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Twenty-year-old Abdel Rahman Mahmoud, is Bahrain’s first-ever athlete to qualify for the men’s shot put competition at the Summer Olympic Games, confirmed by the Bahrain Athletics Association (BAA).
This is Bahrain’s first qualification to any of athletics’ throwing events at the Olympics.
Mahmoud secured his place at the Tokyo Olympics after achieving the qualifying standard of 21.10 metres.
He earned the shot put gold medal at the Belarus Athletics Indoor Cup on Friday.
Emirati international referee, Khulood Al Zaabi, has been nominated to officiate as a Video Assistant Referee (VAR) at the FIFA Women’s World Cup to be held in Australia and New Zealand in 2023.
She refereed high profile domestic games and West Asia Zone competitions.
The first female Skating National Team of Saudi Arabia was founded in 2018.
The President of Saudi Skating Team is Zaher Al-Asiri, its coach is Abdul Aziz Al-Qahtani and the teams’ Media and Public Relations Officer is Aljawhara Minwer.
The Saudi Skating League was also established.
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The Saudi Skating League had organized more than 60 local female tournaments. The players are aged between 13 and 35. The national team has 32 members. (Supplied) / pix: arabnews.com
Moroccan racing driving driver Mehdi Bennani won the TCR Europe series after a strong performance in the 2020 season.
Bennani finished second in the race which took place this weekend at Circuito del Jarama, in San Sebastián de los Reyes, north of Madrid.
The Moroccan driver (Audi RS 3 LMS TCR – Comtoyou Racing) secured the title with 285 points, ahead of French John Filippi, who finished second with 257.
Bennani debuted his career in 2009 in Shanghai WTCC 2014. He became the first Moroccan driver to win a world championship race organized by the International Automobile Federation (FIA).’
Soufiane El Bakkali’s win at the 14th International Marseille Athletics meeting in France, comes less than a month after breaking the fastest world time for 2020 in the 3,000 meters steeplechase.
Dubai Globe Soccer Awards – special edition, highlighting 2020’s top talent honouring legendary players, clubs and agents from the past 20 years.
For the first time, 4 of the awards considered the performance by the nominees between 2001 and 2020 in a unique series that celebrated the Best of the Century.
The Dubai Globe Soccer Awards special edition event was held in partnership with Dubai Sports Council on Sunday 27th of December 2020 in the exclusive Armani hotel, located in the Iconic Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower against the backdrop of Dubai.
Main categories presented were :
Player of the Year : Robert Lewandowski
Club of the Year : Bayern Munich
Coach of the Year : Hans-Dieter Flick
Player of the Century 2001-2020 : Christiano Ronaldo
Club of the Century 2001-2020 : Real Madrid
Coach of the Century 2001-2020 : Joseph Pep Guardiola
Agent of the Century 2001-2020 : ‘Super Agent’ Jorge Mendes
Player Career Award : Gerard Pique and Iker Casillas
Top Title Winners in the Middle East : Al Ahly, Egypt
A video tribute was also paid to two legends of football who passed away recently, Argentina’s 1986 World Cup hero Diego Maradona and Paolo Rossi, whose six goals helped Italy win the 1982 World Cup in Spain.
The event was broadcast live via satellite and live streaming all over the world.
