Al Rayyan and Duhail reach Qatar Handball Cup Final

DOHA, April 17, 2018 – Al Rayyan and Duhail teams confidently booked spots in the final match of the prestigious Qatar Handball Cup Championship 2018 on Monday.Al Rayyan squad qualified to the final match after defeating Al Wakrah 31-26 in the last four stage clash held at Duhail Arena on Monday.On the same track of victory, Duhail team defeated Al Arabi 26-20 to book its place in the final match.

Persepolis defeat Al Sadd in AFC Champions League

TEHRAN, Iran, April 17, 2018 - Islamic Republic of Iran's Persepolis will head into the Knockout Stage of the 2018 AFC Champions League as winners of Group C, after overcoming Qatar's Al Sadd with a 1-0 win on Matchday Six.This result means that Persepolis finish the group stage as winners of Group C with 13 points, one ahead of Al Sadd who go through as runners-up. Persepolis will now face the second-placed team from Group A in the Round of 16, while Al Sadd play the winners of the same group.Backed by a vociferous home crowd, Persepolis needed less than three minutes to go in front. Mohamed Ansari whipped in a tricky cross from the left wing and Al Sadd defender Morteza Pouraliganji inadvertently headed past his own keeper to give the Tehran giants an early lead.Needing just a draw to finish top of the group, Al Sadd pushed forward in search of the equaliser but they were not particularly effective, with only Xavi and Baghdad Bounedjah coming close to scoring in the opening half.The visitors looked more dangerous in the second half and Boualem Khoukhi thought he had levelled the scores when he finished off Bounedjah's cross in the 62nd minute. However, the effort was ruled out for offside.Persepolis looked comfortable defending their narrow lead and goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand had very little to do for most of the game, until a nervy final 10 minutes, when Al Sadd almost broke the home crowd's hearts.First, Bounedjah rattled the crossbar from close range with a stinging strike in the 87th minute, then just seconds later, Akram Afif registered what was surprisingly Al Sadd's first shot on target but Beiranvand was on hand to palm the ball away.

Al Arabi, Al Wakrah qualify to Emir Basketball Cup Semifinals

DOHA, April 16, 2018 - Nicholas Stover scored a game high 42 points as three-time runners-up Al Arabi cruised past Al Khor 80-63 to book a semi-final showdown against Al Shamal in the Emir Cup Basketball Championship on Sunday. The two teams qualified in fifth and sixth positions after the group stages. The game was a one-sided affair from the tip-off as Al Arabi went up 10-2 after five minutes, extending their lead to 19-9 at the end of the first quarter. The reigning Qatar Basketball League champions widened the lead at the end of the first period to 40-29. Khalid Abdi chipped in with 16 points and six boards for the Dream Team who led with 17 fast break points and 11 from turnovers. Al Khor shot miserably from the field, connecting on just 24-of-80 shots attempted while shooting 46 percent from the free throw line. Dominic Montes Lacy finished with a team high 23 points to go with eight rebounds in 35 minutes. Khobi Williamson recorded a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds. Al Khor had four players in single digits to sum up a bad night in front of the basket. In the other quarter-final game, Al Wakrah ran out 72-63 victorious against former double champions Al Sadd Club. Al Wakrah opened a 13-0 lead in the first five minutes of the tie. Demarius Bolds led all scorers with 29 points as two other players finished in double digits for the winners. Al Wakrah qualified top of Group 2 and are yet to lose in the competition as they take on Al Gharafa in the semi-finals. Al Sadd managed to comeback in the game as they went on a 12 points run to tie at 60-60 in the fourth quarter but A Wakrah pulled away to scotch any hopes of comeback the rivals had. Darrius Oldham finished with a team high 20 points as he endured a poor shooting night making just six of his attempted 17 shots. Babacar Dieng chipped in 13 points while Nasser al Reyes dropped 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Wolves. The semi-finals will be held on April 18 at the Al Gharafa Sports Club Indoor Hall.

Qatar team shine in AVC Beach Volleyball Tour

DOHA, April 16, 2018 - Qatar's beach volleyball team made impressive performance and booked place in the last sixteenth round of the AVC Beach Volleyball Tour in Samila, Thailand on Sunday.The team has confidently reached the 16th round, after defeating Omani counterparts 2-0 (22-11 and 21-15).In the second match, Qatar team successfully defeated hosts Thailand team (3) 2-0 ( 21-9 and 21-11) to lead group B.The four-day event is bringing together strong teams in Asian continent.

Advanced Sport Management Course concludes

​DOHA, April 16, 2018 – The Qatar Olympic Academy (QOA) has successfully concluded on Thursday its five-day productive training course titled Advanced Management in Sport organizations jointly held in cooperation with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the QOA Headquarters.The course key speaker, Dr. Mansour bin Salman Al Touqi of Oman who is international lecture at IOC , highly experienced figure and a prominent sport official in Oman.During the five-day course, Dr. Al Tooqi focused on a number of topics, explained exhaustively the importance of work environment management, technical management, events management and human resources management.The course mainly aims to provide advanced training to the administrative staff and the sport officials in effort to increase their experience and career in the sport field.More than 20 trainees took part in the productive training course.

Al Sadd to face Perspolis in AFC Champions League

​TEHRAN, Iran, April 16, 2018 – Qatar's Al Sadd will shake hands with Iranian counterparts Perspolis in the closing round match of group C of the prestigious AFC Champions League 2018 will take place in Tehran , Iran.Al Sadd side look ambitiously to get positive result to help keeping its lead of group C. It is worth mentioning that Al Sadd booked its spot in the second round, following their deserving victory over Al Wasl of United Arab Emirates.Al Sadd team keeps big dream to reach advanced spot in the AFC Champions league and honor the country in this continental football competition.