Top winners honored at Katara Boxing Championship

DOHA, April 15, 2018 – Top winners of Katara Boxing Championship 2018 were crowned in a festive sport scene on the closing day of the prestigious championship on Saturday.In the 60kg event (Youth) , Hamad Al Mahadi claimed the gold medal, Omar Zuhair clinched the silver medal while the bronze medal went to Abdulrahman Al Kholaifi.In the 75kg event (Youth) Mhamood Arafat took the gold medal, Mohammed Al Shami seized the silver medal and Osama Al Joweini won the bronze medal.Qatar Boxing Federation (QBF) President Yousef Al Kazem accompanied by senior QBF officials honored the winners.The three-day event is organized by the Qatar Boxing Federation (QBF).

Qatar team ready for AVC Beach Volleyball Tour in Samila

DOHA, April 13, 2018 - Qatar's beach volleyball team comprises of the duo Ahmed and Sheriff Younis are due to participate in AVC Beach Volleyball Tour will take place from 14-17 April, 2018 in Samila, Thailand.The prestigious event is bringing together strong teams in Asian continent. Qatar team delegation has arrived in Thailand with big dreams to win the event.

Seedings confirmed for UAE 2019 draw

KUALA LUMPUR, April 13, 2018 - In line with previous editions of the AFC Asian Cup, been allocated the first position in pot one in the draw to be held at the Armani Hotel in the UAE's iconic Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building. This will ensure they will play the opening match on January 5, 2019, at the Zayed Sports City Stadium.The 12 teams, who received an automatic bye into the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 after qualifying for the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 - Asian Qualifiers Final Round, have already secured their places in pots one and two and have been allocated spots following Thursday's publication of the latest FIFA ranking.Meanwhile, the 12 teams who qualified from the recently concluded AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Qualifiers Final Round have been seeded in pots three and four and positioned accordingly based on the same rankings.This means the hosts UAE along with Islamic Republic of Iran, defending champions Australia, and the tournament's most successful nation, Japan as well as Korea Republic and Saudi Arabia will take pole position in pot one, while China PR, Syria, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Qatar and Thailand have been seeded in pot two.Debutants Kyrgyz Republic, who were the biggest movers in world football in the FIFA Ranking - up an astonishing 40 places - take their place in pot three alongside Lebanon, Palestine, Oman, India and Vietnam. Meanwhile DPR Korea, Philippines, Bahrain, Jordan, Yemen and Turkmenistan make up the final six teams in the final pot.The expansion from 16 to 24 teams will see countries representing all five AFC zones divided into six groups of four teams each, with the top two and four best third-placed teams advancing into the final 16 of the competition, which lives up to its slogan of “Bringing Asia Together."

Students star in SOP Tennis Finals

​DOHA, April 13, 2018 – School students from different educational levels and age groups have impressively ended their participation in the tennis competitions of Schools Olympic Program 2018 on high note at the Khalifa international complex for Tennis and Squash in Doha on Thursday.HE Rabia Al Kaabi, the President of Qatar School Sports Association and Head of SOP Organizing Committee has lauded high technical level performance shown by all students in the tennis finals.At the victory ceremony, His Excellency Mr. Al Kaabi and Mr. Abdulrahman Al Moftah, the SOP Executive Director jointly honored the winners in a festive sport scene also appreciated the students' talent and skills in the game.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.

Local Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament concludes

DOHA, April 13, 2018 – Curtains came down on the prestigious Qatar's local Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament 2018 (girls) at the sport arena of Qatar Gymnastics Federation (QGF) on Thursday.The prestigious event has seen the participation of young girls who competed in three levels in all different classes including rope, hoop, ball , clubs, ribbon and freehand.In level A, student Rawan Saud claimed the first place, in level B Noor Khalifa sized the first place , while in level C, Sheikha Suhaim Al Thani took the first place.The tournament final scene saw the attendance of Mr. Ali Ahitmi, the QGF President, gymnasts parents, fans and a lot of game lovers.

Qatar’s special athletes honoured

DOHA, April 12, 2018 - Qatar's special athletes, who participated in the recently concluded IX MENA Games in Abu Dhabi, were felicitated on Tuesday. Highlighting the spirit of the Special Games, Qatar Paralympic Committee Secretary General Dr Hassan al-Ansari, said: “The issues of 'competition' in Special Games, is actually a combination of things. It is not just the physical ability, but also the social environment of the athlete that is taken into account. Of course, the rules and regulations are there, but the special athletes are classified in various events according their ability."Giving examples he added, “Group sports like basketball and volleyball for example; even though they are designed for those people (regular athletes), they are not regular games for special athletes. Their playing style is different, the rules and regulations are different."Coach Elwalid Maghmoul, who was part of Team Qatar during March 14-23 event said, “It's not a competitive sport but a classification one. Before the start of the Games, the organisation committee classify the athletes according to their abilities and performance into various groups. The athletes then compete within these groups, so there is not much difference between the one finishing first and the one ending last. And that's what represents the spirit of the Special Games – where everybody is a winner."“And then there is a big social part to the Games. Its organisation is built on the support of big nations of the world like US and UK," he added. On sports acting as the unifying factor in the region, Dr Ansari said, “That is the intention of the world leaders. (Besides), those athletes have been competing with each other for a long time and they have their own relationships and these are not affected by politics. The human relationship has been developed over a long time and it stays that way." Later coach Maghmoul even shed light on the team's performance saying, “I cannot precisely comment on the team's performance as it's not that kind of sport, still in terms of the medals we won 12 medals – five golds, four silver and three bronze."Giving details he said, “We only participated with six athletes. Two athletes participated in bowling, two in athletics and two in powerlifting, and each athlete had his own coach, who was responsible for his ward."Speaking about the hospitality, Maghmoul, said, “Everything was very good. The accommodation and transportation of athletes from hotel to the stadium, everything was perfect."