Football team to begin training program in Vienna

DOHA, May 10, 2018 – Qatar's senor football team will hold two weeks training program in Vienna, Austria from May 24 , that in preparation for upcoming AFC Asian Cup 2019 scheduled in United Arab Emirates.It is worth mentioning that , the championship draw has placed Qatar in group E alongside Lebanon, North Korea and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Qatar team will begin AFC Asian Cup campaign against Lebanon on January 9, follow by second encounter against North Korea and will lock horns against KSA on January 17.

Al Rayyan to face Al Sharjah in GCC Club Basketball Championship

OMAN, May 9, 2018 – Qatar's Al Rayyan will lock horns against Al Sharja (UAE) in the prestigious GCC Club Basketball Championship 2018 at Sultan Qaboos sports complex in Oman on Wednesday.The Qatari side, Al Rayyan is looking for second victory in the campaign, after opening match victory 74-55 over hosts Nizwa.The event brings together 7 clubs distributed into two groups, A includes Al-Arabi (Qatar), Al Etihad (KSA), Al Muharraq (Bahrain), while group B includes, Nizwa (Oman), Al Sharja (UAE) and Manama ( Bahrain).The event is a qualifying tournament to the Asian Champions Cup will take place from 25-30 September, where the winners of the three top places will get spots in this continental event.

Qatar’s Duhail defeat Al Ain in AFC Champions League

DOHA, May 9, 2018 - Qatar's Al Duhail continued their impressive run in the 2018 AFC Champions League with a dominating 4-2 away win over UAE's Al Ain in the first leg of their Round of 16 clash at the Hazza bin Zayed Stadium on Tuesday .The QNB Stars League champions ran through their opposition after goals from Youssef El Arabi, Nam Tae-hee, Ismail Mohamed and Almoez Ali. Substitutes Ahmed Khalil and Ibrahim grabbed two back for the hosts. The return leg takes place in Doha next Tuesday.Last night's victory meant Djamel Belmadi's men became only the second ever team in AFC Champions League history to win their first seven games in the competition. They had six wins from as many matches in the group stage to become the first team since Kashima Antlers in 2010 to progress with a 100 percent record. The Red Knights have never won the premier Asian title before, but they showed yesterday that they have it in them to create history in 2018. This was the first ever encounter between these two teams in the AFC Champions League.Ahead of the match, Belmadi had spoken about how Duhail will approach the match against UAE champions Al Ain without any fear. And they walked the talk in what was the biggest real test of their title credentials. The visitors started the game the more energetic side and stunned the home fans when Moroccan striker El Arabi struck in the 16th minute. Al Ain goalkeeper Khaled Eisa did well to save El Arabi's initial header but the Al Duhail frontman pounced on the rebound and hit a powerful effort that went in off Mohamed Ahmed.Tae-hee then doubled the lead for the Qataris in the 39th minute with a magnificent solo effort. The Korea Republic star nutmegged Ahmed Barman near the halfway line before sprinting away from Mohamed Abdulrahman and netting past Eisa to make it 2-0.Al Duhail picked up from where they left off in the second half and Ismail Mohamed put his side further ahead in the 48th minute with a fine chip over Eisa, after being set up by Tae-hee.Tae-hee was involved in Al Duhail's fourth goal just seven minutes later, threading a through ball for Almoez Ali, whose fierce low strike went in at the near post to give the Qatari side a scarcely believable 4-0 lead. Al Ain's fightback only gathered steam towards the last half hour, with two substitutes helping them reduce the deficit. Former AFC Player of the Year Ahmed Khalil was first, heading in from close range in the 68th minute to make it 4-1. In the 86th minute, Ibrahim Diaky popped up in the six-yard area to slam home a rebound after Amine Lecomte parried Omar Abdulrahman's free-kick. The hosts went searching for a third goal but the night got worse for them as Caio was shown the red card for violent conduct.Four away goals means Duhail has one foot in the quarter-finals. Still the only UAE club to win the Champions League, Al Ain will have their work cut out to progress to the quarter-finals.Al Ain now need to score three goals in Doha in the return leg and hope that Duhail doesn't score, to keep their last eight chances alive. The match in Doha next week represents Al Ain's final fixture of a largely successful season in which they secured the Arabian Gulf League title for the first time in three years and also clinched the President's Cup crown. It marked the first time in the club's history that they completed that double in the same campaign. But against a dominant Duhail strike force the hosts had no answers on the night.

QOC 360 Degree leadership training concluded

DOHA, May 9, 2018 – The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) throughout its Human Resources and Administrative Services Department concluded a productive training course titled “ 360 - Degree Leadership" for heads of sections and units at QOC on Tuesday.At the course's closing day, the key lecturer Essa Abdullah Al Muslamani, accredited trainer of psychology at Aspetar focused on leaders skills to tackle employees administrative issues, management of priorities, theories of leaderships.Mr. Al Muslamani also highlighted the leader obligations to define, analyses , creates creative solutions and implements them in his specific section.The three day long training course brought together Heads of sections and units at the Qatar Olympic Committee.The Qatar Olympic Committee Secretary General, HE Jassim Rashid Al Boenin, attended the course closing day.

Qatar’s Paralympic star Abdulgader prepares for Asian Games

DOHA, May 9, 2018 – Qatar's Paralympic star, Abdulrahman Abdulgader began training sessions on Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming Asian Games 2018 will take place in Jakarta , Indonesia.In a press release on Tuesday, the Qatari champion told media representatives that he started intensive training sessions under coach Hassan Bothalga in effort to improve his physical fitness.It is worth mentioning that Abdulrahman Abdulqader won the gold medal of men's shot put (F34) at the Para-Athletics Championships 2017 took place in London.Abdulqader was the first Qatari medalist in the history of the Paralympic Games when he won the silver medal in Men's Shot Put (F34) at Paralympic Games (Rio 2016).

Hassan wins mixed 10m pistol gold at Qatar Cup

DOHA, May 8, 2018 - Ali Hassan won the mixed 10m pistol gold medal at the Qatar Cup Shooting and Archery Championship at the Losail Ranges. The second place went to Dana Al-Mubarak and the third place to Nusra Mohamed.Hassan said the mixed competition was quite special for him. “Ever since I started training this season, my aim was to win the gold medal and I succeeded finally. My hard training was the key to the gold medal and I hope to keep raising my level not only in the home events about outside competitions as well," he said.The 10m pistol event was also held in Junior Men, Junior Women, Youth Boys and Beginners Boys categories. Ahmed al-Shammari won another title when he topped the Junior Men, beating Misfer Al-Marri.The bronze medal was landed by Abdul Aziz al-Shammari. Al-Shammari had won the men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol on Saturday. Doah Al-Mohamed bagged the Junior Women's title. She defeated Maha Asabah and Zainab Boufatim, who finished second and third respectively.In the Youth category, Saleh al-Hakim emerged as the champion. The silver medal was taken by Ali Badr and Sami al-Issawi claimed the last spot on the podium. Ali al-Farsi won the Beginner's class, beating Ibrahim al-Mohannadi. The bronze medal was pocketed by Mohamed al-Shammari.Al Anoud al-Naimi, the head of the women's shooting at the Qatar Shooting and Archery Association, congratulated all the winners in the female categories and expressed happiness at the close competition.