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A home workout using items you can find all over your house. Being resourceful is one of Abdullah Al-Tamimi’s many talents! The Squash champ created a home workout from scratch only using his living room and its furniture. Check out what Al-Tamimi had setup and be inspired to put together your very own workout session at home. Make Your Own Home Workout With Abdullah-Al Tamimi! Let’s kick-off with a lower-body circuit. Setup stacks of two or more pillows across the floor. Make sure you have enough space to land and take off in between each. Complete several sets of dynamic Single-Legged Hops and Squat Jumps. Once you’re done, move onto some static Air Squats and then Lunges. Start your upper-body rotation with some Pushups. Use a chair or a couch to place your feet up at a higher point. From there you can create some variations with your hands’ placement to target different parts of your chest. Check out this take on the Russian twist! Get into a crunch position.

Rashid Hamad, who represented Qatar at the 2008 Games in Beijing and the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, is one shooter, who was in the race to get the nod provided he fared well in some of the World Cups. In the Cyprus World Cup, held in the first week of this month, the 33-year-old Rashid failed to make it to the final round.  He finished with a score of 120, missing only five targets. Rashid started with a perfect score in the first round but missed out on two and three targets in the second and third round and although he had a perfect score of 25 in the fourth and fifth round that was not enough for him to make it to the final round of six shooters. At the same event, Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah, who is bidding to qualify for his seventh Olympic Games, finished in the 14 spot with a score of 122 but he too could not make it to the final medal round in Cyprus. Both, Nasser and Rashid were also hoping to do well at the World Cup in India which got cancelled due to the COV

Doha winner Aryna Sabalenka: ‘I lost my dad in the pre-season. I’m doing this for him’ Aryna Sabalenka eased past Petra Kvitova to win the Qatar Open and then dedicated the title to her father Sergey, who passed away in November. The 21-year-old secured her sixth WTA Tour title and third Premier 5 trophy with a solid victory over the eighth-seeded Kvitova, winning 6-3, 6-3 in one hour and 14 minutes. The ninth seed broke in game four of the first set and games seven and nine of the second to ease to victory. Sabalenka revealed afterwards how tough the past few months have been on her following the death of her father. “It was a long journey here and I put everything on tennis,” the Belarusian said. “I was actually only playing tennis and focusing on tennis and nothing else. And I think I gave everything for tennis. “I just lost my dad in the pre-season and he was my biggest motivation, and I’m doing it for him.” The world No 13’s last four titles were all w

The Bydgoszcz 2020 World Para Athletics European Championships, which was scheduled to take place from 2 to 7 June in Poland, has been postponed. In light of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) and World Para Athletics have been in regular communication to evaluate the situation based on the information provided by Polish authorities and the World Health Organisation (WHO). Following a meeting on Wednesday (25 March), the Bydgoszcz 2020 LOC and World Para Athletics have agreed on the postponement of the European Championships to safeguard the health of the athletes and all those involved in the competition. Both organisations expressed the desire to maintain the European Championships on the 2020 calendar, but will continue to monitor the situation and work together with stakeholders to identify a mutually appropriate alternative date. Bydgoszcz will host the seventh edition of the European Championships. Around 600 athletes are set to compete at th

The board members of Gulf Publishing and Printing Company chaired by HE Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Attiyah has decided to put on hold the print edition of Gulf Times newspaper starting from March 18, 2020, until further notice. The decision was taken due to logistic issues that prevent completing the printing process at the company’s press in the Industrial Area. We notify that Gulf Times will be issued in the PDF format on the newspaper's website ( www.gulf-times.com ) as usual. Gulf Times will continue working through its website and digital platforms continuously to cover the latest news and developments. This decision comes in line with the precautionary measures taken by the State of Qatar to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).

While the coronavirus pandemic has suspended the 2019-20 NBA season, it has not lessened the league's global impact and reach. Over the past week, 18 NBA and WNBA players created public service announcement videos to share important health and wellness information about ways to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Those videos have generated more than 37 million views across the league's social media accounts. The league is using its vast digital footprint and the powerful voices of teams, players, coaches, doctors and others across the NBA family to launch "NBA Together" - a global community and social engagement campaign that aims to support, engage, educate and inspire youth, families and fans in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The program is centered on four pillars – Know the Facts, Acts of Caring, Expand Your Community and NBA Together Live – that will amplify the latest global health and safety information, share guidelines and resour

beIN will also broadcast the best matches from AFCON 2019, 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, and English Premier League in thematic sporting schedule     DOHA, QATAR - 26 March 2020 – For the very first time, beIN SPORTS (“beIN”) will give viewers the chance to run the biggest TV network in the world. Starting on Saturday 28 March, viewers across the Middle East & North Africa (“MENA”) will be able to vote for their favourite football match from a shortlist curated by beIN stars such as Mohammed Abutrika and the match with the highest vote will be shown on beIN SPORTS HD1 at 22:30 Mecca Time (GMT+3). Those who want to vote can visit the official beIN SPORTS Twitter account (@beINSPORTS) where a poll will be prepared every day with 4 different matches – and the match with the highest vote will be announced during the “Allo beIN” program at 20:30 Mecca Time. With live sport temporarily stopped across the world following the COVID-19 outbreak, beIN SPORTS will also, for the

The COVID 19 crisis Following the requirements of the Ministry of Public Health Doha: 23 March 2020 Considering the consequences of the spread of the Coronavirus COVID 19 on various fields, particularly sports, Aspetar, Qatar’s orthopaedic and sports medicine hospital continues providing medical support to athletes by adopting a preventive policy aimed at maintaining the health of athletes, reflecting its mission in providing the best medical services for athletes, without neglecting its educational role for the community. Aspetar has carried out several precautionary measures with the beginning of the outbreak of the Coronavirus in the world, by implemented many decisions and instructions for sports clubs and federations in Qatar ,   following the health requirements imposed by the Ministry of Public Health. , Aspetar has put a set of guidelines that were distributed; to all medical staf

Rohit Sharma’s CricKingdom have tied up with Qatar’s Bravo Cricket Academy (BCA) with an eye to spot and nurture talent in the Middle East, officials of BCA announced here yesterday. The tie up in Qatar will be  CricKingdom’s third overseas centre.  Similar coaching centres of the CricKingdom franchise are functioning in Singapore and a third one is to come up in Frankfurt, Germany. CricKingdom also operates  six centres in India. Rohit Sharma’s brother Vishal Sharma was to visit Qatar on March 18 along with Parag Dahiwal and Chetan Suryawanshi, CEO of the  CricKingdom to officially announce their first tie-up, but the visit has been pushed off to a latter date, informed Christopher, an official fo BCA and  a qualified Level ‘1’ cricket coach.  The BCA, started in June 2017, is based in Ezdan Oasis and children from the age of 5 to 16 train at the centre for all days of the week under qualified coaches. "We are proud and privileged to announce our

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