KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A 20-year-old Pakistani has become the world’s youngest mountaineer to summit 10 peaks above 8,000 meters (26,247 feet) after he climbed Gashebrum I, the 11th tallest mountain on earth, a mountaineering association has said. The 8,068-meter (26,469-foot) Gashebrum I, also known as the “Hidden Mountain...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in the country’s central Konya province on Tuesday. “I am starting the sports activities of the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games. I congratulate all those who contributed to this on behalf of myself and my nation. Good luck,&...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Like any other sector, sports in Iran have directly or indirectly faced the heat of US sanctions, undermining the functioning of local sports federations, affecting the performances of players, and in some cases destroying the careers of young and promising athletes. Hatam Shiralizadeh, a prominent Iranian sports journalist...
Doha, Qatar – (AFP) Qatar has said that World Cup fans have “a lot of options” with more than 100,000 rooms currently available and tens of thousands more expected by the tournament’s kickoff. Some football supporters have expressed concern that they have been unable to find accommodation in line with their budget for t...
Baghdad, Iraq – (AFP) As a seven-year-old boy in Baghdad, Mohamed Ali had dreams of becoming a goalkeeper — until a car bomb in the central Tahrir Square ripped away his left arm. Today, at age 22, Ali is a member of an all-amputee football team, made up entirely of players who lost arms or […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – NATO on Thursday confirmed that it would provide security support to Qatar during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. “The support will include training against threats posed by Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) materials, which will be delivered by Slovakia and NATO’s Joint CBRN Defence Centre of Exc...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco’s Royal Basketball Federation said Sunday it had signed a cooperation agreement with the Israeli Basketball Association (IBBA). In a statement, the Moroccan federation said the deal aims to develop the basketball sport in both countries. According to the statement, a friendly basketball match will be held between ...
Doha, Qatar While Qatar is known for its scorching heat, some fans will still take a sweater to World Cup stadiums because of the state-of-the-art air conditioning that its mastermind says will become the norm for mega sports events. Saud Abdulaziz Abdul Ghani, nicknamed “Dr Cool”, worked for 13 years on the solar-powered cooling s...
KARACHI, Pakistan – Young Pakistani mountaineer Abdul Joshi has scaled Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth in order to become the country’s eighth climber to achieve it. Joshi belongs to the Hunza valley of northern Gilgit-Baltistan region, which borders neighboring China. He was part of a 13-member team that summited the 8,849-...
ISTANBUL – Palestinian weightlifter Hamada Mohammed has won a gold medal at the IWF Junior World Championships. Mohammed won the top prize in the men’s 102 kg snatch category after lifting 168 kilograms. Having lifted 193 kg in the cIean and jerk, the 20-year-old took home the bronze overall with 361 total points. Uzbek athlete [&h...
