Gaza - Ahmed Al-Masharawi:
The Friends Sports Club, in cooperation with the Palestinian Table Tennis Federation, honored the champions of the last season 2021-2022, who were crowned with the titles of the "Friends" championships for the game, where 40 male and female players of different ages and levels competed in 8 decisive rounds. The year was amid strong excitement and close levels, in the presence of legal personalities, sports, a large crowd of fans, celebrated families, game lovers, and the club’s visitors located on the Mediterranean coast off Gaza City.

Categories champions

The champion player Wassim Muhammad Skaik was crowned with the championship cup and the gold medal by achieving first place in category A, while the champion player Abd al-Rahman Khalil Ward was crowned with the category B cup and the gold medal for his category. Shurrab won the D category cup and the gold medal, and the champion player Youssef Anis Al Bayouk won the E category cup and the gold medal.

As for the girls category, the champion player, Lamia Assem Shurrab, won the title and the championship cup, and won the gold.

At the closing ceremony, which began with a welcoming speech to the audience, many words were delivered praising the champions crowned with titles in this distinctive popular game, stressing that their coronation came after great efforts and strong preparations by the champions in the midst of strong competitions, and that it was cumulative as a result of the strenuous efforts of the champion players. And their coaches and their families, who celebrated these wonderful moments, while he was on the podium surrounded by gold and cups.

Show Taekwondo

The taekwondo show team continues its preparations for the foreign championships on the beach in Gaza City despite the cold weather. Bassel Abu Shamala, one of the taekwondo coaches, said that the players are training by merging traditional taekwondo movements with gymnastics and acrobatics. We aspire to international participation despite the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip and the lack of equipment. and financing. The player Mohammed Al-Sakka mentioned that the players are armed with enthusiasm and strength to appear strong in the international arenas by raising the Palestinian flag, despite the suffocating siege and closing the crossings, while the player Abdullah Al-Farra stated that the players hope to be among the world champions in the sport of taekwondo, and to raise the name of our country, as well as increase Experience and gaining it through participation with major Arab, continental and international stars.

next round

This, and the Competitions Committee in the Basketball Association will hold a meeting this week, to set the dates for the next two matches in the semi-finals and the stadium that will host them. Khadamat Al-Bureij neighborhood will meet Khadamat Jabalia, and the Stars Academy will meet its counterpart Shabab Al-Maghazi. The Referees Committee will hold another meeting to determine the two arbitration staff to manage them. Khadamat Al-Bureij Club and Al-Nujoom Academy completed the finalists’ contract for the golden square, the semi-finals of the Sector Championship for the junior basketball category, under 16 years old, by defeating both the YMCA and Rafah Services in the fourth-last round competitions in the second group.

The Football Association considers hooliganism

This, and the Football Association will hold a session today, Sunday, in the presence of representatives of the Officers Committee and the Referees Committee, which submitted its report and the report of the match evaluator, in order to consider the riots that occurred in the Palestinian Al-Ahly and Beach Services match on Friday at the summit of the nineteenth round of the First Division. And fireworks and firecrackers were thrown in the direction of the beach players from the Al-Ahly fans’ stand after scoring the winning goal and the match for the beach, which led to the injury of four beach players, as the federation is scheduled to take decisive decisions to prevent the recurrence of such games that pose a threat to the players’ lives.

It is noteworthy that the Football Association decided to complete the Premier League matches in the remaining five rounds that will start today, Sunday, without an audience, which may prompt the federation to treat the fans of first-class clubs with the same scale, which was confirmed by the proposals submitted by the federation’s advisors, as happened after the youth meeting. Rafah and Al-Shujaia Union, as well as imposing financial and administrative penalties against violators.

The police is considering installing cameras attached to it

On the other hand, Rami Mahani, director of stadium security in the Gaza Strip at the police, said that the latter is studying many solutions to reduce chaos and rioting in stadiums, with the aim of continuity of matches and the fans’ enjoyment of watching league and cup matches, foremost of which is the installation of fixed cameras belonging to the stadium police in stadiums. all.

He stated that among the proposals presented was to work according to the legal requirements, to criminalize the throwing of firecrackers with deterrent penalties that amount to imprisonment and ban entry to stadiums for anyone who incites riots, follow up on social networking sites, and support the federation in taking appropriate penalties against fans who create problems, as well as players and administrators. Mahani called on the clubs and fans' associations to hold awareness lectures for the fans with ideal encouragement away from insulting and cursing, stressing that what is happening in our stadiums does not reflect the civilization of our people and clean encouragement.