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VILA VELHA DE RODAO: Team Abu Dhabi’s Rashed Al Qemzi and Mansoor Al Mansoori are primed for a tense climax to UIM F2 World Championship in Portugal this weekend, which could see either of them crowned world champion on Sunday.

Four-time champion and…

Kuwait’s youth football squad started their campaign in Group C qualifiers of the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup with a spectacular 6-0 win over the Northern Mariana Islands on Saturday.

The game was held at Abdullah Alkhalifa Alsabah Stadium in Mishref di…

The Kuwaiti Karate team won an assortment of medals — one gold, one silver, and two bronze — at the 2024 Asian Karate Federation Senior Championship held in Hangzhou, China, on September 19-22, said the Karate Federation on Sunday.

Chairman of the…

Doha: Al Wakrah defeated Al Rayyan 2-0 in Week 5 of the 2024-2025 season Ooredoo Stars League at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium on Sunday.

The Al Wakrah shot stopper, Mohammed Al Bakri, made a series of daring saves as Jacinto Dala (seventh minute) and Ri…

Doha: Al Gharafa defeated Qatar SC 3-1 in Week 5 of the 2024-2025 season Ooredoo Stars League at the Khalifa International Stadium on Sunday.

While Ahmed Al Janahi (10th minute), Yacine Brahimi (30th minute penalty) and Joselu (72nd minute) scored fo…

Doha: The executive office of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation discussed Kuwait’s ongoing organizational preparations to host the 26th Gulf Cup, which will be held from December 21 to January 3.

Held in Doha today, the meeting was chaired by HE …

Doha: Three matches will take place Monday in the second round of the Qatari Men’s Handball League for the 2024/2025 season, with Al-Sadd facing Al-Duhail, Qatar SC meeting Al-Shamal, and Al-Khor taking on Al-Rayan.

Meanwhile, the matches between Al-…

Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia won the fourth title of her career after beating Russian Daria Kasatkina 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 in Sunday’s Korea Open tennis final.

Haddad Maia, world No. 17, lost the opening set in just 26 minutes but turned the tide in the se…