Category: Games

The Lebanese basketball national team achieved its second victory over the Palestine national team this afternoon (84-55), in the ‘Beirut Cup’ quadrennial international tournament held in the Ghazir Sports Club hall.

Lebanon began the tournament by defeating Iraq yesterday, and will conclude it on Tuesday by meeting Syria, while Palestine won over Syria, and will meet Iraq on Tuesday.

The tournament serves as preparation for the participating teams for the first window of qualifiers for the continental championship finals in Saudi Arabia next year. Each team plays two matches in this window.

Global Active Sports, the tournament organizer, will host an official dinner banquet for the delegations, at 8:30 pm tomorrow at the Palms Beach House restaurant in Jounieh, under the patronage of the President of the Lebanese Basketball Federation and First Vice President of the AFC, Akram Halabi.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

United States Ambassador to Lebanon, Lisa Johnson, attended on Sunday the embassy team’s match in the second division volleyball tournament in the hall of the Al-Rusul School in Jounieh, alongside the club president, vice president of the Olympic Committee, Asaad al-Nakhl, and Mr. George al-Hani.

The match ended with the US embassy team defeating Mont La Salle 3-1.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

Al-Riyadi Beirut, the Lebanese basketball champion, maintained the title of the Dubai International Championship by winning the 33rd edition through defeating the “Strong” team of the Philippines (77-74).

The final match, which was held this evening at the Al-Nasr Club, was attended by a large audience of members of the Lebanese and Philippines communities.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

Al-Riyadi Beirut qualified for the final match of the 33rd Dubai International Basketball Tournament, defeating Al-Ahly Tripoli of Libya (83-73) in the first of the two semi-final matches that took place between them this afternoon at Al-Nasr Club.

Al-Riyadi team kept its record clean, awaiting the winnder in tomorrow’s match between the “Strong” team of the Philippines and “Beirut First Club” that are playing in the second semi-final.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

Al-Riyadi Beirut, the Lebanese basketball champion, achieved a second victory in the 33rd Dubai International Tournament over the Moroccan Salé Association (88-72), in the match that took place between them this evening at Al-Nasr Club Stadium in the first group.

The Riyadi players controlled the match from the beginning, and decided it to be in their favor, despite the Moroccan team’s attempt to come back in the third half.

The Libran “Al-Ahly Tripoli” team achieved its second victory in the second group over the Lebanese “Homenetmen Beirut” team (93-71). The Libyan team is coached by Lebanese Fouad Abu Chakra.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

The Lebanese national football team players unanimously stress the need for a comeback as they take on their Chinese counterparts at Al-Thumama Mondial Stadium in Doha, Qatar, scheduled for Wednesday afternoon in the first match of the second round of Group A stage in the 18th edition of the Asian Cup football competition hosted by Qatar until the 10th of February.

Lebanon delivered a decent performance in the opening match against Qatar (0-3) at Lusail Stadium last Friday. However, they lacked effectiveness in finishing attacks, particularly in the second half.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

Caretaker Minister of Youth and Sports, George Kallas, is set to embark on an official visit to the Qatari capital, Doha, to attend the opening ceremony of the AFC Asian Cup for football and the match between the Lebanese and Qatari national teams scheduled for Friday afternoon. Minister Kallas will also participate in “Expo Doha” and meet with members of the Lebanese community, welcoming the visiting Lebanese national team at Lebanon’s dedicated pavilion.

The official Lebanese delegation includes the Director-General of the Ministry of Economy and Trade, Mohammad Abu Haidar, and the Director-General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Louis Lahoud.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

The national Lebanese football team is gearing up for a strong presence at the upcoming AFC Asian Cup, hosted by Qatar until February 10th.

The team is set to kick off its campaign in the tournament tomorrow at 6:00 pm Beirut time, facing the host nation and defending champions of the 2019 edition in the UAE, at the iconic Lusail Stadium. This marks Lebanon’s second time participating in the tournament’s opening match, the first being against Iran at the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium in Beirut during Lebanon’s hosting of the finals. Unfortunately, that inaugural encounter concluded with the Lebanese team losing 0-4.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

Manama, Under the patronage of Her Highness Shaikha Noora bint Hamad bin Al Khalifa, Captain of Al Fursan Team, Team Bahrain Victorious won the best horse condition organised by Bahrain Royal Equestrian And Endurance Federation (BREEF) in the second championship of the new season 2023/2024, for the local race of 120 km.

The award reflects the keenness of Her Highness to support the development of Bahraini endurance sports, which continues to achieve success on an international level.

Mohammed Khalid Al Ruwaie, a member of Team Bahrain Victorious, won first place with the horse Esther Hippolyte after finishing the race in good condition.

Ghalib Al Alawi, BREEF Assistant Secretary-General, and Tawfiq Al Salehi, Director of His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa’s Media Office and Information Centre, and Chairman of the Public Relations and Media at BREEF, presented the award to the winning team.

Source: Bahrain News Agency

Baghdad, The delegation of the Saudi Al-Ittihad Club, led by French star Karim Benzema, arrived today, Saturday, in Erbil Governorate in preparation for its match with its host, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Air Force) , in the AFC Champions League.

The Air Force football team had arrived in Erbil earlier, in preparation for its match with the Saudi Al-Ittihad team next Monday, at Franso Hariri Stadium, in the fourth round of the group stage of the AFC Champions League.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency