QSAA President: Many External Participations Await Qatari Teams

Doha, May 29, 2018 - The President of Qatar Shooting and Archery Association (QSAA) Ali Al Kuwari, said that the coming period will witness many external participations for Qatari teams at the international, Asian and Arab levels.Al Kuwari stressed that the Qatari teams will participate in the coming period in four major world championships, all of which will give qualification points to the finals of the upcoming Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, in addition to their participation in the Asian Championships next year in Doha in November 2019, which is also qualifying for Tokyo 2020.Al Kuwari added that (QSAA) will organize the Arab Shooting Championships in November this year, a tournament that has always witnessed good participation of Arab shooters.He pointed out that the coming period will see regular preparation periods for all the national shooting teams that will participate in the upcoming Asian Games Asiad 2018 to be held in Indonesia in August this year, as (QSAA) aspires to participate in this tournament to win many medals knowing that the participation of Qatar will be in all shooting competitions, and in the coming period the names of shooters who will represent Qatar in Asiad will be announced.QSAA President said that after Qatar's participation in Asiad, the teams will travel directly to Korea to participate in the Asian Championship for the finals of the next world championship, followed by participation in the Asian Championship in Kuwait and then preparing to compete in the Arab championships in Qatar.

Qatar team to face China in Toulon Championship

DOHA, May 28, 2018 – Qatar's Under 19 football team will shake hands with Chinese counterparts in Toulon International Football Championship 2018 in Toulon city, France on Tuesday.It is worth mentioning that Qatar team suffered a shock 1-4 defeat in its opening game in Toulon Championship at the hands of Mexico on Saturday.The Junior team participation in Toulon Championship comes in the light of its training program in preparation for the upcoming AFC Under 19 football Championship will take place from 18 October to November 4 in Jakarta, Indonesia.In Toulon championship, Qatar is pooled in group A alongside Mexico, China and England.

Al Duhail, Al Wakra to participate in Asian Club Handball Championship

DOHA, May 28, 2018- Qatar's Al Duhail and Al Wakra will participate in the 21st edition of Asian Club Handball Championship to be staged in Amman, Jordan in November 2018. The championship will serve as a qualifying event for 2019 IHF Super Globe. Al Duhail participated in the previous edition of the championship held in Hyderabad, India where they finished second after their 16-21 defeat at the hands of Al Najma of Bahrain in the final match.

Mutaz cruises to high jump gold in Eugene

Washington , May 28, 2018 - Qatari Olympic champion Moataz Barshim has continued his impressive track record in athletics and won the first place of the high jump event held on Saturday in the third Diamond League Meet in Eugene .Last year's champion, Barshim, jumped 2.36 meters, the same figure he had won in London 2017 World Athletics Championships, winning first place and a gold medal.In Eugene Barshim surpassed Russian athlete D. Lysenko who scored 32.2 meters, as "Neutral Certified Athlete",given the sanctions imposed on Russian athletics.The Qatari champion Barshim started his career this year from the Doha meeting on May 4 and set a new record for the athletics championship after he succeeded in achieving a jump of 2.40 meters. (2.42 meters) and is only 3 centimeters behind the world record of the competition named for the Cuban Javier Sotomayor.The talented Qatari star Moataz Barshim, last year won all rounds of the Diamond League and was chosen as the 2017 Athletics Player of the Year.Barshim is also scheduled to take part in the Monaco, Lausanne, Oslo and Brussels games before the end of the 2018 Asian Diamond League Championships in Jakarta on August 28.

Mexico defeat Qatar in Toulon Football Championship

​DOHA, May 27 , 2018 – Qatar's Under 19 football team suffered a shock defeat 4-1 at the hands of Mexico in the opening match of Toulon International Football Championship 2018 held in Toulon city, France on Saturday.The Qatari side not lived-up to expectations, showed a poor performance and made many mistakes in the opening minutes of the game.The Junior team participation in Toulon Championship comes in the light of its training program in preparation for the upcoming AFC Under 19 football Championship will take place from 18 October to November 4 in Jakarta, Indonesia.In Toulon championship, Qatar is pooled in group A alongside Mexico, China and England.

Taekwondo team win bronze medal in Asian Championship

​DOHA, May 27, 2018 – Qatar's Othman Boularas displayed a wide-praised performance in the 2018 Asian Taekwondo Championship in Vietnam to win the bronze medal.Boularas made high technical performance against strong rivals from Korea and Iran, the Korean Do Kingo Kim claimed the gold medal , while the silver medal went to the Iranian Ali Salmani.The Asian championship is considered one of strong taekwondo championships at the world level brought together top ranked players.It is worth mentioning that Qatar's Othman Boularas sparkled in his debut campaign at World Taekwondo Beach Championship 2018 to win the gold medal in the men's over -30 individual event in Greece.