Handball team to face Cuba in Friendly

DOHA, January 4, 2018 – Qatar's national handball team will begin a number of friendly games from Thursday that in preparation for Asian Men's Handball Championship 2018 scheduled from 18-28 January in South Korea.Home team Qatar handball team will shake hands with Cuba in the opening match of Qatar International Handball Friendly Tournament will be held at Duhail main arena at 6pm on Thursday.The Asian Men's Handball Championship acts as a qualifying tournament for the prestigious 2019 IHF Handball World Championship will take place in Germany and Denmark.

Bayern Munich arrive in Doha for winter training camp

DOHA, January 3, 2018-Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich arrived yesterday in Doha for their annual winter training camp. The 25-member squad team will spend the next five days preparing for the second half of the season. “We've had a quick pause for breath and I hope everyone's recharged their batteries," coach Jupp Heynckes told club's website before departing Munich. Robert Lewandowksi, Franck Ribery, Jerome Boateng, Arjen Robben, Ron-Thorben Hoffmann, Arturo Vidal, Rafinha and James Rodr?guez travelled independently from their holidays to Doha. Inured Manuel Neuer, Thiago and Christian Fruchtl have stayed in Munich to continue their recovery programmes.New signing Sandro Wagner is also on board for the training camp. “He's a player who's progressed very well in recent years and become an international. I think he can help us," commented 72-year-old Heynckes.Shortly after arriving in Doha, Bayern got down to business as they trained under light at the Aspire pitches. “We have a short amount of time to prepare for the first game of the second half of the season (against Leverkusen on 12 January). Therefore we need to make smart use of the time so that we can pick up from where we left off," explained Heynckes. “There are always things that can be improved and that we need to adjust as this training camp will useful in that aspect," he added.The Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence offers the best facilities for Bayern players to get back in shape. “We were here in 2012/13 too, I remember it well. We got a lot out of it then and I hope we will do over the next five days," said Heynckes.

Schools Olympic Program competitions to enter final stage

DOHA, January 03, 2018 – The Organizing Committee of the Schools Olympic Program (SOP) stepped up technical and managerial efforts to stage the SOP finals at the Aspire Zone in April . The Organizing Committee chaired by HE Rabea Al Kaabi, the President of Qatar School Sports Federation (QSSF) has promised that this year edition will be exceptional and amid considerable participation from government and private schools.Also in a press release on Tuesday , the Directors of SOP competitions confirmed that all tables and schedules related to the finals of the prestigious event have been prepared.According to these tables the SOP final competitions including football, basketball, volleyball, Tennis, fencing, gymnastics, table tennis, swimming, Taekwondo beside the competitions of people with special needs will take place in April.An estimated 214 boys schools (including 119 government schools and 98 private schools) along with 186 girls schools (105 government schools and 81 private schools) are participating in this edition.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.

Qatar ready for AFC U-23 Championship

China, January 3, 2018-Qatar's coach Felix Sanchez announced the Qatari squash to participate in AFC U-23 Championship to begin in China on January 9, 2018. Qatar will play in group (A) alongside Oman, Uzbekistan and Hosts China. The squad: Mohammad Al Bakri, Shehab Al Lithy, Bassam Al Rawi, Al Moez Ali, Abdullah Al Ahraq, Yousef Farahat, Abdulrahman Fahmi, Khalid Saleh, Sultan Al Beraik, Sulim Al Hajri, Ahmad Suhail, Hashem Ali, Meshaal Al Shammari, Meshaal Barshim, Yousef Hassan, Tamim Al Mehaiza, Salah Al Yahri, Abdulrashid Umaro, Omar Al Emadi, Nasser Al Nasr, Essam Madabo, Akram Afif, Ahmad Moeen, Khalid Munir and Tariq Sulaiman. The Qatari team arrived in China on Tuesday in preparation for the championship.

Stage set for Qatar International Handball Championship

​DOHA, January 3, 2018- The Qatar Handball Association has completed its arrangements for the 2018 Qatar International Handball Championship to begin on January 4. The event will bring together five teams including Cuba, Oman, Iran, Algeria and hosts Qatar. The Qatari handball team will participate in the Asian Men's Handball Championship to held in Korea Republic later this month. The 2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship acts as a qualifying tournament for the 2019 IHF World Men's Handball Championship scheduled in Germany and Denmark.

Sailors display impressive performance in Europa Cup

DOHA, January 02, 2018 – Qatar' sailing champions ended their 2017 season on high note by displaying impressive performance in the Laser Europa Cup which took place in Croatia from 28-31 December, 2017. The prestigious event brought together world's best 100 sailors who competed in a world high class Championship amid a cool weather condition and strong winds.Qatar's champion, Waleed Al Sharshani confidently won the first place in race six (Laser standard) , defeating prominent competitors from Croatia, Ukraine, Italy, Australia and Germany.Qatar's participation in the championship came in the frame of Qatar Sailing and Rowing Federation (QSRF) effort to maximize Qatar athletes technical skills in preparation for the upcoming international events.