Category: Sports

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural season of the UIM E1 World Championship electric boat racing early in 2024, the Ministry of Sports announced.

The ministry said the two-day event will take place in Jeddah, the “Bride of the Red Sea,” affirming that this championship is the first and only accredited global event for electric boat racing.

The event will be held in partnership between the Ministry of Sports and the Saudi Water Sports and Diving Federation (SWSDF), which has exerted relentless efforts to develop marine sports in the Kingdom in line with the great ambitions of Saudi Vision 2030.

The UIM E1 World Championship aims to protect urban water and coastal areas.

“This partnership with E1 Series will help us accelerate the growth of marine sports in the Kingdom,” said Prince Sultan bin Fahd bin Salman, the President of the SWSDF.

The race, which will witness the participation of top competitors, “will serve as an ideal incentive for participation in marine sports, thanks to the sustainable technologies that E1 will develop,” the SWSDF president added.

The championship includes training sessions, qualifying races, and competitions that end in a knockout, where the participants will compete in several qualifiers to determine the finalists for the next stage, followed by the final to select the champion.

The championship will start in Rotterdam before moving to Jeddah for the opening round of the largest maritime event, the World Port Days, which will take place from September 1-3.

The participating teams will be given Race Bird boats and required to send two participants who will take turns driving for the duration of the race on the weekend.

Four teams have registered for the competition’s 10 participants so far.

Tennis star Rafael Nadal will participate in the Spanish team, while Formula 1 driver Sergio Michel “Checo” Pérez Mendoza will be with the Mexican team. The other two participants so far are Venice and Drogba Racing Teams.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Qatari athletes won two gold medals at the Asian U20 Athletics Championships in South Korea on Sunday at the launch of the championship, which is being held at Yecheon track and field, with the participation of more than 500 male and female athletes from 40 Asian countries from June 4-7.

Ismail Daoud won the gold medal in the 400m race, recording a time of 46.18 seconds.

His colleague Saif Abdel Salam won the gold medal in the pole vault competition, setting a new record for his category of 5.50 m.

Amer Mohammed also qualified for the semi-finals of the 100m race, with a time of 10.84 seconds to compete in the final of the 100m race as part of his search for the first medal at the Asian level.

The Qatar Athletics Federation announced the list of the Qatari national team athletes including Ismail Daoud in the 400m and 400m hurdles races, Abdul Rahman Mohammed in 400m hurdles race, Saif Abdel Salam in pole vault competition, Nayef Al Rashidi and Omar Daoud in 110m hurdles race, Amer Mohammed in100m race, Ahmed Jibreen in the discus throw and shot put competitions.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Al Ahli SC topped the general standings of group A in the competitions of the 24th edition of HH the Amir basketball cup tournament for the sports season (2022-2023), after victory 83-80 (23- 14 ? 23- 16? 27- 15? 15- 8) over Al Shamal SC in the second round at Al Gharafa Sports Club.

Al Sadd SC achieved big victory 97-67 (28- 18 ? 28- 13 ? 20- 19? 21- 17) over Al Khor SC, In the other match of the second round, The second round matches of HH the Amir Cup will continue on Saturday, where two matches will be held in group B competitions, the first match will bring together Al Rayyan and Al Arabi, while Qatar SC will face Al Wakrah SC in the second match.

Source: Qatar News Agency

The International Functional Fitness Federation (iF3) announced that the Saudi Sports for All Federation (SFA) has become an official member of iF3, representing fitness in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

This membership reflects the vital role played by SFA, which since its establishment in 2018 has aimed to build a healthy society by raising awareness of the importance of physical activities. It will be the organizing body for community sports, entrusted with increasing the amount of physical activity among the population and achieving the goals of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

The third Bahrain Baby Games, organized by the Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) will kick off tomorrow.

The event will be under the patronage of His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports (SCYS), General Sports Authority Chairman (GSA) and BOC President.

Commencing at 4.30 pm with the arrival of the sponsor of the event accompanied by the playing of the Royal Anthem, followed by a series of performances from the participants.

After that, the crawling competition for 12-month-olds will start, then the baby walker competition for children under 15 months, then the show queue for representatives of the participating nurseries and kindergartens.

Source: Bahrain News Agency

The United States reached the Under-20 World Cup quarterfinals in convincing fashion without conceding again after beating New Zealand 4-0 in Mendoza on Tuesday.

The Americans dominated the round-of-16 match without hardly any threat from the New Zealanders, but they struggled to show it on the scoreboard.

After Owen Wolff’s lucky opener early on, the U.S. didn’t score again until the 61st minute through Cade Cowell. Justin Che and Rokas Pukstas added on.

The U.S. is the only team yet to concede a goal, and will next face Gambia or Uruguay, who meet on Thursday.

Source: Bahrain News Agency