Fares Ibrahim wins Qatar’s first Olympic gold medal

Tokyo: Qatar’s Fares Ibrahim made history winning the country’s first Olympic gold medal in weightlifting competitions on Saturday.   Fares Ibrahim put up 177kg in the snatch before sliding into the clean and jerk and setting an Olympic record in that lift with a weight of 225kg.   Venezuela’s Keydomar Vallenilla Sanchez took the silver medal while Georgia’s Anton Pliesnoi

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Barshim qualifies for High Jump final

Tokyo: Qatar’s two-time world champion Mutaz Barshim lived up to the high expectations and qualified for the final of Men’s High Jump event at Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games. In the qualifications held at the Olympic Stadium on Friday, Barshim cleared 2.28m to secure his spot in the finals to be staged on Sunday. A bronze medallist in 2012 and

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UAE-Austria Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to create new avenues of collaboration: UAE Ambassador to Austria

Ibrahim Salim Al Musharrakh, UAE Ambassador to Austria, has expressed his delight at the visit of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, to Austria, referring to the visit as a “crowning milestone of the two countries’ historical and distinguished bilateral relations”. Al Musharrakh affirmed

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UAE leaders congratulate Moroccan King on Throne Day

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a cable of congratulations to King Mohammed VI of Morocco on the occasion of the Throne Day, which is observed on 30th July. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown

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