The Qatari sailing team arrived in Croatia to participate in the 2017 Laser Europa Cup, which will begin from today. Qatar will be represented by Waleed al-Sharshani, Hassan al-Tamimi, Faris al-Bakri, Ali Muftah and Abdulrhaman al-Nasr. The event will bring together a huge number of the best sailors in the world.

SOP organising committee holds technical meet
The organising committee of the Schools Olympic Program (SOP) held a technical meeting on Tuesday with the directors of the competitions. The meeting focused lights on the latest arrangements for the finals of the SOP competitions.
Abdulrahman al-Muftah, Executive Director of the Qatar School Sport Association (QSSA), Dr Salah Salem, the QSSA Technical Expert and the directors of the competitions attended the meeting. An estimated 400 schools of both boys and girls  are competing in 11 SOP events including football, handball, volleyball, basketball, gymnastics, swimming, athletics, table tennis, fencing, tennis and shooting  in the Schools Olympic Program this year.
The SOP is held annually as a collaborative effort of the QSSA 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 Beach Volleyball team trains in Slovenia
Qatar’s beach volleyball team of Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan are training in Slovenia’s Ljubljana to prepare for the upcoming tournaments. During the ten-day camp, Younousse and Tijan will play many friendly matches as well as take part in joint training session with Slovenian counterparts.
Qatar’s beach volleyball team will participate in the 4-star international championship, which will be held in the Netherlands from January 3 to 7.