Ahmed Hafnaoui. Athlete. Swimming
Ahmed Hafnaoui creates history, wins first Arab gold in men’s 400m freestyle swimming.
The 18-year-old raced a sizzling final 50m to touch in 3:43.36 and overhaul Australian Jack McLoughlin (3:43.52) and US swimmer Kieran Smith (3:43.94), who took bronze.
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TUNISIA
Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi. Athlete. Taekwondo.
Tunisian taekwondo player Mohamed Khalil Al-Jandubi won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after losing the 58kg final to Italy’s Vito Delaquila on Saturday.
The 19-year-old Gindobi in the semi-finals defeated 2019 world champion Jang Joon of Korea and world number one earlier in the day.
This is the first Arab medal at the Tokyo Games to date.
Jendoubi’s medal was Tunisia’s second taekwondo Olympic medal after Oussama Oueslati won bronze in the 80kg category in 2016.
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TUNISIA
Hend Zaza (aka) Hend Abdul Rauf Zaza – Table Tennis Star.
She qualified to play in the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021 in Tokyo, through the West Asia Olympic qualifying tournament held in Jordan in 2020.
At the age of 12, she was the youngest person to compete in Olympic table tennis, and the fifth-youngest person to compete in the modern Olympics.
She was the youngest competitor at the 2020 games, and the youngest Olympic competitor since Beatrice Hustiu, a Romanian figure-skater who competed in 1968.
She plays for the Al-Muhafaza Table Tennis Club in Damascus and has won national titles at all levels: hopes, cadets, junior and senior.
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SYRIA
Mohamed Sbihi (aka) Mohamed Karim Sbihi (aka) Moe Sbihi. Rower. Dual Olympian. Twice Olympic Medal Winner.
British rower and gold medalist Mohamed Sbihi will on Friday make history when he becomes the first Muslim to carry the British flag at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, a role he will share with another gold medalist, sailor Hannah Mills.
Sbihi, 33, won a gold medal in the coxless four at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and claimed a bronze as part of the British crew in the men’s eight at London 2012.
Sbihi, who received an MBE in the British Queen’s 2017 New Year’s Honors list, and Mills, a campaigner for clean oceans.
Sbihi, who was born in Kingston upon Thames to a Moroccan father and British mother, gave notice of his talent as a rower at the age of 15 when he finished first in the junior men J15 category at the 2003 Great Britain Indoor Rowing Championships.
source/content: arabnews.com
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BRITISH / MOROCCAN
As padel sports quickly becomes a fan favourite sport in Qatar, the Gulf state inaugurated its biggest indoor padel complex located at Aspire Park.
This year, the Gulf state, represented by the Qatar Tennis, Squash and Badminton Federation (QTSBF), joined the International Padel Federation (FIP).
This came after Qatar won the bid to host the Padel World Cup, due to be held in the Middle East for the first time November 15 to 20, 2021.
Qatar is now ready to host international padel tournaments and participate in other events under the umbrella of the FIP.
source/content: dohanews.co
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QATAR
Egyptian club Al Ahly seals a record-extending 10th African Champions League title by beating Kaiser Chiefs of South Africa in the final.
Al Ahly extended their record as the club with most CAF Champions League titles to a total of 10 and they are five titles ahead of Zamalek and TP Mazembe.
Al Ahly, who entered the game as the reigning champions, achieved back-to-back titles for the third time in the club’s history after 2005/2006 and 2012/2013.
Al Ahly’s captain Mohamed El Shenawy had a special night as he became the first captain in the club’s history to lift the trophy for two straight seasons.
source/content: egypttoday.com
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EGYPT
All-Emirati crews secure another double triumph as Cappellini’s two-boat strategy works to perfection.
Team Abu Dhabi secured their first major powerboat racing crown of the season on Sunday as Rashed Al Qemzi, Thani Al Qemzi and Mansoor Al Mansoori combined to win the UIM World Endurance Championships in Augustów, Poland.
This triumph means that Cappellini has now delivered 12 world championship titles to Abu Dhabi International Marine Sports Club since taking charge in February 2015.
This was also the first time in the championships that Team Abu Dhabi had been represented by a full Emirati driver line-up.
source/content: khaleejtimes.com
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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E)
Almoez Ali creates footballing history as the first ever player to score in three of the biggest football tournaments.
Qatar’s number one striker scored nine goals at the Asian Cup 2019 and a goal each at Copa America in 2019 against Paraguay as well as this year’s 2021 Gold Cup against Panama
source/content: dohanews.co
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QATAR / SUDAN
Nadhira Al-Harthy (aka) Nadhira Al-Harthia : Mountaineer. Education Expert.
First Arab Woman to Reach Mount Ama Dablam –
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OMAN
Nadia Power . Athlete. Middle Distance Runner. Track Athlete.
Official Brand Ambassador for Toyota Ireland
Represented Ireland in the Youth and Under-20 levels and now higher on for track events.
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IRISH / SUDAN