Through Abdellatif Sharaa
KUWAIT: The 3rd Gulf Video games, hosted by way of Kuwait will kick off nowadays beneath the patronage of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahamad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. 1700 athletes will compete in 16 video games. The video games had been postponed for 3 days because of the dying of UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan.
As of late’s occasions will come with athletics for women and men at Ahamad Al-Rashdan Monitor and Box in Keifan space; Futsal and basketball at Sheikh Saad Al-Abdallah complicated in Sabah Al-Salem space along with taking pictures coaching at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Taking pictures Advanced. The boys’s athletics will get started by way of 9:00 am. At 4:00 pm, the ladies’s pole vault, 100 m hurdles, shot put, lengthy soar, javelin throw and 10,000 meters working will start.
The boys’s pageant will resume by way of 7:00 pm with the finals of the pole vault, 110 meters hurdles, shot put, lengthy soar, 10,000 meters working, 100 meters sprint and 400 meters working. Assistant Secretary and Head of the Groups committee at Kuwait Athletics Affiliation Dr Manea Al-Ajmi stated he expects difficult competitions.
Futsal: Kuwait VS UAE
Kuwait Futsal males nationwide workforce will get started their pageant in opposition to UAE by way of 9:30 pm. This shall be adopted by way of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia (4:30 pm). The ladies’s workforce will play UAE at 7:00 pm whilst Saudi Arabia will play Bahrain at 2:00pm. All suits shall be performed at Sheikh Saad Al-Abdallah complicated in Sabah Al-Salem space. The basketball workforce will face Qatar’s workforce at 7:00 pm, and then Bahrain and UAE will face off. The basketball competitions are performed in a knockout league taste and the workforce with probably the most issues shall be declared the winner. Member of Kuwait Basketball Affiliation and workforce Supervisor Dr Abdelrahman Al-Nashi stated arrangements for the match had been on two levels. The workforce held coaching camps each in Kuwait and in a foreign country.
A success camp for Volleyball
Kuwait’s volleyball workforce returned house from their coaching camp in Serbia in preparation for the Gulf Video games. The volleyball video games will get started on Might twentieth. Deputy Chairman of Kuwait Volleyball Affiliation Nayef Al-Khamili stated he’s pleased with the avid gamers’ compliance with the day-to-day coaching.
Anti-doping efforts
Director Normal of Antidoping Committee Hanaa Al-Butti stated the Committee has intensified its efforts by way of coaching specialised body of workers on amassing samples (consistent with global requirements) to hold out important exams. She stated that the anti-doping exams shall be performed on all competitions.