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Beijing lights flame, to be first city to host summer, winter games 20 Oct 2021 - 12:49 pm

BEIJING: China lit its Olympic flame in Beijing on Wednesday after the ceremonial torch arrived from Athens, ahead of the Chinese capital's hosting...

Qatar U-23 team begins preparations 04 Oct 2021 - 08:04 am

Doha: Qatar’s Olympic Under-23 team yesterday set up a preparation camp ahead of the qualifying matches of the U-23 Asian Cup finals in...

Beijing Games to allow spectators only from mainland China 29 Sep 2021 - 09:40 pm

BERLIN - Tickets for the Beijing 2022 winter Olympics will be sold to spectators from mainland China only, while unvaccinated athletes must spend...

Al Buenain attends GCC Olympic Committees meeting 28 Sep 2021 - 08:47 am

Doha: The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) Secretary General Jassim bin Rashid Al Buenain attended the 91st meeting of the Executive Board of GCC...

QOC signs MoU with Doha Institute for Graduate Studies 24 Sep 2021 - 10:21 am

The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) yesterday announced the signing of Memorandum of Understanding with Doha Institute for Graduate Studies to boost co-operation in...

QOC organises professional decision-making training course 23 Sep 2021 - 08:22 am

Doha: The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) organised a three-day professional decision-making training course at its headquarters, which concluded on Tuesday with participation of...

'Together for a Shared Future' unveiled as motto for Beijing 2022 Games 17 Sep 2021 - 05:51 pm

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics unveiled its official motto, "Together for a Shared Future", during a ceremony at the city's Capital Museum on...

Beijing 2022 Games to have rigorous COVID-19 measures-IOC 17 Sep 2021 - 12:55 pm

BERLIN - The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will have tight COVID-19 countermeasures in place to ensure the safety of all participants, the International...

Amal bags another medal at Asian Championships 14 Sep 2021 - 08:02 pm

After winning a 10m rifle gold, Qatar’s Amal Muhammad yesterday clinched second medal at the 14th Asian Airgun Championships in as many days,...

Al Kuwari, Al Buenain attend OCA Executive Board meeting 14 Sep 2021 - 09:00 am

Doha: Dr. Thani bin Abdulrahman Al Kuwari, Vice President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) on behalf of West Asia and Jassim...

Paralympic medallist Abdulqadir receives rousing welcome 08 Sep 2021 - 08:39 am

Secretary-General of the Qatar Olympic Committee, Jassim bin Rashid Al Buenain welcoming Abdulrahman Abdulqadir upon the para-athlete's arrival at Doha's Hamad International Airport,...

Qatar’s Abdulqader wins bronze at Tokyo Paralympic Games 05 Sep 2021 - 08:30 am

Tokyo: Team Qatar's Abdulrahman Abdulqader won the bronze medal in the shot put - F34 event at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Abdulqader finished...

Toyota to restart self-driving Olympic village vehicles with more safety staff 30 Aug 2021 - 02:38 pm

Toyota Motor said on Monday it would resume operations of its self-driving e-Palette pods at the Tokyo Paralympic Games village with greater operator...

Toyota halts all self-driving e-Palette vehicles after Olympic village accident 27 Aug 2021 - 05:01 pm

Toyota Motor said on Friday it had suspended all self-driving e-Palette transportation pods at the Tokyo Paralympic Games village, a day after one...

First Paralympic gold medal goes to Paige Greco of Australia 25 Aug 2021 - 12:53 pm

TOKYO: Cyclist Paige Greco of Australia claimed the first gold medal of the Tokyo Paralympic Games, winning the 3,000-meter pursuit on Wednesday on...

Tokyo medals will be a new starting point: QOC President 25 Aug 2021 - 08:48 am

Doha: The President of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC), H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani stressed that Qatar’s historic achievement of...

Qatar contingent leaves for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics 22 Aug 2021 - 09:18 am

Qatari para-athletes Abdulrahman Abdulqadir Fiqi and Sara Hamdi Masoud with the team officials at the Hamad International Airport yesterday, prior to their departure...