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Team Qatar to participate in 2022 WKF U21, Junior & Cadet World Championships

Doha, 9 October 2022 - Qatar's national karate team will participate in the 2022 WKF U21, Junior & Cadet World Championships to be held in Konya (Turkiye) from October 26 to 30. The event will bring together more than 1000 athletes from 100 countries. The competition will start on Wednesday, October 26 and the medal bouts and fi

09 Oct

Fares Ibrahim to participate in Asian Weightlifting Championship

Manama, 9 October 2022 - The 2022 Asian Weightlifting Championship began in Manama, Bahrain. Qatar’s 96-kilogram Olympic champion Fares Ibrahim will participate in the event after moving up to the 102s and will do battle with 2016 Olympic Champion Ruslan Nurudinov of Uzbekistan. The event brings together 246 players from 33 countries incl

08 Oct

Gianni Infantino visits key FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 hubs

Doha, 8 October 2022 -President Gianni Infantino has visited three critical tournament operations centres across Qatar, as the countdown continues to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™. In addition to the eight state-of-the-art stadiums across Qatar – seven of which are brand new – the host country of the 22nd edition of the FIFA W

07 Oct

PM checks readiness of Abu Samra border crossing to receive FIFA World Cup fans

Doha, 7 October 2022 - Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani made an inspection tour of Abu Samra border crossing to follow up the expansion and development process of the border crossing, and its readiness to receive the fans of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. The PM began the tour at the bor

07 Oct

FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: SC launches 'Hayya with Me' (1+3) feature

Doha, 7 October 2022 - The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC) announced that international fans who are travelling to Qatar for the FIFA World Cup now have the option to invite up to three non-ticketed fans to attend the tournament. The Hayya with Me (1+3) feature allows international Hayya Card holders to invite up to three non-tick

05 Oct

WISH Executive Chair: Hosting FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is Source of Pride for Highly Ambitious Qatar

Doha, 5 October 2022 - Executive Chair of the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) Prof. the Lord Darzi of Denham affirmed that hosting a tournament the size of the football world cup in an Arab country for the first time in history is a source of pride to the State of Qatar, pointing out that sport is a source of joy and power that uni

05 Oct

FIFA President: Aspire Academy Global Summit Gives Confidence in Football Development Future

Doha, 5 October 2022 - FIFA President Gianni Infantino expressed his happiness with the organizing of the 8th Aspire Academy Global Summit 2022 Football Performance and Science, which was held in cooperation between FIFA and Aspire Academy, coinciding with less than 50 days to the start of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, and with the particip

04 Oct

QOC announce Doha 2030’s Project Legacy at OCA General Assembly

Phnom Penh, 4 October 2022 - The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) delegation participated in the 41st Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly held in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh on Tuesday. The QOC delegation was led by QOC President H.E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani. At the beginning of the General Assembly, resp

04 Oct

QFA Secretary General Participates in AFC Finance Committee Meeting

Kuala Lumpur, 4 October 2022 - Mansour Al-Ansari, General Secretary of the Qatar Football Association, participated in the sixth meeting of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Finance Committee – as a member of the Committee – which was held on Monday, October 3, in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. The meeting was headed by Mar

04 Oct

Generation Amazing expands football for development programmes in Jordan and Oman

Doha, October 03 (QNA) - The Generation Amazing Foundation a FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 human and social legacy initiative launched by the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy in 2010 has reached a new milestone by expanding football for development programs in schools across Jordan and Oman. In partnership with Generations for Peace (GFP),

04 Oct

Women's Sports Committee Inaugurates FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Mural

Doha, 4 October 2022 - In the presence of HE Minister of Social Development and Family, Mariam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad, the Qatari Womens Sports Committee inaugurated, at its headquarters, an artistic mural painted by a number of Qatari artists, as part of community participation and promotion of the historic event, the FIFA World Cup

04 Oct

Congress of AIPS Activities Kick Off in Rome

Rome, 4 October 2022 - The 84th International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Congress started in Rome, Italy, with the participation of the delegation of the Qatar Sports Media Committee.The agenda of the current Congress is witnessing a lot of work related to the international sports press, at the forefront of which are the elections

03 Oct

ACTA Organizes Executive Program for Integrity in Sports

Doha, 3 October 2022 - The Administrative Control and Transparency Authority (ACTA), in cooperation with the International Center for Sports Security (ICSS), organized today the executive program for integrity in sports, which will last until October 6, in the presence of HE Minister of Sports and Youth Salah bin Ghanem Al Ali.HE ACTA Chairm

03 Oct

Ministry of Interior Unveils Official Uniform of Security Force for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

Doha, 3 October 2022 - HE Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani inaugurated the Security Force's official uniform for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 during a ceremony held at the Ministry of Interior building. His Excellency witnessed a visual presentation on the uniforms of the World Cup se

03 Oct

Lusail Stadium: The jewel in Qatar’s FIFA World Cup crown

Doha, 3 October 2022 - The magnificent Lusail Stadium will be the centre of global attention when it hosts the FIFA World Cup final on 18 December. It is the largest stadium in Qatar and will host matches during every stage of this year’s tournament, which will take place from 20 November to 18 December. Here we take a closer look at

03 Oct

Sanchez says Qatar will be at their best at World Cup

Doha, 3 October 2022 - Head coach Felix Sanchez believes Qatar will play their best football during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at home. Sanchez and his players got a sneak peek of what they will encounter during the World Cup as thousands of fans – young and old – thronged the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Al Sadd on Sunday to watch

03 Oct

Sheikh Joaan, Sheikha Hind, al-Buenain appointed to prestigious IOC commissions

Doha, 3 October 2022 - The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) has announced that QOC President HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al-Thani, Qatar Foundation (QF) Vice-Chairperson and CEO HE Sheikha Hind bint Hamad al-Thani and QOC Secretary-General HE Jassim Rashid al-Buenain have been appointed to key roles on International Olympic Committee (IOC) commissions

02 Oct

ICSS Join forces with Project Partners to launch “Crossing the Boundaries through Sport” to support young refugees in Europe

Lisbon, 2 October 2022 - Recognising the need to tackle the challenges posed by refugee flows affecting Europe at large, the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) EUROPE - a non-profit entity established under the umbrella of the Doha-based International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS)- joined forces with the International Olympic Truce