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Qatar’s Ayoub El Idrissi qualifies for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Doha- (QNA) – Team Qatar Judo star Ayoub El Idrissi, has officially qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which will be held in Japan from July 23 to August 8.Ayoub Al Idrissi qualified for the Olympics well after collecting 699 points thanks to the g…

Doha Artistic Gymnastics World Cup to begin on Wednesday

Doha-The 2016 Olympic champion Eleftherios Petrounias of Greece and three-time Olympian Vanessa Ferrari of Italy are among those aiming to clinch tickets to this summer’s Tokyo Games at the Doha Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus World Cup, which will be he…

Team Qatar win 7 medals at Arab Athletics Championships

Tunisia-Team Qatar claimed 7 medals at 2021 Arab Athletics Championships held in Tunisia for 4 days with participation of 20 countries. Qatar’s Femi Ogunode won the gold medal of 100m event last Thursday, clocking 10.19 secs. Qatar also won a silver me…

Team Qatar clinch bronze in Asian Taekwondo Championship

BEIRUT – Qatar’s Taekwondo team star, Maram Fatnassi has fought tooth and nail to clinch the bronze medal in the Women’s U-67kg free fight competition during the closing scene of the 24th Asian Taekwondo Championship held in Lebanon’s capital of Bei…

Qatar to face Croatia in Football Friendly

ROVINJ, (QNA) – The Qatari national football team will face Croatia, in a friendly match, in its training camp, on June 30 at the Aldo Drosina stadium in the Croatian city of Pula.This friendly match comes within the training camp of the Qatari nationa…

Hussein Falah Wins Gold In High Jump In Arab Championship

Baghdad, The Iraqi high jumper Hussein Falah won the gold in the high jump at the opening of the ongoing Arab championship competitions in Tunisia.Hussein Falah jumped at a height of 2.19 m to surpass his Qatari competitor, Hamdi Issa, to win the gold …

Qatar Athletics Team Participate in the Arab Games in Tunisia

DOHA, (QNA) – Qatar’s athletics team will participate in the Arab games that act as qualifiers to the Tokyo Olympics 2020, which is set to take place in Tunisia from June 16-20.A total of 420 athletes from 20 countries will take part in the competitio…