Al Shahaniya book place in Qatar Stars League

DOHA, April 6, 2018 - Al Shahaniya football team confidently claimed the title of Qatar Second Football Division 2018 after defeating Al Wakrah 2-1 in the closing round clash on Thursday.Thursday's victory boosted Al Shahaniya side to book place in Qatar Stars League. Ahmed Abdulaziz Al Boenin, the Executive Committee member of Qatar Football Association crowned the winners in a festive sport scene.Meanwhile, the Second Division runner-up will face Khiriatiyat in play-off on April 14.

Qatar to face KSA in Davis Cup

HANOI , April 6, 2018 - The Qatari Men's Tennis Team will lock horns against Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Friday in the round one last game of 2018 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone taking place in Hanoi, Vietnam.Qatar team look ambitiously to book place in the last four stage. It is worth mentioning that Qatar team had played three matches, winning against Syria and Jordan and suffered defeat at the hands of Kuwait counterparts.The Qatari delegation to the event includes Mousa Shanan, Mubarak Shanan, Essa Shanan, Jabor Al Mutawa, the team captain Mohammad Khenji and the Head coach Younes Al Aynoui.The 2018 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group brings together nine countries including Qatar, Malaysia, Kuwait, Cambodia, Jordan, Oceania, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Vietnam.

Arab Shotgun Championship gets underway

RABAT, Morocco, April 6, 2018 - The competitions of the prestigious 14th Arab Shotgun Championship 201 got underway in Rabat, Morocco on Thursday and will last from 3-11 AprilQatar team is represented by elite shooters in all categories, including Naser Al Homaidi, Mohammed Al Rumaihi, Khloud Al Khalf, Bina Ali and Amna Al Abdullah who showed impressive performance on the event's opening day.The event is bringing together shooters from Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Algeria, Lebanon, Iraq, Libya, Qatar, Palestine and hosts Morocco.

Al-Wakrah, Al-Arabi post wins in HH the Emir Basketball Cup

DOHA, April 5, 2018-Adamu Saaka produced a brilliant 33-point effort to help Al Wakrah thrash Al Rayyan 100-70 in the HH The Emir basketball Cup yesterday.Ernest Lee Ross and Demarius Bolds also excelled with 24 points each for the winners as Al Wakrah completely dominated their rivals at the Al Gharafa Sports Club.Al Wakrah effortlessly won the first quarter 28-19 but a tight second period saw Al Rayyan show some fight and come within four points of the leaders (41-37).But that proved an aberration as Al Rayyan were restricted to just 11 points in the third quarter while Al Wakrah scored 31. That gave Al Wakrah a massive 72-48 lead with 10 minutes remaining and dashed Al Rayyan's hopes of an upset.Terrel De Von Stoglin scored 20 points for Al Rayyan while Mohamed Abdelkawy had 16 and Devon Walker 14.In another match, Al Arabi edged past Al Ahli 85-74 after the scores were level at 57-57 at the end of the third quarter.Oumar Seck and Nicholas Stover score 20 points apiece for Al Arabi, while William Byrd had 19 and Khalid Suliman Abdi 17.For Al Ahli, Nemanja Besovic top-scored with 25 while Ayeni Olatokunbo and Christopher Jones scored 13 each.

Al-Mohannadi to participate in 2018 Asia Archery Cup

DOHA, April 5, 2018- Qatar's Ibrahim Al Mohannadi will participate in the 2018 Asia Archery Cup- Stage II to be held in Manila, Philippines from April 05-11, 2018.Al Mohannadi stressed that the 2018 Asian Cup is most important tournament for him in this season and said, “I took the gold medal in HH the Emir Shooting and Archery cup, so I can say that I'm ready to participate in the Asian event to be staged in Philippines"The event brings together archers from Russia, China, Chinese Taipei, India, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Thailand and hosts Philippines.

Arab Boxing Championship gets underway in Sudan

Khartoum, April 5, 2018- Qatar's Thulasi Tharumalingam qualified to the quarterfinals of 69kg event at the 2018 Arab Boxing Championship began on Wednesday.The event is held in Khartoum, Sudan until April 08 with participation of boxers from 9 countries.In the first round, Thulasi Tharumalingam edged past Morocco's Abdulkabir Blasq 5-0.Qatar's Abdullatif Al Fawal will take on Iraq's Amar Karbally in 60 kg event on Thursday.