I never thought I would feel that lucky to be Lebanese, specially with everything that’s been going on in this country for the past 10 years or so, but seeing what’s happening in the Arab countries around us, we should consider ourselves as being very fortunate.

We’ve always criticized fights erupting after Basketball games, or Football games where the army started shooting in the air to disperse the crowds, but we’ve never had one single casualty as a result of such events.

This being said, Over 70 were killed when Fans of Al-Masri football cub, which beat Al-Ahly 3-1, invaded the pitch and began to throw rocks, bottles and fireworks at the al-Ahly fans. Some of the deaths were the result of stab wounds, the doctors said. [Naharnet]

This is just crazy.

“It’s true. I have been exchanging emails with Joe Dumars [Detroit Pistons’ President], who has asked me to come in summer,” revealed Khatib, who is 32 years old. He added: “I don’t know yet if I am going. Playing in the NBA is something professional players dream of, but I have a family and I am starting a new project here.” [Source]

My friend was telling me the Pistons are serious about it and are being critisized for bringing in a 32 year old basketball player with no NBA experience. I never really liked Khatib but I wish him luck and hope he’ll be joining them soon.

He was already deprived from this chance some 10 years ago when he was playing for Sagesse. That’s probably the last chance he’ll ever get to join the NBA.

The Detroit Fans however don’t seem very happy about it. [Link]

The Lebanese basketball team Annibal Zahle beat Al Ahly (UAE) in the final tonight to clinch their first Dubai Basketball Tournament cup. The final score was Annibal (Lebanon) 89-79 Ahly (UAE). The best scorer for the Zahle team was Lebanese player Ghaleb Reda with 30 points.

Can’t they move their logo to the right? Is that so hard?

On a positive note, they display the time unlike LBC.

Found this by mistake awhile ago and it turns out it took place in Lebanon. Pretty cool. [YouTube]

The ninth edition of the Beirut Marathon will take place tomorrow with over 30,000 runners registered. This year’s slogan is “Take it to the street” and you can listen in the YouTube video embedded above to Beirut Marathon’s official song by Guy Manoukian.

Congratulations to Rida Antar and the Lebanese National Football team once again!

Lebanon registered a shocking 2-1 win against South Korea in the third phase of qualification for the 2014 World Cup finals in the Asian zone in Beirut on Tuesday, and at the heart of this extraordinary triumph was Roda Antar. [Goal.com]

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Lebanon just won over South Korea 2-1!!!
Congrats to Lebanon and to all the Lebanese!

You should have listened to the LBC commentator during the game. He almost died of a heart attack. His last comment was “Jeeboulna el Brazil lachouf”. Badna nrou2 eh?

Lebanon will face South Korea today in a FIFA World Cup qualifier that could boost Lebanon’s chances of reaching the final qualifying round for the world cup.

Lebanon had beaten Kuwait earlier last week and is currently second in the group, 3 points behind Korea.

Last time the two teams met back in September, South Korea won 6-0. However, our team has improved since then and will hopefully deliver a better result this time.

In other news, few schools in Beirut suspended their classes after 1 pm today in order to allow their students to attend the game and support the national team. [Link]

Update: Lebanon is winning 2-1 over Korea. End of 1st Half.

Looks like someone from LBCI has been listening to us or they keep the time display option for big games only.

Riyadi massacred Sagesse by the way.

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A great result and a very nice goal for our National Football team!

This win places Lebanon in second place, three points behind South Korea and boosts its chances for qualifying to the World Cup. I am glad the game ended without any fights or army shooting in the air like what happened the last time we met the Kuwaiti team.

I’ve been going to Hoops Antelias every Saturday for the past month to play Basketball and every time, there’s a football coach training young kids, or at least pretending to do so.

Check out in the picture above how many kids are playing at the same time and you will know what I mean. I could understand a team of 6 or even 7 but 30 players on a mini-football field is too much.

PS: There are 6-8 extra kids on the other side of the field.

A new Lebanese basketball season. New teams, new players, new coaches and still no on screen clocks for the games on LBCI.

They also seem to have lost their Tissot sponsor.

Our Lebanese National Rugby team was unable to qualify for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup after a 19-19 draw with the Italian team. This is the second time in a row they miss out on points difference. Talk about bad luck!

Lebanon’s heart-breaking 19-all draw with Italy reflects just how close the Cedars were to the Azzurri throughout the tournament, and not reaching the World Cup is a bitter blow for a country whose growing domestic rugby league scene offers massive potential.

The Cedars also missed out on qualification for the 2008 World Cup on points difference, and Saturday’s result saw tears of despair among the long-serving Lebanon players who have failed to reach the last two tournaments. [Full Article]