Budapest, Aug. 22. (BNA) – Supreme Council for Youth and Sports (SCYS) Chairman and Bahrain Olympic Committee President Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa and the SCYS first Deputy Chairman and the Bahrain Athletics Association President Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa will lead the Bahraini team at the Hungarian Ironman Championship that will start here tomorrow, with the participation of over 3,000 athletes. The championship consists of three Read more [...]

Budapest, Aug. 22. (BNA) – Supreme Council for Youth and Sports (SCYS) Chairman and Bahrain Olympic Committee President Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, met here the President of the Hungarian Red Cross Georg von Habsburg, the grandson of Emperor and King Karl, the last monarch of the Habsburg Dual Monarchy of Austria and Hungary. SCYS first Deputy Chairman and the Bahrain Athletics Association President Read more [...]

Manama, Aug. 22. (BNA) – The delegation of the Bahraini national table teams to the Arab Table Tennis Championship, due to be hosted by Amman, Jordan, from August 24 to 31, will leave here tomorrow. The delegation will be led by the President of the Bahrain Table Tennis Association (BTTA) Shaikha Hayat bint Abdulaziz Al Khalifa, who will be accompanied by BTTA Deputy President Ali Al-Madih, and Board members Read more [...]

A general view of the last session of the 34th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit held in Kuwait, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 (AP/Gustavo Ferrari). Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are set to meet in Jeddah on Sunday to discuss ways to address Qatar’s lack of compliance with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) rules and regulations, a senior GCC official has told Asharq Al-Awsat. The Read more [...]