Al Rayyan Volleyball Team return to a warm welcome

DOHA, February 28, 2018-The players of Al Rayyan Volleyball Team were given a festive reception at Hamad International Air Port on Tuesday after winning the title of the 2018 Arab Club Volleyball Championship held in Tunisia. In the final match, they defeated hosts Esperance Sportive de Tunis in straight sets (25-22, 25-18, 25-23).Qatar League leaders Rayyan, who thrashed Saudi Arabian side Al Hilal 25-15, 25-14, 25-18 in the semifinal, dished out another stunning show in the title clash and the Tunisians had simply no answers.Esperance Sportive de Tunis defeated Qatar's other representative Al Arabi 25-19, 25-19, 25-15 in the semifinal.The eighteen teams that participated in the championship were Morocco's FAR, Bahrain's Al Ahli, Iraq's Al Shorta, Libya's Alahly Benghazi, Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad, Qatar's Al Rayyan, Libya's Asswehly, Algeria's GS Petroliers, Palestine's Sngl, Tunisia's E.S.Sahel, Qatar's Al Arabi, Oman's Al Slam, Saudi Al Hilal, Tunisia's Esperance S.T, Sudan's Al Amen, Oman's Al Seeb, Iraq's Al Peshmerga, and Algeria's Bordj Bou Arreridj.

Qatar beat Bulgaria in World Schools Handball Championship

DOHA, February 27, 2018-Qatar boys' team put in a dominating performance as they outplayed Bulgaria 24-12 during the ISF World Schools Handball Championship at the Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Arena yesterday. The hosts had finished third in Group A and failed to qualify for the quarter-finals. Qatar had lost two and won as many matches at the preliminary stage. In the placement matches today, they will face Serbia as they seek to finish in top 10.Meanwhile, Germany boys and girls team both made it to the semi-finals. The German boys will face Poland, while the girls will take on Brazil. In another semi-final matches, Austria boys meet Israel boys, while Hungary girls team run into Denmark.Organised by the Qatar School Sports Association under the patronage of The International School Sport Federation, the 24th edition of the championship is being held at three venues –Ali bin Hamad al-Attiyah Hall at Al Sadd Club, Aspire Dome and Women's Sports Hall in Aspire.The tournament for 16-18 year olds will run until Wednesday. For the first time in 24 editions, the championship is taking place outside of Europe and the competition is fierce with 19 girls and 18 boys' teams from 21 countries across Africa, Asia, Pan America and Europe competing for glory.

Curtains come down on SOP Table Tennis Competitions

DOHA, February 27, 2018- The Table Tennis competitions for girls' schools at the Schools Olympic Program (SOP) were concluded on Monday. Chairperson of the Qatar Women's Sports Committee Lulwa Hussain Al Marri crowned the winners. Director of the SOP Table Tennis Competitions Nawal Al Dosari, Assistant Secretary General of the Qatar Table Tennis Association (QTTA) Ali Sultan, and the QTTA Technical Expert Zeyad Abu Karki attended the medal ceremony. In Primary Schools Competitions, DPS School claimed the first place ahead of Al Khor International School in the second place while Birla School finished third. Mozah bint Mohammad School took the first place in Preparatory Schools competitions. Ebla School and Birla School occupied the second and the third places respectively. In Secondary Schools Competitions, Rabaa Al Adawiya School led the standings ahead of DPS School while Birla School settled in the third place.

IBSF World Snooker Championship to begin on Tuesday

DOHA, February 27, 2018 –The first ever IBSF World Snooker Championship will be held in state of Qatar from February 27 to March 2, 2018.The 24 teams will be divided into eight groups of three each and will be played on league basis. All the matches in the four-day tournament will be best-of-five games.The IBSF President Mubarak Al Khayareen said that valuable prize money are allocated for the top winners in the prestigious event, where the first place winners will get $ 15,000, the runners-up will collect $ 7,000 and the losers in the last four stage will receive together $ 3,500.Two teams will represent the host nation in the prestigious event, Qatar B team includes Ahmed Saif and bashar Hussain, while B team includes Mohsen Aboksheisha.

Qatar shotgun team head to Italy for a training camp

DOHA, February 27, 2018- The delegation of the Qatar shotgun team headed to Italy on Monday to hold a training camp until March 04. The delegation is chaired by Ibrahim Al Mohannadi and includes Saeed Abu Shareb, Abdulaziz Al Attiyah, Rashid Al Athba, Mohammad Al Rumaihi, Nasser Al Humaidi, Amnah Al Abdullah, Reem Al Sharshani and Kholoud Al Khalaf. The training comes in light of the preparations for the HH the Emir Shooting and Archery Championships to be held in March 2018.

Stage set for Emir Bowling Cup Championship

DOHA, February 27, 2018 – The competitions of the prestigious HH Emir Bowling Cup Championship 2018 will get underway on Tuesday at the Qatar Bowling Centre amid significant number of competitors.The one week long championship will bring together elite bowlers from Kuwait, Iraq, Singapore, Hong Kong , South African beside hosts Qatar.The organizing committee has allocated a total prize money reaches $ 61,400, where the first place winner gets $ 10,000, the runner-up takes $ 6,000 and the third and fourth places winners will collect $ 3.300.