienna, Austria.Mr. Sanchez described the training environment as positive, said that all training stages are running properly and in the right direction. He also lauded the players' commitment and positive response and said the current program is the optimal chance for me to interact with the players.This training program comes in the light of the national team preparation for the upcoming 2019 AFC Asian Cup scheduled for January 5 to the first of February 2019 in United Arab Emirates.

Qatar Handball team to play four matches in preparation for Asian Games

Doha, July 04, 2018 - Qatar handball team will play two matches with their Iranian counterpart at the end of this month to prepare for the 18th Asian Games to be held in Indonesia from August 18 to September 2.The Qatari team will also play two qualifying matches with Portugal's Lisbon team early next month before departing to Indonesia for the Asian Games.Qatar handball team resumed its training today, after returning to Doha on Sunday from its external camp held in Barcelona in Spain, from June 19 to July 1.Qatar team looks forward to maintaining their gold medal in the last edition of the Asian Games (Incheon 2014) after winning the final in South Korea (24/21).The Qatari team won the 18th Asian Men's Championship in Suwon, South Korea, early this year, qualifying for the World Championships in Germany and Denmark next year 2019, after winning the final match against Bahrain (33/31).

Qatar basketball team prepare for Asian qualifiers for FIBA World Cup

DOHA, July 4, 2018 - Qatar's basketball team will hold training program from 2-13 August in Serbia in preparation for the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup Championship 2019 scheduled in China.It is worth mentioning that Qatar side cruised their way to the second round of Asian Zone qualification for the FIBA Basketball World Cup, following a deserving 84-79 over Iraq in group D clash.The team's training program in Serbia also comes in the light of its preparation for the upcoming 2018 Asian Games scheduled in Indonesia.

Qatar seeded in pot two for Asian Games

​Jakarta, July 4, 2018- The Qatar under 23 national team were placed in the No 2 seed pot ahead of the draw of the upcoming Asian Games (ASIAD), the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has announced.Joining Qatar in the No 2 pot are China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Oman, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Kyrgyzstan and Thailand.The No 1 seeded pot consists of Indonesia, Japan, Syria, the Republic of Korea, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq.The No 3 seed pot includes Malaysia, Laos, Jordan, Yemen, Vietnam, Bangladesh, the Philippines and Hong Kong.Nepal, India, Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Tajikistan, Singapore, Myanmar and Palestine are in group four.32 men's football teams have registered to compete in the upcoming Asian event.According to Chairman of the Indonesia Asian Games Organising Committee, Erick Thohir, the 2018 event has attracted the largest number of football teams in the history of the Asian Games.The teams will be divided into eight groups, with the two best teams from each group progressing to the knockout round.