Double gold medallist Teddy Riner walked up to the mat with judokas of Lycee Voltaire looking up at him, the giant of a man that he is at 6 feet 8 inches.
Khalifa bin Sheail al-Kuwari was all smiles on the first day of the season yesterday, with Sandbetweenourtoes racing to victory in the Al Safliya Cup, a Class 2 Thoroughbred Handicap race for horses rated 91-105, on the dirt at Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC).
The 2015-16 horse racing season came to a thrilling conclusion with a photo-finish deciding the winner of Club Breeders Trophy at the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club’s Al Rayyan racetrack yesterday.
He may have only half as many winners this season as compared to the last, but Jassim Ghazali is not complaining. He has retained the title of Champion Trainer and so has British jockey Harry Bentley, who Ghazali works with closely and regularly.
Itorio didn’t have the best of the starts to the season when he finished at the back of the pack in the Qatar Derby in December.
Qatar lifted the title in the Asian Rugby Championship Division III West Central when they beat a formidable Lebanese team 25-19 in a nail-biting finish at the Aspire Warm Up track yesterday.
Qatar made a winning start to the tri-nations Asian Rugby Championship Division III, beating Iran 35-12 at the Aspire Warm Up and Purpose-Built Rugby Track yesterday.
Maybe renaissance is too big a word, but rugby in Qatar is definitely undergoing a churn. After staying dormant on the national scene for many years,
After a win eluded her on three previous runs, Zman Awal was guided to her second win this season by Marco Monteriso in the Loyalty Cup – The Late Yousef Al Romaihi, yesterday’s feature race at the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC).
There is a lot at stake for Qatar at the upcoming tri-nation Asia Rugby Championship Division III, which is scheduled for April 16, 19 and 22.
