Sports / Qatar Sport

Hijab must be accepted, says OCA chief 04 Oct 2014 - 11:26 pm

INCHEON: Asia’s Olympic chief yesterday urged all sports to let women wear the Islamic hijab headscarf, after an Asian Games row which saw...

Aspire Academy Global Summit to focus on football performance 02 Oct 2014 - 01:45 am

Ali Salem Afifa Chairman of Aspire Academy Global Summit. Doha: Leading football and performance optimisation specialists will meet to discuss football in the...

Qatar’s Carella eyes more success 02 Oct 2014 - 12:20 am

LIUZHOU, CHINA: The Qatar Team resumes its defence of the UIM F1 H20 World Championship crown at next Monday’s Grand Prix of China...

Aspire Academy directors talk to parents 02 Oct 2014 - 12:14 am

Chris Earle (left), Director of Sport at Aspire Academy speaking during “First parents meeting”, an event to which parents of all grades are...

Adams announce support for 2019 Doha Worlds Bid 01 Oct 2014 - 10:09 am

Doha: Kiwi Shot Put legend, Valerie Adams yesterday become the third athlete to announce their support for Doha’s Bid to host the 2019...

SC starts deconstruction at Al Rayyan Stadium 01 Oct 2014 - 10:03 am

Deconstruction work underway at Al Rayyan Stadium. RIGHT: Minister of Youth and Sport, H E Salah Bin Ghanim Al Ali. AL RAYYAN: The...

Qatar 2022 staff move into Al Wakrah offices 01 Oct 2014 - 10:02 am

DOHA: The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy’s (SC) preparations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar reached another significant landmark recently as...

Work gets underway at five host venues 01 Oct 2014 - 10:00 am

Doha: With deconstruction beginning on Al Rayyan, work is now underway in different stages on five proposed host venues for the 2022 FIFA...

Aspire Under-16 team emerges victorious in football Tri-series 28 Sep 2014 - 06:22 am

Doha: Despite the 0-1 defeat in Wednesday’s game against Celtic Glasgow, Aspire Academy’s Under-16 team eventually won the age group 1999 Tri-series Tournament...

Qatar’s Al Garni powers to gold 28 Sep 2014 - 03:11 am

Qatar’s Mohamad Al Garni celebrates his victory in the final of the men’s 5,000m athletics event during the 17th Asian Games at the...

Qatar ready for summer or winter World Cup in 2022, says the Emir 26 Sep 2014 - 08:49 am

DOHA: Qatar is capable of hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup either in summer or winter, the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin...

Gutsy Qatar edge past Bahrain for fifth consecutive victory 26 Sep 2014 - 08:38 am

Qatar handball players celebrate their win over Bahrain at the Asian Games in Incheon yesterday. Qatar won 29-28. Incheon: Qatar notched up their...

Doha submit bid file to host 2019 IAAF World Championships 26 Sep 2014 - 08:34 am

The Khalifa International Stadium, home to the 2006 Asian Games and the centre piece of Doha’s Aspire Zone, is currently in the process...

Qatar 2022 a foregone conclusion: OCA Chief 25 Sep 2014 - 09:02 am

Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) President Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah speaks during a press conference in Incheon in this September 21...

OCA slams bodies after Qatar row 25 Sep 2014 - 08:53 am

INCHEON: The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has criticised the world governing bodies for basketball and men’s tennis, saying they were preventing athletes...

Beckenbauer lined up for Securing Sport conference 25 Sep 2014 - 08:44 am

London: German icon Franz Beckenbauer (pictured) has added his name to the list of key speakers at next month’s Securing Sport conference in...

QOA boost for Asian sports family 24 Sep 2014 - 03:29 am

Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, President of the Qatar Olympic Academy and Secretary-General of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC), and Randhir Singh,...

Bevy of speakers at ICSS conference 23 Sep 2014 - 01:42 pm

London: The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) yesterday announced that Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros — CEO of ICSS Europe and Latin America...