MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Azkals gear up for a strong start in their pair of Fifa World Cup qualifiers matches this month against Bahrain and Yemen to build momentum and confidence for the remainder of hostilities in tough Group H. The Azkals will host Bahrain on Thursday at the Philippine Sports Stadium, then play Yemen on June 16 at Qatar Sports Stadium in Doha. After that, they will face Uzbekistan at home on Sept. 8 and North Korea in Pyongyang on Oct. 8 to complete their assignments Read more [...]

Kite surfers from across the region showed off some gravity-defying moves during a major competition in Bahrain.The second Red Bull Kite The Waj was originally set to be held over two days, but took place over the course of the morning and afternoon yesterday due to optimum weather conditions.Teams of two competed in several rounds and were judged on air time, grab tricks and rotations, with a special free-ride round where they displayed Read more [...]

Bahrain threatened by IS militants Reports have been received at SecurityMiddleEast.com that IS have made several covert and overt threats against Shia mosques in Bahrain over the past 48 hours. The Bahraini security services fear that IS might have turned its attention to Bahrain in IS’s attempts to escalate sectarian tensions within the GCC countries. Aimen Dean, a counter terrorism expert from 5 Dimension consultants in Dubai stated, “Bahrain is far more vulnerable to sectarian incidents as Read more [...]

Batelco sponsors Ramadan Tent at Elite Resort Spa MANAMA, 1 hours, 18 minutes ago Bahrain Telecommunication Company (Batelco) has sponsored key Ramadan events and venues including a number of Ramadan Tents at some of Bahrain’s leading hotels. The firm has include the Elite Group, for the third year, in the list of organisations receiving this support during the holy month, said a statement. Ahmed Al Janahi, Batelco group general manager - Corporate Read more [...]