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Qatari spikers finish runners-up in Volleyball Friendly Championship

Hosts Qatar, who used the fifth International Friendly Volleyball Tournament to measure their mettle and fettle ahead of the Asian Championships, finished as the runners-up with a pleasing 3-0 victory over India on Friday. At the Al Arabi Club Indoor Hall, Qatar, who had lost the opening match to eventual champions Egypt, held their nerves...

Qatar Finish Fifth In FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships

Jefferson Santos Pereira and Cherif Younousse continued their impressive run at the Netherlands 2015, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships when they reached the quarter-finals yesterday. The Qatari pair beat Switzerland’s Philip Gabathuler and Mirco Gerson 2-0 (21-15, 21-15) to set up a clash against USA’s Nick Lucena and Theo Brunner, who eliminated Brazil’s Emanuel Rego...

Qatari duo ready for World C’ships

Cherif Younousse and Jefferson Pereira will represent Qatar at the World Championships which began in the Netherlands on Friday. Qatar, making their debut at the Worlds, qualified by virtue of their third-place finish at the Asian Championship held in Thailand last year. The FIVB-sanctioned tournament will be held in the Dutch cities of Hague, Amsterdam, Apeldoorn and Rotterdam...