Category: Games

DOHA, There is excitement in the air as international athletics makes a return to Doha at the final leg of the abridged version of the 2020 Wanda Diamond League at the Qatar Sports Club, home of athletics in Doha, on Friday, September 25.   A total of 27 Olympics and World medallists, including six reigning world champions and three reigning Olympic champions, are leading a star cast of about 116 athletes who have made it…

Tokyo: Sony Corp said its next-generation PlayStation 5 console would launch in November priced at $499.99 and $399.99 for a version without a disk drive, as it squares off against rival Microsoft Corp’s Xbox console. The pricing announcement sets the stage for a year-end showdown between Xbox and PlayStation, as consumers continue to flock to gaming optimised consoles offering exclusive titles, according to Reuters. Microsoft said last week Xbox Series X would go on sale…

Running in the colours of her breeder, Sheikh Faisal Bin Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani, the three-year-old Purebred Arabian filly SAFAA (FR) (General x Sahaba Al Uraiq) opened her account at Dax, France on Sunday, 13 September when she won the Prix Saint-Laurent, a conditions race for three-year-old Purebred Arabians over seven furlongs. The grey filly managed to get off the mark in just her third career start. Her debut was in a 1,900m race…

Doha, The Qatar Anti-Doping Commission held a training workshop for the players of Qatar national handball team.   The workshop briefed the players on the World Anti-Doping Code and International Standards in addition to the list of prohibited substances and the side effects of nutritional supplements.   The workshop also highlighted the athletes’ rights and duties and cases of therapeutic use exemption.   The Qatar Anti-Doping Commission held a similar workshop for the players of…

Racing for the silks of Mohamed Bin Fahad Al Attiyah, MISS BOUM AL MAURY (FR) (Boum de Ghazal x Melody Al Maury) was back in the winners’ enclosure in the Prix Kann for four-year-old Purebred Arabians over 2,100 meters at Dax, France, on Sunday, 13 September. She came to this race off a solid third place in a Listed race last time out, at the beginning of this month, at San Sebastian, Spain. A tough…

H.H. Sheikh Ali Bin Jassim Al Thani, Ambassador of Qatar, crowned the winners The Qatar Arc Trials day took place at ParisLongchamp on Sunday, 13 September 2020, with the runners aspiring for the biggest races and titles on the weekend of the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe lining up three weeks before the main event for their final preparation. His Excellency Sheikh Ali Bin Jassim Al Thani, Ambassador of Qatar to France, was present…