Rugby team off to Lebanon for West Asian Championship

DOHA, April 23, 2018 – Qatar's national rugby team delegation will leave Doha to Beirut to participate in the five-day West Asian Rugby Championship 2018 scheduled in Lebanon.Qatar ruby team delegation is chaired by Hamad Al Abdullah, the director of Qatar Rugby Federation accompanied by technical and administrative staff members and 24 players.The five day championship brings together four teams including hosts Lebanon, Iran, Jordan and Qatar.

Sheikh Ali rides Carolina to fourth place in Shanghai

DOHA, April 23, 2018 - Qatar's Sheikh Ali bin Khalid Al-Thani just missed out on a podium, finishing fourth at the Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Shanghai on Sunday.The Olympic rider astride his 12-year-old Mare, Carolina pivoted around the bends, producing a smashing clear round in 39.46 seconds. Sheikh Ali won €61,000 for his creditable show.Belgium's Gregory Wathelet and Coree set a jaw-dropping pace early in a 12 rider jump-off to seizing victory. The pair nailed the feature class with a Formula-1-fast round that simply couldn't be beaten, finishing 1.69 seconds ahead of their closest rival in the field.Britain's Ben Maher and Explosion W finished second in 38.55 seconds, followed by Germany's Daniel Deusser with Tobago Z in 39.11 seconds, in front of a fashionable sellout crowd at the China Art Palace.This victory in China handed Wathelet the third golden ticket to the Global Champions Super Grand Prix at the new GC Prague Play Offs in December, where he will line up against Miami Beach winner Edwina Tops-Alexander and hero of the curtain raiser in Mexico City, Scott Brash.Wathelet also soars up the overall rankings to fourth where the 2018 Championship race is still headed by Brash, fifth here in Shanghai and bidding for his third overall title on the Tour.He sits just in front of another two-time Championship victor Alexander. Deusser is now third, with Maher fifth as the Tour heads to Europe and the Spanish capital of Madrid in a fortnight.In the team event – the Global Champions League – Sheikh Ali combined with teammate Michael Whitaker to guide Doha Fursan Qatar to a fourth-place finish. Sheikh Ali was riding Carolina, while Whitaker mounted Viking as the pairs tallied 151.84 seconds in two rounds.At the top it was a nail-biter, as British riders Emily Moffitt and Ben Maher claimed the first win for London Knights by the tiniest of margins.The Knights, who had been in the lead after the first round earlier in the week, won the Global Champions League event by 27 hundredths of a second ahead of Simon Delestre and Jerome Guery of the Monaco Aces. Roger-Yves Bost and Dayro Arroyave of the Chantilly Pegasus finished in third place.

SOP Fencing competitions concluded

DOHA, April 23, 2018 – The fencing competitions of all educational stages at the prestigious 11th Schools Olympic Program 2018 (SOP) were successfully concluded on Sunday.In the closing competitions held on Sunday , students from all different school stages displayed impressive performance in terms of skills and talent in both foil and sabre.At the victory ceremony, Abdulrahman Al Moftah, the executive Director of school Sports Federation (SSF) along with senior fencing officials have jointly honored the top winners in a festive sport atmosphere.The SOP is held annually as a collaborative effort of Qatar School Sports Federation (QSSF) and Ministry of Education and Higher Education, with hundreds of student athletes competing from all over Qatar.The SOP committee aims to spread a culture of sports throughout Qatar's schools and to engage the entire community in active and healthy lifestyles while retaining local values and traditions.

Al Hammadi selected Head of referees committee at ISSF World Cup

KOREA, April 23, 2018 – The organizing Committee of ISSF World Cup Shooting Championship 2018 scheduled in Changwon city of South Korea has announced Qatar's International referee Abdullah Ali Al Motawa Al Hammadi as head of referees committee at the prestigious event.The announcement came during the event technical meeting on Sunday. It is worth mentioning that the championship brings together 124 shooters (male and female ) from across the world.Qatar's Shooting and Archery Federation, Mr. Ali Mohammed Al Kuwari, described the selection as pride and honor for the Qatari shooting sport movement.

Smash Tennis Academy Championship Kicks off

​DOHA, April 23, 2018 - The competitions of Smash Tennis Academy Championship 2018 in its 10th edition will begin at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex on Monday.The event is organized by Smash Tennis Academy in cooperation with the Qatar Tennis, Squash and Badminton Federation (QTSBF).The championship brings together 350 players to compete in a huge number of different age categories including boys under 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 and 18 years along with men and women.

Al Arabi to face Al Wakrah in HH the Emir Basketball Cup Final

DOHA, April 21, 2018 – Al Arabi will lock horns against Al Gharafa in the final match of HH the Emir Basketball Cup Championship 2018 at 6 pm in Al Gharafa indoor on Saturday.Both teams made impressive campaign this season to reach the final stage of the prestigious HH Emir Basketball Cup Championship final.The two sides have equal chances to lift the title, but factors of experience and players' skills will make the difference and give advantage to one side over the other.